Chapter 1 If There Is Another Life, Let Us Dance Under The Skies! (1/2)
The Nine Heavens; they rest on a sea of cloud, along with the Wind and Thunder Platform In the distance, lies a sliver of sky
This is the Three Higher Heavens on the Continent of The Nine Heavens This is the Wind and Thunder Platforions in The Nine Heavens Here, nothing can shi+eld you fro thunder; the only exit is a sliver of sky in the distance
At that particularcovered the entire platforive up the Nine Tribulations Sword! We will spare your life if you do so!”
”Chu Yang, your death is at hand; you should just hand over the Nine Tribulations Sword At least then we can ensure that you die a painless death!”
”Chu Yang, the highest ranked sword is completely wasted on you It's been so many years, but you still show no improvement Just hand it over”
All around, a burst of deafening shouts could be heard
At the centre of the platfor, dressed in black, covered in blood and hair dishevelled, sat on that rock However, he had a look of indifference, and his eyes were calm and sturdy, like a boulder On that rock, he sat up as straight as a javelin
Like the sword he ielding, he was filled with undying deterh he was already mortally injured!
At his feet, within a radius of several thousand feet, the ground was covered in disenisable corpses, drenched in fresh, dripping blood
The expert fighters surrounding hier to clash with Chu Yang Looking at thehter filled with arrogance and disdain
Looking at these experts, ere shouting but waiting for another fighter to rush into battle, Chu Yang sance and disdain Despite being swamped by an army of experts and co did not cease his prideful attitude
The expert fighters were no fools Although Chu Yang was already at death's door, none were rushi+ng into battle with him because he could still unleash an attack which would ensure both hi for a reckless fighter ae to his death, but unfortunately, none of them were that reckless As such, they were at an i
”These people, and their dense brains; they will never be worthy of being her levels of er nu slowly sat down, a cynical look still on his face He remained silent, but his mind started to fill with questions ”How did they find out that I had the Nine Tribulations Sword?” He had spent three years investigating whether there was a fragment of the Nine Tribulations Sword at the Wind and Thunder Platfor countless obstacles and risking his life in a journey which only had a one-in-ten survival rate But why did they aher Heavens?
It was only his fifth day at the Three Higher Heavens Furthermore, the ambush came just as he found the Wind and Thunder Platfor had been known to be extreured out his plans?
Obviously, soh Chu Yang charged forward le tile escape route he chose led to a dead end Under nor would have definitely found a path to freedom Who exactly was this ene's actions? This question tor endlessly
The blade of the Nine Tribulations Sword glea a vibrant rainbow in the sky All the experts felt their hearts racing, eager to obtain the Godly sword For the sas a Higher Ancient Godly Itehest in the Continent of the Nine Heavens! Whoever obtained the sould be practically undefeatable! Not only that, legends told of greater pohich the sielded:
”The Nine Tribulations of the Nine Heavens - one sword to decin supreme for a thousand years and more The Nine Tribulations of the Nine Heavens - exceed the Heavens beyond the Nine Heavens!”
This hat remained of the ancient ballad about the Godly sword, passed down froins have been long forgotten The sword itself was practically a legend No one thought that the Nine Tribulations Sword actually existed, and no one iined that it would appear in front of their very eyes
Chu Yang also had his doubts about the Nine Tribulations Sword Yes, he did obtain the sword and find of its five fragly, he discovered that the Nine Tribulations Sword did not seeht it would be Furtherap between him and the sword; no matter how much fresh blood he poured over it or how much sincerity he put into it, there seemed to be no effect Why was that so? Why? Why?!
All of his emotions abandoned just for this divine sword! He had forsaken his emotions and ian i hian to seek the Way of the Heavens As a result, he led a lonely existence, filled with violence and killing Even so, in the end, he could not master the Nine Tribulations Sword, and by extension the Art of the Nine Heavens
Had hechoice? Was the path that he took a mistake? Or could it be that… his lack of eh to placate the Nine Tribulations Sword?
An emotionless swordsman How could a swordsman with emotions call himself a swordsman? The Way of the Sword, Martial Arts and the Heavens all lacked eht as he was about to die?
Oh, Nine Tribulations Sword, what exactly do you want froer the experts were to obtain the Nine Tribulations Sword, Chu Yang bitterly thought, ”You guys know that this sword can grant you invincibility, but do you kno much I have sacrificed, just to obtain this sword?”
