23: World in chaos

【The Heavenly Demon Ancestor was severely wounded and fled!】

【Old Man Cangshan and the Xiao Clan Ancestor joined forces to intercept him. Five Martial Saints battled fiercely in the sky. Wherever they passed, mountains and rivers changed, and all things shattered!】

【The Xiao Clan Ancestor was responsible for restraining two Heavenly Saint Martial Saints, while Old Man Cangshan, with fierce determination, charged at the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, attempting to utterly annihilate him in this battle.】

【You quietly followed at a distance where the five Heaven-Human Realm experts couldn't perceive you, seeking an opportunity.

This great battle lasted for nearly seven days. They fought all the way, and now they had reached the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.

The Heavenly Demon Cult of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty was already prepared. The Blood Demon Army, employing the Way of Military Martial Arts, arranged their formations, demonstrating Martial Saint-level legion combat power, and forcefully separated the warring parties.】

【Old Man Cangshan and his companion reluctantly ceased their conflict, and a great battle drew to a close... This was the moment you had been waiting for. The instant the Heavenly Demon Ancestor relaxed, a Flying Immortal sword strike, swift as lightning!】

【Under the incredulous gazes of the several Martial Saints, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor was beheaded with a single sword, his head separated from his body... You did not linger. After one sword strike, you vanished in an instant!】

【Without the slightest hesitation, and not caring whether the Heavenly Demon Ancestor would die from this, you finally vented your anger, feeling joyful.】

【Disguised as a post-celestial ninth-level old man, you traveled to the Myriad Laws Dynasty to experience another foreign land!】

【The Myriad Laws Dynasty was prevalent in Dao Martial Arts. Here, there were many Daoist academies, sects, and mountains.

In the streets and alleys, almost every city had several fortune-telling Daoists; some were obviously fake, while others had some genuine skill.

You became interested and began to secretly learn.

During this time, news about the Heavenly Saint Dynasty and the Great Xuan Dynasty also spread.

It seemed that the Great Xuan Dynasty and the Heavenly Saint Dynasty had gone to war.

The fuse was the assassination, devouring, and body-snatching of Old Man Cangshan's direct disciple, the youngest and most outstanding junior of the Xiao Imperial Clan.】

【It was rumored that a mysterious Sword Saint had beheaded the Heavenly Demon Ancestor with a single sword, but unfortunately, it was not a complete success. The Heavenly Demon Ancestor, relying on his domain and Martial Saint body, forcibly clung to life. In the end, it seemed he sacrificed the three hundred and sixty hall masters, numerous protectors, and deacons of the Heavenly Demon Cult to recover from his injuries.】

【Another version was that the Heavenly Saint Dynasty publicly declared that the Great Xuan Dynasty and Old Man Cangshan were shameless, and the Xiao Clan's ambition was exploding. They secretly massacred the Heavenly Demon Cult members, attempting to unify the world, and called on all nations to jointly resist the Great Xuan Dynasty, invade the Great Xuan capital, and divide the Xiao Clan's foundation...】

【Not long after, the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty and the Heavenly Saint Dynasty formed an alliance and sent troops to Great Xuan.

Soon after, the Great Western Heaven Dynasty launched troops against the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty.

After another short while, for some unknown reason, the Myriad Laws Dynasty and the overseas islands began to contend.】

【It seemed that there was a Heaven-Human Realm expert on the overseas islands who had reached the pinnacle of the Martial Saint Realm. He unified the overseas islands, established the Calamity Heaven Cult, proclaimed himself the orthodox Dao Court, and began to dispute the interpretation of Dao Court orthodoxy with the Myriad Laws Dynasty.】

【It was as if overnight, the entire world was no longer peaceful.】

【In the once bustling cities, a hint of war's gloom visibly emerged, and many people felt a surge of worry.

Perhaps it was groundless anxiety, but the truth that no egg remains unbroken when the nest is overturned was known to many.】

【You only stayed in the Myriad Laws Dynasty for three months before returning home to that small mountain village. Everything was just in case.

The three months in the Myriad Laws Dynasty were not wasted. You learned fortune-telling, divination, and the exhaustive enumeration of Dao numbers.

