First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 391: Breaking Through?

Chapter 391: Breaking Through?

The thirty-thousand-year Prohibition of Ancient Darkness seemed complex at first glance, but it was actually rather simple.

Roughly thirty thousand years prior, something about the Origins of the Azure had changed dramatically, resulting in drastic changes to the laws of heaven and earth.

A disaster of the Grand Dao befell the continent, devastating the grand orthodoxies scattered across the world.

This also created numerous rifts in the barrier between the Azure Continent and other worlds, giving otherworld cultivators an opening to exploit.

In the blood-soaked Age of Ancient Darkness that followed, the cultivators of the Azure Continent were beset on all sides. The resulting turmoil was unprecedented.

Those factions with an Imperial Realm expert left the Azure Continent altogether.

Those without were consigned to oblivion beneath the power of the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness.

Now, the Azure Continent’s spiritual energy was sparse, and only the ruins of those ancient orthodoxies remained. It had become a mundane realm.

…..

Su Yi saw far beyond this.

The change to the Origins of the Azure was like a creature opening its gaping maw, tirelessly devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for thirty thousand years.

All of this was almost certainly due to some power born within the Origins of the Azure. Whatever it was, it wanted to undergo a metamorphosis. To do so, it needed almost endless quantities of spiritual energy as nourishment.

It was much like how cultivators needed to absorb spiritual energy to strengthen their bodies and boost their cultivation.

This was what resulted in the thirty thousand years of darkness, bloodshed, and upheaval. This was why the ancient orthodoxies of the Azure Continent had withered and disappeared completely!

So that’s it! The Origins of the Azure have spent thirty thousand years absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When its long-accumulated power is fully unleashed, it will naturally bring an unprecedented golden age, a ‘Radiant Epoch’ to the spiritually-barren Azure Continent!

As he pondered, Su Yi recalled the prophecy recorded on that stone stele—

“The sealed power will one day break free of the earth.”

This meant that the legacies of the ancient orthodoxies lost during the Age of Ancient Darkness would reappear when the curtains opened on the Radiant Epoch.

“Everything that is shackled will one day escape its bonds.”

This line was even easier to understand. During the Age of Ancient Darkness, numerous rifts had appeared in the continent’s spatial barrier. Although they had long since been sealed, the seals would inevitably break, one by one. When the time came, otherworld cultivators were sure to cross over.

“The grand events and bloodshed of days long gone will return even grander than before.”

Su Yi deduced that this most likely meant that when the Radiant Epoch was upon them, the power growing within the Origins of the Azure for the past thirty thousand years would appear too. This would bring a grand age of prosperity to the continent, but at the same time, it would cause endless turmoil and bloodshed.

It wasn’t hard to imagine why. When the time came, the re-emergence of long-lost orthodoxies combined with the invasion of otherworld cultivators would completely change the situation on the continent.

Bloodshed and turmoil were sure to follow!

“Before the mists part, consider all unusual occurrences omens!”

This last sentence wasn’t even worth pondering over.

Everything Su Yi had experienced, as well as the sheer number of the Possessed he’d encountered, were sufficient proof. All of these strange occurrences were due to the imminent disappearance of the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness. These were all signs; the Radiant Epoch would soon be upon them!

I wonder where the Well of Ancient Chaos is? If I could find it, I might well learn the true reason for the descent of the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness…?thought Su Yi.

Suddenly, something occurred to him.

The Netherworld Thunder Punishment Bell his mother, Ye Yufei, had brought with her from another world contained a mysterious and inscrutable imprint.

The imprint contained a diagram, as well as a single sentence.

The diagram depicted a strange tree towering into the heavens and straight into the void beyond. Its branches were covered in the broken corpses of stars!

The sentence was written in the ancient glyphs of demonic gods: “The Origins of the Azure, the emperor controls the secrets of the nine extremes.”

At the time, Su Yi roughly deduced that Ye Yufei had crossed over to search for the Origins of the Azure.

Now that he understood the sudden change to the Origins of the Azure, as well as the secrets of the thirty thousand years of the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness, he suddenly realized that the sudden change to the continent’s origins was likely related to “secrets of the nine extremes” his mother was searching for!

This is really getting more and more interesting…?Su Yi couldn’t help but feel eagerness and longing rise within his heart.

In the past, he hadn’t been particularly interested in the Azure Continent, to the point that he had plans of leaving when it could no longer satisfy the needs of his cultivation. He’d find a way to leave this world behind and continue his cultivation somewhere else.

Now, he suddenly realized that the Azure Continent was nowhere near as simple as it looked on the surface. The secrets hiding here involved powers of the Imperial Realm!

In three to five years, the Radiant Epoch will be upon us. Then, the answers to all of these riddles shall become apparent.

When the time comes, I’ll be eager to see just how many experts worthy of notice appear. If all of them are as easily harvested as chives, it’ll be a bit too dull….

When he thought this, Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh. If chives grew strong enough to warrant his attention, they’d be well worth harvesting.

Su Yi put the jade slip away, then picked up the white bone seal.

Earlier, he didn’t insert his divine sense into this treasure for fear that danger lurked within.

But now, he naturally wasn’t the least bit worried about that.

