Chapter 1: The Upright Burial of the Sword Tao Emperor!
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Where am I?"
In the darkness, Yang Yan opened his eyes.
Glancing around, he found himself in pitch darkness, unable to see his fingers when he extended his hand, frowning slightly.
He tried to lift his hand but could not move it at all.
His arms felt heavy as mountains, pressing down on him.
Too heavy!
It seemed as if there was an invisible force, confining him.
"Is this a dream? Sleep paralysis?" wondered Yang Yan to himself.
With this thought, he closed his eyes again.
Then, he violently opened them and could see a little more clearly, though it was still fuzzy.
It was as if he was looking through a veil, seeing the outside world!
Cloudy mountains and mists enveloped the black sky; it was mystical and profound.
Suddenly, a face appeared before him.
A nation-toppling beauty, possessing a fairy-like visage.
Staring at him, her eyes met his.
Cold and indifferent, her face, frozen like ice, was breathtakingly beautiful.
Above this girl's head hung a white longsword.
The longsword emitted a gentle glow, enveloping her.
And this light was not static; it waved continuously.
"The Emperor's Coffin has been opened!" stated Leng Bi Yue coldly.
She was the Saintess of the Fairy Sect, one of the candidates for the next Sect Master of the Fairy Sect.
"This is the legendary Sword Tao Emperor who can separate life with one sword?" Leng Bi Yue spoke again.
Her beautiful eyes blinked, a sparkle flashing within them.
She looked down from above upon the Emperor Corpse!
"The body is perfect without flaws, like a flawless sharp sword!
Its innate Tao Rhythm is profound, stirring one's heart!"
Sword Tao Emperor?
Yang Yan listened in confusion!
Wasn't he on Earth?
And wait!
It seemed he was inside a coffin!
"Could it be that I've become a corpse?"
He was suddenly startled, as a series of images surged forth and he remembered what happened on Earth.
"I'm dead!
No!
I'm still alive, only I've become a corpse!"
Indeed, he died on Earth, but here he came back to life!
He had become a corpse!
And not just any corpse, the corpse of a Great Emperor!
Sword Tao Emperor!
"Sword Tao Emperor, his body is the Innate Sword Body!
Such a formidable body, like a Divine Sword, fully exposed!"
Leng Bi Yue's icy expression now revealed a hint of relaxation and a smile!
"Once ranked seventeenth on the Ranking List, an existence that became an Emperor against the current, his corpse has been here for ten thousand years!
Ten thousand years!
The corpse remains undecayed, intact!
The Emperor's Power and Sword Dao charm it emits are like substance!
If brought back and refined into an unparalleled weapon,
it could add a powerful force to my Fairy Sect,
and lay a firm foundation to face the dark times ahead!"
As the most dazzling Saintess of the Fairy Sect, Leng Bi Yue devoted herself to the interests of the Fairy Sect!
Boom!
While Leng Bi Yue was speaking, a noise like the tearing of heaven and earth sounded.
The longsword above her head vibrated, the resulting force disturbing her physique.
As a result, she leaned forward abruptly, hands pressing on the coffin.
"Pff!"
Unable to hold back, Leng Bi Yue spat out a mouthful of blood, which landed on the surface of the Emperor Corpse in front of her.
Another powerful force surged over!
The coffin holding Yang Yan's body shattered, his body standing upright!
Sword!
Unyielding!
Even in death, it remained so!
"Leng Bi Yue, the Emperor Corpse does not belong to you; you can leave!" came a threatening voice from behind.
Leng Bi Yue struggled to stand up and looked back.
There was more than one person!
Several figures stood, these people dressed in dark brown robes.
The robe was like ink, dyeing everything around it.
"Heishui Sect!"
The cultivation of these people was not high, the highest among them was still a level lower than hers.
These people, she could disregard without fear!
But above their heads, there stood a transparent figure.
On him, surged waves upon waves of force!
In his hand, he held a huge seal!
