First Immortal of the Sword

Even Xue Huaning couldn’t help but be alarmed.

She would never have guessed that this seemingly detached young man, someone who remained calm in the face of both insults and flattery, would do something so forceful and overbearing.

But this only made her admire him more.

Who among the Six Paths Royal Territory’s younger generation could have such courage? Who among them would dare step forth to face the experts of the Tantai Family?

It seems my daughter didn’t misjudge him, thought Xue Huaning. She thought back to Cui Jingyan’s recent letter, in which she’d described many of Su Yi’s accomplishments, including his dazzling achievements in the Azure Continent; they would have shaken any era they’d transpired in.

Thus, Xue Huaning had long since been aware that, extraordinary origins or not, Su Yi was a shocking, unmatched genius in his own right.

Seeing Su Yi in action now, she took in his proud bearing. The more she looked at him, the more she approved of him, and the more pleased she felt.

Of course, she wouldn’t just watch him take all of this on himself.

Tantai Liu wasn’t much of a threat; he was just a genius of the mid-stage Spiritual Revolution Realm. That made him entirely unworthy of Hua Xuening’s concern.

However, the man in the feather coat accompanying him was an Emperor of the Taintai Family. His name was Tantai Chi, and he’d proven his Dao and become an Emperor eight hundred years ago, becoming a temporary celebrity.

He was one of the few people in the Netherworld to enter the Imperial Realm within the past thousand years.

Although his cultivation base was unworthy of Xue Huaning’s notice, he was, after all, still an Emperor. How could a Spirit Dao cultivator like Su Yi contend with him?

But just as she was about to say something, Cui Chang’an transmitted, “Just watch.”

Xue Huaning was stunned.

……

“Did you say… you’re going to force us to kneel and accept our punishment?” Tantai Chi was so angry that he laughed.

“Clan Uncle, please don’t be angry. Allow me to deal with him; I’ll be more than enough,” Tantai Liu said coldly. “Senior Cui, Senior Xue, don’t blame me for taking action within your territory. Su Yi spoke without reservation, insulting both me and my clan uncle. We cannot let this stand!”

As he spoke, his eyes glinted like swords, and he stared directly at Su Yi. “Do you dare go outside and fight me?”

His composed, impressive bearing won sighs of admiration from some of the other guests.

This was what the scion of an ancient clan ought to be like!

Tantai Chi’s expression softened, and he ordered, “We’re just teaching an arrogant, ignorant kid a lesson. Don’t use too much force, or you’ll make things different for your Senior Xue.”

“Got it.” Tantai Liu nodded. Then, he suddenly fixed his gaze on Cui Jingyan. “Miss Jingyan, I’ll make you understand that a bungling clown like him is in no way worthy of you.”

His words were full of confidence and rife with disdain for Su Yi.

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When she heard that, Cui Jingyan almost couldn’t resist bursting into laughter. Her beautiful features stiffened from the effort of holding it in, and when she looked at Tantai Liu, her eyes were full of pity.

“You’re as paltry as an ant; I can crush you with a single hand. Why bother going outside?” Su Yi laughed, then flipped his hand and pressed gently down on the air.

Those present couldn’t sense any energy fluctuations whatsoever, but Tantai Chi felt as if a massive divine mountain were bearing down on him. His entire body instantly tensed, and he instinctively circulated the full extent of his cultivation base to resist.

Boom!

Tantai Liu bellowed, and his robes swelled. Dao light condensed, and a serpentine streak of black rose from his spinal column, ascending up his torso. As it shot past his head, it transformed into a black spear.

The Space-Killing Spear!

This was the ancestral secret art of the Tantai Family.

In the ancient past, the Tantai Family had relied on this very secret art to suppress countless mighty and malevolent foes of the Beast Bureau.

The black Space-Killing Spear expanded until it was about a dozen feet long, then thrust at Su Yi’s palm strike.

Tantai Liu’s Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivation base and extraordinary talent made him one of the most dazzling figures of the Six Paths Royal Territory’s younger generation.

But what happened next was entirely unexpected.

The Time-Killing Spear shattered in the blink of an eye!

Immediately afterward, endless power descended from above, abundant and unblockable. It effortlessly shattered his defensive aura and forced him to his knees with an audible thud.

The ground suddenly shook, and the tables and other furnishings trembled.

With a single flip of his hand, he’d suppressed Tantai Liu!

“This…” Everyone present was unwittingly stunned. All of them were well aware of Tantai Liu’s abilities. He wouldn’t have faltered in the slightest even against most peak Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivators. Although he wasn’t quite unmatched in his generation, only a tiny handful of young geniuses of the Six Paths Royal Territory were comparable to him.

Yet now, he’d failed to block even a single palm!

“Ah——!”

Tantai Liu roared like mad, his features contorting as if unable to bear reality.

Dragon-like streaks of black qi surged around him, each with the power to cleave mountains and sever rivers!

Alas, he didn’t just fail to break free; on the contrary, he was suppressed even more thoroughly, sprawled out on the ground like a pancake in the shape of the character “大". He couldn’t even lift his fingers.

The hall was deathly silent. No one could speak.

Except for Tantai Liu, who roared, “Let me go, or the Tantai Family will annihilate your entire family!”

His eyes bulged, and the indescribable shame and humiliation had completely robbed him of his rationality.

Su Yi’s eyes glinted with cold light, and he put just a bit more strength into his palm.

