No More Cangqiong Sword

The myriad realms fell into nirvanic extinction! The river surged violently. At this moment, Cang instantly lost control over the Book of the River as well. Combined with Qiong's frenzied absorption, Cang roared maniacally! At this moment, even without integrating his heaven and earth, Su Yu might have had a chance to slay Cang. Yet to kill Moyan, that fell far short. And what Su Yu needed was to wipe them all out. Therefore, at this moment, Su Yu's heaven and earth also shattered in an instant, merging into the River of Time. Emerging from the River of Time, he now returned everything to the River of Time. Within the river, countless Lan Tians emerged, countless Wan Tianshengs surfaced, and the wills of the others roared one after another! Dismantle! Dismantle the Great Daos so Su Yu could seize control, reorganize the Daos, and even give birth to a new Book of the River, using the civilization chronicle as its foundation! King Wen, Wen Yu... one after another, they began dismantling the Great Daos. The entire river roared madly. The River of Time, stable for tens of millions of years, was now being taken apart, separated piece by piece. In the distance, Hei Lin suddenly showed a faint smile. With a single sword strike, an incomparably dazzling black radiance erupted. World-destroying power surged frantically, and carrying both madness and a smile, he charged toward Moyan! He only needed to hold Moyan back! Within the Book of the River, the thirty percent of power under his control was also being squandered recklessly by him. He could not break free of all this, but he could burn through this power to let Su Yu seize more power of the river! "Su Yu..." Hei Lin chuckled. Boom! The long sword pierced through the heavens! Moyan also roared furiously, blasting out world-destroying flames with a punch to incinerate Hei Lin. Hei Lin, however, clung to him doggedly. *Wait a little longer, just a little longer. Su Yu can succeed.* *He definitely can!* As long as Su Yu succeeded, everything would be easy. ... At this moment, Su Yu transformed into a portal, sealing the void. Then, Su Yu's apertures expanded. His original Daos had already completely integrated into heaven and earth. Now, Su Yu's physical body became the heaven and earth, his apertures swinging open as he began merging with the River of Time. Lan Tian bellowed, "Drag the Daos, channel them into Su Yu's apertures, and construct a new heaven and earth!" With those words, he divided into myriad incarnations, which quickly coalesced into 720 Lan Tians. Every single Lan Tian instantly stretched into a conduit connecting to Su Yu's apertures. Lan Tian shouted fiercely, "Use me as the path! Dismantle the Daos, integrate the Daos!" Using him as the pathway connecting to Su Yu! Dismantle the Great Daos of the river, then pass them to Su Yu to integrate! Boom! Tremendous rumblings echoed continuously. Divided into 720 conduits, Lan Tian struggled to withstand the expansion of the river's power; the River of Time was surging far too violently right now. Right then, Wan Tiansheng divided into more than a dozen incarnations and spoke up: "I'll connect the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires!" Wan Tiansheng's figures extended outward, running the power of the Great Dao through heaven and earth, straight into Su Yu. At the same time, a dark aura spread, and Liu Hong chuckled, "I'll transmit the Dao of Death!" The Great Zhou King's voice came through simultaneously: "I'll take the Daos of Silence and Restrictions!" ... Powerhouse after powerhouse stepped forward, turning themselves into conduits to replace the tributaries, transforming those tributaries into pathways connecting to Su Yu. In this manner, Su Yu could command the power of the Great Daos far more easily. They all moved with extreme speed. Deep within the river, King Wen, Wen Yu, and several other powerhouses swiftly pulled apart strand after strand of Great Dao power. The river surged with ever-greater fury, and the Book of the River trembled violently! At this moment, Cang roared in fury. The Book of the River shook madly, and the entire river was tossed into violent turmoil. He realized what Su Yu was trying to do! *Impossible!