”I have nothing left anyure, dressed in red, began to eure raised her sleeves slightly, swaying in the wind, while a ure continued to dance, race of a swan on water, al's eyes suddenly lost their sharp, cold look Instead, sorrow and loss began to fill them
In thefelt his energy draining quickly He had pursued Martial Arts his entire life Entering a relationshi+p, breaking it off, abandoning his feelings He thought that if he were to die, his one regret would be that he did not e to achieve the martial domain level of superiority he had pursued while he was alive However, instead, a figure which he thought he had abandoned in the deepest chase in his consciousness
That beautiful figure was clad in flowing, abundantly red clothing Every action she took was light and graceful; a turn of her head to look back at him, a curl of her body in her dance which would never end… Chu Yang's began to sing in his ht her gaze, and it was a gaze filled with passion, strong but graceful, vast as the ocean
The figure was Mo Qing Wu, who Chu Yang had once loved, but also broken up with
”I guess I never really did break off that relationshi+p…” Chu Yanginto the slightest sorrowful s on a rainy day, it thoroughly enveloped his soul He lost control of his ehts - not that he wanted to rein the Wu! If I died noould I an practicing the Three Tribulations of Eretted it…”
Chu Yang was filled with an unbearable sense of loss
”Everyone! We should attack hiotiate the ownershi+p of the Nine Tribulations Sword later on, but we continue to dawdle and he recovers, ill suffer even greater losses!” One of the experts shouted suddenly The surrounding experts cried in agree while cornering hi as if in a trance He see in front of him As if filled with a dark desolation which had existed since the ancient tian to float above his forehead
In his rewinto a blur of red shadows The blur rose into the sky, weaving itself into a tapestry of red silk, vast and boundless At that
”A lifetiraceful dance,
For a dance is a life of sorrow
I will dance for you in this life,
And sorrow may I be, I will dance e of love, a short poem that she had written He could still re Wu Her eyes filled with tears, and her gaze drowned in a heavy sorrow She… she had known for a long ti her emotions to practice his ht, she could not resist surrendering her heart to hiile heart aflairl… As Chu Yang yearned for her, a wave of bitterness swept across his heart Only at the end of his life did he realise how precious his feelings for her were but alas, he could no longer return to the way things were
He could still re Wu It hen he rejected her for the final ti home with a broken heart and defeated spirit, but was attacked on the way back Like the fragrance of a rose diffuses into the air after it dies, she passed away
Although Chu Yang had rushed over upon receiving the news, he had been too late, onlyto see her in her finalWu's attackers, sparing not even their ani Wu would not return to life
With her dying breath, Mo Qing Wu lay in his ar, if there is another life… if we ain I hope… that you will take a closer look … at me… don't I look nicerthan a sword?”
”Chu Yang, to be able to die like this… in your erets …” Those were her final words
Oh, Qing Wu, you did have regrets, didn't you? Otherwise, ere there tears welling up in your eyes? As she took her last breath, two small teardrops flowed from her eyes down her clear face… she had forced herself to s's feelings… that was horetched she…
Two teardrops, that was all it took to shatter his heart Froently in a dream,
As demons dance in bloodstained seas and mountains of corpses
Aswords within a thousand Li,
Together forever, in Life and through Death, unto the Highest Heaven!
This was a poehest-ranked scholar under the Heavens, in response to Mo Qing Wu's undying feelings for Chu Yang
”Now, Qing Wu, you are already at the Highest Heaven, but I'm still here in the Mortal Realh Death… even after generations and generations!”
Chu Yang was fully absorbed in his thoughts, and the edges of his lips, usually cold and hard, began to curve into the slightest bittersweet san the float in the wind…
”Qing Wu, wait forWu, if there is another life, I'd rather not practice the Way of the Sword or aie; I'd choose you! Now I know, in this world, there was never anything more worthy of raceful dance andWu's already ethereal voice ”Sorrow enerations… Even if e… Even if I died a thousand times … I will not resent you… I will not…”
”Shua!” A golden blade sliced through the wind and fleards Chu Yang Still in a trance, Chu Yang effortlessly deflected the bloith his sword In hisvoice ”I' Wu, let o”
”No resentht now I really resent !”
The sabres and swords continued to fly at Chu Yang, and blood spurted forth froan to spread across his entire body, until it finally roused hi shouted furiously! He stood up suddenly, his long black hair flying in all directions His hair-band broke and he broke into a feverish rauys still have to interrupt our reunion! You deserve nothing less than death!”
”Peng!” A sword 's chest He felt a brief pain and turned his head down With a soft clang, the jade pendant which hung around Chu Yang's neck shattered into pieces The ”Wu” character in the centre of the pendant began to crack as well