Chapter 857 - 828: Sword Fragment - What is an immortal? - NovelsTime

What is an immortal?

Chapter 857 - 828: Sword Fragment

Author: Wang Yu
updatedAt: 2025-08-13

"Not only in the Chuyun Realm, but back then, the Stealing Heaven Tripod was also a renowned heavy treasure in the Demon World, coveted by many powerful figures there. If they knew the Stealing Heaven Tripod was in your possession, they would likely send people immediately to kill and seize the treasure," Kong continued.

Yuan Ming furrowed his brows, his expression becoming even more grave.

The fact that the Stealing Heaven Tripod is entangled in such significant causes and effects... It seems I was rather cautious in possessing this treasure in the past, but more so, just lucky. Otherwise, I might have been killed countless times by now.

However, this made him think of another matter.

"Senior Kong, with your omniscience and methods beyond my comprehension, if you wish for the Stealing Heaven Tripod to return, I couldn't stop you at all. Yet, you remind me now; perhaps you do not wish it to return to the hands of those Guardians?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Naturally, having been tricked once by those Guardians, do you suppose I want to go back and suffer another loss?" Kong snorted.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've told you the situation, handle it well on your own," Kong said, before his figure flickered and disappeared, and the Stealing Heaven Tripod automatically flew back to Yuan Ming's arm.

Yuan Ming remained silently unmoving in place for a long while, seemingly becoming a sculpture.

The origin of the Stealing Heaven Tripod is so immense; even though using it is concealed, there is always some trace left. Unless I never use it, it will eventually be noticed by others.

I guess only when my cultivation reaches a much higher level, high enough that no one can take this treasure from me, will I truly be at ease.

Yuan Ming took a deep breath, calming his mind before looking at the sword fragment and the Soul Destroying Sword.

After another silent moment, he picked up the sword fragment and injected his Yin attribute mana into it, while using his Divine Sense to carefully sense it.

Yet, no matter how much mana he injected, the sword fragment remained the same, showing no reaction.

Yuan Ming frowned deeply, unable to perceive the spiritual power attributes contained in the sword fragment, and dared not follow Kong's method.

"With your current strength, how could you possibly detect the spiritual power in this sword fragment? Fine, let me give you a hand," Kong's voice sounded again, and the Stealing Heaven Tripod appeared with a flash above the sword fragment.

A white line of fire shot out from the tripod, clearly condensed from Bright Soul Fire, piercing the sword fragment in a flash.

The white line of fire penetrated the sword fragment and then flew back into the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

However, no trace was left on the sword fragment, as if the white line of fire was an illusory object.

Yuan Ming was somewhat puzzled, but at this moment, a layer of profound black light appeared on the sword fragment.

Yuan Ming's eyes lit up, hastily using his Divine Sense to probe, as the black light emitted an extremely pure wave of energy, precisely the yin attribute spiritual power.

Yuan Ming's heart eased; it's good that the sword fragment has the yin attribute.

However, he didn't stop there, tracing the black light further into the interior of the sword fragment.

However, as his Divine Sense just entered the black light, an overwhelmingly powerful aura burst out without warning, directly shattering Yuan Ming's Divine Sense.

Yuan Ming's body was also struck as if hit by a meteorite, sent flying and crashing heavily into the Medicine Garden, carving out a trench on the ground like a plow.

He got up, a streak of blood trailing from the corner of his mouth, yet his eyes were filled with joy.

The sword fragment actually contained such a vast amount of yin attribute power, superior to any spiritual treasure he possessed. If the Soul Destroying Sword could absorb it, its power would completely transform, reaching unprecedented levels.

"Activating the power within this sword fragment is no easy task. Before this power subsides again, hurry and cast the sealing technique to enclose it within your Soul Destroying Sword," Kong's voice rang out once more.

Yuan Ming nodded, sitting cross-legged, placing the Soul Destroying Sword and sword fragment in front of him.

He let out a light breath, then activated the Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique, casting spells with his hand signs.

Black rays of light shot out from Yuan Ming's fingertips, falling onto the Soul Destroying Sword and sword fragment, turning into rune-like imprints.

It was Yuan Ming's first time casting the Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique, so his technique was inevitably clumsy. Fortunately, this secret technique wasn't complex, and he quickly became proficient, increasing the speed of engraving runes considerably.

Moreover, this Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique seemed somehow connected to the Primordial True Skill. When casting, the Mixed Hole Vortex in his dantian occasionally quivered, as if resonating with the Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique.

Yuan Ming felt puzzled but didn't have time to dwell on it, focusing instead on casting spells.

Time flowed by, and three days and nights passed in the blink of an eye.

The Soul Destroying Sword was densely engraved with the runes of the Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique, and so was the sword fragment.

Yuan Ming looked exhausted; once he started casting the Devouring Truth Treasure Sealing Technique, he couldn't stop, or else it would all go to waste.

Even with his current cultivation, a continuous month of casting left him extremely weary.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and no errors occurred in the process.

Yuan Ming steadied himself, took out a recovery elixir and swallowed it, making hand signs and pointing.

A black light fell onto the sword fragment, and the runes on the fragment shone with radiant black light, rotating rapidly to form a black array.

The Soul Destroying Sword also erupted into black light, with countless runes rotating within, forming a vast black light domain that encompassed the sword fragment and the surrounding black array.

Yuan Ming rapidly made hand signs, causing the black light domain around the Soul Destroying Sword to rotate slowly, resonating with the nature's spiritual energy nearby, which howled violently.

The sword fragment within the light domain was drawn into motion, spinning with the black light domain.

Yuan Ming's face showed a trace of joy as he continued making hand signs and casting spells.

