Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 425: Xuanyuan Battleaxe, Heaven and Earth Creation

When the Five-Colored Divine Killing Strike smashed into the Battle Axe, the two collided with world-shaking force. The resulting explosion was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of the Cultivators watching from afar, causing blood to spray from their seven orifices.

"AAAAHH—"

Agonized cries filled the air.

The sheer power and length of this battle created a world-shaking commotion, drawing in nearly every Cultivator on the Thirty-Sixth Layer of the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

By now, Xia Xinyue, Yao Ling, Gleyun, and the others had arrived.

Upon witnessing the battle in the void, the group’s faces paled in utter shock.

"The Tianling Divine Son... he’s already this powerful! Truly astounding!"

Gleyun couldn’t help but remark with awe. The shockwaves of Force Qi, which would be fatal to anyone else, were no issue for him.

Yao Ling, Xia Xinyue, and the others struggled to withstand the blasts, but Gleyun simply released a faint, natural aura that easily deflected the terrifying aftershocks.

"Gleyun Divine Son, you’re so powerful too! I bet you’re not much weaker than those two."

Yao Ling’s face was a mask of shock. The Divine Child who had been pursuing her actually possessed such terrifying strength, yet he had always been so low-key!

"I’m probably a little weaker, but the gap isn’t large. I’ve never fought them, so I can’t say for sure. My Battle Power has also surpassed the ’Breaking Seven’ mark, and my Realm is about the same as Kong Lindao’s, but there’s a slight difference in our actual strength. At their level of combat, I’m not certain I could win... but I definitely wouldn’t lose."

Gleyun answered after watching for a long moment.

’You’ve truly risen as well.’

Yao Ling was stunned, but she felt no regret. After all, Ye Tianling was just as powerful. ’What is there to regret about finding such a ’master’ and serving as his mount?’

Meanwhile, Xia Xinyue, Yao Lun, and the others were completely stupefied, lost in shock.

They had always known Ye Tianling was strong, but they had no concrete idea of just *how* strong. Now, witnessing this battle firsthand, they finally understood. This wasn’t just "strong"—it was a suffocating, despair-inducing level of power. It was simply outrageous!

...

BOOM—

A brilliant crimson light flared. As the Battle Axe shattered, it reverted to its original form.

Huge boulders and torrents of Flame Power burst forth from the void, scattering in all directions.

Boulders hurtled through the air, plummeting from the void. Trees, vines, weeds, and dead branches were strewn about, leaving the world in complete disarray.

Dust filled the sky, thick with the stench of Blood Qi. Smoke swirled amidst a tempest of violent energy.

This battle was truly earth-shattering.

VMMM—

Just then, Kong Lindao suddenly recalled the Great Dao Void Profound Yellow Tripod Cauldron to his hand.

The enormous Ancient Tripod Cauldron immediately transformed into a Battle Axe.

The Battle Axe, with its ancient, profound-yellow hue, was incomparably dense and heavy.

VMMM—

He struck out with the axe in a surprise attack. The speed of his blow suddenly increased tenfold.

His figure flashed forward like a bolt of lightning, instantly closing the distance for the kill.

’This is bad!’

Ye Tianling sucked in a sharp breath. His body shuddered as he instantly executed the Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique. To his alarm, however, he discovered that at some unknown point, strands of the Five-Colored Divine Light previously released by the Great Dao Void Profound Yellow Tripod Cauldron had ensnared him like a spiderweb. Though he could still move, his speed was cut by a factor of ten.

Meanwhile, his opponent’s strike was incredibly fast.

Ye Tianling pushed his Soul Talent to its absolute limit, but he didn’t try to use his Body Technique to dodge the blow.

’Let’s see just how powerful my Emperor’s Qi Sword Body—my Sword Venerate Dominating Body—truly is!’

Ye Tianling steeled himself. Instead of dodging, he retracted the Power of Defense from his Battle Armor and ignited both his Samadhi True Fire and Karmic Fire, letting them engulf his body.

VMMM—

’Could this body, one that can withstand a Seven-Colored Celestial Tribulation, endure the killing blow from Kong Lindao’s axe?’ He focused solely on channeling the peerless physical power of his Sword Venerate Dominating Body.

SPLURT—

The axe was too fast.

Ye Tianling had just summoned the peerless defensive power of his Sword Venerate Dominating Body when the axe struck home.

