# 977
Chapter 978: Sword Slashes Takamagahara
India.
Divine Temple.
At the center of this temple suspended in the sky, a four-handed, four-armed golden deity statue trembled slightly, dust falling from its surface as an inexplicable aura emanated outward.
On two of the four faces, the eyes opened simultaneously, gazing toward a certain direction.
"Destruction..."
Takamagahara.
The Daoist stood among thousands of golden flowers, gazing intently at the Heavenly Court above. He took a deep breath.
"The Primordial Sword."
Boom—!!
The Heavenly Court suspended above Takamagahara trembled slightly as dense immortal energy surged outward.
A strand of golden thread drifted from the center of the Heavenly Court, like a swimming serpent, gliding through the gray mist and coiling around the Daoist's sword fingers..
This was the essence of the Heavenly Court.
The moment this golden thread appeared, the pollution force trapped within the Golden Flower Formation erupted violently. The pollution that had spread across Takamagahara instantly receded like a tide, avoiding that golden thread like one would avoid a venomous snake!
Within a radius of several dozen li around the Daoist, a vacuum free of pollution was cleared.
At the same time, the earth of Takamagahara began to resonate and tremble, as if unable to bear the weight of that golden thread. The shattered, decayed land started collapsing of its own accord.
Among the encircling golden flowers, the Daoist took a step forward. The sword finger raised high above his head slowly descended...
Where the Daoist's sword finger pointed, space shattered inch by inch, as if an infinitely long, unobservable sword of nothingness that could cut through anything was slowly slicing through all the laws of this divine realm.
Above Takamagahara, a slash mark extended rapidly. Both sides of the slash glowed like red-hot branding irons, descending from the high sky to the earth, splitting the entire Takamagahara in two from the center.
One slash, and Takamagahara fell.
As the golden thread danced, the Takamagahara cut in two, along with the pollution within it, rapidly collapsed and dissipated into nothingness.
Standing amidst the collapsing heaven and earth, the Daoist waved his hand to return the golden thread into the Heavenly Court. He drew the [Magatsu Blade] with his right hand and casually flicked it toward the gradually vanishing remnants of Takamagahara.
The [Magatsu Blade]'s blade body pierced into the remnants of Takamagahara. The divine power and laws pouring out from it madly rushed into the blade body, and the faint golden speck on the blade's surface brightened visibly to the naked eye.
It was absorbing this divine realm's power to sustain the blade world within.
The Takamagahara that had originally relied on "Human Enclosure" faith to fill itself had now become nourishment for the new world. Even though only a portion of the divine realm's power was absorbed, this energy was enough to sustain the blade world for hundreds to thousands of years.
When the energy absorbed by this blade reached its limit, the black-gold blade body automatically detached itself from the Takamagahara remnants and flew back into the sheath in the Daoist's palm.
The Daoist smiled faintly, flicked his finger against the blade, and the [Magatsu Blade] vanished without a trace, destination unknown.
Misty Japan.
An Qingyu meticulously put away the surgical instruments, draped in a white coat, walked to where Yuzuri Takishiro lay unconscious, and gently patted his shoulder.
Yuzuri Takishiro's eyelids fluttered on the operating table as he opened his eyes. After a brief moment of confusion, his gaze fell on An Qingyu beside him.
"Qingyu-gege... is it over?"
"Yes, you've been fully healed." An Qingyu helped him up from the operating table, smiling. "The genetic defect has been perfectly repaired, and your old ailments won't recur. Besides some lifespan loss, everything has returned to normal."
Yuzuri Takishiro smiled. "Thank you, Qingyu-gege."
"You're welcome."
"Qingyu! Qingyu! Come out quickly!" Baili Pangpang rushed back into the house, shocked as he pointed outside. "The Heavenly Court! It appeared!"
An Qingyu was stunned. Bringing Yuzuri Takishiro along, he quickly walked out of the house and looked up at the sky.
Through the hazy mist, the remnants of Takamagahara continuously fell into the sea. Above that gray dome of heaven, only a golden giant shadow suffused with immortal energy remained, grandly immovable.
"Is that the Heavenly Court?" An Qingyu spoke in a daze. "It's much bigger than I imagined..."
"The Heavenly Court has appeared. Where are the Gods of Great Xia?"
Cao Yuan stared carefully at the surroundings of the Heavenly Court, puzzled. "It seems like besides those three figures that just flew up, I don't see any other Great Xia gods..."
"They must be inside the Heavenly Court." Baili Pangpang's eyes sparkled. "Let's fly up and take a look! I want to see Chang'e in person! The Seven Fairies! The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden!"
"..."
"This is a divine realm after all. It's not like we can just go whenever we want." Shen Qingzhu shook his head.
Just as they were talking, a crimson figure descended rapidly from the clouds.
"Qiyue is back." Baili Pangpang saw the figure and his eyes lit up.
Lin Qiye jumped down from the Somersault Cloud, glanced up at the Heavenly Court above, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"We should return to Great Xia now." Lin Qiye said seriously. "With the Heavenly Court descending to the mortal world, the mist world will inevitably descend into chaos. It's too dangerous to stay outside."
Baili Pangpang and the others exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.
"Takishiro, what about you?" Lin Qiye's gaze fell on Yuzuri Takishiro. "The 'Human Enclosure' is destroyed. What are your plans?"
"I... I don't know." Yuzuri Takishiro scratched his head, smiling wryly. "I have no home to return to..."
Lin Qiye and the others exchanged glances, their eyes signaling frantically.
Lin Qiye cleared his throat and said solemnly:
"Takishiro, if you have no other plans, come back to Great Xia with us."
"Yeah yeah, Great Xia is a lot of fun." Baili Pangpang nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at grain.
"Mm, Great Xia's games are also... umm... numerous." An Qingyu paused midway, at a loss for words. "It's just most of them require some money and can be a bit exhausting..."
"I can teach you Chinese." Jiang Er's voice emerged from the speaker at An Qingyu's waist.
Under everyone's enthusiastic invitation, Yuzuri Takishiro hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.
"Alright..."
Lin Qiye exhaled in relief, and excitement filled the eyes of the others.
Successfully recruited a combat powerhouse who was a Human Apex back to Great Xia for free. They couldn't wait to see what expression Zuo Qing would have when he saw them returning with Yuzuri Takishiro...
"Let's go."
Lin Qiye raised his hand to summon the [Somersault Cloud]. Just as he was about to step on it, a black-gold streak of light flew from the sky, and like it had eyes, it landed directly in Lin Qiye's hand.
The [Magatsu Blade]?
Lin Qiye gripped the blade and turned to look at the Heavenly Court. Through the swirling immortal energy, a Daoist figure was looking in his direction, as if smiling.
Lin Qiye bowed respectfully, then led everyone onto the Somersault Cloud. Rising from the ground, they sped away toward Great Xia.