* Cang roared in fury, howling and cursing! "Qiong, you useless trash!" "Get lost!" Cang was incensed, bellowing in rage: "Qiong, this heaven and earth belongs to us! It belongs to the Cangqiong Sword! Back then, when the heaven and earth were opened, the Cangqiong Sword shattered because of it, and this heaven and earth absorbed everything from the Cangqiong Sword! I am merely taking back what is rightfully mine!" He was unreconciled! He was enraged! This heaven and earth was his. When the Lord of Time opened the heavens back then, the Cangqiong Sword did not have to shatter. The Lord of Time could have opened this river on his own, but later, deeming the river not powerful enough, he used the Cangqiong Sword as the price to forge a far mightier river! The Cangqiong Sword shattered! Qiong had thoroughly exhausted everything, only cultivating his way back bit by bit later on. Cang was slightly better off; carrying the remaining power of the Cangqiong Sword, he revived quickly. And on the day he revived, Cang had only one thought: *This heaven and earth is mine!* Since the Cangqiong Sword had shattered, then this river would be the new Cangqiong Sword! He was going to take back what belonged to him! What was wrong with that? Hei Lin did not want the river at all, nor did he wish to become the spirit of the river. If he did not want it, why couldn't I take it? Cang struggled madly, howling and roaring. "Qiong! Get lost..." Qiong was frantically siphoning his power. Cang was caught in a dilemma: either give up control over the river, or focus entirely on killing Qiong. After all, Qiong was also a powerhouse of thirty-nine Daos. Right now, Qiong was siphoning his power across space and rapidly growing stronger. If this continued, once Su Yu seized control of heaven and earth... Cang dared not imagine it! With an angry roar, he began siphoning Qiong's power in reverse. Qiong was inferior to him in strength after all, and in an instant, Qiong felt the power he had just drawn out being dragged right back by Cang. "Su Yu... how much longer?!" Qiong also roared. How much longer? If this wasn't settled soon, Cang would drain him dry! Hadn't they agreed that he would drain Cang? Hadn't they said Cang wouldn't bother draining a piece of trash like him? Why was Cang draining him now? Meanwhile, Su Yu transformed from a portal back into human form, condensing above heaven and earth. His 720 apertures radiated dazzling light. At this moment, Lan Tian and the others had extended conduits for him, conduits siphoning the Great Daos of the river! Wen Yu and the others were swiftly dismantling the Daos so Su Yu could command them. Everyone was doing their utmost to help Su Yu rapidly master the Great Daos. Su Yu dared not delay either. On one hand, he unleashed his power to solidify and seal the void, preventing the origin of the myriad realms, the vital energy, and the rules from dispersing, lest those in nirvanic extinction truly perish and become unable to revive. On the other hand, he was constantly fusing the myriad Daos! One Great Dao after another was swiftly absorbed into Su Yu's apertures. He was seizing control of the river—one, two, three... Dao after Dao was merging! At this moment, Cang let out another crazed roar and abruptly slashed a sword toward Su Yu. The power was not as formidable as before, but it remained immensely potent, surpassing forty-two Daos. This strike was primarily aimed at severing the conduits formed by Lan Tian and the others! He could not allow Su Yu to integrate the Daos smoothly. As long as Su Yu failed to integrate them quickly and the fluctuations of the nirvanic extinction of the myriad realms subsided, Cang would be able to regain control of the Book of the River. Su Yu was hard to kill, but the others were easy! "Absorb!" Boom! The moment Cang struck, Qiong erupted frantically. With a deafening boom, the sword qi Cang had just unleashed was swallowed up by Qiong. At this moment, Qiong reverted to his sword form, yet cracks spiderwebbed across the blade! The original body of the Cangqiong Sword was already broken and fractured. Later, it had been picked up by Hong Tian, so by the time Qiong acquired it, it was actually already fragmented. He had only forcibly pieced it together! Yet now, the sword body cracked open once more. Cang's rage knew no bounds as he bellowed, "Qiong, what on earth are you after?! Even if Su Yu wins, what can he give you?! Don't forget that you and I are truly one entity! If I win, I can even help restore you to the Cangqiong Sword of old!" *Qiong, what are you after?