The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is divided into four parts: the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Immortal Slaying Sword, the Immortal Trapping Sword, and the Immortal Extinguishing Sword.
As the saying goes: the Immortal Slaughtering Sword is powerful, the Immortal Slaying Sword brings death, the Immortal Trapping Sword causes red light everywhere, and the Immortal Extinguishing Sword has infinite wondrous transformations.
Immortal Slaughtering is the strongest offensive technique. Shi Jian combined it with the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash, the Grass Character Sword Art, and other supreme offensive techniques. All paths returned to one, forming the Immortal Slaughtering Formation.
Immortal Slaying is the technique to cut off one's vitality. Shi Jian combined it with divine abilities like the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi and the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art, burning the body and cutting off life force. This is the Immortal Slaying Formation.
Immortal Trapping is a control and seal technique. Shi Jian combined it with the Hell Furnace, the Great Five Elements Seal, and other perfect seal methods. Once trapped, one's cultivation is sealed, leaving them at the mercy of others. This is the Immortal Trapping Formation.
Immortal Extinguishing cuts off vitality and severs karma. Shi Jian combined it with abilities such as the Five Emperors Canopy and Doomsday Calamity, which are impervious to all laws. It kills without incurring karma and erases all connections one has to the world. This is the Immortal Extinguishing Formation.
When the four formations are unleashed simultaneously, that is the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
In an instant, the formation enveloped the entire surrounding void. With profound changes, infinite killing intent, and myriad dangers, a terrifying aura of slaughter erupted. The four great sword formations exerted their power, and in just a moment, the Heavenly God-level expert let out a tragic scream.
In the next moment, he met the fate of death, his Dao dissipating.
Everyone was stunned. A high and mighty Heavenly God actually fell just like that? Their gazes towards Shi Jian were filled with indescribable horror.
"What kind of formation is this? It feels even more terrifying than the First Killing Formation…"
"Such a terrifying aura of slaughter, even from a great distance, I feel my whole body trembling…"
"A Heavenly God expert just died like that?"
No one could believe what they were seeing.
"Who would dare to trouble this monstrous fiend of sin blood in the future? The Dark Divine Son and Ning Chuan don't even have the qualifications to be compared with him!"
"Unbelievable. Just over a year ago, I heard his name in the Lower Realm, and now he has already slain a Heavenly God expert!"
Whether in Immortal Ancient or the outside world, no one could remain calm. This was an absolutely major event.
Shi Jian stood in the void, his gaze looking down on all sides. Within this Immortal Ancient, he had already attained an invincible posture.
When others set up a formation, they need to prepare beforehand. But he was different. He possessed infinite Cave Heavens and had already inscribed terrifying formations on his body in the Array Realm. He only needed to combine his Cave Heavens, using them as formation flags. One person is a formation.
However, this kind of consumption was also extremely terrifying. It only took a few breaths to unleash the formation, and the power within his body was almost completely drained. This was the first time he had consumed so much since he began cultivating.
Even with his terrifyingly profound foundation, the formation almost drained him in one go. But its power was considerable, annihilating a Heavenly God in just a few breaths.
Shi Jian's gaze swept across the remaining people from the Immortal Palace and the Dark Divine Palace. He did not hesitate and acted again. In just a moment, all of them were slain.
The people from these external forces were even more enraged. It was bad enough that their strongest successors died, but all their other disciples were also completely killed. He was cutting off their roots.
…
After slaying all incoming enemies and collecting the spoils, Shi Jian was in a great mood. The treasures held by these great sects were far too numerous. His gains were enough to not only help him cultivate more Immortal Qi but probably also to cultivate to the Heavenly God and True God Realm.
He collected all the resources and left, beginning to go into seclusion again to break through to a higher realm.
Flames burned fiercely, and the Great Dao roared. The Hell Furnace appeared, and Shi Jian sat cross-legged within it. When others cultivate a second strand of Immortal Qi, they must take a different, arduous path. But Shi Jian was different; his path had already been determined.
He only needed to follow the same method as before, fusing the laws of a different world.
Flames burned, refining his soul and bones. Around him, various flames began to fuse, representing the laws of the World of Immortality. These laws were overpowered, directly pointing to the origin of the Great Dao. The Dao fires they caused were extraordinary.
Shi Jian's entire body was once again burned to dry bones. However, he had already experienced this and was not flustered, consuming divine and sacred medicines to endure it.
