Chapter 418: Chapter 61: Lu Xuan Draws His Sword, Nuwa Rises, the Emperor Corpse Will Enter the World

Lu Xuan neither believed nor disbelieved him. He spoke calmly,

"Let’s not talk about that. In a little over two months, on the fifteenth of the eighth month, I’m getting married... Will you come?"

Chu Tai’s smile froze.

After a long moment, he coughed twice.

"Can I go?"

"You can. You are my elder, after all. You took care of me for seven years. If it weren’t for you, I would have frozen to death in the snow years ago."

Chu Tai was silent for a long while before heaving a long sigh. "Child," he said with regret, "Grandpa wants to go, but... it’s a shame."

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Those who achieve great things must be free of attachments," Chu Tai said calmly. "Only by severing all your ties of cause and effect can you truly understand your own nature and attain your true self."

He stood up and gently stroked Lu Xuan’s head.

"Ah, you... you were born with an affinity for the Dao and a talent unmatched since ancient times. But your path has been too smooth. For your sake, Grandpa made Qianlong City evaporate, so you could temper your heart and nurture your spirit through great suffering. But now it seems that suffering wasn’t enough. It wasn’t enough!"

Lu Xuan’s hair stood on end with fury. He tried to rise, but was pinned down by that old, withered hand, unable to move!

He stared deadly at Chu Tai and bit out each word,

"What... have you done now?"

"Nothing much."

Chu Tai sighed.

"Your suffering is still insufficient, as is your temperament. Since ancient times, which Daoist has ever had a family? To attain his Dao Fruit, Taiyi killed his own older brother, devoured his brother’s ten sons, and slew both his sister-in-law and his own wife."

"Only then did Taiyi achieve Perfection and secure his Dao Fruit Position. He later established the Ancient Celestial Court and refined his Perfect Dao Fruit. A pity he made a single misstep and lost it all!"

"That child’s name is Yan Jiangxue, isn’t it? She’s quite something. She will become the firewood, burning brightly to scorch a path forward for you!"

"If you want her back, your only way is to attain the Dao Fruit..."

HUMMM!

The Qing Ping Sword appeared and fell into Lu Xuan’s hand. An ancient, world-ending killing intent enveloped Chu Tai. Chaos shattered, the Years threatened to collapse, and the great age itself was about to die!

... 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

On the Great Wall.

Yan Jiangxue stood in the astral winds, gazing worriedly at the path forged from bones, and couldn’t help but sigh.

"Xiaolu..."

A sudden panic seized her heart for no reason, and a fog seemed to cloud her Divine Soul.

At the same time, throughout the Great Heaven and Earth, across the Great Cosmos.

Countless Great Demons, Little Saints, and others who had survived by not being in the Star Domains along the path of bones all shuddered.

From the depths of their bloodlines, from the very source, a brilliant golden decree emerged. Its command was clear, with only a single purpose.

"Slay the human Yan Jiangxue. Annihilate her soul and spirit."

Myriad demons bowed their heads, accepting the great decree from the source of their bloodline.

It wasn’t just them.

In the gaps of the cosmos, some demonic beings who had forced an early return and were silently biding their time also sensed this great decree.

Those with firm wills were not swayed, knowing now was not the time to enter the Great Heaven and Earth. But those with weaker wills silently accepted the decree and began to rigidly march toward the Great Heaven and Earth.

Most were True Immortals and those of the Grand Grade, with a rare few being Immortals. However, because they forced their entry into the Great Heaven and Earth, they temporarily fell from the Immortal level, dropping to the Grand Grade Level.

But even if their cultivation had dropped to the Grand Grade, they were Immortals at their core. The Slaughter Techniques they wielded and the Exotic Treasures they possessed were far beyond anything a normal Grand Grade expert could compare to.

A few such beings, working together, could even slay a newly ascended Immortal while still at the Great Grade Realm—just like Li Changgeng and the others.

...

Gazing at the long, green sword and feeling the ancient, realm-destroying killing intent, Chu Tai simply smiled and said in admiration,

"This sword is truly extraordinary. If it were wielded by the one in Biyou Palace, even my main body would have to retreat and keep a wide berth."

"However, in your hands, it can only display its most basic power. It might be able to slay a Daluo, but that’s all. I am not a Dao Fruit, but I am a false body of one. It’s not enough. Not enough."

