Chapter 1771: Thirty-Two Realm Moonlight Pure as Washing, Solitary Arrow and the Cycle of Fortune

Just as he spent all his passive points and was about to float into the sky, he was met with a resounding blow.

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

If an outsider dared to utter such wild boasts in front of him, he would not hesitate to return a double-barreled attack of curses and blows.

But Ai Cangsheng...

"Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed?"

"Isn't this the strongest level Dao Qiongcang said Ai Cangsheng could unleash before?"

"As soon as the Ancient Battlefield Stage opens, he's truly holding nothing back!"

From the perspective of the Profound Meaning of Life, observing Ai Cangsheng, who was now covered in祟纹 (sui wen), it was difficult to even call him a "life form."

A pure energy body!

Even a single breath was like shooting out an evil god's arrow.

His life aura, compared to the mighty power of the Ancestor God, was like a drop in the ocean, insignificant.

All over his body, aside from still wearing the skin named Ai Cangsheng, he even seemed no weaker than the 祟yin (sui yin) of the God's Ruins!

"After that black cloth was completely lifted, what was suppressed beneath it was actually this kind of power?"

What is a combat-type Ten Seats?

Before, Xu Xiaoshou felt that even if Dao Qiongcang wasn't a combat-type Ten Seats, he wasn't far off.

Now, after seeing Ai Cangsheng's Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed...

Dao Qiongcang was indeed on the mental strategy path; even if he tried, he couldn't even touch the edge of combat.

As expected, all that could be imitated were the exposed tip-of-the-iceberg abilities. The Art Seed Prison Limit was something that flashy old Dao could definitely not imitate!

"Ding!"

A soft sound in his mind.

Xu Xiaoshou jumped, thinking that the passive system was also stimulated by Ai Cangsheng and couldn't wait to evolve on its own.

It was actually a spiritual communication from Dao Qiongcang:

"Forbidden death art, early stage of Art Ancestor Evil Transformation, used to suppress the art of 祟yin, can briefly suppress 祟yin's activity and intercept some power."

Xu Xiaoshou reacted quickly, immediately thinking of those things with different prefixes, which even he couldn't quite tell if they were arts or forbidden arts:

Death 祟yin Eye.

Death 祟yin Body.

Death 祟yin Form.

"Can it only be activated after the Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed?" Xu Xiaoshou pondered.

"Yes."

"What's its function?"

"You'll know when you fight."

"How does Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed compare to Si She Shen Yi?"

"On par, or even..."

Dao Qiongcang's response was quick and concise, but the last sentence seemed hesitant, inevitably causing apprehension.

Or even what?

Even surpassing it?

In fact, even without that "or even," after getting Dao Qiongcang's answer, Xu Xiaoshou knew his intuition was correct.

Just activating one of the four Si She Shen Yi, he shattered the physical body of the newly awakened 祟yin with a single blow.

Ai Cangsheng could suppress Shen Yi at the Crossroads for thirty years on the Sacred God Continent and engage in the endless Divine Love War in the God's Ruins.

In his current state, it shouldn't be a problem to suppress the newly awakened 祟yin.

Then...

What about me?

Ai Cangsheng is ready, but what about me?

"I didn't intend to step over your corpse..."

Standing on the waves, feeling the turbulent currents around him, Xu Xiaoshou paused, his brows slightly lowered.

He changed his words, gently caressing the void, and the waves slowly calmed down.

"Being a marquis is not my will, I only wish for calm seas."

With a whoosh, Fengzhong Zui's eyes immediately lit up.

This line not only showed no intention of retreat, but on the contrary, Lord Shou seemed to have found the most fierce way to retaliate in the face of the ultimate provocation.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!

"Ying—"

Cang Ku Sword's body subtly rotated.

The Two Generations Form suddenly emerged, like Yin and Yang guardians, merging and intertwining.

At this moment, Cang Ku was too in sync with Lord Shou.

Without even needing more action, as the Sword Dao Profound Meaning Array Diagram lit up beneath Lord Shou's feet...

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The void distorted, transforming into thousands of small black swords.

