"Heh heh heh!"
Located in the demonic realm, Li Yuan had completely transformed into a demon. The murderous intent emanating from his body, combined with the demonic energy forming the demonic realm, exerted immense suppression on cultivators.
However, Li Beifei raised an eyebrow.
"Domain? I have one too!"
As Li Beifei's voice fell, the sword intent within him instantly spread outwards, forming a sword domain.
The Celestial Pivot Sword Domain.
In the face of the Celestial Pivot Sword Domain, the demonic realm faltered and retreated, quickly shrinking to a three-zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) radius around Li Yuan.
"Heh heh heh!"
Li Yuan did not feel fear, and still let out a sinister smile, as if he were a puppet without any emotions.
Upon seeing this, Li Beifei couldn't help but curl his lip. He felt that his display of power earlier was not enough, and now he wanted to show off his fists to maintain his reputation as a sword immortal, but his opponent was a demon without fear or apprehension, and his desire to show off immediately vanished.
"Since you want me to grant you a sword, then I shall fulfill your wish!"
As his voice fell, the Celestial Pivot Sword appeared in his hand, and he decided to fight quickly and end this inexplicable battle.
"Buzz!"
In the universe, everyone could hear the sound of a sword, this sound was not heard on a physical level, but came from the Yuanshen(元神: primordial spirit).
Everyone stared intently at the white figure holding a long sword in the void.
Three thousand years. The Sword Immortal had not made a move in nearly three thousand years, at least not publicly.
In the past, they had looked forward to the decisive battle between the Sword Immortal, the Sacred Body, the Heavenly Eye Royal Daughter, the Dao Child, and other peerless geniuses, but today they completely understood that these people were all together, and it was impossible to have a real life-and-death battle. Even if there was one, it would be in the Void God Realm, but a life-and-death battle in the Void God Realm was not a true death after all, and it always felt like something was missing.
But now, it was even more impossible for them to see it. Even if they were sparring or discussing the Dao, they were probably doing it in private, and they had no chance to be spectators.
So they cherished this opportunity.
The Heavenly Heart Imprint had descended into the world, and it was the strongest and last Heavenly Heart Imprint. Even if they were familiar with each other, they had to take action to seize it, right?
So they came, traveling hundreds of millions of miles, just to witness this ultimate battle.
But now, they still had to pay attention to the Sword Immortal first.
Everyone held their breath, afraid that they would disturb Li Beifei.
"What is that?"
Someone suddenly saw a glimmer of light at the edge of the starry sky. The glimmer of light became brighter and brighter, closer and closer, but soon, they realized that it was not ordinary sword light, but a sword of light.
A sword light that traveled millions of light years.
Traverse millions of light years?
How fast is this sword light? And how strong is the owner of the sword light?
They only knew that before the restoration of the Great Dao in the mortal world, only the Great Emperor Ancient Emperor could cross the end of the universe with a single thought.
"The strength of the Sword Immortal is already no weaker than the Great Emperor."
Someone exclaimed, and at the same time felt a sense of sadness in their hearts.
These people were all leaders among their peers. In any previous era, they would have had the potential to prove the Dao, but they happened to be born in this golden age.
Those aloof peerless geniuses were simply beyond their reach. They tried their best to cultivate for thousands of years, but they were only Saint Kings and Great Saints, which was considered monstrous in the past.
However, in the face of that group of people, they were just ordinary green leaves.
Perhaps these green leaves were stronger than the green leaves of the past.
They could only mock themselves like this.
"Boom!"
The sword light flashed, and the universe seemed to be neatly cut into two halves. Li Yuan's body shook, the demonic energy gradually dissipated, and the red eyes gradually regained clarity.
"Thank you, Sword Immortal, for granting me the sword!" Li Yuan said, then closed his eyes.
However, he did not die. At the crucial moment, Li Beifei held back, because when the sword light was about to hit Li Yuan, a look of relief appeared on Li Yuan's face.
This made him very curious about Li Yuan's past.
On the Gathering Heaven Battleship, there were many people who could kill Li Yuan, but why did he choose himself, and still "grant the sword", a way of death that was no different from being granted death.
