Dual Swords United.
Two great illusions, fused into one sword.
This was a fantasy within a fantasy, a miracle among miracles.
It was also the strongest move that Baili Jian and the others could conceive, without equal.
“One Sword Breaks All Laws!” Qin Li exerted all his strength, unleashing his ultimate killing blow, slashing forth an endless stream of sword light from the Great Dao, transforming into countless white threads that sliced through the Heavenly Dao.
“One Sword, One World!” The Supreme Immortal Venerable, with three Great Dao Immortal Fruits still within him, bolstered by multiple enhancements, slashed out thirty-three vast worlds in total.
The two moves converged, a clash of life and death, a fusion of beginning and end, a harmony of destruction and creation, completely transcending the way of the sword. Thus, this move bore no sword qi, no sword light, no sword intent, no sword path, no sword might…
Only an invisible, colourless wave of destruction that spread in an instant.
This move surpassed the Three Thousand Great Daos.
It touched upon the macroscopic laws.
It carried an air of absoluteness.
“No…”
The Heavenly Dao was utterly horrified.
It hadn’t anticipated this move at all.
The combined strike of two immortal techniques possessed such power.
This move, piercing through life and death, carried a hint of the Other Shore. No wonder Baili Jian firmly believed that uniting these two miracles could lead straight to the Other Shore.
Beneath this annihilating wave, everything within a radius of billions of miles vanished instantly. A massive void appeared on the earth, and even a significant portion of the Origin Sea disappeared, revealing the darkness below.
The Heavenly Dao could not resist.
With a wail of agony, it crumbled and disintegrated.
It was as if a wisp of smoke dissipated, or as if night gave way to dawn.
“Did we win?” The Supreme Immortal Venerable was overjoyed, trembling with excitement as he gazed at the vanishing Heavenly Dao, unable to suppress his elation.
“The Heavenly Dao is dead!”
“We’ve secured victory!”
“Brilliant, truly brilliant!”
On the Ferry of Tribulation, a handful of survivors remained.
Most of them were Qin Li’s friends and family, granted special treatment and sent away earlier by the powerhouses of the heavens, spared from sacrifice. Thus, they witnessed this mightiest sword strike.
“Hahaha!”
However!
An evil laugh from the Heavenly Dao resounded.
A wild, arrogant cackle echoed across eight hundred worlds.
It plunged countless beings into utter despair, trembling in fear.
“I told you, I am immortal!” Darkness surged, and the Heavenly Dao reformed.
The Supreme Immortal Venerable stared in disbelief, stammering, “How is this possible? You were clearly dead. How can you resurrect?”
“Because I am the Heavenly Dao!”
The Heavenly Dao revelled in its triumph, growing even more arrogant as it proclaimed:
“After a beginning, there must be an end. As the ultimate endpoint, I am sheltered by the macroscopic laws. As long as the heavens do not perish, I am immortal. Even if I am utterly destroyed, I can resurrect infinitely.”
“There’s only one way to kill me, and that’s for all of you to commit suicide!”
At these words.
The Supreme Immortal Venerable sank into complete despair.
How could they fight this? Even their strongest sword strike couldn’t kill it.
Qin Li remained composed, though his expression was grim beyond measure, his grip tightening on his sword.
“Don’t lose heart. Let’s combine our swords once more!”
“No chance!”
The Heavenly Dao struck with thunderous force.
“This time, no one can stop me.”
“A swift battle, I won’t give you a moment to breathe.”
Its killing intent was absolute. Even with its immortality, it refused to give Qin Li any opportunity.
“There’s no other way!”
The Supreme Immortal Venerable, at his wit’s end, revealed his final gambit.
In desperation, he hurled forth three immortal artefacts.
The Heaven-Slaying Blade, the Gate of Mysteries, and the Tower of Time all self-detonated.
This battle was too brutal. As three deadly immortal flowers bloomed, they stalled the Heavenly Dao momentarily, but their resources were utterly exhausted.
After this combined strike, there would be no further chances.
“One Sword Breaks All Laws!”
“One Sword, One World!”
The two miracles re-emerged, clashing and intertwining.
Transcending the limits of swordsmanship, brushing the edges of macroscopic laws, they formed a wave of destruction.
“I’ve told you, no matter how many times you try, I will still resurrect…” The Heavenly Dao disintegrated inch by inch amidst its furious cries.
Before long.
The darkness boiled once more.
A shadowy figure emerged, reforming into the Heavenly Dao.
It would soon revive, and despair filled the Supreme Immortal Venerable’s eyes.
The universe of the heavens was like a tree, with the Heavenly Dao corrupting two-thirds of it. In truth, severing this decayed portion could kill the Heavenly Dao.
But beginnings and endings, the Great Dao and the Heavenly Dao, were inseparable—like yin and yang, cold and heat—a relative concept, fundamentally one and the same.
Even if the Heavenly Dao destroyed the Great Dao, a fourth Great Dao would slay the third Heavenly Dao and usher in a fourth era. This was the cycle, the macroscopic law. Unless one reached the Other Shore, there was no escaping it.
