Volume 9: Sword Opens the Gate of Heaven Chapter 23: The Old Sword Immortal and the New Martial Emperor

Qingcheng, the sky is clear.
A moment later, the wind and clouds surged.
There was a streak of light, unknown what it was, that drew an ethereal trajectory and fell towards the Prince Qing’s Mansion in the center of Qingcheng.
The heaven and earth were shaken.
It can be imagined that when this stream of light falls to the ground, Prince Qing’s Mansion will become a ruin.
At this moment, a figure rose from Prince Qing's Mansion.
This was a figure bathed in rosy glow, releasing incomparable terrifying waves. It climbed up to the sky step by step, and punched out, blasting away the stream of light.
The lord of Qingcheng, King Qing.
"Li Qiubai!" A majestic and powerful voice came, shocking everyone and containing infinite power.
At the same time, Prince Qing's terrifyingly powerful aura spread throughout the city, alarming all the monks in the city.
Even cultivators with extraordinary cultivation could not help but tremble under this breath.
They looked up, "What happened? Is the Chang'an Sword Immortal coming?"
In mid-air, King Qing was covered in divine light, so bright and dazzling that one could not see his face clearly, but could only feel the terrifying aura flowing around him.
Everyone knows how powerful Prince Qing is. In his youth, he was a prodigy who fought bravely on the battlefield. Although he ultimately failed to become an emperor, his power and influence cannot be underestimated in Daxia.
"Chang'an Sword Immortal, I welcome you to visit me." Prince Qing looked at Li Qiubai who arrived almost at the same time as Liuguang and said slowly: "But, your provocation is something I cannot tolerate."
"Your family has done something that is against the will of heaven. As the one at the helm, you cannot escape the blame regardless of whether it has anything to do with you or not. I'm here to settle the account with you!" Li Qiubai said slowly to King Qing from a distance.
"I don't know what you mean by the unforgivable thing you said, and I'm not interested in knowing it now." Prince Qing responded indifferently.
"You are the King of Qing, yet you say such things. If you can't sit well in this position, then you don't have to sit." Li Qiubai said in a flat tone, but his voice spread throughout the city.
"I can destroy you on behalf of Xia Zhao." Chang'an Sword Immortal continued.
In public, he no longer called His Majesty the Great Xia "Xiaoxiao".
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole city fell silent, and everyone felt uneasy.
They didn't know what exactly had happened, nor did they know what conflict there was between Prince Qing and the Chang'an Sword Immortal.
But they understood how domineering Li Qiubai's words were.
Who is Prince Qing?
The leader of one of the three great royal bloodlines of the Great Xia Dynasty, the new Emperor Wu who is currently in the limelight.
And Li Qiubai could actually say such words when facing such a person.
Even if there is no action, just simple words are enough to shock the world.
And judging from the situation, it is clear that Li Qiubai's threats are not just verbal, but he may take action at any time.
"You are an outsider, what right do you have to depose me on behalf of Xia Zhao?" Prince Qing frowned and scolded coldly: "Even if Xia Zhao came in person, she would not dare to speak to me like this."
"If she doesn't dare, then I'll speak for her," Li Qiubai said calmly, "There's something seriously wrong with your lineage. It's a malignant tumor that needs to be treated."
"To deal with a cancer, cutting it off with a sword is naturally the fastest and most effective way."
"What are you talking about?" Prince Qing was furious. "How dare you slander me? You are offending the dignity of the Great Xia royal family!"
"Prince Qing, are you still going to pretend? All three cities are empty, and all the blame is directed at your lineage. It doesn't make sense if you don't know about such a big thing."
Li Qiubai looked directly at Prince Qing with cold eyes and said in a calm tone, "When a big tree has problems, they all start from the roots."
"Li Qiubai, you passed." Prince Qing's expression changed, then he regained his composure and said coldly, "Do you really want to fight me?"
“From Shuiyuntai to Beicang City, you, the Chang'an Sword Immortal, have always been very ostentatious, but it’s different for me, Qingcheng. I am not someone who can be bullied.” When he said this, King Qing’s aura became even more terrifying, surging like the sea, causing the cultivators in Qingcheng to tremble, their eyes full of awe.
