Chapter 1 In Defiance

In the Mortal Dao, it had taken An Qisheng ninety years to integrate the world's Qi field. Although Xuan Xing was far smaller than the Mortal Dao, he now had ample experience.

But it wasn't something that could be accomplished in such a short time.

With less than half of the Qi seed replacement completed, a formidable enemy had already arrived. An Qisheng was faced with only two choices: one was to hide, as with his strength, he had enough confidence to protect his family and friends.

The second was to confront them head-on.

At this moment, An Qisheng truly felt the state of mind Gu Changfeng had once held. People aren't always completely confident.

Before the great calamity, people could leave, but their hearts could not.

People could retreat, but their hearts could not.

If the heart doesn't retreat, the sword naturally cannot retreat either.

嗡~

A sword rose into the sky, its sound stirring like a dragon, spreading out in all directions.

The sword light appeared in an instant, and the sword had already separated layers of airflow, pierced through layers of clouds, pulled out countless sonic booms, and carried the force of wind and thunder.

It pierced through the sky!

The Qi seed replacement of the star's magnetic field was not even halfway complete, but the Qi field was invisible, and the Qi field was changeable. An Qisheng didn't have much control over it and couldn't radiate it globally, but he could already open a path of transcendence before the sword!

Wherever the sword light passed, the invisible and intangible magnetic field gathered, paving the way for it to cut through the sky, opening its eyes to transcendence, and endorsing its manifestation.

Wherever the sword light reached, all clouds were pierced, divine light was torn apart, whistling past Xing and Cang cities, crossing several provinces, traversing the Bohai and Yellow Seas, and its shadow reflected upon the raging waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Where the sword's shadow spread, all the boiling clouds calmed down, and the roaring ocean waves subsided.

Crossing many countries, calming all kinds of winds, waves, and clouds, wherever it rushed, the clouds in the sky split into two, leaving behind a sonic boom cloud that lingered for a hundred or even a thousand miles.

It was as if a sword had cleaved the sky, rushing towards the 'alien gate' falling like a meteor at supersonic speed!

Where my sword points, that is where manifestation lies!

"This sword..."

On the summit of Wudang Mountain, Daoist Juechen's expression shook, and an extremely incredible look appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, even with his strong will, he felt somewhat unsteady.

In a trance, he seemed to see Zhenwu, Zhenwu wielding his sword to subdue demons and cleave the heavens!

On the banks of the Ganges River, countless people of the Three Imprints Country bathed in the waters of the Ganges, seemingly kowtowing and praying for the protection of the holy river.

Amidst the crowd, Garuda, who was reciting scriptures, looked up at the sky and saw the divine sword across the sky, shining like the sun. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Has Brahma descended?"

"What is this?"

The few Grandmaster Gods who sensed the impending doom were the first to feel it at the moment the sword light soared into the sky.

A ray of dawn suddenly appeared in the endless darkness ahead, a feeling that was too impossible to ignore. They looked up and saw the sword piercing the sky, and they were all shocked.

Was this a manifestation?

咔嚓~

On the summit of Yangming Mountain, Xue Zheng shattered the floor, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

He had spent the first half of his life fighting with heroes from all over the world, and the second half following in the footsteps of his predecessors, pursuing the possible path ahead, but the more he saw, the more lost he became.

The road ahead was exhausted. The grandmasters of the past were all bleak, with no possibility of transcending the mortal world.

But this sword...

This sword...

It wasn't just Daoist Juechen, Garuda, Xue Zheng, and Porter, among the Grandmaster Gods.

The sword light swept across, shining like the sun, alarming countless people, cities, and countries.

For a time, people in many cities were shocked and didn't know what it was, only thinking that some forbidden weapon had been unleashed.

"God! Look, look, what is that?!"

"God!"

In a command post in the Golden Eagle Country, an atmosphere of despair and condensation was broken by a sharp, trembling voice.

Many people couldn't help but look up, only to see that on the sky screen converted by Poseidon, a sword light that pierced the sky, originated from Great Xuan, crossed many countries, and even re-enacted the Heaven-Cleaving Sword.

"Locate it, locate it, see what that thing is?!"

Several people spoke at the same time, and the picture converted by Poseidon suddenly stretched and froze on the sword light that was approaching at supersonic speed, heading straight for the sky.

It flashed by, but its grandeur made everyone's pupils shrink.

It was as if they had seen God's whip, as if they had seen Odin's spear, Zeus's thunder sword...

For a time, they were speechless.

"What is this? How, how does it look so much like the legendary—flying sword?!"

In a command post in the Northwest, Qinglong, who was dispatching many matters, suddenly heard a sharp cry in his ear.

It was a voice distorted by great shock.

He frowned and saw that the entire Special Affairs Bureau was in an uproar, looking at the picture converted by Yinglong in shock.

On top of it, a flying sword, carrying the force of wind and thunder, with its mighty sword light flowing in all directions, was rushing towards the 'luminous body' that had already fallen into the atmosphere.

"What is this? A flying sword?"

Qinglong's expression also changed, equally shocked.

