Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?
Author: 宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅
Chapter 541: One Thought Brings Life, One Thought Brings Death
Chapter 541: One Thought Brings Life, One Thought Brings Death
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The swordsman stood with his back to her, his hair as white as snow, making his age impossible to determine. His posture was as straight and unyielding as a solitary peak, his sleeves billowing unnaturally in the windless void, exuding an aura of transcendent isolation.
Most strikingly, an ancient longsword hovered beside him.
The narrow blade appeared dull and weathered by time, remaining sheathed yet radiating an aura of absolute severance - a presence that could end all existence. This energy was so pure and domineering that Real Person Jade Compassion instantly understood why this so-called "Immortal Realm" felt so lifeless - either this sword itself or the swordsman's Sword Intent was the source of this void!
"Who are you, fellow cultivator? Is this... truly the Immortal Realm?" Jade Compassion's voice echoed solemnly through the emptiness.
The white-clothed swordsman's back remained motionless.
He didn't turn around.
Instead, a voice as cold and flat as ancient glaciers grinding together imprinted directly onto her soul without emotional inflection:
"As for who I am... you may call me the Guardian of Silence? The Sword Bearer? The Executioner? Whichever you prefer."
Jade Compassion's heart clenched. That voice... carried an indescribable familiarity, yet was icily alien.
The swordsman slowly turned.
When his face came into view, Jade Compassion felt as if struck by lightning, her Dao Heart experiencing rare and violent tremors!
That face... was unmistakably identical to the carefree, even somewhat roguish visage she remembered - Sword Master Chen!
Memories of Moon Shadow Sect life flashed through her mind.
Yet this face before her lacked Sword Master Chen's distinctive vitality.
Only an eternal, sword-tomb coldness remained. His eyes were hollow as ten-thousand-year abysses - devoid of joy, anger, sorrow, or hatred - just pure, lifeless observation as if examining an inanimate object.
"C-Chen... Sword Master?" Jade Compassion's voice trembled with disbelief, freezing under those abyssal eyes.
"Sword Master Chen? Chen Huaian." The swordsman's icy tone confirmed the name without connection. "The Chen Sword Master you knew bears some relation to me. I am the Upper Corpse he severed during his Three Corpses enlightenment - the embodiment of his ruthless cruelty. What you might call the 'Malicious Corpse.'"
Three Corpses? Malicious Corpse?!
Jade Compassion's pupils constricted violently!
Severing the Three Corpses was the most reliable path to immortal ascension.
Chen Huaian... had left his "Upper Corpse" here?!
Then who was the Chen Huaian currently in Cangyun Realm?
Her thoughts spun into chaos.
"But why would you—"
"He was too emotional, too soft-hearted to make necessary decisions." The Malicious Corpse spoke without inflection, stating facts. "I remained to inherit his core obsession - protecting Cangyun Realm. For this purpose, I will do anything... necessary." He emphasized "necessary."
"Protecting?" Jade Compassion gestured at the dead void around them, voice thick with skepticism.
"Correct." The Malicious Corpse's indifferent gaze swept their surroundings. "Immortal Emperors, Dao Ancestors, Divine Sovereigns... all who ascended here have perished. Their immortal power and Dao Fruits have been drained and refined into pure energy."
Boom! An icy terror shot through Jade Compassion's skull!
The path of ascension led only to this "Malicious Corpse's" slaughterhouse?!
"Why?!" Her voice rose sharply.
Golden Virtue Immortal Light erupted instinctively around her, forming protective barriers against the swordsman's deathly Sword Intent pressure.
"For Cangyun Realm." His reply was brutally simple, devoid of justification. "Cangyun Realm's Spirit Veins wither, its essence fails, its Spiritual Energy flickers like a dying candle. Cultivators face impossible barriers to advancement. This is Heavenly Dao's decree - the inevitable fate of all worlds!"
His toneless voice continued, "Cangyun Realm nears collapse. The only solution - forcibly merge with another energy-rich world, absorbing its power to rebuild our foundation!"
Forcibly... merge worlds?!
This wasn't the petty "worlds" Void-Shattering cultivators could create.
The world he described must be a Great Thousand World like Cangyun Realm.
"I've identified the target - Earth Star. Its Spiritual Energy is newly born but destined to become boundless, its essence unshakable as mountains, its Heavenly Laws naturally compatible with Cangyun Realm's Dao Traces." The Malicious Corpse's frozen face twisted into madness. "But merging worlds defies Heaven's will - it requires unimaginable power to move two world's essences."
