The First Marquis of Daxuan

How could he possibly still have the strength?

This was the only thought in the Great Celestial Venerable's mind.

Having taken the full force of his move, "Heaven and Earth Together," how could Su Mu possibly still have the strength to stand up?
He, the Great Celestial Venerable, the pioneer of martial arts in the Saha world, has already forged his own path.

He was even confident that there was no one in the world who could withstand his attack and escape unscathed.

Su Mu broke through to the Dao Extreme Realm later than me. He was only at the initial stage of the Dao Extreme Realm. Even with a peerless divine weapon in hand, how could he possibly retain any strength under my attack?
No matter how unlikely the Great Celestial Venerable thought it was, Su Mu still slowly stood up.

His movements were slow, as if each movement required all his strength.

With every movement, fresh blood dripped from his wounds.

He doesn't even have the strength to heal his horrific wounds.

Given his physique, this situation clearly indicates that he has reached his limit.

But as long as he can still move, his situation is slightly better than that of the Great Celestial Venerable.

The Great Celestial Venerable struggled to get up, but after several attempts, he had no strength left to move even a little.

The two presented a stark contrast.

pat.

Su Mu shifted his feet and took a step forward.

Despair was evident in the eyes of the Great Celestial Venerable.

He was now completely powerless to resist. As long as Su Mu could still wield the sword, he was doomed.

It now seems that Su Mu actually managed to retain a bit of strength even in that near-death situation.

It is clear.

Su Mu won the bet.

Su Mu survived his attack, and the little strength he had saved became his chance to win.

"I never imagined that I, the Great Celestial Venerable, would die at your hands in the end."

The Great Celestial Venerable's lips moved as he spoke weakly.

"But it's all for the best. It's better to die at your hands than at the hands of those mediocre people."

"Death is death. What difference does it make who kills you?"

Su Mu said calmly.

He struggled to move his feet.

Normally, he could cross that short distance in one step.

But now, the distance between us, though so close, feels like a million miles.

He practically shuffled forward.

Su Mu was also anxious.

He knew that every moment he delayed would allow the Great Celestial Venerable to recover a little more strength.

Having fought to this point, if the Great Celestial Venerable were to turn the tables again, he would truly die with regrets.

So even though every part of his body was being torn apart by pain, he gritted his teeth and continued forward.

As Su Mu drew closer, the Great Celestial Venerable finally couldn't help but sigh.

He never gave up in his life. Even when there seemed to be no way forward, he still managed to find a path to sacrifice the Saha world.

But now, he has no choice but to give up.

Although he was unwilling, he now had to admit that he had lost.

We lost completely.

Accepting defeat is the last vestige of dignity for a strong person.

"Su Mu, things have come to this point, I only have one last question."

The Great Celestial Venerable looked up at Su Mu and said in a deep voice, "What is the origin of this knife in your hand?"

"You're about to die, what's the use of knowing this?"

Su Mu said coldly, and continued to move forward.

He was only one step away from becoming the Great Celestial Venerable. At this moment, he slowly raised his arm, and the Immortal-Slaying Blade was raised high as well.

Once the blade falls, the Great Celestial Venerable will surely die.

"After fighting for so long, I just want to know why I died. If it weren't for this knife, you would never be my match."

The Great Celestial Venerable spoke slowly.

"Listen carefully, this blade is named Immortal Slayer. The Xuanwu Guardian died by this blade, and it is worthy of you."

Before Su Mu could finish speaking, the Immortal-Slaying Blade had already fallen.

Swish!
The blade sliced ​​across the Great Celestial Venerable's neck, severing it in one swift motion.

His head hit the ground and rolled several times.

Throughout the entire process, the Great Celestial Venerable's eyes remained wide open.

boom!
At this moment, the remaining power within the Great Celestial Venerable erupted, and his body turned into dust at a speed visible to the naked eye. A gust of wind blew by, and he completely disappeared.

Su Mu watched all of this unfold, his heart filled with emotion.

A great celestial being has fallen.

