Transcending the Nine Heavens

Rui Butong let out a crisp cry, his body mounting into the air. Scorching flames suddenly emitted from his body, setting even the air on fire everywhere he went! And leaving behind a trail of broken bits and pieces of dimension in his path!

Xie Danqiong leaped into the air. Right away, a long vine started to extend without limit in the air. At the end of the vine, a flower bud expanded slowly but vigorously in the wind.

One could easily imagine that the point where he reached the targeted destination in mid-air where he was charging would be the exact moment when viburnum flowers would blossom vibrantly and perfectly into a booming explosion!

Luo Kedi was like a pack of wolves charging forward. With a loud howl, he flew out from another direction!

Mo Qingwu danced beautifully in her crimson robes, as if summoning all the fairies in heaven and on earth to dance. Amidst the boundless beauty of her lithe and graceful dance, her petite form shot into the sky, the Qing Wu Dream Saber transforming into a dreamscape of the vault of heaven in the air…

Mo Lei’er’s light and agile form sprung off the ground, blending into the void and vanishing without a trace.

The last one was, needless to say, Mo Tianji.

Mo Tianji rose into the air. However, he didn’t partake in the siege!

Instead, he stood tall and high in the sky, calmly watching the spectacular sight unfolding before his eyes.

In the forefront, sword light shot in every direction like the burning sun in the sky, bringing with it a momentum capable of destroying everything. It was the Nine Tribulations Sword Master, Chu Yang!

Behind him, the brothers came charging from different directions, yet naturally coming together to form an aligned line of battle.

Just like a sword!

A sword that had split open the entire night sky and was galloping unhindered and unobstructed in mid-air!

The sword tip, Gu Duxing!

A speck of icy light glinted and glittered coldly, awe-inspiring and solitary. It carried a sharpness that could pierce through all, cold, wild and intractable as it rushed forward with no regard for anything!

On the left, Dong Wushang was like the sword spine, moving forward in a broad and mighty manner!

On the right, Ao Xieyun was just like the sword edge. With the momentum of a golden dragon, he moved and maneuvered freely with an irresistible might!

Xie Danqiong was in a league of his own, forming the sword body in the center.

Luo Kedi and Rui Butong were as though the hand guards on each side of the sword hilt. Mo Qingwu’s crimson robes floated and fluttered, her dance stunning the heavens. Amidst the mighty and overwhelming current of energy, her form flickered and swayed close to them, determined and resolute!

The entire sword formed a mighty current capable of wreaking havoc in the universe, crashing wildly everywhere it went by!

And the one assuming command at the back was the still and unmoving Mo Tianji!

Mo Tianji stood there quietly, watching the spectacular sight in front of him. His eyes couldn’t help but turn rather moist.

Once upon a time, he and these brothers of his were still battling and playing mind games in the Middle Three Heavens. In that world where even an Emperor-level could already reign in their clan, they had thought themselves powerful and omnipotent, watching the world beneath their feet with detachment, yet having no idea just how big the world actually was!

But now, they had instead come together to form such a flood current capable of changing the Nine Heavens!

In this instant, Mo Tianji could suddenly feel something very clearly. As the brothers charged out mightily, a sense of lofty and noble sentiments suddenly overcame him!

As if declaring the arrival of an era!

The Nine Tribulations brothers converging in the azure skies!

The Sword Master and the universe sweeping away all obstacles in the way!

The wind and clouds rising in an upheaval in the Nine Heavens!

Who in the world shall strive against us!

Mo Tianji’s body shook rather fiercely. He could feel this clearly —"Destiny is in our hands! The world is in our hands! The vast and mighty wind and clouds are in our hands!"

This is the Nine Tribulations Sword!

This is the Nine Tribulations Sword Master!

These are the Nine Tribulations!

And I am one of them!

Mo Tianji wasn’t the only one. In this instant, whether it was Chu Yang, Gu Duxing, Dong Wushang… or even Ji Mo who was still bedridden in the Purple Crystal mine!

All of them felt this clearly as one.

The ones to rule the universe can only be us, the Nine Tribulations!

And I am one of them!

With a thunderous battle cry, a hotblooded Chu Yang stormed right into the building which used to belong to the Yang Clan.

A thousand feet above ground, he went charging in!

