Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 991: Greed Will Be the Death of You
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All living beings have the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.
The Canglan Heavenly Dao was not a living being, but as a Heavenly Dao, it was also a condensation of the wills of countless living beings in the Canglan World.
It did not understand why Chen Huaian could connect with it. This feeling was like a crude stick being forcibly thrust inside.
But it knew that Chen Huaian was not to be trifled with.
Relying on this connection, it could see part of Chen Huaian's heart. His entire being was filled with a girl named Li Qingran, so this girl must be his weakness. Therefore, it transformed into Li Qingran's likeness, hoping Chen Huaian would be moved by compassion. But...
In the end, it was merely the Heavenly Dao's will, not a living being, and it did not understand emotions.
It did not comprehend.
Some people simply cannot be impersonated at will.
"This Venerable One sees you as the will of a realm. I was willing to give you a chance to merge with me, so that from now on, you would still be the Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm, only serving this Venerable One.But today, you dared to provoke me like this—"
Chen Huaian placed his right hand on the sword hilt, Sword Radiance flickering in his eyes.
"Then this Venerable One has no choice but to chop you up! Refine you into my Dao foundation!"
The Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm's expression shifted as it leaned back in a tactical retreat.
Not fair!
It had taken on the form of that girl to appease this killing star.
How had it instead provoked his anger?!
But now was not the time to ponder this question.
It did not want to be refined by Chen Huaian, so its only option was to fight him.
The moment this thought was born.
Chen Huaian's thumb had already pushed the sword sheath aside.
Clang—!
The Black Scales Sword was drawn.
A flash of Sword Light streaked by.
A pale white line sliced straight through the dark Sea of Chaos, like a beam of light piercing through the night, stabbing directly toward the Canglan Heavenly Dao's will.
The Canglan Will leaped backward in a flash.
The moment it retreated, nine massive rings consecutively unfurled behind it.
White, yellow, purple, black, red, dark gold, brilliant gold, crimson gold... and finally, a ring of primordial chaos.
These were the cultivation laws of the countless living beings in the Canglan Realm, the unique "World Rings" of this world, and also the Heavenly Dao's own laws.
It had no flesh, blood, or soul, so it did not cultivate Divine Abilities. Instead, it directly mobilized the rules of the entire world!
Each World Ring represented an absolute suppression over a certain type of law.
If Chen Huaian used the law of fire, then fire would be absorbed by that crimson-red ring.
If Chen Huaian used the law of life, then all power related to life would be intercepted by the white ring.
However...
What the Canglan Realm did not know.
Was that the Dao Chen Huaian wielded was not only above its own, but also something it lacked—the Sword Dao.
The Sword of Protection: when this sword is sheathed, it guards the countless lights of homes behind; when this sword is drawn, there is no retreat ahead.
It is also the truth that all living beings suffer, yet there is only one person for whom the sword is drawn.
Now, the Canglan Heavenly Dao had truly run afoul of him.
The more it used Li Qingran's face, the more lifelike it mimicked her every smile and frown, the more terrifying Chen Huaian's Sword Dao became.
Chen Huaian ignored the law rings surrounding the Canglan Heavenly Dao, his eyes fixed only on Li Qingran's face.
"Ungrateful wretch!"
He gently stamped his foot.
Crisscrossing Sword Qi spread out from beneath his feet, instantly covering ten thousand miles of chaos.
Gray threads interlaced, forming a massive Go board.
Sword Qi formed the board, Killing Intent formed the pieces.
Scattered like stars across the board.
The Canglan stopped in its tracks, raising both hands.
Nine rings merged into one.
The Heavenly Dao had no emotions, but it sensed the threat of death.
So it made an instinctive resistance—pressing the laws of an entire world down upon Chen Huaian.
Over hundreds of millions of years, the phantom images of dead World Beasts, broken artifact Battle Souls, the causality and Destiny Energy of all beings, life and death, sickness and aging... all were forcibly kneaded together by the Heavenly Dao, turning into an endless storm of rules that poured down onto the Sword Qi board.
Within each drop of rain flowed the evolution of the Canglan World.
The moment it fell, it carried almost the full force of the entire world.
Boom, boom, boom—!
The Sword Qi board began to tremble violently, the lines of the board screeching sharply under the immense pressure.
Chen Huaian stood at the center of the board.
The rainstorm could not touch him, because even the chaotic black mist around him was shredded to pieces by his Sword Qi.
He gripped the sword hilt.
Twisting his wrist.
He merely thrust his sword forward in a simple, level strike.
This one sword strike followed the very central line of the board, rising straight upward, as all the Sword Qi paths converged into a single point.
The Sword Light cut through the curtain of rain, cut through the laws.
The rainstorm halted, and the countless beast phantoms in the sky silently split in two.
Crack—!
A crisp, shattering sound rang out through the Sea of Chaos.
That massive ring, which had fused all the laws of the Canglan Realm, shattered like a broken pane of glass, effortlessly cleaved apart by the Sword Light.
The Sword Light's momentum did not diminish; it pierced through layers of rules and stopped at the forehead of the Canglan Heavenly Dao.
Even though he knew the person before him was not Li Qingran, but an evolution of the Canglan Heavenly Dao, Chen Huaian's sword still hesitated for a moment.
He loved Qingran far too much.
Even when faced with a mere illusion, tenderness involuntarily crept into his eyes.
Such emotions were observed by the Canglan Heavenly Dao.
Its eyes lit up, and a mournful smile appeared on its face.
It thought there was a glimmer of hope for escape.
However...
As a single snowflake landed on its forehead.
The Canglan Heavenly Dao froze in place.
On that face, identical to Li Qingran's, a thin black line slowly emerged, extending from the center of its brow down to its jaw.
A flicker of despair and confusion finally appeared in the Canglan Heavenly Dao's eyes.
It did not understand.
Why couldn't the full force of an entire world's laws overpower one man's single sword?
It had never seen an existence as powerful as Chen Huaian, who, without relying on any world's power, had already surpassed the world's Heavenly Dao.
It also did not understand.
Why, even when tenderness had appeared in Chen Huaian's eyes, he still did not sheathe his sword.
This did not conform to the emotional logic of those living beings.
Was this coldness and cruelty...?
"This Venerable One's disciple is truly beautiful."
Chen Huaian reached out, carefully stroking the face evolved by the Canglan Heavenly Dao. The tenderness in his eyes turned into infatuation, and then, in an instant, turned cold.
"But you are not her! And you should never have worn her appearance!"
As his words fell.
His wrist gave a slight tremor, and Sword Qi erupted.
That face instantly shattered into pieces.
The false vessel, along with the Heavenly Dao's will, was utterly obliterated.
The shell crumbled, scattering into ashes that filled the air.
In its place, only a mass the size of a human head remained, radiating a multicolored luster—the Heavenly Dao's origin.
Compared to the segment he had previously intercepted from Li Qingran's body, this Heavenly Dao origin was far more abundant.
The chaotic black mist around them surged forward like sharks catching the scent of blood.
Chen Huaian's expression darkened, and his Sword Intent soared, forcing the chaotic black mist back.
"Eating anything and everything, greed will be the death of you, won't it?
One day, I'll refine this entire Sea of Chaos as well!"
Chen Huaian let out a cold snort and sheathed his sword.
He grasped that mass of origin in his palm. The multicolored radiance flowed along his hand and merged into his body.
Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes. That feeling of being one with a world returned to him once more.
"I wonder if, after refining this Canglan World's Heavenly Dao, this Venerable One's cultivation will reach a higher level..."
He murmured to himself.
After all, the realm beyond Sage was a dense fog.
No one knew what the next step would be.
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