Chapter 1034 - Three Slashes

The sound of the bell echoed throughout the area, but it only drew attention to the otherwise deathly silence.

Panic and chaos had descended upon all of Kunwu Mountain.

Everyone was despondent and forlorn, as if they’d lost their pillars of support.

Who could have imagined that a young man they dismissed as an unworthy descendant would slaughter three of their Emperors in one fell swoop?

Now, the Ye Family finally realized that Su Yi hadn’t been lying earlier. Ancestor Yunjia really had almost certainly met with disaster already!

But it was then that Su Yi furrowed his brow. Why is it that even now, there’s no sign of Ye Tiandu?

Without any further delays, his sleeves billowed, and a sword floated into the air with a clang.

It was three feet long, clear, and ethereal, like an illusory blade forged of misty moonlight.

An indescribable, terrifying sword force permeated heaven and earth.

Moonlit Shadow!

This was the weapon Su Yi had left in Ziluo City’s ruins of the Bureau of Adjudication, atop Heavenly Tripod Mountain.

Although it wasn’t as mighty as the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos, it was better suited to Su Yi’s current cultivation.

With his sword in hand, Su Yi’s imposing aura underwent a dramatic shift. He was like an immortal from the heavens descending upon the mortal world, gazing down at the mundane masses below.

Whoosh!

Su Yi stood beneath the dome of heaven and slashed without the slightest hesitation.

I have a sword to pull down galaxies!

Boundless sword intent came pouring down, like the waters of the river of heaven breaking through a dam. They surged right toward Kunwu Mountain.

Even just watching from a distance, the Ye clansmen dispersed throughout the mountain felt their courage leave them. It was as if their souls had left their bodies.

But it was then that an indifferent, dignified voice suddenly rang out. “Brazen!”

Boom!

A yellow-robed man whose long hair was as dark as ink appeared on the peak of Kunwu Mountain. His right hand hit the air.

The sword qi filling the sky dispersed with a bang.

The yellow-robed man shot through the air amidst a rain of light.

The dazzling laws of Lightning surrounded him, and his every breath boomed like thunder, shaking heaven and earth and throwing the skies into disarray. It was like the descent of a deity!

The Xia Emperor held his breath, and his entire body seemed to freeze. He felt like a mortal gazing upon a god. That all-encompassing sensation of helplessness and despair was so intense that he suspected the man in yellow could shatter him with a single thought!

“Ancestor Tiandu!” Ye Yunlan silently clenched his fists, his heart on tenterhooks. His expression was incomparably unsightly.

Why had the main lineage of the Ye Family declined?

The most fundamental reason was that this Profound Serenity Realm ancestor had always subtly suppressed and restricted members of the main lineage!

The resources and authority that once belonged to the main lineage had all been stripped away!

By now, members of the main lineage were overlooked existences, and their presence had little impact. The branch members completely disregarded them.

“It’s Ancestor Tiandu!”

“Ancestor Tiandu has been in seclusion, but now, he’s been forced to leave early. It’s all that little bastard’s fault! Only his death will calm our anger!”

There was an uproar throughout Kunwu Mountain as the Ye clansmen gnashed their teeth in fury and hatred.

“Little bastard, you’ve ruined my plans!” Beneath the dome of heaven, Ye Tiandu’s expression frosted over, and his eyes blazed with electric firelight. It was an incomparably startling sight. “No one in this world can save you now!”

Off in the distance, Su Yi’s expression remained as calm as ever.

He could tell that the old-timer’s qi had reached the limit of his current cultivation, and that it was ready and raring to break into the mid-stage Profound Serenity Realm. He was at a critical juncture.

There was no doubt about it; the old-timer hadn’t appeared earlier because he was in seclusion and trying to break through.

But now, he’d forcefully interrupted his imminent breakthrough.

Su Yi extended his finger and caressed Moonlit Shadow. He said casually, “I might have disrupted your breakthrough, but even if you’d broken into the mid-stage Profound Serenity Realm, you wouldn’t be able to save the Kunwu Mountain Ye Family from annihilation.”

“Hah! You think you can do that, with your… Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivation?” Ye Tiandu made no attempt to disguise his disdain.

Su Yi said flatly, “At this cultivation, killing Profound Illumination Emperors is no harder than slaughtering a chicken. Tell me, were I in the Imperial Realm too, would I be able to take down a fossil like you?”

Ye Tiandu couldn’t help but throw back his head and burst into laughter. “Little bastard, what good will words of anger do you now? You’re sure to die today, and you have no hope of ever becoming an Emperor!”

“Is that so?” Su Yi stepped forward. As he did, his suppressed cultivation boundary erupted like a long-dormant volcano, soaring to new heights!

Boom!

Heaven and earth shook, and everything in all directions trembled.

Beneath the crowd’s disbelieving gazes, Su Yi seemed to transform into an entirely different person. Dazzling, misty golden Dao Light blazed around him, condensing and surrounding him with the power of the Laws. His imposing aura soared, arcing through the air and connecting heaven and earth!

As his footstep landed, the air rumbled and boomed, and the landscape swayed as if pledging its allegiance.

His divine majesty was enough to devour the heavens and flatten mountains and rivers!

The Xia Emperor’s eyes widened, and his heart shook.

When Su Yi killed Ye Yunjia, he did so without displaying Imperial Realm power. Thus, this was the Xia Emperor’s first time seeing Su Yi’s true strength.

Ye Youzhu, Ye Pinghai, and Ye Tianhong were Profound Illumination Emperors too, but they dimmed in comparison to Su Yi, like fireflies trying to outshine the all-encompassing radiance of the sun!

They weren’t even remotely on the same level.

