Chapter 799: Demon Sword Assembly (3)
The Sea God Platform fell into silence. The arrival of the Four Sacred Lords was an awe-inspiring sight that seemed to cover the heavens and blanket the earth, intimidating the entire nine provinces.
Sea Emperor Qu Fengyi raised his head to look at the round sun that was slowly being imprinted with black traces, and said with authority: "The Thirteen-Star Alignment is about to appear. We have prepared for months, all for this moment. The world's heroes have gathered at my Supreme Sea Palace, also to behold the demon sword together and explore its secrets together. If the secrets of the demon sword are fully uncovered as we hope, it will surely be a grand event for our Tian Xuan Profound Realm."
Sea Emperor Qu Fengyi looked at Huangji Wuyu: "Although this place is the Sea Palace, the Demon Sword Assembly does not belong solely to my Sea Palace; it is a grand gathering of the Tian Xuan Profound Path. Brother Huangji, among the four of us, you have the highest seniority and the greatest prestige. It is most suitable for you to preside over this Demon Sword Assembly."
"Hehe," Huangji Wuyu smiled faintly: "The demon sword was obtained by Sword Master Xuanyuan, so naturally he knows it best. It would be more appropriate for Sword Master Xuanyuan to preside over this grand assembly."
"Good!" Xuanyuan Wentian did not decline at all, and laughed aloud: "In that case, I, Xuanyuan Wentian, will respectfully obey rather than decline."
As his voice fell, Xuanyuan Wentian raised his right palm, and a pale sword light shot out from his palm, pointing straight at the sky.
In an instant, the sword light had grown to a hundred zhang, transforming into a hundred-zhang profound sword in Xuanyuan Wentian's hand. Then, with a light shout, he suddenly slashed down toward the Sea God Platform below.
Clang!!
The massive light barrier that covered the Sea God Platform was split open by the profound sword in one stroke. Instantly, the light barrier, like shattered ice, turned into countless fragments that scattered away and disappeared into the void in the blink of an eye, revealing the long-shrouded Sea God Platform.
Everyone's eyes fell on the Sea God Platform. With the disappearance of the light barrier, the complete appearance of the Sea God Platform was fully revealed.
The Sea God Platform, several li wide, was now prominently inlaid with a massive circular profound formation. The profound light emitted by the formation was not intense, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, alternating at a very low frequency. Its edges extended directly to the edges of the Sea God Platform, enveloping the entire platform.
At the center of the profound formation, which was also the center of the Sea God Platform, a pitch-black sword was floating upright. The blade was black as ink, six and a half chi long and one chi wide, with a square hilt. Near the hilt, on half of the blade, there were two irregular imprints. Upon closer inspection, they were clearly a crescent moon broken into two halves, colored blood-red!
Other than that, the entire sword had no sword aura, nor any light of power, giving a lifeless and dull feeling.
"That is... the legendary Heavenly Sin Divine Sword?" Xia Yuanba couldn't help but exclaim, then muttered softly: "But it doesn't seem to have anything particularly remarkable about it."
Yun Che's gaze was also fixed on that sword. His eyes swept over the blade and finally stopped on the blood-red broken moon imprint on the sword's body.
The Slay Moon Demon Lord had said that the true name of this sword is the "Slay Moon Demon Sword"!
And this blood-red broken moon imprint exactly corresponds to the name "Slay Moon"... There's no mistake!
The world knows this sword as the "Heavenly Sin Divine Sword," but only Yun Che knows that it is a thorough ancient demon sword!
But he doesn't know if the demon soul within still exists!
The demon soul of the Slay Moon Demon Lord's son!
"What is the profound formation below?" Yun Che asked in a low voice.
"It should be used to gather profound force," Xia Yuanba answered. "This profound formation has been in preparation for half a year. During these six months, the Holy Emperor spent most of his time in the Supreme Sea Palace, all for this formation. The other Sacred Lords should be the same."
Yun Che: "..."
Yun Che's brow furrowed slightly, and he pondered for a long time: According to the memories that Mo Li had read from Fen Juechen, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword was sealed away by the Eternal Night Royal Clan for generations, becoming a clan-wide taboo. No one was allowed to approach or touch it, and the seal was reinforced with all their strength at regular intervals.
The purpose of this Demon Sword Assembly is to unseal the seal on the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword.
And if it were only the seal of the Eternal Night Royal Clan, the Tian Wei Sword Domain would not have been unable to break it for over a thousand years, eventually having to create this Demon Sword Assembly to borrow the strength of all the world's experts.
Could it be that the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword still bears the seal of the Evil God?
