Chapter 271: Five Clans Strike, Slay Gu Jin Nian, Immortal Sword Formation, Silent Sword God Acts

Sword Mountain was suddenly sealed.

It left everyone off guard.

"What ancient formation is this?"

"Why was it sealed all of a sudden?"

"It's rather strange."

Voices rose, full of doubt; the great world's strongmen stared at Heaven‑Piercing Sword Mountain, as if it had been sealed out of the blue—how bizarre.

"Heaven‑Piercing Sword Mountain is about to fully revive, sealing these Heavenly Champions; it seems they intend a blood sacrifice of everything."

"Blood sacrifice?"

Someone was shocked by the term.

"To be precise, it could be called assimilation."

"Yes, assimilate all the strongest beings."

"Now a major incident is bound to happen."

People discussed; these words came from the ancient clans, who knew a bit of this.

However, the ancient clans were even more focused on the seal.

"This is the Sword Dao Ultimate Seal!"

"Sword God Seal!"

Among the ancient clans, someone shouted, instantly realizing what it was, and couldn't help exclaiming.

With the will resonating.

Some people could no longer sit still; even the ancient great beings rose to their feet.

"Sword God Seal!"

"This thing has actually manifested."

"Regardless, we must obtain this seal."

Voices rose one after another; the ancient major clans were indeed excited. In the East Sea, the four Sea Dragon Kings stood up, with the East Sea Dragon King especially taking a deep breath.

"No matter what, by any means, we must prevent Gu Jin Nian from obtaining this seal."

"He is now at Six Systems Seventh Realm; if he gets this seal, real changes might occur."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke, his gaze filled with worry.

"The Sword God Seal, if Gu Jin Nian gets his hands on it, would indeed be troublesome."

"Actually, in my view, there's no need to sign any damn contract with Gu Jin Nian, let alone a ten‑year pact; it's meaningless. This is already a contest of the great world, with massive changes every day."

"If we delay a day, they grow a day. Especially now, seemingly insignificant heavenly materials and earthly treasures become unimaginable when accumulated."

The North Sea Dragon King spoke; he had been pondering this matter, and upon seeing the situation, couldn't help voicing his thought.

He felt some regret; agreeing to Gu Jin Nian's damn ten‑year pact now seemed like he was literally throwing stones at his own feet.

Upon hearing the North Sea Dragon King, the West Sea and South Sea Dragon Kings fell silent; their meaning was simple—they also supported his words.

"At this point, regret is useless."

"Fortunately, when the oath was taken, we could intervene in such destiny."

"Send my Sea Clan's Heavenly Champions to Heaven‑Piercing Sword Mountain to obtain Fate."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke; how could he not know the current situation? Speaking so much is meaningless—better to calmly handle the present matters; further talk is futile.

"Obey the command."

The latter said nothing more.

Then the East Sea Dragon King's voice continued.

"The True Dragon Nest is about to open; if it appears, we can revive directly, without worrying about any contract, and Gu Jin Nian cannot take us."

"Now all clans await the final brilliance to descend; at that moment, we unleash slaughter, seize the last chance, and capture the imminent heavenly destiny. Then everything ends; as long as Gu Jin Nian does not become a Heaven's Mandate Saint before Fate arrives, all is settled."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke.

"Is the True Dragon Nest about to open?"

Upon hearing this, the other three Dragon Kings were thrilled; the Sea Clan's greatest destiny is the True Dragon Nest.

"Yes, I've already sensed its aura; it should appear soon."

"The conflict is about to begin."

"Let my Sea Clan's Heavenly Champions deploy immediately, give no chance, and do not fear Gu Jin Nian; if he truly dares to act recklessly, the clan will not grant him any opportunity."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke.

He no longer held any reservations; previously, seeing Gu Jin Nian had no chance to resist, he gave him a chance to avoid complications.

But now it is different.

We can no longer give Gu Jin Nian any sliver of chance.

"Fine!"

The three Dragon Kings said nothing more, left the spot directly, and walked toward the palace interior.

After the three Dragon Kings departed,

The East Sea Dragon King waved his hand, and in an instant several silhouettes appeared.

The supreme beings of the Divine, Demon, Human, and Beast races all manifested; these are their primordial spirits, essentially the five in the great hall who can rule this world.

