First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1650 - Cleansed in Blood

Everyone was astonished.

When Mo Aoyuan attacked, he planned to use his strength as an Immortal King to thoroughly suppress Su Yi. Who could have imagined that a little Universe Realm Immortal like him could control the Laws manifested by the Stele of Heaven’s Will?

“Impossible! Throughout the ages, only those with the Heaven-Guiding Formatic Disc have been able to direct the Laws of this place. How is... How is this possible?” Shen Qingshi looked stricken.

The other Immortal Kings’ hearts clenched, too. Earlier, they took Su Yi for a pawn they could dispose of as they pleased. They didn’t care about him at all. Whether he lived or died was entirely up to them.

But now, they could tell that this didn’t bode well!

Clang!

Su Yi snapped his fingers, and the massive tripod cauldron burst with dazzlingly bright power of the Laws. Shockingly, it ground Mo Aoyuan’s body away, inch by inch. In the end, even his soul was reduced to powder.

An Immortal King had been completely and utterly eradicated with such ease! Everyone’s hair stood on end. They were overcome with fright.

Su Yi’s gaze was distant and cold as he gazed up at Shen Qingshi and the others on the Cloudy Dome Immortal Platform and said, “Here in the Seventh Gate of Heaven, I am the one in charge!”

As his calm voice rang out, Su Yi soared into the air and arrived beneath the dome of heaven. His blue robes billowed around him as he pointed at the heavens and formed a strange, ancient hand seal.

“Descend!”

Boom——

The Stele of Heaven’s Will at the heart of the City of Ten Thousand Stars reacted like a dormant beast summoned by its master, awakening from its ancient slumber.

Radiant divine light shot out of the stele. The sky filled with a surging ocean of the powers of countless Laws. Its radiance was as fiercely bright as the sun!

And Su Yi’s tall, upright figure was bathed in the power of the Laws of the natural order. He was as contemptuous as a god, like a ruler presiding over the will of the heavens!

“How is this possible?”

“He.. He... He’s actually controlling the area’s Laws?”

“My heavens!”

Everyone in the Seventh Gate of Heaven was visibly overcome with shock, terrified, and ill at ease.

He was majestic and grand, as if he stood above the entire Immortal Realm.

In the face of the imposing might of heaven, it didn’t matter if you were a mighty Immortal King or a lowly mortal. Both were as humble as blades of grass!

And as he stood tall beneath the dome of heaven, Su Yi used his Universe Realm cultivation to carry out heaven’s will, as if he were its incarnation!

“No wonder Fellow Daoist Su was so fearless. So this was his true hidden card!” Pei Hongjing and Madam Xiangyun couldn’t help but get excited. All of their frantic panic and stifled grief vanished into thin air.

This scene left Yin Xiaotian and the other Demon Kings wide-eyed with shock.

Even if you’d hit them over the head, they would never have guessed that a mere Universe Realm Immortal could direct the Immortal Realm’s Laws!

But no one was more startled than Garrison Master Shen Qingshi. His hair and beard bristled with fury as he shouted, “Bastard! I’m the garrison master of the Seventh Gate of Heaven. How could you seize the power of its Laws? Kneel for me!”

Boom!

He poured the full extent of his power into the bronze formation disc in an attempt to wrest control back from Su Yi.

But to his embarrassment, even though he could usually control the disc as if it were an extension of his body, it no longer responded to him. The Laws blanketing the sky didn’t react to him in the slightest.

“...” The crowd didn’t know what to say.

“How about you keep trying?” Su Yi said casually.

Shen Qingshi’s face flushed red with shame and anger.

Su Yi shook his head. “How could someone like you have become a garrison master? It’s truly shameful. For now, let’s just have you kneel.”

He flipped his palm.

Boom!

A waterfall of the power of the Laws descended, vast and grand.

“How dare you——!” Shen Qingshi bellowed, but he dared not face this onslaught head-on. He drew upon the full extent of his cultivation and dodged with all his might.

But before he’d gotten far, the power of the Laws swept over him, lashing into him like the whip of divine punishment.

Crack!

His flesh tore open, and his body was almost ripped to shreds. Blood sprayed from his wounds, and he slammed to the ground like a kite with its strings cut.

Immediately afterward, a cage manifested of the Laws descended, binding him in place.

He was a lofty Immortal King, but he was up against the Laws. He couldn’t even fight back!

“No! Hurry up and let me go. I’m the garrison master! Attacking me is like declaring war against the entire Immortal Realm! You’ll be declared a traitor and put to death!” Shen Qingshi shrieked.

His hair was disheveled and his body was covered in blood. He was like a beast in a cage.

Just moments prior, he’d been as majestic as a ruler, and he’d even ordered Su Yi to go to his death.

Now, the blink of an eye later, he was a captive!

The sight filled the other Immortal Kings with panic. Chills coursed down their spines, and their hearts filled with terror and unease.

“Fellow Daoist Su, let’s talk this through!” an Immortal King shouted. “Your actions will only hurt your allies and benefit our enemies. The demons of the Beyond will laugh at us. Is it worth it?”

Su Yi said flatly, “Yes.”

Boom!

He swung his right hand through the air like a sword. A streak of sword qi condensed out of the power of the Laws and descended with a bang.

The Immortal King panicked and fought with all his might, but in the end, he was like a mantis trying to block a chariot. Boundless sword qi annihilated him on the spot, dispersing his soul.

Another Immortal King had met with the same fate as Mo Aoyuan!

Throughout the Seventh Gate of Heaven, everyone felt on the verge of a breakdown. They wanted to cry, but they had no tears.

