Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2131: 2131: The Capture of the Bright Saint Clan

Previously on Invincible Divine Sword...
The Master of Holy Realm, upon learning Yang Xiaotian had entered the Tianzu Mountains, ordered the area sealed and mobilized the Empire Army in pursuit. Unbeknownst to him, Yang Xiaotian's group had concealed their path and ventured deeper into the Devil Forest, a realm thick with demonic and ghost energy harboring suppressed supreme demons and formidable ghost creatures. Battling waves of spirits with innate Buddha force under Bright Heavenly Ginseng's guidance, they reached the corroded Bright Holy Heavenly Palace, where Yang Xiaotian invoked the power of the Bright Heavenly Emperor, innate Buddha force, and Sixteen Wings of Bright to begin dispelling the encroaching darkness.

“Innate Buddha Power!”

“Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect!”

“Who are you? If you pull back the Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect and Innate Buddha Power, we’ll pass on the Supreme Holy Path to you, letting you verify the Dao and rise as the Supreme Demon Emperor!”

From deep inside the Bright Heavenly Emperor’s sealing formation, a Demon Sound rang out.

This Demon Sound held a seductive force.

“Supreme Demon Emperor?” Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaotian replied: “I’m already the Primordial Demon Lord—what’s the point of me verifying as a demon emperor?” Then, he channeled the Primordial Demon World Origin power via the Innate Demon Tree.

Suddenly, the might of the Primordial Demon World crashed down with thunderous momentum.

The Primordial Demon World Origin Power overwhelmed every kind of magic power.

“What’s this, the Primordial Demon World Origin Power!” The voice from the opposite side echoed in horror, before adding: “Just let us go, and we’ll pledge our loyalty to you, help you dominate the Eternal Realms, and fulfill your grandest dreams!”

Yang Xiaotian remained unshaken; he wasn’t about to make the mistake of freeing them at this point.

Next, Yang Xiaotian kept urging the Innate Buddha Power, the Sixteen Wings of Bright, and the Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect strength, triggering the Bright Holy Heavenly Palace’s restrictions to crush the foe.

At the same time, Master Ding, Rain Demon, and the rest joined in, working to contain the enemy’s strength.

After half a day, the Bright Holy Heavenly Palace, once tainted by Demonic Qi and Ghost Energy, returned to its pristine glory, shining with bursts of radiant light.

Right then, Yang Xiaotian employed spatial teleportation to reach above the Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Array’s sealing formation.

Any other powerhouse drawing near the Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Array’s seal would face fierce assault from the formation, yet with the Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect in his possession, he had no fear of the palace’s barriers turning against him.

Though the Bright Holy Heavenly Palace had regained its former splendor, the Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Array’s seal stayed dull, eroded in numerous spots.

Yang Xiaotian watched closely for a moment, then swept his hands, summoning Bright Runes endlessly from the emptiness, which dropped into the Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Array and blended seamlessly with the seal.

Regular Bright Runes could never fuse with the Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Array’s seal.

However, the Bright Runes Yang Xiaotian formed using the Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect power integrated flawlessly with the array’s core seal.

The damaged seals, mended by Yang Xiaotian’s Bright Runes, glowed with brilliant light once more.

As Yang Xiaotian repaired increasing numbers of Bright Runes, the pair of Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Arrays at last unleashed surging radiance, rendering that Supreme Demon and ghostly being unable to rattle the seal any longer.

Witnessing the two Bright Heavenly Emperor Great Arrays fully revived, Yang Xiaotian ceased his efforts, and alongside his companions, examined the Bright Holy Heavenly Palace’s state.

Within a hidden chamber, he located the Dark Heartless Fruit that Bright Heavenly Ginseng had described.

True to Bright Heavenly Ginseng’s prediction, this Dark Heartless Fruit had matured to eight hundred million years!

Having aged eight hundred million years, this Dark Heartless Fruit wielded devastating assaults; even confined in the secret realm space built by the Bright Heavenly Emperor, its might rivaled that of the Bright Heavenly Ginseng.

As Yang Xiaotian and his group stepped into the secret realm space, they faced fierce onslaughts from this Dark Heartless Fruit.

Yet, since even the Bright Heavenly Ginseng proved helpless against Master Ding, this Dark Heartless Fruit stood no chance and was swiftly subdued by Master Ding.

Observing the Dark Heartless Fruit pinned down, Bright Heavenly Ginseng let out a relieved breath.

“With this Dark Heartless Fruit reaching eight hundred million years, as promised earlier, I’ll set you free.” Yang Xiaotian told Bright Heavenly Ginseng.