"What is happening?"

"What happened again?"

A voice rose; it was the Demon and Beast race lords speaking, curious. The East Sea Dragon King summoned them, clearly a major event had occurred.

"Wait for them to arrive."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke; he said nothing, but looked toward the Human King and the Divine Strongman as they arrived.

The reason they could be summoned here is that last time the Divine race invited them, each side left a Primordial Spirit Ancient Command, allowing direct summoning of the Primordial Spirit, and the bodies also felt enlightenment.

Entering this Primordial Spirit allows direct conversation.

Soon, the Divine Strongman and the Human Strongman also entered the Primordial Spirit; they looked at the East Sea Dragon King, somewhat silent.

"What do you all think of the current situation?"

The East Sea Dragon King opened his mouth, his tone calm, questioning the four.

"What does that mean?"

The Divine Strongman spoke, asking the other.

"What do you intend to do?"

The Demon Strongman remained somewhat curious.

"What can we do? When the Great Era opens, we can just kill each other; could it be that we should join hands?"

The Human King was blunt, not caring about any of this, his desire to kill paramount.

Nevertheless, no one thought he was wrong; in ancient times they already killed each other, so they didn't care.

The Divine Strongman remained silent, saying nothing.

"Gu Jin Nian's issue."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke, his tone calm, saying.

With those words, the Human King's voice grew even more disdainful and cold.

"There's nothing to discuss about Gu Jin Nian's issue; when we emerge, we'll kill him as easily as slaying a chicken."

The Human King spoke, outright looking down on Gu Jin Nian.

Indeed, in his view, Gu Jin Nian is currently strong, but only at the Seventh Heaven level; without the Saint title and the Great Era's fortune bolstering him, what is he? He amounts to nothing.

They are all peak warriors of the Eighth Heaven; one should not underestimate a Seventh Heaven realm—the gap truly spans tens of thousands of li—so under these circumstances, he naturally cares not for the other.

He is the Human King, of noble blood, inherently among the most noble of this world, and moreover he is a survivor from ancient times.

How could he respect Gu Jin Nian? Pride is not innate; it is forged through countless deeds, repeated recognition, witnessing countless Heavenly Champions fall, defeating seemingly invincible foes, that cultivates it.

"Where does any innate pride come from?"

It is like a dynasty: some aristocrats are inherently proud; their insight, their recognition, everything about them is indelible.

They are born to look down on certain people; even if those refugees one day become emperor, they still despise them.

Regarding the Human King's words, everyone fell silent—not because they thought it arrogant, but because they agreed.

"At this point, if you still cling to such thoughts, we can all wait to die together."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke; he was not angry, but stating a fact.

Hearing this, the Human King couldn't help but sneer.

"Waiting to die? We are one of the five ancient races; a Gu Jin Nian can make us die? East Sea Dragon King, have you been sealed for an era, lost your courage?"

The Human King spoke, and as he spoke, the space around him collapsed, clearly showing his displeasure.

If someone else said that, he might not be so angry, but the speaker was the East Sea Dragon King, which is different.

When someone of the same realm speaks, the words are different.

"Don't you understand?"

"Now the Great Era backs Gu Jin Nian; though we were the strongest of the ancient times, each era has its own Heaven's Mandate bearer, and Gu Jin Nian is the current Heaven's Mandate bearer."

"Even if this era seems unfit, he is nonetheless the embodiment of an era."

"Look at what Gu Jin Nian has done; every deed of his shakes antiquity and dazzles the present."

The East Sea Dragon King's voice was slightly calm, yet his words were anything but calm.

"Within our Great Clan, pick any Heavenly Champion; hasn't any of them performed deeds that shake antiquity and dazzle the present?"

The Human King spoke.

His words were not to look down on Gu Jin Nian, but they were facts; every Heavenly Champion of the Great Clan rose from corpses, each has done countless deeds. Perhaps Gu Jin Nian's deeds are indeed terrifying, but compared to them, what does it matter? "Wrong!"

The East Sea Dragon King knew the ancient human race was extremely arrogant, but hadn't expected it to this degree. "You still don't understand my point."

