First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1213 - Tribulation Light in the Forbidden Zone

Half a year passed.

Su Yi sat atop that desolate island, as still as a rock.

He’d never once repaired the formation he’d placed around the island, and the wind and waves had long since eroded it completely.

Unbelievably, when the random lightning strikes fell, an invisible power silently neutralized them before they got close to Su Yi.

Even the relentless, raging tidal waves of the Laws of the Grand Dao slumped powerlessly and dissipated when they drew near.

None of them hurt Su Yi in the slightest.

Boom!

Today, a windstorm raged. It swept over from afar, mixed with explosive arcs of electricity. The chaotic mists filling the air churned.

Suddenly, the silent, unmoving, statue-like Su Yi opened his eyes.

The light and shadows of reincarnation interwove in the depths of his gaze, and from time to time, they reflected the mysteries of Profound Ruin.

At that moment, it seemed as if an invisible majesty were suppressing heaven and earth. The surrounding area suddenly trembled.

The distant windstorm suddenly reacted as if startled, and it shot past the sides of the desolate island.

Throughout the surrounding sea, the waves reached the heavens, and the winds were terrifying.

Except for the little island Su Yi stood on. It was as calm as before, untouched by waves.

“A heart as smooth as jade and sharp as my sword. In my pursuit of the Grand Dao, if I let dust cloud my heart, it won’t matter how heaven-defying my foundations are, or how extraordinary my talent is. Ultimately, I won’t get far...” Su Yi rose and brushed off his clothes.

Half a year had passed.

His cultivation base hadn’t advanced in the slightest.

But his mentality had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

This change, in turn, gave him a deeper understanding of his own path.

“I follow my heart without overstepping the bounds. I am myself when I am free and broadminded, when I am leisurely and at ease, when I’m wanton and unrestrained, and when I kill decisively...

“I’ve jumped out of the cage of my past lives and severed all thoughts of what is and isn’t me. What need is there to concern myself with whether or not I am myself...?”

Su Yi laughed silently, took out a jug of wine, and strode into the distant Sea of Chaos. His robes fluttered around him, and he cut an extraordinary figure.

The billowing mists of chaos produced a wondrous, rhythmic resonance with Su Yi’s aura.

As he walked, he was like a sovereign out for a stroll. Wherever he passed, the wind and waves receded. Neither thunder nor lightning impeded him, and he seemed carefree and composed.

He traversed the Sea of Chaos with no destination in mind. Everything he felt and saw was reflected in his heart.

Suddenly, he heard an earth-shaking boom off in the distance. A wave of destructive power erupted, creating a vision of turmoil and upheaval.

When Su Yi looked over, he saw that around the source of the disturbance, the chaos mists were depleted, and the sea manifested of the source power of the Laws had been blocked off in front of a massive abyss!

About a dozen figures stood around this abyss, both men and women. They were working together to circulate an ancient formation.

The formation’s power was extremely terrifying. It gathered the chaos mists from throughout the surrounding area, manifesting a ten-thousand-foot treasure pagoda that suppressed the air above the abyss.

Dazzling tribulation light shot out of the abyss’s depths, attempting to break free of the treasure pagoda’s suppression.

Boom!

The air above the pagoda trembled violently, fiercely resisting the light shooting out of the abyss.

The ten-plus figures gathered around it all looked grim, and they fought with everything they had.

Upon closer inspection, their ranks included four Cosmic Enlightenment World Kings and nine Oneness World Kings!

It seems that this is the ‘forbidden ground’ at the heart of the Sea of Chaos that Lu Yan told me about, thought Su Yi.

The thirteen figures standing around the abyss had to be Servants of the Dao watching over the forbidden grounds.

And the tribulation light shooting out of the abyss had to be the power leftover from that mysterious tribulation!

When Su Yi realized this, his heart stirred, and he walked right toward the abyss.

As he drew closer, Su Yi clearly sensed how powerful the thirteen Servants of the Dao were. They were far beyond ordinary World Kings.

Yet they needed to circulate the formation to contend with the tribulation light arising from the abyss. That made it clear just how terrifying the tribulation light was.

“Eh? Why would someone show up at a time like this?” Someone sensed Su Yi’s arrival.

He was a tall, stalwart man in warrior robes. His hair and beard were unkempt, and his aura was startling. He was actually a Cosmic Enlightenment World King!

“The Profound Unity Realm!? This...” Soon, someone cried out in surprise.

The other Servants of the Dao were startled too. All of them looked over and watched as Su Yi approached from the distant sea.

“Don’t tell me he’s a new Servant of the Dao?”

“Impossible! If he were a Servant of the Dao, the Officiants would never have let him come here before breaking into the World King Realm!”

“Did you notice that he isn’t using any treasure at all, yet he’s crossing the Sea of Chaos with ease?”

“He really is!”

....Su Yi’s arrival came as quite a surprise to the Servants of the Dao, and his presence confused them.

They’d been protecting this place for a long time. How could they not know that without an Officiant to guide them here, even World Kings were at great risk of having their souls destroyed at a moment’s notice?

Yet now, a Profound Unity Emperor was walking right toward them, sauntering across the Sea of Chaos as if he were out for a casual stroll. Who wouldn’t have been surprised?