On the path of spiritual practice, one truly cannot relax for even a moment.

Even the mighty Great Celestial Venerable and the Xuanwu Protector would perish if they relaxed their guard even slightly.

pat.

Just after the Great Celestial Venerable's body completely disappeared.

Something fell to the ground out of nowhere.

It was a jade pendant the size of a baby's palm, square and smooth, like a mirror.

After that one strike, Su Mu didn't even have the strength to lift his hand.

He stared intently at the jade pendant, a bitter smile playing on his lips.

It wasn't until an hour later that Su Mu finally regained some of his strength.

He walked up to the jade pendant like an ordinary person and picked it up.

Normally, he could simply raise his hand and grab the jade pendant; there would be no need for him to bend down and reach for it like this.

It must be said that this battle with the Great Celestial Venerable was the most arduous battle of his life.

Life and death hang by a thread.

The Great Celestial Venerable was just a hair's breadth away from killing him.

Ultimately, luck certainly played a part in their victory.

The Great Celestial Venerable's final move also seriously injured him, and he even felt that the power within his body was difficult to recover.

Feeling the little bit of strength that had finally returned to his body, Su Mu's bitter smile deepened.

At this rate, it will take him at least several decades to fully recover.

But the good thing is.

Even without any strength, with his physique, there are not many people in the world who can hurt him, so he no longer needs to worry about his life being in danger.

After all, not everyone is a Great Celestial Venerable.

Others wanting to kill him won't find it so easy.

"I wonder what the Great Celestial Venerable left behind."

Su Mu looked at the jade tablet in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, his divine sense had already probed into the jade tablet.

hum!
Suddenly, a vast space appeared before him.

The space was empty and desolate, a vast expanse of white.

In the very center of the space was a small jade platform, on which something seemed to be stored.

With a thought, Su Mu's divine sense materialized and appeared out of thin air beside the jade platform.

With just this simple movement, Su Mu's body swayed uncontrollably, and he almost fell to the ground.

His temples throbbed, and he felt dizzy and lightheaded.

After a long while, he regained some strength and his consciousness returned to the jade tablet.

"The Great Celestial Venerable was not a Primordial Realm expert. After his body and soul were destroyed, the small world inside his body also disintegrated, leaving nothing behind."

However, the fact that this jade tablet survived the cataclysmic destruction shows that it was very important to the Great Celestial Venerable.

Su Mu thought to himself, "Such an important jade tablet is used to store this thing, which means this thing is also very important. What exactly is it?"

Su Mu looked at the items on the jade platform and fell into deep thought.

In fact, Su Mu is the most powerful weaponsmith in the world today, bar none, and he is quite knowledgeable.

It's no exaggeration to say that there aren't many treasures in the world that he hasn't seen.

Even if he had never seen it, he had at least heard of it.

But he really couldn't recognize the thing in front of him.

On the jade platform was something that looked like a seed.

The seeds are about the size of a baby's fist, grayish-brown in color, and shaped like beans.

When Su Mu placed his divine sense on the seed, he felt a vigorous life force, and even a heartbeat-like pulse.

"What kind of plant seed is this?"

Su Mu racked his brains, but couldn't come up with anything.

"My alchemy skills are not as good as my weapon-making skills, and my ability to identify plants is still lacking."

Su Mu sighed inwardly.

He even has an urge to plant it now.

However, after thinking about it, Su Mu suppressed the impulse.

It's best not to act rashly on what the Great Celestial Venerable left behind.

"The Danxia Sect is famous for its alchemy, so Nianchu might be able to recognize it."

Su Mu thought to himself.

He withdrew his divine sense and casually put the jade pendant away.

Amidst the chaos, he sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing.

Sunrise and sunset.

Sunset and sunrise.

Several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Mu finally opened his eyes, a flash of divine light appearing and disappearing in an instant.

Su Mu stood up, took a light step, and his figure soared into the sky.

After several months of recuperation, he finally regained some of his strength.

Although they are still outmatched in fighting against stronger opponents, traveling is no longer a problem.

