I Have A Sword

Ji Zhan's aura became wildly unstable, surging to the fourth level of the True Dao.

Even the Great Daoist Brush Master was shocked.How did this guy's power skyrocket so much all of a sudden?

Tian Lian standing before Ye Guan sensed the danger. Feeling the terrifying aura radiating from Ji Zhan, her expression turned solemn. Yet, she did not retreat even half a step.

The Celestial Clan's divine treasure in her hand, the Eternal Divine Lamp, trembled violently. Her instincts told her that she absolutely could not withstand Ji Zhan's next strike.

Still, she did not back down. She took a step forward, holding the Eternal Divine Lamp tightly. In that instant, both she and the lamp ignited at once.

She was sacrificing both herself and the lamp!

Boom!

Tian Lian's aura skyrocketed madly, and a flame materialized between her brows. The next moment, endless Eternal Divine Flames erupted forth. The terrifying pressure swept across the entire Celestial World.

The Eternal Divine Flame! It was the strongest strike of the Eternal Divine Lamp, but Tian Lian's current strength was not enough to wield it. By forcibly invoking it, her face turned deathly pale in an instant.

The moment the sea of Eternal Divine Flames surged forth, the space before her was engulfed in flames. Ji Zhan, charging forward, was swallowed by the inferno.

Moments later, from within the sea of flames, a blood-red pillar of light shot skyward. The immense force shattered the flames, and Ji Zhan emerged with a blood seal in hand as he flew straight toward Tian Lian.

Seeing that, Tian Lian slowly closed her eyes. At that moment, she could no longer draw upon the power of the Eternal Divine Lamp. All she could do was await her death.

Just then, a force suddenly swept her away, flinging her tens of thousands of feet away.

She opened her eyes to see Ye Guan in the distance, raising his sword and fiercely slashing at Ji Zhan. He had ignited everything, his fleshly body, his bloodlines, and even his soul!

Boom!

When Ye Guan's sword landed, Ji Zhan was sent flying backwards, while the Eternal Divine Flame and the explosive force from Ji Zhan were instantly annihilated.

After unleashing that sword strike, Ye Guan spat out several mouthfuls of blood. At this moment, not even the Divine Lotus in his body could keep up with his injuries. They were simply far too severe.

He was now in an extremely dangerous state. Without the Qingxuan Sword to stabilize his soul, his soul had become very unstable. One wrong move, and it could be completely obliterated.

In the distance, Ji Zhan's physical body had shattered after he landed, but the blood-red seal in his hand endured the force of Ye Guan's sword strike. Not only had it endured the blow, but it continued to radiate a fearsome energy.

The Great Daoist Brush Master's gaze fell on that blood seal, and his brows furrowed.

Ji Zhan looked at Ye Guan, his expression dark and grim. He hadn't expected that, even after unleashing his trump card, he would still fail to kill Ye Guan.

Ji Zhan scanned the battlefield. The tide was turning against them. The morale of the Celestial Clan's forces was terrifyingly high. Each of them fought as if possessed, as if they'd been injected with raw battle frenzy. Every one of them was performing far beyond their limits.

If this continued, it would be disastrous for the empire. He knew that this could not drag on any longer.

Ji Zhan's gaze locked onto Ye Guan once more. He was the core of it all. As long as he was alive, the Celestial Clan would never fall. If he died, their forces would collapse immediately.

With that thought, Ji Zhan no longer hesitated. His gaze fell on the blood seal in his hand. Until now, he had never truly bound the seal to himself, wary of the mysterious being from the Transcendent Divine Mine. But right now, he could not afford to hesitate.

If Ye Guan lived, the empire would never know peace.

Ji Zhan opened his palm, and the blood seal instantly turned into a stream of blood light that shot into his forehead. This time, he did not resist it. Instead, he allowed the seal to enter his sea of consciousness.

Boom!

A surge of crimson energy exploded outward from Ji Zhan's body. At that moment, his aura surged wildly once again. He had reached the fifth level of the True Dao!

His aura surged like a raging flood, sweeping across the battlefield and suppressing everything in its path.

Everyone was stunned and turned to look at him in disbelief.

The Great Daoist Brush Master stared at him intently with a deep frown.

Even Ji Zhan himself was momentarily dazed. He could feel the terrifying power coursing through him. After a brief pause, he suddenly burst into wild laughter.

Power! It wasn't his, but at this moment, it was under his control.

Feeling the immense power in his body, he slowly raised his head and looked at Ye Guan in the distance. Ye Guan was exhausted, but even if he were at his peak, Ji Zhan would still be able to crush him with one hand.

Not far away, Tian Lian stepped to Ye Guan's side. Her face was pale as a sheet of paper as she looked at Ji Zhan, whose aura now felt absurdly strong. However, what showed most on her face was grim resolve.

Behind her, several Celestial Clan experts also wore troubled expressions. None of them had expected Ji Zhan to suddenly become this terrifying.