This was no longer the Void Condensing Sword Art, but clearly based on Cang Ku's original form, infused with sword intent.

Ten thousand swords bowed in worship, and with a tremor beneath the sword, each condensed out a Mo Sword.

Suddenly, ten thousand swords and ten thousand green Mo Swords intertwined, crisscrossing back and forth on the sea surface, stirring up currents and drawing the outlines of a sword realm.

"Swish!"

When the water streams, suspended by sword intent, collectively lost gravity and cascaded downwards.

The sky full of ten thousand swords converged with a roar, and nine colossal sword qi formations appeared around Lord Shou.

"What is this!"

Lord Shou hadn't even moved yet.

Just the circulation of this sword intent, such a natural and seamless integration, made the ancient sword cultivators of the Five Regions exclaim in admiration.

"Ten Thousand Swords Art, Mo Sword Art, Nine Swords Art..."

"During the process, it also transformed into the Qinghe Sword Realm, and finally into the Desireless Reckless Sword, but this sword qi isn't released; instead, it forms a formation for the Nine Swords Art!"

Fengzhong Zui watched mesmerized, his gaze finally settling on the Two Generations Form behind Lord Shou, and he suddenly realized:

"And the Love Sword Art!"

"These nine Desireless Reckless Swords under the Nine Swords Art Sword Array should be based on the Two Generations Form and Reincarnation Dependance..."

His ears twitched, and Fengzhong Zui roared with even greater confidence:

"He's drawing his sword!"

"This first sword, Lord Shou intends to test the strength of Emperor Cangsheng's Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed!"

As expected.

Just as the old patriarch's judgment came through.

Before Fengzhong Zui even finished speaking, Lord Shou flipped his wrist, and the nine sword qi around him trembled, flowing down like a heavenly river with Cang Ku's sword qi:

"Moonlight!"

Moonlight?

What is Moonlight?

The Five Regions had never heard Lord Shou unleash such a sword before. Just as they were barely getting acquainted with this sword style, their vision suddenly went dark.

"Buzz!"

The world suddenly plunged into darkness.

The other four regions were fine; though not pitch black, spiritual sense could not sweep beyond a meter.

But in the Eastern Region, especially the Spirit Cultivators adjacent to the battlefield in the Eastern Region, the terror was even greater; they were completely blind, as if all six senses had been lost.

Yet, in this chaos, darkness, and terror, nine streams of light, like moonlight, tore through the long sky with sword intent.

It swept from an unknown place, striking towards the focal center of the world, Ai Cangsheng!

"Mixed Dao nine swords, Self-centered mind art..."

When the subtle Dao sounds arose in their ears, the ancient sword cultivators of the Five Regions gained a deeper understanding of the second realm of Heart Sword Art at this moment.

"Imaginary Spirit Nation, all delusions are servants..."

Everything else disappeared, leaving only the 祟纹 (sui wen)-covered Ai Cangsheng, illuminated and locked under the moonlight.

"Sinking in the suffering of body and mind, distracting thoughts cannot be uprooted..."

Countless giant hands of obsession reached out from the abyss, transforming into shackles, tightly clamping his lower body, holding him firmly in place.

"One thought, gods and buddhas are different; one thought, Prajna is nothing!"

The world was suddenly illuminated, illuminated by gold.

Everyone looked up, only to see nine golden steps laid across the sky, and a massive Buddha sat upon them, looking distressed, with hands lowered in a seal.

That was the sound of Buddha!

That was the sound of Dao!

That was also the sound of Lord Shou's first merciless sword strike after taking control of Cang Ku:

"Suppress!"

When the Great Buddha departed, ten thousand calamities descended.

Amidst storms, fire seas, and thunder, a silver moon hung in the sky, a solitary tower rose, and the shadow sword on the tower's peak slanted, as nine streams of moonlight descended from the azure sky.

All of them struck towards Ai Cangsheng!

"Second Realm!"

"Lord Shou also incorporated the second realm of Heart Sword Art!"

