Chapter 3045 - The Heavens Have Not Yet Fallen

Fresh blood splattered the air, and screams shook the heavens. The area just beyond the Taiwu Sect’s gates had become a purgatory on earth.

Visions of slaughter and endless bloodshed combined to create a heart-shaking, soul-stirring vision of death.

Su Yi’s force and momentum were just too forceful and tyrannical. He was just one person, but he seemed invincible. As he swung his wooden sword, he cut down Heavenly Monarchs like a butcher slaughtering dogs, his invincible momentum on full display.

The armies of the Heavenly Sovereign factions had broken down, their ranks in disarray. Enraged shouts and desperate screams intermingled, ringing out repeatedly.

Su Yi wasn’t holding back in the slightest, nor was he showing mercy.

The Heavenly Sovereigns had been targeting and suppressing him since he arrived on the River of Destiny. They’d come close to killing him on numerous occasions. At the time, his strength was lacking, so all he could do was endure. He couldn’t actively seek retribution, as he lacked the foundations to attempt to get even. But things were different now.

He now had the strength to contend with Heavenly Sovereigns. What need was there to endure?

Moreover, Su Yi could say with certainty that the Heavenly Sovereigns saw him as a latent threat. They’d resort to any means necessary to stop him from becoming a Heavenly Sovereign. That was evident from the way they’d declared war on the Taiwu Sect. Several Heavenly Sovereigns had joined forces to march on the Blackwater Celestial Capital, causing such a commotion that the whole world knew about it.

And their ultimate goal was to defeat Su Yi, wasn’t it?

All of this had filled Su Yi’s heart with pent-up fury and murderous intent. Now that it had come time to fight, he naturally wouldn’t hold back out of politeness.

He wanted to astonish the whole world with his strength in his battle. That way, the Heavenly Sovereign factions would surely realize a certain cold, hard fact—they’d have to weigh the consequences carefully before targeting him in the future!

They’d resorted to unscrupulous means in targeting the Taiwu Sect, so he was killing their experts. A tooth for a tooth.

Crack!

A glittering golden halberd split, and Ancestor Guang Ji’s eyes widened. A moment later, he split down the midline.

He was a Piercing Illusions Stage old monster, a famed expert of Eternal Lightning Court, yet now, he’d been split in two. Even in the last moments before his death, he couldn’t accept it. He would never have guessed that he’d fail to block even one of Su Yi’s strikes.

The other Piercing Illusions Stage old monsters felt chills course through their bodies. It was as if they’d been plunged into an icy abyss. They had an absolute advantage in numbers, and going purely by cultivation, everyone here was significantly superior to Su Yi. Yet now, within moments of the start of the battle, over one hundred Heavenly Monarchs had died!

Su Yi was like a tiger among sheep. No one could block even one of his strikes, let alone suppress him!

Many of the Heavenly Monarchs’ wills to fight wavered. Most of them were just from the Heavenly Sovereign factions’ subordinate sects and clans. Who among them would willingly go to their death, especially now that they knew they had no hope of victory?

“Quick, ask the founder’s avatar for help!” Pei Shi of Limitless Palace called out. He knew that if they didn’t reveal their trump cards soon, they might well all perish!

“Good!”

“Let’s fight to the death!” The leading figures from the Heavenly Sovereign Factions each revealed their previously hidden cards. They’d held them back earlier in case the Taiwu Sect joined the battle, but they could no longer concern themselves with that.

A moment later, heaven and earth rumbled and boomed as one terrifying Heavenly Sovereign avatar after another appeared out of nowhere.

There were five in total, belonging to Heavenly Sovereign Wen, Heavenly Sovereign Changhen, Heavenly Sovereign Ling, Heavenly Sovereign Wuxu, and Heavenly Sovereign Yaoguang. Each emanated the distinctive majesty of a Heavenly Sovereign, and their combined powers instantly blanketed heaven and earth.

The Heavenly Monarchs blinked in surprise before excitement overwhelmed them. They almost wept for sheer joy. In stark contrast, the Taiwu Sect experts’ hearts sank, and chills coursed down their spines.

The Heavenly Sovereigns hadn’t come in person, but their avatars had appeared. How could Su Yi possibly contend with them?

“Fellow Daoist, you said that if the skies fell, you’d prop them back up. Fellow Daoist Su is now in grave peril. Have you any means of resolving this?”

Wu Zhe turned to look at the cliffside where Hua Qingyi was seated. He didn’t have any real expectations for her; he was just instinctively grasping at straws.

Hua Qingyi saw this, but she just said airily, “The skies have not yet fallen, and Su Yi can handle this himself.”

He can handle this himself? Wu Zhe and the others felt as if they were going insane. Su Yi is still only in the Immeasurable Realm. How could he possibly fight five Heavenly Sovereigns’ avatars of will by himself?

As they conversed, the situation outside the gates shifted.

The army of Heavenly Monarchs had retreated, moving further away from the five avatars.

Su Yi made no attempt to stop them. Instead, he seized this moment of leisure to throw back his head and take a big gulp of wine. Only then did he turn his attention to the Heavenly Sovereigns’ avatars. His gaze was as tranquil as the waters of an ancient well, and he showed no sign of fear.

“Please help us kill Su Yi, Founder!” an old monster cried out. The Heavenly Monarchs made no attempt to disguise their hatred for Su Yi.

“Did you do this?” Heavenly Sovereign Wen’s avatar scanned the blood-soaked battlefield, his brow furrowing.

He naturally recognized this as the home base of the Taiwu Sect, but one look at the vestiges of battle, and it was obvious that the Taiwu Sect hadn’t been involved. That unquestionably implied that Su Yi had killed and injured all those Heavenly Monarchs himself!

