Chapter 1497: Divine Sword, Calamity
Forging the thirty-six realms of the divine sword consumed an enormous amount of time. Even a Throne-level powerhouse like Emperor Shakya Li Youran couldn't keep casting continuously.
He needed to rest several times, and the others were even more exhausted.
Only Qin Mu remained energetic, as if the primal vitality within him could never be depleted.
East Emperor Azure Dragon somewhat regretted arriving early, but since the South Emperor had been reborn and personally invited him from the Eastern Extreme Heaven, he had no choice but to come.
Still, wasting so much time left him feeling rather displeased.
Qin Mu had invited him to borrow his power, to imprint Qin Mu's blood and qi into the divine sword. This step was the sword sacrifice. East Emperor Azure Dragon's blood and qi were profoundly deep; only he could help Qin Mu sacrifice the sword with his blood and qi.
However, the blood and qi sacrifice was only needed when the divine sword was completed. These past days, he could only watch the others forge the treasure.
Fortunately, the Ten Celestial Venerables were not in the Heavenly Court during this time but in the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City, and had yet to emerge. So leaving the Eastern Extreme Heaven wasn't a major problem.
This divine sword underwent repeated smelting, with layer after layer of realms hammered into it. The time consumed was astonishing, and gradually, the vast quantities of divine gold and divine materials dwindled.
Heavenly Yin Niangniang saw the waters of the Heavenly Yin Sea slowly decreasing, the sea level receding significantly, and felt a pang of heartache.
Another few months passed. Within the Dao Fire Ancestral Land, the sword might of the divine sword grew increasingly fierce, forcing many divine artisans to withdraw, unable to endure it. Only Qin Mu, Mute, and Li Youran remained, continuing to hammer the divine sword, striving for perfection.
Qin Mu and Mute pushed the power of the Dao Fire Ancestral Land to its limit, but even the Dao Fire Ancestral Land gradually couldn't soften the divine sword enough for convenient hammering.
South Emperor Vermilion Bird saw this and whispered to Yan'er, "Take me into the Ancestral Land. Shield me from the sword might, and I will stimulate the Ancestral Land's power."
Yan'er shook her body, transforming into a Dragon-Phoenix, and carried her into the Nine Heavens of the Ancestral Land. South Emperor Vermilion Bird unleashed her primordial spirit, channeling the Dao Fire, and instantly, the power of the Dao Fire increased again!
Qin Mu and the others immediately accelerated, seizing the opportunity to forge.
Yan'er struggled to use her own power to resist the sword might within the Dao Fire Ancestral Land. She could hold on for a short time, but as time passed, she became extremely strained.
The sword might emanating from the not-yet-complete divine sword grew stronger and stronger. The metallic qi within the sword was difficult to suppress, forming a natural sword dao domain around it. The metallic qi was like swords, penetrating everywhere!
Soon, Yan'er was covered in wounds. South Emperor felt some distress but knew this was a critical moment that allowed no carelessness. She had to focus entirely on activating the Ancestral Land's Dao Fire power.
She was a divine being born from the Dao Fire Ancestral Land. Although her physical body had been taken by Fire Celestial Venerable for refining, and her own great dao forcibly seized to become Fire Celestial Venerable's cultivation, her soul was the essence born from the Ancestral Land. Her control over the Ancestral Land's Dao Fire was still superior to Mute's.
But the metallic qi here was too strong. Mother and daughter couldn't hold on much longer.
Just then, West Emperor White Tiger suddenly leaped into the Ancestral Land. The sound of a war horn rang out as she tried her utmost to suppress the sword might, allowing South Emperor and her daughter to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, the sword might grew even stronger. West Emperor White Tiger also began to struggle, her tiger ears twitching constantly.
"Quenching!"
Suddenly, Mute, who had been silent all along, roared out. His voice was like thunder. Emperor Xuan and Emperor Wu exchanged a glance and immediately used their magical power to envelop the waters of the Heavenly Yin Sea. The sea level of the Heavenly Yin Sea instantly dropped by a section!
The seawater transformed into a Black Tortoise and a Flying Serpent, which, under the command of the two emperors, charged into the Dao Fire Ancestral Land.
The two emperors, with robes fluttering, continuously stamped various dao techniques, using their own dao conduct to resist the Nine Heavens of Dao Fire within the Ancestral Land. Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. "The fire power is too strong. It's difficult for the two of us to suppress it alone. We should have moved our own Ancestral Lands here…"
The two emperors exchanged a glance and suddenly revealed their true forms, transforming into Black Tortoise divine beings. They stepped onto the Heavenly Yin Sea, charged into the Dao Fire Ancestral Land, and sent the Heavenly Yin water into the Ancestral Land's Nine Heavens to quench the divine sword.