As soon as he inserted his divine sense, he saw the imprint of the sect’s legacy technique, the Allspirit Sword Sutra.

This was the highest scripture of the Immortals’ Sword House, something the Heavensphere Yao Emperor had left behind for future generations. It represented his hope for the continuation of the sect’s legacy. In this way, the Immortals’ Sword House could survive the Prohibition of Darkness.

A long time passed before Su Yi withdrew his divine sense.

He’d already skimmed the profundities of the Allspirit Sword Sutra. It was indeed an all-encompassing legacy, a complete yao cultivator inheritance. With it, a yao could cultivate all the way to the Imperial Realm.

That aside, it included nine secret techniques, as well as all sorts of incantations for both combat and cultivation.

Even by the lofty standards of Su Yi’s past life, a scripture like this was comparable to the mightiest legacies of the Imperial-level orthodoxies of the Nine Provinces.

It was still some distance from the very pinnacle, but even so, it was inestimably precious. Never mind Spirit Dao cultivators; even Imperial Realm experts would fight over it!

After all, with a legacy like this, one could establish their own faction and pass on their teachings in perpetuity!

They said that “the Dao could not be transmitted lightly.” In the eyes of cultivators, a Daoist scripture created by an Imperial Realm expert was no different from the very Dao itself.

Alas, to Su Yi, this scripture had little appeal.?He had no shortage of cultivation legacies, and in terms of depth and profundity, the scriptures he’d mastered far surpassed the Allspirit Sword Sutra.

It was actually the seal itself that pleased Su Yi the most. With it, he could control all of the restrictions within the Immortals’ Sword House!

He gripped the white bone seal and waved his sleeves.

Whoosh~!

The power of the restriction covering the nine steps silently disappeared.

Hua Xinfeng had been waiting this entire time. When she saw this, her eyes lit up, and she charged up the platform excitedly. “Young Lord Su, what kind of fortune is this?”

Su Yi casually explained its nature. He did so simply and concisely, but he hid nothing.

At the end, he took out the dark golden jade slip and passed it over. “You can look at this, but I cannot give you the bone seal.”

He then sat cross-legged on the platform. “I plan to use this opportunity to break through. Unless something else happens, don’t disturb me.”

Hua Xinfeng considerately accepted the jade slip, then retreated to the other side of the grand hall.

She was well aware that she hadn’t contributed to this operation at all. Su Yi had nevertheless shared a tenth of the profits with her, and she was already immensely grateful.

How could she possibly dare to covet that white bone seal?

She, too, sat cross-legged, calmed her heart, and extended her divine sense into the jade slip.

Meanwhile, atop the jade platform.

Su Yi waved his sleeves, and amidst flowing, misty light, all kinds of spiritual medicines surged out, as well as a glittering, dazzling pile of spirit stones.

These were all treasures he’d recently acquired, and their quality was extraordinary. They were rare and precious, and until now, he couldn’t bear the thought of using them up.

Then, Su Yi took out the palm-sized Buddhist statue carved out of a True Spirit bone.

The Buddhist’s arms were crossed, and his hands formed a lotus seal. A true dragon coiled around his back, its head on his shoulders.

The statue came from the Prajna Meditation Garden, and it was carved from the bones of a true dragon, but time had long since frittered away its spirituality.

However, the drop of true dragon blood essence Su Yi had subdued in the ruins of the Prajna Meditation Garden was now sealed within the statue.

Now, he planned to break into the Grain Avoidance Realm, using the true dragon blood essence as a medium alongside spiritual medicines and spirit stones. This would further temper his foundations in the Grand Dao as preparations for forming the strongest Dao Seed!

Hah~!?Su Yi exhaled and cast aside his scattered thoughts. Soon, his mind was clear, and he was one with the world around him. His energy silently started circulating.

Time slipped by.

As he refined the medicines and spirit stones in front of him, the pile gradually disappeared

Three days later.

Boom!

Atop the nine-stepped jade platform, radiant clear light enveloped Su Yi completely, and the rumbling and booming of surging energy emanated from within his body.

Throughout his body, his spiritual apertures were like miniature hidden worlds. All of them surged with spiritual light. Profound and miraculous phenomena?interwove, an illusory Dao sword manifesting within each acupoint!

Shockingly, every illusory Dao Sword looked just like the Sword of the Nine Hells floating in his sea of consciousness!

The only difference was that the illusory blades had no divine chains. They were mere illusions born of the spirituality of his acupoints.

Dao Swords hide within the acupoints, manifestations of hidden realms.

At the same time, above his twelve meridians, the Hidden Meridian linking his soul and corporeal form resonated with his one hundred and eight spiritual apertures.

Bursts of Dao Astral Force circulated, both inside and out.

His five major organs were like blazing furnaces, shining with spiritual Dao Light, like the cycle of the five elements.

All of his accumulations and potential in the Grand Dao burst forth like a volcanic eruption, merging into Su Yi’s Dao-rank xiantian qi, repeatedly tempering and sublimating his essence, qi, and spirit.

Boom!

Su Yi swallowed the drop of true dragon blood essence, and his cultivation, which he’d already tempered to an unprecedented degree, broke through invisible shackles. He trembled, and both inside and out, his energy boomed like thunder.

Is he about to break through??Hua Xinfeng watched nervously from a distance.