Bright Heavenly Ginseng paused briefly, then grinned at Yang Xiaotian: “Your Majesty, I’d like to stay by your side—what say you?”

Yang Xiaotian cast a knowing look at Bright Heavenly Ginseng and responded: “Very well, if that’s your choice.”

He had a fair idea of what Bright Heavenly Ginseng was thinking.

Still, it didn’t bother him.

If Bright Heavenly Ginseng chose to accompany him, he’d welcome it.

Besides, he foresaw ways to make use of it down the line.

After securing the Dark Heartless Fruit, Yang Xiaotian and his allies uncovered a vast hoard of Bright Heavenly Stones and countless Bright System Heaven and Earth Treasures in a massive array chamber.

They came upon numerous cultivation technique scrolls and records penned by the Bright Heavenly Emperor.

They even unearthed the Supreme Scepter and the Bright Holy Heavenly Staff that once belonged to the Bright Heavenly Emperor.

Still, despite scouring every nook of the Bright Holy Heavenly Palace, the Ancient Heavenly Court treasure eluded them.

Yang Xiaotian started leafing through the cultivation technique scrolls and records from the Bright Heavenly Emperor.

While the Bright Heavenly Emperor referenced the Ancient Heavenly Court treasure in his writings, he revealed nothing about its location.

Faced with this, Yang Xiaotian turned to refining the Dark Heartless Fruit.

Through Yang Xiaotian’s refining process, the Dark Heartless Fruit dissolved into a surging stream of Holy Power, steadily flowing into his Holy Vein and Dantian.

Starting from the Saint Ancestor Ninth Layer Realm, Yang Xiaotian’s cultivation surged upward swiftly.

Once Yang Xiaotian fully absorbed the Dark Heartless Fruit, he broke through triumphantly to the Saint Ancestor Tenth Layer Realm.

Even so, Yang Xiaotian pressed on with his cultivation. Across the years, via ongoing mergers, the Holy Path, Golden Lotus, Holy Totem, Holy Land, and Dao Tree had all fused into his Grotto Heaven.

At present, just his Dao Heart awaited full integration into his Grotto Heaven.

He intended to merge his Dao Heart with the Grotto Heaven prior to emerging.

Should he consolidate all his forces, his power would skyrocket dramatically.

Thus, Yang Xiaotian persisted in secluded training.

Diligence brings heavenly favor, and after more than a decade, Yang Xiaotian at last fused the First of Eternity Dao Heart into his Grotto Heaven.

As the First of Eternity Dao Heart merged completely with the Grotto Heaven, the entire space erupted in blazing light, with Dao Patterns spreading out endlessly, saturating every inch of the Grotto Heaven.

Naturally, during those years, his two Divine Avatars had relentlessly practiced the Fifteenth Defying Heaven’s Top Tier Holy Body, and prior to the Dao Heart’s integration into the Primordial Cave Heaven, every Holy Body had advanced to the Thirty-Five Layer.

With all forces now harmonized, Yang Xiaotian proceeded to refine the Bright Holy Heavenly Staff.

Thanks to holding the Radiant Heavenly Emperor’s Dharma Aspect, he conquered the Bright Holy Heavenly Staff in under a single day.

After some deliberation, Yang Xiaotian resolved to explore the Heavenly Court Ruins under the Bright Heavenly Emperor’s oversight.

In the intervening years, he’d tasked Rain Demon, Abyss of Darkness, and others with hunting leads on the Ancient Heavenly Court treasure, yet they turned up empty, and endless waiting wouldn’t do.

Furthermore, for the past few hundred years, the Holy Realm Academy had been sending huge forces to secure the Bright Heavenly Emperor’s Heavenly Court Ruins, an odd development.

So, Yang Xiaotian and his party departed the Devil Forest, setting course for the ruins of the Bright Heaven Heavenly Palace.

En route, Yang Xiaotian’s entourage ran into plenty of Holy Realm Academy troops from the Bright Saint Clan.

Long ago, after the Holy Realm Master sealed off the Heavenly Tribe Mountains without locating Yang Xiaotian, he rounded up every Bright Saint Clan member inside and grilled them harshly, convinced they knew Yang Xiaotian’s hiding spot.

Beyond that, throughout the years, the Holy Realm Academy’s forces had hunted down and seized all scattered Bright Saint Clan members across the Bright Heavenly Realm.

Watching the Holy Realm Academy’s troops ruthlessly rounding up the Bright Saint Clan, Bright Heavenly Ginseng cried out in anguish: “If His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor were alive, how could the Holy Realm Master ever dare to handle the Bright Saint Clan like this!”