Once Su Mu determined the direction, he wanted to fly to the place Lin Nianchu had told him about.

Having flown hundreds of miles, a person suddenly came from the opposite direction and stopped Su Mu.

"Please wait, sir."

The man bowed slightly and raised his voice.

Su Mu stopped, looked at the other person, and said expressionlessly, "What is it?"

Under normal circumstances, no one could stop Su Mu at his speed.

However, he is still recovering from serious injuries, and Su Mu is slower than an average Dao Source Realm martial artist.

Even if you want to shake them off, you are powerless to do so.

Although he was still recovering from serious injuries, Su Mu's vision remained intact.

He could tell that the other party's cultivation had reached the peak of the Dao Source Realm.

There are countless powerful beings in this vast world, and even more powerful beings at the Dao Origin Realm.

Su Mu didn't know much about the powerful figures in the vast world, so he didn't recognize the one in front of him.

"Brother, there's no need to be afraid. I mean no harm."

The man smiled and said, "I just wanted to ask for directions."

"Ask for directions?"

Su Mu's heart skipped a beat.

A powerful expert at the peak of the Dao Source Realm came to ask for directions?
What if I tell you I don't know, and then you have an excuse to punish me?

Su Mu thought to himself, he had never seen a peak Dao Source Realm expert get lost before.

With such speed, one can travel thousands of miles in an instant, and even if one gets lost, one can find the correct path by relying on speed.

"I've heard that there's a Great Luo Heaven nearby. Do you know where it is?" the man asked with a smile.

Great Luo Heaven?
Su Mu remained outwardly calm, but a thought flickered in his mind.

The Great Luo Heaven, isn't that the mysterious world discovered by the Great Qian Dynasty?
Has this person come here looking for Da Luo Tian?

Su Mu looked around and suddenly realized that he had unknowingly arrived here.
He obtained all the information about the Great Luo Heaven from the Yanfu Sect, so he naturally knew where the Great Luo Heaven was.
Previously, in order to deal with the Great Celestial Venerable, he did not care about his position.

Only now did he realize that, without even noticing, he had become so close to the Great Luo Heaven.

"Great Luo Heaven? Never heard of it."

Su Mu shook his head and said.

"Brother, that's rather impolite of you."

The man narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Su Mu, saying, "When I mentioned the Great Luo Heaven just now, your eyes clearly changed. You can't hide that from my eyes."

He clearly knows about the Great Luo Heaven, but he told me he'd never heard of it.

Brother, lying is a bad habit.

"I've never heard of it, that's all. Are you asking for directions, or do you have other plans?"

Su Mu said calmly.

"Of course, I'm asking for directions."

The man laughed and said, "I think you definitely know the location of the Great Luo Heaven. How about you show me the way?"

With a wave of his hand, he traversed dozens of feet and landed beside Su Mu, his hand already on Su Mu's shoulder.

Snapped.

His hand gripped Su Mu's shoulder like an eagle's claw, and power surged from his five fingers into Su Mu's body, like an iron clamp.

A single grab from a Dao Origin Realm expert is enough to tear a hole in steel.

If it were an ordinary Dao Origin Realm expert, they would definitely lose all ability to move under this grab.

Unfortunately, he encountered Su Mu.

Although Su Mu was still seriously injured and had lost almost all of his strength, he was still a Dao Extreme Realm expert, and a Dao Extreme Realm expert who specialized in physical cultivation.

With his strong physique, even if he stood still, there were very few people in the world who could hurt him.

This person in front of you is definitely not included.

However, Su Mu does not want to reveal his identity right now.

After all, a severely injured Dao Realm expert is very likely to become a hot commodity in the eyes of other Dao Realm experts.

If he attracts other Dao Realm experts to attack him, he might not be able to handle it now.

Feigning a pained expression, Su Mu said, "I'll lead the way."

"Wouldn't it have been settled if we had done this earlier?"

The man laughed and withdrew the force from his hand, but his palm did not leave Su Mu's shoulder.

