Chapter 463: Why Is It You?? (2/2)

Sword Divine’s identity defied sensibility and reality. He was Lu Shenhou!

In Lu Yun’s analysis of everyone he’d seen and met in the world of immortals, Lu Shenhou was the only one he had completely ruled out. But here he was, as Sword Divine!

This was a man who’d died and refused to believe his own death. A man who bore the strongest of convictions to lead Lu Yun and the others back to the ancient tomb to repair the path of cultivation and release the Dao Flower. That very same man was also the heir of the Sword of Chaos: Sword Divine!

The current Lu Shenhou possessed the body of a divine and was the same man as the one Lu Yun had seen during the Sovereign Ranking.

Indeed, Lu Yun was absolutely certain that his identification was correct. Any personal apprehensions aside, this was a revived and transformed Lu Shenhou for sure. In the same vein, the sword on his back was the Sword of Chaos, the one Lu Yun had seen in the Sword Barrow—no other sword could have its characteristics.

Lu Shenhou’s eyes only grew icier as time passed, and he didn’t dignify Lu Yun’s amazement with a response. Suddenly, a black light burst forth from the sword on his back, which gradually spread to his entire body.

“No!” Lu Yun blanched once again. He took out the Tome of Life and Death without hesitation, slamming it down upon Lu Shenhou as fast as he could. This was the first time he’d ever shown the book to any outsiders.

It seemed that no one knew such a book existed in the first place. Even Qi Hai, whose spirit had undergone countless reincarnations, hadn’t heard of the artifact before.

To Lu Yun, the Tome of Life and Death was his strongest treasure and greatest reliance. If the Sword of Chaos was acting up, the only thing that could quash it was the Tome of Life and Death.

Boom!

An absurd amount of force blasted from the tome. It transcended time, transcended space, transcended illusion and reality. Aside from the infinitely proximate Lu Shenhou, no one else in the room could feel it.

This was the power of the dead.

“Break!” Lu Shenhou roared with primal ferocity. His divine body spontaneously disintegrated and his true spirit was subsumed into the Sword of Chaos.

Clang!

The ringing sword violently cut a hole through nearby space. In the next instant, it was gone into the aether.

“A true spirit! Lu Shenhou is only a cultivator. How can he have a true spirit?” Lu Yun gasped.

The soul and true spirit were both essential parts of an immortal’s existence. In theory, only plucking a dao fruit would bring the latter into being.

However, Lu Shenhou was no immortal!

“That Sword Divine is a peculiar existence,” Mo Yi remarked coolly. “After you shattered his cloudy mask, I wasn’t able to see him anymore.”

The human demon nodded wordlessly in agreement.

“That’s too bad. I was so close… At least now that I know who he is, it’ll be a lot easier to deal with him from now on. Still… why does it have to be him?” A part of Lu Yun still couldn’t accept what he’d just learned and he stared off blankly into space for a long while.