Chapter 55: The Sword King
"I will follow." the other saints couldn't hold on much longer under Sora's charisma, mostly his technique which was super effective upon them due to the difference in strength. Sora smiled happily at other words, for a moment he thought he could have to mind break them.
Sora turned his head towards the first king, out of everyone here, he was the main person he wanted to be under him. after going through the Demi-God mind, he was able to know everything he needed to know.
The Son of Heaven was birthed by the heaven and earth of the lower realm, he was a naturally born treasure, in a way, they didn't choose the first king to be the king, the heavens did. being like the first king were known as realm treasures, they were of course shocked by birth, they were even more shocked by his talent, he along with many others built the cultivation roar without the help of the holy church.
The First king reached a level where he could grab fate in his hands, and took hold of all the human fates. this allowed his treasures to create every treasure that any humans within the lower realm shall have, his cultivation became the origin of every human cultivation art, and he pretty much became everyone's ancestor. such a person was only second to Sora, he was more useful alive than dead,
"I will admit you are capable, but I'm not convinced. you're most likely a being whose past life was an unmatched expert. with such a head start, of course, you are better than everyone. but do you think that holds for me?" The first king said calmly
"in my past life, I was no expert, but I like you. so let's make a deal," Sora said as he stepped forward, phasing through the barrier, something which stunned the first king.
"what's the deal?" He asked calmly, he was not afraid, he could give that power to Sora, and it, of course, couldn't affect him. he could take it and give it as he wishes.
"I challenge you, if you win, I will follow you. If I win, then you shall follow me." Sora said with a smile, the first king's eyes narrowed for a moment while looking at Sora. he was too prideful to back out of a challenge,
"what's the challenge?" He asked with a smile, he believed he was the most talented there was, Sora being some type of reincarnation was, of course, Sora was going to have outstanding capability at the start, but once he caught up, would that still case?
"even if I'm what you say a reincarnation, there should be a limit to how far ahead this puts me above others like yourself. So, whenever you think so, come challenge me, even if you are at a higher level." Sora said with a smile as a drop of blood shot from his finger.
"bring it on." the first king also cut his finger and sent a drop of blood out. the two blood met each other in bid air and went on to form a circle with runes, like that the contract was formed.
now with that out of the way, it was only time to wait for the first king to regain his former strength, it would take time, a total of a month.
"... I want to know about the human race princess," Sora said calmly to the Demi-God who was standing behind him. he found out about his mother and father, his mother was a part of the holy church, their princess. meanwhile, his father was the wise Asura prince,
His father was unique amongst his race, unlike the other members who seek bloodbaths and stuff, his father was opened mind, which lead to him running into his mother, and a forbidden relationship soon happened, enraging the demon realm and the humans.
His father has almost killed by both parties, while his mother was locked away, sadly the child to who she gave birth managed to get away with the Asura prince, for the past few years, they have been searching far and wide, but was harder said than done.
"what do you mean?" The Demigod asked in confusion, the other saints couldn't help but throw curious looks overhearing this.
"She is my mother, why wouldn't I be interested?" Sora asked calmly, everyone went quiet hearing this, none of them expected to hear something like this today. meanwhile, the demigod was confused, when did the human princess give birth to such a freak? he only just woke up after being asleep for a thousand or so years, he got a few basic information, the main events that happened in the past few years.
he knew of the human princess, she had a pure human bloodline, a purity reaching a shocking 85%, even in the immortal realm, such a thing would make her something which many forces would fight to the death over, yet she gave birth?
"than father... what can you tell me?" Sora asked as he looked to a faraway mountain, where a red-haired man was standing. with his current strength, he could easily find his father, he could even tell that this guy has been following him every step of the way, protecting him from the shadows.
there were a few times his father stepped in to help him, the first was the matter with the first king when he awakened. the first king wanted to end Sora there and then, but he felt his father, leading him to change his mind.
the second was Hades' sect when he was fighting the sect master, the sect master who was at level 4 core formation was defeated by Sora, sure Sora caught him off guard to get the final kill, but in the end, his movement was slowed just enough by his father.
within the kingdom, many saints were interested in Sora, but many of them steppe away sensing that a saint was behind Sora. Sora of course didn't know any of this, but he always guessed that his father was not too far away,
everyone followed his gaze and saw a red-haired man was indeed sitting there on the mountain, watching everything happening. his father sighed softly seeing this, getting up he stepped forward appearing before them within a blink of an eye.
he was a heavy Saint, even amongst the Saints here, he was someone not to look down upon, although his strength had dropped, he had the aura, but his strength was at lesser saint.
