Invincible Divine Sword Chapter 2133: Death of the Son of the Holy Realm
Previously on Invincible Divine Sword...
Once Yang Xiaotian finished speaking, Master Ding immediately ignited two hundred threads of primordial energy, unleashing a powerful strike against the eight elders from the Holy Realm Academy who protected the area near the palace.
The abrupt shift caught the Eight Ancestors of the Holy Realm Academy off guard. Without a moment to react, they unleashed their full strength against Master Ding.
In the midst of a deafening boom, the eight were hurled backward, their blood roiling within them.
They watched as the Defense Great Array, which the eight had established around the palace, cracked wide open with huge fissures, and then it shattered with a sharp "pop."
Upon witnessing the Defense Great Array's destruction, their expressions twisted in horror. Right at that moment, Yang Xiaotian materialized in front of the palace entrance and delivered a punch in their direction.
Lacking the Defense Great Array's protection, the palace doors were instantly shattered by Yang Xiaotian's blow, sent soaring through the air.
"Yang Xiaotian!"
"How dare you!"
The eight quickly identified Yang Xiaotian and flew into a rage, all of them lunging forward to block his path.
Yet Master Ding refused to let them interfere. Employing the Eighth Strike of Epoch, he repelled them once more.
Shock and anger gripped the eight in equal measure.
For ages, rumors had circulated about Yang Xiaotian owning a Giant Cauldron strong enough to confront the Blood Ancestor and the First Demon simultaneously, a story they dismissed as fiction—until they beheld the sheer dread it inspired now.
"Yang Xiaotian, our Majesty resides within the Bright Heavenly Realm!" one bellowed in fury, "Should you inflict any harm on our Saint Heir, you and all your followers will perish!"
Yang Xiaotian strode directly into the palace, where the Son of the Holy Realm—employing the supreme treasure known as the Ancient Heavenly Court to absorb the Bright Heavenly Origin—snapped his eyes open in alarm, overwhelmed by fear and despair.
"Yang Xiaotian!" The sight of Yang Xiaotian ignited a surge of intense rage inside him.
In just a few more decades, he might have grasped even a sliver of the Bright Heavenly Origin's essence, yet Yang Xiaotian's intrusion had ruined that opportunity.
Once again, Yang Xiaotian had wrecked his ambitions!
He leaped to his feet abruptly, summoning the might of the Ancient Heavenly Court. As he commanded it, the fortress-shaped Ancient Heavenly Court ballooned to tens of millions of times its size in a flash.
The palace itself was torn asunder by the expanding Ancient Heavenly Court.
"Yang Xiaotian, die!" The Son of the Holy Realm hurled it forward, the Ancient Heavenly Court descending with cataclysmic force, blotting out the heavens as it targeted Yang Xiaotian.
In the Bright Heavenly Realm, the Ancient Heavenly Court stood as the mightiest supreme treasure, excelling in both safeguarding and assaulting.
Driven by the Son of the Holy Realm's energy, the Ancient Heavenly Court erupted with unmatched might and brilliance.
This brilliant light illuminated every inch of the Bright Heaven Heavenly Palace ruins, alerting the guarding forces beyond.
"Something’s happened!"
"Quick!"
The commanders of the Holy Realm Academy's various legions jolted in surprise and cried out.
But as these commanders prepared to rush their legions toward the heart of the Bright Heaven Heavenly Palace ruins, an eerie darkness plunged from above, startling all as they gazed upward at the enormous shadow.
It was the Abyss of Darkness!
The Abyss of Darkness unveiled its full presence and unleashed its strike: "Abyss of Darkness!"
His ultimate technique had been deployed.
This very assault earned him the moniker Abyss of Darkness.
A sweep of shadowy energy from the Abyss of Darkness's palm cleaved the space before it, birthing a colossal chasm.
Within that chasm, shadowy forces churned wildly, halting every group aiming to penetrate the core of the Bright Heaven Heavenly Palace ruins.
A single cut that rent the void.
Such was the Abyss of Darkness's prowess.
The Rain Demon couldn't help but admire it.
Following the Abyss of Darkness, the Rain Demon, Bloodthirsty Evil Demon, Dragon Corpse Beast, Destroying Heaven Demon, and their allies all sprang into action.