* This was something Cang simply could not comprehend! You and I are one entity. You are merely a sword, a broken sword. Serving Su Yu, what could you possibly gain? How many days have you even known Su Yu? Does it make any sense to lay down your life for him right now? By now, Qiong was stuffed to bursting, his sword body continuously splintering. Hearing this, he suddenly laughed, his laughter reverberating through heaven and earth: "What am I after? Cang, I'm after nothing! All I know is that I am a swordsman! A sword cultivator! A swordsman should advance indomitably, remain single-minded, and cleave to a singular Dao!" "Cang, you are not me, and I am not you! By cultivating the myriad Daos, you ceased to be the sword that opened the heavens! As a swordsman, cultivating some bullshit myriad Daos means you are no longer pure!" ... Cang was so infuriated he wanted to spit blood. *No longer pure?* Who said that being a sword meant one had to cultivate the Dao of the Sword? What was wrong with a sword cultivating the myriad Daos? Qiong was an absolute idiot! "Then go die, you useless scrap of dregs!" Cang barked in fury, his voice thick with rage and mockery: "A piece of trash like you thinks he deserves to absorb my power? You were utterly moronic back then too! When the heavens were opened, knowing full well the Cangqiong Sword was going to shatter, you fool kept pouring power into it! If not for you idiot, how could the Cangqiong Sword's body have ever broken?" He mocked Qiong for being an idiot! Back then, he and Qiong were one, jointly governing the Cangqiong Sword. Yet when the Lord of Time opened the heavens, that idiot Qiong couldn't wait to unleash every ounce of power within the sword, including his own divine character power! Cang, on the other hand, had been far shrewder! He had conserved a great deal of power. Thus, after the opening of the heavens, Qiong started from zero and cultivated bit by bit; even the trace of spirituality from back then had dissipated, forcing him to virtually start over. Cang, however, was a cultivator of thirty-six Daos right from the start! In that regard, Qiong could never compare to him. At this moment, Qiong faintly recalled something as well, and suddenly said, "Cang, you're the real idiot!" Qiong's voice carried a hint of disdain and mockery: "As a sword, as a sword meant solely to slay enemies, as the sword of the Lord of Time... the sword of a sword cultivator—when it came time to risk everything, you actually harbored your own schemes... Why wouldn't the Lord of Time discard the two of us?" Qiong said coldly, "You and I broke, the Cangqiong Sword shattered—did you think that was an unavoidable outcome? If back then you had forged ahead without looking back and poured out all your strength, would the Lord of Time really have allowed the two of us to shatter? But when a sword begins to turn on its master... do you think anyone would still want it?" When the Cangqiong Sword was discarded back then, was it truly because the Lord of Time had no more use for it? That he insisted on destroying a sword cultivated over countless eras? At this moment, Qiong felt that might not be true! Perhaps certain actions by Cang had vexed the Lord of Time, prompting him to choose abandonment and destruction! When you needed your sword to lay down its life, the sword actually harbored its own designs and held back its power. If a great war erupted, wouldn't such a sword betray its wielder? Who would keep a sword that turned on its master? If it broke, there was no heartbreak—just recycling trash. At those words, Cang shuddered slightly. The next moment, Cang roared, "I did not betray him! He was the one who wanted to break us first, and I only rose up in resistance!" Qiong could not be bothered to say more. With Cang holding such thoughts, the shattering of the Cangqiong Sword back then was hardly an injustice. For a sword cultivator's sword, the sword cultivator naturally took precedence; if he willed the sword to break, it should break. As a sword, it ought not harbor any notion of defiance. No one would tolerate their own weapon rebelling against them at a crucial juncture. A weapon developing a spirit was fine. The emergence of a spirit was solely to bring forth greater weapon might, not for the spirit to ponder whether it would break the moment its master struck. If that were the case, weapons would no longer be permitted to birth spirits. Qiong's voice soon rang out again, tinged with detachment: "I always wondered why so many things in the myriad realms could become spirits—even flowers and grasses could birth spirits—yet along the Dao of Weapons, of those who truly developed spirits, apart from me... there seemed to be none! Perhaps