First Immortal of the Sword

Throughout Orchid Terrace, the atmosphere was stifled and oppressive. 

However, almost no one felt sorry for Huan Shaoyou.

On the contrary, when they saw Su Yi trample him, many of the onlookers were secretly gleeful.
This felt great!

This descendant of the Demonic Huan Family’s performance over the past few days had been too fierce and too brutal.
Everyone he fought ended up with severe injuries.

Quite a few had their foundations in the Grand Dao ruined.
They were crippled!

Anyone who’d witnessed Huan Shaoyou’s earlier matches found it difficult to sympathize with him.

Instead, they felt delighted; they thought he had it coming.

Meanwhile, on stage.

When he realized that he couldn’t admit defeat, Huan Shaoyou went all out.
A frenzied smile appeared on his bloodied, battered face.

His bloodshot eyes seemed to be saying, “So long as I’m alive, I’ll be sure to get revenge one day!”

In his past life, Su Yi had seen numerous opponents make similar expressions.
How could he mistake Huan Shaoyou’s meaning?

He stretched out his hand and picked Huan Shaoyou off the ground, then held him aloft.
He said calmly, “In the past, an old-timer of the demonic path, a famed expert of torture, said that nothing in this world is easier than dying, but nothing is crueler than longing to die, yet being unable to.”

Having said this, Su Yi smiled faintly.
“And I just so happen to have a secret art capable of rendering someone desperate to die, yet unable to do so.
It’s called ‘Ten Thousand Ants Gnaw the Spirit.’ Thousands of ’ants ’ gnaw away at the target’s soul.
The agony is so immense that they lose the will to live, and yet, it isn’t fatal.

“The most incredible part is that you can’t even lose consciousness.
Want to try it?”

Huan Shaoyou’s expression shifted erratically, and his breathing sped up.
His eyes almost burst, and he struggled like mad, but it was to no avail.

He couldn’t speak.

However, his expression and his movements made it perfectly clear just how terrified and angry he was inside.

“Enough!” A cold voice rang out from the stands.

A charmingly beautiful woman in phoenix-patterned robes stood up.
The look in her eyes was intimidating.
“This is the Orchid Terrace Dharma Assembly, not somewhere just anyone can act however they please! Young man, don’t take this too far.
If you do, you’ll offend the Huan Family.
No one in this world can save you then!”

This declaration echoed throughout the entire venue.
Quite a few onlookers’ hearts shook. She’s right! Su Yi might seem like he’s having a good time, but that means he’s irrevocably offended the Huan Family!

That’s the clan that, thirty thousand years ago, was already the top demonic faction in the entire Azure Continent.
Their accumulations are incomparably terrifying!

Huan Shaoyou arrived in Nine Tripod City just a few days ago, but he even dared to invade the city’s airspace!

Sure, he was pushed back in the end, but the imperial family didn’t pursue the matter.

Everyone could guess why the imperial family had backed off; it was because they, too, were afraid of the Huan Family.
They dared not cast aside all pretenses of cordiality!

A smile appeared on Huo Mingyuan’s face. Su Yi’s irrevocably offended the Huan Family this time.
There’s simply no need for our Huo Family to get involved; I’m afraid Su Yi won’t be jumping around much longer.

Meanwhile, on stage.

It was as if Su Yi didn’t even hear her.
His left hand gently tapped Huan Shaoyou between the eyes.

Beneath the crowd’s astonished gazes, Huan Shaoyou briefly went rigid before convulsing from head to toe.

His face contorted hideously with agony, but he still couldn’t make a sound.

Despite his silence, everyone could tell that Huan Shaoyou was experiencing unimaginable suffering.

The sight made the onlookers’ hair stand on end, and they shuddered involuntarily.

“Su Yi! Do you insist on seeking death!?” Off in the distance, the woman in phoenix robes was infuriated.
Her beautiful face was ashen.

Su Yi ignored her.
Ten Thousand Ants Gnaw the Spirit had three steps.
This was merely the beginning.

He raised his left hand and pressed down between Huan Shaoyou’s eyes once more.

