My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 47 - 46: A Sword to the Heavens, Drawing a River of 8000 Li
「The shantytown.」
Wu Xiaoxu startled awake from a dream. He looked around but couldn’t see his father. Panicked, he ran out the door, shouting as he went,
"Brother Xuan! Brother Xuan! I think my dad slipped out to gather herbs again!"
Wu Xiaoxu ran all the way to the wooden cabin and banged on the door, but there was no sound from within.
’Brother Xuan isn’t here either?’
He was frantic, worried that his injured father might have run into danger again. Amid his confusion, Wu Xiaoxu seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.
"So beautiful..."
He stared in a daze. Above him, in the Celestial Vault, purple qi flowed like a river, faint Immortal Music could be heard, and golden lotuses bloomed one after another.
...
"So beautiful..."
In a luxury mansion in the city center, Yan Jiangxue stared blankly through the window at the magnificent, strange sight in the sky. She quickly took out her phone and snapped a picture.
’I wonder if Xiaolu has seen this. I’ll save it and show it to him later!’
As she murmured to herself, she hesitated for a long while before finally dialing a number.
The girl wanted the boy to see the grand spectacle in the Celestial Vault too.
But the call went unanswered.
’What is Xiaolu doing?’
...
"Purple qi coming from the east... Is it an Immortal?"
High above the clouds, Yan Huang’s pupils contracted as he muttered to himself,
"No, a thousand miles of purple qi signifies an Immortal. Eight hundred miles... that should be a Great Grade True Immortal!"
The expressions of the two Earth Immortals changed drastically. Even Wu Datong, who had already been prepared to die, was stunned. A Great Grade True Immortal!
What was a Grand Grade?
Above the First Grade!
In other words, it was someone with one foot through the gates of the Immortal realm, needing only a world-shaking ritual to achieve that supreme level where one remains ageless even as heaven and earth grow old!
Who could this be?
An old monster from some ancient Daoist Lineage? Or the hidden power of the Five Greats and Seven Surnames? Or perhaps a master of the Two Pavilions and Two Palaces?
The four focused their gazes, peering through the endless purple qi and auspicious omens to get a clear look at the newcomer.
It was an old Daoist wearing a Daoist Robe and a Daoist Crown. He looked quite old, with the air of one in his twilight years.
The Daoist’s steps were slow. His long beard was white as snow, and lotuses bloomed wherever his feet touched the ground.
’Never seen him before.’
Yan Huang narrowed his eyes. The two Earth Immortals exchanged cautious glances. Wu Datong, on the other hand, who was still gasping for breath, was in a bit of a daze. Though this Daoist was ancient and his face was covered in wrinkles, there was something familiar about his eyes and brows...
’Who does he resemble?’
He couldn’t recall at the moment.
"Might I ask who you are, Your Eminence?" Yan Huang was the first to bow and ask cautiously.
The old Daoist stopped, looking over from a distance without responding.
In the next instant, the sunlight splashing around the old Daoist grew sparse. The area around him became dim and gloomy, and even wisps of Chaos Qi began to swirl about him.
Within the Daoist’s calm eyes, mysterious star-like threads of light appeared, weaving together like all the myriad threads of Cause and Effect in the world!
He was clearly just standing there, on the river of purple qi, yet in the four’s perception, he seemed to be standing at an infinite height, boundlessly majestic!
Furthermore, a terrifying Sword Intent faintly arose. From this sliver of Sword Intent, the onlookers seemed to witness the end of all things, the collapse of Great Realms, and Immortals falling like rain during Ancient Times!
Sweat trickled down their foreheads. None of them could fathom what this person intended to do!
"May I ask, Your Eminence, what are your instructions?" Yan Huang asked again, his voice hoarse.
The Daoist still did not answer.
In truth, Lu Xuan was a complete mess right now.
’Wasn’t this supposed to be a battle between Earth Immortals?!’
’The auras of those two Immortals are stronger than Uncle Wu’s, but not by much. They should indeed be Earth Immortals.’
’But this middle-aged man who’s asking the questions...’
The Keeper of the Records had temporarily granted him three thousand years of cultivation. While this had temporarily aged his body, it had also sharpened his Divine Sense to its absolute peak!
Faintly, Lu Xuan could sense a terrifying power within Yan Huang’s body, as vast and majestic as a Great Sun!
’It’s not the least bit weaker than my own current power!’
’He must be a True Immortal as well.’
Lu Xuan was on high alert, preparing for a fight to the death. He pushed his Primordial Body to its limits, using the Visualization Chopping Wood Style!
He even tried to draw upon that sliver of Sword Intent from the Slaying Sword Form!
