Chapter 1 Uesugi Kagekatsu's Realization

Uesugi Kagekatsu believed he was already being cautious enough.

After all, he sent Date Masamune, who specialized in restraining demons and monsters, to investigate the city ahead. In the event of anything happening, Date Masamune could escape even if he couldn't kill the opponent, because he was unaffected by curses and poisons. The only way to kill him was through direct combat.

However, the sudden appearance of the Ōdachi (Massive Sword) was something he hadn't anticipated!

The legendary artifact said to be able to split mountains and rivers with a single strike, that weapon should be in the hands of the Sword Saint Yagyu Munenori!

It should be in Motoyama Castle on the Eastern Front!

He had set out from Motoyama Castle to come to the Western Front, along with Tachibana Muneshige and Date Masamune! Therefore, he naturally knew exactly how many experts there were in Motoyama Castle!

That was a heavily fortified city, with several legion commanders stationed there, plus the blessing of national power, as well as several great yokai, along with Yukiitoku Yukei, the third seat of Yin Yang Dao, and the peerless Sword Saint Yagyu Munenori!

Even an immortal would meet his end there!

An immortal would....

Uesugi Kagekatsu suddenly realized something!

The enemy's immortal had gone to Motoyama Castle!

And that was several days ago. Motoyama Castle must have already fallen!

Then....

"How could this be! Even for an immortal, attacking Motoyama Castle is like suicide! The Sword Saint and the Grand Onmyoji, the legion commanders and the great demons, were they all killed? How could anyone possibly cope with so many strong opponents at the same time! What's more, the Sword Saint is not only Myoken, but he also has the Ōdachi! Even an immortal from the heavens can be slain, how could he have been defeated!"

"And those priests, the Yin Yang Dao priests are able to reverse life and death, and inflict poisons. Doesn't this Ming Dynasty immortal's divine position fear the power of poison? It shouldn't! He killed Tachibana Muneshige, so his divine position should be related to thunder techniques. In fact, many gods find it difficult to resist great poisonous forces of the same level.... Moreover, that power comes from the Kujaku Myo-o (Mahamayuri), even immortals can hardly escape!"

"I can't understand it, I can't figure it out!"

Uesugi Kagekatsu was bleeding from his head, his hands trembling as he gripped the Amanozako (Heavenly Rebellious Child) bow tightly!

His divine position was very sensitive to the aura of death, and at this moment his eyes could already see the road to the underworld, which meant that the situation he was facing was very dangerous, and he could be killed at any time!

"Lord Uesugi, we may have been wrong."

The two fake immortals stood up from the collapsed mountain ruins. That strike just now was earth-shattering, and tens of thousands of soldiers were instantly turned to dust from head to toe! Only a few people survived by luck... apart from the two fake immortals, and the forty vengeful samurai.

At this moment, the souls of those who died in fear and confusion floated out of the dust, and the vengeful samurai who had just stood up began to absorb the souls of these unjustly dead, their power increasing rapidly at a visible rate, the black aura on their bodies rising more violently, and the red light in their eyes becoming more and more terrifying.

One of the fake immortals looked solemnly at the black-clothed teenager descending in the sky, and said with a slight fear:

"In any case, it is unlikely to kill the Sword Saint in a one-on-one fight, let alone with other great experts present. It is unrealistic for one person to break through Motoyama Castle. Of course, under normal circumstances, the answer we can think of is that the other party led a group of elites to raid Motoyama, and then broke through it, killing the Sword Saint at a great cost."

"As long as the Sword Saint is dead and the Ōdachi is taken, the balance of power will shift. This is our conventional thinking...."

"But, to take the head of an enemy general from among thousands of troops, when that general is still a top-notch warrior of the time, is as ridiculous as sending Hua Xiong to kill Guan Yu."

"So, so another possibility we can think of....."

The two fake immortals looked at each other and said to Uesugi Kagekatsu, "Lord Uesugi, please be prepared to be shattered like a jewel today!"

"Perhaps, we have misjudged the combat power of a true immortal from the very beginning!"

Their words were shocking, and the impact on Uesugi Kagekatsu was extremely great!

How strong are fake immortals?

Everyone knows that they possess the combat power of immortals, but they do not have the form and spirit of immortals, which makes their opportunities to strike very rare. Every time they take action, they must carefully consider whether to strike, so as not to accelerate the decay of their form and spirit, which leads to the loss of control of their power, and thus the rapid loss of life until death.

Fake immortals are very strong, at least much stronger than experts at the pure Yang level. In Japan, people who become immortals must receive the blessing of Emperor Jinmu. Of course, saying it is a blessing is actually control, so that they cannot obtain the power of true immortals, and the part of the power that is taken away will strengthen Emperor Jinmu.

But most immortals believe that even if a part of their immortal power is taken away, they can still recover through cultivation, and because their immortal power has decreased, their mortal form and spirit have become much more stable, which has become a good thing.

Therefore, some people believe that the strength of a true immortal is probably about the same as when a fake immortal is fighting desperately.

But now, the two fake immortals suddenly realized.

All their past judgments may have been wrong!

"After all, since the end of the Heian period, no one has seen the true immortals here anymore. At that time, it is said that the world was in chaos here, and no one knows what happened. Later, for hundreds of years, there was no further communication.... And the lifespan of immortals like us who are blessed by His Majesty Emperor Jinmu is limited."

"No one will become an immortal unless it is absolutely necessary. If you want to know what happened in that era, you still have to ask those ancient great yokai...."

However, for existences below the immortal level, they cannot distinguish the difference in combat power between fake immortals and true immortals. Anyway, they can all be killed instantly.

So, the terror of true immortals is actually far above that of fake immortals?

"Hmm... something's not right."

At this time, one of the fake immortals observed Ji Xiang and felt something was wrong in an instant.

It's the realm!

Although he has the power of an immortal, his realm is too low! Is it just the Golden Elixir realm!

Just the body of an earth immortal?

"I understand!"

The fake immortal suddenly took out an immortal artifact, and at this time Ji Xiang's second strike had already arrived in front of him!

With one strike, the sky and mountains were shattered again!

The power of the Ōdachi is fierce and unparalleled, without any fancy additional abilities. The only move of this artifact is an extremely powerful slash!

The immortal artifact in the fake immortal's hand let out a wail, and behind him, another group of survivors who had just survived were turned to ashes by this second slash!

"I understand! I understand!"

The fake immortal spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura was disordered for three moments, and the other fake immortal also took out an artifact, these were all things given to them by Emperor Jinmu!

This time it was a war of the whole country, so unimportant immortal artifacts should of course be used accordingly! Considering capturing and killing experts of the immortal level, it was necessary to use immortal artifacts!

"What do you understand?"

The second fake immortal asked the first fake immortal. Although the latter was bleeding from his nostrils, he became excited and shouted loudly and excitedly:

"He is bound to die! Don't be afraid! He is not a true immortal!"

"His physical body is only at the level of an earth immortal, but his cultivation has the level of a true immortal, this is obviously...."

"He is a crippled immortal!"

The fake immortal raised the treasure in his hand, and Ji Xiang's eyes narrowed, seeing that what he was holding was a glittering gold seal. The gold seal withstood a strike from the Ōdachi without any damage at all, and the rolling golden light it emitted was like wind and thunder, entwining around the fake immortal!

On that gold seal was written - King of Na gold seal!

Bestowed by Emperor Guangwu!