Chapter 1739 — The Paradise Offers Its Sword

Only the Grand Clarity Realm, having no garrison, remained comparatively peaceful.

But the Sorrowless Land's cause was lost, and Kaihuang Di Yiyue too had to wipe away his tears and flee the Sorrowless Land in defeat. The Heavenly Court's Divine Army and Water Army, with the other hosts at their heels, pursued and slaughtered; the Earth Army occupied the Sorrowless Land and pressed its attack on the Grand Clarity Realm, where but one man remained: Lan Yutian.

Countless troops of the Earth Army climbed up without cease from the Sorrowless Land's other thirty-two heavens, massing an overwhelming host to strike at the Grand Clarity Realm.

And upon the Grand Clarity Realm, Lan Yutian wielded the divine artifact of Heavenly Venerable Yu and laid down a killing array; at the entrance to the Grand Clarity Realm, the din of slaughter shook the heavens! On the other side, the Crimson Emperor Qi Xiayu, the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird, the two emperors of Chiming, and Zhu Yan'er led the hosts of the Phoenix Clan, Chiming and Jingping out from the Southern Wastes, ready to meet the defeated armies of the Sorrowless Land along the road. At the same time, Wei Suifeng and the Northern Emperor Xuanwu cut down Lingguan's ancient-god clone and routed the hosts of the northern heaven, leaving them flinging away armor and helmets as they fled.

Wei Suifeng left Xuanwu's host with the defenders of Kan Land, and together with the two emperors of Xuanwu went from Kan Land all the way southwest, coming to meet them.

In the western lands, High Heaven had been breached; Yue Tingge drove into High Heaven, while Dragon Qilin led the host of the Beast Realm and, together with the Western Emperor White Tiger, advanced from the west, seeking to strike the Heavenly Court's armies from the rear and ease the pressure upon the Sorrowless Land. "Kaihuang, it can begin now.

" Wen Tiange gathered the defeated armies of the Sorrowless Land and joined Di Yiyue and the others. This war for the Sorrowless Land had cost its soldiers bitterly: sixty parts in a hundred were dead or wounded, and those who remained all bore wounds.

The divine weapons in their hands were battered and broken, the armor on their bodies riddled with holes; their pills and medicines were spent, their baggage exhausted, and the array charts, war chariots and other divine arms sent by Jingping had all been consumed in the fighting.

Even so great a vessel as the Ark of the Other Shore had been so battered that it could no longer be used, and Emperor Shitian Li Youran had cast it aside.

If the Sorrowless Land fought on, utter annihilation was the only end.

Di Yiyue's face was complex; gazing far off toward the Sorrowless Land, he said in a hoarse voice: "Master Wen, Lan Yutian is still upon the Grand Clarity Realm holding the enemy at bay. . . " "Pay him no mind.

He can get out.

" Wen Tiange said: "This time I asked him to meet Lady Yuanmu in the Grand Clarity Realm precisely so that he would draw more of the enemy there. Only while he remains there can the power of the Sorrowless Land be brought out to its utmost!

" Di Yiyue sighed.

"Then.

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let it begin. " The leaders of the Sorrowless Land's heavens came out one by one, leading the remnant troops disposed beneath them, gazing far toward the Sorrowless Land, their eyes full of tangled feeling.

The Sorrowless Land was their second homeland, and now it was to be destroyed at a single stroke — destroyed by their own hands! "Our first homeland is the Yuan Realm; the Sorrowless Land was only a place where we sheltered for a time.

Now, to slay the enemy, for the sake of our first homeland, we destroy this place — and shatter the 'sorrowless' in our own hearts as well!

" Wen Tiange's voice was low. "Gentlemen, let the Sorrowless Land blaze forth with the radiance it deserves.

" His gaze fell upon Su Maiqing. Su Maiqing was the founder of the Jingping Daoist sect, and in his keeping was the first sword of Kaihuang Shen Ye's sword dao, the Grand Sovereign Heaven-Leveling Sword!

Su Maiqing and the soldiers beneath him gave a low shout, stirred their divine abilities, and made sacrifice from afar to the first heaven of the Sorrowless Land, the Grand Sovereign Heaven!

Wen Tiange's gaze fell upon Yan Rinuan, commander of the second heaven of the Sorrowless Land.

Yan Rinuan was the ancestor of Yan Jingjing, a Sun Guardian of Jingping, and he chiefly cultivated the second sword of the Kaihuang sword dao, the Great Brightness Heaven-Equaling Sword!

The third heaven, Great Brightness Heaven: Fang Youji, Junior Guardian of the Four Auxiliaries, who cultivated the third sword of the Kaihuang sword dao, the Pure Brightness Heart-Tribulation Sword!

The fourth heaven, Dark Womb Heaven: Gao Baixun, Junior Auxiliary of the Four Auxiliaries, who cultivated the fourth sword of the Kaihuang sword dao, the Dark Womb Heaven-Quelling Sword! The fifth heaven, Grand Mentor Zhou Jingmeng, the Primal Brightness Wenju Sword!

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Across thirty-two heavens, the thirty-two great generals beneath Kaihuang Shen Ye, Yan Yunxi among them, had mastered the thirty-two swords of the Kaihuang sword dao; only the sword dao of the thirty-third heaven was mastered by no one. "The one who masters the sword dao of the thirty-third heaven is Lan Yutian, Heavenly Venerable Yu of the Grand Clarity Realm; he stays there precisely to rouse forth every power the Sorrowless Land possesses.

" Wen Tiange suddenly cried out: "Gentlemen, activate the Sorrowless Land!

" Scarcely had his voice fallen when all the soldiers stirred their mana together.

Far off, the Sorrowless Land shuddered once; then countless rocks flew up, whole mountain ranges toppled, the seas went dry, and the earth was turned over, laying bare the steel bones and iron frames buried deep beneath the ground!

The inner structure of the Thirty-Three Heavens was a magnificent edifice built of god-metal and god-materials beyond measure, stamped all over with countless sword-dao runes! From the Grand Sovereign Heaven to Jiayi Heaven, heaven after heaven blazed alight!

In that moment a flood of sword dao filled the Sorrowless Land; and upon the Grand Clarity Realm, Lan Yutian cast a glance at Lady Yuanmu, who was still staring blankly, and then flew up.

One divine artifact after another, each in Lan Yutian's own image, rose with him and floated in the sky beside him, parallel to the ground of the Grand Clarity Realm; seen from below, Lan Yutian after Lan Yutian spread four arms wide, like blue kites let loose, drifting up and down upon the wind.

Lan Yutian brought the sword-fingers of his right hand together and used his fingers as a sword — shua, shua, shua — and stirred the sword dao!

"The thirty-third sword of the sword dao, the Grand Clarity Realm Dao Sword!

Sorrowless Land, rise! "