Chapter 601

Chapter 601: Sword Light Breaks Through Chaos

The Heavenly Barrier Sword!

This Broken Sword was actually a divine blade born at the universe’s dawn, something Ye Yun hadn’t anticipated.

Yet it made sense upon reflection. Du Jianyin was the reincarnation of the Ancient Sword Intent, and the Heavenly Barrier Sword had shattered in the Battle of Immortals and Demons ten thousand years ago. The two might have been one entity back then, their sword intents intertwined.

Thus, after millennia, the sword intent had reunited with the Broken Sword. Though fractured, a sliver of its power remained.

Du Jianyin swept his right hand upward, catching the Heavenly Barrier Sword. A flick of his wrist sent sword arcs scattering, shattering the icy essence around them into nothing.

“Ye Yun, forcing me to burn a century of lifespan to unleash the Heavenly Barrier’s killing technique is a feat you can pride yourself on. Dying by this sword is an honorable end.” Du Jianyin stepped forward, the Broken Sword blazing as its sword intent engulfed a hundred zhang.

Ye Yun stood unfazed. Having mastered the purest sword intent, no pressure born of such intent could harm him. He let the waves of sword intent wash over him, his expression calm save for a flicker of curiosity.

Du Jianyin’s strength was undeniable—even without the Broken Sword, he could defeat Ancestors below the Fifth Level of the Nascent Soul stage. Now, fueled by a century of lifespan and all his energy, his power had multiplied tenfold.

At this moment, Du Jianyin could challenge any Fifth-Level Nascent Soul Ancestor. A single strike might shift heaven and earth, toppling Nascent Souls.

Yet Ye Yun remained still, eyes closed, bathed in the sword intent. Their intents differed: Du Jianyin’s was razor-sharp, cleaving mountains and skies, while Ye Yun’s radiated purity, akin to the blazing sun, embodying cosmic judgment when perfected.

Though Ye Yun’s path was fraught with difficulty, facing this foreign sword intent sparked a resolve—to dissect its nuances, refine his own, and ascend further.

The sword intent raged like a storm, yet Ye Yun stood untouched. The true threat lay in the Broken Sword itself, a primordial relic whose material alone held unmatched might, even fractured and stripped of its arrays.

“Still so composed? Let me enlighten you about the Heavenly Barrier’s origins before you die ignorant,” Du Jianyin sneered, cold amusement in his eyes.

“This sword…”

He began narrating, certain of Ye Yun’s demise.

“Since when do you lecture, Du Jianyin? The old you struck first, spoke later. Have you grown timid?” Ye Yun’s lips curled in mockery.

Du Jianyin’s rage flared. He stepped forth, the Broken Sword blazing, its aura crushing. Burning a century of lifespan to wield it galled him, but Ye Yun’s taunts left no choice.

“Third Level of the Heavenly Barrier—First Strike: Sword Shatters the Sky!”

The Broken Sword erupted, flooding the air with light. The world within tens of zhang dissolved into primal chaos, heaven and earth merging into void.

“Recreating the universe’s birth?” Ye Yun mused, intrigued yet unshaken. No sword intent could touch his soul—this chaos was illusion, its grip feeble.

“Break!” Du Jianyin’s voice thundered from all directions.

A flash tore through the chaos—a sword arc splitting void into pure and impure, echoing creation’s first division. The strike’s majesty could humble Fifth-Level Ancestors.

But to Ye Yun, it remained mere sword intent. Purple light flared in his palm, conjuring a glacial river that twisted space itself—the Ice Spirit Barrier.

The Heavenly Barrier Sword struck. The barrier trembled, fissured, then exploded into shards.

Undeterred, the sword light surged toward Ye Yun’s heart.

Du Jianyin smirked. No ordinary cultivator could withstand the Heavenly Barrier’s might, amplified by his sacrifice—not even Ye Yun.