Opening Emperor raised an eyebrow. Although he was not an expert in the path of forging, he could tell that the reason Mute hadn't spoken was to control his own dao heart, making it compatible with the Dao Fire Ancestral Land to maximize his control over the Dao Fire.
As a master forger, control over the Dao Fire had to be meticulous. Speaking might cause a flaw to appear.
Now, Mute spoke, indicating that the sword forging had reached its final, most critical stage!
"Is this divine sword finally about to be completed?"
His heart stirred with excitement. The Carefree Sword in its sheath jingled and leaped, as if wanting to fly out on its own.
Opening Emperor turned his head to look around. He saw Village Chief Su Muzhe, National Preceptor Jiang Baigui, and the tens of thousands of sword dao experts from Eternal Peace. Their swords were also jingling and leaping. Some even had their sword pellets slip from their control, floating in the air and spinning continuously. Swords flew slowly through the air.
As those divine swords flew, they emitted a buzzing sound, as if paying homage!
"This sword is too powerful."
Opening Emperor's heart tightened as he suppressed his Carefree Sword.
He was the supreme sovereign of sword dao. If his Carefree Sword also unsheathed and flew out to participate in this ten thousand sword pilgrimage, wouldn't that mean he admitted to being weaker than Qin Mu?
Although he had high expectations for Qin Mu, believing his talent and potential were astonishing, when it came to sword dao, Qin Mu was still far behind.
Within the Ancestral Land, Qin Mu, Li Youran, and Mute transformed into three towering giants, using their own primal vitality as hammers to forge the divine sword.
The divine sword was ten thousand feet tall. Even the three giants appeared extremely tiny before it.
The divine hammers they had forged had long been shattered by the sword might spilling from the divine sword. Now, only their own primal vitality could forge it. However, even the most minute rune particles within their vitality were shredded by the surging sword qi.
The three giants were drenched in sweat. Blind Man saw this and immediately threw out a formation diagram, covering all the formation masters. Mistress Yan saw this and revealed a look of surprise before also stepping into the formation diagram.
As soon as Blind Man's formation diagram appeared, all the formation masters became part of the formation. Everyone's magical power converged, forming a single entity, composing layer upon layer of celestial palaces, actually creating a formation of a Grand Heavenly Court.
Even Mistress Yan became a part of the formation. She looked up and saw, from below, the Heavenly Court with its overlapping peaks and ridges, elevating the path of formations to its peak. She couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
Blind Man was the center of the formation diagram. He led the tens of thousands of formation masters into the Dao Fire Ancestral Land. Everyone joined forces and shouted, activating the formation to imprint Qin Mu's great dao domain into the sword.
At the same time, Blind Man controlled the formation, gathering everyone's power to imprint layers of formation power into the primal vitality hammers of Qin Mu and the other two, preventing their hammers from being shattered by the sword might!
Qin Mu, Li Youran, and Mute shouted continuously. Their hammers flew up and down, constantly hammering around the divine sword.
The three men's blood and qi steamed. Their sweat evaporated, turning into white vapor that swirled around them, merging with their blood and qi. White dragons traveled through the sea of blood and qi, almost becoming tangible!
The flow of their sweat vapor even brought forth the sounds of dragon roars and cries!
Suddenly, Mute shouted again: "Sword dao quenching!"
The three of them retreated simultaneously, making space.
Within the Dao Fire, the sword might of the divine sword suddenly broke through West Emperor White Tiger's suppression, leaving a bloodstain on her snow-like cheek.
The moment the sword might broke through West Emperor White Tiger's suppression, a huge gash was torn in the sky above the Heavenly Yin Realm. A brilliant sword light shot up, breaking through the Heavenly Yin Realm and sweeping across the Xuan Du.
In the Xuan Du, stars suddenly went out. The long Star River and Heavenly River were severed by the sword light, revealing a huge gap that took a long time to heal.
West Emperor White Tiger gritted her teeth and blew her war horn, trying to suppress the erupting metallic qi. At that moment, tens of thousands of divine swords formed a torrent. Sword dao surged, roaring into the Nine Heavens of Dao Fire, flying up and down around the divine sword!
Ding, ding, ding!
Countless crisp sounds erupted almost simultaneously. Those divine swords didn't strike the giant sword, but it was as if they were dueling with it. In an instant, almost all the divine swords were suppressed.
