Chapter 2797 The Might of the Eternal Sword Dao

A duel between Eternal beings!

In Lin Xun’s eyes, this was already a clash that could be called the pinnacle of the world. After all, to countless cultivators, even the Emperor Stage was a realm so lofty it should be revered, while the immortal path was as elusive as a dragon soaring beyond the clouds.

As for the Eternal Stage? That was no longer just a realm...it was legend itself.

Even Lin Xun, who had stepped into the Heavenly Longevity Immortal Stage, had never truly dared to dream of reaching such a height. Until now, the only Eternal existence he had ever encountered was Taixuan.

Yet here, outside the Flowing Light Forbidden Realm, Taixuan’s willpower was about to face the willpower of another Eternal being from the Liangqiu Clan. The mere thought of such a duel sent tremors of awe and anticipation through Lin Xun’s heart.

How terrifying was the power of the Eternal Stage?

He even feared that with his current cultivation, he might not be able to perceive the battle clearly at all. In the distance, the seven Transcendence powerhouses were equally unsettled.

Even within the vast Fortune Dominion, duels at such a level were exceedingly rare. And whenever such battles erupted, they almost always heralded upheavals capable of shaking the very order of the world. Now, such a clash was about to ignite outside the Flowing Light Forbidden Realm!

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Liangqiu Tianwu, clad in a daoist robes, radiated boundless sword intent. He casually extended a hand into the void.

Boom!

The starry sky shuddered. It was as if a fragment of the very laws of heaven and earth had been torn free, drawn into his grasp and condensed into a blade of illusory sword qi. With effortless ease, he refined the laws of heaven and earth into a sword!

That unparalleled power made the seven Transcendence beings draw in sharp breaths. Lin Xun too was shaken to his core.

The laws of heaven and earth were like the dao of heaven itself, the very framework that upheld the operation of the world. For instance, when Lin Xun, an outsider, entered the Great Qin Divine Domain, its laws of heaven and earth suppressed his cultivation the moment he set foot inside.

In general, cultivators studied the great dao in order to continuously transform and ascend, until at last they could contend with the laws of heaven and earth, or even transcend them altogether.

For example, Transcendence Immortals no longer bowed to the laws of heaven and earth because their cultivation had given them the power to rise above those laws, free from their shackles.

Now, before Lin Xun’s eyes, Liangqiu Tianwu grasped those very laws with a single motion, refining them into sword qi and turning them into his weapon! It was nothing short of terrifying!

“The great dao laws are born from the power of law and order, and the power of law and order itself arises from the laws of heaven and earth. At the Transcendence Stage, one is no longer shackled by the laws of heaven and earth within the epochal worlds. But at the Eternal Stage, one can wield those very laws, able to destroy or to create within a single thought.”

Taixuan’s clear voice echoed across the void, “Little Friend, in this battle, I shall wield the sword in my hand to expound this realm to you. Even if you cannot yet fathom its deepest mysteries, you may still observe its ‘form’ and feel its ‘spirit.’ When you one day ascend to the Eternal Stage, with the ‘form’ and ‘spirit,’ you will truly grasp the wonders of this realm.”

His sleeves fluttered as he spoke, and in that instant, a streak of sword qi shot from his fingertip, manifesting out of thin air between Lin Xun’s brows.

At once, Lin Xun’s senses and vision shifted dramatically. The starry sky was still the same, yet now it brimmed with countless obscure and mysterious auras, like pillars and foundations invisible to the eye, supporting the movement and order of the cosmos.

That obscure aura pervaded everything, woven into every inch of the void, saturating stars, dust, light and shadow, and even coursing through the bodies of every living being. As the seven Transcendence powerhouses circulated their qi, their figures seemed to slip free of that omnipresent obscure aura, appearing detached and ethereal.

However, around Taixuan and Liangqiu Tianwu, the obscure aura seemed to bow in submission, resonating with their circulation of qi in strange and wondrous rhythms. Most striking of all was the sword qi in Liangqiu Tianwu’s grasp, condensed directly from that obscure aura. It was as though he was a supreme sovereign wielding the sword of heaven!

Lin Xun’s heart trembled. He knew that this omnipresent obscure aura was none other than the power of the laws of heaven and earth! Before this moment, he had only been able to sense it, never actually behold it.

Clang

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Liangqiu Tianwu struck, thrusting out the sword in his grip. It was a simple, unadorned sword. However, in the starry sky, countless stars detonated like shattered glass. The distant Transcendence powerhouses stiffened, frantically circulating their cultivation to resist the all-consuming aura of destruction.

Between Lin Xun’s brows, the strand of sword qi coiled like a natural barrier, dissolving the shockwaves. Through its power, he could clearly glimpse the trajectory and aura of that sword strike. However, because the gap in cultivation was too vast, though he could see its might, he could not fathom its mysteries. Still, he etched every detail of that strike deep into his heart.

It felt as though a celestial being was performing before him, while he was a mere mortal utterly entranced by that overwhelming momentum. In that instant, Taixuan also drew his sword, raising it high before slashing downward. It was a strike that was equally as simple.

However, that blow seemed to cleave heaven and earth apart, split mountains and rivers, and sever the great dao itself. It radiated the tyrannical might of a god-slaying strike.

Liangqiu Tianwu’s eyes narrowed. The sword he thrust out suddenly twisted, whipping back through the void. Taixuan countered at once, retracting his downward slash and sweeping his blade horizontally instead.

