881 Impossible as Ants to Shake a Mighty Tree, I Have become Invincible! III (2/2)

In his fight against the Abbey Dean on the snow covered street last year, the God-Stunning Array had charged the Qi of Heaven and Earth throughout Chang'an into his body via the Core Vajra of the Array. He had undergone worse compared to what he experienced today.

Having survived that, how could he fail to survive the Tianqi today?

Ning Que knew from their fight in Chang'an that the Divine Power he took from Haotian could only last for a specific amount of time. It would disappear again like the Qi of Heaven and Earth did previously.

And indeed he did not have many iron arrows left in the case. If only he could make endless shots of iron arrows, he would have taken over the whole world by simply standing on top of the walls around Chang'an. Why did he travel all the way to take the risk at Peach Mountain?

The Yi Divine Talismans around the altar would disappear in time. If a Divine Talisman could last forever, his master, Yan Se, would have buried the Sword Garret of South Jin Kingdom long time ago.

His invincibility could only last for a while.

And that was the time he had to accomplish his mission.

He turned back and looked above to the Divine Hall of Light on top of the Peach Mountain.

Following his look, the strongest cultivators in the front yard realized that Liu Bai's sword had already made its way into the Divine Hall of Light. If there was going to be a battle, it must be the most horrifying one ever.

It was because it would be a battle between the human world and the heavenly Haotian.

They were inside the Divine Hall of Light.

Sangsang lifted her right hand, reached for the jet-black iron arrow and took it down. It seemed as if the iron arrow had been waiting obediently for her.

She could have grasped stars and moon, not to mention a single arrow.

The iron arrow gloomed between her fair fingers.

She threw it away and turned to Liu Bai.

Liu Bai had been watching her with his sword in hand.

By looking at each other, the gap between Heaven and the human world was filled. Enormous amounts of information were exchanged between her and Liu Bai.

She knew that Liu Bai was renowned as the number one cultivator in the world. If he could live an infinite life, he might at some point become as strong as that lunatic. However it was too early right now. He should not have been able to achieve such state according to the heavenly prediction. What had happened to him? Since he had achieved such state ahead of time, why didn't he wait for several hundred years so that the other one could have also reached his highest state?

She raised her question to Liu Bai.

And Liu Bai provided a sincere answer.

”That day at Verdant Canyon, I was somewhat enlightened by the battle between Jun Mo and Ye Su. When you see nothing, my Yellow River does not exist. Later on, Li Manman sent me a bout of Qi with the Academy's perception of the human world. I was once again enlightened. When I went to Linkang City and saw Ye Su teaching in a shabby alley, I was further enlightened. Finally, when the young girl's blood shed on my sword today, I felt fully enlightened and filled with wisdom.”

”How could some ants possibly shake a massive tree?”

”My sword does not need to surpass the Five States. If there was a gate to the world beyond the Five States, my sword would cleave it. It can cleave anything, even infinity.”

”When your sword falls, it will hurt you.”

”I opened my eyes to search throughout the world, only to find the crippled Abbey Dean, Li Manman who does not know how to fight, and the Drunkard and the Butcher who are capable but unambitious like two wastrels. Perfect as my swordsmanship is, I could not find a match in the human world. How could I not be resentful?”

”Resentful for what?”

”Resentful because I could never fight with Ke Haoran or drink together with Lian Sheng. Because I was not born a thousand years ago, when the decisive battle against the Light took place in the Wilderness, or around the same time as the Headmaster of Academy. All of the greatest predecessors were gone, with no one to follow their legacies. I wanted to hold up my sword against Heaven, yet the gate to the Divine Kingdom was already closed. I could no longer step into Heaven. Being trapped here, how could I not feel lonely and be resentful?”

Liu Bai stared at her in front of his sword and sighed. ”I don't want to shed my lonely tears to the endless universe. Since you are here in the human world, I had to come to see you.”

How could some ants possibly shake a massive tree? And how dare you come to the Peach Mountain? The Heaven questioned.

I am invincible now in the human world. Who else can I fight against if not the Heaven? The strongest sword in the human world answered.

What was the ultimate purpose of cultivation? According to Taoism, it was the gift to humans from Haotian. But for the Academy and people like Liu Bai, cultivation had nothing to do with Haotian. It was merely a way to strengthen oneself. When coming to the end of cultivation, they would have to look above and raise their swords against the Heaven.

It was what Ke Haoran did years ago. The Headmaster of Academy did it as well, for the past thousand years. The Academy continued to do so, even today. And now it was time for the strongest sword in the human world to do the same.

Liu Bai was his sword.

The sword in his hand used to be the strongest in the world. Now that he himself had united with the sword once used by the Headmaster of Academy, how strong would they become?

It had never happened before in the history of cultivation.

As he mentioned, he did not surpass the Five States. Firstly, he dared not to. Secondly, he did not want to. And lastly, it no longer mattered. Because he had become the sword himself. Whenever there was an obstacle, they will cleave it.

As for whether or not this sword would fall onto himself as she had affirmed, he did not even care.

It was because that was the only meaningful thing for him to do now.

In front of the Sword Garret, thousands of miles away in South Jin Kingdom, his hundreds of disciples stayed on their knees. The sword-shaped black peak rose all of a sudden and soared into the sky.

The disciples were shocked and confused. Yet, when they looked up again, the peak seemed to have never moved.

The Divine Hall of Light vibrated according to the sword's will. Numerous slits were seen on the quartz walls. The eternal lamp that died out months ago was broken into three pieces.

The autumn breeze coming up from the cliffs was smashed upon reaching the terrace. It tickled people's desires and made them impatient. It was not the impatience of waiting for a prey, but an eager to be able to eventually witness the Grand Tao.

Sangsang stood silently on the terrace, facing Liu Bai.

Liu Bai pushed his sword further with right hand. He found himself to be filled with joy.