Floating Immortal Order

Chapter 233: Yao Punishing Four Swords, Exterminate!?

TL: “Demon Punishing Array Diagram” will henceforth be known as “Yao Punishing Array Diagram”. I have also gone back to change it accordingly. In this novel, the word 妖 ‘yao’ is associated with both the demon race (妖族) and monster race (妖物), and is used to describe both of their qi and abilities; what I have been translating as “monster qi” and “demonic qi” are actually the same Chinese characters in this novel: 妖气: which I felt was a necessary distinction to make.

In mythology, a is a type of creature/demon/monster, which is born from anomalies in the qi that pervades the material world, or due to human activity that disrupts natural order. This concept exists in both Chinese and Japanese folklore, and in this novel, it has appeared many times in the form of some material object gaining spiritual awareness after many years of existence. Thus far, the author hadn’t clarified on this point, but I decided to change it now since the English translation, “Demon Punishing Array Diagram” doesn’t make much sense anymore given the status of the demon race in this novel.

In the end, Azure Night Lord was unwilling to abandon this ancestral estate. Now that he had learned of the true state of affairs, it was already too late for him to leave.

Profound light rotated around him, and surprisingly, a Divine Core stage aura erupted from his body!

At that moment, Azure Night Lord made a daring, bold choice. In order to give all of the human rogue cultivators on the island enough time to flee, he didn’t hesitate to ignite his own lifeforce in exchange for a brief moment of Divine Core stage power!

If he really was able to exert control over this Divine Core stage power, he would be able to slaughter a path through all of these monsters without facing the least bit of resistance, even if there were some half-step Monster Core stage Monster Generals among them.

“Your excellency!”

“Azure Night Lord!”

“Your excellency, don’t do this!!”

“Let’s put our lives on the line and charge at them all at once!” 𝚋𝚎𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕.𝚗𝚎𝚝

Countless sorrowful cries suddenly began to ring out from Azure Night Island, breaking its tranquil atmosphere. Hundreds of Sea of Qi stage and Dao Foundation stage rogue cultivators rushed out of the island, expressions filled with grief and indignation.

Someone bellowed out, “There are only around a dozen transformed Monster Generals here! They won’t stand a chance against us! Let us join hands and slaughter them where they stand!!”

The aura surging from Azure Night Lord became even more fierce as he turned around and roared, “NO! The nearby waters have already completely been taken over by Quicksand Paradise. There is definitely a Great Monster General headed this way at this very moment! Hurry up and run away, before the Great Monster General appears! I will stay behind and slaughter these small fries, then hold the Great Monster General back. Don’t waste anymore time, RUN!!”

“Azure Night Lord!”

All of the rogue cultivators wore pained expressions. But under Azure Night Lord’s firm gaze, they all began to slowly retreat before dispersing in all directions in an attempt to escape from the entrapped Azure Night Island.

The beautiful woman in the white armor sneered coldly. “A bunch of rancid small fries like you don’t even warrant the presence of a Great Monster General!”

Having ignited his lifeforce, Azure Night Lord felt the tyrannically powerful Divine Core stage power surging from his sea of qi. He felt as if all of the vast power of heaven and earth was under his full control, as if he would break through to the Divine Core stage in the next few breaths. Although it was short and fleeting, this was the moment in his life when he was shining the brightest.

Azure Night Lord suddenly glanced down at the weak Monster Generals below him, his expression turning strange. Even if there were twice as many Monster Generals here, he would still be able to slaughter them all with a flip of his palm. And yet… why did they not look scared at all?

A bad feeling rose in his heart. Was the Great Monster General already here?

As he felt terror slowly overcoming him, a streak of watery blue profound light suddenly ripped through the airspace above Azure Night Island!

A deafening roar shook all of Azure Night Island. A suanni spiritual beast appeared, fully 30 meters in height as it treaded upon the clouds. A youth in a white robe was standing there quietly between the horns on its head. A small array diagram floated above his palm, within which were four fiercely incisive sword intents.

“Soul Suppressor Monster General!”

“Respectful greetings, Soul Suppressor Monster General!”

The dozen or so Transformation stage Monster Generals and the hundreds of monsters behind them all bowed, gazes bordering on fanatical veneration present in their eyes.