In the eyes of Yan Huang, Wu Datong, and the others, this was what had created the scene from a moment ago.
Time passed, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Wu Datong, who hadn’t planned on surviving anyway, was fine, but the two Earth Immortals’ legs were starting to go soft.
After a long moment, Lu Xuan steadied his mind and, while remaining on guard, spoke in a cold tone,
"My name is Profound Clarity."
"I have come to protect one person."
The two Earth Immortals didn’t dare to speak. Wu Datong said even less, merely watching with great interest. Since he was going to die anyway, it didn’t matter.
But Yan Huang’s heart stirred. ’Profound Clarity?’
’It’s probably just the same Daoist name...’
He didn’t overthink it and simply cupped his hands in a salute again.
"And who has Daoist Monarch Profound Clarity come to protect?"
"Wu Datong."
The moment he finished speaking, the expressions of the two Earth Immortals changed drastically. Yan Huang was also astonished. They were all thinking, ’Wu Datong actually knows someone like this??’
’A Great Grade True Immortal... Why didn’t he say so earlier?’
Meanwhile, Wu Datong himself was completely dumbfounded, looking around in a daze.
’What the hell?’
’Protect me?’
’Do we even know each other??’
He didn’t dare to speak, his heart filled with shock and suspicion, and so he remained silent.
Just as the four were lost in their various expressions and thoughts, Lu Xuan made his decision.
’Strike first to gain the upper hand!’
’Strike late and suffer disaster!’
The Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword materialized from thin air and landed in his palm.
Immediately, he raised the sword to the sky!
Only now, with three thousand years of cultivation coursing through him, did Lu Xuan truly understand what terrifying power this sword contained!
He forcefully activated it. The five segments and five rings hummed, projecting five Celestial Vaults that orbited him. The three faces of the blade also vibrated, manifesting three dark Cosmoses above Lu Xuan’s head!
The Sword Intent of the Slaying Sword Form surged, splitting the heavens and parting the clouds. Its vast might swept across the entire Langya Province, and then across the whole of the East Continent!
One must understand, for the last six thousand eight hundred years, Blue Star had been continuously expanding. As of today, the area of a single Langya Province was equivalent to half of Blue Star from the Old Calendar Era. The entire East Continent was even more boundless, yet at this moment, it was all enveloped by the Sword Intent!
At the Langya Wang Family, a True Immortal frowned. At Longque Technology Headquarters, chaos erupted. And on Dragon Tiger Mountain, a peach tree swayed as the Old Celestial Master shot up in shock, glancing at the constantly humming Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword passed down from the Ancient Ancestral Celestial Master. His expression changed.
Across the East Continent, in region after region, great figures one and all looked up!
And near East Sea City, high above the clouds, Yan Huang, directly facing the torrential Sword Intent unleashed by the Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword, retreated three steps in astonishment, the Celestial Vault rumbling under his feet.
The two Earth Immortals were in an even worse state. Under the pressure of the terrifying Sword Intent, their skin began to crack and bleed!
"Daoist Monarch, must you go this far?!" Yan Huang roared, his entire being growing majestic, like a blazing Great Sun!
Lu Xuan was unmoved. He pointed his sword at the three of them and said menacingly,
"You three came to kill Wu Datong? Then I shall take his place and settle this with you!"
As his voice fell, he decisively raised his sword, bringing down eight thousand miles of Sword Qi, like the Milky Way pouring from the heavens!
"Fuck!"
Yan Huang, who had already been completely dumbfounded, finally lost his composure and cursed,
"I’m just an observer! This has nothing to do with me! Daoist Monarch, aren’t you even going to ask first?!"
Lu Xuan froze. He wanted to stop, but this cultivation had come from nowhere, and he had no real control over it. He was a beat too slow and only managed to retract ninety percent of the force.
But the remaining ten percent of the Sword Qi still fell.
Yan Huang instantly dodged to the side, retreating dozens of miles in a flash to evade the vast Sword Qi. But the two Earth Immortals, who were already struggling to hold on, had no strength left to dodge. They could only watch as the heaven-splitting Sword Qi descended.
The two Earth Immortals were engulfed, torn to pieces in the torrent of Sword Qi. Even in death, they couldn’t understand: Did this old Daoist have to be so decisive in his attack?
’No, really, was it even necessary to attack?’
’You just had to say the word, and we would have scurried away with our tails between our legs!’
The Immortal Corpses fell, and the Sword Qi fell with them, striking the earth.
The ground quaked and the mountains shook. A terrifying chasm was torn into the earth, swallowing forests as waves of soil rolled like the tide!
