97: Chapter 001 Nine Origin Reincarnation Begins 97: Chapter 001 Nine Origin Reincarnation Begins Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm.

Waves of pale blue mist flowed, casting an eerie transformation over the verdant aura of the place, as if the green entirety had multiple corrosive holes.

As time passed, a streak of black light cut through, seemingly splitting the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm in half.

Within this black light, a woman in white with flowing black hair appeared suddenly in the depths of the void, like a deity manifesting.

She silently observed the expanse of the Secret Realm and then proceeded to touch each brilliantly red, slightly demonic-looking lotus with her fingertips.

But when her mountain-like finger touched a certain spot, that lovely finger suddenly froze for an instant.

As the finger continued to press down, there was no lotus beneath it because that area had turned into a chaotic mess of shattered fragments, the blackened and withered lotus leaves no longer sprouting green shoots.

Her fingers successively touched the waters beneath, and suddenly, ripples appeared in the pitch-black pool, later rippling outwards in wave-like patterns.

These layers of waves, crinkling through layers of space, caused the pond water, like a pristine mirror, to suddenly shatter, its surface waves collapsing due to the expanding breakers!

The world began to tremble, the water’s ripples no longer undulating but seeming to shudder and shake, as if an unearthed monster were struggling to break free from its sunless prison.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a piece of heaven and earth fell apart, an endless void’s chaotic flow devouring much of the pond water and lotus flowers.

Then, a dark figure, bearing twelve scythe-like shadows on its back, appeared over the pond.

It was a figure bearing an aura not belonging to this world.

He had no visible head or feet, yet standing there, the land continually experienced annihilation and collapse, yet remained undisturbed.

For it seemed wherever he was, there lay eternal destruction and eternal rebirth.

“Master, your subordinate has failed gravely and deserves death!”

The woman in white suddenly appeared within the annihilated void, her garments now thoroughly soaked with blood, the blood, however, flowing into the pitch-black water, as if unrelated to the void’s rupture.

She knelt on one knee, covered in brilliant red, the sight both startling and terrifying, causing trembling.

“Death cannot absolve the blame!”

His voice came from the void, echoing through heaven and earth.

“Please punish me, King,” the woman in white lowered her head.

“Your eyes are useless, they have been gouged out.

Your hands are now powerless, so they must be severed.

Hereafter you shall use your long hair to activate the Enlightenment Lotus.

Should another fault occur, your head will be chopped off and refined, transformed into lotus seeds to compensate for the loss of the Enlightenment Lotus Pond.”

His voice, cold and supremely commanding, caused the woman’s body to tremble.

“Your subordinate gratefully accepts King’s grace.”

The woman’s voice was respectful.

“Puff, puff—”

A white sword light annihilated her body, and her two beautiful hands suddenly shattered, dissolving into nothing.

A mysterious rune instantly appeared on both sides of her arms, altering the path of her body’s growth as if she never had arms.

“Go!”

He spoke softly.

Her body was swallowed by a dark light and vanished from sight.

The man’s ethereal form showed no change, yet it suddenly solidified slightly.

He was clothed in a black robe, and his vaguely visible head was covered by a cap connecting to the robe, concealing everything.

Out of the shadow of the hat, suddenly burst a beam of white light, opening up the heavens.

Everything within that heaven seemed to return to the past.

But in the past environment, following that black light, there was only a purple flame trembling slowly.

“It’s ‘his’ essence!

‘He’ has actually come here, also trying to find an opportunity…

However, he is already dead, nothing left but a lingering obsession, with no opportunities left.”

“Still, rather than letting someone gain fortune, ‘he’ intended to destroy my Lotus Pond completely!

Then I shall break the rules and eliminate the fortune ‘he’ had imparted!”

“Heavenly Spirit Sword Body—Heavenly Sword Eye, activate!”

The ethereal shadow murmured to himself, his voice hoarse and deep.

As he softly spoke, the void seemed to be refined, displaying a reddish hue as space-time twisted and irrevocably crumbled.

That strand of purple Thunderflame was suddenly grasped, reverted to the past, gradually revealing a figure’s silhouette.

At that moment, a fist appeared!

A fist containing the power of the Twelve Primordial Divine Beasts suddenly manifested.

That fist, roaring with the Divine Dragon, undergoing the Fire Phoenix Nirvana, fierce as a tiger, venomous as a massive snake…

One punch obliterated the void, pierced through heaven and earth, and destroyed all the spaces transformed by the ethereal figure.

Next, the shadow was transported into a purple Thunderflame void, suddenly facing the immense punishment of a Heavenly Tribulation.

“Awake!”

The ethereal figure roared, countless dark energies starting to burn and rapidly expend.

His figure seemed to fade considerably, but he had exited the Thunder Tribulation Land and reappeared at his original location within the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm.

It was as if the previous scene had been just an illusion.

But his black robe was already full of holes, revealing a similarly abyss-like black hole beneath.

As if he had never had a body.

“You care so much about this person to obstruct me so.

