Chapter 585 : Convergence of Blades and Destiny

Old Patriarch and Elara Lin naturally did not let the opportunity slip. The Old Patriarch summoned his Golden Radiance Blazing Fire Sword; with a resonant *clang*, it swept forth, aiming to seize the moment and claim its life.

The Crimson Serpent Demon Emperor twisted its body, intent on fleeing for its life. At this critical juncture, Elara Lin immediately unleashed her Lifebound Divine Ability, the 'Frost Soul Light-Condensing Curse' [a curse that freezes the soul and condenses light into a binding force]. The spell descended, astonishingly causing the demon emperor to falter for a brief moment.

Lila also seized the opening. Channeling her own formidable Mana [the spiritual power of a cultivator], she drove the Frost Soul Chilling Radiance Sword forward to strike once more.

Then, the Golden Radiance Blazing Fire Sword and the Frost Soul Chilling Radiance Sword crossed paths as they fell. In a devastating convergence, they cleaved the Crimson Serpent Demon Emperor into three separate segments.

"Aaaargh—!"

The Crimson Serpent Demon Emperor let out a wretched scream. This fiend was, after all, a great demon of the Nascent Soul, Mid Stage. At the final, desperate moment, its Nascent Soul [the immortal spiritual core of a high-level cultivator] erupted with a burst of Nascent Soul Qi [the pure, potent energy of the Nascent Soul realm] and fled from the ruined flesh.

Witnessing the Crimson Serpent Demon Emperor's physical body being severed, the Celestial Scorpion Demon Emperor felt a tremor in its heart. It frantically disengaged, fleeing in a mad scramble, abandoning the Purple Jade Demon Emperor without a second thought as it escaped.

"Two useless fools!"

Seeing one Demon Emperor [a title for a ruler among demon-kind] with its body destroyed and the other fleeing in panic, the Purple Jade Demon Emperor could not help but seethe with fury.

He had single-handedly suppressed the combined might of five Nascent Soul, Mid Stage combatants. In his arrogance, he believed that even a supreme expert at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection could do no better. Yet, the performance of his two allies had left him bitterly disappointed. Experience the full epic at audio-novel-dot-com.

"I despise this fate," he seethed, the words a venomous curse.

The Purple Jade Demon Emperor [a powerful serpentine demon ruler] fixed a deathly glare upon the assembled cultivators, his heart brimming with boundless resentment.

Even the mightiest have their limits; a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor [a demonic sovereign at the Nascent Soul cultivation stage] too reaches the zenith of its power. Though his combat prowess was formidable, he could not single-handedly sweep aside all opposition.

He cursed the fact that myself his own banner did not fly over ten Nascent Soul Demon Emperor. Had he been able to amass such a concentration of Nascent Soul [the stage where a cultivator forms their immortal infant soul] combatants like Eldrin Chen, would he not have been able to conquer this The Vast Sea outright?

"Damnation!"

With a furious roar, the Purple Jade Demon Emperor, unwilling to accept defeat, unleashed his final gambit. He shed his humanoid form, reverting to his true prototype, and activated one last Great Divine Ability [a supreme and devastating mystical technique].

A colossal, sky-obscuring violet serpent-dragon coiled into the heavens. It summoned forth a cataclysm of Violet Thunderbolt [bolts of devastating amethyst lightning] that rained down upon the world in an overwhelming deluge.

"The Nine Heavens Demon God Myriad Tribulation Art!"

The faces of the cultivators paled in unison as they recognized the origins of this terrifying Great Divine Ability.

Eldrin Chen had not anticipated that the Purple Jade Demon Emperor had mastered a fourth Great Vehicle Divine Ability [a divine ability of the highest order]. Moreover, the power of this fourth technique brushed against the very threshold of a Quasi-Pure Yang Divine Ability [a divine ability approaching the purity and power of the primordial sun].

This Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power cultivated by immortals] possessed such overwhelming might that the Purple Jade Demon Emperor could not unleash it while in human form; it required reverting to its true, primordial demonic shape to be activated.

In that moment, a deluge of countless Heavenly Thunder Tribulation [a divine ability manifesting as heavenly thunder tribulation] bolts cascaded from the heavens, each one wielding the power to rend the very sky and sunder the earth, leaving the assembled cultivators with nowhere to flee and no place to hide.

