Truth Exposed, Empresses Beg for Forgiveness-Chapter 139 - 136: Wang Teng’s Arm Severed! Literature Shines for Eternity, Morality Illuminates Heaven and Earth—Among All the Debates of the World, Only We Confucians Stand Supreme!
The cultivators of the Celestial Emperor Palace did not expect that the Sword Spirit Empress would be so resolute.
In order to save the Celestial Emperor, or perhaps to prevent implicating the Sword Spirit Race, she directly passed the leadership of the Sword Spirit Race to Sword Emperor Jian Wuming!
After she remembered everything, was the Celestial Emperor really that important to the Sword Spirit Empress?!
And Jian Wuming also spoke at this moment.
"Lady Empress’s command, this old man... will not obey!
In this world, only Lady Empress is qualified to lead the Sword Spirit Race."
As his words fell, Jian Wuming added another sentence in his heart.
Perhaps, the Celestial Emperor also could...
Having seen the history between the Celestial Emperor and the Sword Spirit Race, having seen how astonishingly talented the Celestial Emperor was as a Sword Dao genius.
Especially since the Celestial Emperor even gave the Liuli Jianxin to the Sword Spirit Empress, compiling the Sword Manual that the Sword Spirit Race cultivates today.
One could say, without the Celestial Emperor, there would be no Sword Spirit Race as it is today.
But these words, he was destined never to speak out directly...
At this moment, Jian Lingxin had no time to respond further.
All her thoughts were focused on how to save Luo Xuan!
Just now, the earth-shattering sword momentum she had accumulated was terrifying.
Wang Teng was blown away unable to block even one strike, yet it was stopped by Nalan Qingcheng’s Mountain and River Map!
Though the Mountain and River Map blocked her Spirit Heart Sword, it also trembled violently in an instant.
The effort needed by the Mountain and River Map to block that strike of the Spirit Heart Sword was by no means light.
However, next, streaks of white light from the Celestial Palace infused into the Mountain and River Map.
Making the Mountain and River Map completely stabilize, as if the previous strike of the Spirit Heart Sword hadn’t caused it any noticeable damage at all.
Jian Lingxin’s expression instantly turned somewhat grim.
Celestial Palace fortune!
If fighting elsewhere, Nalan Qingcheng would at most be equally matched with her, perhaps even losing half a step to her.
But in the Celestial Palace, Nalan Qingcheng was almost invincible!
Simply because Nalan Qingcheng held a special status.
Especially since she was openly married to Luo Xuan, the current Celestial Emperor, acknowledged by Heaven and Earth.
As long as she was within the Celestial Palace, she would be protected by its fortune, supported by the endless might of the Celestial Palace.
"Empress Consort!!"
Thinking about Nalan Qingcheng’s status, Jian Lingxin felt very aggravated in her heart.
She almost wanted to directly cut down her Mountain and River Map!
Meanwhile, after seeing the past of Luo Xuan and Jian Ling’er, Nalan Qingcheng also felt greatly aggravated towards Jian Lingxin.
The air was full of unexplainable tension!
Hehuan Ancestor seemed to have sensed something, silently retreating a long distance back to the crowd.
At this moment, the Mountain and River Map and Spirit Heart Sword were already in combat!
Their brilliance was immensely bright!
The next moment, beams of white light from the Celestial Palace infused into the Mountain and River Map, causing the Spirit Heart Sword to directly disappear, absorbed into the Mountain and River Map!!
Jian Lingxin’s gaze turned even colder.
She had exchanged blows with Nalan Qingcheng, naturally understanding the efficacy of the Mountain and River Map.
The Mountain and River Map could absorb any weapon it battled, even an Emperor’s Artifact could be taken in!
It was rumored that within the Mountain and River Map were hidden countless miles of mountains and rivers.
Yet Jian Lingxin knew so well that within the Mountain and River Map, more than countless miles of mountains and rivers were hidden; entire long rivers of time and space!
Even an Emperor’s Artifact would be momentarily lost within them!
