Chapter 494 - 436: Sending You to Kingdom Come!

"SWISH—!"

That streak of archaic gray light shooting out from the breached hole in the Seal of the All Marvelous Heaven was faster than the measure of time itself. Plunging from the endless Celestial Vault, it struck with pinpoint accuracy, sinking into the blindingly bright, pale-gold sword scar right between Qi Yun’s brows!

"HUM—!!!"

There was no earth-shattering boom, only a deep, vast resonance that seemed to originate from the deepest depths of the soul.

In the next instant—

The divine light in Qi Yun’s blazing white eyes, bright as a raging sun, suddenly surged a hundredfold!

The brilliance of a Sword Intent filled with terrifying concepts surged forth. Deep within his pupils, the phantom of a miniature gray Ancient Sword seemed to flash past, reflecting horrifying visions of sinking heavens and falling immortals and gods.

An unprecedented, majestic power surged through the sword scar between his brows. Like a bursting Star River, it crashed into every corner of his limbs, bones, meridians, acupoints, and even his Divine Soul and Dao Foundation!

"Hmm?"

High up in the Celestial Vault, with indifferent eyes, the World Honored One was controlling a heaven-blotting Buddha’s Hand that slowly pressed down. But the moment the gray light sank into Qi Yun’s forehead, his eternally emotionless expression twitched ever so slightly.

It was not fear, but rather... a sudden realization mixed with a trace of surprise.

"It’s him..." His indifferent thoughts seemed to pierce through space and time, identifying the source of this gray light.

And precisely because he recognized it, the compassionate momentum of his palm strike—which had originally carried a hint of intent to "purify and save"—suddenly turned fierce and resolute!

"Vile spawn, you must be slain."

The grand Buddhist voice echoed like a Celestial Dao Decree.

The descending, heaven-blotting golden Buddha’s Hand abruptly accelerated its descent by more than ten times!

This was a true world-destroying strike!

The edges of the palm caused friction against the void, igniting endless golden Karmic Fire!

The Swastika Buddha Seal in the center of the palm spun frantically and enlarged, transforming into a golden vortex that enveloped Heaven and Earth, erupting with a vast pressure capable of crushing the Ten Thousand Laws!

Space shattered inch by inch like fragile glass before the Buddha’s Hand, revealing pitch-black nothingness beneath that devoured everything!

This palm strike held nothing back, vowing to smash Qi Yun into fine powder and obliterate his Divine Soul!

"Bring it on!"

Feeling the majestic power of the gray light surging frantically within him—nearly bursting him apart while granting him boundless strength—the divine light in Qi Yun’s eyes suddenly retracted. It condensed into two terrifying, utterly refined points of gray-and-white, piercing like cold stars!

He gazed up at the five-fingered golden mountain that was now right before him, blocking out all light with the hellish oppression of its Buddha Power. Without dodging or evading, he abruptly raised his head!

"With one gentle press of the sword, the whole world bows!"

With a furious shout, the sword scar on his forehead radiated intense gray light. From his eyes, two streams of exterminating Sword Aura—as tangible as solid matter and coiled with ancient gray Dao Patterns—violently shot out like ferocious dragons breaking free from a ten-thousand-year slumber!

"SWISH! SWISH!"

The Sword Aura effortlessly tore through the solidified space and majestic Buddha Power enveloping the hand. Like red-hot iron spikes piercing through ice and snow, they struck the exact center of the heaven-blotting Buddha’s Hand—right at the core of the largest Swastika Buddha Seal!

"THUD—!"

A muffled, dull thud sounded, like thick leather being punctured.

Infused with the supreme essence of Buddhist Skill, the Swastika Buddha Seal was as flimsy as wet paper before this gray-and-white Sword Aura, which contained a trace of the origin of the Immortal Slaying Dao Fruit. It was effortlessly pierced through!

The Sword Aura’s momentum remained undiminished as it tore upward through the palm’s lifelines, leaving two gaping, perfectly smooth holes right through the center of the giant golden hand. A gray aura of destruction constantly leaked from the horrifying wounds!

RUMBLE—

Although the golden Buddha’s Hand had been pierced and its central Buddha Seal was Broken, its downward momentum and vast might were not fundamentally affected!

The hand still carried the weight of the falling sky, pressing down heavily at an even faster speed!

Its five fingers were like mountains, sealing the heavens and locking the earth!

It sought to thoroughly crush Qi Yun in its grip, grinding him into dust!

The fierce wind from the palm had already reached his body. Qi Yun’s bones let out a barrage of sharp cracks, and the fissures on his skin multiplied, spraying pale-gold blood like a mist.

"Hmph!"

