385: There are differences even among monsters.

He spoke, his voice gradually rising as if he wanted to pour out all the resentment and unwillingness he had accumulated over hundreds of years:

"Because of the Family!!"

Those words were roared out with heart-wrenching intensity.

"That day—if the Family had been willing to accept her!"

"If those high and mighty elders had been willing to lend a helping hand!"

"If that Heavenly Emperor sitting atop the Tenth Heaven had been willing to say a single word!"

Qin Hongchen's voice trembled due to extreme emotion, his eyes were bloodshot, yet he could not shed tears; there was only resentment and pain that had almost solidified into substance:

"I! WOULD! NOT! BE! IN! THIS! MUCH! PAIN!!"

"It's all because of the Family!!!"

"...And—you, who snatched away the position of Godchild!!"

Before his voice had even faded, Qin Hongchen had already struck out boldly!

His world-towering Dharma Idol, 'Formless Sight, My Sole Truth', raised its hand.

The movement seemed slow but was actually fast; the Spiritual Qi of the entire world seemed to be instantly drained, converging frantically above the firmament.

A giant sword, condensed purely from destructive Spiritual Qi, slowly took shape at the peak of the clouds.

The blade was not physical, yet it circulated a heart-palpitating Qi of Myriad Tribulations, as if it had refined all the calamities and endings of the world.

"Heavenly Sword · Myriad Tribulations!"

With a low growl from Qin Hongchen, the [Mirror Reflecting All Living Beings] behind the 'Formless Sight, My Sole Truth' Dharma Idol activated simultaneously!

The mirror light flashed.

That terrifying 'Heavenly Sword of Myriad Tribulations' in the sky suddenly became two!

The mirror light flashed again.

Four swords!

Eight swords!

Sixteen swords!

Finally, the mirror light flickered five times, resulting in a full thirty-two terrifying Heavenly Swords emitting world-ending tribulation Qi!

They were like a grim array, densely spanning across the firmament, their tips pointed directly at Qin Wangchuan and the 'Eternal Calamity' behind him!

The coverage was so wide it almost enveloped the entire Qiyun City.

The destructive pressure made all living beings in the city feel suffocated, and the city's protective array emitted a piercing sound as it neared collapse.

There were no redundant words.

In the next instant—

Thirty-two Heavenly Swords of Myriad Tribulations slashed down simultaneously!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, leaving only that unavoidable, nowhere-to-hide destructive sword light, tearing through space and pouring down.

'Sixth Brother is very strong.'

'With his Life-Bound Technique, he is even more terrifyingly strong.'

'But all of this is still within expectations.'

Facing this terrifying offensive that was almost intolerable by the heavens, Qin Wangchuan remained exceptionally calm in his heart.

The Heavenly Sword was not invincible; the Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword could break it, but with so many Heavenly Swords, he had to seek another way.

The optimal solution at this moment is—

As he thought, he actually slowly closed his eyes at this life-and-death juncture, and memory fragments surged automatically.

It was as if he had returned to the magnificent Cloud Platform of the Great Yan Dynasty, seeing the halberd shadow that pierced through heaven and earth, and that... intent of opening heaven that tore through the tribulation clouds.

[The heaven-opening battle halberd is good... but it's not enough.]

It was as if countless voices were whispering in his ear.

"Yes, it's not enough."

Just borrowing the heaven-opening battle halberd was not enough; that only had the 'form' but lacked the 'rhyme'.

What needs to be done now is... Qin Wangchuan suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing through them.

What he was about to borrow next, strictly speaking, was not any kind of 'Divine Ability' or 'Method' known to the world.

—But he himself determined that it was a Law in itself!

A unique Law of existence that belonged only to that person!

Taking a deep breath, he slowly raised his hand, his voice boldly piercing through the sky-filling sword whistles:

"I borrow the Law—Chu Wujiu!"

Behind him, that giant wheel engraved with the trajectories of fate opened once more, emitting an unprecedentedly heavy roar as it turned.

A blurry yet upright figure slowly stepped out from the wheel.

