Chapter 922: One Sword Is Enough

Sword qi thundered, sword condensed into threads, the three talents, four directions, five phases, six qi sword—myriad swords returning to one… Sword light filled the sky, sword qi crisscrossed.

Numerous sword moves, techniques, divine abilities, and spells—whether simple, mysterious, explosive, or icy—were instantly unleashed by the Jade Emperor.

In an instant, the place where Tang Luo stood became an ocean of swords.

Unlike the sword-formed land created by the Slaughter Immortal Sword, the swords erupting from the Jade Emperor were not mere swords; they encompassed everything, fusing countless powers.

Tang Luo stood before the Jade Emperor and bore the brunt of his ever-changing myriad swords.

The Slaughter Immortal Sword in his hand tore through the sword flood ahead and thrust firmly toward the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor frowned: "This Tang Xuanzang, does he completely ignore his injuries and intend to fight to the death?"

The cracks on the Slaughter Immortal Sword kept spreading; the closer to the tip, the more numerous they became. If the initial crack counts as the main trunk, now numerous branches have formed.

The Four Slaughter Immortal Swords cannot hold out much longer.

But before that, that terrifying, world-destroying sword intent made the Jade Emperor feel extreme danger.

Tang Xuanzang's fighting style is completely exchanging wounds for wounds.

His kasaya robe became tattered; horrible wounds kept appearing, healing, then reappearing, exposing the translucent glazed bone in many places.

Wounds upon wounds!

The Jade Emperor had no doubt that with such severe injuries, Tang Xuanzang could collapse at any moment.

But he was even more certain that before the opponent fell, he would definitely be able to thrust the Four Slaughter Immortal Swords into himself.

"He's done for; I can only use this method."

"Thoughts flashed through his mind; the Jade Emperor immediately decided, 'There's no need for mutual destruction.'"

After all, with the Four Slaughter Immortal Swords plus Tang Luo, the Jade Emperor couldn't guarantee that the outcome would be his successful killing of Tang Luo.

All that can be said is that this possibility exists, and it's based on him also being heavily injured.

When tiles and porcelain collide, even a chip or crack means the porcelain loses.

Unnecessary.

Porcelain Jade Emperor will retract the myriad swords emanating, condense them into one, and focus on dealing with the Four Slaughter Immortal Swords before him.

Destroying these four swords is tantamount to cutting off Tang Xuanzang's hands and feet.

Two swords clashed.

The terrifying sword qi almost tore this specially crafted battlefield in half.

The heavenly soldiers fighting in the distance were caught up, suffering heavy casualties.

Tai Bai Jin Xing also gained a sword mark on his body, continually retreating to widen the distance.

Only Sun Wukong and his companions' battles remained unaffected.

One can see that Nezha and the South Pole Immortal are evenly matched.

Yang Jian and Sun Wukong firmly suppressed the Ziwei Emperor and Qinghua Emperor, were it not for the endless frenzy of heavenly soldiers and generals attacking.

Sun Wukong and Yang Jian had already secured victory.

Even with many heavenly soldiers and generals helping, the Ziwei and Qinghua emperors could only hold out a little longer.

Once Sun Wukong and Yang Jian free their hands to jointly face the Jade Emperor, even though the Jade Emperor has reached the Great Luo Realm, he can only suffer defeat on the spot.

However, the two are destined not to free their hands, for this is not some other place.

Rather, it is the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor's home turf!

Countless immortals, formations, and even more heavenly soldiers and generals, plus worlds forged into destructive treasures, all await Yang Jian and Sun Wukong.

Although Tang Luo had 'summoned' three helpers, he is still fighting alone for now.

Numbers are useful; what cultivation, what Dao?

That sentence certainly sounds domineering.

Yet if single combat could achieve things, how could there be a Heavenly Court and a Great Thunder Sound Temple?

After the collision, the Jade Emperor's right arm drooped; one of the Four Slaughter Immortal Swords is not easy to withstand.

His right arm is ruined and will need a long time to recover.

Moreover, the terrifying sword qi rages through the wound, striking his body; he also needs a moment to dispel these sword qi.

Meanwhile, in the sky opposite him, Tang Luo looks even more sorry.

The right half of his face had completely turned into glazed bone, overlaid with a thick ice shell. Golden flames burned, spreading into the hollow eye sockets, occupying a quarter of Tang Luo's face, and even his white hair partly turned into golden flames.

His kasaya robe, however, had returned to its original state.

Yet blood continually seeped through it, as if wearing a garment forged from a sea of blood.

One can imagine how riddled with holes the body beneath the kasaya is.

However, what pleases the Jade Emperor most is not Tang Luo's injuries.

But the Four Slaughter Immortal Swords!

The Slaughter Immortal Sword formed by the convergence of the four blades had its body riddled with cracks, as Tang Luo lifted it.

The sword body shattered into thousands of fragments that fell and vanished, leaving Tang Luo holding only a bare hilt and guard.

"Hah." The Jade Emperor chuckled lightly, pressed his left hand on his right arm, and swept down, completely expelling the lingering sword qi.

The lingering sword intent condensed into a small sword, still seeking to kill the Jade Emperor, but he spat out golden light, shattering it directly.

That golden light, after shattering the small sword, did not disappear but fluttered up and down beside the Jade Emperor.

When the golden light faded, it became a forearm‑long golden flying sword.

He curled his left hand into a sword seal and pointed a finger at Tang Luo.

The golden flying sword shot forward, aiming straight at Tang Luo's forehead, but was blocked by the remaining hilt of the Slaughter Immortal Sword in his hand.

Having missed, the golden flying sword vanished, then struck again from another angle toward Tang Luo.

