Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Sumeru Switch Scroll

Mu Yu reminisced his childhood as he listened in to Village Chief Bu’s updated version of Mu Yu’s epic. The village and stories were where Mu Yu Learnt of elemental demons, feared for his life if people discovered his wood control ability and harboured the desire to combat elemental demons as a way of protecting humans. This was the beginning of it all for Mu Yu, the time before he started dropping, picking up and swapping beliefs as he went through the journey to adulthood.

Growth and maturity were expressions of discarding old ideas, adopting new ideas and refining ideas.

As Mu Yu peered at the trees, dancing leaves and lazy golden orb, Mu Yu thought, “Life is about starting with one idea and then exploring the countless things that branch off from one simple thought. Life is fraught with rules no matter where and when.”

One may have expected some profound thought to be the key to unlocking greater things. Howbeit, it was the energy and smiles of the children that shone a light on the path Mu Yu needed to walk down.

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Boom!

“Still can’t contact Mu Yu?” Ku Mu questioned in a stern voice.

Panic-stricken Lu Deyi answered, “He left with Village Chief Bu ten days ago. He must’ve returned to Waterstream Village.”

Rumble! The should-be safety zone known as Pill Cauldron Sect quaked as the floor split, the clouds roiled, an army of over ten thousand foreign races and cultivators who had turned on their own race or were brainwashed unleashed their carnage.

It was Ku Mu’s second time going up against Bai Jie in the last year, but things did not bode well this time. Last time, Bai Jie could not trespass owing to Revealing Cauldron’s ability. This time, Bai Jie advanced with a plan.

“Eternally Youthful Ku Mu, you don’t even have a physical body now, so what are you trying to be a hero for?” Bai Jie taunted, rocking Revealing Cauldron using his red scroll infused with a formation.

Ku Mu gazed up at the diagram. “Sumeru Switch Scroll.”

“Hahaha, knowledgeable as always. There’s no rule saying I can’t have one of the nine dao artefacts, is there?”

“Your scroll is as useless as your laughing.”

Ku Mu assumed a position above Revealing Cauldron, then rotated the cauldron. As the golden text flashed, Primordial Yin Yang transferred to him, biting back at Sumeru Switch Scroll.

“Ku Mu, it’s only a matter of time before we enslave the entire human race. In consideration of your competence, I’m willing to give you a spot in our coalition if you beg me. I won’t bury your talents as humans have.”

“Why would I serve someone beneath me?”

Ku Mu consolidated Revealing Cauldron in the airspace and expanded it into cauldron rivalling a mountain. Dong! Revealing Cauldron made a beeline for Sumeru Switch Scroll, spurring Bai Jie into motion. Bai Jie cast a formation onto the scroll from his fingertips, rolling it out further to reveal a freckle of silver glitter on a dark backdrop.

“Sumeru Switch!” The hideous Bai Jie shouted, switching out daytime for the starry sky diagram on his scroll.

Ku Mu hammered the dark sky. Big Dipper formed a purple line and fired back. The force of the collision splattered fragments of the foreign races nearby onto the scroll. The human cultivators with Pill Cauldron Sect covered their ears as the vibration of the crash harassed them, with some bleeding from their ears and others passing out.

Ku Mu started to worry for he had to consider his allies safety and, therefore, had to hold back. Bai Jie, to the contrary, had no misgivings about sacrificing his allies.

“Hahaha, a dao artefact is only as formidable as its wielder. You can no longer maximise Revealing Cauldron’s potential as a mere corporeal form of your former self. You are no match for me. Even if Mu Yu came here with Formation Palace, I’d still mop the floor with both of you at once. You think I don’t know Sword Shadow Dust Gale set Revealing Cauldron and Formation Palace up to be Third Heaven’s formation’s core?”

Ku Mu had no argument to offer because Bai Jie was telling the truth. Ku Mu had no chance against Bai Jie for as long as the latter had Sumeru Switch Scroll in his possession.

“Is there really nothing we can do?” asked Chu Buqu.

Tan Qingquan sighed. “If I didn’t seal Walk-in Heart Switch, th-”

“Stop it,” interjected Ku Mu. “That’s a diabolic item inferior only to the dao artefacts. Nobody will have a good end if they use it. We can’t use it even if it isn’t sealed; it’d only bring about the same outcome.”

Boom! Bai Jie’s next attack on Revealing Cauldron’s defensive barrier incapacitated more cultivators.

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