Chapter 1664: 14: Reclaimed Name
Chapter 1664: Chapter 14: Reclaimed Name
After speaking, the Platinum Armor raised its hand, and a sword pattern flowed on its right arm.
This mark from the Evil Suppressing Swordsmen of the outside world indeed contained a portion of the Evil Suppressing power, which the Platinum Armor could sense—a terrifying sword intent slumbers within it, emanating an endless, majestic power.
These Evil Suppressing Swordsmen did not have the ability to communicate with Evil Suppressing, or rather, their Evil Suppressing lacked spiritual wisdom, so they could only be Sword Bearers rather than Sword Masters. Therefore, they weren’t tainted by the demonic nature of Evil Suppressing.
At this moment, a dense, almost suffocating black sword Qi appeared in the hands of the Platinum Armor, dark as a black hole, attracting all the light within the fiendish mist that extended from its will, condensing into a pitch-black long sword in its grasp.
This long sword was entirely black, resembling an abyss of despair, yet a hint of silvery-blue still lingered on its blade, different from Evil Suppressing, resembling a dead, writhing, dim color of decay.
However, the sword was equally sharp, possessing an irrefutable severity and harshness that even Evil Suppressing did not own.
[Submit!]
[Submit to this trajectory, submit to this destiny!]
[A sword is merely an engraving tool, a mark the ink of destiny. Submit to the will of the sword, and thou shalt…]
When this sword was drawn, not only did Yu Feng feel an overwhelming, crushing despair and terror, as though a mortal was being suppressed in a quagmire, unable to breathe or escape, but even Fata Bi shrieked, curled up, and prostrated, trembling before the Platinum Armor, before that sword.
In the distance, the demon army, which had painstakingly restored their formation and were retreating in an orderly manner, suddenly froze. Subsequently, they stood still, allowing the soldiers of the Desolate Alliance to slaughter them—even as blades approached them, they dared not move an inch, maintaining extreme terror and submission, gazing in a direction they shouldn’t logically see. Even the Desolate Alliance soldiers felt boundless chills and tremors, as though standing before an Abyss Without Bottom, only one step away from falling, yet unable to halt their advance.
Not only them.
The Great Wilderness Realm, beyond the Great Void.
[What?!]
[What manner of demonic will is this? Could it be, the Useless Demon is about to be resurrected now?!]
[Behold! This is the result you’ve been waiting for!]
Even the Heavenly Venerates, amidst confrontation with the Three Realms Alliance, and those from the outside world sensed this terrifying demonic will, emerging from the Great Wilderness Realm, and their expressions immediately changed.
[How is this possible, the Demon Lord was supposed to be just shy of revival; even upon revival, it should require some time to restore such power?]
[Not to mention the Demon Lord, even those Celestial Demon Monarchs (Exalted Great Heavenly Demon) have just been revived; who could this be?]
[Could there be a Demon Lord unaccounted for outside of the arrangements?]
Even the demons hidden deep within the Great Void, in the boundless emptiness, were bewildered, looking at each other, utterly unaware of what was happening inside the Great Wilderness Realm.
[That’s not right; this feeling, could it be…?]
However, just as the Haotian Mirror at the forefront of the Three Realms Alliance intended to exert all its power, to shine towards the source of the demonic will across the Heaven and Earth Membrane of the Great Wilderness Realm…
The demonic will dispersed abruptly.
Because.
Within the Great Wilderness Realm.
At the center of the battlefield.
The Platinum Armor…
No.
An Jing.
An Jing shattered the sword in his hand.
“However, this choice does not align with my character.”
Lowering his gaze, encased in armor, reclaiming his name, An Jing stared at the shattered demonic Qi in his hand. A silvery-blue long sword was reforged amidst the dissipating embers of demonic Qi, which he casually swung, executing half a swordsmanship move before dispersing it, returning it to the sword pattern.