Given some time, Jian Lingxin could summon back the Spirit Heart Sword, but at this moment, what she lacked most was time!
With any delay, the chance to save that foolish wood would decrease dramatically!
Jian Lingxin resolutely decided to temporarily abandon the Spirit Heart Sword and hastened towards the Reincarnation Mirror!
Nalan Qingcheng saw that Jian Lingxin no longer held an Emperor’s Artifact in hand, and after Wang Teng had been blown away, he had already returned.
She was unwilling to join in attacking Jian Lingxin with Wang Teng, so she temporarily ceased her assault.
Seeing Jian Lingxin rushing towards the Reincarnation Mirror, especially seeing her daring to face him without an Emperor’s Artifact, Wang Teng felt it was extremely laughable.
As a Great Emperor, having or not having an Emperor’s Artifact in hand made a world of difference in battle strength!
If it weren’t so, then Jian Guichen wouldn’t have been so madly determined to obtain the Spirit Heart Sword.
Resulting in his life being lost for it.
Having been blown away by Jian Lingxin’s sword just now, Wang Teng also felt it very disgraceful, and he was very aggravated.
He knew well that even if he became the Celestial Emperor in the future, he could forget about making the Sword Spirit Empress an Imperial Consort.
At this moment, Wang Teng directly summoned his own prized Emperor’s Artifact.
"Sword Spirit Empress, even though you are at the peak of a Great Emperor, you still cannot save the Celestial Emperor!
Today, I, Wang Teng of the Wang Family, will stop you!"
The cultivators present all somewhat felt that Wang Teng was being shameless.
Summoning the Emperor’s Artifact immediately, wasn’t this clearly taking advantage of the Sword Spirit Empress now not having an Emperor’s Artifact!
Yet one had to admit, Empress Nalan’s Mountain and River Map was truly fearsome.
To even be able to absorb the Spirit Heart Sword!
Jian Lingxin’s gaze was ice-cold, but she also knew that what Wang Teng said wasn’t wrong; even at the peak of a Great Emperor, today she would still struggle to save that foolish wood.
Could it be that after being unable to protect him back then, today she still could not?
A scene flashed through Jian Lingxin’s mind.
It was that foolish wood, or rather the Celestial Emperor, at the time when he was massacring the Sword Spirit Race.
She now truly believed that the foolish wood had massacred the descendants of that Jian Guichen, and not other innocent members of the Sword Spirit Race.
When Luo Xuan was in the midst of the slaughter, she had arrived there.
In the void, Luo Xuan had looked at her for a long time, in silence for long, and then left without saying a word.
She had originally thought that the Celestial Emperor was afraid of her cultivation and unwilling to engage with her lightly.
Now, she didn’t understand anything anymore.
He simply hadn’t wanted to attack her, couldn’t bear to attack her!
Wang Teng said something about millennia past, Luo Xuan has already forgotten her.
However, how could he forget her? He has never forgotten her!!
"I don’t care if you’re Wang Teng or if your face hurts, today, I must save him!"
If the Great Emperor peak is not enough, then today, she will break through to the Great Emperor!!
Jian Lingxin’s three thousand strands of hair fell, one strand in her hand, transformed into a sword!
It looked exactly the same as the Spirit Heart Sword.
She slashed towards Wang Teng with a sword!
Wang Teng’s face turned even uglier.
Does it matter if he’s Wang Teng or if his face hurts?
Jian Lingxin’s words completely pierced him.
After all, he really did feel some face pain!
All his previous predictions, if not completely opposite, were almost all off.
It left him unable to hold his head high in front of the cultivators of the Celestial Emperor Palace, his gaze growing darker!
Wang Teng found it laughable, did the Sword Spirit Empress really think a sword made from hair could compare to a real Emperor’s Artifact?
Let her taste well the power of the Emperor’s Artifact in his hand!
Wang Teng summoned his prized Emperor’s Artifact, among those he possessed, it was the best!
While Jian Lingxin held no Emperor’s Artifact, just the sword formed from her hair.
