Chapter 491 - 433: Level Up... Again!

Beneath the Celestial Vault, the dead silence was torn apart by a resolute declaration.

"I, Qi, will destroy this Celestial Court!"

The moment his voice faded, the last glimmer of admonition completely extinguished in Qi Yun’s eyes, which reflected the myriad phenomena of Daluo Heaven. It was replaced by a decisiveness and indifference colder than Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice.

Since the greed, anger, and delusion of this vast world could not be suppressed by words or pacified by intimidation, he would simply destroy the source of this chaos. Once and for all!

His hand, with fingers held together like a sword, adjusted slightly. He no longer pointed at the multitude of Great Masters below, who were reacting as if facing a formidable enemy. Instead, he aimed far into the distance, directly at the towering Celestial Palace suspended above the nine heavens, breathing primal chaos and radiating immortal light—the Celestial Court!

"Go."

There was no impassioned roar, no complex Spell. There was only a single, utterly simple syllable, like a sovereign issuing the ultimate Decree to billions of iron-clad cavalry under his command.

"CLANG!!!"

"SHING!!!"

"HUM!!!"

The billions upon billions of terrifying Sword Auras hovering high in the sky, sealing off all directions, simultaneously let out a resonant whistle that shook the heavens!

The crimson Fire Element Sword Qi exuded heaven-incinerating heatwaves. The ice-blue Han Po Sword Qi froze the moisture along its path. The azure Howling-Wind Sword Qi tore through spatial barriers. The yellow Thick-Earth Sword Qi carried a crushing weight. The golden Sharp-Metal Sword Qi fully exposed its cutting edge. The intertwined prototype sword array began to operate with precision, as the spiraling Sword Qi ripped through spiraling trajectories, and the divided sword lights conjured an indistinguishable, illusory killing intent...

No matter how the external attributes and forms of these endless Sword Auras shifted, their very core was branded with the unsolvable mechanism of [Basic Sword Qi 50.0]—ignoring defenses!

In an instant, the billions of Sword Auras turned their edges! No longer hovering in deterrence, they transformed into a torrent of destruction, a storm of extinction, sweeping violently toward the towering Celestial Court!

Wherever the Sword Auras passed, Heaven and Earth lost their color. The void, originally painted in bizarre hues by various Divine Techniques, was now left with nothing but the pure, Divine Soul-stabbing colors of the Sword Auras. The space itself groaned like a rag repeatedly sliced by billions of invisible blades, tearing open countless crisscrossing, pitch-black rifts that could not heal for a long time.

Under the oppression of this apocalyptic sharpness, the already battered West Sea below was instantly crushed into a terrifying, bottomless depression spanning over ten thousand miles in diameter. The seawater was forced back, exposing the dry, hideous seabed.

The towering Celestial Court seemed to sense this terrifying attack that threatened its very existence. The chaotic immortal light flowing around it suddenly flared up with incomparable intensity!

"HUM—!"

The first to light up was the outermost perimeter of the Celestial Court. Rings of translucent, glazed barriers composed of pure Great Dao runes emerged in overlapping layers, instantly weaving into tens of thousands of folds! Each layer of these barriers shimmered with a different brilliance of Dao Rhyme. Even if an ordinary Great Master were to strike with full force, they would likely struggle to shake even the outermost three to five layers.

Following that, upon the main body of the Celestial Court’s palaces—with their carved beams, painted rafters, and flying eaves—countless dark golden Dao Patterns, complex and profound to the extreme, seemed to come alive. They surfaced and wandered across the bricks, jade pillars, and tiles. These Dao Patterns linked together, instantly forming a three-dimensional Array Map on the surface of the Celestial Court that covered every inch and corner. In the center of the Array Map, ancient phantoms such as the "Thirty-Three Heavens," "Lingxiao Treasure Hall," and "Jade Pool Fairyland" could faintly be seen flowing, exuding a Supreme majesty that ruled the heavens and repelled the Ten Thousand Laws.

This was the core defensive Restriction constructing the Celestial Court’s main body, containing the supreme Dao Traces of the True Monarchs who forged it!