The Rain Demon summoned the Endless Demon Sword Rain assault, filling the air with screams. Countless Holy Realm Academy soldiers were erased in a single onslaught.
As the Abyss of Darkness and his companions engaged, the Holy Realm Academy's forces found themselves temporarily barred from advancing into the Bright Heaven Heavenly Palace ruins' depths.
In that instant, as the Ancient Heavenly Court hurtled downward, Yang Xiaotian simply snapped his fingers at it, flinging the terror-filled Ancient Heavenly Court away.
Though the Ancient Heavenly Court reigned as the paramount supreme treasure of the Bright Heavenly Realm, blending defense with offense, the Son of the Holy Realm's cultivation level lagged far behind Yang Xiaotian's.
The Son of the Holy Realm hadn't yet reached the Saint Ancestor Realm, while Yang Xiaotian had advanced to the Saint Ancestor Tenth Layer.
Regardless of the Ancient Heavenly Court's potency, wielded by the Son of the Holy Realm, it posed no threat to Yang Xiaotian whatsoever.
Even should the Son of the Holy Realm ascend to the Heavenly Dao Realm at this very moment, armed with the Ancient Heavenly Court, he wouldn't scratch a single hair on Yang Xiaotian's head.
As the Ancient Heavenly Court was knocked aside, an unseen power slammed into the Son of the Holy Realm, propelling him backward while he coughed up blood.
Despite donning the Christmas Holy Armor bestowed by the Master of Holy Realm, it offered him no protection.
"What realm have you reached now?" the Son of the Holy Realm inquired in dread, staring at Yang Xiaotian.
"Saint Ancestor Tenth Layer," Yang Xiaotian answered honestly.
"What? Saint Ancestor Tenth Layer!" Disbelief filled the Son of the Holy Realm's gaze toward Yang Xiaotian; previously, his own cultivation outstripped Yang Xiaotian's by a wide margin. Yet, in merely a few centuries, Yang Xiaotian had leaped ahead by over ten sub-realms!
Yang Xiaotian advanced toward the Son of the Holy Realm.
Terror made the Son of the Holy Realm retreat: "Yang Xiaotian, what are you planning?"
"Give me the Ancient Heavenly Court and remove your Divine Soul Imprint from it!" Yang Xiaotian commanded.
Upon hearing Yang Xiaotian's order to surrender the Ancient Heavenly Court and wipe away his Divine Soul Imprint, the Son of the Holy Realm snapped back in rage: "You can’t force me to relinquish the Ancient Heavenly Court!"
"Not unless I’m dead!"
He had poured countless efforts into obtaining this Ancient Heavenly Court, devoting years to its refinement. On the cusp of mastering the Bright Heavenly Origin and claiming the role of Bright Heavenly Realm Master, how could he yield it—least of all to Yang Xiaotian!
"Then perish!" Yang Xiaotian's gaze iced over, and in a blur, he closed the distance to the Son of the Holy Realm, slashing his hand like a blade across the Son's throat.
Yang Xiaotian's Saber Qi pierced the Son of the Holy Realm's barriers. Utterly unprepared, the Son stiffened briefly before his head tumbled to the earth.
"Saint Heir!" The eight Ancestors outside beheld the Son of the Holy Realm's head striking the ground, frozen in shock, then howled in grief like wounded beasts.
"Yang Xiaotian, you’ve done an unforgivable deed!" one thundered in wrath: "Our Majesty will unleash his full might to annihilate your Ancestor Dragon Realm and Primordial Demon World!"
He could already envision the Master of Holy Realm's explosive rage upon discovering the Son of the Holy Realm's death at Yang Xiaotian's hands.
Only the total ruin of the Ancestor Dragon Realm and Primordial Demon World would sate that wrath.
Disregarding their furious outbursts, Yang Xiaotian moved toward the supreme treasure, the Ancient Heavenly Court.
The Son of the Holy Realm's demise caused his Divine Soul Imprint on the Ancient Heavenly Court to fade, leaving the supreme treasure ownerless and ripe for Yang Xiaotian to claim effortlessly.
Yang Xiaotian seized the Ancient Heavenly Court in one grip and tucked it into his Space Divine Artifact.