583: Sword Emperor's Proof

With the two of them unleashing their full power, not even a trace of ash remained of those two Spirit Race members.

In the dark and desolate Universe, Lin Ye stood above the Void Realm, looking at the Spirit Race member who had only a head remaining, and said softly, "It seems you have lost."

Even with only a head left, the leader of the Spirit Race still spoke aggressively, "No, I have won! In my final moments, I sacrificed all of our power, gambling away any chance of Reincarnation for eternity, just to turn your Ten Thousand Domains into scorched earth!"

"Especially you, Lin Ye, the Coffin Bearer? Hehe... When my Spirit Race brethren step through that door, that will be the moment of your miserable death! I will be waiting for you!"

Lin Ye slowly floated forward, looking at the head before him.

Boom!!!

Lin Ye threw a punch, and the only remaining head was instantly reduced to dust, leaving no trace behind.

Hum...

Just after Lin Ye killed the leader of the Spirit Race, seven-colored rays of light suddenly bloomed from his body, and the World Tree within his Qi Sea was growing crazily.

The Dao that had been constructed began to release thousands of Dao Rhymes; these Dao Rhymes were like an ocean, vast and boundless, causing the Qi in his Qi Sea to churn accordingly.

Chaos Qi appeared on every branch of the World Tree; it was evolving worlds.

And it was evolving three thousand worlds at once.

As the ocean within his Qi Sea churned, the light on Lin Ye's body became increasingly dazzling. Before long, it illuminated the entire Universe.

The Dao roared at this moment, and endless auspicious signs bloomed. The sun and moon of this Universe took on a new look; the sun, moon, and thousands of stars that had been destroyed were revived once more. On every star, a newly born green sprout appeared.

This was a scene of surging vitality; the endless vitality within Lin Ye swept across the Universe.

Countless living beings felt the changes in this Universe, their faces filled with terror and shock.

"How is this possible?! This scene is... is someone about to ascend to the Dao?!"

"The Blood Road outside the Territory has only just begun, how could someone be ascending to the Dao! This is simply absurd, absolutely impossible!"

"Endless vitality spreading, reshaping stars, the Dao resonating, auspicious signs descending from the heavens—this is clearly an ascension to the Dao!"

"Someone has ascended to the Dao? What on earth have we been doing?!"

Ascension to the Dao is not limited to only one person, but in this Golden Age, the first person to ascend to the Dao would clearly claim more than eighty percent of the Luck. In other words, no matter how Heaven-Defying others might be when they ascend to the Dao later, they would never surpass this first Great Emperor.

This was also the reason why, when the Blood Road outside the Territory opened and Great Masters of the Golden Age erupted, hundreds of millions of living beings stepped in to fight for their chance!

Seeing someone ascending to the Dao, some living beings, especially those at the Peak of the Supreme Realm or even Quasi-Emperors, turned ashen-faced.

The value of being the first to ascend to the Dao in this Golden Age was self-evident; without any accidents, this would be another existence that would suppress the ages.

"No! I must go and see who exactly is ascending to the Dao! How could they ascend so quickly? It must be some old monster hidden within the passage of time!"

"That's right, those taboo-like existences have all been waiting for this Golden Age to ascend to the Dao. Now it seems they have emerged!"

"A bunch of old fogies, they should just honestly roll back into the dirt and sleep, yet they dare to compete with the people of our current age for Luck!"

"..."

Countless living beings cursed simultaneously, causing that resentment to sweep across the eight wastelands.

Some taboo existences who had just crawled out of the dirt wore expressions of astonishment.

We just came out, and we already feel someone ascending to the Dao? And damn it, we haven't even done anything! We just said we just came out, why are you cursing us?!

Countless living beings rushed toward the Universe where Lin Ye was located.

...

Meanwhile, the aura on Lin Ye's body climbed to its Peak. The shackles of the Quasi-Emperor had been removed. Behind him, four ancient swords appeared, growing larger and larger until they stood upright in the Universe.

It was as if they had divided the Universe into several pieces.

The Four Great Sword Arts surged out simultaneously at this moment, and this Universe instantly transformed into a world of the Dao of the Sword, with various true meanings of the Sword Dao erupting all at once.

If living beings could be born in this place, in a few years, it is estimated that every living being would possess the talent to cultivate the sword.

On the hilts of the four ancient swords, four Order Chains appeared, locking Lin Ye's four limbs.

Using four swords to suppress one's own body—this was what the late Dragon King had seen previously.

He had not been wrong; Lin Ye was indeed using these four swords to suppress his own body. Above his head appeared a book; the book only had nine short pages, yet it emitted the aura of the beginning of Chaos.

Every time a page was turned, it caused the profound principles of the Dao to rumble within the Universe.

At this moment, some people had already arrived. Seeing this world filled with Sword Intent, they were instantly dumbfounded.

Especially upon feeling the aura of the Four Great Sword Arts, it made their hair stand on end.

"Th-th-this... is this a Sword Emperor?! And they have gathered all Four Great Sword Arts?! Who exactly is this?!"

"I think I know him; he is the Divine Son of the Flying Feather Holy Sect, Lin Ye! He is a Prodigy of the younger generation!"

"You're spouting nonsense! Even if a Prodigy of the younger generation came to this Blood Road outside the Territory, how much cultivation could they have at this moment? Are they Undergoing Tribulation, or a Saint? Even if they are a Supreme, so what? It is absolutely impossible to ascend to the Dao!"

"He is Lin Ye, he is from the Human Race, and not only is he the Divine Son of the Flying Feather Holy Sect, he is also the Sword Child of the Heavenly Sword Sect; this Sword Intent is the best proof!"

"That's not right, he seems to be a human from the Nine Heavens and Ten Domains, he is the Saint of the Righteous Qi Sect."

"What?!"

Many living beings gathered here, feeling the Sword Intent in the surroundings that caused even their Divine Souls to feel a tearing pain, and they were all stunned.

Especially after learning of Lin Ye's identity, these living beings were all at least in the Supreme Realm. As experts, their faces were filled with disappointment and shock.

A Prodigy of the younger generation, and a Prodigy of the current age, not one of those ancient Prodigies who suppressed an era.

And yet, has he even been in the Blood Road for a year? In such a short time, he suddenly ascended to the Dao?

This left these old fogies, who had struggled through endless years, with no trace of splendor on their faces.

The Guardians also gathered here. Seeing him standing above the Void Realm, like a Supreme Great Emperor suppressing everything, everyone's face revealed expressions of joy and gratification.

"Hahahaha! The hope of our Human Race has ascended to the Dao!"

"Before, when he was fighting the Spirit Race, I was breaking into a sweat and kept wanting to step forward to help, but now it seems I was overthinking it!"

"It's a good thing you didn't help. Didn't you see? The hope of our Human Race is ascending to the Dao through killing, and the target of his ascension is those Spirit Race members!"

"That's right, if you had actually intervened, it would have instead caused his path of ascending to the Dao to collapse!"

"..."