This is the power of Emperor Wu, a respected title given to a cultivator who has achieved the fourth step of integration.
"If you can't explain it with words, then I can only use my sword to teach you." Li Qiubai said, remaining extremely calm.
After saying this, he stretched out his hands and practiced the supreme swordsmanship.
For a sword cultivator, it is best to be able to take action.
He felt too tired to even talk.
Suddenly, divine swords filled the void, and 365 sword lights shone brightly.
This is the sword energy.
It is just because of the strength of the sword intent and the depth of its concentration that it is comparable to a real divine sword.
This is the sword intent of the sword immortal, mountains and rivers can collapse in a single thought.
Every strike of such a divine sword is as blazing as the sun.
At this moment, in front of the brilliance of the magic sword, the sun and the moon pale in comparison, as if there were only these 365 sword lights between heaven and earth, crisscrossing and spreading out in a star-like pattern.
The principles of swordsmanship were displayed to the extreme level, transforming into infinite sword beams.
The sword energy reaches the sky and can kill people in all directions.
Prince Qing's eyes were cold and sinister. Facing Li Qiubai's tactics, he was filled with fighting spirit.
Back then, he was a Sanbu Hedao master and Li Qiubai was a sword immortal. When the two fought, he was defeated miserably. He had nothing to say about that.
But now that he is the Emperor Wu, Li Qiubai has fallen into the eighth realm.
Prince Qing didn't think he would lose at all, and he would never be willing to admit defeat.
"Things are different now, Li Qiubai. If you want to suppress me as you did in the past, it's simply wishful thinking!" Prince Qing shouted.
boom!
He shook his fist, and golden light gushed out from between his palms and fingers, as violent as a volcano erupting.
The golden light evolved into two golden dragon shadows in the air, hundreds of feet long, with mighty power like a prison, and ferocious and unstoppable.
If Lu Qingshan were present, his first reaction would definitely be that the game designer was stealing the same special effects as “Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing”.
The white sword energy was already overwhelming and smashing down towards the dragon.
That’s right, it’s smashing, not dropping.
The violent collision and terrible impact, even though there were magic arrays protecting it on all sides, the waves that overflowed from it were enough to blow away the eaves and tiles of Prince Qing's Mansion, causing them to float in the air before suddenly exploding and turning into ashes.
This was a tentative fight between Emperor Wu and the "Sword Immortal".
With Li Qiubai as the center, the sword intent moved like dragons and snakes, iron hooks and silver paintings gushed out, swallowing up the huge dragon shadow inch by inch, and forcing towards King Qing.
Prince Qing's face changed color. He didn't expect that he would be suppressed in their first fight. He shouted again in a hurry, and his whole body was shining with light, and magic patterns appeared all over his body.
Under the light of the divine sword, the golden dragon shadows exploded and disintegrated, turning into streams of light that dissipated into the void.
However, the dragon's shadow disappeared, but the magic sword still existed.
Those divine swords then flew forward, breaking through the air, containing infinite sword intent, and went straight to King Qing's body, wearing away the magic patterns on his body, causing him to retreat step by step, feeling his blood boiling.
With a "pu" sound, a shallow wound appeared on Prince Qing's body, and bright blood flowers suddenly bloomed.
The magic pattern on Prince Qing's body was destroyed at this moment!
This fight was completed in a very short moment. Both of them did not move from their original position, yet this was the result.
So strong!
Prince Qing was terrified.
Although we know that Li Qiubai has the combat power of a sword immortal due to his sword realm and the eighth level, only by truly experiencing this sense of oppression in person can we understand the horror of Li Qiubai.
He was a Martial Emperor who had achieved the title of a great master through physical cultivation, yet he was injured in such a short period of time. Even though sword cultivators are naturally unparalleled in attack, it also showed how profound and powerful Li Qiubai's attainments in the way of the sword were at that time.
You have to know that Li Qiubai is just a monk who is transcending tribulation at this time.