that was thanks to you as well!" Weapons of the myriad realms might possess some spirituality. However, not a single weapon in the myriad realms had truly become a sentient spirit endowed with wisdom. The Cangqiong Sword had only transformed into spirits due to the circumstances back then. And who could say that wasn't deliberate on the Lord of Time's part? Cang did not bother to argue. At this moment, he had no mind to argue anyway. With a furious roar, sword qi spilled forth! Boom! Qiong absorbed that sword qi once again. With a thunderous boom, Qiong's sword body cracked apart completely. Cang's expression was exceedingly icy: "You're just worthless scrap! If you keep absorbing, bursting yourself to death will be your own doing!" Qiong's aura surged abruptly to its peak as he frantically sucked in all the sword qi, speaking with cold detachment: "Would a sword cultivator fear death? Cang, I am a sword cultivator; you are not! A sword would rather shatter as jade than stay whole as a clay tile! Once drawn, a sword never looks back!" Since the sword had been drawn, there was no turning back! Fear death? That was Cang, not me, Qiong! Rumble! Fragment after fragment of the sword body broke apart. Just as Cang said, he was merely scrap and could not endure such overwhelming sword qi. At this moment, the sword parts he had integrated earlier shattered one after another, and Qiong, reduced to a mote of light, also continued to expand. If this went on, Qiong would die too. Yet by this time, Su Yu had already constructed pathway after pathway of aperture Daos and swiftly began fusing them. Su Yu's voice resonated through heaven and earth: "Qiong, thank you! If we win this battle, I will help you reforge your sword body! You will no longer be the Cangqiong Sword; cast off the past and forge a new sword!" This was Su Yu's promise! This sword that opened the heavens demonstrated the true caliber of a sword cultivator at this moment. As for Cang, he had too many schemes; he was not pure. Had Su Yu been the Lord of Time back then, he might have shattered it too. What use was an unruly, disobedient sword? Qiong did not reply. At this moment, Qiong was swelling rapidly, showing signs of blowing apart. Su Yu shouted again, "Qiong, if you burst, preserve a remnant of your spirit! Old Death, stabilize the spirits of all the deceased beings..." With that, Su Yu roared, "Solidify!" Boom! In every direction, walls appeared like towering portals. He was going to seal the myriad realms completely! Rumble! Rumbling roars echoed incessantly. At this moment, Su Yu's portal power overflowed, completely locking down the myriad realms! He prioritized constructing the Daos of Sealing and Confinement, lighting up aperture after aperture. Su Yu had originally possessed forty-four Daos of power and integrated hundreds of apertures. Now, though the River of Time was formidable, the essence of the Great Daos was identical. At this time, breaking the Daos to rebuild was also exceedingly fast. In the blink of an eye, Su Yu had integrated 180 aperture Daos! This time, the process was even faster, his strength even greater, and he even cast aside all impurities. Su Yu's power rapidly restored its former might. With a resounding crash, a corner of the Book of the River broke away. At this moment, a new book surfaced between heaven and earth: the civilization chronicle! Su Yu's civilization chronicle! He was not taking over that Book of the River; Su Yu was constructing his own Book of Heaven and Earth! Since he was seizing control, he would discard the vestiges left by the Lord of Time and take total dominion over the myriad realms. Su Yu's aura restored itself to forty-two Daos of power in the blink of an eye, but this was still not enough. Fast though it was, it still fell well short. Qiong was also on the verge of giving out, about to burst from absorbing too much power. Right at this juncture, King Wen and Wen Yu instantly transformed into conduits and roared in unison. This time, they linked directly to over a hundred of Su Yu's apertures, sweeping in with countless Great Daos to merge into him! Wen Yu's voice sounded: "Su Yu, kill Moyan and save the meat... When I wake up, I want to eat it!" Wen Yu's voice was full of cheer and anticipation. Even now, she looked forward to eating Moyan. That was an ancient beast powerful enough to wield forty-six Daos! The meat of an ancient beast ought to be delicious. Wen Yu even sounded wistful: "His meat was stewed over low heat every