451: Break the mirror and get out!

During these five hundred years, as the Xu Family flourished, the name of the Xuanhuang Sword Fanatic also rose to prominence in the Eastern Eighty-One Regions.

Xu Yuan, the Heaven-Defying talent who was renowned in the Ancient Land of Dao five hundred years ago and attracted a Saint Hall Elder.

Not long after bringing Ancestor Cangwu back, he embarked on a journey of cultivation, shocking various forces at once. One reason was that Xu Yuan began challenging various Sword Sects; the second was that Ancestor Cangwu, an Immortal Overlord, actually became Xu Yuan's Dao Protector.

In just four hundred years, he successively challenged over two hundred well-known Sword Dao Dao Lords in the Eastern Eighty-One Regions and extensively studied the Sword Dao techniques of thousands of Sword Dao Sects.

Especially a hundred years ago, Xu Yuan went to the Eastern Sword Dao Giant — the Heaven-Slaying Sword Cliff — to challenge its Young Lord.

The Heaven-Slaying Sword Cliff is a force within the Human Territory not weaker than the Dragon Elephant Dao Sect. Although its founding Ancestral Master was only an Immortal Monarch, he once defied a Dao Ancestor. Unfortunately, he failed to Breakthrough to Dao Ancestor, which led to a severe backlash. His enemies seized the opportunity to encircle and kill him. Although he ultimately killed his enemies, he was also heavily injured and perished.

The core of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Cliff's Sect is to defy Heaven, using the sword to sever the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, this Sect produces many madmen, and the Sword Cultivators who emerge are wilder than the last, yet they possess the capital for their arrogance.

The Young Lord of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Cliff, named Chu Bugui, was a disciple of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Cliff's third-generation Cliff Master, Mad Sword — Luo Jiuyou. He had cultivated for a thousand epochs, and his cultivation had long since broken through to the Middle Stage of Dao Lord, with battle power comparable to the Late Stage of Dao Lord.

And his motto was: "Once the sword is drawn, there is no turning back; what does life and death matter?"

Thus, he was given the name "Mad Sword" by his fellow Prodigies.

Xu Yuan, on the other hand, was given the name "Sword Fanatic" due to his obsession with Sword Dao techniques. Among the hundred Sword Dao Dao Lords he challenged, there were quite a few Sword Cultivators at the Middle Stage of Dao Lord.

Therefore, the battle between the two attracted many powerful individuals to observe.

In that battle, the two great Eastern Sword Dao Prodigies fought in the depths of the starry sky for ten days and ten nights, ultimately ending with Xu Yuan defeating Chu Bugui with a single sword strike, "Myriad Ages Empty."

After that battle, Xu Yuan returned to his clan for secluded cultivation and has not yet emerged.

And during these four hundred years, fierce battles erupted in many places in the East. Immortal Giants once investigated these battle traces, but merely sensing the battle Qi within them, they retreated in fear.

Only those top-tier existences knew what had happened... On the peak of Ancestor Mountain in Qiankun Continent.

A figure had been sitting in meditation for too long.

Millions of years flowed over him like dust.

His robes had long since merged with the rocks beneath him, his skin covered with thick dust, appearing from afar like an ancient, unmoving stone statue.

His hair hung like withered vines, the frost and snow of time condensed between his brows, and even his breathing was almost stagnant, as if he had become a part of Heaven and Earth along with this towering mountain.

Except for those existences above the Immortal Realm, no one remembered when he began meditating here, nor did anyone know why he remained.

They only knew that this Ancestor Mountain, because of him, no one dared to approach, no one could disturb.

However, today —

"Crack."

A faint crisp sound emanated from the statue-like body.

Immediately after, the entire Ancestor Mountain shook with a rumble!

Rocks crumbled, dust fell rustling, and the figure who had been meditating for a million years slowly opened his eyes.

"Boom!!!"

In an instant, the sky shattered!

His eyes seemed to contain the rotation of myriad ancient galaxies; with a single glance, the Void Realm shattered, and the Great Dao wailed.

A vast and boundless pressure swept out from within him, crushing the Qiankun Continent like a tidal wave. Billions of miles of mountains and rivers trembled, and everything in the boundless starry sky and Heaven and Earth submitted to his pressure.

All living beings in the world couldn't help but prostrate themselves on the ground, and those Star Lords, one by one, looked excitedly in the direction of Ancestor Mountain.

"Is this... Father God about to emerge from seclusion?"

"It's been a million years... Is Father God about to take that step?"

Every corner of the Qiankun Universe was enveloped by this Supreme pressure. The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth trembled, the Myriad Daos submitted, divine light surged, and the scene was brilliant and dazzling.

