Chapter 181: Sealed Sword King Clone!

With a single finger of the Sword King, heaven and earth fell silent.

What kind of fissure was that?

It was not a simple spatial tear; it was as if the canvas of the universe were brutally slashed open by an unsurpassable blade.

Within the fissure there was no light, no sound, only pure void.

And pouring down from that void was the supreme Sword Intent of Li Hentian, the Immortal King.

That Sword Intent had no physical form, yet it was more terrifying than any divine weapon.

It spread like liquid mercury, seeping into every crevice, instantly filling every corner of the Gu Tian Star Domain.

The stars halted their rotation, the river of time nearly solidified, and the myriad laws trembled before this Sword Intent, emitting a strained lament.

All living beings, whether saints on the pilgrimage road or living fossils hidden in secret realms, had their souls frozen at that moment.

They felt an invisible, icy blade perched on their necks; a single thought from the opponent would erase them completely from the causal plane.

"This... what is this..."

Gu Lin Jiang and others, who had just established the Celestial Court order and were inspecting the star domain, looked up sharply, their complexion drained of color.

As practitioners of the Heavenly Emperor Realm, they could perceive the destructive power within that Sword Intent more clearly than anyone else.

Before that power, the Heavenly Emperor Dao Fruit they prized shrank to dust.

"Enemy attack!!"

Gu Zhan, whose string was pulled the tightest, let out a roar; his muscular body erupted with surging blood, and the peak supreme flesh power transformed into a golden pillar of light that shot skyward, attempting to counter the pressure.

However, the moment the pillar touched the pervasive Sword Intent, it melted silently like snow under a scorching sun.

Puff!

Gu Zhan was struck as if by lightning, spouting a mouthful of golden blood; his towering frame staggered, nearly collapsing to his knees. In his bull‑like eyes, terror and shock appeared for the first time.

Just the dispersed Sword Intent left this peak supreme powerless to resist!

"Everyone, form the Five Elements God‑Slaying Array!" Gu Lin Jiang barked, forcing his soul's tremor down.

The Gu Family's supreme elders responded at once; the five‑element principles circulated, and a peerless Great Array capable of slaying gods instantly took shape, barely raising a luminous shield above everyone's heads to fend off the omnipresent sword pressure.

But everyone knew this was merely a mantis‑arm against a chariot.

Because within that fissure, the true killing move had already arrived.

An ultra‑refined jet‑black sword light, as fine as a hair, slowly descended from the fissure.

Its speed was deliberately slow, slow enough for everyone to see its trajectory. Yet that slowness made it all the more hopeless, for it targeted not space but time, causality. Whether you fled to the past or the future, this sword was destined to strike you.

Its target was the very center of the shattered Immortal Realm, the figure devouring heaven and earth—Gu Yuan!

"Audacious!"

A cold shout, like thunder across nine heavens, rang out in the dead silence of the cosmos.

Gu Lin Tian stepped forward; his purple‑gold imperial robe fluttered without a breeze.

The aura of a newly ascended True Immortal burst forth unabated; behind him three silhouettes flickered, the forces of past, present, and future intertwining into a massive violet divine palm that boldly confronted the hair‑thin black sword light.

He could not retreat.

Behind him stood his son, the Gu Family's sole hope.

Yet, the instant before the violet palm would touch the sword light, a specter‑like figure materialized before him, gently pressing his shoulder.

"Step back."

It was Gu Cangsheng.

The venerable ancestor, whose presence had somehow moved to the front, now seemed an insurmountable Primordial Divine Mountain, shielding all from wind and rain.

"Father!" Gu Lin Tian startled.

"You have just entered True Immortal status; your foundation is unstable, you cannot receive this sword."

Gu Cangsheng did not turn his head, his voice calm and steady, "Just watch."

He lifted his gaze, piercing the endless void, meeting the solitary, aloof figure above the fissure.

"You little thing, your temper is still so fierce."

A faint curve tugged at Gu Cangsheng's mouth.

The moment the words fell, he moved.

He simply raised his right hand and, in mid‑air, delivered a punch toward the black sword light capable of slaying a True Immortal.

The punch was plain.

So plain it resembled a common martial man practicing a health‑preserving form.

Yet that plain punch disrupted the physical laws of the entire star domain.

Space beneath his fist ceased to be planar, becoming a mass of dough that could be kneaded at will.

Golden blood surged from every pore, coalescing into an ultra‑pure golden torrent.

It was neither magic nor divine power, but the …force distilled after mastering the Primordial Undying Sutra to its utmost.

One force shatters myriad laws!

Boom—!!!

The golden fist and the black sword light collided in the cosmic vacuum, a most primal, most savage impact.

It was not the world‑ending explosion one might imagine.

That region of space, along with its light, sound, and laws, was completely erased at the moment of impact.

A jet‑black, utterly void sphere formed in that area, expanding outward at a terrifying speed.

Gu Lin Tian's complexion changed dramatically; he instantly opened a True Immortal Domain, shielding the Gu Family behind him.

Even the scattered aftershocks could gravely wound a True Immortal!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Gu Cangsheng's figure, like a divine mountain, was shaken and forced to retreat three steps.

With each step he took, the void beneath his feet collapsed over a large area.

On the fist he swung out, a fine white line appeared; a strand of golden blood slowly seeped out, then was instantly repaired by the power of his immortal flesh.

A half-step Immortal King is, after all, not yet a true Immortal King.

But his arrival is not even a complete-form Immortal King!

"Hmph."

From within the void rift came Li Hentian's cold snort, as if he were dissatisfied with this outcome.

The rift behind him began to slowly heal.

But he himself had already stepped forth, descending into this universe.

That was a man clad in black, his features handsomer than a mortal's, except for his eyes.

Colder than ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, it held no emotion, only a pure, ultimate pursuit of the sword Dao.

Upon his appearance, the Heavenly Dao will of the entire Gu Tian Star Region wailed and retreated.

"You ant, to survive one of my swords is not bad—you've made some progress."

Li Hentian looked at Gu Cangsheng, his tone flat yet carrying a sense of natural contempt.

"Hand over that coffin. Then kill yourself, and I may spare your clan."

"Hahaha..."

Gu Cangsheng heard the words, not angry but amused. He flicked his hand, flinging the drop of golden blood on his fist into the void; that drop instantly evolved into a world of blood sea, then vanished.

"You want my grandson's treasure? And you want me to kill myself?"

The old ancestor lifted his head; his murky old eyes burst forth with a terrifying feral light, like a primordial beast that had slept for ages opening its eyes.

"Li Hentian, what are you even?!"

"Since an Immortal King's incarnation has come rushing, don't think of leaving. Let me show you what it means to... shut the door and beat the dog!"

The instant Gu Cangsheng's words fell, he suddenly stomped his foot.

Buzz—

A great net of laws covering the entire star region lit up instantly.

That was the Zhou Tian Star Great Array set up by Gu Xuan Ce!

"Seal!"

Gu Cangsheng's words became law.

The huge rift torn open by Li Hentian was forcibly twisted and closed by an invisible force, ultimately vanishing completely.

He actually managed to trap an Immortal King's incarnation in this very world!