I Have A Sword

Chapter 985: Evil Dao Alliance's First Hall Master

The Qingxuan Sword cracked?

Seeing this, Ye Guan's eyes widened in disbelief, his entire body frozen in place. This was the second time this happened! The first time the Qingxuan Sword cracked was because of Clan Leader Jing, and it cracked again.

He felt a chill run down his spine. Who exactly is this lady in white?

More importantly, a wave of frustration suddenly surged within him. Damn it! I just had a breakthrough in strength a few days ago, and now I'm being reduced to nothing again?

He finally understood why his father had chosen to become the King of Relying on Others. This world was just too unfair!

The lady in white gave him a cold, emotionless glance before turning and vanishing into thin air. Then, everything returned to normal. He found himself back on the bed, his mind still blank, but he quickly forced himself to regain his composure.

So what if the Qingxuan Sword had cracked? Am I supposed to give up just because of that? No way! It's just a sword. If my resolve shatters along with the sword, I will just become a massive joke.

With this thought, he calmed his mind and stopped dwelling on the cracked Qingxuan Sword. His next step was clear: focus on training, and aim to become stronger than the sword itself.

After calming his mind, Ye Guan turned to look at Yi Nian beside him. Her eyes were slightly closed, her face flushed like a peach, and her breathing was quick as if she was waiting for something.

Seeing this, he hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided not to proceed with what he had been thinking. This was not going to be easy.

Noticing that he had paused for a while, Yi Nian slowly opened her eyes and glanced at him. After hesitating for a moment, she softly asked, "Is it over?"

Ye Guan had no idea what to say.

And just like that, their first wedding night came to an end. Ye Guan felt rather helpless. He wanted to go further with her, but he didn't dare to. That lady in white was far too terrifying to deal with. What a ridiculous situation!

He sighed softly, feeling more frustrated than he had ever been before.

Even though things ended quickly, Yi Nian didn't think much of it. She simply assumed that human men were just this fast. Still, she was a bit puzzled. After all, Jing An had secretly told her that the first time might hurt a little, but it hadn't really hurt at all. It had been very quick, as if nothing had happened.

Without dwelling on it further, she snuggled into his arms and whispered, "Are we leaving tomorrow?"

Ye Guan retracted his thoughts back and nodded, wrapping his arm around her. "Yes."

Although the matter with the Tianxing Civilization was resolved, he knew that the issue with the Evil Dao Alliance wasn't over. Second Hall Master had sacrificed his life to test the strength of his Plain Skirt Aunt, so there were likely more plans to come.

The most urgent matter now was for him to improve his strength. This time, he could not afford to be passive anymore.

Yi Nian nodded. "Okay."

Ye Guan asked, "Do you want to stay in the Tianxing Civilization?"

Yi Nian shook her head immediately.

"Then do you want to stay at the Tianyun Academy?"

Yi Nian hesitated for a moment but still shook her head. Although she was reluctant to leave Jing An and High Goddess Tianyun, she had lost any affection for the Tianxing Civilization, and she knew the people there wouldn't welcome her either.

Ye Guan smiled. "Then why don't you stay in the pagoda and research the spacetime there?"

She was the only one who truly understood the tiny pagoda's unique spacetime.

Yi Nian nodded. "Okay."

She enjoyed studying that spacetime, and so far, she had only scratched the surface of it.

As he held her in his arms, they soon drifted off to sleep.

Outside the door, Jing An leaned against the door and listened for a long time.

Hearing no noises, she frowned slightly. "That's it? So quick?"

***

In the depths of an unknown universe, a gigantic hand, towering a hundred thousand feet tall, stood in the starry sky. The massive hand, with its palm facing upwards, supported a black hall. Suspended above the hall was a large, blood-red character that said, "Dao."

It was the First Hall of the Evil Dao Alliance.

On this day, a burning flame suddenly pierced through the void, heading straight for this part of the universe and flying towards the black hall. Just as it was about to reach the hall, a hand suddenly caught it.

A middle-aged man appeared, dressed in a black robe, with long hair draped over his shoulders and a sheathed longsword slung across his back. His body radiated a powerful aura of Sword Dao.

He gazed at the flame in his palm for a long moment, then slowly closed his eyes. "Junior Brother Qiu has fallen," he said.

