Chapter 1448 - 684: Severing All Former Ties

Chapter 1448: Chapter 684: Severing All Former Ties

The traces of birds are gone, and below the desolate abyss, above the Cold Pond, pitch-black and unfathomable, deep and bottomless.

Two figures are sword fighting above the pond, flipping and tumbling like moving birds between the mountain stream and Water Mirror, fast enough to be invisible.

The sound of sword clashes, delicate and lingering like autumn rain sprinkled upon the blade.

Each time the blades meet, bright sparks explode, casting fierce light on the cliff, resembling falling stars.

Every sword style duel is like dragon roars and tiger bellows, spreading the terrifying sound of whistles and cracks for miles, creating waves of sonic booms.

"Buzz!"

After dozens of rounds of fighting, blood light suddenly appears as Tie Dan’s sword pierces Chen Dewei’s chest, swiftly and neatly killing him with the sword, landing gracefully on the cliff’s wall.

Chen Dewei fell backward, plummeting into the deep ravine, yet at the moment of hitting the water, his form scattered like dry ice, rising up heavy smoke and dense mist on the lake surface, enveloping the cliff, deep ravine, and pond water in unseen chaos.

But Tie Dan’s face showed neither joy nor sorrow, simply wiping the blood stains from the sword blade, sheathing it into his sleeve, continuing to charge along the steep wall, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, rushing into the dense fog.

Then the scene transforms again, with whispers emerging from the dense mist, like the murmur of spirits and ghosts in his ears, mixed with wind and thunder, countless falling stars, like revolving lanterns, fleeting shadows.

As Tie Dan chased a stream of Flying Star light, rushing out of the maze, the dense fog disappears, revealing not the cliff or Cold Pond, but a suspended chessboard.

The chessboard is set amidst clouds, on a vast platform with seventeen lines and two hundred eighty-nine pieces, with a long stone table in the middle holding many lunch boxes.

Nearby, nine floating Flying Islands are dragged by Flood Dragons, flying towards the chessboard, and the nine dragons use their bodies as bridges, clinging to the chessboard’s edge.

Then sword lights sparkle, figures moving quickly, countless children wielding swords rushing forward, speeding along the Dragon Spines, storming into the board to snatch food, competing for limited cultivation resources.

Ah, is it the Nine Yin Mountain’s banquet?

Tie Dan immediately sees Chen Dewei charging fiercely, cutting a bloody path into the front, also saying nothing, wielding his sword, rushing into the game.

Indeed, he is still within the infant’s Primordial Spirit Illusion Realm.

Or more accurately, experiencing every catastrophe in Chen Dewei’s previous three lifetimes.

Unlike Zhu Yuer’s situation, Chen Dewei has already seized the body; this child’s body no longer possesses its original soul, becoming the vessel for his reincarnation.

Considering fate, it’s likely that the Daoist Embryo born here, along with the Demon born on the other side, are just the yin and yang pair, mutually forming and countering each other, suggesting they were born simultaneously.

Now the Mystic Sect is arranging sacrifices here for the sake of transferring the karma of slaughter through blood kinship, to awaken Chen Wu to his past life earlier, enabling immediate cultivation from infancy without waiting for Nascent Soul.

Thus, Tie Dan certainly won’t attempt the all-consuming technique again, this time resorting to a three-headed method to manage the situation. Fate has determined this second disciple must be Chen Dewei.

However, Tie Dan has his temperament, and will not watch this disciple tread the old path of utmost ruthlessness, consuming the heavens and earth.

To be born? Yes. To awaken? No.

One’s karma one cannot repay, transferring debts to others, letting others receive death and dismemberment for the deeds done?

Absolutely not!

Thus, Tie Dan directly unsheathed the sword.

Cut, cut, cut, severing connections, obligations, karma, killing Chen Dewei’s past three lives, all cause and effect, cleanly severing everything to a pure rebirth.

No need to elaborate, but if facing Dao Body combat in the current reality, Chen Dewei wouldn’t stand a chance; he’s now merely a baby, a mere breath of Yazi would blow him away. But in Primordial Spirit battling, it’s about Dao Intent and determination, not linked to realm or cultivation, indeed presenting a slight opportunity. At least in terms of weapon fighting and swordplay skills, Chen Dewei isn’t weak, even managing dozens of rounds against Tie Dan without a clear advantage.

Undoubtedly, Tie Dan’s innate gift in sword skills is even more specialized, although these years he rarely needed swordsmanship, often intimidating with glances, leveraging his power to oppress, causing his craftsmanship to be somewhat rusty. Yet now with Chen Dewei providing counter moves, as an adversary in sword fighting and combat through calamities over the years, Tie Dan revisits those prime years, reliving the thrilling sensation of blood soaked battles in youth.

Momentarily, Tie Dan even indulges in this endless sword duel calamity game, traversing each killing realm like the Grim Reaper carrying a sword in Chen Dewei’s dream, stabbing numerous versions of Che Dewei under the sword. At this moment, Chen Dewei’s life experiences, various trial by combat and heart training, pass before Tie Dan like a revolving lantern.

And with each severing of calamity and karma, he naturally witnesses Chen Dewei’s growth journey, recognizing his progress from Sword Sect disciple, battling along the way through Eighteen Flying Stars, achieving Guangxia Mountain Master through life’s challenges, undeniably inspirational and risky, grand and thrilling, affirming that every person is the protagonist of their own life.

However, since the parallel universe lacks Tie Dan’s entry disturbance, a group of disciples fall early in catastrophe, and that mystery child Xiao Liu, whether surnamed Liu or Lu, pretends death to escape, vanishing without a trace. Chen Dewei thus avoids suspicion as a spy, remaining within the Mystic Sect as True Monarch Sword Master, a pillar of Nine Yin Sword Sect, shrouded in Eighteen Flying Stars and Tianku. Secretly acquiring the Heavenly Gang True Inheritance, even covertly nurtured by the Mystic Sect Leader of the Nine Great Xuan Sects investing resources, steadily advancing in Daoist progress, truly promising a bright future.