Chapter 743: Heaven-Slaying

Terrifying Sword Qi soared into the sky.

In the Celestial Vault, dark clouds spanning thousands of miles appeared, rolling furiously. Within these clouds, thunder boomed and rumbled.

They continuously spread out in all directions.

In the blink of an eye,

they had already covered an area of a hundred thousand miles, then a million miles…

Dark clouds blotted out the sky.

Beneath these black clouds, all living creatures felt a palpitation from the depths of their souls. This was an invincible aura, a terrifying existence that made all of creation tremble in fear and look up in awe.

This… was the heavens!

“Heavenly wrath?”

“My goodness, what kind of freak actually provoked heavenly wrath?”

“In Zhongzhou, over the past century, only Xiang Tianwen drew heavenly wrath when he was breaking through to the Nine Refining Realm. But that wrath only covered five hundred thousand miles. This… this has already surpassed a million miles!”

“Investigate quickly! We must find out who this person is!”

Countless experts in Coastal City were alarmed. The experts of the Four Great Clans all reacted.

However…

Before they could dispatch masters to investigate the whereabouts of the person who had caused the heavenly wrath, four streaks of golden light shot out from the Coastal City Lord’s Mansion and flew toward the Four Great Clans.

It was a decree from the City Lord!

A giant face appeared upon the decree. It was a face full of majesty, with eyes as deep and boundless as the sea. A calm, world-weary voice, like the words of a Divine Spirit, drained the color from all living things. “This person is an honored guest of my City Lord’s Mansion. No one is to investigate! Violators—will be executed!”

In Coastal City, the words of City Lord Sima Qingtian were absolute law. No one could defy him.

Although the experts from the various powerful factions were unwilling, they dared not disobey.

Of course…

there were some who only paid lip service while secretly defying the order.

Deep within the Beitang Clan’s estate, a figure stood. His left side was as withered as deadwood, while his right side shimmered with a precious light. Between the wither and the bloom, he embodied the Great Profound Mysterious Dao. He was the old ancestor of the Beitang Clan, an expert at the Domain Third Refinement, Beitang Mo.

Beitang Mo watched the golden decree vanish, a cold glint in his eyes. “Hmph, Sima Qingtian, you don’t want the identity of the genius who caused this heavenly wrath to be revealed simply because you want to recruit him to represent Coastal City in the Holy War. How could I, Beitang Mo, let you get your way? I will report this to the Demon God Palace. I’ll surely receive a huge reward, and then… this Coastal City will belong to my Beitang Clan!”

…

Of course,

Jiang Chen was oblivious to all of this.

He was completely immersed in the excitement and joy of mastering the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao. ‘This is the Strongest Sword Dao, the one most suited for me!’

“Heavenly wrath? Hmph. I seek to soar above the heavens, so why would I fear you?” Jiang Chen snorted coldly and rose to his feet, shooting into the sky with the ten-thousand-zhang phantom of the Holy Sword.

The roiling black clouds that covered millions of miles thundered, as if venting the heavens’ fury that Jiang Chen had dared to step onto this Heaven-Soaring path.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Nine successive bolts of lightning crashed down.

They were incomparably terrifying!

Even more terrifying than the Thunder Tribulation Jiang Chen had faced when ascending to the Emperor Realm.

Each bolt of lightning transformed into an Ancient Fierce Beast. There was an Ancient Sword Dragon, a Heaven-Devouring Suanni, a Sky-reaching Mountain-piercing Beast…

The Fierce Beasts bared their fangs and brandished their claws, seeming to represent the heavens’ fury, intent on obliterating the arrogant fool who dared to harbor the will to soar above them.

A cold light flared in Jiang Chen’s eyes. “I would dare to defy the heavens themselves, let alone a pack of Fierce Beasts formed from mere lightning! Perish…”

BOOM!

The ten-thousand-zhang sword phantom slashed across the sky.

This strike lacked the dazzling and ever-changing nature of the Sword Control Technique, nor did it have the sharp, brilliant edge of Human-Sword Unity.

Yet, this simple sword strike shook heaven and earth. Wherever its edge passed, it carried with it an unparalleled Destruction Power.

The Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao—a sword strike that soars above the heavens!

This was a Sword Dao of destruction!

To override all, to destroy—everything!

BOOM…

With a single horizontal strike, the nine Ancient Fierce Beasts formed from lightning were mercilessly annihilated.

「In Coastal City.」

Countless masters revealed looks of shock. That terrifying Sword Aura seemed to hold the power to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth, filling their hearts with a sense of helplessness and awe.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The black clouds in the Celestial Vault continued to tremble, growing ever more violent as if they had been utterly enraged.

This time, a full eighty-one bolts of lightning came crashing down.

Jiang Chen’s figure was enveloped in the ten-thousand-zhang sword phantom—the light of the Sword Dao formed after he comprehended the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao. Being within it allowed him to perceive his own Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao with greater clarity. In his mind, the First Technique of the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao was becoming increasingly clear. “Be slain!”

An unremarkable beam of sword light pulsed forth.

Annihilation!

Merciless annihilation!

Not only were the eighty-one lightning beasts obliterated, but even a large patch of the black clouds in the Celestial Vault was blasted away.

HUM!

The black clouds vibrated. The expanse of clouds that stretched for millions of miles suddenly contracted, shrinking to a mere ten miles in diameter. Within the clouds, a cold eye seemed to materialize. The instant this eye appeared, the very space and time of Coastal City seemed to freeze. Everyone, their expressions rigid, stared at the sky.

From the lowest street peddlers to the City Lord of Coastal City himself.

Everyone was frozen in place!

‘This… seems to be the Eyes of the Heavens? Hmph, so what if the Celestial Dao is high and mighty? The God-slaying Sword has even slaughtered the heavens before!’

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and activated the *Profound Yellow Undying Technique*, causing the light of the God-slaying Sword to erupt brilliantly.

Waves of terrifying energy, vast and mighty, surged through Jiang Chen’s body.

The Ancient Azure Dragon Sword fell into his palm.

ROAR!

A clear dragon’s cry shook heaven and earth.

The Ancient Azure Dragon Sword erupted with an incomparably fiery Sword Aura, pulsing unstably like a God-slaying, Heaven-Slaying Sword. With a flick of his wrist, Jiang Chen pointed it toward the sky. An unrivaled Sword Aura immediately shot upward, carrying Destruction Power, heading straight for the pair of cold eyes in the Celestial Vault.

A trace of emotionless, cold light appeared in the icy eyes.

Two sharp beams of light shot out from the eyes. One transformed into raging Celestial Fire, the other into a beam of chillingly cold light.

They pressed down with immense, overwhelming might.

Jiang Chen’s body shuddered. He gripped his sword with both hands and charged toward the two beams of ice and fire, bringing the ten-thousand-zhang phantom of the Holy Sword with him.

BOOM—

Heaven and earth trembled.

It was as if the world were ending.

BANG BANG BANG…

The sword phantom thundered and trembled unstably, and the ten-thousand-zhang phantom of the Holy Sword was forcibly shattered. But the beams of ice and fire did not fare well either. Like ice blocks smashing against an iron wall, cracks appeared on their surface—ghastly and jarring—before they finally shattered, scattering into specks of energy.

Jiang Chen’s figure flashed.

He carried a terrifying sword light as he charged into the two giant eyes.

BOOM…

A terrifying explosion echoed between heaven and earth.

Ripples spread out in all directions. The giant eyes remained emotionless and cold, but they could not block the sharp sword in Jiang Chen’s hand. They burst apart, dissipating into the world.

Freed from the obstruction of the dark clouds, sunlight once again fell upon the earth.

Jiang Chen, holding the Ancient Azure Dragon Sword, slowly descended, bathed in sunlight. A brilliant divine light pulsed in his eyes. ‘The First Technique of the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao… Since it broke the heavenly wrath and destroyed the projection of the Eye of the Celestial Dao, I’ll name this First Technique… Heaven-Slaying!’

[I see in the book reviews that everyone is fond of the *Heaven-Soaring Sword Technique*, so let’s go with that! Haha, Jiang Chen has finally forged his own path. Everyone, take a guess: now that he has mastered the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao, what level of genius is he?]