Published: March 8, 2025
Chu Yang smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face showed nothing.
This time, he had indeed taken a great risk. Now, he could say it was a matter of life and death; once the fourth section of the Nine Calamity Sword was unleashed, he truly had little confidence.
He had a feeling that everything was following some kind of profound trajectory, proceeding in an orderly manner. Even his defiance against fate seemed to be within this preordained path.
Everything followed a logical progression.
Just like after his rebirth, when he first punished Stone Thousand Mountain, triggering a series of events that led to Wu Yunliang’s appreciation, and thus entered Iron Cloud, where he encountered Gu Duxing.
Because he met Gu Duxing, he subsequently got to know Dong Wushang, Rocky Luo, Ji Mo, and Rui Butong.
It was because he encountered these brothers that the current Central Three Heavens came into being, and because of them, he also met Ao Xieyun and Xie Danqiong. When everything was summarized, it created this storm in the Central Three Heavens.
The fourth section of the Nine Calamity Sword was precisely at Desperate Lake!
And Mo Tianji had chosen the ultimate location to resolve this storm, which coincidentally was Desperate Lake!
Everything was filled with mystery. Yet, it was rational enough that no one could find any fault with it.
Perhaps in the entire world, only he, the reborn one, could perceive such traces of manipulation.
Step by step, it pushed him toward the fated path of the Nine Calamity Sword Master! If nothing unexpected happened, he would inevitably, through this series of clever arrangements, ultimately obtain the complete Nine Calamity Sword and unify the Nine Heavens! He would walk the same road that all the generations of Nine Calamity Sword Masters had taken.
But today’s events clearly took a turn.
This was evident from the severe injury to his spirit. His stubborn actions this time had completely detached him from that “control” trace!
Becoming a complete self! A complete path!
But there was no doubt: in this world, to be a complete self, the price paid... would be life!
“Life... so what?” Chu Yang chuckled defiantly in his heart. “Should I just watch them die? Are all the generations of Nine Calamity Sword Masters such cruel and cold-blooded people? Then... even if I don’t become the Nine Calamity Sword Master, what difference does it make?”
The Sword Spirit in his consciousness sighed and said, “Sword Master Lord, you really shouldn’t have forced me to take action. You’ve made me forget an important matter!”
“What important matter?” Chu Yang asked quietly, his voice carrying a chilling undertone.
“They cannot die! Even if I don’t act and you don’t move, they absolutely won’t die!” The Sword Spirit sighed deeply, regretful: “Because they are the people chosen by you, destined to accompany you to ascend the Nine Heavens; how could they die? There will definitely be other saviors appearing!”
Chu Yang replied indifferently, “I know! I had already considered this before you took action.”
“You know?” The Sword Spirit looked at him, stunned, disbelief written all over its face. “You thought about this?”
Then it suddenly exploded in anger: “Then why did you still want me to take action? Do you know you will die like this?!”
“Death is nothing to be afraid of.” Chu Yang said calmly: “I’ve thought about it, and I am sure; but I still can’t tolerate watching them on the brink of death, bleeding before me, while I remain indifferent, merely relying on a faint hope. I’m not that cold-blooded yet. After all, they are my brothers.”
“And... this action is very strange; it clearly follows a fixed script. This feeling is too obvious.” Chu Yang said coldly: “If I don’t take action this time, they won’t blame me. But afterward, they will definitely feel uncomfortable. Because I’m right there, yet I did nothing. That’s point one.”
“Point two, I will feel even more uncomfortable when facing them in the future. I will feel guilty, remorseful, and think of my own cowardice. So, I will have an inner demon, which is... I won’t be able to face them like before.”