Chapter 47: The Appearance of the Eight Directions Sword

At the pole, a brilliant white light suddenly flashed and vanished instantly, after which a jade-like long sword appeared in midair.
The Eight Directions Sword!
On the sword were two words that caught everyone’s attention: Northwest.
“What? It should be the seventh sword—shouldn’t it say ‘West’?”
“Could it be that the seventh Eight Directions Sword has already appeared elsewhere?”
“How could it be the eighth sword? Then either Cliff of the Holding Moon or Nine Palaces Island will not be able to possess it.”
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With the appearance of the Eight Directions Sword, the members of the five sects immediately had countless thoughts.
“The Eight Directions Sword has appeared—hurry up and seize it!” Li Heng from Cangyang Valley shouted.
Only then did everyone recover from their shock and immediately fly toward the sword floating in the air to fight over it.
In an instant, the Eight Directions Sword leaped away, disappearing as if by teleportation. At the pole, inside the cave where the white light had flashed, the aura of the sword could still be felt.
Li Zhen from Cangyang Valley, Liang Jue from Taiyuan Gate, Shuo Jin from Jinjiang Sect, Xiao Yue Cang Lang from Cliff of the Holding Moon, and Huang Gu Bing E from Nine Palaces Island—all five of them arrived at the edge of the ten-mile-wide pole cave but suddenly dared not enter.
Inside the cave, spiritual perception was completely blocked; they could only see the sword flying around and the bright white light. It was too strange, and even the five leaders did not dare risk entering.
Meanwhile, the rest of the members from the five sects had already started fighting. Li Heng, Yin Mian Xiao Tian Quan, Shuo Bai, and Lan Long, upon seeing the five leaders chase after the sword, suddenly turned their attention to Liang Qu from Taiyuan Gate and the three elders in the early fusion stage.
This was a plan arranged by Qu Yi—to first have these five people he controlled leave the scene of the struggle before making a decisive move at the end.
As expected, as soon as Li Heng, Yin Mian Xiao Tian Quan, Shuo Bai, and Lan Long attacked, the four from Taiyuan Gate stopped immediately and fought back. Li Heng launched earth-based spells while the others used metal-based spells. After a few exchanges, Liang Qu pretended to be overwhelmed and kept retreating.
Yin Mian Xiao Tian Quan, Shuo Bai, and Lan Long also pressured the three from Taiyuan Gate. Seeing these four attacking the Taiyuan Gate members, the others from Cangyang Valley, Jinjiang Sect, Cliff of the Holding Moon, and Nine Palaces Island, who were also in the early fusion stage, joined forces and immediately surrounded the four from Taiyuan Gate.

“Three junior brothers, we’re in the minority. Let’s retreat into the spatial rift area and see if they still dare to use numbers to overwhelm us,” Li Heng suddenly said.
Sure enough, his shout alerted the three people from the Taiyuan Sect. They immediately followed Li Heng into the spatial rift area, their faces twisted in cold mockery at the members of the other four sects.
Li Heng, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, Shuo Bai, and Blue Dragon exchanged glances before also taking off in pursuit.
“Elders, I’ll go after the people from the Taiyuan Sect. You go help Leader Li Zhen.”
“Brothers of the Coiling Snake Sect, leave the Taiyuan Sect members to us. You go help Leader Xiao Yue.”
“Four elders, I’ll deal with the Taiyuan Sect members. You go help Leader Shuo Jin.”
“Brothers of the Blood Python Sect, I’ll handle the Taiyuan Sect members. You go help Leader Ice Crocodile.”
As the four of them flew toward the spatial rift area, they immediately used their spiritual senses to communicate, preventing others from following them in.
Sure enough, upon hearing their messages, the others stopped immediately and flew to the Polar Cave, standing behind their respective leaders.
Li Heng, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, Shuo Bai, and Blue Dragon entered the spatial rift area and continued chasing after the four from the Taiyuan Sect.
“Don’t move around randomly. In this spatial rift area, casting spells could easily trigger more rifts, and everyone will die then,” cried one of the early-stage Consolidation-level elders from the Taiyuan Sect in panic.
Although what he said was true, Li Heng, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, Shuo Bai, and Blue Dragon weren’t worried at all. After entering the spatial rift area, they immediately activated “Flow with the Tides,” syncing their bodies with the energy turbulence. Even if rifts appeared, they would be aware in advance and able to dodge them quickly.
The four of them quickly closed in on the four from the Taiyuan Sect, their killing intent evident.
Liang Qu led the three elders and retreated rapidly into the spatial rift area.
Click!
Suddenly, a spatial rift appeared beside the four from the Taiyuan Sect. The three early-stage Consolidation-level elders were instantly swallowed by the rift, while Liang Qu had already flown away, his face filled with sorrow.
It turned out this was all planned by Qu Yi—he had his five controlled men leave the battlefield first. In the spatial rift area, Liang Qu was to take the three disciples to where rifts were about to appear, then use those rifts to kill them.
After entering the spatial rift area, Liang Qu also immediately activated “Flow with the Tides,” allowing him to understand the energy turbulence and predict when rifts would appear.