If his cultivation is sufficient and he opens the way again, won’t he become the number one person under the Taoist Ancestor of the human race?
The more Prince Qing thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.
"This is definitely my only chance. If I miss this opportunity and give Li Qiubai some more time, it will not be a pipe dream for him to reach the Sword Fairyland again."
"If he becomes a sword immortal again, who would dare to touch that woman?"
Visited Sword Fairyland twice.
If he really did it, Li Qiubai would be the first person in history.
Prince Qing sighed softly.
"But so what?" he murmured in a low voice, with a gloomy look in his eyes.
"Li Qiubai, come again!" Prince Qing suddenly raised his eyelids and his body suddenly soared into the air.
The battle site should not be located in Qingcheng, otherwise Qingcheng will be destroyed in a short time.
The Chang'an Sword Immortal snorted coldly, murderous intent filled the air. A sharp sword intent spread in all directions, and his figure also soared into the sky.
He also didn't want to harm innocent people.

Above the clouds, the sunlight shone directly on the two of them without any obstruction.
Prince Qing was suspended in the void, his whole body was translucent, his flesh and blood was shining with golden light, and his flesh and blood was filled with both divine light and magic arrays composed of magic patterns.
Li Qiubai narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the scene, feeling a little surprised.
It seems... Prince Qing's method of body cultivation is somewhat special, and he has never seen it before.
However, it is not surprising that a physical cultivator who can cultivate to the level of Martial Emperor has his own unique methods.
After all, how many people have seen his swordsmanship before?
So although Li Qiubai was surprised, he didn't think too much about it in the end.
"Li Qiubai, if you are so stubborn, how can I be afraid of you?" Prince Qing shouted.
He wanted to wipe out the humiliation of the past, but also wanted to find out the details of Li Qiubai.
At this moment, his whole body was glowing, and the divine light burst out of his body like the scorching sun, burning the void and distorting the light. The whole person was like a god, dazzling under the protective light.
"You forced me to suppress you." Prince Qing showed his ferocious face, "Seeking defeat? I will grant you a defeat today!"
King Qing, who had been restrained in Qingcheng for thousands of years, once again revealed his strong side, his voice rumbling like thunder.
Prince Qing strode forward and swung his palm forward.
The sound of thunder exploding was like the wrath of heaven, and the heaven and earth were in riot.
The dazzling golden light completely submerged the front, and the blazing Yuan power had already reached its peak, with a mighty power that could overturn the world.
In the air, a golden dragon took shape again.
It is majestic and huge in size like an undulating mountain range, terrifying beyond belief, and the scales on it are so real that they look like living things.
It was like a dragon from ancient times. When its eyes opened and closed, murderous aura emanated from it. Its power was much stronger than its previous tentative attacks.
"Dragon capture." Prince Qing shouted in a low voice.
His mother's family is the Xu family of Beicang, and he is also good at the magical martial arts of physical cultivation.
Li Qiubai's eyes narrowed slightly and he gave a light scold.
Another three hundred and sixty sword energies burst out, all slashing forward.
However, this time, the divine swords born from the void no longer fought individually, but gathered together and quickly formed an incomparably huge real divine sword, which slashed forward.
As if the galaxy was opening up, all kinds of spiritual lights were dancing above the clouds at this moment, and endless energy was surging, shining brightly.
The final result was that Prince Qing groaned and retreated dozens of feet again, with tiny bloodstains appearing all over his body.
This was swept by the aftermath of the sharp sword energy and sword intent.
However, with Emperor Wu's strong body, this injury healed almost instantly.
Among the monks with noble titles, the Sword Immortal has the strongest combat power and unparalleled attack, but the Martial Emperor is undoubtedly the most difficult to kill.
Prince Qing suffered a slight setback, but he did not complain about himself and slapped out again.
A rune and divine light bloomed together.
“The Eight Realms are still the Eight Realms after all. Even if you have the strength of a sword immortal due to the blessing of the sword realm, your cultivation will not change. Even if it takes time to exhaust you, I will exhaust you to death.” Prince Qing was so determined and firm that he didn’t even want to say anything more to Li Qiubai.
