Chapter 469

Chapter 469: The Sword God’s Outburst

After apologies and compensation settled the Little Demon Chamber incident, everyone breathed easier. Being long-time friends, none wished to sever ties over trivial matters. The peaceful resolution brought relief.

The discussion then turned to the Ghost Realm Sect. Each treasure represented the loss of either a Thunder Tribulation Immortal or Core Inner Gate Disciple from various sects. Though these figures perished millennia ago, their deaths still kindled fresh anger.

Even the typically composed Sect Leader of the Xuan Sect burned with true fire. Unanimously, the Semi-Immortals agreed to immediately strike the Ghost Realm Sect.

Plans were forged. As a major Demonic Sect, the Ghost Realm Sect’s stronghold neighbored other demonic factions. Poor handling could spark a full righteous and demonic war – an unacceptable outcome.

Though the Demonic Path held collective strength, internal distrust and feuds fractured their unity. With careful planning, attacking solely the Ghost Realm Sect might avoid provoking allies. Some demonic sects might even join the assault.

After daylong discussions, the Semi-Immortals dispersed. Days later, the Eight Righteous Sects dispatched disciples to negotiate with demonic contacts. While righteousness and evil opposed each other, necessity sometimes forced cooperation against threats like extramundane demons. Through shared life-and-death battles, bonds formed – some even becoming Dao companions.

Gradually, tentative connections emerged between factions. The Xuan Sect particularly commanded respect, as demonic experts relied on their spirit pills. Each righteous sect targeted a demonic faction they’d courted, aiming to prevent support for the Ghost Realm Sect.

Simultaneously, the righteous sects mobilized. Three Great Semi-Immortals spearheaded the assault: Sword God, Mo Qianxun, and Master Da Fang.

The Sword God sought catharsis. Humiliated by Fang Lie’s theft of his sect’s treasure, he burned with suppressed fury needing release.

Mo Qianxun acted for both sect and family. The Eight Steeds Carriage incident – involving his predecessor’s mysterious death – had nearly caused civil war within the Mo family. As Sect Leader and Family Head, justice demanded his involvement.

Master Da Fang’s Lotus Dharma Sect had lost both the Crossing Calamity Sutra and a lineage ancestor. Avenging this ambush became his duty.

Even the Xuan Sect seethed. The stolen Taiyi Qingxu Cauldron and slain true power Elder warranted retaliation. Only their leader’s commitment to crafting treasures for Fang Lie prevented deploying a Semi-Immortal. Instead, they sent three late-stage Thunder Tribulation Immortals and nearly a hundred disciples.

Though the Xuan Sect’s contingent seemed small compared to other sects’ thousands-strong armies, their quality compensated. Admission required a Qi Sea spanning ten thousand miles – below this threshold, none could call themselves Xuan Sect disciples. Their few hundred members matched entire armies in combat strength.

Other sects marched tens of thousands toward the Ghost Realm Sect’s heartland. The Eight Righteous Sects advanced separately rather than uniting, with East Kunlun taking the vanguard.

As the world’s top expert, Sword God Li Qingtian rode his flying sword straight toward Ghost Realm Sect’s headquarters. Along the way, he slaughtered everyone in his path and flattened every city he encountered.

Wielding Ninth-Rank Treasures, East Kunlun’s Semi-Immortals rendered ordinary city defenses useless. Whenever they breached a city, East Kunlun Disciples exterminated all Demonic Path cultivators while sparing disciples from neutral and righteous sects.

The East Kunlun Disciples were furious. The Star Gold Element Core—a treasured item comparable to Ninth-Rank Treasures—had nurtured their sect’s star gold Mineral Vein for millennia. It was why East Kunlun could equip every disciple with top-tier life-bound flying swords despite their poverty. Now this treasure was gone, depleting their star gold reserves and crippling their sect’s inheritance and finances.

Who wouldn’t rage? Yet Fang Lie had claimed it openly using the Kunlun Sword Token, leaving them no recourse but to vent their wrath on Ghost Realm Sect.

Unlike other sects that merely looted cities, East Kunlun eradicated every Demonic Path cultivator and stripped settlements bare—digging three feet deep to seize even high-grade building materials. They destroyed what they couldn’t take: spirit springs, Spirit Mines, everything. Their path left only barren wasteland—no life, no structures, nothing.

Finally, Ghost Realm Sect snapped. Their two Semi-Immortals—Ghost Realm Patriarch and Nether God Sword Founder—confronted Sword God with their Ninth-Rank Treasures: Netherworld Ghost Fire Seal and Nether God Sword.

Though neither dared face him alone, together they hoped to stall him. Everyone expected Sword God’s advance to halt.

They were wrong.

In three moves, Sword God cleaved Ghost Realm Patriarch in half. Though the Patriarch escaped via secret method, he suffered heavy injuries requiring centuries to restore—his cultivation permanently stunted.

Nether God Sword Founder fared worse. Aged and weakened, he perished under Sword God’s blade. His Ninth-Rank Nether God Sword carried his remnant soul home, where he uttered final words before reincarnating.

Five moves. One dead, one crippled. Sword God’s might shook the world.

But his victory came at a cost. Fighting recklessly, he’d traded fatal blows to end battles swiftly. Nether God Sword Founder’s dying strike pierced his abdomen, leaving Netherworld Ghost Fire clinging to the wound. Sword Energy barely suppressed it.

Ignoring injuries, Sword God abandoned his forces and planted Ninth-Rank Divine Sword Kunlun—now a colossal blade tens of thousands of feet tall—before Ghost Realm Sect’s mountain gate. He stood beside it, healing silently. His sword intent blanketed the sect’s territory, declaring: *Try to leave, and die.*

Without Semi-Immortals, none in Ghost Realm Sect could withstand him—not even their late-stage Thunder Tribulation Sect Leader.

The only solution? Aid from other Demonic Path Semi-Immortals. Yet none dared approach. Sword God, wounded and enraged, fought like a cornered beast. His son’s role in losing the sect treasure haunted him, driving him to suicidal fury.

Semi-Immortals prized longevity above all, avoiding injuries that hindered cultivation. But Sword God didn’t care. His wrath scorched reason.

Who would court death by provoking him? None. So Ghost Realm Sect remained trapped, sealed by one man’s unyielding blade.