He clapped once, and an immense force manifested, imprisoning Lu Xuan. He said in a low, ghostly voice,

"Don’t move, child. Before you can even swing that sword, Grandpa can break all four of your limbs and temporarily cripple your cultivation. Once the dust has settled, I can reverse time and return you to how you were."

Lu Xuan, his hair standing on end with fury, stared daggers at Chu Tai and let out a low roar.

The next moment, he forced the Qing Ping Sword to move. A wave of killing intent shot out, and Chu Tai’s forehead burst open. A mere wisp of that energy had pierced through his skull, nearly killing him!

"A fine sword."

Chu Tai praised it again, then his gaze turned grim.

"This is the kind of anger I mean. Remember it. Remember this rage, child."

Saying this, he clapped once more and sighed softly,

"Go to sleep. Just go to sleep..."

"Wake up in a month."

He raised his hand and pressed down. With a slight flick of his finger, a Bronze Fragment in the sea of Lu Xuan’s consciousness began to vibrate violently.

Lu Xuan let out a muffled groan, trying to resist, but his cultivation was ultimately too low. How could he possibly stand against a false body of a Dao Fruit?

Clutching the Qing Ping Sword, his eyes wide with fury, he fell into a dream.

’He can’t be allowed to go to the Qin Dynasty...’

Chu Tai muttered to himself, the smile on his face growing wider.

"Further away, further back, more ancient."

As he spoke, he glanced to the side and pointed. The mist swirling around one of the Thirty-Six Copper Coffins dissipated, the coffin lid flew open, and the Great Saint sleeping within awoke.

"Shortly, you will go to the Human World," Chu Tai said indifferently.

"Who are you?!" The Great Saint, who had ox horns, wore a grim expression.

"Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, did you not receive the decree in your bloodline?"

Chu Tai said lightly,

"Go. Go to the mortal world. If you travel by way of the Flame Mountain, you can avoid the restraints of the Great Heaven and Earth."

With a flick of his hand, a Divine Mountain appeared, and the Ox Demon entered it.

After doing all this, Chu Tai’s body twisted bizarrely. The sword mark on his forehead could no longer be suppressed, and it erupted inch by inch.

"Worthy of the name Qing Ping." Chu Tai smiled at the sleeping Lu Xuan. "When you awaken, the dust will have settled."

As his voice fell, his form began to crack, finally exploding. A single point of his True Spirit fled from this Great Heaven and Earth.

...

Beneath a certain Stone Stele.

A stunningly beautiful woman was teasing a little catfish in a fish basket. The latter was behaving itself impeccably, its fishy face showing what could only be described as a sycophantic smile.

Suddenly, she frowned, and her slender, jade-like fingers paused.

"Goddess, what is it?" The corpse on the cliff perceived something was wrong and looked over curiously.

But the beautiful woman only lowered her eyelids, coldly lifting the little catfish.

"Just now, a decree descended into the depths of this little fish’s bloodline."

"Mm, and not just this little fish. The decree descended upon every demon currently existing in the Great Heaven and Earth."

The Emperor Corpse was slightly surprised.

"A decree from the depths of the bloodline? Could it be the Demon Ancestor? Hmm, the Demon Ancestor has always been mysterious. Goddess, do you know who it is? Or who stands behind them?"

"I have not seen it with my own eyes, so I do not know."

"Then what was the decree?"

"This decree..." The beautiful woman slowly held up the catfish in her hand, her voice frigid and laced with killing intent.

"...is to kill my daughter-in-law."

The Emperor Corpse froze, and the Buddha eavesdropping from the charred black mountain peak also trembled.

"My Xiaoxuan said he would bring his wife to see me. And now some creature wants to slay my daughter-in-law."

The beautiful woman slowly rose to her feet. Divine Chains shook in all directions, and the entire Celestial Vault teetered on the verge of collapse. The cataclysm threatened to spread, dragging the whole era into complete and utter Nirvana!!

The Emperor Corpse’s expression changed dramatically.

"Goddess, I know you are anxious, but please, be calm! If you go out, this world will collapse! The Immortal Gods will immediately return, and without the suppression, all the various Dao Fruits will be able to cast their gazes upon this world!"

The beautiful woman, holding the little catfish, spoke in an ice-cold voice,

"But that’s my daughter-in-law."

"I’ll go!" the Emperor Corpse exclaimed, grimacing in alarm. "Let me go out instead, how about that?"

The beautiful woman was taken aback.

She tilted her head, thinking it over for a long moment, before finally saying,

"That works too."