day, simmered for countless years. It must be delicious! Perfectly seasoned!" Hearing this, Moyan bellowed on the other side, throwing a punch that battered Hei Lin until streams of world-destroying aura erupted from his body. Moyan roared, "Wen Yu, who eats whom is yet to be decided!" Wen Yu actually still wanted to eat him at a time like this! Wen Yu could not care less about his bellowing. Connected to Su Yu's apertures, strand after strand of Great Dao poured in and integrated rapidly. Wen Yu said with delight, "Su Yu... you haven't answered me yet..." Su Yu's laughter carried over: "I'll try! I can't guarantee his body will stay intact, but if it survives, I'll keep it for you!" Boom! Su Yu's aura climbed—forty-three Daos! Still not enough! At this moment, Su Yu stirred the river. The river suddenly surged with waves, releasing an immense power that pressed down in all directions! Taking control of the river served another purpose: suppressing opponents! The suppressive power of heaven and earth! The essence of the River of Time was still extraordinarily potent, possessing at least forty-nine Daos of power, fundamentally superior to the power of Moyan and the others. At this moment, the power of heaven and earth began to amplify! The river's power, which previously had had no effect on Moyan and his peers, now unleashed a faint suppressive force. It was not overwhelmingly strong, but Moyan and the others could already feel it. Moyan roared, flames scorching the heavens! Between heaven and earth, a portal manifested. Moyan charged toward the sky; he wanted to take the battle outside. This place was no longer safe! Boom! With a tremendous rumble, portals emerged across heaven and earth, barring his path. Su Yu's voice rang out with detachment: "Since I have become the portal, did you still think you could leave?" There was no way he would let him escape! Moyan was indeed powerful, possessing the strength of forty-six Daos, but Su Yu was not weak either. Furthermore, this portal was a supreme treasure forged by the Lord of Time, originally intended to imprison and deliver Hei Lin. Moyan glared coldly at Su Yu. After battering it for a while, the portal remained unbroken. Behind him, Hei Lin was still pursuing doggedly. Moyan said coldly, "Su Yu, you think you've won? You're far from it!" At that very instant, Moyan let out a shrill screech! Boom! In an instant, he transformed into a burst of flame, atop which two heavens and earths manifested! The heavens and earths he had opened! One inside the myriad realms, one outside the myriad realms. Both heavens and earths were extraordinarily powerful right now. Carrying a chilling menace, Moyan's voice thundered, "Su Yu, I originally intended to kill Cang first, seize the Book of the River, and only then fuse the twin heavens, taking the river as my foundation! You forced my hand!" Su Yu had forced his hand, compelling him to fuse the twin heavens and earths right now. By doing so, even if he devoured the river later, he might not achieve his anticipated goal. And what was his goal? He wanted to step into fifty Daos! Moyan knew things they did not know; he understood truths Su Yu and the others did not comprehend. In this chaos, the peak limit of the strongest was forty-nine Daos! It was impossible to grow any stronger! Yet beyond this chaos, there existed beings who were even more powerful, such as the Lord of Time. And forty-nine Daos might not even suffice to shatter this chaos and enter other domains. If he wished to step out of this chaotic region and truly enter that supreme realm, he needed to be even stronger! Otherwise, no matter how powerful he became, he would merely be the supreme overlord of this single expanse of chaos! Moyan harbored vast ambitions! To devour the river and achieve the perfect integration of his twin heavens, he had plotted for countless years. Yet now, Su Yu was about to ruin his chance! How could he accept this?! At that moment, Moyan forcibly integrated the twin heavens. Imperfect? So what? Compared to failure, imperfection was acceptable. Even if imperfect, if he reached forty-nine Daos after devouring the river, that would suffice. He could find another way later. ... Su Yu was slightly startled. Even at this stage, Moyan's twin heavens had not been completely integrated. That was something he hadn't anticipated. The next moment, Su Yu's physical body jolted! A formidable aura swept through the surroundings as Su Yu returned to forty-four Daos of power once more. At this