The Path Toward Heaven

Like what the Immortal Bai said at the Fruit Formation Temple, this patch of heaven and earth was not natural.

For instance, the three huge whirlpools on the ocean could hardly be explained by the natural laws.

The endless seawater fell down to the whirlpool and flew to the Alien Land and the underground beneath the northern Iceland in the far distance through the passages of heaven and earth.

This was problematic no matter how the phenomenon was explained.

Were these passages of heaven and earth built by nature?

Jing Jiu didn’t have to answer this question right now; what he needed to solve at the moment was how to block the passage leading to the Underworld from the ocean.

The Immortal Taiping employed the Heavenly Slaying Formation of the Bloody Demon Church to have changed the passage of heaven and earth. The Immortal Bai used the true Pagoda of Suppressing Devils to have reinforced the Heavenly Slaying Formation and changed the passage leading to the Underworld from the ocean into a huge chasm. The Giant couldn’t even do anything about it because too much seawater was pouring down into the Underworld. No matter what substance the Giant used to jam the chasm, it would be washed down the chasm. The force of the rushing water couldn’t be impeded even if the Cultivation practitioners brought their Great Formations of the mountain gate to the Huge Whirlpool. There was a possibility to repair the chasm only if the pouring speed of the seawater could be slowed. Similarly, if one wants to fix the gap in a dam, they have to find a way to slow down the speed of the flood.

What would Jing Jiu plan to do?

A sword light illuminated the huge waterfall of seawater.

The waterfall looked quite muddy since the seawater contained the blood and sand from the bottom of the ocean and distant places of the ocean, and yet it was still illuminated all the way through by the sword light.

The sword light was traveling irregularly in the ocean. It was hard to discern its position. It sometimes entered the dirt and sand at the bottom of the ocean, leaving many tiny holes behind; and sometimes it reached the bottom of the Huge Whirlpool. Sometimes the sword light traveled to the sky in the Underworld, and sometimes it seemed that the light appeared in a few places at the same time.

Countless bubbles formed in the ocean, looking like the white lines.

The white lines looked quite feeble, but they exuded the pure and condensed sword wills.

As the sword light traveled about, the sword wills grew increasingly denser. The bubbles remained in the space between the sky and the sea and between the human world and the Underworld after they dissipated.

The pouring seawater parted immediately when it met the sword wills, turning into transparent patches of seawater that bumped into and brushed against each other, creating more bubbles. The force of the pouring seawater had reduced.

However, the speed of the dropping water was still not slow enough to fill the chasm.

The hard rocks under the dirt and sand at the bottom of the ocean dropped into the Huge Whirlpool like feathers after they were sliced to pieces by the sword light. Hence, they could in no way halt for a moment.

The sword light traveled increasingly faster. It could orbit the Huge Whirlpool a great many times and travel between the surface of the ocean and the sky of the Underworld a dozen times in just half a minute.

The invisible lines created by the sword wills grew denser and denser until they formed a net. The holes of the net grew increasingly smaller as the gravitation between the sword wills could finally scoop up some seawater.

As the pouring rate of the seawater slowed, the net built by the sword wills sustained a heavier weight. It was more difficult for the sword light to travel at the same pace.

Standing outside the Huge Whirlpool, the Giant looked at the sword light that seemed to be carrying an exceedingly heavy load, worry written clearly on his honest face.

Crack!!!

The sword light brushed past the cliff by the Huge Whirlpool, knocking down some rock chips. The track of it was evidently somewhat out of control.

The Giant couldn’t help but utter “Aja” loudly.

The thunderous shout drowned the noise of the waterfall of the seawater.

He attempted to ask Jing Jiu to give up.

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Jing Jiu had done many things in one day and one night.

He had fought with the Immortal Taiping in the hermit peaks, bound the Fairy Lady Bai Ren with the whip of the Sword-Washing Stream, and dueled with the Immortal Bai, who was in possession of the fairy book.

The sword light had been seen everywhere both in the Underworld and the human world.

He was severely wounded and felt extremely tired.

Under the circumstances, he might have a mishap if he insisted on blocking the ocean with his sword wills.

Even though he had plenty of sword source and the fairy energy given to him by Lian Sanyue, he might use them up before the chasm was repaired.

What would happen to him then?

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The sword light didn’t halt.

Jing Jiu kept traveling forward in silence, as if he hadn’t heard the shout of his friend, the Giant.

His sword light started traveling unsteadily after he had been sneak-attacked by the Immortal Bai and Emperor Xiao in the royal tomb on Longevity Mountain. He was traveling more unsteadily now that he shouldered the weight of the whole sea, bumping into things here and there like a drunkard. The sword light seemed to be wobbling in the eyes of onlookers.

No matter what, Jing Jiu kept on flying and setting up the sword formations in an effort to block the seawater pouring into the Underworld.

Looking at the sword light that was slowing down and becoming increasingly unstable, the worried expression in the eyes of the Giant worsened. He also couldn’t wrap his head around the reason why he was behaving this way.

You are not someone who would do such a thing!

