Eternal Reverence

"Sword Emperor?"

On a 100,000 feet cliff, there was a purple bamboo forest. There was a purple-clothed middle-aged man whose back was facing the purple bamboo forest and was watching as the clouds surged in the horizon.

Purple Bamboo Great Emperor, Purple Bamboo Sect Patriarch.

Just like Li Fuchen, the Purple Bamboo Great Emperor was a sword dao great emperor. His Purple Bamboo Sword Art was extremely mystical. Back when he fought with the Flying Corpse Emperor, he didn't use his artifact sword. He merely used a bamboo sword to fight, otherwise, he would have injured the Flying Corpse Emperor in a few dozen moves. If they fought for an entire day, even if he couldn't kill the Flying Corpse Emperor, he would have been able to severely injure the Flying Corpse Emperor.

"The greenwood sword dao emphasizes vitality and mental cultivation, it is sharp yet reserved. It will only burst out at the most crucial moment. But the Iron Sword Great Emperor is different from me. He will not tolerate anyone who obtains the title of a Sword Emperor." The Purple Bamboo Great Emperor shook his head and let out a bitter smile.

The top three great emperors that were publicly known in the Heaven Pillar Continent would be the Heaven Pillar Great Emperor, Skull Great Emperor, and the Iron Sword Great Emperor.

The Iron Sword Great Emperor's attack power was actually close to the Heaven Pillar Great Emperor, but his other aspects were inferior.

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There was a precipitous mountain that stabbed straight into the clouds and there was a stalwart figure standing there.

"If the Heaven Fire Doyen approves him as a Sword Emperor, I wonder how formidable he is."

The Iron Sword Great Emperor didn't think that Li Fuchen would be weak and might be stronger than him.

However, to become Sword Emperor, not only strength was required, unparalleled sword dao was also required.

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"Interesting. The Heaven Fire Doyen might be old, but I don't think he is so old to be muddleheaded. If there is an opportunity, I should pay a visit to this Sword Emperor and see exactly who he is."

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"Sword Emperor? Hurhur, isn't he afraid the wind might sprain his tongue?"

(TL note: Meaning that the person is wearing a hat too big for his head)

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During this period of time, the various great emperors and some peak level emperors of the Heaven Pillar Continent started to pay attention to Li Fuchen, the Sword Emperor.

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"It seems like I still overestimated myself. It doesn't seem to be that easy to condense the void dao heart."

After a few days, Li Fuchen temporarily gave up on condensing the void dao heart.

His void law comprehension might not be low, but all of the void law was comprehended from the Joint-Heaven Sword, therefore, it lost some of the personal understanding.

Li Fuchen felt that if he really wanted to condense the void dao heart, he would need his own comprehension. The void dao sword arts in the Joint-Heaven Sword could only be used for reference.

In the depths of the Joint-Heaven Sword, the Sword Spirit nodded silently.

He actually wanted to tell Li Fuchen that it was impossible to condense the void dao heart by relying on void dao sword arts, but he didn't.

He wanted Li Fuchen to detect it himself. This way, Li Fuchen wouldn't have to way too many strayed paths in the future.

Next up, Li Fuchen placed his effort on the other sword moves.

After spending an entire month, Li Fuchen finally upgraded the Sky Ring Sword Armor to the heaven class high-tier.

As a defensive sword move, the Sky Ring Sword Armor was much more effective for Li Fuchen than other sword moves.

After all, in terms of offensive sword moves, he already had the Meteor Sword Art and Void Heaven Sword Art.

"Sword Emperor, these are the only three, 7-star spiritual awareness secret techniques that my Heaven Fire Guild possesses."

On this day, the Heaven Fire Doyen visited again and brought along three, 7-star spiritual awareness secret techniques.

Spiritual awareness secret techniques were extremely precious no matter in which faction.

However, 7-star spiritual awareness secret techniques were basically at the pinnacle. Only a rare few factions possessed 8-star spiritual awareness secret techniques. In the Heaven Pillar Continent, only the Specter Great Emperor's Specter Sect possessed an 8-star spiritual awareness secret technique.

Li Fuchen didn't wish to waste his spiritual awareness talent and was planning to use the 7-star spiritual awareness secret techniques as a base to create his own unique 8-star spiritual awareness secret technique.