Had they known Su Yi was this terrifying, who would have insisted on trading his life to the demons of the Beyond?

An Immortal King said in a quavering voice, “Su Yi, we were wrong. Out of consideration for the long years we spent protecting the Seventh Gate of Heaven, please give us an opportunity to make amends! We’ll make up for what we’ve done and change our ways!”

Su Yi shook his head. “No, you have to die. Only then can I appease the valiant souls of everyone who died defending this place, and only then can the Seventh Gate of Heaven know peace.”

Here, he said solemnly, “As a rogue cultivator of the Immortal Realm, I ask you to go to your death!”

Boom!

He raised his hand and pressed down on the air.

Heaven and earth were thrown into upheaval. The Laws of the natural order descended like a spear of judgment, piercing the Immortal King’s chest and running him through.

Bang!

The Immortal King split into pieces. Blood splattered the air.

It was far too tyrannical. One strike, and it was over.

It was just as people thought; only Immortal Sovereigns, those at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao, could contend with the Laws of the Nine Gates of Heaven. Beneath the Immortal Sovereign level, there was only death!

Now, three Immortal Kings had died in a row. A downpour of blood rained down on the world, and the grief-stricken sound of the Dao echoed through the air.

These strange phenomena were the result of the Immortal Kings’ deaths. When an Immortal King fell, heaven and earth grieved their passing!

But Su Yi wasn’t grieving at all. He’d long since accumulated a bellyful of fire and deep disappointment.

He’d single-handedly turned the tides, defeating fourteen Demon Nobles of the Beyond and assuring the Immortal Realm’s victory, only for them to see him as a disposable pawn to sell as they pleased!

For the sake of the hostages, and to avoid the threat of bloodshed and conflict, they disregarded his opinion and ordered him to go to his death! How ridiculous was that? And how tragic?

Since when had the Seventh Gate of Heaven fallen so far?

It was obvious to him that if anyone else in his position today, Shen Qingshi and the others would have thrown them to the demons already!

The thought of the foul atmosphere in the City of Ten Thousand Stars in all its chaos and disarray, and of Immortal Lord Zhang Lin’s grief-stricken, frenzied words made Su Yi gnash his teeth in hatred.

Today, he had to cleanse the Seventh Gate of Heaven. No matter who showed up, no one could stop him!

But there was still one Immortal King left to cleanse.

Whoosh!

Su Yi turned his attention to the gray-robed, white-haired man.

Wu Zhengqian!

He was the one who’d slapped Zhang Lin, and he was the first to urge everyone to sacrifice Su Yi in exchange for the hostages.

When he sensed Su Yi’s gaze, the already terrified, sweating Immortal King cried out in alarm. “Su Yi, I’m an elder of the Church of Divine Flame. Kill me, and you’ll die a terrible death!”

The Church of Divine Flame!

They were one of the Immortal Realm’s three great Demonist sects, an enormous, influential faction. Their reputation was enough to intimidate the vast majority of the Immortal Realm’s experts.

But although Wu Zhengqian didn’t know it, Su Yi had only just recently killed several of their Immortal Lords in the ruins of the Academy of Eternal Night. How could such a threat possibly be effective?

“On the contrary, I’d like to ask you to die a terrible death,” Su Yi said flatly, like the ruler of heaven issuing a divine decree.

Wu Zhengqian panicked, turned tail, and fled.

He didn’t even hesitate to sacrifice his cultivation base to activate a forbidden escape technique.

But before he’d gotten far...

Bang!

A massive impact rang out, and Wu Zhengqian was flung into the towering walls of the Seventh Gate of Heaven. The walls were themselves a manifestation of the Laws, and they were indestructibly firm.

Despite Wu Zhengqian’s Immortal King cultivation, the pain left him seeing stars. Everything went black, and he staggered on his feet.

But before he could steady himself, a waterfall of lightning burst from the towering walls, destroying him on the spot. His body was ripped to shreds, and his soul was annihilated.

In the last moments before his death, he let out a heaven-shaking, bitter roar.

Now, all of the Immortal Kings who’d joined Shen Qingshi in calling for Su Yi’s death had been executed!

A deathly silence descended over the area. Even the birds were silent. Everyone in the Seventh Gate of Heaven stood there in a terrified stupor.

Four Immortal Kings had been killed in rapid succession!

If word spread to the rest of the Immortal Realm, it would cause a massive uproar and an unpredictable upset!

“Good! They deserved to die. Even if their cultivations were higher or their statuses greater, those who’ve committed such egregious wrongs must be punished!” Pei Hongjing said gravely. His heart was full of excitement, and he felt thoroughly satisfied.

“That’s right. If we spared their lives, how could we face those who’ve died protecting this place over the years?” Madam Xiangyun said in complete agreement.

Su Yi’s cold-blooded methods stunned her, but they also filled her with excitement.

The Seventh Gate of Heaven had long since rotted through, and a foul atmosphere hung in the air. It was long overdue for a thorough cleansing!

So what if you were an Immortal King? If you deserved death, you’d be executed all the same!

Only then could they quell the city’s unrest and intimidate the riffraff!

“Su Yi, you’re finished! You just killed four Immortal Kings. There’ll be no place for in the Immortal Realm going forward!” The caged Garrison Master Shen Qingshi bellowed.

All four Immortal Kings had impressive origins, and all four had powerful factions behind them. Killing them was just asking for trouble!

But Su Yi disregarded this. He planned to leave Shen Qingshi for last.

For now... the cleansing had only just begun. He had to see it through!