The rotation speed of the black light domain was becoming faster and faster, and the nearby nature's spiritual energy formed a massive Spiritual Energy Vortex.

Yuan Ming bit his tongue tip, spitting out a mouthful of blood onto the Soul Destroying Sword and the sword fragment.

Blood Light emerged around the black light domain of the Soul Destroying Sword, swiftly contracting, just like the sword fragment and the surrounding black Array.

In less than half an instant, the black light domain shrank to several feet in size, and the black runes scattered across the Soul Destroying Sword converged into one place, forming a black sealing pattern, which was the Devouring Truth Seal.

The sword fragment had mostly merged into the Devouring Truth Seal, slowly sinking, soon to be completely integrated within.

At this moment, the sword fragment suddenly trembled, a deep black light flickering incessantly on its surface.

Simultaneously, the Devouring Truth Seal also shook violently, cracks appeared as if it were about to collapse.

"What, the consciousness of the Great Freedom Sky Demon Sword hasn't completely disappeared!" Senior Kong's figure flashed into view, looking shocked.

His hand immediately grasped the sword fragment, merging into it.

The sword fragment's tremor stopped instantly, and the flickering black light ceased.

"Quickly, attack me with your most powerful Divine Soul attack!" Senior Kong turned to Yuan Ming, urging.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming's thoughts swirled, raising his hand to slap the void.

A black giant palm, the size of a house, emerged from him, it was the Great Black Sky God Palm.

Yuan Ming gestured again, and black energy appeared in the palm of the Great Black Sky God Palm, forming a bizarre vortex, slamming hard into Senior Kong.

Senior Kong's body burst at the sound, turning into countless scattered soul light, shooting in all directions.

At this moment, streams of black energy appeared out of nowhere, forming a massive black vortex. Inside the vortex, various Divine Soul attacks surged, from Crow's Call Wave, to Nightmare Illusion Technique, and even Emotion Manipulation Soul Searching.

A strange aura of Life and Death Reincarnation spread, freezing space within dozens of feet; all scattered soul light was immobilized completely. Te.xt@ acq*u$ir*ed f%r&o@m! M|V@|L*E-MP!&@YR..+

The black vortex roared and spun, resembling an ancient Fierce Beast, lunging forward to rapidly devour the scattered soul light.

Numerous Divine Soul attacks flickered inside the vortex, and the devoured scattered soul light was instantly shattered, transforming into pure Soul Power and chaotic memories.

"Enough, stop now!" Senior Kong's voice rang out from the scattered soul light.

Yuan Ming raised an eyebrow, gesturing.

The black vortex ceased attacking, then swiftly returned, merging into his body, and the frozen space returned to normal.

The remaining soul light amassed into one place, recondensing into Senior Kong's figure.

His body appeared much thinner, the soul power he emitted was now only a third of what it was before, and he looked at Yuan Ming with astonishment.

"What was that black vortex attack just now? How could it hurt me?"

"That is the Divine Skill that awakened after I broke through as the Spoken Witch, the Life and Death Reincarnation Path," Yuan Ming spoke with no pretense, calmly explaining.

"Life and Death Reincarnation Path... I see, your Divine Skill has great potential, cultivate it more in the future," Senior Kong said with a nod.

Yuan Ming nodded, then remembered something, quickly looking at the Soul Destroying Sword.

The black light domain around the Soul Destroying Sword had vanished, the sword fragment was nowhere to be seen, and the sealing pattern on the sword body had dissipated, as if nothing had happened.

However, Yuan Ming could feel that the sword fragment had been sealed inside the Soul Destroying Sword, motionless, and the previously awakened consciousness seemed to have been extinguished.

"It seems the sealing is complete, but how was the consciousness of the sword fragment exterminated? Senior Kong asked me to attack him just now, could the damage have transferred to the sword fragment? And what did he mean by the Great Freedom Sky Demon Sword earlier, could this have been the sword's former name?" Yuan Ming had several questions surfacing in his mind, instinctively looking at Senior Kong.

"As long as you provide enough Vow Power Pills, I will answer any questions," Senior Kong said, appearing indifferent.

Yuan Ming rolled his eyes and looked away.

"If you're not willing, you'll have to handle the rest yourself. This was a huge loss; I lost half of the power I had painstakingly amassed, such a huge loss," Senior Kong said, shaking his head, and his figure disappeared again.

Yuan Ming didn't bother with Senior Kong; he put away the Stealing Heaven Tripod, closed his eyes, and shifted his focus to his Sea of Consciousness.

There, a cluster of pure Soul Power and a mass of chaotic memory floated, just what he had stolen from Senior Kong using the Life and Death Reincarnation Path.

Yuan Ming's gaze swept past the Soul Power, directly focusing on the memory, a smile crept on his face.

After much scheming, he finally managed to get something from Senior Kong, perhaps there might be some useful information within.

Yuan Ming utilized his Divine Sense, probing into it, his brows furrowing more and more.

The memory turned out not to be Senior Kong's, but the memory of the providers of Desire Power, filled with images of their prayers, completely worthless.

"As expected of the Stealing Heaven Tripod Artifact Spirit, my little schemes likely have been seen through long ago," Yuan Ming sighed, waved his hand, and destroyed the memory.

As for the Soul Power, he did not absorb it but instead injected it into the Stealing Heaven Tripod before reaching for the Soul Destroying Sword.

Pure yin attribute Spiritual Power continuously flowed from the sword fragment, merging into the Soul Destroying Sword, its power constantly increasing, and its Artifact Spirit's presence rapidly enhancing.

At this speed, it won't be long before this sword gives birth to an Artifact Spirit.

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