"The lawless, reckless sword of desirelessness, mingled with the Prajna-less, which is confined to the self of thought—this is a dual-layer experience of ice and fire, a perpetual opposition of light and darkness!"

Those nine streams of moonlight, with unparalleled shock, tore apart all anomalies, and seemed to draw upon the Dao methods of the God's Ruins.

When the Imaginary Spirit Nation collapsed.

What everyone saw was Lord Shou's single sword, clearly spanning the starry sky, as if plucked from beyond the heavens!

"Where is Emperor Cangsheng?"

Everyone's gaze returned, fixated on Ai Cangsheng.

Ai Cangsheng should have been trapped in the Heart Sword Art's imagery; even though his body was covered in 祟纹 (sui wen), he should have been either dead or wounded under the ultimate intent of the Desireless Reckless Sword.

But that Prajna-less had struck Jiang Buyi, causing Jiang Buyi to lose control of his mind;

It had struck Rao Yaoyao, leaving Rao Yaoyao no escape, nowhere to hide;

It had struck all living beings, struck the long river of history, struck all those with wavering Dao hearts...

Only when it struck Ai Cangsheng.

Ai Cangsheng showed not the slightest tremor.

"Being a marquis is not my will, I only wish for calm seas?"

He could even murmur, his voice filled with melancholy, as if recalling many things, "I..."

The bowstring vibrated.

But no arrow was released.

The Evil Sin Bow was suddenly raised by Ai Cangsheng. The 祟纹 (sui wen) glowed, power infused, and it expanded horizontally and vertically, as if spanning thousands of miles and traversing multiple realms.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The Evil Sin Bow, stretched far away, seemed to have transformed into a gigantic shield. Its very body alone blocked three immense sword qi.

"But there are still six!"

Fengzhong Zui's words hadn't even left his mouth.

Ai Cangsheng, covered in 祟纹 (sui wen), took on three Desireless Reckless Swords with the bow's body, his feet not even budging.

Just as Semi-Saint Pei Yuan couldn't budge Lord Shou an inch.

Lord Shou's sword, even with Cang Ku's return, couldn't budge Emperor Cangsheng!

After resisting three swords head-on, Ai Cangsheng's four illusory arms behind him suddenly swelled, becoming sky-covering in size, and each reached forward to grab.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Another four Desireless Reckless Swords were easily caught in the 祟纹 (sui wen)-covered hands.

As for the remaining two sword qi, Ai Cangsheng's two heads on either side of his neck awakened, solidified, and bit them back.

Nine sword qi!

All nine Desireless Reckless Swords were intercepted!

And at this point...

Ai Cangsheng hadn't even moved, his expression still forlorn, still lost in that trance:

"I, why wasn't I too?"

"Whoosh!"

The Five Regions immediately erupted in clamor.

This is Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed?

The Prajna-less of Heart Sword Art couldn't shake his Dao heart, and the Desireless Reckless Sword of Mo Sword Art couldn't make him retreat.

Sword fusion reached this point, sword realms intertwined.

Even Lord Shou, who stood on the Sword Dao Profound Meaning Array Diagram, had no way against the 祟纹 (sui wen)-transformed Ai Cangsheng?

How is this an archer sitting before the Gui Zhe Sacred Firmament?

This is a hexagonal warrior who can attack, defend, shoot while sitting, and charge while standing—this is a combat-type Ten Seats!

"Lord Shou, is he going to lose?"

Will the myth of invincibility finally wither before the mighty monument of the Ten Seats?

Before this started, countless people had imagined countless outcomes.

Some overestimated Lord Shou, some underestimated the First Sword Immortal, but no one thought that Lord Shou, after comprehending the Dao in the Dead Sea, wouldn't even be able to shave a single hair off Ai Cangsheng's skin.

"This is too outrageous!"

Fengzhong Zui shrieked, clenching his fists in humiliation.

He knew the ancient sword cultivators were at a dead end; playing with swords in the era of Spirit Cultivators was a difficult path, even for Lord Shou.

But playing with swords to this extent, when encountering the final roadblock...

The sword wasn't broken, but the tiger was taller than the mountain!

How could this path continue?