Qi Yun snorted coldly and stomped heavily on the empty air beneath his feet!

"BOOM—!!!"

This stomp felt as if it had struck the very origin of the entire Profound Yellow Origin Realm!

A grand, ancient, clanging sound—like clashing metal and an unsheathed sword—rippled outward from his feet, instantly echoing through every corner of the Profound Yellow world!

Endless mountains vibrated softly, vast rivers surged wildly, and the hearts of billions of living beings inexplicably skipped a beat!

At the same time—

"HUM... CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!"

Four sword hums—seeming to originate from the primordial Primordial Chaos and filled with endless slaughter and the aura of the end times—rang out one after another, shaking the universe!

Behind Qi Yun, the vast, boundless phantom of the Daluo Heaven that evolved the Ten Thousand Laws was now forcefully torn open at one corner by an invisible mighty power!

A hazy, chaotic, yet terrifying phantom—one that made an onlooker feel as if their Divine Soul would split and the Great Dao would crumble with just a glance—slowly unfolded from that torn corner!

It was the phantom of a sword array!

Just a corner of this phantom was enough to exude a fierce aura that made Heaven and Earth tremble!

Within the sword array, currents of chaos churned like boiling water.

In the four cardinal directions of the array, four archaic longswords of varying shapes—each emanating an exterminating aura that would make Heaven and Earth pale in comparison—bobbed up and down, spinning slowly.

The moment this array phantom appeared—

"RUMBLE!!!"

The entire boundless Profound Yellow Origin Realm trembled slightly!

"HUM—!!!"

With an incredibly muffled boom, the Buddha’s Hand collided violently with the invisible force field emitted by the sword array phantom!

Golden Buddha Light and gray-and-white Sword Qi eroded and annihilated each other frantically, turning that patch of void entirely into a chaotic realm of destruction.

Ultimately, amid a teeth-grinding creak, the heaven-blotting golden Buddha’s Hand was forcefully repelled upward by this sword array phantom that had only revealed a single corner, bringing its downward momentum to an abrupt halt!

Countless fine fissures cracked open once more around the two freshly-sealed holes in its palm, scattering pale-gold specks of light, rich with pure Buddha Power, like falling rain.

The World Honored One’s indifferent voice echoed again, devoid of joy or sorrow, as if merely stating a fact.

"For a mere Great Master’s body to forcefully absorb a Dao Fruit is already defying the heavens.

"Can you... wield this sword array?"

As if to prove the World Honored One’s words.

"PFFT—!"

Before the World Honored One’s voice even faded, Qi Yun’s body violently swayed. Unable to suppress it any longer, he spat out a huge mouthful of pale-gold blood!

The moment the blood left his body, it transformed into countless tiny, gray streams of Sword Qi, hissing as they dissipated into the air.

Behind him, the phantom of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array—which had just unfolded a corner and knocked back the Buddha’s Hand—began to flicker and dim violently!

Seeing this, a faint trace of understanding flickered through those giant, indifferent eyes in the Celestial Vault.

The World Honored One’s majestic voice remained plain but carried a hint of appreciation and praise.

"That you could draw the favor of this Immortal Slaying Dao Fruit, young friend, truly surprises this poor monk.

"This Fruit is unruly, untamable through the ages. The fact that you managed to receive a trace of its resonance shows that your heart for slaughter is already approaching the Dao."

His tone turned slightly colder, laced with unquestionable decisiveness.

"However, precisely because of this...

"I can spare you even less.

"Boundless... Compassion."

The final Buddhist chant was proclaimed.

The World Honored One was seen taking a step forward.

Golden lotuses bloomed spontaneously beneath his feet, a lotus platform forming with every step. The footwork appeared slow, but it actually shrank thousands of mountains and crossed ten thousand waters. In an instant, he had traversed the chaotic void churned up by the sword array phantom and the residual might of the Buddha’s Hand.

He arrived right in front of Qi Yun, whose figure was staggering, aura wilting, and sword array phantom on the verge of collapse!

The distance between them was less than thirty feet.

For beings of their caliber, such a distance was no different from being face-to-face.

Looking down from above, the World Honored One stared indifferently at Qi Yun, who seemed powerless to hold on any longer. He slowly raised his right hand, reaching toward the top of Qi Yun’s skull.

As the hand slowly descended, Buddha Light enveloped Qi Yun’s swaying figure.

Just as that Buddha’s Hand was about to touch the top of Qi Yun’s skull through his messy hair—

That slender figure, who had kept his head bowed with a weak aura and swaying frame, suddenly stood firm.

Like a green bamboo deeply rooted in the earth amidst a violent storm, on the verge of snapping but refusing to break, he abruptly straightened his spine!