The seal was like a mountain, trembling the four seas!
"Heaven Flipping Seal! Forged by a Great Saint with a bit of Emperor Gold!" Leng Bi Yue thought to herself.
And a projected incarnation!
Those who could perform projections, at the very least, had reached the Four Extremes Secret Realm!
Even higher than her Taoist Palace Five Treasures!
"How did you know about this place!" Leng Bi Yue demanded.
The tomb of the Sword Tao Emperor, she was the first to find it, to locate it.
It had cost her a great deal of time and effort!
Before entering, she had even carved numerous array patterns to conceal the entrances to the Emperor's Cave around her.
In theory, others shouldn't have been able to discover it.
"This tomb was meant for you to find!!!" said the projected incarnation in the sky.
A trap!
A trap that had been laid out long ago.
Leng Bi Yue realized it suddenly!
No wonder her journey to the Great Emperor's Tomb had been so simple, so effortless.
"At first, I wondered why there was no impediment before opening the Great Emperor's Tomb.
Now, I understand it all!"
It was someone deliberately luring her here, using the Divine Sword above her head to tear through the vast Emperor's Power within the Emperor's Cave.
Otherwise, the people from the Heishui Sect couldn't possibly come in holding a Heaven Flipping Seal forged by a Great Saint.
"Fortunately, it's only a projection, if it were the true body.
I would have already died just now!
It's just that taking away the corpse of the Sword Tao Emperor is going to be difficult!
However, I must try no matter what.
With the Immortal Goddess Sword, I can still safely escape."
The Holy Sword above Leng Bi Yue's head burst into radiant light, and with a wave of her hand.
Streams of Divine Origin Liquid flowed down from her fingertips, dropping into the coffin.
The Heishui Sect followers behind her shouted angrily!
"Courting death!"
"Still trying to use Divine Origin to seal the Emperor Corpse and take it away, do you truly not fear death!"
"Send her to death, into Hell!"
They attacked together, waves of deep force aiming at Leng Bi Yue!
Leng Bi Yue didn't care about what was behind her, she knew.
The Holy Sword above her head was forged by a Half-Emperor ancestor of the Fairy Sect!
The power contained within the Immortal Goddess Sword could fend off the attacks from the people behind!
She, for the moment, was unharmed!
"Uh-oh! Not good!" Her expression became severe.
Her rear was not the issue, the change was in front of her.
This Emperor Corpse...
The Divine Origin Liquid flowing down, along with the blood she had spouted just before, was actually starting to merge into the other's physique.
"Could it be that the Sword Tao Emperor is still alive!" At this thought, she was greatly alarmed.
Yang Yan, lying within the Emperor Corpse, was now enveloped in light.
"Congratulations to the Host for absorbing the power of the Divine Origin, reopening the Sea of Suffering!"
"Congratulations to the Host for absorbing the bloodline of a Half-Emperor lineage, transforming the Divine Spring into the Golden Spring, generating new blood within the meridians!"
The Sea of Suffering!
The first tier of cultivation!
"System, it's here!" Yang Yan was delighted.
He had thought he might have to be a corpse for life!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Yang Yan introspected and found that within his Dantian, where the Sea of Suffering had been dry, golden Profound Qi welled up.
The Profound Qi, like spring water, quickly replenished the dried-up Sea of Suffering!
At the same time, streams of fresh blood poured into his bloodless and hollow meridians!
Making his body feel full again!
"Congratulations to the Host for successfully stepping into the Divine Spring Realm!"
"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the Great Emperor Technique, Heavenly Emperor Reincarnation Fist!"
"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the Divine Level Sword Technique, Sword God Technique!"
"Congratulations to the Host for receiving one opportunity to enhance Root Bone!"
The golden Profound Qi flowed throughout his body, and the fresh blood circulated through his physique, making Yang Yan feel as if he had come back to life.
Thunderous booms!
The void shattered, and strong, terrifying power spread from him.