An Jing looked at Yu Feng: “Rest assured, some things require doing despite complaints. Complaints are emotions, but decisions are character; although I seem troubled, actual execution feels liberating.”
“Now, continue telling me.”
After reclaiming his name, An Jing spoke more amiably: “Tell me why you all consider my resurrection so significant… Aren’t there other Heavenly Venerates, other individuals, who have the potential to resolve the problem?”
Yu Feng, as though waking from a nightmare, gazed at An Jing’s amicable demeanor, contrasting sharply with the strict, harsh Destiny Demon he sensed from the demonic Qi, feeling dizzy, unable to distinguish reality from illusion.
But this question was too crucial. He forcibly composed himself, stood upright, bowed respectfully, and spoke solemnly: “Disciple dare not speak frivolously, only repeats the original words.”
“According to the past conversations I had with General Gu, the Three Realms Heavenly Venerates believe, under the circumstance where the path of Harmonization is entirely sealed, only you, who once communicated with Huai Xu and the Heavenly Origin Heavenly Dao, received the Dao’s acknowledgment, understood the secrets of the infinite, can leap beyond that cliff of despair.”
“Only you can leap over the despairing, entirely eradicated [Returning to Void and Merging with Dao] realm’s Demon Abyss cliff, soar through the void, surpass ordinary Harmonization, directly touching the transcendent path beneath the Primordial.”
“That realm termed as [Supreme True Ruler].”
“Oh?”
Upon hearing this, An Jing inevitably felt moved: “What do you mean by this statement?”
“’Returning to Void and Merging with Dao’ realm being completely eradicated—what does it mean?”
Meanwhile, above the Heavenly Dome, amidst confrontation, the Heavenly Venerates of the outsider side, the towering Barbaric Giant God, at this time, revealed truly important intelligence.
[We come from Zhuo Chen, who once purged demon aura, recreated the realm of Stars, whose Pishi Immortal Venerable is a fellow disciple of Huai Xu Great Immortal, known as ’Chang Zai’, sharing orthodox lineage with you in all heavens… Therefore, we also know that now the Daoist Rules of all heavens have been altered and distorted, above Heavenly Venerate, there is no Harmonization possible; indeed, it can be said… there is no longer any ’Harmonization Realm’]
Upon saying this, the outsider Heavenly Venerates originally intended to observe the reaction of the Three Realms Alliance side, but they found that the Three Realms Alliance side remained equally calm.
Clearly, they were aware of this intelligence.
[Now that things have come to this, we won’t hide this pathway from you.]
In response, the Heavenly Sword Master slowly said: [Since the Evil Suppressing Heavenly Sword crushed the Void Demon Aura and connected all realms, we indeed discovered that in all heavens and worlds, there is no Pure Land, every world, even the smallest Cave Heaven, has inevitable demonic Qi at its nascent stage.]
[And a thread of demonic Qi, in essence, is no different from the infinite—its mere existence causes inevitable contamination. However, if it were just this, leveraging various Secret Techniques, even plunging into a state similar to that of all realms’ Heavenly Dao, or the Evil Suppressing Heavenly Sword’s condition, perhaps there’s still a chance for Harmonization.]
[But…]
At that point, he regretfully shook his head: [Qingdu personally verified this path… Utilizing past interactions with the Heavenly Dao, he attempted to integrate the Five Methods of Harmonization, exhausting Shangxuan Sect’s foundation, forcibly employing residual powers from Huai Xu Divine Ship, Huai Xu, and the Great Wilderness Realm, intending to ascend to Harmonization, to perfect the Daoist Rules, aiming to transform a potentially Great Realm termed ’Methodless Realm’ into a genuine Great World.]
[We also set aside previous grievances, united to aid him.]
[However…]
[He failed.]
[But not because Harmonization was unattainable—he could have achieved it, even the lowest Harmonization would still be Harmonization—but, he failed indeed.]
[Because the ’Dao’ can no longer ’merge’.]