Sora held a palm out, and with a ray of light, his father was healed, the hole in his chest closed up, be it his damaged mind, soul, and body, they returned to full health. his father was stunned for a moment, but he only let out a depressed sigh.
these years he has been following Sora, he only got more and more depressed, his son was so talented, yet he could only shine when he was out of the way. he was truly just a trashy father, well, with him at 100%, the two could talk.
the past host of this body and Sora have become one, although he didn't truly see them as his parents, he was still close to them, so he wanted to know more about their story while waiting for the first king to finish. meanwhile, everyone was awkward, this was a demon who they were all willing to join together to deal with, but how should they feel about this matter?
time passed, and while Sora and his father talked, a powerful aura was heading toward this location, everyone turned towards the aura, and there they saw a man wearing clothing made out of Sword Qi. other than those clothing, and the aura, he seemed like a normal person,
"Blazing Emperor, owe you a great favor," he said while looking at the elder fire, everyone's eyes widened hearing that title, Blazing Emperor? this was a name which has spread far and hidden thousands of years ago, famous for being the Sword King's right hand, these two were said to be one of a kind era, said to have been born far too easily for their talent
Blazing Emperor opened a new path in the way of alchemy, while the Sword King opened a new bath in the way of the sword. these two were legends,
"Well..." Elder Fire... real title being Blazing Emperor, nodded blazingly as he looked at Sora, the reason he went out of his way to plan for this guy to be reborn was for him to cut the sky and take them all away, yet his disciple had to be too talented.
"So, you're the sword king," Sora said with a smile while looking at the man, the man looked over and his eyebrow raised. since when did a lower saint have the nerve to speak to him like this? but his eyes narrowed when he got a better look at Sora... no, at the sword behind Sora, a wooden sword, but it was better than any melt sword,
"I want to test my swordsmanship with you, you up for a spar?" Sora asked with a smile, the Sword King's eyes narrowed, Sora had caught his intreast, so, of course, he would not say no.
"So... I also want the sword," he said calmly, it was not the highest grade sword or anything of that, but whoever craft it knew what they were doing.
"this old thing? sure," Sora said with a nod, the sword king's eyes narrowed, and from his eyes, a ray of sword qi shot out towards Sora, space along with everything within its path was cut, leaving behind only a rip in space which quickly healed.
this sword Qi was so sharp it cut open space, Sora expected nothing left from the sword king. but he reached out, and the sword Qi flew into his hands, waving the sword made out of Sword Qi, he nodded slightly before he threw it towards the sword king.
the sword king's eyes almost popped, just how far into the future did he appear? he watched as the sword shot towards him, but it didn't cut space like before, its cutting power was forced, and it shall only cut what it owner wants to be cut. such a level of swordsmanship left the sword king's heart racing. not in fear, but joy.
reaching out a hand, sword Qi gathered as it took the form of a sword, which he went on to do battle with the incoming sword. they clashed many times, one had its power controlled while the other made everyone feel as if they would be cut in half.
of course, they were not going all out, in the sword king's eyes, he was fighting a lesser saint, this was just a trade of blows for insight into the way of the sword, if he went all out, this realm shall be destroyed, he was far stronger than in the past,
but to everyone shook, the legend himself was being pushed back under the sword, its skills were something which left the sword king feeling like a child. this, of course, didn't make the sword king depressed, with a wave of his hand, sword intent gathered, then the sword will, and lastly sword heart.
they all came together to form a sword, which held all of his comprehension of the way of the sword. this sword was the embodiment of his way of the sword, for him to take it out was risky, if that sword breaks, that would mean his dao heart was destroyed, and he shall lose his way
'he is a quick learner.' Sora thought seeing the improvement the sword king was making, but this was getting boring, the sword king moved to attack the sword, but with a flash of light, his sword was cut in half, and the sword was placed against his neck.
"..." the sword king's eyes widened seeing he was so easily defeated, and with such skills in swordsmanship, he had a hard time comprehending it. but if one looked deeply into his eyes, there was no despair, only a burning flame of... joy.
"do you think the Dao heart can be so easily defeated?" He asked as the broken sword put itself back together, taking this moment Sora was caught off guard, and he sent the sword at his neck flying before he shot down towards Sora.