Reacting with desperate haste, Eldrin Chen summoned forth the Earth-Fortress Sovereign Bell [a powerful defensive magical treasure] to form a protective barrier, his expression shifting to one of stark alarm as he cried out, "We must combine our strength to withstand this!"

Heeding his call, the others swiftly joined the defense. Lila's Frost Soul Jade Condensing Pagoda [a pagoda-shaped treasure that condenses frost soul energy], Lyra Jiang's Earth-Fortress Earth Origin Disk [a disk-shaped treasure drawing upon the primordial power of earth], and a host of other Defensive Spiritual Treasure [defensive magical artifacts] and Divine Ability [supreme supernatural powers] were unleashed, forming a layered bulwark against this Quasi-Pure Yang Divine Ability [a divine ability approaching the power of Pure Yang].

Yet, the Nine Heavens Demon God Myriad Tribulation Art [a demonic divine ability invoking myriad heavenly tribulations] was relentless. An endless torrent of thunderbolts continued to fall without cease. Even for cultivators of their caliber, the drain on their Mana [the spiritual energy or life force used to power techniques] was immense, and they could sense their defenses would not hold for long.

At that critical juncture, Yvonne the Violet Consort made her move. With a graceful sweep of her hand, she unleashed a blade of light that seemed woven from illusion itself, striking directly at the Purple Jade Demon Emperor. The attack was devastatingly effective, carving a wound a hundred Zhang-length [one Zhang-length equals three point three three meters] deep into the demon emperor's colossal form.

"It is the Violet Cosmos Void-Slashing Blade [a divine ability that slashes through the fabric of space itself]!"

Lyra Jiang's eyes flashed with recognition as she identified the origin of this formidable Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power cultivated by immortals].

The lineage of the Violet Cosmos Dao Lord was renowned for inheriting three Great Divine Ability [a classification for the most powerful divine abilities] and a single, peerless Spiritual Treasure [a supreme grade of magical artifact]. That treasure was, naturally, the Violet Cosmos Void-Traversing Mirror [a mirror capable of traversing the void]. The three divine abilities were the Violet Cosmos Heaven-Severing Sword [a sword technique that severs the heavens], the Violet Cosmos Indestructible Aegis [an unbreakable shield technique], and the Violet Cosmos Void-Slashing Blade [a blade technique that slashes through the void].

This Violet Cosmos Void-Slashing Blade [a divine ability that slashes through the fabric of space itself] was a spatial-type Divine Ability [a supreme supernatural power cultivated by immortals]. Formless and intangible, it was perfectly suited for ambush and assassination. Once unleashed, it was nearly impossible to parry or block; even a Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator [a cultivator who has formed their Nascent Soul, a profound stage of cultivation] struck by it would suffer grievous wounds.

Struck and wounded by a single blow, the Purple Jade Demon Emperor [a powerful demonic ruler with jade-like scales] recoiled in shock, his expression shifting wildly between alarm and disbelief as he hastily retreated.

Seizing the moment, Freya Ji [a formidable cultivator from the Ji Clan] unleashed her attack. A streak of Formless Sword [an ethereal, nearly invisible immortal sword] light flashed across the heavens, severing half of the Purple Jade Demon Emperor's tail in a single, clean stroke.

"Arooo—!"

The Purple Jade Demon Emperor howled in agony and fury, retreating once more. Only then did he realize that each manifestation of the Formless Sword light flickered through the void, its presence so elusive it was difficult for even his formidable Spiritual Sense [a cultivator's extended perception of their surroundings] to fully grasp.

"The Ji Clan's Unseen Immortal Sword [a legendary, formless sword of immense power]!"

The Purple Jade Demon Emperor roared in recognition. This very Immortal Sword [a supreme-grade magical weapon] was indeed the Unseen Immortal Sword, a treasure of the Ji Immortal Clan [a prominent and ancient cultivation clan]. Discover more cultivation stories at audio-novel.com.

In ages past, the Ji Clan Patriarch [the supreme leader of the Ji Clan] had wielded this blade to slay a Nascent Soul Great Perfection [the pinnacle stage of the Nascent Soul realm] Demon Emperor [a sovereign ruler among demonic beings] from Azure Wave Lake [a famed and perilous demonic territory]. Now, after Dorian Ji [a senior patriarch of the Ji Clan] had broken through to the Primordial Spirit [the realm beyond Nascent Soul, representing the spiritual core of existence] realm, the sword was of little further use to him and had thus passed into the hands of Freya Ji.

