Chapter 1703 — A Sword in Hand, Alone Across Ten Thousand Miles
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" Palace Master Lingguan, the wine gone to his head, said: "Young brother, there are four ways of attaining the Dao in all. The first is the most orthodox, the way of attaining the Dao through the Dao Realm; it was created by our teacher.
The second is the Jade Capital way, also called attaining the Dao through force; it belongs to the borrowing of power, borrowing the strength of the Jade Capital City, and is a side door.
The third was created by the Second Young Master, and is called the Guixu way of attaining the Dao.
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. " Emperor Haotian's heart was badly shaken, but he showed nothing.
"May I ask how one attains the Dao by this Guixu way? " Palace Master Lingguan was about to speak when suddenly, of the three Dao Fruits floating behind his head, the one in the middle split with a crack! A sword light came without warning, shooting out from that Dao Fruit, and with a single hissing stroke cut Palace Master Lingguan's head from his shoulders!
Palace Master Lingguan was holding up a great wine cup, and his head fell right into the cup with a gulp, and wine mixed with Dao blood spattered everywhere!
That sword light was matchlessly sharp, like a sword that cleaves open heaven; it swept the four directions and all eight quarters, and in an instant cut Emperor Haotian's detached palace in two!
As the stroke passed, many of the holy ones in the hall shrank back their heads and sprawled on the ground to dodge the sword light; not a few could not dodge in time and had their heads sliced off!
Emperor Haotian shouted in fury and rose to block the sword light; he had barely checked it when he saw the head in the great wine cup Palace Master Lingguan held burst with a bang, dissolving into a mass of chaos qi!
The chaos qi rose slowly from the huge cup, and out of that vast and hazy vapor a figure stepped forth, drawing the chaos qi into itself.
The figure seemed to be made of the chaos qi itself; the hair at his temples was grizzled, and his brows and eyes were those of Shen Mu.
And behind Palace Master Lingguan, from the Dao Fruit cloven by the sword light, another sword light flew out and was caught in the hand of the Shen Mu formed of chaos qi. Caught off guard, Palace Master Lingguan hastily stirred his Dao Fruits and Dao Flower to seal the wound at his shoulders, lest the sword light invade his physical body!
"In youth I had many a wondrous deed. " That Shen Mu danced his sword, the sword light like a bolt of silk, sweeping the four directions; beneath the shattered, rising palace, the five great masters of the Five Imperial Thrones were struck with hissing strokes, blood flying in all directions, and the five throne-level powers tumbled backward!
Shen Mu turned his blade backhand and touched its point to Taichu's brow; Taichu at once stretched his body backward, raising a single finger before his brow to hold off the sword light.
"Much did he mock Yumen's warden and the Lord who pacified the distant lands, Huto and Xinxi.
" The Shen Mu of chaos qi chanted on and on, sword light crossing and recrossing as he made havoc of the banquet; one after another the civil and military grandees of the Heavenly Court were hit; some were pierced through the body by the sword light and nailed to the ground, sliding along it; some had just sent out their primordial spirits and were about to strike when a single thrust ran them through!
Emperor Haotian sprang into the air and rushed at him, long sleeves streaming, attacking the Shen Mu formed of chaos qi. The moment he made his move, the other civil and military grandees dared not join the attack; the two figures flew and tumbled, and soon whole swathes of palace collapsed.
Ministers and officers scattered to dodge, and many could not dodge in time: some were batted away by Emperor Haotian and spun through the air like windmills, others were run through by the sword light and fell in their own blood.