101: Chapter 101 Please

After a long silence, Lin Tian spoke.

"Revered Master, your Disciple has a request."

"Speak."

"Let your Disciple accompany you." Lin Tian gripped his sword hilt tightly. "Even if I can't help, I can at least block a sword for you."

The others nodded one after another.

"Right, we're going too!"

Bai Yu looked at these Disciples, a flicker of gratification flashing in his eyes.

"Alright."

He nodded.

"Then we shall all go together."

"However..." He paused. "You must follow my orders."

"If I tell you to leave, you must leave immediately."

"Do not look back."

The Fourteen Disciples looked at each other.

"Yes!"

Bai Yu turned and walked into the main hall.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of the third day, Bai Yu led the Fourteen Disciples away from the Heavenly Sword Sect.

They headed north all the way, passing through several cities.

Eventually, they arrived at a desolate plain.

In the center of the plain stood a figure.

It was a Middle-aged Man wearing a golden robe.

His face was majestic, and his eyes were like lightning.

It was that very Dominator.

"Bai Yu, you've come." The Dominator spoke, his voice calm.

Bai Yu came to a halt.

"What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" The Dominator smiled. "I want to return this world to how it's supposed to be."

"How it's supposed to be?"

"A world without cultivators."

Bai Yu stared at the Dominator.

"What did you say?"

"I said, I want to return this world to a state without cultivators," the Dominator repeated.

Luo Bingli gripped her sword hilt. "Are you mad?"

"Mad?" The Dominator smiled. "I am merely trying to correct a mistake."

He raised his hand, and an image emerged in the Void Realm.

The image showed an ordinary world.

There were no cultivators, no Spiritual Qi, and people lived mundane lives.

"This was the original state of this world," the Dominator spoke. "Until three hundred thousand years ago, when someone broke the rules."

"They introduced Spiritual Qi and created a cultivation system."

"Since then, this world has changed."

Bai Yu's brow furrowed. "So you want to restore everything to its original state?"

"Correct." The Dominator nodded. "The existence of cultivators has destroyed the world's balance."

"The strong do as they please, while the weak can only be slaughtered at will."

"It is not fair."

Gu Dusheng sneered. "Fair? You've killed so many people, and yet you talk about fairness?"

"I only kill those who deserve to die." The Dominator looked at him. "Which of those cultivators hasn't stained their hands with blood?"

"Your Lingxiao Heavenly Palace, how many factions have you wiped out over the years?"

"How many people have you killed?"

Gu Dusheng was at a loss for words.

The Dominator continued, "I just want to put the world back on the right track."

"Without cultivators, there will be no strife."

"People can live and work in peace, without worrying about their families being exterminated by some powerful person one day."

Bai Yu was silent for a moment.

"What you say makes a lot of sense."

The Dominator was taken aback.

"But there is one problem." Bai Yu looked up. "What right do you have to decide the fate of others?"

"What?"

"You say cultivators destroyed the balance, so you want to eliminate them." Bai Yu stepped forward. "But have you ever considered that those cultivators are also people?"

"They also have families, and they also have friends."

"To wipe out their existence with a single word—isn't that also doing as you please?"

The Dominator's face darkened.

"You don't understand."

"I do understand." Bai Yu interrupted him. "You are just doing the same things as those cultivators, under the banner of justice."

"You are no different from them."

A flicker of anger flashed in the Dominator's eyes.

"Bai Yu, you disappoint me too much."

"I thought you would understand me."

"Understand?" Bai Yu laughed. "Why should I understand a madman who wants to destroy the world?"

The Dominator spoke no more.

He raised his hand, and a terrifying pressure descended from the heavens.

The entire plain began to collapse under this pressure.

The Fourteen Disciples turned pale.

"Revered Master..."

"Step back." Bai Yu raised his hand, and a Golden Barrier protected them.

"You cannot interfere in this battle."

Lin Tian grit his teeth. "But..."

"Be obedient." Bai Yu turned and glanced at him.

Lin Tian opened his mouth, but eventually retreated to the side.

The Dominator looked at Bai Yu.

"Since you are unwilling to cooperate, I can only kill you."

"And then slowly purge the cultivators of this world."

Bai Yu gripped the true immortal sword.

"You can try."

A golden sword light soared into the sky.

The Dominator raised his hand to block.

Boom!

The two forces collided, and the entire plain was instantly reduced to ruins.

The mountain peaks within a thousand miles were all leveled to the ground.

The Fourteen Disciples were blown back several hundred feet.

Luo Bingli spat out a mouthful of blood. "Is this a battle between Immortal Kings..."

Jin Wusuan flicked his abacus. "No, the Dominator's strength is more than just an Immortal King."

"He is at least a Peak Immortal King."

Chu Han gripped the immortal slaying sword. "Then can Revered Master win?"

No one answered.

In the center of the battlefield.

Bai Yu and the Dominator had already exchanged hundreds of moves.

Every collision triggered terrifying energy fluctuations.

Space constantly shattered and then repaired itself.

The Dominator grew more excited as the fight went on.

"Not bad, as expected of the legend from thirty thousand years ago."

"Even at only the Early Stage Immortal King, you can fight me to a draw."

Bai Yu did not speak.

He gripped the true immortal sword and slashed out once more.

This strike was faster and stronger than before.

The Dominator's expression changed, and he raised his hand to block.

But the power of this strike exceeded his expectations.

He was knocked back several steps, and a bloodstain appeared on his arm.

"Interesting..." The Dominator licked his lips. "It seems you are still hiding your strength."

"Then I won't be polite either."

The aura on his body began to climb.

Peak Immortal King.

Half-step Immortal Emperor.

Bai Yu's pupils shrank.

"You actually broke through?"

"That's right." The Dominator smiled. "That was just a warm-up."

"Now, the real battle begins."

A terrifying pressure erupted from his body.

The sky of the entire Lower Realm changed color under this pressure.

The Fourteen Disciples' faces were deathly pale.

"Half-step Immortal Emperor..." Luo Bingli murmured. "Can Revered Master win?"

No one answered.

Bai Yu stood in place, looking at the Dominator.

He was silent for a moment.

Then, he smiled.

"Half-step Immortal Emperor?"

The aura on his body began to climb.

Early Stage Immortal King.

Mid-stage Immortal King.

Late Stage Immortal King.

Peak Immortal King.

Half-step Immortal Emperor.

The Dominator was stunned.

"Impossible... How could you..."

"Nothing is impossible." Bai Yu said indifferently. "Did you think I spent these thirty thousand years for nothing?"

The golden sword light slashed out once more.

This time, it was stronger than any time before.

The Dominator wanted to block, but it was already too late.

The sword light struck him, sending him flying several thousand feet.

Pfft—

The Dominator spat out a mouthful of blood.

He looked at Bai Yu, his eyes full of disbelief.

"You... you actually..."

"I said, you are no different from those cultivators." Bai Yu stood with his sword sheathed. "All of you are just self-righteous fools."

The Dominator grit his teeth.

"Bai Yu, you think you've won?"

He pulled a black jade pendant from his robe.

The jade pendant shattered, and an even more terrifying aura came from the Void Realm.

Bai Yu's brow furrowed.

This aura...

"Immortal Emperor?"

The Void Realm cracked open.