Chapter 1805 — The Family Never Lies

The two Palace Masters, Hehuan and Phoenix, gazed up at the sky above the Ancestral Court. If Shen Mu truly sealed the thirty-six layers of void of the Ancestral Court, then indeed, even if the Dao-attainers of Miluo Palace descended, they could never attain the Dao in the Seventeenth Era!

Clearly, Shen Mu's aim was not merely to deal with the Dao-attainers of Miluo Palace; it was likewise to deal with Old Man Wuya and his followers.

Old Man Wuya's strength stood on par with that of the Young Masters of Miluo Palace, but his followers were legion. The roots of the World Tree stretched into the long rivers of chaos of one prehistoric universe after another, and there was no telling how many powerhouses of prehistoric times who had not yet attained the Dao wished to pass through his path and enter the Seventeenth Era to survive.

How powerful Old Man Wuya's call to arms must be could well be imagined: most of these powerhouses who clung to him had not attained the Dao, and every one of them hoped to attain the Dao in the Seventeenth Era.

If, after sealing the Ancestral Court, Shen Mu also sealed the void of the Ancestral Court itself, then those powerhouses beneath Old Man Wuya's banner could forget about attaining the Dao after entering the Seventeenth Era!

"Does the Seventh Young Master have such strength?"

Palace Master Hehuan suddenly laughed. She was the most beautiful woman among the seventy-two palaces of Miluo Palace; every frown and every smile moved the heart, and she possessed an exceedingly powerful charm: "Perhaps after returning to the past, the Seventh Young Master has such strength. But now, the Seventh Young Master's achievements have not yet reached the level of a Palace Master; he is not even a Dao-attainer. Folding the Ancestral Court is already his limit. To seal the void, he cannot do it."

Kaihuang Shen Ye smiled faintly: "That is my advantage. I learned the future from the Seventh Young Master's own lips. I can know all of the future; I know the future defeat of Miluo Palace, and the future defeat of Old Man Wuya. I also know how the three of you..."

His gaze swept one by one over the faces of Palace Master Zhaoyang, Palace Master Phoenix and Palace Master Hehuan, and he smiled gently: "...will fall. I even know every move you will use in this battle, and how you will respond when you face my sword."

Hehuan and Phoenix's expressions changed drastically, while Palace Master Zhaoyang grew ever more muddled; his sword wound had worsened.

Now he could only pour all his strength into suppressing the sword wound; he had not clearly heard Shen Ye's words.

"I even know which move you will die by, and how many wounds you will bear."

Kaihuang's gaze fell upon Palace Master Zhaoyang, and he said calmly: "You will die in this battle against us. The first my Sword Dao slays is the Palace Master of Zhaoyang Palace. His primordial spirit I erase, and his divine consciousness and awareness are smoothed away by Langwan."

Hearing this, Langwan was greatly heartened.

"When the Moon Heavenly Venerate's Ultimate Void Domain unfolds, it will let my supreme Sword Dao meet any one of you three at once. The Sword Dao is the sharpest of the acquired great Daos, and the swiftest to kill. Palace Master Zhaoyang dies quickly; the second to die is Palace Master Hehuan."

Kaihuang shifted his gaze to Palace Master Hehuan and said unhurriedly: "Palace Master Hehuan's two Dao Fruits are destroyed by my Sword Dao; her Dao Tree is sent into the Great Abyss of Guixu by Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian and reduced to nothing. Your treasure palace is damaged in its collision with my Sacred Hall of the Sword Dao, and at the moment you are wounded, the Nether Heavenly Venerate blasts your primordial spirit out of your body, and my Sword Dao's Dao Fruit is driven into the space between your brows, destroying all your divine consciousness."

The smile on Palace Master Hehuan's face stiffened, and a chill rose in her heart.

Kaihuang's gaze fell upon Palace Master Phoenix, indifferent: "Palace Master Phoenix dies by the Seventh Young Master's hand. In the instant the fighting begins, you break open the Moon Heavenly Venerate's Ultimate Void and wound everyone. But after you wound us, the Seventh Young Master will already have completed the Great Seal of the Ancestral Court's Prison Cage. You seem to hold every advantage, yet at the very moment you are about to succeed, the Seventh Young Master takes your life. Your fatal wound is between your brows; with a divine art of Miluo Palace, he pierces straight through your primordial spirit and destroys your great Dao."

Palace Master Phoenix's expression changed drastically.

At that moment, the might of the Sword Dao burst forth in Kaihuang Shen Ye's eyes. He suddenly drew his sword and roared: "Strike!"

Scarcely had his voice sounded when the sword-light already burst forth. In that instant the dazzling radiance resonated with the Daluo Heaven, the Dao Tree, the Dao Fruit and the Sacred Hall of the Sword Dao; the Sword Dao flared, and in a single turn of an instant it was raised to its utmost!

The supreme Sword Dao of the fortieth heaven displayed an edge that nothing could withstand!

At the same time, the Moon Heavenly Venerate's Ultimate Void Domain unfolded; whether Hehuan or Phoenix or Zhaoyang, what each faced was a frontal blow from Kaihuang!

Swoosh—

A streak of sword-light passed through Palace Master Zhaoyang's Zhaoyang Palace, piercing that treasure hall through!

The two Palace Masters, Hehuan and Phoenix, were struck with terror; their will to fight was gone. They flew back, not daring to meet Kaihuang's Sword Dao head-on.

In their sight, Zhaoyang Palace was pierced through by the supreme Sword Dao. Palace Master Zhaoyang roared in fury, rousing the Dao might of Zhaoyang Palace to clash head-on with Kaihuang.

In the single instant that the two Palace-Master-level beings collided, the Moon Heavenly Venerate's Ultimate Void Domain could bear it no longer and collapsed of itself; but neither could Palace Master Zhaoyang suppress the sword wound between his brows. The Sword Dao poured down upon his crown, and his mortal body crumbled.

His primordial spirit abruptly settled upon his own Dao Tree and roused the Dao Tree and Dao Fruit. At the same moment, Zhaoyang Palace collapsed with a thunderous roar; the great Dao that composed Zhaoyang Palace fused as one with his primordial spirit, raising his aura to its utmost!

At the same time, Kaihuang crashed into him.

Dazzling sword-light shot out in all directions, and with a heaven-shaking boom, Palace Master Zhaoyang's primordial spirit was shattered amid the flaring Sword Dao!

The two Palace Masters retreated into the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court at almost the same moment, watching helplessly as Palace Master Zhaoyang was slain by Kaihuang Shen Ye's Sword Dao!

But in that final strike, they also saw Kaihuang Shen Ye struck back by Palace Master Zhaoyang: with his last blow, Palace Master Zhaoyang pierced through Kaihuang Shen Ye's mortal body and primordial spirit, leaving him with dozens of wounds!

"Shen Ye, you lie!"

The Heavenly Emperor Haotian sped toward the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court, crying out: "Palace Masters, Shen Ye is deceiving you! The Seventh Young Master absolutely never told him how this battle went!"

The two Palace Masters had already landed within the city, and at once they came to their senses.

If what Shen Ye said were true, then it was impossible that Shen Mu could have witnessed Shen Ye slaying Palace Master Zhaoyang and Palace Master Hehuan; he had only arrived at the very last moment to kill Palace Master Phoenix.

That is to say, Shen Mu could not possibly have told Kaihuang Shen Ye the particulars of this battle!

Kaihuang Shen Ye sheathed his sword, his figure drifting slowly down; the Golden Ship of Salvation sailed up from behind and came to rest precisely beneath his feet.