Recalling the fearsome reputation of this Formless Sword, the Purple Jade Demon Emperor's countenance twisted with dread. Swallowing his rage, he turned and fled with utmost caution, vanishing into the depths of the void.

"Eldrin, the Abyss [a title for Eldrin Chen, referencing his profound and unfathomable power], this Emperor shall remember today's grievance! We will settle this score in time!"

Only then did the assembled cultivators allow themselves to release a collective sigh of relief.

Freya Ji shook her head and sighed, saying, "It is a pity my cultivation is insufficient, allowing him to sense the danger at the crucial moment. If a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection realm had made the move, they would have surely beheaded him with a single strike of the Formless Sword [an ethereal blade that leaves no trace]."

"I feel the same regret,"

Yvonne the Violet Consort also shook her head. The Violet Cosmos Void-Slashing Blade [a supreme blade technique that rends the void] was itself a simplified version of the Supreme Pure Yang Divine Ability [the pinnacle of Yang-aligned divine arts]. Had it been executed by a top-tier Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator, the Purple Jade Demon Emperor's physical body would likely have been utterly annihilated.

Eldrin Chen, however, smiled and let out a breath. "Regardless, after being so grievously wounded today, it will likely take the Purple Jade Demon Emperor three hundred years to recover its peak strength. For this, I must thank you all for your assistance."

"There is no need for such formalities. We will need to support each other many times in the days to come."

Zixu the Daoist said with a smile. By intervening this time, he had repaid a measure of his debt of gratitude, and the bond between them had, almost imperceptibly, grown much deeper.

With their hands now free, the group relentlessly pursued the Demonic Tribe [a coalition of demonic beings], swiftly exterminating the besieging Demon King [powerful demonic rulers] and Purple Mansion Great Demon [demons of significant power], reaping a considerable haul of resources.

Once the battle concluded, Eldrin Chen hosted a banquet for everyone. During the feast, he said with a smile, "This time, we have slain the Purple Jade Demon Emperor and the Golden Rhinoceros Demon Emperor, obtaining two Demon Emperor Nascent Soul [the condensed spiritual core of a slain Demon Emperor, a precious cultivation material]. I intend to open my alchemical furnace to refine two batches of Nascent Soul Formation Pill [a legendary pill that aids in forming the Nascent Soul]."

"Once they are successfully refined, if any of you have need, you may take one."

Freya Ji shook her head, offering a faint smile. "A Nascent Soul Pill [a pill aiding Nascent Soul cultivation] holds no use for me, and the Ji Clan does not lack such a Nascent Soul Formation Pill. Consider this a favor you still owe me."

Yvonne the Violet Consort and Ancestor Mo also shook their heads, politely declining the request to be allocated a Nascent Soul Pill. Ancestor Mo had only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, and his own cultivation was a pressing matter, leaving him with neither the surplus resources nor a suitable candidate to nurture into a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Yvonne the Violet Consort had just expended great effort to help Spirit Consort, the Immortal Maiden ascend, leaving her own reserves of resources exceedingly sparse. Furthermore, the Violet Abyss Sect currently lacked a fitting disciple worthy of such an investment.

It was Zixu the Daoist who, after a moment of contemplation, finally spoke. "I owe a debt of gratitude to the Liu Clan of the Heavenly Lake Continent," he said. "It is only fitting that I aid them in fostering a Nascent Soul cultivator. I shall purchase one Nascent Soul Formation Pill [a supreme elixir that aids in the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm] from you."

Eldrin Chen gave a slight nod, offering no further comment. For centuries, Zixu the Daoist had held dominion over the Fifth Rank Earth Vein [a powerful terrestrial energy convergence of the fifth rank] and its attendant Spirit Vein [a natural conduit of concentrated spiritual energy] on Heavenly Lake Island, amassing considerable wealth. Purchasing a Nascent Soul Formation Pill was well within his means.

Seeing that the others would not accept the Nascent Soul Formation Pill, Eldrin Chen clasped his hands in a formal salute. "Regardless," he declared, his voice carrying the weight of a vow, "the favor you have shown me today is etched in my memory. Should you ever have need in the future, I shall not refuse you." Visit https://audio-novel.com to enjoy the complete series.