First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1652 - Like a Deity Presiding Over Life and Death

The Laws of the Immortal Wave swept forth like a raging tidal wave.

As his life hung in the balance, Yin Xiaotian roared, “Su Yi, surely you don’t want to see our captives die with us!?”

His voice spread throughout heaven and earth.

Su Yi said coolly, “It seems you really don’t understand the power of the Immortal Realm’s Laws.”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pressed down.

Boom!

A terrifying restrictive power surged within the raging tidal wave, completely restricting the power of Yin Xiaotian and the other Demon Kings.

“Go ahead, try it. See if you can kill them,” said Su Yi.

Yin Xiaotian’s expression shifted. “We placed a curse on all of the captives. If I die, they can forget about living!”

Su Yi laughed dryly. “A curse? Are you talking about the Divine Sorrow Soul Restriction, the Absolute Incineration Demonic Restriction, or perhaps the Thousand Poisons Heart-Binding Curse?”

Yin Xiaotian was startled. “How do you know about our clan’s secret legacies?”

A chill coursed through his entire body. Even among the Silvermoon Demon, only Demon Kings and higher knew of these secret legacies.

Yet now, Su Yi had listed them all in a single breath.

“I don’t just know of them,” Su Yi said casually. “I know how to break them.”

But Yin Xiaotian burst into laughter. “It’s a pity, but even if you can break their curses, it’s too late to save them!”

Su Yi’s brow furrowed, and he attacked without any further hesitation.

Boom!

The Laws of the Immortal Realm burst forth, and in the blink of an eye, Yin Xiaotian, the other five Demon Kings, and the two remaining Demon Nobles were ripped to shreds. Even their souls scattered.

All of them were dead! They’d died just like the Immortal Kings.

Now, every demon who’d come to the Seventh Gate of Heaven had been killed. Not one escaped alive!

The crowd watching from the Seventh Gate of Heaven fell into a daze. They were too shocked for words.

Earlier, Su Yi heartlessly massacred numerous immortals, killing until blood flowed like a river. A blink of an eye later, he shot out of the Seventh Gate of Heaven and slew a group of enemies as if it were nothing!

Heaven and earth lay in ruin. Clouds of dust and the pungent smell of blood permeated the air.

The Seventh Gate of Heaven was deathly silent. In the crowd’s eyes, the young man in blue was no different from a god. There was nothing he couldn’t do!

Su Yi stretched out his hand and grabbed a beast bone amulet from the wreckage. When he opened it, a dozen or so bone lamps floated into the air.

The lamps held captives, each a prominent expert of the Immortal Realm like High Elder Wei Zhong of Blue Cliff Academy. Earlier, Yin Xiaotian had tried to exchange these captives for Su Yi.

But after examining them closely, Su Yi’s heart sank. It might have seemed as if the captives were still alive, but in truth, their foundations in the Grand Dao had been shattered and their vitality had been drained. There was no saving them.

In other words, right from the start, Yin Xiaotian had been tricking them. He wanted to exchange captives already on the brink of death!

“Just as I thought. Those demons haven’t changed a bit. There’s no way they’d let their captives return to us alive!” Su Yi’s eyes flashed with cold light.

Su Yi took a deep breath, then opened the bone lamps one by one.

Over a dozen figures broke free, only to fall to the ground. They weren’t long for this world. Their eyes were vacant, and they didn’t react even though they’d been saved.

Su Yi sighed to himself. “This is what they mean by a life worse than death.”

He waved his hands, and a rain of light fell. This was the power of the Far Shore, one of the mysteries of reincarnation. A path paved of the Flowers of the Far Shore appeared a moment later, leading into the endless darkness.

When the rain of light fell, formless power saved the hollow-eyed captives, guiding them onto the path to the next world. Just before they disappeared, they finally came back to their senses.

All of them looked relieved; they’d finally found release.

One by one, they turned to face Su Yi. “Fellow Daoist, we’ve been trapped between life and death for a long time. Thank you for granting us release!”

“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!”

Before their voices had even finished echoing through the air, the Path to the Far Shore vanished into the air, disappearing completely.

“Farewell, Martial Uncle!” murmured Pei Hongjing. His eyes were full of grief.

Meanwhile, everyone in the Seventh Gate of Heaven finally realized that Shen Qingshi and the others had fallen for the demons’ schemes! The captives were long since beyond saving!

When they realized this, their expressions were instantly unsightly. They were deeply dissatisfied.

Earlier, Shen Qingshi didn’t even bother confirming the captives’ conditions before agreeing to send Su Yi to his death. How stupid was that?

Suddenly, a shout resounded from the distant Bloodthirsty Plains. “Just you wait! Our Spirit Domain will repay this grudge in blood one hundred times over!”

The crowd’s hair stood on end, but when they gazed into the boundless plains, they saw no trace of any enemies.

Even so, everyone realized that enemies had been watching from far, and that they’d witnessed everything that had happened.

