252: Sword Spirit Destroys Himself

At this moment, the entire world was enveloped by Wu Ning's Great Dao Divine Domain; within the Divine Domain, he was the Dominator!

"Scatter!"

Wu Ning softly uttered a single word.

In an instant, that world-destroying, brilliant Sword Qi dispersed like smoke, quickly vanishing without a trace, completely gone.

The starry sky returned to its original state, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion, not truly existing.

As Wu Ning's thoughts stirred, the world immediately recovered from its stagnation, and time began to flow again.

"This, this..."

Zhou Chen's eyes were somewhat dazed; his Peak sword strike, which had consumed all his essence, Qi, and spirit, had suddenly vanished without warning!

How was this even possible?

A sudden realization dawned on him: this was definitely a power that surpassed the Immortal Emperor realm, which was why it was beyond his comprehension and understanding.

"Before I die, may I ask you one question?"

A bitter look appeared in Zhou Chen's eyes.

Without waiting for Wu Ning's reply, he asked, "Have you... taken that step?"

"What do you think?"

Wu Ning smiled noncommittally, "The dead don't need to know too much."

Zhou Chen was speechless, then nodded, "You're right, the dead don't need to know too much."

Boom!

The next second, his body exploded into a cloud of blood mist, with only a Source Dao Fruit floating towards Wu Ning.

Wu Ning casually glanced at it, directly put it away, and then turned his gaze to the Heaven-Defying Divine Sword quietly floating in the starry sky.

"What a good sword!"

Wu Ning examined it; due to the limitations of its Materials, this sword could not reach the ranks of Dao Artifacts, but the person who forged it had Heaven-Defying methods, which forcefully imbued it with a bit of a Dao Artifact's might.

Buzzing—!

Wu Ning raised his hand and grasped the sword; the Divine Sword had a spirit, and its Sword Qi erupted, immediately struggling violently.

But even with a bit of a Dao Artifact's might, how could it break free from Wu Ning's grasp?

Buzz—!!

To Wu Ning's surprise, after struggling fruitlessly, the sword spirit within this Heaven-Defying Divine Sword chose to self-destruct!

The Divine Sword shone brightly, but then instantly dimmed.

Wu Ning was momentarily stunned.

After a long while, he couldn't help but sigh:

"What a good sword!"

"Never mind, since you are unwilling to submit to me, then go wait for your fated person."

Wu Ning smiled helplessly, waving his hand to throw it into the Void Realm.

The sword spirit preferred to self-destruct rather than submit, and he wasn't insistent on obtaining it.

Moreover, without the sword spirit, this sword was largely ruined; even if a new sword spirit were to be born after a long passage of time, it would not be able to reach its previous formidable state.

Without the might of a Dao Artifact, he had no interest in it.

Besides, he hadn't intended to use this sword for himself in the first place.

After retracting the Great Dao Divine Domain, Wu Ning waved his hand to erase all traces, then directly flashed away.

The battle just now was enveloped by his Great Dao Divine Domain, so there was no need to worry about being discovered by the old monsters in the Misty Immortal Abode.

...

Not long after, Wu Ning returned to his clan.

After a brief explanation to his parents, he returned directly to the Dao Yu Immortal Palace and entered the secret chamber to begin his seclusion.

This promotion to the Middle Peak position would undoubtedly require a considerable amount of time.

To speed up the process, Wu Ning simultaneously comprehended what he had learned from the time-lapse recording and directly extracted his cultivation from the sign-in system.

At the same time, he released his Great Dao Divine Domain, accelerating the time in the space he was in.

However, this was an extremely energy-consuming endeavor, and to avoid affecting his promotion, he only accelerated time to about a hundred times that of the outside world.

Maintaining this for hundreds of thousands of years would not be a problem.

On the other side, within the Misty Immortal Abode.

Yun Wuji listened to the attendant's report, his expression extremely shocked: "What did you say? Zong Gu was actually killed?"

The attendant nodded affirmatively, saying, "Saint, what this subordinate said is true. Many people witnessed this; Zong Gu was directly crushed into a bloody mist by that Wu Clan Dao Child. He is absolutely dead beyond dead!"

Yun Wuji was silent for a moment, then laughed:

"Good riddance!"

"Zong Gu was the most beloved Disciple of the Vice Palace Master of Wan Dao Heavenly Palace. With his death, how could that Vice Palace Master let it go easily?"

"At that time, the Wu Clan will certainly have no shortage of trouble!"

Yun Wuji's mood immediately brightened; he regarded Wu Ning as a thorn in his side and a nail in his flesh, so any trouble that could be caused for the Wu Clan was something he was very happy to see.

"Also..."

The attendant continued, "This subordinate has found out that after that Wu Clan Dao Child killed Zong Gu, he left the Immortal Abode not long after, seemingly returning to the Wu Clan."

"Oh?"

Yun Wuji's eyes lit up; that guy finally left?

His heart instantly became active, but he quickly suppressed it, admonishing himself not to be impatient.

Several months later.

After Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong confirmed the cause of death of his Disciple Zong Gu, he stormed into the Wu Clan filled with rage.

"Wu Xuan, get out here!"

Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong roared furiously, his voice instantly echoing throughout the entire Wu Clan Secret Realm.

"Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong, why aren't you staying in Wan Dao Heavenly Palace? Why are you suddenly barking in my Wu Clan?"

Soon, Wu Xuan's nonchalant voice rang out.

"Bastard!"

Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong was already seething with anger, and hearing his words now nearly made his nose crooked with fury.

Then, he simply stopped calling him by name and directly shouted, "Old geezer, your grandson killed my Disciple! If you don't give me an explanation today, this Dominator will kill anyone from your Wu Clan I see in the future!"

"I'll kill one for each one I see, and they'll all go to accompany my Disciple in death!"

"Wait..."

Wu Xuan frowned, "What do you mean my grandson killed your Disciple?"

"Do you have proof?"

"Old geezer, don't try to argue with me! It's an undeniable fact that your grandson killed my Disciple in the Misty Immortal Abode. So many people saw it, do you think this Dominator is joking with you?"

Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong shouted sternly.

Speaking of evidence, he didn't seem to have any, after all, with his status, why would he need evidence to act?

Wu Xuan calmly extended a hand, "Stop with the nonsense. If you have evidence, show it. If not, get out of here and go back where you came from!"

"You!"

Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong's anger surged again, and he said almost through gritted teeth, "If you want evidence, then come with me to the Misty Immortal Abode. With so many witnesses, I don't believe you can still argue!"

Wu Xuan was about to speak again when Wu Tianyun flashed into appearance, "Father, I do have a piece of evidence here."

Wu Xuan imperceptibly frowned, but with outsiders present, he said nothing.

Wu Tianyun directly took out a Divine Stone for recording, and after activating it, immediately released a projected image.

The content was not much, only a few seconds, but it included the entire process from Wu Ning's appearance to Zong Gu's death.

However, the recording had no sound.

Wu Tianyun smiled slightly and said to Deputy Palace Lord Duan Hong:

"Vice Palace Master Duan, you should have seen it; it was clearly your Disciple who first attacked my son. Are you saying my son isn't allowed to defend himself and counterattack?"