Even those Immortal existences involuntarily knelt on the ground at this moment, as if welcoming the arrival of a Monarch!

"Dong —"

He slowly rose, his movements extremely light, yet it seemed to shatter the shackles of myriad ages.

Above the sky, endless Great Dao phenomena surged wildly.

There was the primal Chaos opening, Yin and Yang reversing; there was the phantom of the River of Time appearing, with surging waves seemingly about to engulf the heavens; there were billions of stars trembling, countless ancient stars teetering, as if they would be crushed to dust by his aura in the next moment!

"A million years of meditation, today... I finally Break through this Realm."

His voice was not loud, yet it echoed throughout the Myriad Worlds like a heavenly decree. Every word resonated with the Great Dao, causing countless Immortal existences to tremble in awe!

"Rumble —"

The sky of the Qiankun Continent completely split open. A divine light, piercing through Heaven and Earth, shot up from within him, straight into the Nine Heavens, illuminating the Qiankun Universe!

After an unknown period, when the pressure and divine light disappeared.

"Boom!!!"

Throughout the Qiankun Universe, ancient Forbidden Grounds that had been silent for ages trembled violently!

On the Dao Star of Strength, one of the Ten Supreme Stars, a brawny man with surging blood Qi walked out of the Dao Star and bowed towards Ancestor Mountain.

"Congratulations... Father God on your Breakthrough!!!"

"Swish — Swish — Swish —"

On the Ten Supreme Ancient Stars, terrifying figures appeared one after another!

There was an old Daoist standing with a staff, the River of Destiny flowing beneath his feet; there was a black-clad middle-aged man standing silently at the bow of a boat, the waters of the River of Forgetfulness surging silently... Further away, on various ancient stars and continental Forbidden Grounds.

There was an ancient Buddhist Buddha, treading on golden lotuses, with hands clasped, Buddhist light illuminating billions of miles; there was a peerless Devil Venerable with monstrous Devilish Qi, kneeling on one knee, his devil flames reined in like a subject; there was an unparalleled Empress, wreathed in immortal light, gently raising her jade hand, scattering starlight across the sky as a congratulatory gift... "Congratulations, Father God, on your Breakthrough!!!"

"Congratulations, Father God, on your Breakthrough!!!"

"Congratulations, Master (Dao Ancestor)... on attaining the Great Dao!!!"

Voices, some ancient, some majestic, some ethereal, resounded from all corners of the Qiankun Universe, finally converging into a vast sound wave that shook the ancient stars of the heavens!

At this moment, Qiankun celebrated, and the Myriad Daos resounded!

Xu Qing merely stood silently on the mountain peak, his gaze calmly sweeping across Heaven and Earth.

All congratulatory sounds ceased abruptly.

Billions of living beings held their breath, awaiting his response.

Xu Qing's eyes were calm, yet they seemed to contain the vastness of the entire Universe.

He slowly raised his hand, his five fingers slightly spread, and in an instant.

"Boom!!!"

Above the sky, endless auspicious signs descended!

Purple Qi came from the East for billions of miles, golden lotuses bloomed from the Void Realm, immortal music drifted, and Great Dao runes rained down. The Chaos energy of the entire Qiankun Great World instantly boiled!

"Oh my God... This is... Supreme good fortune?!"

Some beings exclaimed, seeing the fallen golden lotuses merge into their bodies. Their cultivation, which had been stuck at a Bottleneck for hundreds of thousands of years, actually broke through in an instant!

A white-haired old man, whose Lifespan was already nearing its end, at the moment the golden lotus entered his body, his withered flesh and blood regenerated, his white hair turned black, wrinkles faded, and his aura climbed steadily, directly breaking through his shackles and entering a higher Realm!

"I... I broke through?! Hahaha! Heaven does not abandon me! Heaven does not abandon me!"

He roared to the sky, tears streaming down his face.

And such scenes were playing out all over the Qiankun Great World!

"Om —"

Suddenly, Xu Qing sat cross-legged, suspended above the Nine Heavens, with Great Dao runes flowing around him like a circling galaxy.

He lowered his gaze slightly and said softly, "Those above Dao Lord, all come to listen to the Dao."

Before his words finished, a Supreme power swept through the heavens!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Throughout the Qiankun Great World, all powerful individuals above Dao Lord were enveloped by an irresistible force and instantly teleported before him!

"This... what kind of method is this?!"

A Star Monarch was horrified. In front of this power, he was as fragile as paper, and he was directly brought over without even having the thought of resisting!

Other Dao Lords were also in the same situation.