The white-robed youth didn’t even spare the monsters a glance. He casually tossed out the Yao Punishing Array Diagram, and a moment later, it expanded exponentially, covering all of Azure Night Island!

“What is this?”

“What’s going on?”

“Why can’t we leave the island…?!”

When the human rogue cultivators suddenly saw the borders of the array diagram appear before them, their faces filled with despair.

They were only separated from the peaceful surface of the ocean by a paper-thin sword array barrier, but to them, that barrier was an eternally insurmountable obstacle!

Large snowflakes fluttered down from the skies, filling the air. In contrast with the dancing snowflakes, the youth’s appearance seemed even more fair and handsome.

Profound light revolved in his palm and the four-colored sword lights disappeared. “Yao Punishing Four Swords, exterminate.”

The moment the words left his mouth, sword energy began to sweep up, causing sharp gales to howl!

Four massive sword projections appeared above the island-encompassing Yao Punishing Array Diagram. Countless dazzlingly resplendent sword lights began to blossom forth, commencing an indiscriminate massacre!

Azure Night Lord’s eyes trembled with rage as he watched the sword energy obliterating the rogue cultivators one after the other. He was overcome with bitterness, but there wasn’t anything he could do. He could only turn his gaze, which looked like it could outright kill, toward the white-clothed youth.

Two breaths!

In another two breaths of time, Azure Night Lord could make a full break through to the Divine Core stage!

Even if it meant that he had to risk destroying his soul and being unable to reincarnate, he absolutely had to put this white-clothed Monster General to death!

But at that moment, a small, ornate drum suddenly appeared in front of the white-clothed youth. A terrible apprehension suddenly rose in Azure Night Lord’s heart.

And yet, the more he feared it, the worse it would come to be.

“Profound Resonance Nine Rotations. Third Rotation—Silent Falling Rain.”

Utter silence reigned.

At that moment, Azure Night Lord lost all ability to hear. He looked down at the bloodbath below, watching powerlessly as the sword lights cut down the hundreds of rogue cultivators without giving them any chance to resist. He couldn’t hear their miserable screams or indignant roars anymore. He could only stare as the organization he had worked to build for his entire life was crushed into pieces before his very eyes.

Under the incessant rumbling of the Profound Resonance Drum, Azure Night Lord’s meridians had already been completely ruptured. His vision gradually turned fuzzy… In the end, he hadn’t been able to put the power of the Divine Core stage to use.

Azure Night Lord cast a final glance down at the island below him with a look of heart-wrenching grief. Powerless to put up a fight any longer, Azure Night Lord slowly closed his eyes. In the next moment, he was diced into smithereens by the sword lights that filled the skies.

Within the area encompassed by the Yao Punishing Array Diagram, countless sword lights of four different colors rotated and swept through the air, unleashing utter carnage upon every nook and cranny of the island. A few breaths of time later, the island was still.

“Soul Suppressor Monster General!”

“All praise Soul Suppressor Monster General!!”

The zealous look in the other Monster Generals’ eyes grew more fervent. Many of them directly prostrated themselves before him and kowtowed.

“Clean this place up. Turn in any resources you find and make a record of them,” the white-robed youth commanded. He flicked his sleeves, causing the boundlessly majestic Yao Punishing Diagram encompassing the entire island to shrink down. In the end, it landed lightly in the youth’s palm and was stored away.

“As you command, Soul Suppressor Monster General!”

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“Xue Ling, with how tyrannically powerful Soul Suppressor Monster General is, how do you think he would measure up to a Great Monster General?” a Transformation stage Monster General said to the woman in the white armor, sighing emotionally as he watched the suanni spiritual beast gradually disappear into the horizon in a streak of watery blue light.

Xue Ling seemed to pause blankly. After a moment of thought, she replied, “Soul Suppressor Monster General is a human rogue cultivator. His strength is unfathomable, and even Red Silk Monster General holds him in high regard.”

She didn’t directly answer his question.

“As a human rogue cultivator, how could he be this strong? In my eyes, even the recently promoted Red Silk Monster General might not be Soul Suppressor Monster General’s opponent.”

“You had best watch your words!”