Suddenly, a sword light flew over. Opening Emperor Qin Ye pressed his hand on the hilt of the Carefree Sword. The Carefree Sword didn't unsheathe; instead, his body transformed into a streak of sword light!
Opening Emperor strode swiftly, charging into the Nine Heavens of Dao Fire. With a *zheng* sound, the Carefree Sword was drawn. His body followed the sword, leaping up and down around the giant sword. His sword dao of thirty-five heavens unfolded beneath his blade.
Ding, ding, ding. The crisp sounds were very slow. Each of Opening Emperor's strikes accurately hit the giant sword, as if he were dueling with a supreme sword dao master.
As his sword dao unfolded, the sword might of the giant sword began to converge, contracting towards the sword body.
With his sword dao domain deployed, the pressure on the other sword dao experts greatly decreased. Each of them displayed the sword dao they had comprehended. The sword might of tens of thousands of divine swords burst forth, each with its own unique brilliance.
Among them, the sword dao domains of former National Preceptor Jiang Baigui and Village Chief Su Muzhe were the most eye-catching.
Mute roared: "Mu'er, imprint your blood and qi!"
Qin Mu unfolded his divine hidden domain, activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Art, and his violent blood and qi surged into the sky, roaring towards the giant sword!
But even with his immensely powerful blood and qi, it was difficult to merge with the sword might and integrate into the sword body!
East Emperor Azure Dragon raised an eyebrow, his robes fluttering, but he didn't act immediately, thinking to himself: "He made me wait so long without a single word of apology. Let him wait a bit too…"
Suddenly, the sheath of the Carefree Sword flew over with a whoosh and landed at his feet.
East Emperor Azure Dragon's left eye twitched. He stepped forward. His blood and qi were a vast, chaotic expanse of purple mist, surging into Qin Mu's body, causing Qin Mu's blood and qi to skyrocket wildly!
With his assistance, Qin Mu's blood and qi were finally able to merge with the receding sword might and sword qi, integrating into the sword body.
The giant sword gradually shrank. The giant sword merged with Qin Mu's blood and qi, showing a tendency to become one.
This was the most critical step. Only with the blood and qi merged could the long sword change at will, becoming one's own divine weapon.
The giant sword grew smaller and smaller, from ten thousand feet to a hundred feet, then from a hundred feet to ten feet. Gradually, it shrank to about one zhang and two chi.
East Emperor Azure Dragon also felt his own blood and qi draining rapidly. Among the four ancient emperors, his blood and qi were the strongest. If he forcibly expended his blood and qi, he could help Qin Mu completely forge the divine sword, but that would cost him a portion of his cultivation.
He was hesitating when suddenly West Emperor White Tiger's war horn flew to the top of his head. The horn sounded loudly in his ears, a long *du* blast!
East Emperor Azure Dragon's blood and qi instantly expanded several times. The vast purple mist roared into Qin Mu's body. Qin Mu's blood and qi surged wildly into the three-chi divine sword!
The divine sword grew smaller and smaller, becoming a five-foot blade.
East Emperor Azure Dragon was inwardly furious. He glanced at West Emperor White Tiger, only to see the female emperor turn her head to look at him, stick out her tongue, and make a funny face at him.
East Emperor Azure Dragon's anger completely dissipated, thinking to himself: "This girl is quite cute, but she's hard to get close to. Forget it, I won't argue with her…"
In the center of the Nine Heavens of Dao Fire, a five-foot divine sword was inserted there. The sword light was like a white lake, and the divine sword seemed to be inserted into the lake water. From time to time, a jingling sound came from it, causing ripples to spread in all directions.
Seeing this, everyone withdrew their own divine swords. South Emperor stopped activating the Dao Fire Ancestral Land. Blind Man put away his formation diagram. Emperor Shakya Li Youran looked at Mute, only to see Mute still standing in the Dao Fire, eyes closed in concentration, the dao resonance on his body growing stronger and stronger.
Li Youran smiled and quietly withdrew.
Qin Mu stepped forward and pulled up the divine sword. The lake-like sword light all returned to the sword body.
He held the sword and gently flicked it. A clear, crisp sword cry rang out. A star in the Xuan Du outside the heavens suddenly went out and fell from the Xuan Du.
"Good sword."
Opening Emperor walked over, examining the sword in his hand, and asked, "Does it have a name?"
"Yes."
Qin Mu formed a sword seal with his left hand, gently sliding it from the hilt to the tip. Sword light flickered in his eyes as he exhaled a stream of true essence: "It's called, Calamity."