This time, the sun, moon and stars appeared in the palm that Prince Qing waved out.
"Heaven Prison Palm."
This is the pinnacle magical power in martial arts, a true unique skill, similar to the secret sword of a sword cultivator.
It was as if the whole world was covering Li Qiubai.
At the same time, Prince Qing flashed and rushed into the sky, quickly approaching Li Qiubai.
The sun, moon and stars released misty purple air and made rumbling sounds.
The power was so terrifying that even though they were fighting in the blue sky tens of thousands of feet above the ground, the people in Qingcheng still heard the huge sound and were all alarmed.
The sun, moon and stars instantly completely enveloped Li Qiubai.
But even if he fell into this magical power, Li Qiubai remained calm.
He looked around, took a closer look, and his expression became a little more serious.
"Such a strong person than Xu Su..." Li Qiubai muttered.
Xu Su is the long-established Emperor Wu. Compared with Xu Su, Prince Qing is a younger generation and a rising star.
However, Li Qiubai, who had fought against two Emperors successively, could clearly feel that Prince Qing's fighting ability was far superior to Xu Su, and not just a little bit stronger.
From this perspective, Prince Qing's talent is truly commendable.
The thought flashed through my mind.
The next moment, Li Qiubai stretched out his hand, and a dull, gray ancient sword without any luster appeared in his hand.
The blade of the ancient sword was covered with rust and had several subtle cracks.
"Niu Er!" When Prince Qing saw this scene, a deep fear flashed in his eyes.
This is Li Qiubai’s natal sword, Niu Er.
I am the only one who holds the leading position among sword practitioners.
Niu Er’s reputation is so great that these “younger generations” are all well-known to them.
Although Li Qiubai destroyed his own sword skills, causing Niu Er to be covered in dust and his divine light to disappear, Prince Qing was still shocked when he saw Niu Er coming into the world.
However, he quickly calmed down, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Back then, before you drew your sword, I was defeated. Today, I finally forced you to draw your sword. It seems that my hard work was not in vain after all!"
Li Qiubai ignored King Qing, holding the cow ear with dim divine light , and gently swung the sword.
A sword was swung out.
"open."
The world composed of the sun, moon and stars began to turn upside down, stars fell one by one, and spiritual light rushed like a river, never to return.
If Prince Qing imprisoned the sky with one palm, then he would split the sky apart with one sword.
The stars in the ten directions of heaven and earth collapsed.
Li Qiubai escaped from the predicament with a calm expression, neither happy nor worried.
At this time, Prince Qing had already rushed to Li Qiubai's face at an extremely fast speed and punched him directly in the face.
A spiral of energy rushed out from the fist and transformed into several gray ancient dragons, which seemed to overturn the sky and cause great waves.
The sight was amazing.
One punch can make a group of dragons leaderless.
Prince Qing's eyes opened and closed, his divine power was like a prison.
Li Qiubai swept his sword across, which seemed extremely simple compared to the grand scale of King Qing's.
But wherever the sword swept across, a terrifying momentum emerged.
Under the power of the ox, the group of dragons continued to collapse and turned into powder and rain of light.
Afterwards, Li Qiubai took the initiative to step forward and handed out the sword.
Prince Qing quickly crossed his arm to block, but Li Qiubai's attack was more powerful than the last one and was extremely terrifying.
If Lu Qingshan were here, he would be quite familiar with the moves Li Qiubai was performing at this moment - it was clearly a more advanced secret sword derived from the Zhentian Secret Sword.
puff!
Prince Qing spat out a mouthful of blood and was shaken by Li Qiubai's simple but brutal attack, causing him to stagger and retreat continuously.
This time it's not just an external injury, but an internal injury!


Zhongtian Region, Tianluo Mountains.
A ray of sword light pierced through an inconspicuous cloud and flew towards the distant sky.
It was Lu Qingshan.
But compared to the swagger he showed when he left Tianji Temple last time, he seemed much more low-key this time.

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