Flying swords were just legendary things. How could they appear in reality?

You should know that even the top experts in the 'Royal Authority Dream Realm', whose attacks were earth-shattering, only had a range of a hundred miles, but this sword light swept across the Pacific Ocean.

From the sunlit eastern hemisphere, it crossed the void and arrived in the dark western hemisphere in one sweep. How many miles was that distance?

How was this possible?

嗡~

Without anyone's command, Yinglong, which had mobilized all the computing power in the country, had instantly fixed the views of all satellites on the path that the flying sword was bound to pass.

Finally, a flying sword that was colorless throughout its body, only appearing blue under the illumination of the huge luminous body in the sky, appeared in front of everyone.

A colorless sword, under the reflection of the azure light, revealed the beautiful and magnificent patterns on it, perfectly unlike a creation of the mortal world, but rather like it was crafted by the heavens.

The only trace of artificial workmanship that could be seen on this sword was the four small characters written in unknown words below the sword hilt.

Most people on Xuan Xing did not recognize these words, but everyone present recognized them.

The words displayed by those four characters were:

Wang Quan Zhi Jian (Sword of Royal Authority)!

"Wang Quan! The Sword of Royal Authority! This sword, could this sword be the Sword of Royal Authority in the Royal Authority Dream Realm, the one that suppressed the royal powers of all countries for three thousand years?!"

"Such power, no wonder it can suppress the world, so powerful, indescribable..."

"There really is such a sword?! It actually appeared on Xuan Xing. Who brought it out? How could it be brought out?"

"Could it be that the Dream Realm Master is actually in Great Xuan?!"

"Who could it be? The Sword of Royal Authority has come, so where is Daoist Wang Quan?"

The most solemn and forbidden-to-noise combat room was instantly filled with waves of discussion, which was simply boiling.

No one could fully express their feelings at this time. They spoke and waved their arms, as if they could not vent their shock without doing so.

But how fast was the speed of that sword? Even if Yinglong mobilized all the satellites, it only captured one picture.

Almost as everyone was boiling.

That Sword of Royal Authority had already crossed half the globe, soaring to the highest point of the atmosphere. An earth-shattering collision was about to occur.

And this scene was seen most clearly.

It was not the many countries of Xuan Xing, but the astronauts in the space station, who saw a picture that was enough for them to remember for a lifetime through a special observation perspective.

It was impossible to describe the brilliance of this beam of light, which seemed to penetrate the atmosphere and pierce the space, and it was impossible to describe the splendor of this scene.

In a trance, they seemed to see mountains, rivers, and all living beings in that beam of light...

It was as if behind this sword was the entire Xuan Xing!

"Is this a short-lived species, or the Changsheng (longevity) species that the Three Hearts Blue Spirit Child spoke of?"

On Mars, the giant snake Russell, which protruded its head from the endless sandstorm, also seemed to sense something. It seemed surprised by this sword, but in an instant, it was boundless indifference:

"No matter who it is, they will die!"

London.

Su Jie looked up and saw that the moment he saw this sword, his mind was slightly dizzy. In a trance, he felt his mind rise to the boundless sky.

He saw a picture that ordinary people could not see.

Xuan Xing revolved around the sun, and the moon revolved around Xuan Xing. The sun-facing side was day, and the back-facing side was night, which had been the case since ancient times.

But until that sword light crossed the sky, everything was different.

In his eyes, that sword light separated day and night. One side was light, and the other side was darkness. In a trance, he seemed to see a black and white Taiji diagram covering the entire Xuan Xing.

And that sword light was like the Dao line that separated Yin and Yang!

The Dao line was originally colorless, but it was formed by the clear distinction between black and white.

Therefore, the Sword of Royal Authority was also colorless!

Rumble!

In the next instant, an earth-shattering collision erupted in the atmosphere!

It was like two meteorites colliding, or like the Earth and the Moon colliding head-on!

The brilliant light that burst out in an instant seemed to illuminate the entire western hemisphere. At this moment, the world seemed to have no night.

And what followed was a huge shock wave that spread from the atmosphere to an unknown distance. All the clouds were instantly squeezed and crushed.

The airflow roared by the shock wave instantly spread to the entire Xuan Xing, reaching everywhere, more than once!

Looking from the ground, it was as if the sky had exploded at once!

At this moment, many people couldn't bear such a huge stimulus and fainted. More people clenched their fists tightly and almost crushed their teeth.

Their eyes were stung with tears, but they still looked up. They didn't know what they wanted to see, but they couldn't shift their gaze.

Bang!

A huge vibration resounded through the sky and the earth. Countless airflows swept across, like a level 10 typhoon passing through, instantly sweeping away countless snow, weeds, dust, and even a layer of topsoil under the Tianlian Mountains!

Centered on the Tianlian Mountains, an area of more than ten miles around collapsed by more than ten meters, as if an ancient giant had stepped down heavily!

It almost stepped the Tianlian Mountains into the Earth's crust along with it!

And in the sky, after everything calmed down, what appeared was a scene that shocked and terrified countless people.

That was...