Li Heng, Silver-Faced Howling Dog, Shuo Bai, Blue Dragon, and Liang Qu immediately flew together and then vanished, pulled into the Inch Realm Ball by Qu Yi.
“Hehe, you five did well. Now, the people from your five factions think you died in the spatial rift area. Now we can watch the battle easily,” Qu Yi said with a smile after seeing them enter.
Except for Liang Qu, Li Heng, Silver-Faced Howling Dog, and Shuo Bai also smiled in return.
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At this moment, in the Polar Cave, there were even fewer people from the five factions.
Cangyang Valley: Li Zhen, Yang Di, and five elders in the early stage of fusion.
Jinyang Sect: Shuo Jin and four elders in the early stage of fusion.
Xianyue Cliff: Howling Moon Gray Wolf and five Sky-Coiling Snakes.
Jiugong Island: Ancient Ice Crocodile and five Sea-Devouring Blood Pythons.
Taiyuan Gate: Only Liang Jue.
Undoubtedly, judging from the situation, Cangyang Valley and Jinyang Sect, together as two magic-cultivating factions, had twelve members. Xianyue Cliff and Jiugong Island, as two demon-cultivating factions, also had twelve demon beasts. Meanwhile, Taiyuan Gate had only one person, clearly at a disadvantage.
However, neither the magic-cultivating nor the demon-cultivating factions dared to underestimate Li Zhen—the strongest among the ten major sects must surely have a powerful trump card.
The Eight Directions Sword was right in the cave, visible to everyone, but no one dared to enter.
“Everyone, the Eight Directions Sword is right in front of us. Shall we go in and fight for it?” Li Zhen suddenly asked with a smile.
Howling Moon Gray Wolf immediately sneered, “Li Zhen, if you want to go in alone, go ahead. We won’t stop you.”
Li Zhen could only smile and say nothing more.
Just by the fact that his spiritual awareness couldn’t even penetrate this cave, it was clear there must be a powerful formation inside. Whoever entered would be unlucky.
“Everyone, we’ve all come here to obtain the Eight Directions Sword. Although we’re rivals, as you can see, none of us alone can enter this cave. So I propose that we all reveal our trump cards and attack the cave together to destroy its formation. After that, we can fight for the sword based on our own abilities,” Liang Jue from Taiyuan Gate said after a long silence.
The people from the other four factions looked at Liang Jue in surprise, then pondered for a while before agreeing.
“I have a World-Destroying Golden Talisman. When activated, it has the power of mid-stage tribulation,” Liang Jue said first, revealing his trump card: a golden spiritual talisman.

“The trump card I brought is also a spirit talisman—the Golden Dragon Star Devouring Talisman, with the power of mid-stage tribulation.” Li Zhen smiled as he took out a yellow spirit talisman.
“The Nine Yin Heaven Devouring Talisman, with the power of mid-stage tribulation,” said the Ancient Ice Crocodile in a brief reply.
“At Cliff of the Holding Moon, we have another spirit talisman—the Star-Shaking Earth-Trembling Talisman, also with the power of mid-stage tribulation,” said the Howling Moon Wolf with a smile.
“What a coincidence! Our Golden Central Sect has brought a spirit talisman as well—the Golden Swan Spreading Across the Fields Talisman, also with the power of mid-stage tribulation,” said Shuo Jin with a faint smile.
The five major sects and their five leaders all took out spirit talismans at the same time, all with equal power.
As for their claim that these were their trump cards, they surely didn’t believe each other. Yet, everyone remained calm. With these five spirit talismans, there was still a chance to break through the formation in the underground cave, or at least gain some insight into its interior.
Just as the five leaders took out their spirit talismans, the tidal mist in the galaxy where White Yin Star was located began to form slowly.
In the vast starry sky, the sound of tides could be heard, and a faint white mist spread across countless planets, continuously appearing.
Soon, these white mists flowed together, gradually gathering into a dense mass, emitting colorful lights from time to time, filled with a mysterious aura.
The tidal mist had fully formed.
Naturally, people on various cultivation planets immediately began observing the direction in which the tidal mist was drifting across the starry sky.
No matter whether it was a desert planet or a populated planet, the direction the tidal mist moved in would devour all kinds of energy within them, turning these planets into doomed worlds. After some time, these doomed planets would disintegrate into meteoric dust in the starry sky.
Soon, people on various planets deduced the planets that the tidal mist was about to reach based on its direction of movement.
White Yin Star happened to be on the path the tidal mist would take.
Immediately, the leaders of the Five Sects—Cangyang Valley, Taiyuan Gate, Cliff of the Holding Moon, Golden Central Sect, and Jiugong Island—used communication tablets to inform the five leaders about the tidal mist.
Li Zhen, Liang Jue, the Howling Moon Wolf, Shuo Jin, and the Ancient Ice Crocodile, who had just taken out their spirit talismans and were about to use them to throw them into the Polar Cave, simultaneously sensed a message arriving via their communication tablets.
Quickly, the five of them sent their spiritual awareness into the communication tablets.
“The tidal mist will pass by White Yin Star, obtain the Eight Directions Sword, and then set up a spatial teleportation array to head to Tian Gui Star.”

All five of them received this message through their communication tokens, which also included the spatial coordinates of the Tian Gui Star space teleportation array. Naturally, these five leaders had space teleportation arrays in their space rings. Their original plan was to set up such arrays as soon as they obtained the Eight Directions Sword, in order to return to Yingxian Island or Jiemo Island on Baiyin Star. But now, they could only teleport to other planets. “Everyone, let’s act now,” Li Zhen called out calmly. The other four leaders nodded immediately. Since the Tidal Mist was approaching, they had to seize every moment. After getting the Eight Directions Sword, they would leave Baiyin Star right away.