His gaunt finger pointed into the void's depths:
"That power comes from the 'Myriad Tribulations Origin Core' refined from every ascended cultivator's lifetime cultivation and essence!
Their souls returned to nothingness, their True Essence becoming anchors to pull Cangyun Realm and Earth Star together!"
Following his gesture, Jade Compassion's spiritual sense focused - revealing a churning vortex in the emptiness!
It resembled compressed stardust, shattered immortal bones, and boiling immortal essence twisted together.
Silently rotating, it emitted terrifying fluctuations capable of devouring all existence - like a collapsing chaos star.
Or an ominous graveyard for countless immortals!
The "Myriad Tribulations Origin Core."
"To merge with Earth Star... you slaughtered every ascended cultivator?"
Her voice dripped with frozen grief.
Though she'd severed past attachments, this revelation felt absurd.
Who could have imagined ascension was merely this deception?
No wonder all communication with the lower realm ceased over millennia.
"The Dao is merciless; survival takes precedence." The Malicious Corpse stated implacably. "Sacrificing these immortals preserves billions of Cangyun Realm lives and rebuilds our world's foundation. This is the only way. The original Chen Huaian was too constrained by emotion to act, so I fulfill this ordained slaughter."
He attributed infinite killings to cold "destiny."
Jade Compassion quietly processed his words.
From a utilitarian perspective, sacrificing few for many was morally sound.
Slaughtering immortals to save a dying world could be called great compassion.
She'd witnessed Cangyun Realm's decline firsthand.
Yet she sensed deeper motives beneath his words.
Some hidden truth in those abyssal eyes.
"So now it's my turn to die for the greater good?"
"You have two choices."
The white-clothed swordsman raised one finger: "First, kill me to avenge the dead and take my place. But I've reached the Supreme Realm, nearly becoming Dao itself. To me, you're but an ant."
A second finger rose: "Help me activate the Chaos Core to merge the worlds. Your Great Virtue Immortal Body can strengthen the causal connection between worlds, accelerating fusion."
"One thought brings life, one brings death. Will you seek vengeance... or help preserve Cangyun Realm?"
"Choose."
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...
The swordsman stood with his back to her, his hair as white as snow, making his age impossible to determine. His posture was as straight and unyielding as a solitary peak, his sleeves billowing unnaturally in the windless void, exuding an aura of transcendent isolation.
Most strikingly, an ancient longsword hovered beside him.
The narrow blade appeared dull and weathered by time, remaining sheathed yet radiating an aura of absolute severance - a presence that could end all existence. This energy was so pure and domineering that Real Person Jade Compassion instantly understood why this so-called "Immortal Realm" felt so lifeless - either this sword itself or the swordsman's Sword Intent was the source of this void!
"Who are you, fellow cultivator? Is this... truly the Immortal Realm?" Jade Compassion's voice echoed solemnly through the emptiness.
The white-clothed swordsman's back remained motionless.
He didn't turn around.
Instead, a voice as cold and flat as ancient glaciers grinding together imprinted directly onto her soul without emotional inflection:
"As for who I am... you may call me the Guardian of Silence? The Sword Bearer? The Executioner? Whichever you prefer."
Jade Compassion's heart clenched. That voice... carried an indescribable familiarity, yet was icily alien.
The swordsman slowly turned.
When his face came into view, Jade Compassion felt as if struck by lightning, her Dao Heart experiencing rare and violent tremors!
That face... was unmistakably identical to the carefree, even somewhat roguish visage she remembered - Sword Master Chen!
Memories of Moon Shadow Sect life flashed through her mind.
Yet this face before her lacked Sword Master Chen's distinctive vitality.
Only an eternal, sword-tomb coldness remained. His eyes were hollow as ten-thousand-year abysses - devoid of joy, anger, sorrow, or hatred - just pure, lifeless observation as if examining an inanimate object.
"C-Chen... Sword Master?" Jade Compassion's voice trembled with disbelief, freezing under those abyssal eyes.
"Sword Master Chen? Chen Huaian." The swordsman's icy tone confirmed the name without connection. "The Chen Sword Master you knew bears some relation to me. I am the Upper Corpse he severed during his Three Corpses enlightenment - the embodiment of his ruthless cruelty. What you might call the 'Malicious Corpse.'"