"He who steps over my corpse will achieve Dao..." Fengzhong Zui muttered blankly, "This mountain, Emperor Cangsheng, who can cross it?"

Just as the Five Regions sank into an insurmountable despair.

From heaven and earth, a single faint word echoed:

"Return!"

Lord Shou's voice!

The world of ancient sword cultivators lit up again.

Only to see the nine Desireless Reckless Sword qi, blocked by the Evil Sin Bow and caught by the 祟yin (sui yin) form, suddenly tremble violently.

"Sword intent!"

"Penetrating Divine Thought!"

Fengzhong Zui realized something: "Penetrating Divine Thought is a cross-era creation, and Sword Intent is even more so... This is a power no less than that of the Ancestor God; Emperor Cangsheng cannot destroy it in a short time!"

Yes, everyone only then realized.

Ai Cangsheng's power after 祟纹 (sui wen) transformation was extremely strong.

But Lord Shou, under the name of First Sword Immortal, the second realm sword intent sword unleashed by Cang Ku, was not weak!

At least, Ai Cangsheng couldn't crush it in a short time—this was a sword unleashed under Reincarnation Dependance!

As long as Dependance isn't shattered.

The sword won't be extinguished.

So, under this single word "Return"...

"I understand!"

Fengzhong Zui didn't even have time to explain.

Those nine sword qi, unleashed in a sword array, seemed to have anticipated a fruitless outcome beforehand.

Yet, they did not return!

Under Ai Cangsheng's restraint, they still maintained the sword array formation, connected to each other, and suddenly merged into one!

"Boom—"

Ai Cangsheng's body trembled violently.

He became the target of all things transforming into swords; a green Desireless Reckless Sword qi shot up from his head, and likewise from beneath his feet.

After that sword qi penetrated Ai Cangsheng from top to bottom, it suddenly collapsed inwards, collapsing towards Ai Cangsheng's spiritual sea, towards the countless 祟纹 (sui wen) on his body, transforming into extreme white.

White light shone upon the world.

Without Fengzhong Zui's explanation, all five regions understood.

"One-Unified Extreme Sword!"

Controlled by the Prajna-less of Heart Sword Art.

Manifested by the Desireless Reckless Sword of Mo Sword Art.

If all this is still not enough, this sword can also transform into the second realm of Nine Swords Art... the One-Unified Extreme Sword?

"Peak of perfection!"

Lord Shou, he must have completely mastered these three great sword arts, right?

With the One-Unified Extreme Sword unleashed, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth disintegrated, transforming into countless small swords that stacked into it, falling into Ai Cangsheng's body.

Every stacked sword was a sword intent piercing the heart.

When ten thousand swords merged into one, stacking ten thousand layers of amplification.

That One-Unified Extreme Sword, penetrating the body from top to bottom, did not have any directional cutting motion; instead, it accompanied Lord Shou's distant pointing.

"Swish!"

The immense sword qi, with Ai Cangsheng as its base point, rotated vertically one full circle in place.

The Eastern Cang Realm, Eastern Li Realm, Eastern Heaven Realm... a total of eighteen realms swept by the sword light, were instantly split apart.

The Spirit Cultivators in the center of the Eastern Heavenly King City only felt that it wasn't that retribution wouldn't come, but that the time hadn't arrived yet.

During the night battle in the King City years ago, Lord Shou threatened Rao Yaoyao, saying he would blow up a city, but ultimately didn't.

Today, with the One-Unified Extreme Sword, he split the entire Eastern Heavenly King City in half, from southwest to northeast.

He was true to his word, he really did what he said!

"Damn it, I died!"

"Holy crap, I really died once just now. I just saw white in front of me, I didn't react at all!"

"Me too..."

The Five Regions watched with tingling scalps and cold palms.

Half of the One-Unified Extreme Sword split the eighteen realms of the Eastern Region.

The other half cleaved through the sea and currents, arresting the repair of space.

Such a terrifying sword, its aftershocks were still like this, but it actually only acted upon Ai Cangsheng.