But it was then that—

The jade pendant hanging from Huan Shaoyou’s neck suddenly turned red as blood and shook violently.

Boom!

The terrifying energy fluctuations of a Spirit Dao cultivator burst from the pendant, condensing into indomitably sharp blood-red saber qi.
It slashed toward Su Yi.

Su Yi was holding Huan Shaoyou, so the two weren’t at all far apart.

Such a dramatic change happened so suddenly.
Most cultivators would have been caught off guard, unable to react in time.
They might well have been killed right where they stood.

However, it was as if Su Yi had precognition.
He chuckled.

Clang!

The Abstruse God Sword appeared out of nowhere and flashed through the air.

An earth-shaking blast rang out, and the descending crimson saber slash split in two.

The momentum of the Abstruse God Sword’s edge didn’t decrease in the slightest.
It continued toward Huan Shaoyou’s jade pendant.

It struck with such speed that, never mind anyone else present, even Huan Shaoyou couldn’t react in time.
He could only watch as the sword cut ruthlessly into his pendant.

Bang!

The jade pendant exploded.

Sparks flew like rain, and a crimson silhouette flew out.

The entire venue was in uproar.
Startled cries shook the air; everyone was surprised by this sudden development.

Some of the prominent experts could tell at a glance that this was the very same crimson silhouette who’d once carried the Thousand Demon Treasure Ship on his shoulders and barged into Nine Tripod City’s airspace.
He was the primordial spirit of a Spiritual Integration Realm cultivator!

There was no doubt about it; this was Huan Shaoyou’s ultimate life-saving trump card.

Many of those present broke out in cold sweats.

They asked themselves, Faced with such a development, could any of us have emerged unscathed? I’m afraid we couldn’t have!

Yet it was as if Su Yi had prepared for this in advance.
He immediately drew his sword, neutralizing the threat!

“Did you really think I was torturing that unseemly ant just for kicks? I was waiting for you!” Su Yi said calmly, a hint of murderousness shining in the depths of his gaze.

Even as he spoke, the Abstruse God Sword slashed through the air.

Whoosh!

A dreamlike, illusory streak of sword qi shot through the skies, as if drawing upon the waters of the river of heaven.
Its majestic, destructive power was vast, with grand momentum.

The terrifying imposing aura of this slash far surpassed his earlier three-foot streak of sword qi.

Only now did the onlookers realize how terrifying Su Yi was when he used his sword and unleashed his true power!

“You’re seeking death!” The crimson silhouette roared, his voice booming like thunder, and swung his palm at Su Yi.

Boom!

The arena shook violently.
Bloody light shot into the dome of heaven.

The palm strike burst forth with the majesty of the Spiritual Integration Realm.
The crowd’s scalps went numb, and their faces filled with astonishment.

But what left them completely flabbergasted was——

As terrifying as the palm strike was, Su Yi’s sword force cut through it like an axe through bamboo.

Amidst the rumbling and booming, the sword qi descended, injuring the crimson silhouette!

“This…” The entire audience was stunned.
Everyone’s eyes widened, and their jaws hung slack.

That was the primordial spirit of a Spiritual Integration Realm cultivator!

Just a few days ago, that very primordial spirit had invaded the skies of Nine Tripod City.
Sure, he was forced back in the end, but not before enduring a whole series of attacks from the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation!

Yet now, a single slash had injured even such a terrifying existence!

“Just as I expected.
Old-timer, you were on your last legs already, just clinging to life within that jade pendant.
After invading the city’s airspace, you’re already severely injured.
By now, you’re… just putting on a strong front.” Su Yi laughed.

Before his laughter finished echoing throughout Orchid Terrace, he leaped forward and slashed with the Abstruse God Sword once more.

The results left the crowd so stunned that their jaws almost fell off.
Although the crimson silhouette was obviously infuriated, in the face of this slash, he instinctively chose to flee!

Alas, Su Yi had absolutely no intention of letting him live.

As he swung the Abstruse God Sword, a three-inch-long blue sword shot out from between his eyes.