Tang Luo didn't even look, slashing backward diagonally to block the golden flying sword once more.

The Jade Emperor's left wrist turned slightly.

The flying sword was under his control, forming layer upon layer of golden sword shadows around Tang Luo, constantly attacking.

Tang Luo executed Thousand Hands, which was incapable of defense, yet this was the first time he used it to defend, continually blocking the flying sword with the sword hilt; the black sword hilt's afterimage and the golden sword shadows kept striking each other, simultaneously breaking and vanishing.

Tang Luo defended impeccably; no matter how dense the golden sword shadows were, he blocked them all.

Not an inch of progress!

"This guy..." the Jade Emperor narrowed his eyes, a sense of unease rising.

"Tai Bai!" the Jade Emperor was about to summon Tai Bai Jin Xing to join the fight.

Although Tai Bai Jin Xing's strength, although it has already reached the realms of 'Buddha' and 'Great Luo' of Tang Luo and the Jade Emperor, there is still a gap.

But now he actually counts as a "Heavenly Court Earth Store".

He is the one closest to the Great Luo realm.

In this situation, it is enough to be the final straw that breaks the camel's back.

However, as the Jade Emperor's gaze (divine sense) swept over, he did not see Tai Bai Jin Xing's figure, and even those fighting elsewhere had vanished.

"Heh." He heard the light laughter coming from Tang Xuanzang.

The golden flying sword was knocked away by Tang Luo, spinning as it flew back to hover before the Jade Emperor.

"Too late." Tang Luo looked at the Jade Emperor and said, "Come try the legendary Zhu Xian Sword Formation."

"Those fragments!"

The Jade Emperor realized that those fragments were not completely destroyed, but had silently formed a Zhu Xian Sword Formation around him.

"The Zhu Xian Sword Formation requires a formation diagram, and..." the Jade Emperor exclaimed in shock and anger.

"Moreover, it requires Lingbao Tianzun to use the formation diagram and the Zhu Xian Four Swords to set it up."

"What you say is correct." Tang Luo said, "but the sword spirit, willing to pay the price of completely destroying the four swords, can also set up a sword formation using the sword bodies as the formation diagram."

"Is it ready?"

After a brief explanation, Tang Luo asked, directing his question to the sword spirit.

The response was the trembling of the sword hilt.

"Then let's come." Tang Luo raised the sword hilt before him.

On the sword hilt, a blinding white light suddenly appeared, the pure sharpness and destruction forming the sword body.

Numerous illusory sword shadows appeared around, aimed at the Jade Emperor.

Behind Tang Luo, three swords also appeared, emitting the same white light, spread out like two broken wings.

"It seems we can produce four swords in total." Tang Luo glanced at the three swords behind him.

At the cost of completely destroying the Zhu Xian Four Swords, with Tang Luo providing the power, the Zhu Xian Sword Formation reappears in the world.

It's a pity there are only four swords.

After the four swords, there will be no more Zhu Xian Four Swords, nor any Zhu Xian Sword Formation in the world.

Unless the Tongtian Sword Master reappears, reforging the four swords, but by then the Zhu Xian Four Swords would no longer be the original four swords.

However——

"What's the fuss about four swords? Let's keep it simple—just one sword will do!"

Tang Luo reached back and grabbed all three swords, pressing them onto the sword in his hand.

A clear, ringing sword sound rang out.

It did not come from Tang Luo's sword, but from the Jade Emperor's side.

He grasped the golden flying sword in his hand, and the flying sword enlarged to the size of a normal sword.

Terrifying sword intent erupted, even causing the Zhu Xian Sword Formation to become somewhat unstable.

"What about the Zhu Xian Sword Formation?" the Jade Emperor looked at Tang Luo, "Even if Lingbao Tianzun reappears and personally sets up the formation, I can still withstand it—"

Before his words finished, Tang Luo appeared above and to the side of the Jade Emperor.

He gripped the sword hilt with both hands, raised it high then lowered it behind his head, and then swung down with a sword!

Terrifying red-and-white sword light replaced everything before his eyes; the Jade Emperor didn't even have the chance to curse, "You don't know swordsmanship at all!" as he fully channeled the sword in his hand to meet the enemy.

The Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Court trembled entirely.

The sturdy battlefield built specifically for combat shattered apart; immense sword light shot up into the sky, forming a heavenly curtain that spread to both sides.

The Southern Heaven Gate and Northern Heaven Gate were engulfed; wherever the sword light reached, everything was utterly annihilated and vanished.

Under a single sword, the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Court was split in two!

Even the entwining clouds and mist were torn apart, completely disappearing, revealing the chaotic void beyond the Milky Way.

Numerous figures appeared above the Heavenly Palace; the heavenly soldiers and generals fell downward as soon as they appeared.

In the blink of an eye, only a few people remained in the sky.

The already-ceasefire Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, three of the Four Sovereign Emperors, and Tai Bai Jin Xing maintaining his burly form.

And Tang Luo, holding the Jade Emperor in his hand!

Tang Luo grabbed the Jade Emperor's head with one hand, holding him casually.

On the Jade Emperor's body, starting from the forehead, a blood line extended downward, gradually widening, forming an extremely ferocious wound that almost split his body in half.

Just like splitting the Heavenly Palace beneath his feet.

In Tang Luo's other hand he still held a bare sword hilt, but it was covered in cracks, dim and lusterless.

As he threw it upward, it completely dissipated in midair, a faint black-clad child could be seen appearing, then fading with the wind.

"Have you felt the might of the Zhu Xian Sword Formation?" Tang Luo lowered his head to look at the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor opened his mouth, using his last strength: "This is absolutely not the sword of the Zhu Xian Sword Formation!"