As it obliquely spun a circle, everyone seemed to see Emperor Cangsheng being directly split in two under this cumulative damage.

But...

"He didn't die!"

The sword light finally shattered.

Ai Cangsheng held the Evil Sin Bow obliquely, not even performing half a self-defense stance.

The One-Unified Extreme Sword, under various second-realm and sword-intent amplifications, finally left a wound on Ai Cangsheng.

From his right shoulder to his left waist, the 祟纹 (sui wen) cracked, and a bloody gash was torn open.

But that was all!

The gash was only as deep as a pinky finger; after tearing Ai Cangsheng's clothing, it didn't even reach the bone, obstructed by his sturdy muscles!

"Only this much?"

"One-Unified Extreme Sword, sword intent, sword array, Ten Thousand Swords Art, Nine Swords Art stacked damage, only this much?!"

Fengzhong Zui cried out as if collapsing.

Has the path of ancient sword cultivators been seen through and worn out long ago?

This statement might not be absolute or obvious among low-level Spirit Cultivators, but in front of high-level Spirit Cultivators, it was undoubtedly true!

"He didn't die?"

"Not even injured?"

Xu Xiaoshou was also stunned, staring blankly at Ai Cangsheng, who stood calmly in place, not moving an inch.

He wasn't just testing the waters.

He truly unleashed the second realm.

And he stacked all the damage that could be stacked, truly wanting to test the strength of those "祟纹 (sui wen)"...

Art Seed Prison Limit Six Sections Unsealed?

Newly awakened 祟yin (sui yin)?

Overlord Shen Yi?

What exactly were these concepts? Xu Xiaoshou had never faced them head-on, so now he had to test them, and he was testing them.

The strength, of course, was also measured.

The 祟纹 (sui wen) were deeply embedded in the flesh and blood; each muscle fiber had no less than a thousand patterns nested within it. The broken 祟纹 (sui wen) at this moment were still autonomously wriggling and repairing themselves.

The One-Unified Extreme Sword was not weak!

At least it cut off tens of thousands of single-direction 祟纹 (sui wen).

It cut off a quantity of Ancestor God power that, for a normal person, would be impossible to cultivate in a lifetime.

But the problem is...

For Ai Cangsheng at this moment, it was ineffective!

That sword strike just now was certainly not the entirety of the transcended Dao Transformation Sword Dao Array, but for all the enemies encountered before, which one wasn't more than enough?

Why is it that every time he encounters a Ten Seats...

The strength increases by more than ten levels?

Just as his thoughts were boiling, his pores suddenly opened, his hair stood on end, and his hands and feet felt cold.

Xu Xiaoshou stared intently.

Ai Cangsheng, far away, flipped out the Evil Sin Bow, holding it with one hand and drawing the string with the other, his Dao Eye looking over indifferently:

"It's my turn, Xu Xiaoshou."

An ordinary Evil Sin Bow arrow successfully condensed.

The 祟纹 (sui wen) lit up, wrapping around the arrow, and the arrow instantly transformed in quality.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as the arrow formed.

Xu Xiaoshou looked down in horror, realizing that the waves beneath his feet had, at some unknown point, receded behind him.

And thousands of miles away, they were stacked hundreds of feet high.

The waves remained high, and the force was remarkably even.

This was indeed extremely strange, as if pushed by an invisible giant hand with immense force!

He looked around again.

Not just the waves, but the sand on the coastline, the trees in the forest, the jagged rocks on the barren mountains...

Everything within a thousand miles of Ai Cangsheng's arrow was pushed away.

Was the Ancient Battlefield Stage pushing? Protecting?

It was simply that as soon as this arrow formed, the force field opened, and all things were repelled!

Then what about me?

Xu Xiaoshou looked back at himself with his perception.

He found himself within the "force field," but he wasn't repelled at all.

But suddenly, as the Art Dao Array rotated, as if sensing something, Xu Xiaoshou found that he still had an illusory art eye on his head?

"Pulling Eye, target locked..."

Before this thought could finish flashing, a heaven-shattering roar erupted in the ears of the Five Regions.

"Boom!!!"