moment, he delayed no further and hesitated no longer. Ignoring Moyan, he charged straight toward Cang in an instant! He had to slay Cang and completely wrest control of the river before he could hope to instantly reach forty-five Daos, forty-six Daos, or even higher, enabling him to successfully eliminate Moyan! Boom! With a resounding boom, Su Yu threw a punch that materialized into portals pressing down upon Cang. Cang was originally a powerhouse of forty-six Daos, but after suffering repeated heavy injuries, losing partial control of the Book of the River, and having a vast portion of his power devoured by Qiong, his strength right now was roughly on par with Su Yu's. Yet it went beyond that. At this moment, Su Yu swept in with the power of the river, turning the tables to suppress Cang. Cang bellowed, slashing a sword toward Su Yu! Boom! Under the massive impact, Cang was thrown back, his feet churning the river as several more pages of the Book of the River beside him shattered. Cang was consumed by fury, helplessness, and fierce resentment as he howled in outrage: "Why?!" Why could Su Yu seize thirty to forty percent of the river's power so quickly? By now, Su Yu had already claimed a third of the river's control, whereas he had spent countless ages only to seize seventy percent. Now, half of that had been ripped away by Su Yu in one stroke! *This is unfair!* "Why?" Su Yu's face was cold. "By the simple fact that this heaven and earth was never yours to begin with! You are merely a servant who turned on his master! What else does a sword spirit that betrayed its master expect?" "Betrayed?!" "Turned on its master?!" Cang was like a madman, slashing sword after sword toward Su Yu with burning fury: "What do you mean, turned on my master?! I was the Cangqiong Sword! I served him for countless ages, slew countless formidable enemies for him, and carved out an illustrious reputation for him across that vast universe! What do you know?! I transformed from a sword into a spirit. If he truly had any affection, he should have set me free long ago instead of shattering me here!" At this moment, Hei Lin chuckled faintly in the distance: "Cang, you are foolish." "Foolish indeed!" Su Yu sneered as well, throwing a punch as the civilization chronicle manifested, instantly enveloping the area to gather up the sword qi. He said coldly, "An onlooker sees clearly! Can't you tell even now? This river was clearly the next weapon the Lord of Time wished to forge for himself, and Hei Lin was most likely meant to be the new spirit of this weapon! If you had cooperatively helped him open the heavens, even if you exhausted your might, the Lord of Time would very likely have helped you recover, perhaps even sending you on your way... You had become a spirit with thoughts of your own... Though I do not know for certain if he would have done so, the probability was high!" "Yet you began to betray your master at the very last moment. That he didn't thoroughly obliterate you was already an act of benevolence! If I were the Lord of Time, I would have extinguished you completely long ago! Do you honestly believe someone of his caliber couldn't even see that you held back your strength?" In Su Yu's view, opening a new heaven and earth might have been the Lord of Time's way of forging a new weapon! The Cangqiong Sword might have been set free, having developed a true, sentient spirit endowed with wisdom. "Impossible!" Cang roared! *Impossible!* Yet within his heart, violent shock rippled. *Could it truly be so?* *Did master open the heavens back then to forge a new weapon?* If he was forging a new weapon... then naturally he would no longer wield the Cangqiong Sword. He thought of many things! He thought back to that day, when master had muttered to himself that from that day forth, there might never again be an opportunity to use the Cangqiong Sword. He had assumed master intended to completely destroy the Cangqiong Sword, and so he had resisted! He had conserved his power, unwilling to be utterly extinguished! Yet... what if... what if master did not mean that, did not intend to destroy him, but was merely saying that he would set him free? Did master know of his desire to leave? He probably... did! At this moment, Cang grew frantic, slashing sword after sword toward Su Yu, crying out madly: "No, you are both just guessing! He wouldn't have let me go! He only wanted me to kill for him, kill until I shattered!" Su Yu was merely trying to break his Dao, break his heart! *It couldn't be like that!