Rampaging sword light exploded like a bomb in this instant, shooting outwards in every direction. Everywhere the sword light passed by, everything in the vicinity turned into dust right away!

Even the greenery, food and livestock inside, including humans!

Everything was reduced to dust!

Chu Yang’s sword impetus continued raging without even a moment’s pause, storming straight in!

Not turning back at all! Not turning corners at all! Charging straight into the sky on the opposite!

Next was Gu Duxing, the cold and aloof solitary swordsman. He launched the most powerful sword strike he had ever displayed in his entire life up to this point, charging in brutally from the diagonal!

Everywhere he passed by, everything was pierced

Amid Dong Wushang’s howl, the wind and clouds shook wildly and turbulently. His Dark Saber came crushing mercilessly like a huge wave shooting up to the heavens. Everywhere it went was as if a whirlwind was coming through — Not a single thing left intact!

Next came Ao Xieyun, Xie Danqiong, Luo Kedi, Rui Butong and Mo Qingwu…

They went by in a howling whizz!

After all of them had gone through the target, they could already determine without even looking back that that huge compound that had been thrown up into the sky by all of them, as well as that thick ground surface and the mountains, forests, ground and hills in the surroundings…

All of them had been smashed into dust!

There might have been people screaming during the process, but… none of them had taken any notice.

In any case, this temporary base camp of the Xiao Clan was already thoroughly destroyed!

As Mo Lei’er, the last one to attack, had concealed herself in the void before attacking, by the time she reached the area, she discovered that she was charging through a cloud of dust. She didn’t even hit anything whole, not even something the size of a fingernail!

It was as if the only thing she had done was just muster all her strength and run with all her might!

She couldn’t help but be astounded by the combat power of Chu Yang and the others!

These fellows were seriously too abnormal… They didn’t even leave anything for her.

A repressed Mo Lei’er turned and ran back swiftly, yet she found herself lagging at the back once again. Everyone who struck before her had already transformed into rays of light sprinting back wildly.

Even though Mo Qingwu was the last one, she was still ahead of her.

With a whoosh, Chu Yang was the first to land in front of Mo Tianji, followed by… whoosh, whoosh, whoosh — Everyone else also returned and landed one by one!

Mo Tianji didn’t give any comments at all — Appraising something that was already done was purely belated and unnecessary. As long as Mo Tianji didn’t discover any flaws or openings in the process, he definitely wouldn’t offer any conclusion…

He only asked hurriedly, "Are you tired? Can you still execute the same attack like the one just now one more time?"

"No problem at all!" Dong Wushang let out an unfettered laugh. All the other brothers also gave the same response.

"Great!" Mo Tianji turned around swiftly and pointed somewhere. "Hide there and immediately prepare to launch an ambush! Hurry!"

Chu Yang gave a wave. "Follow me, everyone!"

None of the brothers had any objections, filing after him one by one. At once, the place became void of human presence.

Mo Tianji pointed at different spots in succession. "Duxing, your position is over there. Wushang and Lei’er, over at that side. Chu Yang and Qingwu, over here. Ao Xieyun and Luo Kedi, over there. Rui Butong, you’re to come with me. Xie Danqiong, go over there…"

At their respective positions assigned by Mo Tianji, everyone vanished instantly.

"Regulate yourselves to your best condition. Should you see enemies approaching, you need only to repeat the same attack from earlier, and then return and gather at the position we were at before we came here! No one is to linger to battle; only one strike is allowed!"

Mo Tianji’s voice seemed as if the drifting breeze. "I repeat — Only one strike is allowed!"

Everyone nodded one by one, completely focused!

It hadn’t even been the span of a breath since Mo Tianji gave his instructions when human figures appeared high in the air in the area ahead of them. 30 to 40 people flew over in a panic!

The one in the lead had such a long horse-like face!

These were people at the Purple Crystal mine who had gotten wind of what happened and came over immediately to assist.

This was seriously out of their expectations.

They had only just suffered a siege over there where even a ninth-grade Supreme Martial Artist had been injured. It hadn’t been long since they transferred a large group of manpower over to the other side and now, they had actually suffered a devastating blow over here right away!