"It's not about what Gu Jin Nian did, but the circumstances he faced, which you haven't considered. I've reviewed every incident Gu Jin Nian encountered; each time he completed the impossible under extremely difficult conditions."

"This is the Great Trend."

"He now bears the Great Era; if we still treat him as an ordinary Heavenly Champion, we will be the unlucky ones."

"Take, for example, the formation of Tongtian Sword Mountain. If Gu Jin Nian obtains it, his seven major systems would all reach the Seventh Realm, what benefits would that bring? Moreover, with the Sword God Seal, what realm would his future be?"

"Ten years seems short, but in reality? It passes in the blink of an eye."

"At that moment, if Gu Jin Nian takes even one step forward, he becomes our greatest enemy, and he also carries the Great Era's fortune."

"You say yourselves, can you withstand him?"

The East Sea Dragon King spoke, voicing all his thoughts.

It is not fear of Gu Jin Nian.

But a consideration of reality.

With those words, the others fell silent; though they wanted to say something, the East Sea Dragon King's words were correct.

The four exchanged glances, indeed silent.

"Then, according to your meaning, what should we do?"

The Divine Strongman spoke, looking at the East Sea Dragon King, somewhat puzzled.

"Join forces!"

"Suppress Gu Jin Nian, by any means—restriction is fine, extermination is best—but if we are to suppress and kill Gu Jin Nian, we need to plan carefully; we will join forces, give him no chance, and slay him."

The East Sea Dragon King spoke, stating his own idea.

The meaning is simple: join forces to kill Gu Jin Nian.

The ancient five clans have joined forces—what a grand spectacle! These five clans constantly slaughtered each other; in ancient times, they killed on sight, with no room for peace.

Now, in this era, they actually want to join forces to kill Gu Jin Nian—truly terrifying.

"Join forces to kill Gu Jin Nian?"

"The ancient five clans have joined forces, hahaha! East Sea Dragon King, have your sea folk been sealed for an age, losing all courage?"

The human sovereign actually laughed angrily.

The ancient five clans.

This is such a huge force; one could say the uprising of the ancient five clans is a tremendous turmoil. Now they want to mobilize jointly for a single Gu Jin Nian? In their view, this is like a small country in the Eastern Wilderness producing a sixth-realm expert, then the Da Xia Dynasty, the Central Province Dynasty, the Fuyu Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty, plus a series of experts moving against the common folk.

To call it making a mountain out of a molehill is actually praise.

"The five clans can join forces, but it's absolutely impossible to target just Gu Jin Nian—that's a joke."

A demon expert also spoke up, thinking this is a joke; they can join forces, but targeting Gu Jin Nian together is still laughable.

"Actually, it's not that we can't join forces; targeting Gu Jin Nian, I think, is a good thing."

A divine expert, however, spoke up, endorsing the East Sea Dragon King's words.

A demon expert also spoke up.

"I agree; as long as it's against Gu Jin Nian, the demon clan is willing."

The demon clan has a great grudge against Gu Jin Nian, and moreover, the demon clan's foundation has dwindled too much; they truly don't deserve the title of ancient five clans.

So their agreement is quite natural.

Only the divine clan's agreement is unexpected.

"If the five great clans join forces together, I won't agree; if you are willing, my ancient human race can act—worst case, we break our oath and directly kill Gu Jin Nian; I'll go myself."

"However, targeting Gu Jin Nian requires a huge cost; you must compensate my ancient human race for these losses."

He is domineering, wanting to personally kill Gu Jin Nian; of course he's not stupid, he will surely demand benefits.

"Sigh."

The East Sea Dragon King truly didn't know what to say, and finally couldn't help speaking.

"Gu Jin Nian has great worldly protection; even if a human sovereign acts, they may not kill him, and if he isn't killed, Gu Jin Nian, relying on the heavenly-earthly covenant, will cause us great trouble."

"Either we do nothing, or if we act, we must exert our full strength; the five clans joining forces to thoroughly kill Gu Jin Nian to eliminate future trouble."

This is the East Sea Dragon King's meaning: either we do nothing, or if we act, we give Gu Jin Nian no chance at all.

"Hmph."

The human sovereign said nothing, merely giving a cold snort; the meaning is simple—he doesn't want to participate.

