Chapter 195: Ever-Shifting Fate

Time flowed on, days racing by like white steeds across a chasm—blink and they were gone.

Just like that, over four months had passed since Gu Qingxiao set out for Heavenly Martial Sacred Land to find Nangong Lin.

During this time, storms swept across the Upper Sword Qi Continent, one jaw-dropping event after another shaking not just the continent, but the countless worlds beyond.

So many transformations came in a tidal wave—the Upper Sword Qi Continent expanded hundreds of times over and, in the end, earned a new name: God Realm.

Here’s what happened in those brief four months:

The First Major Event: The Rise of a Prodigy!

A dazzling new star shot across the sky, a radiant pearl tearing through the heavens and lighting up the entire Upper Sword Qi Continent.

His name was Tang San—a nobody, at least at first.

But within just three months, through otherworldly talent and a once-in-a-lifetime physique, he transformed from an ordinary mortal into a formidable Third Layer Sword Saint.

In those three months, he left a trail of awe-inspiring achievements that had everyone talking.

On his very first entry to the Heavenly Martial Sacred Land’s Outer Sect, a small dispute with Wang Gou led Tang San to agree to a life-and-death duel on the arena.

Back then, Tang San was only in the First Layer of the Sword King Realm, while Wang Gou was already a solid Sixth Layer Sword King.

No one in their right mind thought Tang San had even a sliver of a chance. They all said he was just chasing dreams.

Yet, despite the overwhelming difference, Tang San refused to back down. He staked his life, fighting with reckless abandon.

By putting everything on the line and using a desperate, self-sacrificing strategy, he somehow leapt five realms and managed to slay Wang Gou on the spot.

During his very first month of cultivation, he reached the First Layer of the Sword Emperor Realm, and in the Outer Sect competition, simply crushed everyone else to seize first place.

After just two months of training, his monstrous gift let him leap straight to the Fifth Layer of the Sword Emperor Realm.

Soon after, the Cloud Sea Secret Realm opened.

Naturally, Tang San was chosen to lead the team—he took the Outer Sect disciples inside for the trial.

There, he found a divine medicine by chance, which led the other Outer Sect disciples from the Eight Sacred Lands to band together against him.

Even so, with the strength of a Fifth Layer Sword Emperor, he slaughtered all three hundred and sixty-five other Sword Emperor disciples—no one left standing.

He created a legend of the undefeated, becoming the undisputed number one among Sword Emperors.

Later, he led his original seven companions to compete in the Sacred Land Tournament among all nine Sacred Lands.

In the singles arena, his unstoppable might rewrote the impossible—against one hundred opponents, he alone seized the crown.

With that, Tang San brought unrivaled glory to Heavenly Martial Sacred Land.

And after that…

He broke through to the Third Layer Sword Saint Realm, setting a record for reaching that level in the shortest time ever.

He became the undisputed Senior Brother of the Outer Sect, honored as its brightest star.

It wasn’t just him—his companions, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar and Ma Hongjun, all made their own mark.

Each one became a prodigy among the Outer Sect, pillars no one wanted to lose.

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The Second Major Event: The Birth of New Gods!

In just a month, Gu Qingxiao advanced from Eighth to Ninth Layer Sword Saint.

At the same time, Nangong Lin jumped from Third to Ninth Layer Sword Saint after a month of training.

What came next was even more astonishing—

Together, they set foot on the Divine Path.

The Divine Path’s opening was like a blessing from the heavens; everyone looked on, awaiting the birth of two future gods.

Under countless eyes, the two of them completed the entire Divine Path trial and returned unharmed in less than a single day.

When the violet Divine Disc appeared behind Gu Qingxiao and the green Divine Disc behind Nangong Lin,

It was the world’s announcement—new gods had arrived!

Together, they shattered the record for the Divine Path trial’s fastest completion,

Standing as undisputed number ones in the Upper Sword Qi Continent and the Sword God Domain.

The two of them became the 107th and 108th new Sword Gods across the Sword Qi Continent and Sword God Domain.

They both set out upon the path of immortality.

Their legendary record for the Divine Path will be immortalized in time itself.

The legend of these two will echo for all eternity.

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The Third Major Event: The Birth of the God Realm!

Month three arrived, bringing peace to the Upper Sword Qi Continent and Sword God Domain.

But on that day, the Desolation Fiend, wounded and on the run, finished months of recuperation and began rallying thirty-six billion aliens within the Cosmic Void.

The plan was wholesale destruction, an all-out assault against the Upper Sword Qi Continent, Sword God Domain and the worlds surrounding them—mankind would be wiped from the cradle.

If they succeeded, the entire Cosmic Void would become the aliens’ dominion.

Doom swept in fast. Some of the weaker little worlds didn’t even manage a heartbeat of struggle—the alien force was just too strong.

People, things, continents themselves—everything vanished with barely a trace, swallowed by the river of time.

Those once-glorious worlds became history, gone from the stage forever.

The rest of the small worlds quickly responded, combining their World Origin and the collective strength of their people to force an ascension.

All of them merged into the Sword Qi Continent at once. Instantly, the continent’s landmass ballooned a hundredfold and the name was finally changed to: God Realm.

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The Fourth Major Event: On the Brink of Survival!

Even while all those worlds forcibly merged into the God Realm, the aliens’ attacks only grew fiercer.

In the God Realm and the Sword God Domain, all one hundred and six Sword Gods fought with their lives against the alien invaders—everyone except Gu Ran and Shen Yue, both sealed in deep cultivation.

The powers on each side were evenly matched. Both suffered terrible casualties. Sixty billion aliens fell before they managed to kill fifty of humanity’s Sword Gods.

But the aliens knew that once Sword Gods reached this level, they’d become truly undying.

So a brutal plan was hatched—they’d use a suicidal forbidden technique, tying each Sword God’s fate to their own.

With that, the Sword Gods’ immortality would be broken—once linked in fate, they could be ended for good.

They unleashed the forbidden technique: Shared Life and Death.

Once locked by this spell, any being’s life became bound to the caster’s.

If one flourished, so did the other; with one’s demise, both would perish.

After activating Shared Life and Death, the aliens began to kill themselves.

The fifty Sword Gods caught by the spell had no way out—their end came swiftly and utterly.

In a blink, humanity’s strongest dropped sharply. The God Realm and Sword God Domain were thrown into chaos.

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The Fifth Major Event: The Radiant Sword God!

When everything faced the void, radiance was the very first light.

Just as humanity teetered on the brink of oblivion in the Cosmic Void and the river of time…

Gu Qingyi appeared!

He shone like that first ray of light, brilliant and sudden, stepping into the gaze of all living things.

With the Skydome Sword in his hand, the Extinction Sword, Peerless Sword, Emerald Sword, and Radiant Sword hovering by his side.

After ascending beyond the Sword God Realm, each cultivation realm gave birth to its own companion sword.

With a lifting of his hand, Gu Qingyi summoned the Radiant Sword, erasing two hundred billion aliens in a single instant.

He rescued everyone who remained in the God Realm and Sword God Domain.

Alone, armed with five swords, he wiped out all three hundred and sixty billion invading aliens within a single, effortless breath.

With another casual swing, he split the entire Cosmic Void, forging an unbreachable gulf between the God Domain, Sword God Domain, and the universe itself.

The aliens were banished to the far side forever.

Except for thirty million surviving fiends, all other alien races were driven into extinction.

At last, Gu Qingyi became the first Radiant Sword God in both the God Realm and Sword God Domain.

He forged an undefeated legend—one that others could only dream of ever surpassing.