A series of crunching noises followed, and Tantai Liu shrieked as countless bones snapped and shattered. Blood poured from numerous wounds.

“You’re courting death!” Tantai Chi, the man in the feather coat, surged with murderous intent and swung his palm.

Boom!

Radiant golden light burst from his fair-skinned palm, emanating endlessly terrifying murderousness.

The crowd was caught completely off guard.

Tantai Chi was an Emperor! None of them would have expected that someone of his lofty status would attack Su Yi directly and without the slightest hesitation. 

The way the onlookers saw it, even if this attack didn’t kill Su Yi, it would surely cripple him completely.

“This is bad!” Xue Huaning’s expression shifted, but just as she was about to intervene—

Su Yi made no attempt to dodge. He just formed a hand seal and struck the air.

Bang!!

A deafening impact rang out, and eye-piercing divine radiance swept forth, crushing the tables, chairs, and everything on them. Fragments of furniture flew through the air.

Without exception, the guests had to circulate their cultivation bases to neutralize the aftershock.

Immediately afterward, the hall shook. Layers of energy fluctuations arose from the formations protecting the walls and floor. Only then was the flood of destructive power neutralized.

A startled cry rang out. “How is this possible!?” 

As a cloud of dust spread, Tantai Chi’s eyes widened. His face alternated white and green, and his expression filled with disbelief. 

Only then did the crowd realize that even after a head-on collision, Su Yi hadn’t moved an inch, and he didn’t have so much as a hair out of place. 

“He blocked it?” The yellow-robed elder of the Qu Family was so astonished that his jaw almost fell off.

A Spiritual Integration Realm youth had actually blocked an Emperor’s attack. This was unbelievable!

“That kid… there’s something not right about him…” The dark-robed middle-aged man of the Hong Family looked uncertain.

The guests of all three visiting ancient clans were astonished, wide-eyed, and tongue-tied.

Who’d have dared imagine that a Spirit Dao cultivator could achieve this?

Su Yi is actually this impressive? Xue Huaning was unwittingly dazed; she almost thought she was seeing things.

When Cui Jingyan first sent word home, Su Yi had yet to leave Meng Po Palace, so her letter naturally didn’t include how he’d defeated the Iceflame Spirit Empress Yuan Linning or Ran Tianfeng, the body refiner of the Netherworld Sky Sect.

Otherwise, Xue Huaning wouldn’t have been so astonished. 

It seems that girl already knew what Su Yi was capable of. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be this calm.

Xue Huaning noticed Cui Jingyan’s composure, and that she didn’t seem at all nervous or surprised. Rather, it seemed she’d long since anticipated this result.

But why is it that my husband has become so much calmer too?

Xue Huaning noticed that Cui Chang’an wasn’t astonished, as if this result weren’t unexpected to him. She found this rather difficult to understand.

But before she could wrap her head around it, Su Yi gestured outside and said calmly, “Let’s go outside. I’ll make you kneel, convinced of your defeat."

Tantai Chi had long since suppressed a bellyful of rage and confusion. When he heard that, his expression turned incomparably ashen, and he said icily, “No need!”

Boom!

The power of his cultivation base erupted like a volcano. His hair and beard flew around him, and it was obvious that he was using his full power. It seemed he wanted to strike Su Yi down where he stood.

But it was then that a cold snort went off like a thunderclap: “Tantai Chi, you sure are impudent!”

It was as if Cui Chang’an had teleported; he appeared in front of Su Yi seemingly out of nowhere.

Boom!

The leader of the Cui Family stood tall, upright as a spear piercing the dome of heaven. The majestic aura emanating from was as forceful as a tidal wave or avalanche, and it sent Tantai Chi staggering several feet back.

By the time he stabilized himself, Tantai Chi’s face was pallid, and his eyes were full of utter dread.

The entire hall was deathly silent. Everyone felt stifled, and their bodies stiffened.

Cui Chang’an now seemed like a monarch presiding over his domain. His terrifying majesty shook the yellow-robed elder, dark-robed middle-aged man. Their hearts trembled, and their expressions shifted.

This was the bearing of the leader of the Cui Family. So long as he was calm, all was well. But when he was angry, his wrath shook heaven and earth!

When Su Yi saw this, he thought, That old fox Cui Longxiang actually managed to raise a good son. I didn’t choose the name ‘Chang’an’, or ‘lasting peace’ in vain.

Given the circumstances, if Cui Chang’an hadn’t stepped forth, he would have brought shame upon the Cui Family.

After all, an Emperor of the Tantai Family had dared attack right in front of the leader of the Cui Family. What was that, if not a blatant slap in the face?

Fortunately, Cui Chang’an hadn’t disappointed Su Yi.

However, he did find it a pity that Cui Chang’an had intervened so quickly; Su Yi didn’t even get the chance to convince Tantai Chi of his defeat or force him to kneel…

“Fellow Daoist Cui, how was that impudent? Didn’t you see that Su kid come just this close to killing our leader’s son?” Tantai Chi took a deep breath, his expression unsightly. “Had that really happened, I’m afraid… your Cui Family wouldn’t have been able to escape responsibility. I trust you don’t wish to see that happen either?”

He knew he was far from a match for Cui Chang’an, but he’d come here as a representative of the Tantai Family, so he wasn’t worried about Cui Chang’an hurting him.

However, Cui Chang’an merely stood there with his hands behind his back. His eyes flashed with imposing light, and he said softly, “Kneel and apologize to Young Lord Su. If you don’t, I’ll break your legs here and now!”