No! Although the Slay Moon Demon Lord's life and soul were both damaged, he had clearly completely escaped the Evil God's seal. And since the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword is the Slay Moon Demon Lord's sword, it naturally is attached to him and shares a unity with him. Since the Slay Moon Demon Lord broke free from the seal, there is no reason for a seal to still exist on the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword.
As Yun Che pondered, he suddenly remembered that the Slay Moon Demon Lord had said that the Slay Moon Demon Sword — that is, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword — was personally thrown by him into the Tian Xuan Continent, hoping to use it to obtain information about the outside world. However, afterwards, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword unilaterally cut off its soul connection with the Slay Moon Demon Lord...
And a sword, once bound to its master, cannot actively sever the soul connection!
That is to say, at that time, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword actually existed independently, and the Slay Moon Demon Lord was not its sword master!
Could it be that the Evil God's sealing power, sustained for a million years, had actually devoured and destroyed their soul contract?
Xuanyuan Wentian said in a clear voice: "This sword is the demon sword, also known as the 'Heavenly Sin Divine Sword'!"
"And the name 'Heavenly Sin Divine Sword' comes from the 'Eternal Night Royal Clan' that was destroyed a thousand years ago."
Everyone showed surprise. The name 'Eternal Night Royal Clan' had always been a taboo, especially in front of the Four Sacred Grounds. The culprit behind the destruction of the Eternal Night Royal Clan was the Tian Wei Sword Domain. Unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Wentian actually took the initiative to mention 'Eternal Night Royal Clan.'
"A thousand years have passed, and few know of the name 'Eternal Night Royal Clan,' but you are all overlords of Tian Xuan, so you must have heard of it."
Those who knew of the Eternal Night Royal Clan also basically knew the truth of its destruction. But under the gaze of the entire audience, Xuanyuan Wentian still spoke with a voice like a heavenly bell, his expression unchanged, as if he were talking about a name completely unrelated to himself: "The Eternal Night Royal Clan was initially just a mid-tier power, but after obtaining this sword ten thousand years ago, it rose rapidly, and within a mere thousand years, it surpassed all in Tian Xuan, standing shoulder to shoulder with our Four Sacred Grounds. At that time, people already knew that the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword must contain a shocking secret."
"The Eternal Night Royal Clan's profound art was called the 'Eternal Night Illusion Divine Record.' When activated, their profound energy appeared pitch-black, with terrifying murderous aura, very much like the legendary demonic force. But profound art is ultimately just profound art; whether it is righteous or demonic lies not in the art but in the person who uses it. Thus, no one ever questioned whether the Eternal Night Royal Clan had fallen into the demonic path. Unfortunately, a thousand years ago, the Eternal Night Royal Clan repeatedly committed grave sins that heaven and earth could not tolerate. Our Four Sacred Grounds, with the duty of protecting Tian Xuan for generations, had no choice but to join forces to punish them and wipe out the existence of the Eternal Night Royal Clan."
Who was evil, who had fallen into the demonic path, who had committed grave sins that heaven and earth could not tolerate — the other three Sacred Grounds already knew, and many outside the three Sacred Grounds were also well aware. But Xuanyuan Wentian spoke with eloquence, his face without any shame, instead full of righteousness.
Yun Che looked at Xuanyuan Wentian's expression, but did not feel mockery or contempt; instead, a chill suddenly rose in his heart.
This was an extremely terrifying person... more terrifying than anyone he had ever met.
"At that time, the Eternal Night King was named Ye Mufeng. His profound force was strong, but slightly inferior to any one of the Four Sacred Lords. However, when he finally revealed the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, his strength skyrocketed, and he became unmatched. In the end, by combining the power of the Four Sacred Lords plus nineteen top-level elders from the Sacred Grounds, they barely managed to defeat Ye Mufeng, but at a tremendously heavy cost. All four Sacred Lords were severely injured, and of the nineteen elders, ten died and nine were wounded."
Xuanyuan Wentian's words shocked many. Most people present knew something of the Eternal Night Royal Clan's name, and knew that it was destroyed by the joint forces of the Four Sacred Grounds. But how the Eternal Night King died was almost unknown even to the people of the Four Sacred Grounds.
Moreover, they could never have dreamed that the Eternal Night King of that time was so powerful that the Four Sacred Lords, who surpassed all under heaven, had to join forces plus nineteen top-level Sacred Ground elders just to barely defeat him!?
The profound force of the Four Sacred Lords had all reached the peak of the Sovereign Xuan Realm, Level 10. It could be said that within the Sovereign Xuan Realm, they had no rivals!
The Eternal Night King from a thousand years ago was so terrifying... could it be that he had reached the legendary Divine Xuan Realm?