It seemed that the result of this battle was overwhelmingly certain, whether one had an Emperor’s Artifact greatly influenced the battle power of a Great Emperor.
But in the next instant—
Bam!!!
The Emperor’s Artifact Wang Teng summoned was immediately struck and flown away, even damaged beyond recognition, almost breaking apart!
Before Wang Teng could react, the sword of Jian Lingxin had already cut to the front of him.
Wang Teng only had time to instinctively shift his body to the side as a Great Emperor reacting to instinctual crisis.
"Ah!!"
Wang Teng let out a miserable shriek, his entire face turned pale.
All because his right arm was actually... cut off!!
Jian Lingxin’s strike almost shattered his Emperor’s Artifact and severed his arm!
Wang Teng clutched his arm’s stump, his face full of horror.
"This, what is this sword!"
He couldn’t comprehend it.
Clearly, Jian Lingxin had no Emperor’s Artifact, clearly, he was the one who had summoned an Emperor’s Artifact.
Why was it his Emperor’s Artifact almost destroyed, and why was it he who lost an arm to Jian Lingxin!
Jian Lingxin’s eyes were cold, the scenes of the past with young Luo Xuan filling her mind.
"This is a sword!"
These words were not unfamiliar to the cultivators of the Celestial Emperor Palace.
This was exactly what young Luo Xuan had once said to Jian Ling’er!
Soups are not different, neither are swords.
Even a wooden sword in his hand could be called a wooden sword, or it could be called just a sword.
Without being bound by form, even all the swords in the world could be called just a sword!
In the Celestial Emperor Palace, all the Sword Spirit Race sword cultivators felt even more stirred at this moment.
Even Jian Wuming felt a surge of admiration in his heart at this time.
"Lady Empress’s Sword Dao has taken a step further, is this also thanks to the Celestial Emperor..."
Jian Wuming had seen in the images shown by the Reincarnation Mirror.
He had seen the young Celestial Emperor gathering the swords of the world to strike down Jian Guichen with that Heaven-Opening Sword for Jian Ling’er.
And now, he witnessed Jian Lingxin striking out this sword imbued with the True Meaning of the Sword Dao to save the Celestial Emperor.
He felt that in this life, he already had no regrets!
And all of this was most profoundly felt by Wang Teng, who bore the brunt of that strike from Jian Lingxin!
Wang Teng’s heart was filled with dread.
The Sword Spirit Empress’s Sword Dao seemed to have indeed advanced another step.
And this was definitely not a battle power that the peak of a Great Emperor could exert!
It even seemed to have approached the legendary realm above the Great Emperor –
Immortal!!
Is there truly someone in the world who can be Immortal?
Wang Teng quickly realized that this definitely wasn’t true Immortal battle power.
If it was truly the Immortal realm, he would have surely been obliterated by Jian Lingxin’s sword just now!
Perhaps Jian Lingxin at this moment was already... Half-Step Immortal!
With this, Wang Teng felt utter despair in his heart.
To break through in battle just to save the Celestial Emperor, isn’t this too unreasonable!
"Get out of my way!!"
Overwhelming Sword Momentum surged forth, there was no way Wang Teng could block it, it wasn’t even easy to save his life, he was directly blasted far away.
Seeing Jian Lingxin’s sword about to strike the Reincarnation Mirror, Wang Teng urgently called out.
"She must not be allowed to save the Celestial Emperor!"
Jian Lingxin looked at the Reincarnation Mirror right in front of her, her heart pounding with excitement, finally, she can save that foolish wood back!
In the future... she and he will never be apart again!
Yet at this moment—
"Our writing illuminates for millennia, moral virtue proclaimed to the universe, the world debates in torrent, only we Confucians stand supreme!"
From above the Celestial Palace, a dreamy whisper echoed.
Vast Literary Qi descended, forcibly halting the overwhelming Sword Qi of Jian Lingxin’s strike!
Jian Lingxin’s beautiful eyes burst into cold glints.
"Mu Yunyi! Do you dare stop me too?!"