Instead, he patted Su Mu on the shoulder as if dusting him off.

"People always have to suffer a bit before they know what they should do."

Why bother? "

"Don't worry, as long as you take me to the Great Luo Heaven, I guarantee you will leave safely."

The other person patted Su Mu on the shoulder.

"You'd better keep your word, or I'm not someone to be trifled with."

Su Mu put on a reckless act.

"Of course. You may not know me, but you must have heard my name. I, Ye Jiuding, am a man of my word, and I always keep my promises."

I said I'd let you go, and I definitely will.

The man said, "Of course, provided you don't try anything funny."

Otherwise, my men wouldn't mind having one more innocent soul.

Su Mu's expression remained unchanged.

This made Ye Jiuding somewhat unhappy.

"You haven't heard of me?"

Ye Jiuding frowned and said that his name, Ye Jiuding, was known to everyone in the Dao Origin Realm.

This kid looks like he's at the Dao Source Realm, how could he be so ignorant?

"Have not heard."

Su Mu shook his head and said.

When he first came to the Great Thousand World, he wasn't even at the Dao Source Realm. Even after breaking through to the Dao Source Realm, he was always active in the Hengshan Sect and Danxia Sect, and he hardly ever interacted with outsiders.

Later, he reached the Dao Extreme Realm, and he really didn't know much about the Dao Source Realm warriors in the Great Thousand World.

There's no need to know about it.

After all, even if he pays attention, it's only to experts at the Dao Extreme Realm.

"you--"

Ye Jiuding pointed at Su Mu angrily, somewhat helplessly.

"Fine, you can lead the way."

He released Su Mu's shoulder, his tone tinged with displeasure, and said, "Don't even think about running away, you can't escape."

Su Mu gave a muffled "hmm" and walked forward with his head down.

Although Ye Jiuding couldn't do anything to him, he was now just as helpless against Ye Jiuding.

He wasn't confident he could kill Ye Jiuding. What if he made a move and the other man escaped? Wouldn't that expose his identity?

So Su Mu decided to lead the way for Ye Jiuding, or at worst, take Ye Jiuding to the entrance of the Great Luo Heaven before continuing.

Of course, if Ye Jiuding breaks his promise and tries to do something to him, he wouldn't mind giving Ye Jiuding a lesson he'd never forget.

Leading Ye Jiuding, they flew forward for over a hundred miles before Su Mu suddenly stopped.

"Why don't you leave?"

Ye Jiuding asked curiously.

“There are troops from the Great Qian Dynasty stationed outside the entrance to the Great Luo Heaven. If you go any further, you will be within their range of perception.”

Su Mu said calmly, "If you're not afraid of being discovered, then you can continue forward."

"Just follow this direction, and you'll see the entrance to the Great Luo Heaven."

"The army of the Great Qian Dynasty? Why can't I sense it?"

Ye Jiuding frowned and said that there was no one in his perception.

Logically speaking, he is a peak Dao Source Realm martial artist, so his perception range should be greater than that of the guy in front of him.

Why is it that this guy has already noticed the army of the Great Qian Dynasty, but I haven't noticed it yet?
"You're not trying to lie to me again, are you?"

Ye Jiuding said with a mixture of belief and doubt.

"You can try it if you don't believe me."

Su Mu said calmly, "Just take one more step forward, and you'll know whether it's true or false."

"You think I wouldn't dare? If you dare to lie to me, see how I deal with you!"

Ye Jiuding snorted coldly and took a step forward.

"When the Great Qian Dynasty is handling affairs, those who are not involved shall not proceed; those who trespass shall be killed without mercy!"

Just as Ye Jiuding took a step, a powerful aura swept over him, followed by an incomparably majestic voice that rang in his ears.

Ye Jiuding's expression changed, and he quickly took a few steps back, his face showing lingering fear.

He turned to look at Su Mu, his face full of doubt, and asked, "Did you really sense the army of the Great Qian Dynasty, or did you just happen to guess correctly?"