It wasn't a Dharma Idol, but more like a 'dharma body' projected across time and space.

His face was blurred, but that indomitable arrogance and sharpness that seemed capable of splitting even the heavens were crystal clear!

It was indeed Chu Wujiu!

Qin Wangchuan's gaze met this illusory figure for a brief moment.

No words were needed; a certain resonance had already been achieved.

The two of them—or rather, the current Qin Wangchuan and this 'dharma body projection' of Chu Wujiu—almost simultaneously moved their lips and uttered those two words:

"Opening Heaven."

"Opening Heaven."

The voice fell.

The heavens opened.

There was no process, no sound; the firmament was like a silent curtain being torn down the middle into a straight crack by an invisible hand.

In the depths of the crack, the silhouette of a weapon-like shape slowly emerged.

—The Chu Family's heaven-opening battle halberd!

It did not descend; it 'revealed' itself—as if it had always existed on the back of the heavens.

He had borrowed it once before when he left seclusion, but that was actually the Law named [heaven-opening battle halberd].

But this time was different.

What was summoned this time was the phantom of the heaven-opening battle halberd that had truly opened heaven and earth and pierced through the past and present!

That will of opening heaven swept across the firmament like an invisible tide.

Wherever it passed, the thirty-two world-ending Heavenly Swords were like sand towers hitting a tsunami, collapsing upon contact and silently turning into sky-filling drifting light dust.

The halberd did not move.

The intent had already annihilated the Heavenly Swords.

Qin Wangchuan stood beneath the split heavens, with the blurry dharma body projection of Chu Wujiu by his side.

In front of him were Qin Hongchen's suddenly constricted pupils and that completely cleared firmament.

The battle halberd fell silently.

Where its blade pointed, space cracked and mended itself, as if even this world could not withstand its pure intent of 'opening heaven'.

One halberd opens heaven, ten thousand swords turn to dust!

Chu Wujiu's dharma body phantom completed its mission and dissipated like smoke in the residual power.

The heaven-opening battle halberd lost its call and retracted before it had fully fallen.

The turning wheel of fate behind him also slowly closed.

A brief dead silence filled the world.

Before Qin Hongchen could recover from his shock, two words suddenly exploded in his ears—

"Draw sword."

The voice wasn't loud, yet it was like tribulation thunder chiseling into his Sea of Consciousness.

He abruptly lowered his head.

Only to see in the distance.

Qin Wangchuan's world-towering 'Eternal Calamity' Dharma Idol had its giant hand gripping the hilt of that strange 'Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword', slowly drawing it out, and then—

The sword tip pointed down, booming as it was plunged into the ground!

The moment the blade touched the ground, the entire Qiyun City trembled.

"Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword."

Above the firmament, the winds and clouds changed suddenly!

A phantom of a Dao sword, condensed purely from the Dao Principles of heaven and earth and large enough to obscure half the city, slowly took shape in the center of the cloud vortex.

The blade was engraved with flowing Tribulation Patterns, emitting an ultimate pressure that could sever and destroy all laws.

Before the lingering sound had faded.

Qin Wangchuan's voice rang out again:

"I borrow the Law—Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword."

Behind him, the wheel of fate that had already closed opened halfway.

In the sky, a Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword with an even sharper edge and a more ancient and majestic aura broke through the air!

Two swords stood side by side, their tribulation might overlapping.

Qin Wangchuan's voice did not pause, his gaze like a sword, piercing straight at Qin Hongchen:

"I borrow the Law—Ten Directions Marvelous Law Sword."

The other half of the wheel of fate opened in response!

Beneath the firmament, three Ten Directions Marvelous Law Swords were now suspended in the shattered sky, their tips hanging down, pointing remotely at Qin Hongchen alone.

And then—

They slashed down silently.

No whistling, no brilliant light, only three beams of pure-to-the-extreme Dao sword light falling straight down, cutting the entire sky into four pieces.

The firmament at this moment turned into something set up for only one person—

The Tribulation-Severing Sword Platform.