Outside the house there was a slight chirping of birds.
In the room, a figure in green was pruning the branches of an old tree. Chen Xia had maintained this kind of life for hundreds of years. Quiet cultivation was very beneficial for enlightenment, with an undistracted mind, the heart of the Dao would naturally stabilize.
The branches and leaves of the old tree suddenly shuddered, as if fire was bursting out, about to suddenly ignite.
Chen Xia turned his head and looked straight up at the sky.
A black light fell down.
Wu Saint tumbled down into the small house, tightly hugging his flying sword, panting for breath, with blood still flowing from the corners of his mouth. But he didn't care about himself, and anxiously said to Chen Xia,
“Brother, go save people quickly!”
Chen Xia's eyes glanced over the flying sword, recognizing it as Wang Yangzi's “Stove Fire”. He asked in surprise,
“What happened?”
"That brat Wang Yangzi sent his head out, thought he was invincible after becoming a Great Saint, and forcibly pushed outwards for tens of thousands of miles towards the Heavenly Rain Realm. He even sent his flying sword back. I don't know what he was thinking, such a wooden head, so stubborn!"
"He didn't want to implicate you so he didn't notify you at all, and didn't even come to the hut anymore. I really couldn't bear to see him die just like that, so I specially came to notify you. Let's go quickly..."
Before he could finish speaking, the flying sword in his arms had disappeared.
What also disappeared at the same time was Chen Xia from the small house.
Wu Saint looked up.
A bright streak of sword light quickly pierced through the sky, heading straight for the upper layer of the realm.
He didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly followed, thinking he should at least help out somewhat.
But how could he keep up with the sword light?
On the border of the Heavenly Rain Realm.
Tian Kai Great Saint breathed slightly heavily as he looked at the blazing hot water screen barrier, with some impatience in his eyebrows and eyes.
"It actually let him live for a while longer again, how annoying!"
"There's no rush," said the other Great Saint below the canopy of heaven calmly. "Killing one Boiling Water Great Saint, we can kill another one again. Today's harvest is quite good."
"Haha, then who gets credit for this Great Saint's enlightenment? This is both an alchemy and a sword enlightenment, rare treasures indeed."
The figure of the pitch-black, slender Great Saint chuckled creepily.
One Great Saint carrying a huge sword laughed. "I don't care about the alchemy enlightenment, and I don't care about the remnants of the Boiling Water Great Saint's enlightenment, but I will definitely get a share of the sword enlightenment."
The few were still discussing how to divide Wang Yangzi’s enlightenment, talking quite casually. In the current situation, Wang Yangzi was doomed undoubtedly. This water screen was just buying some time.
At most half a month, and the water screen would disappear. By then, it would be the time of Wang Yangzi’s death.
Tian Kai Great Saint looked at the water screen barrier, shook his head and laughed. "Back then I told you, the day you break a Great Saint is the day you die. I didn't expect that after stepping into Great Sainthood you would still dare to take the initiative to kill your way into the Heavenly Rain Realm. You can be considered to have left a prestigious name."
"Hehe, this time the Heavenly Rain Realm served as a background board for him. After this matter, even if he dies, his reputation will be very loud," another Great Saint said.
"Loud reputation is useless when he eventually dies. Later, we’ll hang his severed head on the walls of the realm’s city, to serve as a warning."
"Good idea, haha."
The words of the four Great Saints continued.
Tian Kai Great Saint suddenly lowered his head to glance downwards, his eyebrows bunched up as he said solemnly,
"Someone else is here?"
He seemed to see a tiny dot.
In a breath.
The dot instantly expanded into a line.
The line then became a sword.
Slash!
Boundless sword aura overflowed between heaven and earth.
The four Great Saints retreated together, looking heavily at the figure before them.
"Another sword Great Saint?!"
"No, not a Great Saint, but seems to only be a Saint."
"A Saint can have such powerful sword intent, you must be joking!"
"... "
The sword aura between heaven and earth slowly faded away.
The figure in green stood before the water screen barrier, holding half an immortal sword, confronting the four Great Saints expressionlessly, only saying one sentence.
"I'm taking Wang Yangzi away today."
The eyebrows of the four Great Saints twitched up instantly, all recognizing Chen Xia. They replied,
"So it's that Four Dao Saint, no wonder he has such astonishing sword aura. It was him who severed half of Golden Lotus Great Saint's golden lotus last time."
"Someone admired by even the Zhun Di must indeed be amazing, but no matter how amazing your talent, you're still not a Great Saint right now. You shouldn't get involved in this kind of thing, right?"
"Take Wang Yangzi away? Haha, it'd be better to change your wording. Hurry up and retreat now, and we can let you leave. Otherwise, do you really think a mere Saint can be invincible between heaven and earth?"
The Great Saints continued talking, but none of them showed any intention of giving way.
Chen Xia turned his flying sword and took a step forward. His green robes fluttered as the head of a heavenly dragon rose between heaven and earth, thunder spread across the firmament, and his flying sword was dyed ashen white.
Displaying the full extent of his Four Dao enlightenments.
"Indeed astonishing," Tian Kai Great Saint nodded in praise, then laughed. "But still not enough against four Great Saints."
"It would indeed take quite a bit of effort to kill you all." Chen Xia said. His figure flashed instantly as he directly went to behead Tian Kai Great Saint first.
Half an immortal sword chopped towards his head.
The pitch-black, slender Great Saint emerged from the void, about to join forces with Tian Kai Great Saint to resist together.
A huge hole was torn open in the void as the heavenly dragon’s head bit over, swallowing the Hei Yin Great Saint into its stomach, before entering the void together to fight fiercely.
The Great Saint carrying the huge sword directly unsheathed his flying sword. The sword was enormous, seemingly blocking out the sunlight. With a slash that gathered the full power of this Great Saint, it chopped down towards Chen Xia, intending to cleave him from head to toe and instantly shatter his body.
The last Great Saint also made his move, using his own supreme ice enlightenment to condense a small cosmos, directly freezing Chen Xia’s enlightenment Daos to reduce his overall combat power by 30%.
Tian Kai Great Saint bellowed angrily without retreating, directly clashing with Chen Xia’s flying sword.
The Hei Yin Great Saint tore open the void, ignoring the heavenly dragon’s pursuit as he now killed towards Chen Xia.
The four Great Saints attacked together, instantly surrounding and besieging Chen Xia!
Half an immortal sword chopped out, clashing with Tian Kai Great Saint.
The collision between them made the aura surge out, actually shaking the myriad li interface and causing the middle layer of the realm to also tremble.
"Die!"
The enormous sword suddenly came slashing down from the sky, accurately locking onto Chen Xia’s head. Its vast power was like a sky full of stars pouring down, intending to slice Chen Xia down from head to toe and instantly shatter his body.
"Dead already?" Tian Kai Great Saint asked lightly with a smile.
"Should be," the Great Sword Great Saint put away his flying sword, his expression tranquil, seemingly very confident in his great sword.
"That's it?"
A faint voice sounded abruptly.
The ashen white light flashed once as the river of time surged. Chen Xia in green robes emerged from within, as if coming from the past to arrive in the present.
Chen Xia stretched out a hand to gently touch the void, softly saying to heaven and earth,
"Lend me your strength."
In the Great Death Realm.
The eternal Dao Seed opened its eyes.
In the Blue Sky Sword Sea.
The black coffin stirred as Chen Xia’s out-of-body avatar also stretched out a hand to touch the void.
Uniting as one.
The wind stopped.
A light rain began to fall.