He believed that once he created an 8-star spiritual awareness secret technique, even a great emperor or a half-saint wouldn't be able to resist it.

However, three, 7-star spiritual awareness secret techniques were too little and Li Fuchen didn't know if he could create an 8-star spiritual awareness secret technique from them.

"Many thanks to the Heaven Fire Guild Master. I, Li Fuchen, owe you a favor."

Li Fuchen used a favor as compensation.

"The Sword Emperor doesn't have to be so courteous." The Heaven Fire Doyen was beaming. This favor was more important than anything else.

Li Fuchen was only at the low-levels of Law Phase Realm and already had such strength. Who knew what kind of strength he would possess in the future?

"Heaven Fire Doyen, is this the Sword Emperor that you approved personally?" In the void, there was a resounding voice that echoed.

"Iron Sword Great Emperor." The Heaven Fire Doyen looked towards the void and had a grave expression.

The Iron Sword Great Emperor was the great emperor that was most fond of battle on the Heaven Pillar Continent. His strength might not be the best and wouldn't even be considered no.2, after all, the Skull Great Emperor had the White Bone Saint Crown. However, in the opinion of the Heaven Fire Doyen, the Iron Sword Great Emperor had the best combat skills.

A figure walked out from the void.

It was a middle-aged man wearing an iron crown and carrying an iron sword. The face was shaven and gave off an iron-blooded and merciless feeling.

"Are you the Sword Emperor?" The Iron Sword Great Emperor looked at Li Fuchen.

"Yes." Li Fuchen didn't have to deny.

"Sword Emperor means to be the emperor among swords. I wonder if you are capable enough to take on this title?" The Iron Sword Great Emperor sized up Li Fuchen carefully and wanted to see if he could see through Li Fuchen's pretense.

A sword dao great emperor was a great emperor that cultivated the sword dao and it referred to their sword dao strength.

But a Sword Emperor was different, it meant to be an emperor among swordsmen and held utmost respect among swordsmen.

Li Fuchen said, "Why not? If you want it, you can take it."

The Iron Sword Great Emperor looked intently at Li Fuchen. From Li Fuchen's tone, the Iron Sword Great Emperor could feel an indescribable resolution. He had a vague feeling as to why the Heaven Fire Doyen would place the title of Sword Emperor on Li Fuchen.

"The Sword Emperor doesn't just have to possess great strength. Most importantly, the sword dao proficiency must be good enough. If you can defeat me in terms of sword dao proficiency, the title of Sword Emperor shall belong to you." The Iron Sword Great Emperor proposed.

"I wonder how do you wish to compete in terms of sword dao proficiency?" Li Fuchen asked.

"Very simple, you and me will fight with sword arts. If any of us lose by one move, it shall be considered a loss."

"Alright."

Li Fuchen understood what the Iron Sword Great Emperor meant. The latter meant that once any of them got struck by a sword move, it would be a loss, even if there wasn't any injury.

"This place is too small, we shall compete in the skies." The Iron Sword Great Emperor rushed into the sky and through the clouds.

Li Fuchen followed closely.

Immediately after, the Heaven Fire Doyen, Yan Qingwu, Yang Deng, and Yang Long had also followed along.

A battle between two absolute swordsmen would certainly be intense and exciting.

Clank Clink Clank…

When everyone followed up, the duo had already started the battle.

Neither of them were executing sword arts, but the power was already comparable with heaven class high-tier sword arts.

The both of them cultivated heaven class mid-tier cultivation techniques, therefore, an ordinary move from them would already have the power of heaven class mid-tier martial arts.

"Disable Sword Style!"

The Iron Sword Great Emperor slashed with stern sword qi and attacked at Li Fuchen's major acupoints and vital points.

Li Fuchen used his sword to draw a circle and created a layer of sword light to protect himself.

"Disease Sword Style!"

The Iron Sword Great Emperor didn't let up and attacked with sword slashes that were like a rainstorm. The attacks poured down at Li Fuchen and was determined to break Li Fuchen's Sky Ring Sword Armor.

However, if the Sky Ring Sword Armor was that easy to break, it wouldn't have its name.

"Void Reality."

Once the Iron Sword Great Emperor's attack was over, Li Fuchen attacked with Void Reality.

"Circle Sword Style!"