"Like this."

"First join forces to cause trouble for Gu Jin Nian, then see how the fortunes of the Towering Sword Mountain unfold."

"Of course, we still have to wait until Gu Jin Nian emerges from the Towering Sword Mountain to say more; for now, the Towering Sword Mountain is about to fully recover, the Immortal Sword Formation has already been activated, and he may not even make it out alive."

"If he does make it out alive, then we join forces—how about that?"

A divine expert spoke up, proposing a moderate idea.

"Okay."

The East Sea Dragon King nodded, knowing that the human and demon races are arrogant because they haven't realized the problem.

"Let's wait and see."

The human sovereign neither agreed nor outright refused, which eased the atmosphere somewhat.

"Good."

The demon and monster races nodded in agreement.

"Since that's the case, let's wait and see."

The East Sea Dragon King said no more; the other four gradually dispersed, leaving only him in the hall.

About half an hour later.

The ancient human race.

In the hall.

Some sounds rang out.

"The sea folk are already anxious; they want to join forces with the five clans to kill Gu Jin Nian—this is good, killing Gu Jin Nian is a good thing, but we can't wait for us to bring it up; it must be raised by other great clans."

"Then we can follow up with some requests; the restoration of the ancient heavenly court truly needs the sea folk's help."

A human sovereign spoke, his tone slightly excited.

Actually, they know Gu Jin Nian's current situation and that killing him is a good thing, but they don't want to bring it up—whoever speaks first shows weakness, a kind of game.

"Yes, for now we just wait to see what happens with the Towering Sword Mountain."

"However, the East Sea Dragon King is right: regardless of whether we kill Gu Jin Nian, we should first suppress him."

The human sovereigns exchanged their wills; they finally decided to first suppress him, and if Gu Jin Nian truly gains some fortune, then we must truly consider the five clans joining forces to kill Gu Jin Nian.

Give Gu Jin Nian no chance at all.

At the same time.

Towering Sword Mountain.

Terrifying sword qi permeates the world.

A sudden sword formation arises, causing fear and dread; every wisp of sword qi exudes terrifying killing intent.

Within the sword mountain.

Gu Jin Nian frowned; he never expected that, out of the blue, the sword formation would be activated.

It is truly terrifying and astonishing.

「This is the Immortal Sword Formation, endless and unceasing, the sword qi continuous, it will only grow stronger, but the most terrifying thing is not this. 」

「The truly terrifying person is the one controlling the formation; if it is the Extinction Sword God making a move, then we are really in trouble. 」

Tie Bing Senior spoke up, also feeling an unprecedented pressure.

Gu Jin Nian did not speak.

Because strands of sword qi had already fallen.

Boom boom boom! Sword Mountain exploded, millions of strands of sword qi fell, destroying heaven and earth; some heavenly talents and mighty figures of the great world who had come to Sword Mountain seeking fortune were instantly killed or injured countless.

「Come hide in. 」

At this very moment, Gu Jin Nian made a move; the Nine-layer Divine Pagoda hovered above his head, blocking this terrifying assault, allowing Mu Yun and the others to hide inside.

Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom! Sword qi kept falling.

The power was terrifyingly shocking; outside Sword Mountain, many mighty figures of the great world furrowed their brows, some feeling anxious.

If they cannot withstand it, these people will likely die without a place to be buried.

Fortunately.

After the Nine-layer Divine Pagoda appeared, it blocked all sword qi, easing the pressure on many.

But there was no time yet to catch a breath.

Suddenly.

A wisp of breath spread out from the main peak of Sword Mountain.

These sword qi also instantly increased their power a hundredfold.

Boom boom boom! Heaven‑covering sword qi fell; those who had still been able to resist were instantly shredded.

Even someone like Jian Jiu Tian, a heavenly talent, was covered in wounds; the chaotic sword qi was utterly insignificant.

It was the Extinction Sword God making a move. —Perhaps the finale is approaching, so recent updates indeed have problems; I will slow the update speed and gradually adapt.

Lest it end up incomplete again, etc. —I'm really sorry!!!!!

Rest assured, it will have a beginning and an end, and will not end up incomplete!!!!!!

It is approaching the finale, not immediately the finale~~~(End of chapter)