Chapter 2688 - Even if Heaven and Earth Collapse, Someone Will Hold Them Up

Once Heavenly Sovereign Ling appeared, he and the other two Heavenly Sovereigns stood in a triangle formation, their collective pressure bearing down on the entire stretch of endless spacetime, so intense that the onlookers could barely breathe.

The black sheep watched from the base of Five Elements Peak, bewilderment in her gaze.

The three Heavenly Sovereigns seemed somehow familiar to her.

She looked at Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang with revulsion. For Heavenly Sovereign Changhen, she felt disdain. For Heavenly Sovereign Ling, she felt enmity.

And when Heavenly Sovereign Wen appeared, she felt rage and indignation!

Don’t tell me the Heavenly Sovereigns are all my enemies?

The sheep pondered in silence. Problems had arisen with her memories, so all she could rely on were her instincts.

The yellow finch stood on the Five Elements Altar. Its bright eyes paid no attention to everything happening above.

Instead, it focused entirely on Su Yi. It couldn’t help but be confused.

He’s already won the recognition of the Five Elements Altar, so why hasn’t he assumed control of Red Pine Mountain’s source power and Laws yet?

Don’t tell me there’s more to this? Has something happened to the man about to become my master?

Meanwhile, Xiao Jian gazed at Heavenly Sovereign Wen. “Call me a brave warrior singlehandedly guarding a pass, or call me an ant trying to shake a tree. It doesn’t matter. I’ve already thought of a suitable epitaph for your grave. Would you like to hear it?”

“Sure. I’ll consider it your last words,” said Heavenly Sovereign Ling, his robes as white as snow and his hair as white as frost. He stood there with his hand behind his back, thunder rumbling and lightning flashing. His very presence was imposing.

Xiao Jian laughed. “He had the courage of a common man, but the body of an ant. His heart was loftier than the heavens, but his life was as fragile as paper.”

When a scholar insulted someone, he didn’t need expletives. Xiao Jian hadn’t uttered a single word of profanity, but his “epitaph” was humiliating to the extreme.

But Heavenly Sovereign Ling didn’t get angry. He just calmly inclined his head. “I’ll remember your last words.”

Xiao Jian stretched, then looked around. “Just the three of you?”

“It’s not enough?” asked Heavenly Sovereign Changhen, his murderous intent shaking his surroundings.

“It might be enough if these were your true bodies,” said Xiao Jian. He took a step forward, passing the spacetime barrier closest to him.

Madam Purple Blue, Meng Tianya, and the other Heavenly Monarchs were watching from not far away. None of them acted recklessly, but they weren’t exactly afraid, nor were they as panicked as before.

Because three Heavenly Sovereigns had joined them in the endless void!

This was an absolutely unprecedented, grand occasion. Three Heavenly Sovereigns had appeared at once. Such scenes were rare, even if you searched the River of Destiny’s countless years of history!

“No wonder you call yourself a scholar. Your strength might not amount to much, but you’ve got quite the mouth on you,” Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang said with a laugh. He spoke like a sovereign gazing down on creation, purple qi flying through the air.

Xiao Jian lowered his head slightly and gazed at his sheathed longsword. He whispered, “You only say that because you don’t know... that I’m a better swordsman than scholar.”

With that, he looked back up and said, “Let’s fight!”

It was just a few words, but they were like the humming of a sword echoing throughout the God Domain and reverberating throughout the depths of the endless spacetime void.

Indescribable, contemptuous majesty surged around Xiao Jian as he pulled his sword from its sheath, inch by inch.

As Xiao Jian slowly extracted his sword, every inch of blade he revealed was like a corner of an endless river of time, full of the alternations of the seasons. Waves of the Grand Dao coursed through it, rising and falling, one after another!

Inch by inch, it revealed indescribable romanticism and sword intent, all of it reflected in the sword in Xiao Jian’s grip.

The entire stretch of time and space trembled beneath an invisible avalanche of sword force. It bore down on the entire area, as if intent on ripping it all to shreds.

The Heavenly Monarchs’ hair stood on end. They retreated, then retreated again, but to their horror, they discovered that no matter where they went, it was full of bone-chilling sword force and endless sword intent!

Countless figures were forced out of hiding. All of them looked around in horror.

What kind of sword force is this?

“That sword is really quite interesting!” Suddenly, a burst of laughter rang out, and the purple-robed Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang attacked.

He raised his hand and pressed down.

Endless purple light swept forth like a tidal wave, shattering the layers of the spacetime barrier and surging toward Xiao Jian like mad.

A Heavenly Sovereign could cover the skies with a single hand—or overturn them!

Kaboom!!

The sword force spreading throughout the endless void was instantly suppressed, and Xiao Jian’s slow drawing of his sword felt the impact.

But his hand remained steady, and his expression remained calm. He just stood there, as steady as a boulder, letting the wind and waves assail him. Nothing shook him.

A Heavenly Sovereign had attacked, but that still wasn’t enough to suppress Xiao Jian!

The sight left countless onlookers at a loss for words. Their hearts and bodies shook.

Both Heavenly Sovereigns and Heavenly Monarchs were in the Heavenly Fate Realm, but they were as far apart as the wind and the clouds.

A Heavenly Sovereign could kill a Heavenly Monarch with a snap of their fingers. They could traverse the River of Destiny without fear of Karmic Tribulations. They were like supreme rulers, capable of determining life and death.