From this, you comprehended the Heaven's Evolution Sword and One Sword Transforms Ten Thousand Swords...】

【After returning to the small mountain village, you used Heaven-Human Realm methods deep within the Mang Mountain range to open up a unique mountain range.

Named Ten Thousand Swords Peak, you established the Divine Sword Manor, and you created the Sword Mound and Ten Thousand Swords Stele.

You moved your family and the villagers from the small mountain village who were willing to relocate to the foot of Ten Thousand Swords Peak.

You taught martial arts to those who wished to learn, and those with exceptional talent could enter the outer court of the Divine Sword Manor for further study.】

【The inner court was only for those with Martial Saint potential; no one else could enter. Although there wasn't even one person in the outer court currently, it didn't stop you from setting extremely high thresholds.】

【While great wars erupted outside, you established a haven of peace in a desolate place.】

【You cultivated in seclusion at the Divine Sword Manor, and three years passed in a flash.】

【Within these three years, you remained oblivious to outside affairs. Besides daily sword practice, you were busy making children.

In three years, you only managed to have one child. The Heaven-Human Realm level was already too high, making it difficult to produce offspring.

It was Zi You who gave birth. This Heavenly Saint Demoness now also possessed the cultivation of a Supreme-level Innate Grandmaster in martial arts; otherwise, their union wouldn't have resulted in offspring so quickly.】

【It was a boy. You named him Ji, Wu Ji, which subtly echoed your Way of Limitlessness, and you held great expectations for him.

The task of raising little Wu Ji was entrusted to your younger siblings, Wu Di and Wu Yue.

The tables had turned; you used to raise them, and now it was their turn to look after a child.】

【Your younger brother and sister, although not possessing any world-shaking talent, had considerable martial arts cultivation with your full financial support and the proper allocation of various inheritances.

They had now also stepped into the Refined Viscera Realm, one at post-celestial sixth-level and the other at post-celestial eighth-level. In a few more years, with your full assistance, they would be able to break through to the Innate Realm.

As for the Way of Innateness and the shaping of an Innate Martial Body, that would be up to them.】

【These past years, you had been contemplating the path beyond the Martial Saint realm. You had many outlandish ideas, but after careful consideration, you felt some were impractical.

Thus, you solidified your foundation, strengthened your base, and comprehended numerous sword intents, creating many Innate and even Heaven-Human level sword techniques.

You integrated your accumulated knowledge and left behind the Heaven-Human Sword Dao inheritance, "Limitlessness." It was both a cultivation method and a sword!

You were now capable of forging Martial Saint weapons.

A sword, for a martial artist cultivating the sword dao, if he obtained this sword, he would gain the most suitable sword dao for himself from it.】

【However, recently, your inspiration had somewhat dried up, and your cultivation had reached a bottleneck. The Yellow Court Earth Martial Saint body was only one final hurdle away.

So, you decided to go out for a change of scenery, broaden your horizons, and learn about current world affairs.】

【Your first stop was Xiao Tianhao's father, the King of Yunzhou, that greatest bandit of the martial world. You had almost forgotten him.

It was only when Yu Qingwei mentioned him that you remembered there was still one unsettled matter from back then.

You took Yu Qingwei down the mountain.

Zi You stayed home to watch the child.

You weren't going to fight anyone, so you didn't force the heroine to stay home.】

【The King of Yunzhou, Xiao Ruowu, had not been doing well these past few years.

A few years ago, the bandits he secretly supported were uprooted; all thirteen great bandits died, leaving only him. He had been terrified for a long time because of this.

One wave had not settled before another rose. His disfavored rebellious son became a direct disciple of a Martial Saint and the third most talented Innate in the world.

Xiao Ruowu actively tried to mend their relationship but was again ridiculed by his rebellious son. In a fit of anger, he cursed him out, for he was his father after all.

Their relationship plummeted to an all-time low.

Recently, he heard that his rebellious son was preparing to break through, about to reach the Heaven-Human Realm and become a Martial Saint.

This made him regret even more, but it was too late.

He feared that when the rebellious son found him displeasing, and learned the true cause of his mother's death, he would try to kill his father, and then he would truly be at the end of his road...】

【And now, Xiao Ruowu no longer needed to be anxious, because... you had arrived!】