In that moment, their blades clashed in a storm of thrusts, slashes, slices, lifts, sweeps, smashes, and rolls. Every movement was sharp, precise, and without a single wasted motion. Each strike was simple and unadorned, like watching two mortal swordsmen locked in combat, with no secret arts or flashy techniques. Despite that, each blow carried earthshaking might!

In Lin Xun’s eyes, every clash was the ultimate refinement of the laws of heaven and earth. Each strike revealed the terrifying mastery the two Eternal Stage experts possessed over the way of the sword. If any outsiders were present, what they would have seen was nothing but ruin, collapse and chaos, with countless stars falling and endless daos shattering into dust.

“The ultimate peak of the sword lies in ‘oneness.’ Within a single sword, endless transformations are born. Within a single strike, the infinite laws of the cosmos can be cleaved apart.”

Taixuan’s calm voice resonated in Lin Xun’s mind, “One gives birth to two, two to three, three to the infinite, the infinite to the boundless, yet in the end, all returns to one. Such is the Eternal Stage. All paths before this are born from the ‘one,’ endlessly transforming and evolving. And when the mystery of the laws of heaven and earth are finally unraveled, everything becomes eternal, everything returns to oneness.”

Enlightenment struck Lin Xun’s heart like a thunderclap. He gazed into the distance. Taixuan’s majestic figure stood like a god, his sword flashing through the void. With every stroke, the laws of heaven and earth shifted, endless mysteries pouring forth and merging into that single slash.

Liangqiu Tianwu was no different. Each strike seemed deceptively simple, yet brimmed with boundless mysteries, unfathomable, incomprehensible and utterly terrifying. Although Lin Xun could not yet unravel the mysteries within, he could perceive their ‘form’ and sense their ‘spirit.’ His mind sank into that realm, forgetting the flow of time.

No one knew how long had passed before his heart suddenly jolted. Then he saw the duel between Taixuan and Liangqiu Tianwu was already over. The starry sky remained unchanged, vast, silent, untouched. It was as if the destruction of stars and void from moments before had never occurred.

However, Lin Xun saw that the seven Transcendence beings were trembling in fear, stunned into silence, their faces dazed and stricken. It was as if they had just weathered the aftermath of a cataclysmic storm, their hearts still unable to settle.

Taixuan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, billions of auspicious lights swirling around him. Even in such a relaxed stance, his presence was overwhelming, so vast and unshakable that all before him felt like nothing more than tiny ants.

From afar, Liangqiu Tianwu let out a sigh. “This sword dao is truly extraordinary.” His voice carried a mixture of awe, satisfaction, and faint bitterness.

Taixuan smiled lightly. “Thank you.”

“Will you let them go?” Liangqiu Tianwu asked.

Taixuan shook his head with a calm smile. “I already set the rules. Three breaths have passed. Their path of retreat is sealed.”

Silence fell. Then Liangqiu Tianwu said solemnly, “In that case...someday, I will fight your true body in a battle of life and death.”

A sword mark split down his Will Dharma Form. Without another word, his figure cracked apart into two halves and vanished into nothingness. Lin Xun’s pupils shrank violently. Only now did he realize the duel had ended because Taixuan’s blade had cleaved Liangqiu Tianwu’s Will Dharma Form in two!

In the distance, Liangqiu Shui and the others felt their scalps go numb, as though they had been cast into a frozen abyss. Terror gripped them. Liangqiu Tianwu’s Will Dharma Form had been slain!

“Run!”

Yan Andao and Yan Anxing bolted instantly, fleeing with all their might. Taixuan’s reply to Liangqiu Tianwu was no different from a death sentence. Who would sit and wait for execution? Almost simultaneously, Liangqiu Shui, Liangqiu Yun, Ying Xiaoyuan, Ying Qing, and Qin Wenzhen all bolted into action, each fleeing faster than the other.

Seven mighty Transcendence powerhouses fled at full speed, scattering through the void! Such a scene left Lin Xun utterly astounded. Never before had he imagined that such terrifying old monsters would flee in such frantic panic. This alone proved just how terrifying Taixuan truly was. Against him, they didn’t even dare to resist, let alone struggle.

“I urged you to leave earlier, but you refused. Now that I forbid it, you insist on fleeing. Why must you bring such ruin upon yourselves?” Taixuan sighed deeply. With a flick of his wrist, the dao sword in his palm shot forth into the void.

Shua!

In an instant, countless streams of sword qi surged forth like a raging flood, filling the starry sky as the clash of blades resounded across the nine heavens. Eight hundred and forty million swords blanketed the heavens!

Lin Xun was utterly shaken. From the far distance came a chorus of muffled grunts, screams, shrieks and wails of despair...

Then all fell silent. The endless sword qi dissipated like flowing light, leaving the void quiet once more.

“They’re...dead?” Lin Xun asked in shock.

“I can guarantee not a single one of them will survive,” Taixuan said with a bright smile.

Lin Xun drew in a deep breath, finally forcing down the trembling in his chest. “Elder...is this the power of the Eternal Stage?”

Taixuan considered for a moment, then replied calmly, “Strictly speaking, this is only the power of a Will Dharma Form.”

Lin Xun let out a wry smile.

If even a Will Dharma Form is this overwhelming, then just how terrifying must Taixuan’s true body be?