Finally, from the highest point of the Celestial Court, in the direction of the grand Main Hall suspected to be the "Lingxiao Hall," a pale golden pillar of light shot into the sky. It expanded directly above the Celestial Court, transforming into a canopy woven together by the stars of the heavens, the rivers and mountains, and the Wish Power of all living beings! As the canopy rotated slowly, it scattered endless clear radiance. Wherever this radiance touched, berserk Laws were smoothed out, and chaotic energy was ordered, as if everything had to return to the order established by the Celestial Court. This was the symbol of the Celestial Court’s authority, the highest level of regulatory defense!

The three-layered defense, nested layer upon layer from the outside in, guarded the Celestial Court impenetrably. Brimming with immortal charm, it fully displayed the grandeur of a supreme immortal Sacred Land! If an ordinary Cultivator witnessed such defenses, they wouldn’t even be able to muster the thought of attacking; they would only feel their own insignificance and powerlessness.

"SWISH SWISH SWISH—!!!"

The first wave of the torrential sword rain, varying in attributes, slammed into the thousands of Great Dao barriers on the outermost layer. There was no stalemate, no violent depletion of Magical Power. There was only a dense, teeth-aching screech of cutting.

The moment they made contact with the Sword Auras, those incredibly sturdy glazed barriers containing various Dao Rhymes—regardless of their Dao Rhyme attributes or how exquisite their structures were—seemed to turn into the most ordinary, fragile glass bereft of spiritual nature. Ignoring defenses!

One layer, ten layers, a hundred layers, a thousand layers... Like a fierce wind sweeping away dead leaves, or boiling water splashing over accumulated snow, the layered compound Great Dao bulwarks rapidly annihilated and disintegrated at a visible rate under the scouring of the billions of Sword Auras! They turned into masterless motes of Dao Rhyme light drifting across the sky!

The dark golden three-dimensional Array Map on the Celestial Court’s surface flared brilliantly, attempting to mobilize a more fundamental defensive power to repair the damage. However, the torrent of Sword Auras was too fast, too dense, and too lethal! Countless Sword Auras pierced through the collapsing barriers, directly striking the walls, pillars, and flying eaves of the Celestial Court’s main body where the dark golden Dao Patterns roamed!

"CLINK CLANK CLINK CLANK—!!!"

This time, it produced the crisp sound of clashing metal, denser and even more heart-palpitating.

The building materials of the Celestial Court, which contained the Dao Traces of True Monarchs and possessed a hardness far surpassing ordinary immortal gold and Divine Iron, actually splintered with fine cracks under the bombardment of the Sword Auras! The dark golden Dao Patterns flickered madly, desperately resisting and repairing. But the "ignoring defenses" trait within the Sword Auras was still taking effect; its efficacy was only weakened when faced with higher-level Dao Traces, but it was absolutely not nullified!

Particularly those spiraling Sword Qi that drove forward to focus on a single point, or the Sword Auras woven into micro armor-breaking sword arrays—they tore through the protection of the Dao Patterns even more effectively. They left deep holes in the jade pillars and plowed hideous trenches into the walls! The glazed tiles shattered, and the carved railings collapsed. The immortal mist was dispersed by the sharp Sword Intent, revealing the damaged main bodies of the palaces below.

"HUM—"

The canopy at the highest point of the Celestial Court jolted violently. The clear radiance it cast down suddenly became as dense as a physical substance, and wherever the clear radiance swept, the void was indeed forcibly "smoothed out." Any Sword Qi and Sword Auras illuminated by it were thoroughly dispersed.

But Qi Yun’s gaze was ice-cold. With a Heart Thought, his Daoist Robe billowed.

BOOM—

Boundless and vast, his terrifying Magical Power suddenly erupted. A great tide of Sword Qi, ten times more massive than the previous wave of Sword Auras, surged forth!

In an instant, the towering Celestial Court was completely submerged by billions of terrifying Sword Auras of varying colors!

