182: The divine swords merged, their power piercing the heavens!

"Clang—!"

A sword cry, sounding as if it originated from the dawn of creation, echoed throughout the entire underground space.

This sword cry pierced through the rock layers and resonated in every corner of the Wangxian Hall!

Everyone who heard this sword cry, regardless of their cultivation base, felt their Divine Soul tremble, experiencing a sense of awe as if they had been baptized by supreme Sword Intent.

The light receded, but the figure of the Jian Kui did not vanish.

However, a divine sword floated before Su Yang.

This sword was about four feet and three inches long, its body straight and exuding an extremely majestic Aura.

The sword spine was thick and heavy, faintly coiled with Dragon Patterns, while the blade was as thin as a cicada's wing, flowing with a cold light capable of slicing through space and time.

The sword body was entirely a deep, dark gold, yet beneath the dark gold, lava-like scarlet and starry-sky-like profound black slowly intertwined and flowed.

The hilt was wrapped in unknown dark Dragon Sinew, and a small Silver Bell hung from the end, though the bell lacked a clapper and did not make a jingling sound.

This sword,

gave off an extremely ancient and majestic impact.

It floated there silently; merely looking at it made one feel that the sword itself was the embodiment of power and authority.

Su Yang looked at the sword before him, then at the Sword Master who had yet to disappear beside him.

The Sword Master explained, "My true form has returned to this sword. This is merely a wisp of power I separated to continue fulfilling the mission the Master assigned me. Otherwise, the Wangxian Hall would be left unattended and would quickly dissipate."

So that was it.

Su Yang took a deep look at the Sword Master.

Merely a wisp of power, not even a portion of his power, yet the strength of the Sword Master before him was already unfathomable, far surpassing the Peak Mahayana Stage level of the Myriad Spirits Realm.

This strength was truly terrifying.

At this moment, Gu Yue also gazed deeply at the Sword Master beside her, and the emotions in her heart were even more apparent.

She thought she would have a chance to fight the Sword Master again after returning to her Peak, but now it seemed she had been delusional. Just a wisp of power was enough to crush her former Nine-Tailed Peak cultivation base. How could she fight this!?

There was no chance at all.

Gu Yue sighed silently in her heart.

The Sword Master clearly sensed her gaze and looked kindly at Gu Yue.

"Long time no see."

"You used to Cultivate on the Master's Ascension Platform, and now you Cultivate by the Master's side. Your future will be stronger than mine. One day, you will be able to defeat me and defeat Luo Luo."

Gu Yue was stunned for a moment, then gave a wry smile, took a deep breath, and rekindled the fighting spirit in her eyes.

Looking at the Sword Master again, inexplicably, all her hatred dissipated at this moment.

Gu Yue herself didn't know if it was because he was too strong—so strong that she gave up because she had no chance of defeating him—or if his words had given her a new goal.

In any case, at this moment, Gu Yue's gaze towards the Sword Master and Luo Luo was much more peaceful.

Su Yang's gaze remained fixed on the sword before him.

"Are you sure this sword is my Natal Divine Sword?"

Su Yang said, sounding unsure.

The Sword Master said, "If the Master can pick it up easily, then it is naturally the Master's Natal Divine Sword. If you cannot pick it up, and even less use it, then it is naturally not."

Su Yang took a deep breath.

Whether he was the Eternal Immortal Emperor could essentially be judged from this moment onward.

As for those memories, they were no longer the main way to prove whether he was the Eternal Immortal Emperor, but merely clues to the experiences behind him.

Su Yang slowly reached out his hand and grasped the hilt.

The instant he gripped it firmly.

"Boom—!!!"

An unimaginable, majestic power, like a Space-Time Divine Dragon sleeping in the galaxy, suddenly awakened and surged wildly into Su Yang's body through the hilt!

This power was vast and boundless, incomparably pure, and perfectly compatible with his own True Essence and Divine Sense, without any rejection!

This immense, almost ethereal power instantly flowed through Su Yang's limbs and bones.

The divine sword in Su Yang's hand emitted a scorching red light, spreading from the tip to the hilt, and then spreading to Su Yang's body. His arm began to emit the same scorching red light, followed by his body. Finally, Su Yang's entire body began to radiate the same scorching red light as the divine sword.

The divine sword began to slowly disappear, gradually merging into Su Yang's body.

Su Yang's cultivation base did not achieve an impossible Breakthrough due to the integration of the divine sword, but his strength was rapidly soaring at an unimaginable speed.

Soul Transformation Stage!

Void Refining Stage!

Body Integration Stage!

Undergoing Tribulation Stage!

Mahayana Stage!

Is this the Peak?

No!

It was not over yet; Su Yang's cultivation base continued to rise, seemingly without limit!

As the divine sword gradually integrated into his body, Su Yang began to erupt with a blazing red light that shot up into the sky, similar to the light the Sword Master emitted when he completed his refinement.

This red light also shot straight into the clouds, almost melting the firmament.

Seeing that only the hilt remained before fully integrating into Su Yang's body, Luo Luo, standing nearby, showed irrepressible excitement in her eyes.

"Master, I can finally fight alongside you again!!!"

Luo Luo's figure transformed into a bead the size of a fingernail. This bead was not crystal clear; it looked like an extremely miniature planet, complete with blue oceans, green vegetation, and white clouds.

After Luo Luo transformed into this bead, the bead turned into a streak of light and accurately flew into the bell on the sword.

"Jingle—"

A crisp bell sound rang out underground, and this clear sound passed through the thick rock layers and spread throughout the entire Myriad Spirits Realm. Whether Cultivators or ordinary people, Flying Birds or Walking Beasts, they all faintly heard this crisp sound that seemed to originate from the world itself.

The hilt also gradually merged into Su Yang's body, and the bell vanished along with it.

Su Yang no longer held a sword; the divine sword had completely integrated into his body.

Another, stronger Five-Colored Light erupted from Su Yang's body, passing through the thick earth layers, piercing through the entire Wangxian Hall, and shooting straight into the clouds. This light spread incredibly quickly, instantly diffusing at an invisible speed to every corner of the Myriad Spirits Realm. From the ends of the earth to the corners of the sea, anyone who looked up could see the sky dyed with a Colorful Halo.

Whether those of the Righteous Path, the Demonic Path, or the hundreds of billions of ordinary people, all witnessed this strange sight together.

No one knew what had happened, but everyone knew that something certainly had.

Just as this scene unfolded.

In a Mysterious Kingdom in the Central Continent of the Myriad Spirits Realm.

A woman wearing an Immaculate White Dress sat on a mountain-sized Throne.

The crisp sound of the bell had just vanished from her ear when she saw the spreading Five-Colored Firmament before her. A tangible, eerie smile appeared on her vaguely defined, indistinct face.

"So... you have returned!"

"I was completely unaware. It seems you hid very deeply this time!"

"However... you probably don't know that I have already ascended! We should be meeting soon! When that time comes, I hope you bring what I want!"

Amidst the gloomy and chilling laughter, a box appeared in her hand. The box was coiled by Dead Souls, and its contents were completely obscured.

"Hurry up and come, Eternal Immortal Emperor! I can't wait to meet you again!"

The chilling laughter dispelled the Five-Colored Firmament in her kingdom, and the entire kingdom once again plunged into the pitch-black darkness and cold of Eternal Night...