Sensing that Li Fuchen's sword move was hard to handle, the Iron Sword Great Emperor changed his style from offense to defense. Just like Li Fuchen, he drew a circle and used sword light to protect himself.

There was a need to mention that the duo were competing in fair conditions because they were both wielding heaven class low-tier artifact swords. Otherwise, the Iron Sword Great Emperor's defensive sword move wouldn't have been able to defend against Li Fuchen's sword art.

"Blade of Void."

Immediately after Void Reality, Blade of Void was executed.

Pfff!

The sword light was ripped apart and the Iron Sword Great Emperor was about to get defeated.

"Body Sword Style!"

The Iron Sword Great Emperor burst out with a yell and his entire body turned into a sword light to scatter the translucent blade.

The Body Sword Style was a sword move that was using the Union of Man and Sword.

"Meteor Fall!"

Li Fuchen had also turned into a sword light and attacked the Iron Sword Great Emperor.

Clang Clang Clang…

Everyone could only see two sword lights crisscrossing and everytime the sword lights clashed, there would be huge sparks. The boundless sword intents were like a hurricane and extended in all directions.

"The Iron Sword Great Emperor is stronger than before!" The Heaven Fire Doyen exclaimed.

"Iron Sword Great Emperor, if this is all you are capable of, it is impossible for you to defeat me."

As of now, Li Fuchen was still carefree.

The main reason was due to the sword heart, allowing him to control his sword dao law perfectly.

If it was the same heaven class high-tier sword dao law, his sword dao law would be at least three times stronger than others.

Of course, Li Fuchen's disadvantage was in his cultivation, otherwise, the Iron Sword Great Emperor wouldn't even be qualified for Li Fuchen to be serious.

"Li Fuchen, receive my strongest sword move, Tyrant Sword Style!"

The Iron Sword Great Emperor withdrew from the Union of Man and Sword. He wielded the silver-colored iron sword and flew up the sky before slashing down.

This was a shocking and dreadful slash.

When the slash was executed, there was a sword screen that looked as though it split the world, splitting the yin and yang.

Everyone who stood at the side felt as though they were in another world and felt as though they were so far away from the duo that it was impossible to make contact.

"He actually made contact with the level of the sword world?" The Heaven Fire Doyen was shocked.

The sword world was the legendary sword dao proficiency level.

One the sword move was executed, a world would be formed. This world was none other than the sword dao world.

The Iron Sword Great Emperor naturally didn't reach the level of the sword world, but just by making contact was already enough to shock the world.

The Heaven Fire Doyen only knew of the sword world through an ancient text.

"Tyrant Sword Style? Great move indeed. Just in time."

Li Fuchen admitted that his path towards the sword world was inferior to the Iron Sword Great Emperor.

After all, the Iron Sword Great Emperor had been cultivating for hundreds to a thousand year.

But the sword dao wasn't just limited to the sword world.

In Li Fuchen's eyes, the Iron Sword Great Emperor's move still had a flaw.

Creak!

The void was like a piece of glass that shattered.

Pfff Pfff Pfff Pfff…

Countless void shards were shot at the Iron Sword Great Emperor.

When the Iron Sword Great Emperor executed the Tyrant Sword Style, he had already used all of his sword prowess and didn't have time to put up a perfect defense. His shoulder was grazed by one of the void shards.

"You lost."

Li Fuchen stood there perfectly fine and said indifferently.

The Iron Sword Great Emperor's Tyrant Sword Style might be formidable, but it wasn't flawless and had plenty of weak points. To others, these little weak points weren't considered weak points, but in the eyes of Li Fuchen, they were flaws and he could make use of them.

"Yes, you won, I am not a match for you." The Iron Sword Great Emperor took a deep breath.

He clearly knew what it meant when Li Fuchen broke his sword move.

It meant there was a giant chasm between the two of them.

If Li Fuchen was simply superior in terms of sword dao proficiency, it was impossible to break this move.

"Iron Sword Great Emperor, why don't we all sit down for some tea. We can also converse about sword dao too right?" The Heaven Fire Doyen smiled and said.

The Heaven Fire Doyen originally thought the Iron Sword Great Emperor would refuse, but the latter actually accepted.

After reaching their level, it was truly too difficult to improve further. It was really hard to find a person who was superior in sword dao proficiency, therefore, the Iron Sword Great Emperor wished to converse more and might have new comprehension.