I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 200 The Curse of Heaven (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

That night, the Milky Way shone brightly in Youxian Ferry, and the Big Dipper could be seen shining exceptionally brightly in the sky. Its silvery light poured down, enveloping the entire spiritual field in a hazy starlight.

Sword Tomb Mountain floats in the air, with sword energy clouds surging endlessly. Starlight appears on the surface of the mountain, as if an entire star is awakening, breathing in and out vast stellar power.

Seeing this, Jiang Yi decided to give it a try and practiced her sword in the fields under the starlight. Every swing of the Breaking Tribulation Sword drew in the flowing starlight.

As the sword strikes rose and fell, the sword energy rippled with shimmering silver light on the surface of the Sword Washing Pool. It swept across the weeds, startling the little snow demon pulling the weeds into revealing its true form and fleeing in panic.

The remaining sword energy did not dissipate; instead, it spiraled upwards, carrying starlight, and merged with the sea of ​​sword energy.

The immense stellar power from Sword Tomb Mountain flowed into Jiang's sea of ​​consciousness through the sword, causing the two star swords, Tian Shu and Tian Xuan, to suddenly light up. The phantom of the third star sword, Tian Ji, rapidly solidified under the influence of the stellar power, and the starlight appearing on the sword's body shone brightly in harmony with the third star of the Big Dipper in the sky.

Zheng——

With the final sword move completed, the Tianji Star Sword was fully formed.

The three star swords, Heaven, Earth, and Man, formed a triangular formation in the sea of ​​consciousness. The surging sword energy even caused several broken swords on Sword Tomb Mountain to emit clear and melodious sword chants.

Jiang Yi sheathed his sword and stood there. This moment of tempering with star power was equivalent to three months of arduous training in Quanshui Village.

She looked up at Sword Tomb Mountain, the sacred place for cultivating the "Heavenly Gang Demon Subduing Sword Manual"!
Mountain spirits and monsters have the habit of refining their spirits by absorbing and exhaling the moon's essence. Ancient cultivators also learned to forge their spirits with star power. Therefore, the Xiao family ancestor took an entire celestial star and put it into the sword-nurturing gourd. What a grand gesture!

Ugh!
Jiang Yi couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for Xiao Wujiu, who had severed his path to immortality just because of a single spiritual root.

Looking up at Sword Tomb Mountain, Jiang Yi rode his sword and rose into the air, transforming into a streak of light that shot straight into the sea of ​​sword energy clouds.

The once calm clouds and mist suddenly surged violently, and countless sword energies gathered from all directions, transforming into silver flying swords that shot towards her in a massive, overwhelming rush!

I go!

Jiang Yi's scalp tightened. She hadn't expected this. Hadn't she refined the sword-nurturing gourd? These sword energies didn't recognize their master.

The sword energy pierced the air, extremely sharp.

Jiang Yi spun around quickly, and the sword shadow of the Tribulation-Breaking Sword split into three cyan sword shadows, leaving afterimages in the sea of ​​clouds and shattering the incoming sword energy.

However, the sword energy in the sea of ​​sword energy was endless. Every time she shattered one, more sword energy would condense and even begin to combine.

A giant sword ten feet long suddenly took shape, its blade carrying the power to tear through the void, and slashed down at her.

Jiang Yi's pupils contracted, and the Broken Tribulation Sword instantly accelerated, narrowly avoiding the edge of the giant sword.

However, before she could catch her breath, three more giant swords came hurtling in from different directions, blocking all her escape routes.

A celestial timekeeping instrument!
The celestial timekeeping instrument flew out from the sleeve and hovered in the air.

As the jade wheel turned, the flow of time around her suddenly slowed down, and the trajectories of the three giant swords became clearly visible in her eyes, as if they were sinking into a quagmire.

Jiang Yi seized the fleeting opportunity, his figure gliding through the gap between the sword blades like a swimming fish.

The power of the Celestial Timing Instrument was completely exhausted, and the three giant swords crashed down, only striking the afterimage she left behind.

At this moment, the starlight on Sword Tomb Mountain transformed into strands of silver thread, which actually flowed into the crystal at the center of the Celestial Timing Instrument.

The originally dull crystal gradually began to glow, and Jiang Yi's eyes lit up.

The sea of ​​sword energy seemed to be enraged, and more giant swords emerged from the clouds, their blades pointing directly at Jiang Yi!
"No, if this continues, before the Celestial Timber can be restored, I'll be chopped to pieces!"

Jiang Yi made a quick decision, turning the Broken Tribulation Sword around and transforming it into a streak of light as she retreated rapidly. The Heavenly Timing Instrument also found its master on its own and flew back into her sleeve.

A vast array of sword energies pursued her relentlessly, determined to annihilate her amidst the sea of ​​clouds.

Boom!

As the final giant sword cleaved down, Jiang Yi barely managed to escape the range of the sword energy cloud sea. Behind him, the clouds churned, and the sword energy gradually subsided, as if it had never been raging at all.

She landed back on the ground, her chest heaving violently. The celestial timekeeping device hovered in her palm, and the crystal had only recovered a little, enough for about three breaths.