Three Corpses? Malicious Corpse?!
Jade Compassion's pupils constricted violently!
Severing the Three Corpses was the most reliable path to immortal ascension.
Chen Huaian... had left his "Upper Corpse" here?!
Then who was the Chen Huaian currently in Cangyun Realm?
Her thoughts spun into chaos.
"But why would you—"
"He was too emotional, too soft-hearted to make necessary decisions." The Malicious Corpse spoke without inflection, stating facts. "I remained to inherit his core obsession - protecting Cangyun Realm. For this purpose, I will do anything... necessary." He emphasized "necessary."
"Protecting?" Jade Compassion gestured at the dead void around them, voice thick with skepticism.
"Correct." The Malicious Corpse's indifferent gaze swept their surroundings. "Immortal Emperors, Dao Ancestors, Divine Sovereigns... all who ascended here have perished. Their immortal power and Dao Fruits have been drained and refined into pure energy."
Boom! An icy terror shot through Jade Compassion's skull!
The path of ascension led only to this "Malicious Corpse's" slaughterhouse?!
"Why?!" Her voice rose sharply.
Golden Virtue Immortal Light erupted instinctively around her, forming protective barriers against the swordsman's deathly Sword Intent pressure.
"For Cangyun Realm." His reply was brutally simple, devoid of justification. "Cangyun Realm's Spirit Veins wither, its essence fails, its Spiritual Energy flickers like a dying candle. Cultivators face impossible barriers to advancement. This is Heavenly Dao's decree - the inevitable fate of all worlds!"
His toneless voice continued, "Cangyun Realm nears collapse. The only solution - forcibly merge with another energy-rich world, absorbing its power to rebuild our foundation!"
Forcibly... merge worlds?!
This wasn't the petty "worlds" Void-Shattering cultivators could create.
The world he described must be a Great Thousand World like Cangyun Realm.
"I've identified the target - Earth Star. Its Spiritual Energy is newly born but destined to become boundless, its essence unshakable as mountains, its Heavenly Laws naturally compatible with Cangyun Realm's Dao Traces." The Malicious Corpse's frozen face twisted into madness. "But merging worlds defies Heaven's will - it requires unimaginable power to move two world's essences."
His gaunt finger pointed into the void's depths:
"That power comes from the 'Myriad Tribulations Origin Core' refined from every ascended cultivator's lifetime cultivation and essence!
Their souls returned to nothingness, their True Essence becoming anchors to pull Cangyun Realm and Earth Star together!"
Following his gesture, Jade Compassion's spiritual sense focused - revealing a churning vortex in the emptiness!
It resembled compressed stardust, shattered immortal bones, and boiling immortal essence twisted together.
Silently rotating, it emitted terrifying fluctuations capable of devouring all existence - like a collapsing chaos star.
Or an ominous graveyard for countless immortals!
The "Myriad Tribulations Origin Core."
"To merge with Earth Star... you slaughtered every ascended cultivator?"
Her voice dripped with frozen grief.
Though she'd severed past attachments, this revelation felt absurd.
Who could have imagined ascension was merely this deception?
No wonder all communication with the lower realm ceased over millennia.
"The Dao is merciless; survival takes precedence." The Malicious Corpse stated implacably. "Sacrificing these immortals preserves billions of Cangyun Realm lives and rebuilds our world's foundation. This is the only way. The original Chen Huaian was too constrained by emotion to act, so I fulfill this ordained slaughter."
He attributed infinite killings to cold "destiny."
Jade Compassion quietly processed his words.
From a utilitarian perspective, sacrificing few for many was morally sound.
Slaughtering immortals to save a dying world could be called great compassion.
She'd witnessed Cangyun Realm's decline firsthand.
Yet she sensed deeper motives beneath his words.
Some hidden truth in those abyssal eyes.
"So now it's my turn to die for the greater good?"
"You have two choices."
The white-clothed swordsman raised one finger: "First, kill me to avenge the dead and take my place. But I've reached the Supreme Realm, nearly becoming Dao itself. To me, you're but an ant."
A second finger rose: "Help me activate the Chaos Core to merge the worlds. Your Great Virtue Immortal Body can strengthen the causal connection between worlds, accelerating fusion."
"One thought brings life, one brings death. Will you seek vengeance... or help preserve Cangyun Realm?"
"Choose."
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