* Yet Su Yu only grew stronger, his voice chillingly cold: "If he truly wanted to deal with a sword like you, would it take so much effort? You are just a weapon—if he wanted to break you, would it be so difficult? If he truly wished to destroy you, would you have ever had the chance to survive? As a swordsman, if the Lord of Time couldn't even sense his own sword holding back power, just how useless would he have to be?" "In my view, that he didn't extinguish your spirit was merely out of sentimental fondness. Having wielded it for so long, he was somewhat reluctant to part with it... Otherwise, would you have lived until today?" Though it was speculation, Su Yu felt it was nine times out of ten the truth! In all likelihood, that was the reality. "No..." Cang continued to howl, but Su Yu had fused even more Great Daos. Strands of Dao drilled into his body. While he had previously been evenly matched with Cang, he now pressed Cang into continuous retreat, and more and more pages of the Book of the River beside Cang shattered! Cang's face changed drastically. "Hei Lin! If the Book of the River is destroyed, you will die too..." Hei Lin ignored him completely, driving a sword toward Moyan! At this moment, Moyan was still fusing his twin heavens, though he could still manage Hei Lin. Cang grew desperate! At this moment, Su Yu commanded roughly forty percent of the river's power, while Cang was down to about what Hei Lin possessed. Cang was unreconciled, utterly unreconciled: "Su Yu, I spent countless ages only to seize seventy percent of the river's power. Why can you master forty percent so quickly?!" Su Yu sighed. "Nonsense! We were born from the myriad realms and are one with them! What about you? Think of a house: you are merely the shovel or spade in the builder's hands, nothing more than a tool. Once the house is built, does it belong to you?" The house belongs to me, and to the living beings of the myriad realms! You, a mere tool, want to seize ownership of the house? What are you dreaming of?! At this moment, Su Yu's aura jolted again. In an instant, countless apertures fused, reaching the point where 360 apertures were integrated. And in the blink of an eye, Su Yu's aura crossed into forty-five Daos. Cang was suppressed heavily. When it came to the power of heaven and earth, Cang commanded less than Su Yu at this moment, thoroughly suppressed under Su Yu's heaven and earth power! Cang was unreconciled, so deeply unreconciled! He roared in fury: "Su Yu, don't celebrate too soon! Even if you can kill me, this river was left by that fellow for Hei Lin! Since you claim this was a new weapon he forged for himself, would he give it to you? Hei Lin is the true spirit of this river!" Su Yu said indifferently, "And so what?" ... Cang nearly spat blood in fury! *Do you truly not care?* Why did every one of these people act as if it didn't matter in the least? At that moment, Su Yu reached out with a beckoning hand, and a sword materialized in his grasp. Qiong was rather weak, his sword body completely shattered. Su Yu chuckled softly. "It's about time. Cang, to have stirred up such a massive storm, you ought to be satisfied!" At this moment, the power of all heavens and realms flooded instantly into the long sword. Seeing this, Cang bolted toward the sky in an instant! Flee! He was being suppressed by Su Yu. At this point, the power Su Yu commanded was greater and stronger than his own, while Su Yu was steadily stripping away his control over the river. If this continued, he would certainly die! Su Yu did not give chase, merely continuing to draw upon the power of the myriad realms. The next instant, with a low growl, a single portal completely enveloped the entire myriad realms! In that instant, the myriad realms seemed to freeze for a moment! Time came to a standstill! No, in reality it was merely the solidification of space. Yet in that brief moment, all sound vanished, and the river ceased to flow. Having reached forty-five Daos, Su Yu suppressed Cang with heaven and earth, his strength surpassing Cang's. 360 apertures instantly united! The civilization chronicle emerged, merging into Qiong's sword body in an instant. At this moment, Qiong's aura surged wildly. Su Yu slashed out with the sword, carrying peerless momentum and boundless might, a single strike reflecting across the heavens! Cang can go die! At that moment, Cang crashed headfirst into the Human Gate. With a thunderous boom, the Human Gate shuddered, but did not break. He failed to escape! Despair creeping in, Cang turned back, abruptly transforming into a sword as a blast of sword qi shot toward Qiong! Qiong's voice carried a touch of disdain: "A pseudo-swordsman!" Long since ceased to be pure! Qiong looked down on such sword cultivators, just as he looked down on Su Yu. Su Yu was one as well, but the sword Su Yu wielded was him! *I am a true sword cultivator, and that is enough!