The Divine Slaughter Sword!

It was formed of the One Strike Divine Slaughter Incantation, and it was specially designed to target opponents’ souls!

Whoosh~!

The little blue sword flashed and disappeared without a trace.

The spectators then watched as the crimson silhouette shook, then howled in agony.

“Bastard! The Huan Family shall destroy you and everyone you love!”

As this agonized roar reverberated throughout the sky, the crimson silhouette split right down the middle.

Then, the primordial spirit of a Huan Family Spiritual Integration expert dispersed with a bang, disappearing into nothingness.

Clang!

Su Yi sheathed the Abstruse God Sword.
Now, he finally felt better.

Out of consideration for the rules, he couldn’t kill Huan Shaoyou, but he could kill the old-timer he had with him.
That, at least, was permissible.

The entire venue fell deathly silent.
Everyone was at a loss for words.

Up on the central jade viewing platform, the distinguished experts were as still as mud statues.

This was the final day of the Orchid Terrace Dharma Assembly.
Su Yi’s duel with Huan Shaoyou was an unanticipated development to begin with.

Even more unexpected was the Origin Palace Realm Su Yi’s one-sided suppression of his opponent.
Huan Shaoyou was helpless to resist; Su Yi could do with him as he pleased!

This entire series of events overturned countless people’s imaginations and provoked widespread uproar.

Huan Shaoyou was a monster even among monsters of the ancient era.
When they saw him helpless to even struggle while Su Yi sliced and diced him as he pleased, they finally realized just how terrifying Su Yi’s cultivation was!

But…

Even so, who could have imagined that an Origin Palace Realm youth like Su Yi could cut down a Spiritual Integration Realm expert’s primordial soul?

Even the Xia Emperor felt his mind shake, and his eyes filled with bewilderment.
Witnessing this shook him to the core.

Weng Jiu, who was closest to the arena, stared at Su Yi wide-eyed. Earlier, when he had seen the crimson silhouette charge, he had subconsciously gotten ready to intervene.

Who’d have thought that Su Yi would cleave the crimson silhouette in half in the blink of an eye!?

The entire venue fell deathly silent.

Gu Cangning, Zeng Pu, Chi Jiansu, Li Handeng, Buddhist Son Chen Lu, and the others all felt their hearts shake.
They couldn’t calm down.

All of them realized something—

Even after a champion emerged from the ranks of the remaining monsters of the ancient era and geniuses of the present day, their reputation and prestige would be completely overshadowed by Su Yi!

Wen Xinzhao’s beautiful eyes shone with excitement and reverence.

She increasingly felt that agreeing to learn the sword from Su Yi was the greatest blessing she’d ever received.

Yue Shichan fully relaxed.
She sighed in relief. 

Earlier, when the crimson silhouette charged, she broke out in cold sweats on Su Yi’s behalf.
Now, seeing him alive and well, her heart filled with irrepressible delight.

Up on the central jade viewing platform.

The leaders of the four great orthodoxies—Lu Daoting, Daoist Master Moyang, Yu Jiuzhen, Buddhist Master Jinyuan—and the heads of the three top clans—Huo Mingyuan, Lei Yuandu, and Jiang Xiaosheng—fell silent.
So did the other top experts.

Their hearts swelled with emotion, and each wore a different expression.
Some were surprised, shaken, astonished, and confused, while others were bewildered…

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Meanwhile, on stage.

Huan Shaoyou sprawled out on the floor, looking as devastated as if he were attending his parents’ funerals or as if he’d lost his soul.

Su Yi took out a gourd of wine, threw back his head, and took a big swig.
Then, without any further ado, he exited the arena.

Throughout the venue, all eyes were upon this blue-robed young man.
It was like they were looking at a living legend.

The twenty-ninth day of the ninth lunar month. 

Autumn.

At the imperial capital’s Orchid Terrace, Su Yi suppressed Huan Shaoyou and slew a Spiritual Integration cultivator’s primordial spirit.

The entire audience was stunned.

A whale couldn ’t swallow an entire ocean, but his sword qi could fill the autumn skies!