Chapter 254 The Trapping of Celestial (1/2)

The pleasure that followed the pain could easily make someone let his guard down. Shen Lian welled-up with happiness; the spiritual force from the Golden Path made him feel as though he was turning into a Celestial.

It was as though the completeness, freedom, and joy that one would feel after attaining Dao was nothing more than this.

Celestial music started playing in the air, and golden flowers bloomed on the trees flanking the Golden Path. Just as the sea, the flowers on the branches danced in waves along with the wind; it was as though countless gorgeous women were waving at Shen Lian.

When everything seemed to be going great, the gold caught on fire. The flowers and the trees were burning, and even the Celestial music became drums that urged the fire on. The flames surrounding Shen Lian burnt with greater intensity.

The flames gnawed away at Shen Lian's clean Daoist robes, and they even made their way up his hair, his brows, and even his skin and flesh. The strange and pleasant scent turned into the scent of charred flesh. It was nauseating.

Shen Lian's smile did not fade away from his face; he walked on the path at a steady pace. Amidst the sea of fire, he walked with great confidence.

There did not seem to be an end to the road, and there was no end to the sea of fire as well. However, Shen Lian kept walking forward as though he was not concerned about the possibility of the path having no end to it.

In the end, black True Light was emitted out of Shen Lian and rolled towards the sea of fire. Suddenly, the sky started pouring. The sea of fire was extinguished within moments. There was not even a single hint of flame at all.

The black True Light rolled back into Shen Lian from the ground.

The regulation between water and fire gave him a better complexion than before.

Having restrained the fire with water, Shen Lian had absorbed the endless Fire Qi of Essence to nourish himself.

Up ahead, the mist was still visible. Out of a sudden, the Qi started coagulating, and there seemed to be a flash of lightning in the sky. Eventually, it became sword gleam that contained an unimaginable amount of Yin Qi. The sword gleam was similar to jade; it was as though water flowed through it, and it was very clear. The sword gleam then charged at Shen Lian.

The pierce had a sense of ultimatum, and it was wielded with murderous intent. When it came near Shen Lian, everything else stood still and all other sounds were drowned out. Shen Lian knew that this was real. If he were to be harmed by it, he would not be able to survive his injuries.

Shen Lian stood still. An illusionary shadow of the Milky Way formed above him – this was a manifestation of his spirit. Utilising the Milky Way Swordsmanship with the Deity Vanquishing Sword was his trump card. He did not have the luxury of time to go through his options now.

The sword aura was scary; he could feel the murderous intent with his spiritual sense, and it was stronger than the sword will gifted by the Grandmaster Zhu Yuantu.

The space was nothing more than a thin piece of paper for the sword aura to pierce around; more importantly, time had no meaning in this place.

Despite that it was formed by Yin Qi, it seemed to have an eternal sense of Dao that subjected the deities to their fall.

The illusionary Milky Way clashed with the sword aura. The supposedly eternal and unchanged Milky Way was defenseless against the sword aura.

Shen Lian's spirit having turned into the illusionary Milky Way was incapable of emotions such as being surprised and shocked. However, right when his spirit was about to shatter into pieces, the sword aura started melting into his spirit. The Milky Way sword will be nothing more than a backdrop for the sword will contained within the sword aura. Grandmaster Yuantu's sword will restraint itself after the clash against the sword aura. It was hiding at some corner in Shen Lian's spirit.

The sword aura melted into the depths of his spirit, and it flowed along with the illusionary Milky Way. At that moment, the deity from The Mastery of Senses resurfaced in Shen Lian's heart. It solidified after the instillation of the sword aura, but it remained slightly illusory still.

Finally, Shen Lian returned to reality. He was shocked by the current state of Da Ming Wang Temple.