"Ye Guan!" Ji Zhan's voice rang out thunderously across the battlefield. He began walking slowly towards Ye Guan, his tone filled with unprecedented confidence. "Weren't you so good at fighting? Come on, let's go again."

Tian Lian stepped up in front of Ye Guan, but he gently pulled her behind him.

Tian Lian turned to look at him, but he only shook his head. He didn't know why Ji Zhan had suddenly become so powerful, but he knew one thing for certain—no one present could stop him now.

Ye Guan suddenly turned to the Great Daoist Brush Master. When he saw the confusion in his eyes as well, his brows furrowed deeply.

Ji Zhan's surge in strength has nothing to do with the Great Daoist Brush Master?

Just then, a terrifying wave of divine sense suddenly enveloped Ye Guan. Under the immense pressure of this aura, it felt as if a massive boulder was pressing down on his chest. He couldn't breathe at all. It wasn't Ji Zhan's power!

Ji Zhan glared at him and snarled, "Die!"

He suddenly leapt into the air, charging straight at Ye Guan. With his move, the entire Celestial World began to splinter and fall apart.

A living being on the fifth-level of the True Dao!

The aura radiating from him now was far more terrifying than Ye Guan's aura at his peak.

Shrouded in Ji Zhan's oppressive aura, Ye Guan could no longer breathe. He slowly closed his eyes, and in that moment, the world seemed to fall into utter silence.

In the distance, the Great Daoist Brush Master stared at Ye Guan with burning eyes. He had stopped wondering why Ji Zhan's strength had surged, as only one thing filled his mind now—victory!

Ye Guan had no way to resist Ji Zhan now. He only had two choices: surrender or be killed by Ji Zhan.

Either way, the Great Daoist Brush Master would win. And once he won, he could finally regain his power!

Just then, Ye Guan opened his eyes. From afar, his voice thundered across the Celestial World. "All people of the Celestial World, heed my call and lend me your strength!"

He raised the sword high above his head.

"I will aid the clan leader!" One voice after another echoed across the Celestial World.

Endless faith power surged and poured into Ye Guan!

If it had been before, Ye Guan would never have been able to draw upon the faith power of the Celestial Clan. However, he had already earned their recognition, and they answered his call without hesitation.

In an instant, his faith-based Order manifested once more. The overwhelming pressure of his faith power instantly resisted the oppressive might Ji Zhan had unleashed.

He slashed his sword downwards.

Boom!

With just one strike, the blood-red aura around Ji Zhan shattered, and he was blasted tens of thousands of meters away.

"Ye Guan!" The Great Daoist Brush Master roared in fury. "You actually used faith power—"

He stopped halfway through his sentence, as he realized that Ye Guan wasn't using the faith power of the Guanxuan Universe. He was using the faith power of the Celestial World. Technically, this didn't break the rules.

Still, he had to scold him anyway!

The Great Daoist Brush Master raged, "You actually used faith power... y-you shameless little bastard!"

He hadn't expected that this was Ye Guan's trump card!

Even though the faith power of these Celestial World cultivators wasn't yet fully refined or pure, it was still faith power, and Ye Guan's Order was based on faith. This stream of faith power allowed him to recover in an instant.

After all, the cultivations of the Celestial Clan were stronger than those in the Guanxuan Universe, which greatly compensated for the impurity of their faith power.

With just one sword strike, Ye Guan blasted Ji Zhan away. But at the same time, Ye Guan's fleshly body completely collapsed and shattered. Only his soul remained. Yet, he ignored it. He turned to look at the Great Daoist Brush Master in the distance.

The moment the Great Daoist Brush Master saw Ye Guan looking at him, his heart sank.This lad wants to kill me!

However, Ye Guan didn't strike. Even though he had gathered an immense amount of faith power, he dared not swing his sword. At this moment, only his soul was left, and it was very fragile.

He simply could not withstand the strain of unleashing another sword strike.

He had truly reached his limits.

Ye Guan looked at Ji Zhan in the distance.

Ji Zhan's soul was also extremely weak, and a blood seal floated between his brows.

Seeing that he was still alive, Ye Guan frowned. By all logic, that last sword strike was supposed to annihilate him, yet he survived it.

Ye Guan's gaze landed on the blood seal. That was it. That seal was the reason why Ji Zhan was still alive.

Just as Ji Zhan was about to speak, a voice suddenly rang out from within the seal, "Useless trash."

The moment the words fell, the seal began to tremble violently. A phantom began to materialize from it, and the next instant, Ji Zhan's soul turned faint and transparent. He was being possessed!

Ji Zhan's expression changed drastically. "You... What are you doing?!"

But he had no power to resist. His body was overtaken, his soul was consumed, and his original consciousness was erased.

"Insolence!" A thunderous roar echoed from the Void Spacetime. It was the voice of the empire's ancestor. A massive pressure descended upon the possessed Ji Zhan, but he casually raised a hand and threw a punch.

Boom!

With a single punch, the ancestor was blown apart on the spot!

Everyone was stunned.

"Ji Zhan" swept a cold, disdainful gaze over the battlefield and sneered, "A bunch of ants."