The large ancient tree was switched back and forth between his hands.

He had nearly thrown the ancient tree at the sword light on several occasions in order to stop him; but he didn’t opt to do so in the end.

The seawater had been pierced through tens of thousands of times, and the tens of thousands of rocks at the foot of the cliff had been sliced into pieces. After a long while, it was not until the setting sun shone on the surface of the ocean to make it look as warm and red as blood that the sword light had finally halted.

Jing Jiu stood on the deepest cloud amid the twilight while looking down at the surface of the ocean.

His face was exceedingly pale at the moment, which could be described as a piece of white paper or white snow in White Town; however, it was not so noticeable as his face was being shone on by the setting sun.

The seawater was much calmer now in the Huge Whirlpool even though it was still pouring into the Underworld. And yet, the volume of it had considerably reduced.

The invisible net built by the sword wills had held a great deal of seawater.

If someone looked up at the sky in the Underworld, they would be able to see a gigantic blue water-ball.

This was an amazing image.

And it was a miracle.

The Giant looked at Jing Jiu atop the cloud, his eyes full of admiration.

Yet, it was not over. There were many things to do before the passage leading to the Underworld could be completely blocked.

The task Jing Jiu had to carry out right now was tying this huge invisible net somewhere between the sky and the earth.

Otherwise, the seawater would eventually sweep the sword net down to the Underworld.

The sword wills were the threads of the net since the huge invisible sword net was fabricated by the sword wills.

At the end of the thread was a thin sword will wrapped around the pinkie on his right hand.

In other words, the heavy load of seawater in the sword net was heaved by Jing Jiu.

It was impossible for him to hold such a heavy load until the helpers arrived from Chaotian.

In fact, he could hardly hold it any longer.

The thin sword will had cut deeply into the pinkie on his right hand. Actually, it had already cut open his skin and flesh and even a part of his finger bone.

The only thing that could contend with the All in One Sword was its own sword wills.

It was for this reason that he couldn’t bind the sword will around the rocks at the bottom of the ocean.

It was because the rocks would break into pieces when they met his sword will.

All he needed to do was to find a slightly thicker thread to tie this huge sword net to heaven and earth.

However, what kind of thread could be strong enough to withstand the sword will of the All in One Sword?

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It must be predestined to eat a certain food and to drink a certain tea.

And there must be a karma for every occurrence in the world.

Of course, one could also claim that all the happenings were merely coincidences.

It happened that Jing Jiu knew just such a thread that could withstand the sword will of the All in One Sword because it was extremely strong.

And he could find it without leaving the ocean.

The twilight grew stronger, looking more like the color of blood.

Jing Jiu touched his waist with the forefinger on his left hand.

The fresh blood seeped out on the spot touched by his finger, and in the next moment, the skin and flesh split, exposing the jade-like bone.

A peculiar substance could be vaguely seen in the white bone, which seemed to be a sort of thread.

Jing Jiu pulled the white thread out with the tip of his finger, and then connected it with the sword will on his left pinkie.

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Lian Sanyue sneak-attacked the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean at the bottom of the West Ocean more than one hundred years ago.

She hadn’t recovered her original Cultivation state and prowess at the time; as such, she was severely wounded because the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean anticipated her attack and was prepared for it.

Jing Jiu was also hit by a powerful strike wielded by the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean with all his might as he helped her flee from the bottom of the ocean. His injury was even worse than Lian Sanyue’s, and his body was almost cut in half.

On the sand beach under the shadows of the trees and starlight, Jing Jiu used the Sword of the Universe as the needle and Lian Sanyue’s natural worm silk as the thread to stitch up his spine and inner organs.

The natural worm silk had already existed in his body for more than one hundred years.

This was a karma that was deeply planted in his bone marrows.

The natural worm silk and his sword wills had coexisted for a hundred years, so it was impossible for it to be damaged by the sword wills; moreover, the natural worm silk had been tempered over a hundred years and became extremely tough and resilient.

Boom!!!

The ancient tree that had been soaked in the seawater for a great many years was inserted by the Giant into the hard bottom of the ocean with all his strength.

The sword light traveled around the tree.

Jing Jiu wrapped the natural worm silk around the ancient tree many times. For now, all he needed to do was to make a tie.

He made a tie that looked like a peach.

There was a peach tree in front of the Water-Moon Nunnery.

He went there and visited her when Lian Sanyue was unconscious many years ago.

He picked a peach flower from the tree and placed it by her face.

Later, Lian Sanyue placed the peach flower on her temple in Zhaoge City; it looked quite wonderful on her.

The peach flower tied by the natural worm silk looked quite pretty that day as it floated lightly on the surface of the ocean.

Jing Jiu fell silent for a while as he looked at the peach flower.

After that, he passed out, floating powerlessly in the ocean.

A shadow blocked the twilight and parted the seawater.

The Giant was about to scoop Jing Jiu up from the bottom of the ocean with his hand.

A blood-red sword light appeared.

Zhao Layue held him in her bosom.

The badly damaged Thoughtless Sword sank slowly to the bottom of the ocean.