CRUNCH—

Ye Tianling’s body shuddered violently. Even his peerless physique was unable to stop the terrifying axe blow!

The axe split his chest open, tearing through his flesh and nearly cleaving him in two. Ultimately, though, his powerful Defense Power had stopped the axe from finishing the job.

At that very instant, the killing will gathered within his Sword Venerate Dominating Body activated the peerless killing aura of the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword.

In this state, the killing intent was incredibly focused. The moment he was wounded, he unleashed his own instantaneous attack: the Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao.

SHINK—

The sword instantly pierced the spot between Kong Lindao’s eyebrows, running him straight through. The strike shattered a full seven layers of white light that erupted from his defenses.

Unfortunately, those defensive layers were useless against the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword’s defense-shattering Godslaying Killing Dao.

"AAAAHH—"

Kong Lindao cried out in agony. Blood streamed from his body as it nearly exploded, instead bursting into a ball of Nirvana Flame.

"Nirvana Rebirth, Returning Butterfly Cocoon!"

At almost the exact same moment, Ye Tianling used his own Nirvana technique, the Returning Butterfly. As he activated it, his body, which had been nearly severed in two, rapidly knitted itself back together.

The axe blow had broken over seventy of his bones, severed his meridians, and nearly pulverized his internal organs. The extent of the damage was horrifying.

However, thanks to this incredible recovery technique, Ye Tianling’s injuries began to heal instantly.

A ball of flame ignited around Ye Tianling’s body, identical to what had happened with Kong Lindao.

VMMM—

Ye Tianling’s strength was restored, but at the cost of twenty percent of his life’s potential.

Likewise, Kong Lindao had also transformed into a Nirvana Flame. He underwent a Baptism of Fire, emerging from the blaze. Despite having his brow pierced and his Soul nearly extinguished, his Battle Intent now burned even more fiercely.

"Let’s fight again!"

Kong Lindao was driven into a battle frenzy, finding it impossible to believe that Ye Tianling had taken his Absolute Kill strike head-on and survived.

Ye Tianling was equally stunned. He couldn’t believe that someone could withstand his Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao and recover instantly, as if completely unharmed.

’This doesn’t make any sense!’

BOOM!

The moment the flames on their bodies died down, they both shot back into the sky.

"This time, regardless of who wins or loses, this battle has been worth it!"

Kong Lindao’s voice was soft, yet it carried an air of immense dignity.

His figure moved like lightning, even faster than before, as he swung his axe to unleash another binding attack.

The ensnaring power of the Five-Colored Divine Light combined with the lightning-fast lethality of his Battle Axe gave him a terrifying one-shot-kill capability!

Ye Tianling didn’t hold back either. He stopped dodging and, with his Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword, executed the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth.

VMMM—

His sword manifested the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, channeling the Profound Meaning of the North Nether Divine Skill and evolving into the Taotie Heaven-Devouring Talent Divine Techniques.

BOOM—

Ye Tianling’s sword completely intercepted Kong Lindao’s attack.

The violent torrent of Force Qi suddenly vanished.

WHOOSH—

Ye Tianling immediately returned the favor with a strike of his own.

He used his Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword to manifest a Xuanyuan Battleaxe!

The moment the Battle Axe appeared, Ye Tianling instinctively executed a strike from his Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao—the Tree Cutting Technique.

THWACK—

Unleashing this strike with an axe felt completely different.

In that instant, it was as if Ye Tianling had been transported to another world.

He found himself in a world of ice and snow, holding a giant axe. With a single swing, he performed the act of Heaven and Earth Creation.

It was only a phantom vision, the manifestation of a scene from a distant memory.

But as he swung his axe, there was a loud CLANG! and the Battle Axe manifested from Kong Lindao’s Great Dao Void Profound Yellow Tripod Cauldron was sent flying.

THUD—

Kong Lindao’s body trembled as the axe split his chest wide open.

But he too was not cleaved in two. A massive amount of Five-Colored Divine Light enveloped his body, and a Nirvana Flame began to bloom.

But Ye Tianling did not press the attack.

Because the battle was already over.

"You’ve lost."

"You’ve won."

Ye Tianling and Kong Lindao spoke at almost the exact same time.

Then, the two men looked at each other and smiled, both seemingly satisfied with the outcome.