Yun Che's brow slanted as he listened coldly to Xuanyuan Wentian's words. At that moment, he suddenly felt a bone-chilling, somewhat familiar murderous intent flash by. Although the other party was trying hard to conceal it, Yun Che was too sensitive to killing intent, and it did not escape his perception.
Yun Che's gaze pierced through the Sea God Platform, locking onto the source of the murderous intent as fast as possible, and then he saw a familiar figure.
Fen Juechen!!
He was dressed in black, sitting quietly in an inconspicuous corner at the very edge. His face was gloomy and cold, and his gaze was even more unsettling.
"Fen Juechen... he really came!" Yun Che muttered. Earlier, he had been focused on the Four Sacred Grounds and contemplating his next situation, and Fen Juechen was clearly deliberately downplaying his presence, so he had not noticed Fen Juechen until now.
Fen Juechen's purpose in coming was naturally the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, but it was unclear what action he would take next. Although his strength was now extremely formidable, before four behemoths that had flourished for ten thousand years, his individual power was still too insignificant.
Furthermore, what Yun Che had been more concerned about all along was, why did the Tian Wei Sword Domain specifically invite Fen Juechen to the Demon Sword Assembly? Was it merely because his strength met the criteria to participate?
Fen Juechen's perception was extremely sharp. The moment Yun Che looked at him, his gaze almost instantly reflected back. His wolf-like eyes locked onto Yun Che, gathering a piercing hatred.
Looking directly into Fen Juechen's eyes, Yun Che furrowed his brow slightly, but felt a surge of surprise.
He sensed Fen Juechen's hatred for him... the same as every previous encounter, not diminished in the slightest. However, besides the hatred, there was no murderous intent!?
What was going on? Yun Che wondered... Fen Juechen's murderous intent toward him had always been extremely intense. One of the reasons he lived so painfully now was to kill him. Moreover, in front of him, he had never concealed his murderous intent...
But this time, there was only hatred, no killing intent!?
What exactly was happening... or was it just a misperception on my part?
While Yun Che was puzzled, Fen Juechen withdrew his cold gaze from him, his eyes sinking as he stared intently at the pitch-black sword in the center of the Sea God Platform. He did not look at Xuanyuan Wentian, nor at any of the Four Sacred Lords... because he was afraid he would not be able to control himself from revealing the ultimate hatred and killing intent.
Xuanyuan Wentian continued: "The strength of the Eternal Night King after revealing the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword was extraordinary, absolutely exceeding the Sovereign Xuan Realm. Afterwards, although he was defeated and died, his soul did not dissipate for a long time. And death with an undying soul is a power of the legendary divine path, not something achievable by Emperor Sovereign power."
"Therefore, the Eternal Night King Ye Mufeng, after revealing the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, must have already surpassed the Sovereign Xuan Realm and entered the legendary Divine Xuan Realm!"
The area below the Sea God Platform immediately erupted in uproar. Everyone's face was filled with shock and longing — fighting alone against four Sacred Lords and nineteen Sacred Ground elders, dying but with an undying soul — all these indicated that the Eternal Night King's strength had absolutely surpassed the Sovereign Xuan Realm!
And these words were personally spoken by Tian Wei Sword Master Xuanyuan Wentian, with the other three Sacred Lords also present — how could they be false!
It seemed that the words "Secret of the Divine Xuan" were absolutely not false or baseless!
"The rise of the Eternal Night Royal Clan was due to obtaining the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword. The tremendous change in Ye Mufeng also occurred after revealing the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword. Therefore, all mysteries lie within the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword."
"A thousand years ago, after we punished Ye Mufeng, we intended to obtain the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, hoping to find the secret of Ye Mufeng's explosive growth in strength. Unfortunately, the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword was lost somewhere during the fierce battle, missing for a thousand years. But fortunately, a year ago, our Tian Wei Sword Domain accidentally found the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword in a desolate place..."
"This Xuanyuan Wentian is clearly spouting nonsense, yet he looks calm and composed, as if he has no guilt at all. His face is simply thick to the extreme!" Xia Yuanba gritted his teeth and said in a low voice. "My master said that as early as a thousand years ago, they suspected that the missing Heavenly Sin Divine Sword had fallen into the hands of the Tian Wei Sword Domain. Xuanyuan Wentian destroyed the Eternal Night Royal Clan back then with despicable and vicious means, all for the Heavenly Sin Divine Sword!"
"Let him continue. He has been scheming for today's performance," Yun Che said in a low voice. Deep scheming, terrifying cunning, vicious methods, and profound force backed by the world's top power — from Xuanyuan Wentian, Yun Che felt an increasingly heavy sense of oppression.
The sky was gradually darkening at a slow pace. Yun Che looked up and saw that the blazing sun was already nearly one-tenth covered by black traces.