"you have such a unique mindset," Sora said softly, the sword king didn't look at a loss like how others would, instead, he welcomed losing. losing meant he could improve. his greatest fear was that what he had was everything. his greed for power reached a state where his Dao's heart was unbreakable by normal means.
"Haha, I heard that many times." he laughed happily as he sword his sword down, but his sword bent, avoiding Sora. he was stunned seeing this, he couldn't understand why his way of the sword avoided hurting the target before him.
"so long as your understand of the grand way isn't as perfect as mine, or far stronger than mine, you are fated to never touch me," Sora said with a smile, leaving the First King speechless at those words,
"what are you saying?" he asked as he looked deeply at Sora.
"no element, weapon, and path in the lower realm can ever hope of harming me. I'm immune to it all," Sora said with a smile, everyone was left stupid at his words, was this not too overpowered? but thinking for a moment, he could still get injured, stuff like a punch just can't be ignored. the sword and weapons would avoid him, just don't use insights of the Dao when facing Sora,
"... what realm is this?" The sword King asked in shock, now that he got a better look at Sora, he was not even 20 years old, was this not too freakish
"It's my own unique path, it encircles all ways. be it the way to cut all things or the way to pierce all things with the sword, they are all perfectly comprehended by me... so the path I walk is simply, the path of perfection to the max." Sora said as he pulled out his sword, the moment he did, everyone felt fear. they felt death, they felt as if the sword was already before their neck. the sword king backed away quickly as swear covered his forehead, this was a bit too overpowered
Seeing this, Sora stopped pulling out his sword, as if disappointed that he couldn't handle something like this.
"... what's your name?" the sword king asked after regaining his cool, he looked deeply at Sora, waiting for him to speak.
"Sora," Sora said with a smile, the sword king nodded for a moment before he got on his knee, and looked deeply at Sora.
"Please accept me as your disciple," he said with bright eyes, with the path to reach unmatched levels laid out before him, he would suck Sora's dick if that was the requirement to become his disciple.
"... sure," Sora said with a shrug, he didn't mind, this guy could be a useful pawn one day, plus he liked his mindset.
so, a few days went by, and the holy church soon realized something was off, so they sent a few experts to check up on the matter, but they were all slaughtered by the first king's army which had awakened from its long slumber, on the 15th day, 4 Demi-God arrived to check things out,
but with a point, they all entered the same illusion the other Demi-God was in, this illusion was unique, as Sora wasn't using a lot of energy to put you into an illusion, instead, he send a small amount of energy into your body, that energy than bonds with your energy, devour it to make itself stronger while putting it under Sora control. it happens in a way in which one can't even sense it, and even if they sense it, they would be left helpless as the energy was not going anywhere,
once it fuses, Sora uses your energy to take control of all your senses, so if he wishes, 100s of trillions of years could go by for you, so long as your energy is enough to of course cause that effect. of course, losing all your energy would break you out of the illusion,
it was an overpowered illusion, Sora got the idea for it when he saw read about a parasite so that is where the illusion name came from, Parasite Illusion,
so, with a point of the finger, Sora gained 4 new dos, time passed, and another 15 days went by, no more people from the holy church came within this time, but it was also the time in which the first king finished and regained a small amount of his former strength.
now he was a Greater Saint, with him regaining this cultivation realm, this world began kicking people out as it slowly entered within him, fusing with the new world he had formed.
Sora flashed, and he too appeared outside, and his cultivation instantly dropped, but to everyone's shock and Suprice, Sora was at level 10 Qi refinement, just a step away from reaching the core formations realm,
you might ask the question, how is Sora's cultivation so high up when all he did was point around, going back, his clone technique, allowed the clones to cultivate and remain at equal levels of strength. meaning, if Sora's strength was 10 points higher than the other clones, the other clones would feed off him, until they too gained an abdication of 10 points to their strength,
so, for the past month, his clones have been breakthrough like crazy, going from level 7 body tempering to level 10 Qi refinement within a month. and of course, Sora had created thousands of clones, now with so many clones at level 10 Qi refinement, what would happen when all of that improvement to their cultivation returned to the main body?
Sora was expecting a breakthrough to the peak of the core formations realm, and maybe step foot into the core formation realm. this was 87,000 clones we were talking about, such a huge amount of energy was something not to look down upon.
for anyone else, they would become a nascent soul with such a huge amount of energy, but Sora needed to do something unique before he could reach the core formation realm, and this action would lead to him needing far more energy for a breakthrough,
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