He whipped his head up.

Those gray-and-white eyes—originally slightly unfocused from pain and exhaustion—were now as sharp and domineering as ever.

Furthermore, an unmistakably clear trace of cunning, like a successfully executed scheme, flashed through them like a bolt of lightning, accompanied by a cold mockery!

"Every word the World Honored One says is a gem of wisdom. This junior has benefited greatly."

Qi Yun spoke. His voice was still somewhat hoarse, but it no longer carried the slightest trace of weakness, only the calmness of someone entirely in control of the situation.

"With this junior’s current meager cultivation, I truly cannot wield this sword array. Forcing it would only lead to my own destruction.

"But...

"What if this junior never intended to activate the entire sword array in the first place?"

Before his voice could fade—

"CLANG—!!!"

A clear, rousing sword hum—bearing the supreme sharpness meant to exterminate immortals and gods—suddenly exploded from the collapsing sword array phantom behind Qi Yun!

Among the four bobbing Ancient Swords, one of them abruptly burst into a brilliant glow!

"SWISH!"

In the next instant, the phantom of that Ancient Sword suddenly turned from ethereal to corporeal... It condensed into an incredibly refined gray sword light, hovering between illusion and reality. Instantly breaking away from the array, it traced a profound trajectory and landed straight into the palm of Qi Yun’s open right hand!

It felt slightly heavy and icy cold in his grasp.

Qi Yun’s five fingers tightened fiercely, firmly gripping this dim gray, seemingly archaic and worn sword-shaped light. Engraved upon its hilt were two ancient seal characters: "Immortal Slayer"!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye!

His gaze shifting slightly, golden lotuses frantically surged beneath the World Honored One’s feet as his figure became a blur!

However, it was too late.

Qi Yun had been plotting this all along; how could he give him a chance?

"World Honored One, why come and go in such a hurry?"

Qi Yun let out a long breath, and even that exhale carried a fierce, gray-and-white Sword Intent.

He gripped the Immortal Slayer Sword Light tightly, pointing the tip diagonally, locking onto the World Honored One’s fading, lotus-transforming figure from afar. The cunning and mockery on his face completely melted into a resolute, suicidal killing intent:

"This junior will now send you...

"To the Western Paradise!!!"

"SLASH—!!!"

There were no flashy Sword Techniques, no grandiose displays of power.

There was only a plain, direct, and swift strike. It was so fast that it seemed to have been unleashed even before the thought of "striking" was born. The dim gray sword light, like the first ray of light tearing through eternal darkness, gently slashed toward the World Honored One’s shining golden, fading figure.

RUMBLE—

The golden light around the World Honored One suddenly erupted. Layer upon layer of Buddha phantoms sat cross-legged, chanting scriptures. Endless Swastika Buddha Seals formed a Vajra Indestructible barrier, and a vast ocean of Wish Power fueled by faith transformed into a seven-colored halo of protection behind him!

But beneath this Ancient Sword, all of it seemed like nothing!

The dim gray sword light ignored the boundless golden radiance. It ignored the layered phantoms of the Buddha Country, ignored the Vajra Indestructible Swastika barrier, and ignored the vast Wish Power...

"SWISH—!"

Where the sword light passed, the golden glow was silently wiped away, like pencil marks erased by a rubber eraser.

The Buddha Country phantoms wailed and dissipated. The Swastika barrier was smoothly sliced open, and the protective halo of Wish Power dimmed and crumbled.

Time seemed to stretch and freeze in this moment.

The World Honored One’s figure remained perfectly still.

A thin, gray thread appeared right between his brows, extending straight down across his nose bridge, lips, jaw, and chest...

In the next moment.

"Hum..."

The World Honored One’s figure, along with the residual Buddha Light that had yet to completely extinguish around him, quietly transformed into countless microscopic specks of golden light, like a sand sculpture blown away by the wind. They then completely annihilated, dissipating into Heaven and Earth.

In his place, only Qi Yun remained—pale-faced, with a wilting aura and blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, yet standing tall and straight.

"A fine trick, Benefactor. This poor monk... will remember you." The World Honored One’s voice slowly drifted out from the void. It was still plain and indifferent, but Qi Yun felt as if he could hear a distinct, unusual flavor in those words.

CLANG—

The Immortal Slayer Sword Light let out a faint yet satisfied clear hum, circling around Qi Yun twice.

Finally, with a flash of gray light, it sank into Qi Yun’s forehead and vanished, returning to the depths of the enigmatic Immortal Slaying Dao Fruit.

Above the West Sea, between Heaven and Earth.

The Buddha Light fully dispersed, and the Brahma Chanting faded away.

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