Cultivation: I Can Traverse Otherworlds

Chapter 227: Chapter 209: Peak Showdown

In ancient times, gods and demons battled in this realm, spilling their blood across the heavens and the earth. A divine object fell from the sky, and so the place was named Tianzui City.

The city sat in a depression, surrounded by mountains, with only two gaps to the southeast and northwest for passage.

Now, the southeastern exit was sealed by rubble.

An army had besieged the northwestern gap, leaving the city’s people trapped like they were in a cage.

"ROAR!"

Enormous Demon Beasts rampaged through the city, like tigers let loose among sheep, casually picking off and devouring whomever they pleased.

"BOOM..."

A Demon smashed a house to pieces. The people inside screamed and scattered, but there was no escaping the Demon’s senses.

One by one, they were bound by an Invisible Power and thrown into the Demon’s waiting maw.

At a certain Martial Arts Hall.

A giant over twenty meters tall sat cross-legged at the entrance, picking through the Martial Arts Academy Disciples as if selecting a snack. Ignoring one person’s cries and struggles, it picked them up and stuffed them into its mouth.

Scenes like this were playing out all over Tianzui City.

There were Cultivators who resisted.

Unfortunately, faced with the mighty Celestial Capital Sect and a horde of man-eating Demons, Low-Tier Cultivators had no power to resist.

"ROAR!"

"CHIRP CHIRP..."

"CROAK! CROAK!"

"..."

The strange cries of Demons rose and fell in waves. From a distance, it looked like a chaotic demonic revelry. Where was even a sliver of righteousness to be found?

’Celestial Court?’

Zhu Ju shook his head.

"This is no Celestial Court. It’s more like a Demon Court!"

"SCREECH!"

A flying Demon noticed Zhu Ju’s presence. It flapped its wings and lunged, its beak pecking viciously.

That single peck could easily shatter a Magical Artifact; even a Demon Body would find it hard to withstand.

"CLANG..."

A pair of wings that seemed forged from Profound Iron appeared before Zhu Ju, colliding with the attacking beak.

Wind and Thunder Blade Wings!

"SWISH!"

As a faint glint of saber light flashed, the enormous flying Demon was split in two.

After slaying the Demon, Zhu Ju transformed into a bolt of lightning and smashed down violently toward the palace below.

"BOOM!"

The terrifying force of the impact directly collapsed the majestic palace, and the surrounding Soldiers were sent flying.

A deep crater over ten meters in diameter appeared on the scene.

Zhu Ju unfurled his wings and surveyed the area.

"How dare you!"

"To dare trespass upon the meeting grounds of the Celestial Court—you’re courting death!"

Two Golden Armored Giants roared in anger at the sight and charged forward, each wielding a Weapon. One held a sword, the other a mace. Their auras were vast and powerful, their bodies as sturdy as mountains. They were, in fact, Second Decline True Men who had suppressed the distracting thoughts in their hearts.

The Giant God Visualization Technique!

An exceedingly extraordinary Visualization Technique, passed down exclusively within the Celestial Capital Sect. Cultivating it to completion granted the user Giant Spirit Power.

Other similar Giant Spirit Visualization Methods existed, but their power after Cultivation was far from comparable.

"Even the gatekeepers are Second Decline True Men. What a grand display."

Zhu Ju praised lightly, then flicked his sleeve and summoned the Cross and Vertical Saber.

"Enough of this!"

"I’ll make this quick."

"ZING!"

The saber light flared, instantly splitting into five rays. Each of those five rays then multiplied into thousands more, blanketing the area ahead.

"TZZZ..."

"CRACKLE POP..."

Strange sounds echoed out. The two charging Golden Armored Giants froze mid-stride, a look of confusion on their faces as countless cracks spread across their bodies.

"CRUMBLE..."

Their massive bodies abruptly collapsed, flesh and blood piling up into a small mountain.

The two Second Decline True Men,

Dead!

And that wasn’t all.

The saber light surged wildly in all directions, and in an instant, an unknown number of disciples from the Celestial Capital Sect were shredded to pieces.

The field was suddenly empty.

"What an excellent Saber Technique!"

A vast voice, tinged with admiration, rang out.

"Sword Light Division. In three hundred years, aside from Yun Wuya, this is the first time I have seen a second person use it."

"Are you the current Sect Leader of the Sword Sect, Zhu Ju?"

"I am." Zhu Ju retracted his Cross and Vertical Saber and looked forward.

"The Celestial Capital Sect Leader?"

"No!" The figure shook his head.

"The Celestial Capital Sect Leader is my past self. I am the Lord of Gods, the King of Immortals, the Lord of the Celestial Court, Emperor Haotian!"

?

Zhu Ju’s expression was odd.

A hundred zhang ahead of him, a massive jade throne sat, upon which was a burly figure.

The man’s appearance was peculiar. His pupils seemed to be made of molten gold and jade, and a blood-red crack was etched between his brows. His frame looked as if it had been forged from a mountain, and his skin held the cold gleam of jade. His lips were so pale they were nearly transparent, yet his features were nothing short of flawless.

Though he had a human form, he lacked any of the aura a living person should possess.

Zhu Ju had spent many years knocking around Wind Moon Valley of the Joyful Sect. He had seen his fair share of handsome men, beautiful women, and even strange people and peculiar events.

But this man before him was utterly different.

Or rather...

He wasn’t truly human!

He merely possessed a human body.

This inhuman feeling came not just from the lack of vitality in his body, but more so from his ice-cold Divine Soul Power.

A human’s Divine Soul was exceptionally vibrant and possessed a warmth unique to mortals; this was true even for a Dao Foundation Cultivator.

But the Divine Soul of the one before him was frigid. He was not only unlike a human, but also different from any Demon.

Zhu Ju frowned slightly.

"What exactly are you?"

"How dare you!" The Celestial Capital Sect Leader’s face darkened.

"To offend your superior is an unforgivable crime!"

"However, on account of your considerable strength, if you agree to enter The Investiture of the Gods and become the Main God of the Battle Department, I shall spare your life."

"The Main God of the Battle Department, a step above a True God," Zhu Ju said with a faint smile. "But there’s no need."

"Is that so." The Celestial Capital Sect Leader didn’t press the matter, nor did he seem surprised. He simply nodded and said:

"Then be on your way!"

"BOOM!"

The world collapsed around him.

In his perception, all of creation collapsed and twisted. His consciousness was being ripped away as everything became terrifying and grim.

Yama Soul-Seizing Curse!

A Divine Soul Secret Technique!

Zhu Ju’s face filled with alarm. The Soul-Shocking Bell in his Sea of Consciousness rang out again and again as the Celestial Dragon Eight Sounds echoed, and only then did his awareness return to normal.

"Your Divine Soul Power..."

"It’s so strong!"

He had already advanced to the Dao Foundation realm, and his Divine Soul was refined.

Even before this, when his Divine Soul was at Nine Acupoints Perfection, it had already far surpassed that of the True Men of this realm—let alone now that he had advanced.