129: Chapter 129 The Sword Demon's One Sword Severed the Heavenly Gate; Beyond the Heavenly Gate Lies the Demon Realm?

Sword Demon, Sword Demon Zhang Cheng!

These four words exploded in Lin Feng's mind like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens!

He stared blankly at the old man before him, who was dressed in rags, with white hair and beard, yet radiating a monstrous Sword Intent. His mind went blank.

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng!

It was actually Sword Demon Zhang Cheng!

That Silver-Rank Supervisor in Nanyan Prefecture who looked kind and even a bit long-winded!

That legend who once cut the Heavenly Gate with a single sword, making countless Earthly Immortals turn back in fear!

Shouldn't he be feeding fish in Nanyan Prefecture?!

How could he...

How could he be imprisoned on the highest level of this Demon Suppressing Tower?!

"Are you surprised?"

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng looked at Lin Feng's ghost-seeing expression and a playful smile appeared on his face.

"It seems you have met 'me'."

"That was just an Incarnation of my benevolent thoughts that I severed forty years ago. It was used to handle some mundane affairs, and by the way... to see if this already decaying world was still worth saving."

These words once again overturned Lin Feng's understanding!

An Incarnation of benevolent thoughts possessed strength comparable to the Martial Extremity Realm and held the power of a Demon Suppression Division in a prefecture?

Then how terrifying must his true body be?!

"Senior, what exactly... is going on?"

Lin Feng forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

"What is going on?"

Hearing this, the smile on Sword Demon Zhang Cheng's face gradually faded, replaced by a sorrow that seeped into his bones and... monstrous rage!

"Well asked!"

He slammed his fist onto the huge bronze door. That Divine Artifact, which could withstand a full-force strike from a Martial Saint, was made to hum by his punch, and countless runes flashed frantically!

"Haven't you always wanted to know what is behind this door?"

"Today, I will let you see clearly!"

He roared, and his eyes, which contained an endless sea of swords, suddenly erupted with a brilliant, extreme divine light!

"Open!"

Following his command, the ancient and mysterious giant bronze door slowly opened a crack!

Boom!!!!

A terrifying aura, impossible to describe in words, filled with chaos, evil, depravity, and madness, surged out from the crack in the door like a bursting black celestial river!

Within that aura, Lin Feng seemed to hear the wailing of billions of living beings and saw the disillusionment of countless worlds!

Under the scouring of this aura, his Divine Soul felt like a lone boat in a stormy sea, as if it could be completely torn apart and devoured at any moment!

"This... this is..."

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly constricted into the most dangerous pinpoints!

He had felt this aura before!

On that Blood Lotus who called herself the "Consort of the Prince of Runan," whom he had killed with his own hands!

It was just that the aura before him was immeasurably more pure and terrifying than that of Blood Lotus!

"Do you see it?"

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng's voice became incredibly grave. "This is the truth behind the 'Heavenly Gate'!"

"There is no Immortal Realm of eternal life there, no carefree Divine Domain!"

"There is only a true 'Demon Realm' filled with endless chaos and destruction!"

"And living there are a group of true 'Demons' who survive by devouring worlds!"

This earth-shattering secret hit Lin Feng's heart like a heavy hammer!

"Forty years ago, I traveled the world and, on the shores of the East Sea, stumbled upon an ancient turtle shell inscribed with a shocking prophecy."

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng's voice became distant and vicissitudinous.

"The prophecy said that every three thousand years, the Seal of the 'Heavenly Gate' enters an extremely weak period. At that time, the Heavenly Demons from outside the domain will descend with 'Demon Seeds' to bewitch hearts, attempting to open this 'dining door' leading to our world from the inside!"

"I didn't believe it at first, until... I discovered the aura of a 'Demon Seed' on my good disciple, the current Emperor, Xia Yuan!"

"It turns out he had long been devoured by his Heart Demon. In pursuit of that ethereal eternal life and power beyond the mortal realm, he did not hesitate to collude with the Heavenly Demons, sacrificing the Luck of the entire Dynasty to trade for the evil method to open the Heavenly Gate!"

"He supported that fake Prince of Runan, letting him use the name of Xia Yan to secretly develop the forces of the Moon-Worshipping Cult in Nanzhou, all to have him collect the nine dragon-suppressing stones that suppress the Dragon veins of the Nine Provinces, thereby weakening the Seal of the 'Heavenly Gate'!"

"I tried to persuade him, I rebuked him, and even went so far as to use our master-disciple relationship to force him. But he had long been completely blinded by power and desire."

"In the end, on the last night of the 'Nine Dragons Fighting for the Heirship,' he finally revealed his most ferocious fangs!"

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng said this, a flash of deep-seated hatred appearing in his eyes.

"He drew the power of the Heavenly Demons into his body, transformed into a Demon Dragon, slaughtered his own flesh and blood, and bathed the Imperial City in blood! To stop him, I had to take action."

"That battle shook the heavens and shattered the earth, obscuring the sun and moon. In the end, although I luckily won by half a move and severed his connection with the Heavenly Demons, I also exhausted all my strength."

"And he, taking advantage of my exhaustion, joined forces with the Heavenly Demon remnant soul that had not yet been completely severed to suppress me here. He then stole my name, 'Sword Demon,' and fabricated the lie of 'One Sword Cuts the Heavenly Gate' to cover up all his crimes!"

"He imprisoned me here not to kill me, but to use the power of this Demon Suppressing Tower to slowly grind away my will and seize the Sword Dao Origin within me, all to help him completely control the power of the Heavenly Demons and once again open that door leading to destruction!"

At this moment, Lin Feng finally understood everything!

It turned out that the so-called "Sword Demon," the so-called "Savior," from beginning to end, was just a loser imprisoned here, filled with endless grief, indignation, and unwillingness.

And the real devil was sitting high on that Dragon throne, enjoying the worship of all people, step by step pushing this world into the abyss of destruction!

"Then why... are you still helping me?"

Lin Feng asked, puzzled.

"Helping you?"

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng laughed self-deprecatingly. "I am not helping you; I am... gambling."

His eyes, which contained an endless sea of swords, looked deeply at Lin Feng.

"I am gambling on how big of a splash you, this chess piece that does not belong to this board, can make."

"I am gambling on whether your pure, extreme will to kill can slash open this already decaying sky with one blade!"

He looked at Lin Feng, his eyes becoming incredibly solemn.

"Old man can feel that you possess a Luck that does not belong to this world. That Luck is domineering, pure, and full of infinite possibilities! Perhaps you really can break this already decaying chessboard!"

"Lin Feng, I ask you, are you willing to inherit my Legacy, wield my sword, slay that tyrant who has already fallen into demonic ways, and return this world to a bright and clear state?!"

These words were resonant and powerful, exploding in Lin Feng's mind like a thunderclap!

The Legacy of Sword Demon Zhang Cheng!

This was a forbidden existence who once cut the Heavenly Gate with a single sword forty years ago!

The value of his Legacy probably already surpassed any Divine Art or Secret Manual in the world!

Lin Feng did not hesitate at all, cupped his hands in a salute, and said with a sonorous and powerful voice!

"Since Senior has entrusted this to me, Junior Lin Feng will not refuse even unto death!"

"Good!"

Sword Demon Zhang Cheng's eyes erupted with brilliant divine light. He no longer held anything back, joined his fingers like a sword, and pointed remotely at the center of Lin Feng's eyebrows!

"Today, I will pass on to you all my lifelong insights into the Sword Dao, as well as the core hub method of the Demon Suppressing Tower that I have realized over these forty years!"

"How much you can comprehend and how far you can go depends on your own fortune!"