Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1073: Dignity Lies Only on the Sword's Edge (III)
Clang—
As his mind communicated with the sword spirit, a faint, almost nonexistent sword cry rang out between heaven and earth.
Boom!!!
In an instant, before the true lord demonic kings could even react, a wave of indescribable fluctuation spread across a level invisible to the naked eye, divine consciousness, and spiritual perception alike.
Under Liu Yu's control, the rules unique to the sword of ruin unfolded, enveloping the entire Starfire Mountain Range.
In less than one-hundredth of an instant, the "Ruination Domain" was formed.
Before everyone's eyes, a delicate gray suddenly appeared, and in the blink of an eye it filled their entire vision.
The surrounding temperature plummeted, as if summer had instantly turned into the depths of winter.
The volcanoes throughout Starfire Mountain Range, along with the flowing magma and erupting flames, all fell silent without a sound and rapidly extinguished.
The sky lost its color, and the magma grew still.
Even the ubiquitous Fire Spiritual Energy in the air rapidly thinned and finally sank into silence.
Once the Ruination Domain was unleashed, the rules of an entire region were rewritten, and the Fire Phoenix Clan's main base and the Royal Court of the southern region's demon race instantly changed beyond recognition.
Before they even had time to observe their surroundings, the hundreds of true lord demonic kings were horrified to realize that a terrifying force had sealed the void, permeating every inch of space and becoming everywhere at once.
They could hardly move even a single finger, let alone circulate their magical power to flee.
The entire Starfire Mountain Range was filled with the aura of decay, desolation, and ominousness.
"Peace was never obtained through negotiation."
"Only by possessing the strength to create a lose-lose situation can one obtain the conditions for a win-win outcome."
"If you want to end a war, you must display strength that makes your opponent fear you!"
"Absolute force is more deeply rooted in people's hearts than any rhetoric."
"Dignity lies only on the sword's edge!"
Looking at the scene before him, Liu Yu's expression remained unchanged.
Respect was not something others gave you; it had to be won with strength.
Since the Fire Phoenix Clan held itself so high above others, he did not mind teaching them a lesson.
In the cultivation world, the strong were revered. If the strong did not control power and could not obtain sufficient respect, terrifying consequences would eventually brew.
Objectively speaking, although this was the Fire Phoenix Clan chief's nine-thousand-year-old birthday banquet, from the moment Liu Yu arrived, the protagonist here had already become more than one person.
A divine transformation realm cultivator, wielding the sword of ruin—if the rules were unfavorable to him, then he had no need at all to obey so-called rules.
He would simply destroy them with absolute strength.
What was inherited from ancient times?
What was the ruler of the demon race?
What were etiquette and rules?
Before a figure like the master of a holy land, everything was nothing but a joke.
If... I am unwilling, then any rule is a crude custom, as flimsy as paper!
The so-called rules and etiquette were, in essence, created to restrain the lower and middle levels of the cultivation world. How could they possibly restrain those at the very top?
As long as they were unfavorable to him, Liu Yu need not obey them at all. He could casually destroy the so-called "since ancient times."
And he could also tailor new rules for himself, creating an entirely new system from nothing.
After advancing to divine transformation, he had roughly understood the power now in his grasp, and his way of thinking had rapidly changed along with it.
From the yuan ying stage, when he searched for loopholes in the rules, accepted the benefits the rules brought in full, but tried every possible way to evade the obligations, choosing to accept only under conditions—