Quinn Shepherd's Open the Calamity Sword collided head-on with the Ninefold Phoenix Perches on Phoenixwood. The power of both great divine arts was nearly equal—until Quinn's sword-light pierced straight through the phoenix, and the Open the Calamity Sword erupted inside it. Eight thousand micro-swords surged forth, dissecting and battling against the countless divine arts woven within the phoenix's body.
Just then, the Phoenixwood tree crashed down, its branches whipping through the air in radiant arcs. The impact drained the last reserves of Open the Calamity Sword's power.
Quinn Shepherd retreated, drawing his sword as the Overlord Three-Core Art surged within him. Eight dragon roars echoed through his body—the Ancestral Dragon Eight Tones vibrating with Adhesive, Killing, Seizing, Capturing, Guiding, Spiraling, Hammering, and Smelting. In that instant, his withered blood blazed back to life, surging with unstoppable force!
Inside Quinn, his Divine Treasuries suddenly reversed—the godly Divine Treasuries transformed into Demon-Path Divine Treasuries. Spirit Embryo, Five Luminaries, Six Directions, Seven Stars—all flipped in a heartbeat, with the godly treasuries below and the demonic ones above!
His Primordial Spirit, forged from the union of Spirit Embryo and soul, descended into the Demon-Path Spirit Embryo Treasury, standing firm atop the demon earth—the Six Directions continent formed from his Demon-Path Spirit Platform!
Above, the sky burned with demon sun and demon moon, while the Five Luminaries Demon Gods stood guard in the palaces of the five demon stars.
The moment Quinn drew back his sword, he struck again—a second thrust, once more unleashing the first form of the Sword of Calamity: Open the Calamity Sword!
The spherical burst of radiance from their earlier clash expanded again within the valley, this time shot through with black sword-light. Jet-black beams erupted from the center, instantly corrupting the orb of light.
Both fighters’ divine arts were nearly wiped out. The unleashed power from the orb’s radiance hadn’t fully exploded yet, but every tree in the valley had already toppled, falling outward from the orb’s center.
Boulders floated into the air, then shot away in all directions at staggering speed.
Within the blinding light, Quinn retreated, sword drawn once more. Young Master Cyrus Qi stepped forward, hands clasped—phoenix nest bursting from the Phoenixwood tree, launching volleys of golden straw and Phoenixwood branches straight at Quinn.
Quinn flicked his sword, merging all eight thousand blades into one—the Worryless Sword. Its gleaming light met the incoming golden straw and Phoenixwood branches head-on.
Dao-rhyme shimmered around him. In Quinn's hand, the sword danced like evolving numerical symbols, shifting and transforming with every motion.
Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter.
The Dao nourishes all under heaven and earth; all arts return to one!
Even the Old Dao Lord never fully mastered the Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter—he forged only half a form. Yet even that unfinished half was already Everpeace’s peerless sword scripture.
The Old Dao Lord wasn’t lacking in talent or insight; the problem was that the Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter relies on the numerological changes of all things in heaven and earth. If the math is wrong, the sword art cannot be completed.
But Everpeace’s sun, moon, and stars are all artificial, riddled with tiny errors in the Grand Celestial Astromancy. Trying to master the Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter with flawed calculations meant true comprehension was impossible.
Quinn had also studied the Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter. His mastery of numerology was already profound, but what let him grasp the art so easily wasn’t superior talent—it was access to the 350,000-year-old star map and the star array guarding the God-Slaying Headsman’s Blade.
With that knowledge, he could break the Grand Celestial Astromancy’s killing array—and unlock the true mysteries of the Fourteenth Dao Sword Chapter.