Buzz!

As his voice faded, over a hundred blood-red sword lights suddenly shot out from the distant black hall.

In an instant, more than a hundred swordsmen dressed in black robes with longswords strapped to their backs appeared behind the middle-aged man.

Seeing the flame in his hand, disbelief spread across their faces, and it was quickly replaced by seething rage.

"Let's avenge Senior Brother Qiu!" one of them shouted.

In the next moment, over a hundred sword lights soared into the sky, heading straight toward the flame's origin. However, a single sword light suddenly rose from below, blocking their paths and stopping them in their tracks.

The swordsmen turned to the middle-aged man below, their faces full of confusion.

"Wait," the middle-aged man said.

Without further explanation, he turned and walked towards the distant black hall. The swordsmen were frustrated, but they had no choice but to wait.

As the middle-aged man approached the hall, an elderly man in a red robe emerged. He raised his right hand to stop him, "Sect Master Guan, please wait."

The middle-aged man looked at the elder. "Junior Brother Qiu has fallen."

The red-robed elder hesitated for a moment before he repeated, "Please wait."

Sect Master Guan frowned in irritation.

Just then, a young lady stepped out of the hall. She was about twenty years old, and she wore a long blue dress, her beauty extraordinary. In her hand, she held a delicate bone fan.

When she walked out of the hall, the red-robed elderly man bowed slightly.

A trace of surprise flashed in Sect Master Guan's eyes.

He seemed to have sensed something, and he turned his gaze to the sky.

A massive creature was there—a dragon!

The dragon was pitch black, and just its head, which extended out of the clouds, was enough to block out the sun.

An overwhelming dragon might swept across the star field, which struggled to withstand it and began to blur and distort.

Suddenly, the blood-red "Dao" character hanging above the Evil Dao Hall trembled slightly. In an instant, the dragon's oppressive aura vanished without a trace.

Seeing this, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the lady in the blue dress. She stared at the blood-red 'Dao' character and smiled, asking, "Is this the character left by that Evil Dao of the Evil Dao Alliance back then?"

Beside her, the red-robed elder nodded slightly. "It is."

The lady in the blue dress nodded in admiration. "Impressive. To be able to inscribe a 'Dao' character that could endure through the ages is truly a remarkable achievement.."

"I've heard that she's now in her final reincarnation?" she indeed.

The red-robed elder nodded again.

"Aside from the Tianxing Civilization, your Evil Dao Alliance is indeed quite formidable. If that Evil Dao succeeds in reincarnating and merging the cultivation of all her past lifetimes, even the Tianxing Civilization will not be able to stand against you guys."

The red-robed elder bowed slightly, remaining silent.

The lady glanced once more at the "Dao" character before stepping forward.

With just one step, she was already standing atop the massive dragon's head. The dragon turned, stirring star fields, and in the blink of an eye, the dragon and the lady vanished into the starry skies.

The red-robed elder watched the distant sky with a look of seriousness. Then, he realized something and turned to Sect Master Guan, saying, "You may enter."

Sect Master Guan nodded and proceeded toward the grand hall.

The red-robed elder sighed softly. "Little Qiu..."

Scenes from the past floated through his mind. Back then, when Qiu Baiyi first arrived at the Evil Dao Alliance, he was so full of ambition and spirit. In the blink of an eye, the old friend was gone.

The red-robed elder sighed to himself once again.

***

A middle-aged man stood in the grand hall. He wore a luxurious robe and held a wine gourd in his right hand while facing away from Sect Master Guan.

Sect Master Guan bowed slightly and said, "Grand Sect Master, Junior Brother Qiu has..."

"I know." The middle-aged man nodded.

The Grand Sect Master was the true leader of the Evil Dao Alliance, personally appointed by the First Hall Master back in the day. Seeing him was akin to seeing the First Hall Master.

As for the First Hall Master herself, none of them had ever met her.

Sect Master Guan extended his hand, and a burning flame talisman floated slowly toward the Grand Sect Master.

The Grand Sect Master gazed at the flame talisman, a complex expression flashing in his eyes as memories resurfaced. "When I first met him, he told me that he wanted to follow me to accomplish great things.