However, as long as it can be charged, that's fine! Given this situation, the Celestial Instrument should also be able to charge when bathed in starlight outside. It must be that the starlight outside is too weak, so the charging effect is not obvious and she didn't notice it.

Jiang Yi looked up to sense the Heavenly Gang Sword Qi she had just stored in the Sword Qi Cloud Sea, and was astonished to find that all her sword qi was gone.

"These bullies!"

Clearly, it was the old, immortal sword energy in the sword energy cloud sea that was slashed by her newbie Heavenly Gang Sword Energy. To subdue the sword energy cloud sea, it would probably be necessary to activate the great formation on Sword Tomb Mountain.

But she also needed to be capable of getting up there. She hadn't even gotten close to Sword Tomb Mountain yet; she had originally planned to carve some Heavenly Star fragments down.

"This must have been done intentionally by the Xiao family's ancestors. The sea of ​​sword energy is a testing ground for swords. If one can clear this sea of ​​sword energy, one's own strength will surely increase greatly, so..."

Hua Gu and Hong Li need this kind of experience!
Jiang Yi glanced around and looked around before finally settling on the Sword Washing Pool. She decided to find another place to store her Heavenly Gang Sword Qi.

She tried it out, and the Heavenly Gang Sword Qi she condensed transformed into a silvery-white glimmer, which, under her will, remained on the surface of the Sword Washing Pool.

The ancient sword energy above their heads actually gathered all above the Sword Washing Pool, and the sword tips looked down for a while before dispersing.

"Look down on me? You just wait, I'll forget about it in a couple of days!"

Turning her head, Jiang Yi found that many Jiang Yis were staring at her blankly.

"What are you looking at? Go pull the weeds!"

Jiang Yi and his gang scattered in all directions, learning what it meant to bully the weak and fear the strong.

Jiang Yi swung the Broken Tribulation Sword, brushing aside the weeds, and went to the cave of the Sword Tempering Platform. Inside was just a magma pit, and the subterranean fire was only slightly stronger than the subterranean fire outside, with nothing extraordinary about it.

She tried to absorb the earth fire with the Yin-Yang Pendant, but failed. The Yin-Yang Pendant only recognizes ice and fire spirits; it won't eat ordinary earth fire—it's picky!
After touring the Youxian Ferry, Jiang Yi returned to the ancient and simple Heritage Hall.

As she stepped into the temple again, four narrative murals on the two walls inside suddenly caught her attention.

Despite the seven-stringed restriction, it did not obstruct her vision in the slightest. Jiang Yi immediately saw the Azure Emperor in the mural.

All four murals are narrative murals, with many figures that are not very prominent, but judging from their clothing and demeanor, it is not wrong.

The first mural depicts a magnificent scene from ancient times, with numerous immortal sects standing tall and cultivators soaring through the air on swords, a scene of great prosperity.

The second mural depicts the prelude to the war between humans and demons. In the scene of the alliance of all races, nine magnificent figures stand on the mountaintop, their robes fluttering as if there were surging winds and clouds. Among them, Xiao Tianyin's elegant posture of sitting and playing the zither is particularly eye-catching.

The third mural records the earth-shattering battle between the human and demon races in ancient times.

The scene of the sky shattering, mountains and rivers collapsing, and dragons, phoenixes, and qilin leading their remaining forces in a panicked escape is vividly portrayed.

The painting depicts sword energy crisscrossing and zither music transforming into blades, with Xiao Tianyin as the main character, vividly showcasing the brutality and tragedy of war.

But what truly made Jiang Yi's pupils shrink was the last mural.

Nine figures stood in mid-air, like stars suspended in the sky, as small as mustard seeds, yet with an imposing aura.

Amidst the shattered fragments of the continent and the countless corpses of demons, they were hunting a colossal tortoise-snake beast that blotted out the sky. The enormous creature coiled itself on the earth, its carapace undulating like mountains, its snake head held high, spitting out clouds and mist. Even from an extremely high vantage point, it was difficult to see its entirety.

Nine giant swords descended like divine punishment, piercing through the shells of the tortoise-snake mythical beast and embedding themselves in the earth.

The outline of the divine beast as it struggled in its death throes was strikingly similar to the current map of the Northern Xuan Continent, with its winding serpentine body transforming into mountain ranges and its heavy tortoise shell into plains.

The locations where the nine giant swords fell corresponded precisely to the locations of the nine major immortal sects!
What's even more chilling is that when the divine beast fell, the black gas gushing out from under its body twisted and writhed like a living thing, surging like a tide, just like the North Sea Demon Tide!
The black mist seemed to possess sentience, struggling to break free from the great formation's constraints, but it was suppressed by the nine swords and ultimately transformed into wisps of gloom, seeping deep into the earth.

However, one of the paths, like a snake, coiled around the female cultivator holding the zither, Xiao Tianyin!
The root of the Xiao family's bloodline curse lies in this.

However, such curses recorded in ancient books are all called "curses of heaven".

However, the mural clearly shows that the curse originated from the eerie black mist that overflowed after the fall of the tortoise-snake mythical beast.

Could the essence of this black aura be... the very Dao itself?
The moment this thought crossed Jiang Yi's mind, her throat tightened, and a chill ran down her spine to the top of her head.

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