“Fellow Daoist, dare I ask who you are and how you got here?” the man in warrior robes said gravely.

Even as they conversed, the other Servants of the Dao never stopped circulating the formation to suppress the light surging out of the abyss.

“A trial-taker who wound up here by mistake, that’s all,” Su Yi said casually. “You can focus on circulating your formation. No need to pay me any heed.”

As he spoke, he drew even closer.

A trial-taker?

When had an Imperial Realm trial-taker ever been able to cross the Sea of Chaos to arrive in this forbidden zone?

The Servants of the Dao were increasingly bewildered.

But when they saw Su Yi stop not far away instead of approaching any further, they felt significantly calmer.

Boom!

Increasingly intense arcs of radiant white tribulation light surged from the depths of the abyss.

The treasure tower suppressing it swayed on impact. It seemed as if it wouldn’t hold much longer.

“Dammit! The war spear at the bottom of the abyss is increasingly agitated!” The colorfully dressed woman’s expression darkened, and she gnashed her teeth.

“It really is strange. If we can’t keep it suppressed, we have to report to the Officiant and have him intervene personally!”

The other Servants of the Dao furrowed their brows, their expression solemn.

They couldn’t afford to pay Su Yi any further heed. All of them attacked with everything they had, circulating the treasure pagoda manifested of the formation with all their might as they relentlessly suppressed the tribulation light.

Su Yi placed his hands behind his back and gazed into the distance.

The tribulation light at the bottom of the abyss didn’t spread, but even just gazing upon it from afar, Su Yi felt intense pressure bearing down on him, making his heart palpate.

“No wonder that catastrophe was enough to devastate the Laws of the Dark and Gold Star Realm. No wonder even those legendary experts perished. Power like this is truly far too catastrophic...” Su Yi’s brow furrowed.

A long, long time had passed since the onset of the catastrophe, but even now, keeping the calamitous power emanating from that war spear in check required more than ten World Kings working together to circulate a formation.

Who wouldn’t have been surprised?

But this only made Su Yi increasingly curious about the spear.

According to Lu Yan, that terrifying expert, Qin Chongxu, had used the spear to trigger that mysterious catastrophe.

That meant that this vicious weapon not of this epoch was sure to have extraordinary origins.

“Dammit! Over the past six months, the spear’s been acting strangely with greater frequency, and it keeps trying to escape. It’s like it’s gone insane.” Someone cursed hatefully.

The Servants of the Dao all had unsightly looks on their faces, and all of them seemed exhausted. It was obvious that suppressing the tribulation light had taken an enormous toll on them.

But none of them held back. Every last one of them gave it their all.

However, their expressions were tinged with worry.

There was no doubt about it. Their failure to suppress the tribulation light even after all this time was putting unprecedented pressure on them.

Suddenly, something occurred to Su Yi, and he exclaimed, “Wait, did you say that the spear started acting strangely half a year ago?”

“Friend, we’re busy suppressing a crisis. How could we possibly have time to chat with you? I urge you to leave this place as soon as possible!” A yellow-robed man said impatiently.

Su Yi laughed, not at all concerned. “If you answer my questions, I wouldn’t mind helping you out.”

This declaration left the World Kings stunned. They almost suspected they’d misheard him.

“You?” The colorfully dressed woman couldn’t help but laugh. “Your heart’s in the right place, but your words reveal your ignorance. Enough. We appreciate your good intentions, so listen to our advice. You’d best leave as quickly as possible.”

With that, she paid Su Yi no further heed.

The other Servants of the Dao disregarded him too.

Countering the tribulation light beneath that abyss was incomparably tiring. How could they possibly be in the mood to pay attention to a newly arrived, unknown trial-taker?

As for Su Yi’s offer to help them? They saw it as nothing more than a joke. They figured he just didn’t know the height of the heavens or the depths of the earth.

Su Yi rubbed his nose.

This was the disadvantage of a low cultivation base. When he met those with powerful cultivations, it was hard to avoid them looking down on him.

But although the yellow-robed man and colorfully dressed woman treated him flippantly, and although they were a bit rude, neither had ill intentions. Su Yi naturally wouldn’t take offense.

“This is bad!!” Suddenly, a Cosmic Enlightenment Realm man in warrior robes cried out.

They then watched as a streak of tribulation light escaped the treasure pagoda’s suppression and shot forth!

The other Servants of the Dao visibly lost their composure, and their hearts thudded in their chests.

Boom!

The streak of tribulation light was over a hundred feet long and as thick as a bolt of cloth. It emanated a terrifying, taboo aura.

It easily broke through their defensive formation and shot toward the woman in colorful clothes.

“Hurry up and dodge!” The man in warrior robes bellowed, his heart on tenterhooks.

But all of this had happened far too quickly. There was no time to dodge. All the colorfully dressed woman could do was pour her cultivation base into her flying knife and clash with the tribulation light head-on.

But it was in that moment that——

Bang!

The silver flying knife in front of the colorfully dressed woman shattered into pieces.

And that streak of tribulation light was headed right toward her! The others couldn’t possibly arrive in time to save her.

But it was at this life-or-death juncture that a section of gray vine suddenly appeared in front of her, seemingly out of nowhere.

Like a sword slicing through the fetters of space to block the tribulation light!