“The Imperial realm… Last year, he was still in the Spirit Dao. How did he become an Emperor… in just one year!?” Ye Yunlan was dumbstruck. His hands and feet quivered as this truth astonished him to the core.

“The Imperial Realm!!”

“That little bastard is still only in his teens. How could he possibly have become an Emperor?”

“Wasn’t he a cripple just three years ago? How did he step into the Profound Dao already?”

A clamor of voices arose throughout Kunwu Mountain. The Ye clansmen’s eyes widened and their jaws dropped, as if they’d seen a ghost.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

“So, you’ve already become an Emperor…” Astonishment flashed across Ye Tiandu’s face. It seemed he dared not believe it.

A waste who’d lost his entire cultivation base had stepped into the supreme Profound Dao and become an Emperor just three years later?

Even long ago, in the Mysterious Blue Realm’s most resplendent era, there had never been anyone so shocking before!

Becoming an Emperor in a hundred years was already seen as a miracle, let alone three years!

Ye Tiandu’s Dao Heart quivered, and he found it difficult to calm himself down.

“Su Yi, if you’re willing to lower your head and pledge yourself to the Kunwu Mountain Ye Family, I can let bygones be bygones and leave you a path to life,” said Ye Tiandu. He took a deep breath and said gravely, “But that’s on the condition that you turn over a new leaf and earnestly make up for your crimes. You must serve the Ye Family for the rest of your life. So long as you agree, I can let you off!”

Widespread, deathly silence greeted this declaration.

No one would have guessed that Ye Tiandu would suddenly change his mind or offer such terms.

However, Su Yi just laughed dryly. “Age really does make some people go senile!”

Ye Tiandu’s expression instantly darkened.

Su Yi then continued his advance, entirely unperturbed. His blue robes fluttered around him as he said calmly, “Listen up: I’ll attack just three times. With my first slash, I’ll take your head. With my second, I’ll destroy Kunwu Mountain’s formations. With my third, I’ll destroy the Ye Family!”

As he spoke, he drew his finger across the flat of Moonlit Shadow. Then, he pressed off hard against the air, like a beam of flowing light, and shot right toward Ye Tiandu.

Whoosh!

Su Yi was more than just quick. As his tall, upright figure charged, terrifyingly concentrated sword intent exploded forth.

Wherever he passed, he left a perfectly straight rift in his wake!

Ye Tiandu’s pupils constricted until they were the size of needle points. He felt a prickling pain all over his skin.

At his cultivation boundary, he had an incredibly keen sense of danger. The moment he saw Su Yi charge, a strong sense of peril arose within his heart.

“Rise!” He dared not hesitate. His sleeves billowed around him, and he raised his hands as if holding something aloft.

Boom!

The interwoven Laws of Lightning filling the air lifted a multi-colored Daoist seal. The entire stretch of heaven and earth rumbled and collapsed as if unable to bear its power.

The Great Five Elements Baleful Lightning Seal!

This was Ye Tiandu’s natal Dao weapon. One strike could overturn heaven and earth, causing entire landscapes to crumble.

Practically simultaneously, Su Yi swung his sword.

He raised his right arm and shifted his wrist. Moonlit Shadow then descended, like the radiant full moon descending upon the human world.

Its clear, ethereal light illuminated the ten directions!

Boom!

Heaven and earth shook, and the skies rumbled and boomed.

Everyone watched as that streak of sword light descended, like the radiant moon slamming into a sea of lightning. The power of the Laws of Lightning scattered.

Immediately after, a blast reverberated throughout heaven and earth, shaking their eardrums.

Ye Tiandu had put his full power into the Great Five Elements Baleful Lightning Seal, but shockingly, it split in two, as weak as paper mache.

Ye Tiandu didn’t even have time to dodge before his head flew through the air.

The rest of his body then exploded, and red blood rained from the heavens.

It was just as Su Yi had said. One strike, and he’d decapitated Ye Tiandu!

“Dammit!!!” Ye Tiandu’s soul tried to flee. He arrived at the peak of Kunwu Mountain in a flash, his expression full of utter alarm, fury, and astonishment.

Clang!

The ethereal hum of a sword rang out. Su Yi walked beneath the dome of heaven, Moonlit Shadow bursting with misty light. He suddenly raised it, then swung.

“Hah!” Ye Tiandu’s soul didn’t hesitate to activate every formation on Kunwu Mountain. More than ten large-scale formations rumbled and boomed, and the resulting wave of power blanketed heaven and earth. It could have destroyed an Emperor with ease.

Rumble! Boom!

But beneath Su Yi’s slash, the power of Kunwu Mountain’s formations parted like seawater, shattering and receding like the tide.

After being forced back, the formation’s destructive power ran rampant, and the buildings covering the slopes of Kunwu Mountain collapsed. Countless flowers and trees were reduced to ash, and even the majestic mountain itself was left riddled with holes.

Countless desperate, terrifying shrieks rang out. The Ye clansmen throughout the mountain fled in panic, but many of them were swept up into the current of destructive power and snuffed out before they could even struggle.

It was like a blood-soaked vision of purgatory.

Ye Tiandu’s soul was badly injured too, and it was on the verge of collapse.

He couldn’t even imagine how a Profound Illumination Emperor’s swordsmanship could be so terrifying.

The first slash took his head, and the second slash destroyed Kunwu Mountain’s formations, throwing everything into chaos!

Even the Xia Emperor, who was watching from a safe distance, was rooted to the spot. His pupils dilated. Witnessing this display of strength made his heart and mind tremble. How terrifying must his accumulations be to display such unbelievable power of the Dao of the Sword?

Meanwhile, Su Yi’s movements never paused. Moonlit Shadow clanged and hummed as he unleashed his third attack: Wandering the Ten Directions!

My sword wanders the ten directions, from the blue dome of heaven to the yellow springs below!