"I said yes, and from then on, with the help of the First Hall Master, we began laying plans across the universe. He is a big part of the reason behind why the Evil Dao Alliance has managed to become what it is today."

He opened the wine gourd and poured some of it onto the ground. "May you rest well, brother."

Sect Master Guan stared at the Grand Sect Master and said, "Grand Sect Master, we can launch an attack on the Guanxuan Universe anytime."

The Grand Sect Master remained silent. He gently tapped on the flame talisman, and as it dispersed, Qiu Baiyi's voice echoed, "One sword, and it made her take a step back. Two swords and I died..."

Hearing Qiu Baiyi's words, Sect Master Guan's face darkened. Two sword attacks had killed Qiu Baiyi! He knew Qiu Baiyi's strength well; his power was not exaggerated at all.

For him to be slain in just two strikes spoke volumes about the plain-skirt lady's terrifying might.

Sect Master Guan said in a low voice, "This plain skirt lady is indeed terrifying, but if it took her only two strikes to kill Junior Brother Qiu..."

The Grand Sect Master shook his head, cutting him off directly, "You're oversimplifying things."

Sect Master Guan looked confused.

The Grand Sect Master took a swig of wine and said, "Of course, Little Qiu wouldn't lie to us, but have you considered the possibility that this plain skirt lady was holding back?"

"Holding back?"

"Do you think that's possible?"

"What would be her purpose for holding back?"

"Whatever her purpose, one thing is clear: she's much, much stronger than we estimated. As for exactly how much stronger... only those like Little Qiu would truly know."

"Grand Sect Master, she is incredibly powerful. But if she's really that much stronger than us, why hasn't she come here to wipe us out in one strike?"

"There are only two possibilities. The first, as you said, is that she's strong but not overwhelmingly strong. She's still cautious of the Evil Dao Alliance, so she remains hidden in the shadows, only revealing herself when absolutely necessary.

"The second possibility is that her strength is far beyond our comprehension—so powerful that she doesn't bother killing us, as she views us as nothing more than a sharpening stone for Ye Guan..."

"Using us as a sharpening stone? Even the Tianxing Civilization isn't that arrogant."

"I hope it's not the second case either. But regardless, she is definitely much stronger than we imagined..."

"So Junior Brother Qiu died in vain?"

The Grand Sect Master tightly gripped the wine flask in his right hand, and his gaze was transfixed on the vast, deep sky.

Did Little Qiu really die in vain? How can I just accept this outcome? I can't accept it, not at all!

Crack!

The wine gourd in his hands shattered, spilling wine all over the ground. The expression in his eyes gradually turned cold. But just then, the spacetime before him abruptly exploded, and a blood-red talisman flew out.

The instant it appeared, it burned brightly.

Seeing this, the Grand Sect Master's face changed drastically. He bowed deeply, and his voice trembled as he greeted, "Hall Master."

Hall Master?

Sect Master Guan was stunned. Is the First Hall Master finally going to turn up?

The Grand Sect Master was also filled with disbelief. The First Hall Master had not contacted him in over a billion years.

When the talisman finished burning, a voice entered the Grand Sect Master's mind. The Grand Sect Master closed his eyes for a long time while Sect Master Guan looked at him, waiting anxiously.

The Grand Sect Master eventually opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "The First Hall Master said that the plain skirt lady was indeed holding back. Her true strength is unfathomable, and we are not a match for her. We must not act rashly. Everything is under her control."

The Grand Sect Master looked up to the depths of the starry sky, and a serious light flashed in his eyes. He hadn't expected that the First Hall Master would step in personally to deal with Ye Guan.

Although Sect Master Guan felt a little indignant, there was nothing he could do about it. If even the First Hall Master said so, it meant that they were definitely not a match for the lady in the plain skirt.

As if something came to his mind, he asked, "Grand Sect Master, who was that lady just now?"

Grand Sect Master replied, "Wu Yi from the Wujian Universe."

"The Wujian Universe?" Sect Master Guan was taken aback.

"It's time for you to know about some things," Grand Sect Master said calmly.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes and added, "The First Hall Master will personally handle the issue regarding Ye Guan.

"Our current priority is to kill the Tianxing Ruler, seize the Tianxing Life Tree, their Reincarnation Ancestral Stone, and the wealth that they had accumulated over billions of years."