The outer barriers were swiftly annihilated, and the main palaces trembled violently under the continuous, unending slashes. Bricks and stones splintered, and the Dao Patterns flickered. The clear radiance of the canopy and the torrent of Sword Auras fiercely clashed in every inch of space, erupting with turbulent flows of Laws powerful enough to obliterate a Great Master. The grand immortal atmosphere and the apocalyptic slaughter of the Sword Dao intertwined into an exceptionally shocking and terrifying scene!

"He’s insane! He actually dares to destroy the Celestial Court!"

"Stop!!!"

"Stop him! We absolutely cannot let our opportunity be destroyed!"

Below, the multitude of Profound Yellow Great Masters recovered from their extreme shock! The Celestial Court was their hope for breaking through to a higher Realm and seizing supreme Creation. How could they helplessly watch it be destroyed by this lunatic, Qi Yun?

"Qi Yun! You are severing the future of the Profound Yellow Cultivation Realm! You are making an enemy of the entire world!"

With his hair and beard bristling, the Tyrant Sect elder roared furiously, no longer caring about his fear of the sky-filling Sword Auras. His body erupted with majestic, ancient, and barbaric vitality. He threw a punch, and his fist intent condensed into the phantom of an immemorial star burning with blood-red flames, smashing fiercely toward Qi Yun’s back! He launched an offensive to force Qi Yun to abandon his attack and defend himself.

"Stealing one’s Creation is akin to murdering their parents! Qi Yun, die!"

Another Great Master also roared, sacrificing a profound-blue ancient mirror. The mirror’s light spewed out, transforming into chains of Profound Nether True Water containing sealing power, intertwining toward Qi Yun.

"Stop him!" Lady Jiu Li’s phoenix eyes gleamed with malice. Her seven-colored Nirvana True Fire transformed into a magnificent Fire Phoenix, which let out a long cry as it pounced at Qi Yun.

Although the Dragon Crown Princes of the East Sea and North Sea still harbored lingering fears of that Sword Qi, the temptation of the Celestial Court’s opportunity was even greater. Letting out long roars, they mobilized sea-incinerating dragon breath and freezing cold tides, launching a pincer attack from both sides.

"Qi Yun, this is the overarching trend of the Profound Yellow. You cannot stop it, so stay your hand," Black Mountain Great Master shouted in a low voice, trying to dissuade him as his gaze flickered toward Qi Yun.

However, the black Small Banner in his hand waved rapidly. Wisps of black mist condensed into an ancient Curse Seal, upon which Qi Yun’s birth date and time were starkly written.

In an instant, over a dozen Great Masters attacked in fury, their targets aimed straight at Qi Yun himself! Even though they feared the terrifying Sword Qi, they couldn’t afford to care about that now for the sake of the Celestial Court. They only sought to interrupt Qi Yun’s control over the Sword Auras.

Just as these ten terrifying attacks—powerful enough to shatter mountains and part seas, and devastate an area of tens of thousands of miles—were about to reach his body—

Qi Yun suddenly turned his head back.

His gaze was like two peerless Divine Swords forged from eternal ice—icy, calm, yet so sharply overbearing that it pierced through all illusions, directly "nailing" the multitude of Great Masters in the face.

"If any of you dare to take another step forward..."

He paused. His aura, which had seemed slightly "subdued" due to commanding the billions of Sword Auras, explosively erupted! The pale golden sword mark on his glabella suddenly surfaced, as radiant as a giant sun. Behind him, the phantoms of ten thousand swords in the Daluo Heaven emitted a heaven-shaking resonance. A Sword Intent, far more pure and terrifying than any single strand of Sword Qi before, shot into the sky from his body, instantly locking onto the attacking Great Masters!

"...I will kill you all!"

As he spat out the last few words, every single syllable made the Divine Souls of the ten targeted Great Masters tremble violently. Their Dao Foundations rumbled, as if an invisible sword was already hanging over their True Spirits. The chill of death pierced them to the bone!

With a single sentence intimidating the multitude of Great Masters, Qi Yun forcefully clapped his hands together. Divine light overflowed from his eyes, and his majestic aura soaring into the heavens transformed into a visible, overbearing shockwave that swept across an area of ten thousand miles.

Daluo Decree!

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