Those who’d stepped into Eternity all knew that only a Heavenly Sovereign could shake a Heavenly Sovereign. This was an ironclad rule!

Yet now, Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang’s attack had failed to suppress Xiao Jian. Who wouldn’t have been surprised?

“You’re quite something!” Heavenly Sovereign Changhen exclaimed, then laughed and joined the battle.

His murderous intent gathered, then transformed into an endless domain of destruction. His punch created an eruption of destructive power, tearing a perfectly straight rift through the endless void.

At the far end of the rift, wherever his fist force passed, it ripped through Xiao Jian’s terrifying sword force.

A massive explosion rang out.

Xiao Jian still didn’t move, but his face paled. His long robes and hair fluttered around him.

This attack had dealt him an enormous blow, making it difficult to continue drawing his sword.

There was no telling how heavy his longsword was. By now, he’d only drawn half of it.

The more he drew, the harder it became!

When the onlookers saw that even a second Heavenly Sovereign’s attack hadn’t been enough to stop Xiao Jian, their eyes widened. They were at a complete loss for words.

Meanwhile, the three Heavenly Sovereigns realized that there was more to that sheath than met the eye!

Xiao Jian obviously couldn’t control the sheath’s stored power as he pleased. Otherwise, drawing the sword couldn’t possibly have been so difficult.

“Let me try him,” said the white-robed, white-haired Heavenly Sovereign Ling. He swung his sleeve.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Boom!

The interweaving silver lightning suddenly contracted, forming thirty-three lightning spears. They formed a straight line and shot explosively toward Xiao Jian.

When the first spear slammed into the sword force in front of him, it tore open a massive rift.

Electric light spread, shaking everything on all sides.

When the second, third, and fourth spears landed, the rift grew even bigger and deeper. They struck with unstoppable force!

Soon, just one thousand feet of sword force remained, but there was still one spear left!

Clang!

But then, Xiao Jian drew another inch of sword, and his sword force expanded, shattering the incoming spear before it could reach him.

It still couldn’t shake him!

Three Heavenly Sovereigns had joined forces, but they still couldn’t stop Xiao Jian from drawing his spear!

But then, the onlookers noticed that Xiao Jian’s face was deathly pale, and blood was flowing uncontrollably from the corners of his lips.

He was still steadily drawing his sword, but the flesh of his hand had cracked and split. His palm and fingers were a meaty pulp, and in places, even his bones were visible.

The crowd suddenly realized that although Xiao Jian hadn’t been forced back, his wounds were serious!

Perhaps the Heavenly Sovereigns had injured him, or perhaps drawing his sword had exhausted so much of his energy that it had triggered a backlash.

That wasn’t important now. What mattered was that Xiao Jian had yet to fully draw his sword, but he was already badly injured!

The three Heavenly Sovereigns exchanged glances, then attacked again without hesitation.

They used their full strength, too.

They wanted to forestall all possibility of Xiao Jian drawing his sword, and destroy him completely!

Boom!

Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang stretched out his hand and tugged. Endless purple light condensed into a hundred-thousand-foot saber, like a purple galaxy, and swung furiously.

The diagram beneath Heavenly Sovereign Changhen’s feet rose, transformed into an immeasurably grand mountain of the Grand Dao, and descended.

Heavenly Sovereign Ling pressed his fingers together and slashed. Lightning gathered, like the blade of divine punishment, and a rain of electricity fell throughout the endless void!

The entire stretch of void was in turmoil, permeated with terrifying, destructive power. This flood of destruction was all directed at Xiao Jian.

Those looking up from the God Domain saw an apocalyptic vision playing out overhead. Dazzling lightning boomed, stingingly bright purple blades rumbled, and an immeasurably grand divine mountain came crashing down.

It seemed intent on shattering time and space beyond the firmament completely.

Too terrifying!

Only a handful of the God Domain’s trillions of inhabitants could see the battle clearly. The rest just felt as if they were witnessing the apocalypse, watching helplessly as the sky collapsed.

Irrepressible terror and dread arose within their hearts. All living beings, regardless of species, were overcome with despair.

But a handful saw something altogether different. Two things stood between them and destruction, steadfast.

The first was a tall, thin figure.

The second, the spacetime barrier behind him!

That tall, thin man was like a natural barrier, singlehandedly staving off that apocalyptic power!

No one knew who he was or why he was doing this, but when they saw him, they felt indescribable astonishment, as well as a thread of hope.

Heaven and earth were falling, but someone was there to hold them up!

How magnificent!

He really isn’t at all afraid to die, is he...?

The black sheep stood there in a daze. She had no idea who Xiao Jian was, but she knew that he was fighting for Su Yi, and for the entire God Domain.

The black sheep was moved by the sight of him fighting alone, yet valiantly staving off a larger force. Emotions coursed through her.

Meanwhile, by the spatial fault containing Red Pine Mountain.

“Big Sister Lin, he... he really won’t last much longer!” A’Cai cried out, frantic with nervousness. Her fair little hand was drenched in sweat. When she saw the man staving off calamity, her heart filled with indescribable franticness.

“It really is troublesome, but... I’ve run into even greater trouble,” the spearwoman suddenly grumbled. “I’m afraid it’ll be a while before I can lend a hand.”

Her beautiful purple eyes gazed into the distance.

Practically simultaneously, a figure silently appeared in midair.

A seemingly youthful monk in gray.