Su Yi disregarded the threat and returned to the Seventh Gate of Heaven.

Had he finished his cleanse?

No!

Su Yi walked over to the cage of the Laws he’d confined Shen Qingshi in.

The garrison master looked startled. He cried out, “What... What do you want to do? I’m the garrison master! If you kill me...”

Su Yi raised and flipped his hand.

Boom!

The cage shrank until it was the size of a lamp, then landed in Su Yi’s palm.

Garrison Master Shen Qingshi was thoroughly suppressed and knocked unconscious.

Su Yi put the lamp away, then walked over to Pei Hongjing and Madam Xiangyun.

“Let’s return to the City of Ten Thousand Stars. There’s a few things I need you to do for me.”

“Very well!” Both of them agreed without asking questions.

......

“The City of Ten Thousand Stars.

“Run! Hurry! If we don’t hurry, it’ll be too late!”

A group of experts frantically charged outside of the city.

The grand battle atop the walls had startled the entire city. Many of its inhabitants were startled and ill at ease.

Some of the experienced cultivators sensed that the situation didn’t bode well, and they immediately packed up their belongings and fled.

“Su Yi actually imprisoned the garrison master, killed four Immortal Kings, and massacred over a thousand other experts of the Immortal Dao. He’s simply sick and depraved!”

“'Getting even?' That’s nothing but dog farts! He’s just a bloodthirsty maniac out for revenge against the entire Seventh Gate of Heaven!”

“What’s the use of saying all that? Hurry up and run!”

...The city’s streets and alleyways were in chaos. Numerous experts were shooting out of the city.

The City of Ten Thousand Stars was like the eye of a storm. When city walls burned, the fish in the moat boiled. Thus, many of the city’s inhabitants dared not linger.

Boom!

But before they could flee the city, a heaven-shaking impact rang out, and the power of the Laws surged forth, creating a massive barrier. It was like an eggshell enveloping the entire city.

In other words, the City of Ten Thousand Stars had been completely sealed.

“This is bad!”

“We’re finished... Su Yi’s obviously trying to ‘close the door before the beating a dog’ and ‘squish a beetle in a jar!’”

“Feh! You might be a dog or beetle, but I refuse to believe that Su Yi is some undiscriminating demon of slaughter. Since we can’t run, let’s just stick around. Who knows? We might well bear witness to a grand spectacle!”

“A spectacle? Aren’t you afraid of losing your life in the process?”

...Uproar arose throughout the city. Everyone was terrified and ill at ease.

Suddenly, Su Yi’s calm voice resounded throughout the city.

“I will now announce three rules.

“First, those who confuse the people’s hearts and disrupt the city’s order will be killed without mercy!

“Second, I’ll only execute those whose crimes warrant it. The innocent will be spared!

“Third, the city is on lockdown. Once cleanup is over, you may leave!”

His voice echoed throughout the city. A long time passed before it faded away.

His words did little to quell the people’s unease. Everyone realized that the City of Ten Thousand Stars was in for a storm of bloodshed!

......

The Garrison Master’s Palace, the place where the Seventh Gate of Heaven’s garrison masters had resided over the years.

Su Yi sat cross-legged, his hands forming strange seals.

Weng!

The power of the Laws surged forth. Countless talisman markings interwove into a round curtain of light.

The curtain of light reflected scenes from across the city. Every district, alleyway, corner, and the interior of every building was reflected in full detail, even the secret underground rooms.

The city’s experts appeared too. There were close to eight hundred thousand of them!

They were from all over the Immortal Realm, from factions big and small. Their backgrounds were complicated, and examining them one by one would surely exhaust an enormous amount of experts. It was inevitable that some fish would slip through the net, too.

But this wasn’t a problem for Su Yi. With the power of the Immortal Realm’s Laws, he understood everything going on in the city.

He was going to thoroughly cleanse the city. Naturally, he had to excise every last tumor and latent threat!

The city is in chaos and beset by upheaval. Those with hidden malintent have surely been startled. This is the perfect opportunity to catch them! thought Su Yi.

He stretched out his divine sense and inserted it into the curtain of light.

Boom!

The clamor of voices throughout the city flooded into his mind, like a pot boiling over. Conversation, hurried footsteps, the sound of horse-drawn carriages... it was complete pandemonium.

As powerful as Su Yi’s soul was, he couldn’t help but gasp as the clamor of voices flooded into his mind.

These voices cropped up all over the city, from every district, every alley, and every home. Su Yi heard each and every voice clearly!

This meant that no secrets could remain hidden.

Furthermore, Su Yi saw everyone in the city.

Su Yi felt as if he were the incarnation of heaven’s will, gazing coldly down on the City of Ten Thousand Stars. Nothing that happened within its bounds could escape his notice.

So long as he willed it, he could control the life and death of its inhabitants at whim!

It was as if he were a god gazing down upon the masses, their lives and deaths in the palm of his hand!