At this point, Xiao Chenlei was still in the midst of treating his wounds. Two eighth-grade Supreme Martial Artists also needed to stay behind to guard the dragon and phoenix remains. Thus, they could only dispatch these people to come over and check if they could still save a few of their clansmen…

After all, out of the ones on guard duty here, there were two fourth-grade Supreme Martial Artists and three to four first to second-grade Supreme Martial Artists. Surely they couldn’t all be wiped out in just one move?

And so, Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face led the others here in a hurry, in a panic and with great apprehension.

The moment he turned the corner and his eyes fell on where the base camp used to be, he let out a heartrending and deafening bellow. "Ahhhh… I’m going to kill you bastards! Aaaahhhh…"

The manor had actually been totally erased from existence!

There was a spanking new gigantic pit in the ground!

The surroundings were silent, as though a ghost town.

Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face was torn by grief, wishing he could die. "My son! My grandson! My… Aaahhh!! I’m going to storm Flat Mountain Ridge now and wipe out the Chu Clan! And leave nothing alive there…"

He charged down in a mad frenzy.

The moment he did, everyone else behind him followed. It was as if flames were spitting from their eyes.

A vast expanse of flat land stretched out in front of them. Not even a single tree could be seen; it was truly a wide stretch of flat land…

Thus, while the Xiao Clan experts stayed alert, their minds also settled at ease slightly and they swooped downwards!

Right at this moment, a ray of light suddenly shot into the sky, spreading into a swift and forceful ray of sword light spanning a thousand feet. It reached them practically in just a flash!

A voice said leisurely, "A ray of chilling light illuminates ten thousand feet! What harm is there in slaughtering the entire world?!"

Clang!

A sword hum resounded — All the swords of the Supreme Martial Artists using swords produced a hum simultaneously!

A Sword Supremacy!

The Sword Supremacy had actually appeared again after exchanging blows with the ninth-grade Supreme Martial Artist, Xiao Chenlei! All the Xiao Clan experts were terribly astounded by this!

He had already recovered when the Elder Master hadn’t even recovered?

By the time the sword hum rang out, that ray of sword light had already hurtled into the crowd in an unbridled and domineering manner. It met head-on the sword light hastily launched by the Xiao Clan experts. A burst of intense light that could almost blind a person suddenly erupted!

At this point, yet another sword hum was heard coming out of nowhere!

A ray of bitingly cold and sharp sword light arrived where they were!

The Xiao Clan members went into a state of disorder at once!

What the f*ck! Why is there another Sword Supremacy!

The cry of a saber resounded, as though the roar of a tiger and a dragon!

A clang rang out next, followed by a scream!

People came rushing over from all directions, intertwining and interlacing. There were a total of 38 Xiao Clan experts, a headcount far higher than Chu Yang and the others. Yet in this instant, they were pushed into a disadvantageous situation. They felt like there were enemies at both their front and back, as if a thousand strong troop of soldiers was trampling on them at the same time!

As a sixth-grade Supreme Martial Artist and the one whose cultivation was the strongest among the Xiao Clan experts, Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face immediately yelled, "Form the cylindrical array! As long as we can block the first hit! We’ll be able to… aahhh~~~"

Before he even finished, he suddenly let out a tragic cry.

Chu Yang had already stormed in. With a slash of his sword and the sword intent, the sword in Horse Face’s hand disintegrated right away. Chu Yang rushed past him thereafter, while Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face was thrown into the air.

Gu Duxing’s sword arrived right after. Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face struck out with his palms, dealing a ferocious palm strike.

Gu Duxing broke through the impact of the palm strike and entered the crowd directly.

Dong Wushang’s great saber then came cleaving down on him without even a moment’s pause. After Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face’s line of defense was forcibly breached by two consecutive powerful attacks, he was close to staggering. Without anywhere to hide, he could only circulate his energy and raise his arms to resist the attack.

Dong Wushang’s saber landed, the impact splintering Horse Face’s arms into 1,700 to 1,800 pieces right away!

In this instant, Supreme Martial Artist Horse Face’s scream practically shot right up into the Nine Heavens Imperial Court!

However, in front of him, Ao Xieyun and Luo Kedi’s swords were already flying toward him. Xie Danqiong’s viburnum flowers blossomed while Mo Qingwu, her crimson robes as if in a dream, came toward him, one after another…