* "Open Heaven!" "Open Heaven!" The identical roar rang out from Cang and Qiong! The exact same sword technique! Yet Qiong's sword qi was brimming with sharpness, murderous intent, and indomitable resolve, bursting forth as a streak of silver-white sword qi! Cang's sword qi was kaleidoscopic, mingled with the power of myriad Daos. The two sword qis collided. Boom! A thunderous crash reverberated across the four directions. Unstoppable, Qiong's sword qi directly shattered Cang's sword qi. Stray sword qi scattered in all directions, and the next moment, the two swords collided! Bang! The tip of the sword Cang had transformed into suddenly snapped and shattered, obliterated in the blink of an eye by the long sword Qiong had become. Qiong's voice rang out once more: "I told you, you're not pure!" Cang's voice followed, tinged with despair: "Not pure? Qiong... you idiot, who are you to lecture me on this? If Su Yu hadn't supplied you with greater power, how could you have broken me?! The Great Daos number in the myriads; there is only strength and weakness... What nonsense is this about pure and impure?!" Even now, defeated as he was, Cang refused to accept Qiong's view! Must a sword cultivate the Dao of the Sword? "Regardless, I won!" Qiong said with a hint of smugness, "You lost!" *Lost!* Rumble! The Cang Sword continuously fragmented, and the Book of the River shattered along with it, its broken power thoroughly siphoned away by Su Yu. The remainder of the Book of the River suddenly turned black, rippling solely with world-destroying power. At this moment, Cang's silhouette emerged, despondent, his face twisted with resentment and bitterness. He abruptly looked up toward the heavens, gazing into the chaos: "I was your sword. Since you were forging a new weapon... why... why didn't you let this new weapon be controlled by me?!" ... In the distance, Su Yu shook his head. Hopeless! On one hand, Cang wanted the Lord of Time to let him go and grant him the chance to dominate an entire domain; on the other hand, while the Lord of Time forged a new weapon, he wanted to control that new weapon himself. So what, the Lord of Time wasn't even allowed to forge a weapon anymore? Su Yu could not fathom such logic. Was the Lord of Time's desire to deliver Hei Lin and recast the spirit of heaven and earth, the spirit of the weapon, precisely because Cang was flawed? A weapon spirit's mindset differed greatly from a human's! And delivering Hei Lin with the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires would perhaps align his mindset with a human's. Could this be the unity of man and weapon? Whatever! Boom! At this moment, a thunderous crash shook heaven and earth. Cang's silhouette disintegrated completely! In the void, Qiong's figure manifested. At this moment, he did not absorb Cang's dissipating power. Instead, his expression was complex, quickly turning solemn! He would not absorb Cang's power! Because Cang was no longer pure! He was no longer the Cangqiong Sword of old! As for Qiong, he was still the Qiong of old. Whether he had developed a spirit or not, he was Qiong, a sword cultivator. Let the Great Daos be myriad and flourishing like blossoms, he would walk only his own Dao of the Sword! "There is no more Cangqiong Sword in this world!" Qiong uttered a low cry. Cang was dead; in this world, there was only him, the Qiong Sword! At this moment, Su Yu was siphoning the Great Dao power frantically. Qiong might not want it, but Su Yu didn't mind in the least. Besides, he wasn't Qiong; their paths were different. In the distance, Moyan's aura surged again, nearing the completion of his twin heavens' integration. His aura was immensely terrifying! With a chilling gaze, he glared at Hei Lin, who was still tangling with him. Su Yu had slain Cang and seized even more power of heaven and earth, and all of this seemed inseparable from Hei Lin. Damned wretch! Hei Lin, however, showed a faint smile—a smile profoundly meaningful, as if... he already possessed human emotions. The Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires had succeeded after all!