How could someone whose cultivation level is far inferior to his own possibly detect the army of the Great Qian Dynasty?
Ye Jiuding didn't even notice.

His breakthrough to the peak of the Dao Source Realm was precisely to make a name for himself.

He came here because he heard that the strongest people in the Great Thousand Worlds were now gathered in the Great Luo Heaven.

"I was passing through here when I met you."

Su Mu offered a brief explanation.

Ye Jiuding suddenly realized, no wonder, he was wondering why.

It seems that the other party had stumbled upon this place by mistake, which is why they knew that the Great Qian Dynasty's army was here.

"You startled me. I thought you were a powerful expert hiding your true strength."

Ye Jiuding patted his chest and said, "Kid, when you accidentally wandered into this place before, did you see the entrance to the Great Luo Heaven?"

I've heard that many powerful individuals gather here. Is that really true?

“This place has been sealed off by the army of the Great Qian Dynasty. If you can’t get in, then of course I can’t get in either.”

Su Mu said calmly, "However, I did see some strong people get in. You are either not strong enough or your status is not high enough, which is why you can't get in."

Otherwise, the powerful figures of the Great Qian Dynasty wouldn't have forbade you from entering.

Ye Jiuding: "..."

You shouldn't hit someone in the face. You're going to get beaten up for saying those kinds of things.

"What do you know? I've been in seclusion for too long, so even you don't know my name anymore."

Ye Jiuding retorted, "I didn't introduce myself just now, otherwise these people from the Great Qian Dynasty would have had to respectfully invite me in, believe it or not?"

"Do not believe."

Su Mu said decisively.

"Oh dear, my temper!"

Ye Jiuding rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to beat up Su Mu.

Even if you kill me, it won't change the fact that you're weak.

"You can only bully those whose cultivation is inferior to yours. If you were truly capable, you should have ignored the Great Qian Dynasty's blockade and entered the Great Luo Heaven directly."

Su Mu glanced at him disdainfully and said, "If you dare to barge in now, then I'll respect you as a hero."

Ye Jiuding was furious. "Damn it, now even a little guy like you at the initial stage of the Dao Source Realm dares to laugh at me?"

Do you know that back when I, Ye Jiuding, roamed the world freely, you were probably still playing in the mud somewhere?

Today I'll show you whether I have any face at all!

"Good luck."

Su Mu said, "I've already shown you the way. If you can't get in, that's your problem, not that I led you the wrong way."

Goodbye, as agreed.

After saying that, Su Mu turned and left.

Although he was also curious about the Great Luo Heaven, his current state was not a good time to enter it.

"stop!"

Ye Jiuding shouted.

"You want to regret it?"

Su Mu turned to look at Ye Jiuding and said.

"Who said I'm going back on my word?"
I said I would release you once we reach the Great Luo Heaven, but we haven't reached the Great Luo Heaven yet.

Ye Jiuding said confidently, "Come with me, and I'll show you today whether I, Ye Jiuding, have any face at all!"

He grabbed Su Mu's arm and walked forward without saying a word.

Just as the voice of the powerful figure from the Great Qian Dynasty rang out again, Ye Jiuding suddenly took out a bronze token and raised it high.

"Guest Minister No. 361 of the Earth category in the Great Qian Dynasty."

Ye Jiuding shouted loudly.

That sharp aura suddenly subsided.

Ye Jiuding glanced at Su Mu triumphantly, then grabbed Su Mu's arm and flew forward.

In the blink of an eye, they saw a vast military camp.

The military camps were set up in front of a cliff hundreds of feet high. The cliff was as smooth as a mirror and shimmered with a faint light. It was clearly the entrance to the Great Luo Heaven.

Before Su Mu could leave, a powerful general from the military camp leaped up and appeared before the two of them.

"Are you guest advisors who have been summoned?"

The general cupped his hands in greeting to the two men and said in a deep voice.

"Exactly."

Ye Jiuding puffed out his chest and nodded.

"Go in. With the two of you, that's enough. We should be able to break through the Luo Tian Formation again." (End of Chapter)