But even so, Li Yuan would not live long, at most a few decades.
Li Beifei came to Li Yuan and put his hand on Li Yuan's forehead and said, "Don't mind, right?"
"Please!"
Li Yuan laughed.
Li Beifei nodded, and a powerful divine soul power surged and entered Li Yuan's divine sea. He wanted to see Li Yuan's past.
Soon, he was silent, he also knew Li Yuan's past.
Li Yuan was not his real name. His real name was Erwa(二娃: Erwa, a nickname, meaning "second child"), an orphan who grew up in a mountain village eating Baijiafan(百家饭: Baijiafan, food from hundreds of families). By chance, he entered the world of cultivation, and he was also a sword cultivator.
Erwa was about the same age as him. When he participated in the arena competition in Zhenmo City, Erwa was also there, but Erwa was sitting in the audience, watching him, the Nine Swords Young Master, kill everyone, and it was from that time that Erwa regarded himself as a role model and a motivation to move forward.
This was also the reason why Erwa's eyes showed admiration when he looked at him just now.
The murderous intent, confusion, and guilt were because of what Erwa encountered later.
Two years after the Zhenmo City arena competition, Erwa practiced in the Land of Suppressing Demons, and his strength had substantially increased, so he returned to the village where he was born and raised, preparing to use his cultivation to give back to the villagers who had helped him.
But this became a turning point in his fate.
At that time, a second-rate force was secretly capturing some mountain village youths without strength or background to do experiments, doing an experiment of human-demon fusion.
Unfortunately, Erwa's village was selected by that force. When Erwa returned to the village, he happened to see that force was arresting people. Although Erwa had stepped into cultivation, the cultivation time was very short. For the cultivation world, he was just a rookie, so he also became an experimental subject of that force.
In one experiment after another, Erwa watched his childhood playmates in the village die one after another, but he persisted. Finally, that force caught a Saint-level demon whose strength was damaged from the Land of Suppressing Demons, and finally merged it with Erwa's divine soul by secret method, and succeeded, but it also played off.
A second-rate force did not have a Saint sitting in charge. After Erwa and the Saint demon merged into one, the demon should have been the dominant one, but after countless experiments, Erwa's divine soul had a certain restraint on the demon, and the demon could not completely control Erwa, but Erwa could not control the demon either.
So Erwa went crazy, first devouring all the creatures of that force, and also devouring the creatures of dozens of mountain villages.
Until the end, as long as he went crazy, he would devour countless creatures. Until now, the creatures he has devoured are already countless.
Li Yuan was the name Erwa gave himself when he was awake, meaning to escape from the abyss.
The murderous intent in his eyes before was because of the influence of the demon in his body, and the confusion and guilt were because of the shame he felt in his heart after seeing himself.
No one wants to show the ugly side in front of their idol, and Erwa is no exception.
But he wanted to die under his idol's sword, which was his last obsession as a sword cultivator.
Li Beifei sighed. If Li Yuan was really a heinous demon, he would definitely kill him decisively, but after learning about Li Yuan's tragic life, he found that he really couldn't bear to do it.
However, he finally did it, because this was Erwa's obsession.
Li Beifei didn't know if Erwa could be reincarnated in this state, but he hoped that Erwa after reincarnation would never remember his previous life.
Li Beifei wiped out Erwa's last vitality, and then buried his body in the void with great supernatural power, and then returned to the battleship.
When everyone saw that Li Beifei seemed to be in a bad mood, they asked.
Li Beifei didn't hide it, and told Erwa's life story.
"I remember, that force was supported by the black market we robbed at the beginning.", Xia Wuji said.
"Then we really did the right thing at the beginning!"
Xuan Mingzi's face was full of murderous intent. The area where that force was located was in the territory ruled by their Yin Yang Sect. This incident was simply slapping him in the face. If that force was not gone, he would kill him now.
The faces of the others were also not good, especially Ye Hongyi and Li Ruoyu. They were all people with great aspirations for the common people. If it was a normal struggle death, it was a natural choice, but it was simply unforgivable to use people for experiments like this.
Everyone's original good mood became a little delicate.
But at this moment, there was movement in the ancient city standing in the void.
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