Time flowed by. Shi Jian quickly felt that glimmer of opportunity. During the process, his primordial spirit almost collapsed, and his body was full of cracks, but they continuously grew stronger through the tempering.
His body cracked open, but two strands of Immortal Qi entwined around it, slowly healing his injuries.
"The second strand of Immortal Qi has been cultivated!" Shi Jian opened his eyes. Not long after, his body was completely healed again.
"My guess was correct. I only need to continuously fuse laws to cultivate Immortal Qi."
His eyes burned, and he did not stop. He began to cultivate again, this time refining the laws of the Saint King World, focusing mostly on the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength. As soon as this cultivation technique was ignited, his body and primordial spirit immediately became parched. He quickly swallowed a divine medicine to recover.
After solving the most troublesome part, refining the other laws became much simpler. Not long after, his body gained another strand of Immortal Qi. Three strands now surrounded him, and his strength underwent another qualitative leap.
This was not over yet. He continued to refine the laws of other worlds: Swallowed Star, Battle Through the Heavens, Martial Universe, the Great Desolation World.
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"Hoo." After a long while, Shi Jian let out a long sigh. His cultivation was over.
He had broken the limit of three strands of Immortal Qi in Perfect World. He originally thought he could cultivate seven strands, one for each of the seven worlds' laws he possessed. The result was a bit unsatisfactory.
He only cultivated five strands. One from Perfect World, one from Immortality, one from Saint King, and one from Swallowed Star.
After he ignited the laws of the Battle Through the Heavens world, no Immortal Qi was produced. He then ignited the laws of the Martial Universe world. Only when the two fused did the fifth strand emerge. As for the laws from Li Changshou's world, they still produced no Immortal Qi.
Even so, his strength had undergone a qualitative leap. He was confident that if he encountered a Heavenly God expert again, he could kill him without needing the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
Three strands of Immortal Qi were considered the peak, resonating with the Dao. But Shi Jian's cultivation had always been unconventional, surpassing the extreme realm within the extreme realm. Now he had five strands, and his path of all laws returning to one was firmly established. The more cultivation techniques he had, the stronger he would be. Knowledge is power.
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After feeling he could no longer advance in the Divine Fire Realm, he began to release his aura. He was going to undergo his True God tribulation.
A shocking light appeared as a thick bolt of lightning pierced through heaven and earth. Heavenly Tribulation descended.
Normal people in this world do not have a Heavenly Tribulation, but Shi Jian was not a normal person. With five strands of Immortal Qi, he was an anomaly among anomalies. Therefore, the tribulation immediately descended with its strongest power.
Heavenly lightning struck down. Shi Jian fiercely resisted with his physical body, immediately grimacing in pain. The lightning tempered his body, making it continuously stronger.
However, there was also a curse power within the lightning. He was at the very center of a violent, endless eruption.
He wanted to test the strength of his current body, so he did not activate his divine abilities. He faced the lightning with his pure physical body. Because he was so anomalous, this tribulation was terrifying. Several bolts left him disheveled, flesh and blood flying, his body charred black.
This lightning was aimed at destruction. Golden, silver, and purple lightning struck down. Finally, even blood-colored lightning raged.
Shi Jian gritted his teeth, resisting. It hurt a bit, but the effect of the tempering was powerful. Moreover, under the bombardment, he madly refined the lightning, and the Giant Elephant particles within his body were awakening.
He was beaten until his flesh flew and his bones were covered with cracks, but he continuously used the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art to repair the damage. His strength grew stronger little by little.
His entire being had already climbed to the highest peak he could reach, about to step into the True God domain. The lightning struck his body, making clanging sounds like hammering iron. It could no longer do anything to him.
The Heavenly Tribulation seemed to realize this, so countless bolts rioted. The entire sea of lightning crashed down on him, heavy as billions of tons. He was struck, coughing up blood, with multiple bone fractures.
Within the lightning, countless fierce beasts and divine figures evolved and charged towards him. A golden Heavenly Tablet even appeared, striking towards him. A dazzling blade of light rose. This was the most powerful tribulation from ancient times to the present: the Great Dao Guillotine.
This was a guillotine formed by the manifestation of rules, specifically targeting heaven-defying existences like Shi Jian. If he endured it, he could advance further. If not, he would turn to ashes.
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