Chapter 32: True Love Sword, Piercing the Demon Land Six Times

In the twelfth year of cultivation, the war between the human race and the demon tribe had reached another peak.

The demon tribe's million-strong army attacked the human race's vital stronghold, Shanhai Pass.

The human race's four strongest cultivator lineages—Spirit Masters, Array Masters, Thunder Arts practitioners, and Sword Cultivators—led the human cultivator army in a desperate defense, engaging in a fierce battle with the demon tribe at Shanhai Pass.

At that time you were traveling near Shanhai Pass and witnessed this bloody battle from afar.

After that battle, the human race lost five Seventh Realm cultivators, the demon tribe lost nine Demon Kings, and the demon tribe's offensive ultimately ended in failure.

After that battle, you met your beloved—Tu Shan Jiao Jiao.

She had already entered the Sixth Realm, her aura far stronger than yours, and she would soon enter the Seventh Realm, becoming one of the strongest on the Tianyuan Continent.

Afterward, you heard some news.

Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's appearance this time was to represent the demon tribe in negotiations with the human race; both sides agreed to cease hostilities, with no war to occur for thirty years.

You had thought that a period of peace would follow.

That same winter, another report came: a human tribe of medium size was slaughtered by the demon tribe, and not long after, a demon tribe outpost was wiped out by the human race.

The treaty established at Shanhai Pass was instantly broken.

The following spring, which was also your thirteenth year of cultivation, you broke through the Fifth Realm's bottleneck and successfully entered the Sixth Realm.

Your True Love Sword had grown to an astonishing degree.

If you could possess your Destined Spirit, you would have the confidence to challenge Seventh Realm cultivators.

That same summer, you heard that the Spirit Master lineage had produced a peerless genius who, upon entering the Sixth Realm, comprehended an innate divine ability not inferior to the True Love Sword.

That cultivator's name was Yan Beicheng.

In your fourteenth year of cultivation, Ye Xue, who had always followed you, suddenly wanted to leave.

Ye Xue looked at you with tear-filled eyes, saying, "Uncle, I have found my own path; I must leave and can no longer stay by your side."

"Was it those half-demons who invited you?"

You had long noticed that Ye Xue had been frequently associating with a group of half-demons, perhaps out of a desire for revenge.

You suspected that after the Shanhai Pass battle, this group of half-demons was the one reigniting war between the two races.

The half-demons had been oppressed for so long that they might have long wanted to rebel.

So what? It has nothing to do with you.

All you care about is this little girl Ye Xue; after all, you raised her from childhood, and you will treat her like a sister.

"Uncle, do you know all of this?"

Ye Xue, like a child who had done something wrong, lowered her head and said, "Sorry."

"There's nothing to be sorry about."

You calmly replied, "Everyone has their own things they want to do; if you want to do it, go ahead—there's no need to apologize to anyone."

Ye Xue looked at you, hesitated for a long time, and asked, "Uncle, what is the thing you most want to do?"

"Go to Tushan, find her, and be with her forever."

Your goal has always been just one: to hold Tu Shan Jiao Jiao's hand and walk to the ends of the earth.

"That's wonderful."

Ye Xue left.

You became alone again, without Ye Xue this little girl by your side, and you felt no discomfort.

Since you could remember, you had prepared yourself for a life of solitude.

In your seventeenth year of cultivation, it was also the seventeenth year since you and Tu Shan Jiao Jiao parted.

Over the years, you often heard news about her, but she never came to look for you.

You occasionally wondered whether your fate with Tu Shan Jiao Jiao had run its course.

Only Lin Chuan's subconscious could see that, in fact, every winter Tu Shan Jiao Jiao would secretly come to visit "Wu You".

Seventeen years of longing for her had built up to a peak.

You decided to go to Tushan.

Whether she was willing to see you or not, you would make the trip.

On the way to Tushan, you heard that Tu Shan Jiao Jiao was about to become the Emperor Lord of the Tu Shan Clan.

You arrived at the foot of Tushan.

"The Tu Shan Clan no longer accepts any human cultivators; leave at once, or you will provoke the Emperor Lord's wrath and lose your life for nothing."

A nine-tailed fox blocked your path.

"I want to see Tu Shan Jiao Jiao!"

After years of cultivation, you had already reached the peak of the Sixth Realm; facing a Seventh Realm opponent, you could retreat unscathed even if you couldn't win.

You believed you were worthy of going to Tushan to meet your beloved.

"Is it you?"

The nine-tailed fox that blocked the road recognized you, saying, "Back then, the human who lacked a soul and a spirit—you're still alive?"

"Yes, I have returned."

You had no intention of attacking, not wanting to make things difficult for Tu Shan Jiao Jiao.

The nine-tailed fox said, "Elder Sister Jiao Jiao is at a critical moment in her bid to become Emperor Lord; she cannot tolerate any disturbance—go back."

You pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "All right."

The nine-tailed fox's face showed a look of surprise.

You said, "When Jiao Jiao becomes Emperor Lord, please tell her I came here and I want to see her."

If the Tu Shan Jiao Jiao who becomes Emperor Lord still refuses to see you, then your fate truly ends here.

After leaving Tushan, as you passed through a stretch of wilderness, you got swept up in a disturbance.

【Six Demon Tribe Great Commanders are besieging a Sixth Realm Human Race cultivator.】

【You are just passing by, and you did not intend to intervene.】

【But those six Demon Tribe members regard you as an enemy, and you are forced to join the war.】

【During the battle, you received an unexpected piece of information from the Demon Tribe's words: the besieged Human Race cultivator is none other than the peerless genius of the Yuling Master Lineage, Yan Beicheng.】

【"I don't need your help! Mere six Demon Tribe members—I can kill them alone!"】

【Yan Beicheng's mouth is even harder than his Destined Spirit.】

【His gaze toward you even carries hostility.】

【You don't understand, because you have never met Yan Beicheng before; aside from that encounter, you have also never had any dealings with the Yuling Master Lineage.】

【You are in a very bad mood today.】

【Not seeing your beloved Jiaojiao, but encountering such a Human Race tsundere, you decide to cut the Gordian knot—out of sight, out of mind.】

【"True Love Sword."】

【Your right hand forms a fist, pressed against your chest, and you slowly pull outward, drawing a sword formed from spirit particles from your heart.】

【With the sword in hand, heaven and earth turn into dusk.】

【Beneath your feet arises a Sword Burial Mound, densely packed, with various swords standing upon it.】

【Countless broken swords and shattered souls are also buried in the land.】

【With a gesture of your left hand, a sword detaches from the Sword Burial Mound and lands in your hand, granting you a random Innate Divine Ability—Fentian Flame.】

【This is the Divine Power you obtained after slaying a Demon Tribe descendant possessing Vermilion Bird bloodline.】

【With just a single sword strike, you beheaded the six Demon Tribe Great Commanders, and the flames on the sword consumed them completely.】

【Afterward, you sheathed your sword and departed.】

【From behind came Yan Beicheng's bewildered shout.】

【"One day, I will defeat you!"】

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Ye Xue·Ruoye Ruoxue