I might not deduce who he is with the Heavenly Spirit Eye, yet knowing he’s in the South Desolate Continent of the Sword Burial Ancestor Star is enough.

Though I haven’t returned there in many years, since it concerns ‘you,’ I’d rather kill wrongly than let him go.

I shall strike directly and annihilate the life of the South Desolate.”

The shadowy figure murmured to himself, appearing to ponder for a long time.

Then, he waved his black tattered sleeve, which enveloped like a black hole, toward the void, and a distorted, crumbling void appeared.

Within the void spun a star-like giant sword, emerging in this hole.

It seemed that a universe existed inside the void.

He shot a black beam of light into the void, which transformed into white Sword Light.

This Sword Light, originating from the utmost darkness, became white.

The ghastly white Sword Light, like a Gray Dragon, plunged into that world.

The Sword Body seemed about to shatter, showing cracks.

The star’s rotation suddenly stopped as if the corresponding desolate land would dry up, and heaven and earth would break—a cataclysmic apocalypse was about to descend.

“Insolence!”

A furious roar shook the heavenly vault—an Ancient Divine Spirit seemed to awaken within the sword-body planet.

With a furious shout, the black shadow’s body fractured inch by inch, its terrifying aura causing nearby planets to explode violently.

Black blood flowed like an abyss, turning into a waterfall.

The Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm seemed on the brink of annihilation.

The black-robed shadow’s body shattered into powder, black mist enveloping the writhing blood, as if countless maggots were squirming within his unseen body, apparently hiding endless terror.

“Nine Dao…”

His voice trembled, his body full of fear.

“This is the era of Harmonization, the grand period of Enlightenment where geniuses abound and the world flourishes.

The Sword Ancestor Star is about to commence the Nine Origin Reincarnation, the Saint Dao is within reach!

From now on, all Sword Ancestors abide peacefully and watch the rising of various geniuses!”

A vast voice resounded through the great voids.

At that moment, all space suddenly fell into dead silence.

The Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm suddenly vanished, and the black-clothed phantom also swiftly retreated.

The originally fixed Sword Ancestor Star suddenly returned to normal, as if nothing had changed.

But…

…

In the South Desolate Continent’s Thunderflame Mansion’s water domain, Carefree Main City.

Heaven and earth shook, Tao Rules crumbled, dazzling lights blinded, and the ground trembled.

Great Zhou Family.

Just after completing the soul tempering for his father in the cultivation chamber, Zhou Yan suddenly felt a tremendous sense of fear sweeping over him, his soul trembling as if locked once again by that white light sword.

At that moment, deep within the space between his eyebrows, the Soul Giant Sword exploded suddenly, like breaking through the sky.

Zhou Yan’s brow felt torn apart, he screamed in agony, his body exploded with blood, trembling uncontrollably, he vomited blood profusely and collapsed to the ground.

This sudden scene, coupled with the simultaneous occurrence of heaven and earth about to break, shocked Lee Yan Yun, Zhou Ying, and others who were still delighted.

“Yan’er!”

Zhou Wangchen’s face paled in horror, he exclaimed.

“Brother Zhou Yan!” Zhou Ying also froze, her voice distorted with shock.

“Zhou Yan!” Zhou Lingyi and Zhou Lingyao couldn’t help but cry out, dumbfounded.

“Big brother Zhou Yan!” Zhou Gucheng appeared next to Zhou Yan in an instant like a dart.

“Cousin!” Zhou Xian was also terrified, his expression extremely solemn.

Zhou Qianqian, Zhou Yao, Zhou Bi, Zhou Momo, and others were also left pale-faced.

“What’s happening?

Why is Yan’er like this?

Is someone plotting against him?”

Zhou Wangchen was genuinely agitated, barely restraining the explosive burst of terrifying Sword Heart energy due to his recent advancement.

This was a Sword Heart energy of a deathly nature, extremely terrifying!

“Wangchen, don’t be agitated.

It must be that Yan’er has overexhausted himself helping us and you, and just then, the Heaven and Earth Rules unexpectedly shattered, causing him to suffer an unknown impact…

It might be that he has encountered a backlash due to a failed Enlightenment.”

Lee Yan Yun’s pretty face was pale.

She tried to maintain Zhou Yan’s mysteriously drained body with her Sword Heart Energy while tremblingly speaking.

“Tao…

Enlightenment backlash?

It’s over…”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wangchen felt as if struck by a heavy blow, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood.

Zhou Gucheng and others were also shaken, their faces turning extremely pale.

Zhou Ying, Zhou Lingyi, and others’ eyes instantly filled with uncontrollable tears.

Now, Zhou Yan was suffering for them!

Previously, even though they had treated Zhou Yan unkindly, he still protected them…

But now, such a talented genius was unexpectedly facing a terrible doomsday calamity!

At that moment, the ground trembled even more violently.

Then, a terrifying explosion resounded through heaven and earth.

An ancient city suddenly descended, directly annihilating half of Carefree Main City, countless territories collapsed directly, numerous cultivators died instantly, their souls scattered.