And that was far too shocking.

The other Heavenly Sovereign avatars noticed this too. Their brows furrowed, and they looked at Su Yi in bewilderment. Has he seriously grown this strong?

The dense smell of blood wafted into the air. An oppressive silence descended over heaven and earth. The terrifying majesty of the Heavenly Sovereigns bore down on the entire area with suffocating pressure.

But Su Yi didn’t even seem to notice. He just put away his jug of wine, glanced at the Heavenly Sovereigns, and said, “One of the five of you can live to pass on a message. Before we fight, why not decide among yourselves who gets to leave the battlefield alive?”

“Impudent!” Heavenly Sovereign Ling sneered. “Do you really think fighting just outside the Taiwu Sect means you have nothing to fear?”

It hadn’t been long since their last encounter, but Su Yi was more aggressive than ever. He even dared to be this impudent to their faces!

Su Yi glanced at Heavenly Sovereign Ling, then said, “Your avatar must die.”

“Hmph!” Heavenly Sovereign Wen took a step forward, his eyes flashing like lightning. “And where is Ku Xuan? Don’t tell me the Taiwu Sect really plans to accompany Su Yi to the grave?”

The way he saw it, Su Yi dared to behave so aggressively only because he had the Taiwu Sect to back him up.

“You have to die, too,” said Su Yi. “Also, I guarantee that no one in the Taiwu Sect will intervene. Do any of you have anything else to say?”

The Heavenly Sovereign avatars were instantly stunned. They exchanged glances, all of them bewildered. Where does he get the confidence to fight us if the Taiwu Sect isn’t joining the battle?

Never mind them, even the Heavenly Monarchs present and the experts of the Taiwu Sect were flabbergasted. They couldn’t even imagine how Su Yi could be this arrogant even now. He was acting like the Heavenly Sovereigns' avatars were nothing!

“Everyone, when the curtain fell on the Struggle for Heavenly Fate, I told you that Su Yi was already strong enough to shake our avatars,” Heavenly Sovereign Changhen said calmly. “Combined with the cards at his disposal, he really is strong enough to duke it out with us.”

In other words, they shouldn’t get complacent, nor should they look down on Su Yi.

A playful arc tugged at Hua Qingyi’s lips. She could tell that the Heavenly Sovereigns’ avatars didn’t know what had happened in the Divine Wandering Continent.

But it was then that something even more astonishing happened.

Su Yi put away his wooden sword and faced the Heavenly Sovereigns bare-handed. “I have no need of external treasures to kill you!”

His voice had only just rung out when he took a step forward. A moment later, he appeared directly in front of Heavenly Sovereign Ling, swinging his palm like a sword.

His movements were simple and direct, like a deity beating a celestial drum.

Heavenly Sovereign Ling was somewhat confused. Where does he get the confidence to attack me without relying on any external treasures? Why throw his life away like this?

But then, his pupils constricted, and his expression shifted. Su Yi’s incoming strike was more than just a little terrifying. It was far beyond the limits of a Heavenly Monarch.

Heavenly Sovereign Ling even felt as if he were up against an opponent of the same level.

Even though there was a significant gap between this strike and that of a real Heavenly Sovereign, it was enough to seriously threaten his avatar of will!

Heavenly Sovereign Ling’s avatar attacked without hesitation, holding nothing back.

The tyrannical majesty of a Heavenly Sovereign surged forth. His hands condensed into seals, then rose as if he were lifting a primordial divine mountain out of the ground.

The “mountain” was so grand it seemed like a natural barrier, stretching throughout heaven and earth and blocking the road ahead of him completely!

A moment later, the seemingly insurmountable divine mountain shattered with an audible crack, then crumbled into pieces.

Su Yi’s hand descended upon Heavenly Sovereign Ling’s avatar’s head, swathed in boundless, inscrutable sword qi.

A moment later, Heavenly Sovereign Ling’s avatar split down the midline like wood beneath an axe.

The sky around him split, leaving a startling sword crater. It extended through the air like a ravine stretching endlessly into the distance.

The Heavenly Monarchs who’d taken refuge behind Heavenly Sovereign Ling couldn’t even react before that sword qi cut them into mincemeat.

They were indeed mincemeat. Their bodies exploded practically simultaneously, splitting into countless fine chunks of flesh.

At least thirty Heavenly Monarchs had died with Heavenly Sovereign Ling’s avatar!

And this was but the power of a single, barehanded strike, with no external powers whatsoever!

Everyone was overcome with astonishment, their eyes bulging in their sockets. They could never have anticipated this bloody, terrifying scene.

How powerful was a Heavenly Sovereign’s avatar of will? They could crush even Piercing Illusions Stage Heavenly Monarchs with ease.

Yet now, despite his Immeasurable Realm cultivation, Su Yi had just killed a Heavenly Sovereign avatar in a single blow!

It wasn’t that Heavenly Sovereign Ling hadn’t tried to defend himself, but that his defenses were utterly ineffectual, to the point that they might as well not have been there.

Who wouldn’t have been astonished? Who wouldn’t have been flabbergasted?

Meanwhile, in the Taiwu Sect, Sect Leader Wu Zhe and the others watched in a daze, their minds blank. Their hearts and bodies quivered.

Fellow Daoist Su is already strong enough to kill Heavenly Sovereigns’ avatars with ease?

They suddenly recalled Hua Qingyi’s light, airy comment. “The skies have not yet fallen, and Su Yi can handle this himself!”

Only now did they understand just how much weight this seemingly simple declaration carried!