“Hahaha! Qin Li, you’re out of moves!”
The Heavenly Dao had yet to fully coalesce.
“Is that so!”
Qin Li’s eyes blazed with madness.
It was an instinctive ferocity.
As if he were a lion that had lain dormant for billions of years.
He had suppressed his temper, waiting painstakingly, all for a sliver of a miracle.
“One Sword Breaks All Laws: The Sole Flaw!”
“One Sword Breaks All Daos!”
This sword!
No brilliance, no spectacle.
A simple slash, defined only by its speed—pure, unrelenting speed.
But this sword was the true trump card of the Great Dao.
Striking at the precise moment before the Heavenly Dao fully reformed, it plunged directly into its core.
“Utter nonsense!”
The Heavenly Dao had already begun to take shape.
Qin Li charged forward, closing the distance, and it showed no courtesy.
Pfft!
A palm thrust forth.
It pierced straight through Qin Li’s heart.
Infusing the power of the Heavenly Dao, it corroded his core immortal runes.
“Dao Ancestor!”
The Supreme Immortal Venerable cried out in alarm.
He hurriedly pulled Qin Li back.
“Disaster! Dao Ancestor, a portion of your power has been severed!”
“Hahaha!”
The Heavenly Dao couldn’t contain its glee.
In its hand, it held a dense orb of Great Dao power.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into Heavenly Dao power and was absorbed.
“Though I’m no longer perfect, devouring you will still vastly increase my strength, enough to challenge the coveted Other Shore.”
Clearly, the Heavenly Dao, too, yearned desperately for the great transcendence of the Other Shore.
The Supreme Immortal Venerable’s spirit trembled, realising defeat was certain.
“Hahaha!”
A狂笑 erupted again.
But it wasn’t the Heavenly Dao—it was Qin Li.
Holding his immortal sword, Qin Li roared with joy, laughing with unrestrained madness.
It was as if all hardships had vanished, all fortune had turned in their favour, his happiness so overwhelming it bordered on delirium.
This abrupt laughter, amidst the battlefield, was jarringly out of place.
“Dao Ancestor!”
The Supreme Immortal Venerable sighed mournfully:
“Have you lost your mind, unable to accept defeat?”
Qin Li caught his breath. “What rubbish are you spouting? I’m perfectly lucid. The reason I’m laughing so heartily is because we’ve won.”
“In this battle against the heavens, we’ve emerged victorious!”
At this!
The Heavenly Dao laughed:
“It seems you’ve truly gone mad.”
“I am immortal and indestructible. You could never possibly…”
Its confidence faltered, sensing something amiss, and it looked down at its chest.
There, a wound remained, inflicted by “One Sword Breaks All Daos.” Though the Heavenly Dao could die and resurrect, it couldn’t heal this sword mark.
“What is this?” The Heavenly Dao panicked, like a dam bursting. An endless torrent of its power poured from the wound.
As this power flowed through the injury, it underwent a wondrous transformation, reverting to Great Dao power, then fracturing into myriad energies—some into the five elements, some into yin and yang, some into astral forces—replenishing the worlds of the heavens.
“What’s happening?”
The Supreme Immortal Venerable was utterly bewildered.
Even the united dual swords hadn’t succeeded, so how had Qin Li turned the tide with one strike?
Qin Li laughed heartily. “‘The Sole Flaw’ is my true ace. Did you really think that slashing myself nine times and laying a trap across an entire era was just for teleportation? That was merely a trivial aspect of its power!”
“As the name suggests, ‘The Sole Flaw’ can find the weakness in all things. I knew the Heavenly Dao had no flaws, so I slashed myself nine times to create one. After all, we were once one—my flaw is your flaw!”
“I began planning this move at the dawn of creation. I even steeled myself to strike the tenth blow against myself, killing myself to usher in the third era.”
“Since ‘The Sole Flaw’ could kill me, it could surely defeat you. I waited patiently, never revealing it, until you were at your most triumphant—when your flaw was greatest—and struck true, reversing the tide.”
He was overjoyed.
He spilled forth a torrent of words.
Radiating the wisdom of a master strategist, the thrill of a last-second reversal.
And a touch of smugness.
After all, this move had been in the works for so long—how could he not show off a little after such endurance?
“I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! The macroscopic laws protect me—you can’t kill me!” The Heavenly Dao’s face twisted in fury, its voice hoarse with desperation.
Qin Li’s smile widened. “I know you’re immortal, so I never intended to kill you—just to weaken you endlessly!”
“With this move, I’ve turned the tide, draining your Heavenly Dao power to nourish the universe of the heavens. Soon, you’ll be as feeble as an egg.”
“And the heavens will flourish beyond measure, returning to the primordial age. The three thousand worlds will reappear in the mortal realm, brimming with vitality and abundance, free of any fallen domains.”
“Soon, we shall return to the glorious pastoral era!”
