In a world that had fallen into war because of the devils’ invasion, battles raged everywhere. The situation of this world was slightly better than what Revitas world had experienced, as the devils invaded here later after they had already attacked Revitas.

Still, the devils had already occupied forty percent of the world, and they continued advancing slowly. The alliance forces of this world were losing territory, but they were doing a good job slowing the devils’ advance with their strong resistance.

Even with some of their famous and powerful cultivators, they could only defeat a few devil divisions in certain regions, although those places would be lost again in the next battle.

This was the situation this world experienced, at least until the reinforcements from the Revitas world arrived. With their arrival, the burden on this world was greatly reduced.

Moreover, the reinforcements included someone who had recently gained great fame.

In every battle he joined, victory always followed.

He was a young man who carried his sword wherever he went.

Although he looked young, his cultivation had already reached peak pseudo immortal stage. His cultivation was not "special" since the devils also had many cultivators at this level in their ranks.

If the presence of a single peak pseudo immortal stage cultivator could change the war, then they would not have lost so much territory.

However, this young man was different.

His strength was unfathomable. Even though they also had sword cultivators at peak pseudo immortal stage, he stood apart from them. He was simply too powerful to be compared with other cultivators of the same level.

Each swing of his sword claimed the lives of devils, including those whose cultivation matched his own. His sword techniques were deadly and overwhelming. His blade could cut through anything without exception.

The only fate the devils would face once they encountered him was death.

The devils who had heard of his name and fame also tried to kill him through various methods, yet all of them were futile.

Nothing worked on him.

From normal elemental attacks to curses and even necromancy, none of it could harm him.

That man cut through all of them with the power of a sword cultivator.

Many across the world wondered how Revitas world’s troops could brought such a powerful cultivator. Where did he come from? They believed that this man must have originated from outside Revitas.

If Revitas world had possessed someone like him from the beginning, they would never have lost half of their world to the devils.

Initially, only the highest leaders of this world knew the truth. They knew the origin of this man because they had already been informed that Aldrian the Great had visited Revitas world and helped them defeat the devils.

The name Aldrian the Great was mostly known only among the higher ranks of the world, while the majority of people below them knew nothing about him.

The common troops only learned about Aldrian after the reinforcements from the Revitas world arrived, especially the troops from the Gardum Kingdom.

The troops from Gardum Kingdom spread the name Aldrian, telling others that with his presence, Revitas world had been able to eliminate all devils from their world.

It made sense that most people of this world had never heard of Aldrian before. News about him only appeared during the time when the leaders of this world began sending their people to other star clusters to prepare for the worst.

They searched for new places where their people could take refuge.

That was when the leaders first heard the name Aldrian the Great, and now many people across the world had already heard of him.

The young man known as Ling Xiao, the one who had earned the title Divine Sword Saint, was actually a subordinate of Aldrian the Great.

At this moment, he stood on one of the battlefields. This battle was one of the most important ones, because if they succeeded, they would be able to retake a strategic location from the devils.

The battlefield lay within a valley region where the devils had built their base on top of one of the hills.

Normally, battles were divided into separate areas. Cultivators in the Immortal Transition Realm usually fought in the sky.

Emperor stage cultivators were split between the sky and the ground, while the rest fought on the ground. Their battles caused massive devastation, as clashes between cultivators could change the entire landscape of a region.

However, something different was happening in this battle.

The battlefield was dominated by a single man facing thousands of devils.

The rest of his allies stood behind him, watching as he raised his sword. With a single slash, he cut through thousands of devils and even split the hill before him. The attack carved through several hills behind it, causing parts of the valley to collapse.

The devils’ base, which stood on top of one of the hills, was also destroyed.

Everyone who witnessed this felt their souls tremble.

That single slash cut through a large portion of the valley and killed tens of thousands of devils. Even some of the victims were devils at pseudo immortal stage.

He was simply too powerful.

The title Divine Sword Saint was not an exaggeration.

The devils who saw Ling Xiao felt both fury and fear. Even they had to admit that his strength was overwhelming.

Their morale had already begun to crumble.

They knew that facing him directly was impossible.

One of the devils’ higher-ups shouted toward the rest of the devils in the Immortal Transition Realm.

"Create Hell Guardian battle formations! Focus your attacks on that bastard!"

Without wasting any time, the devils formed several battle formations. They stood in their designated positions, and soon giant avatars appeared above them. There were four in total.

Each avatar had three faces and six arms, and each of them grasped three halberds. The aura exuded by the four avatars was truly terrifying. Their presence was even stronger than that of a peak pseudo immortal stage cultivator.

The avatars moved in accordance with the devils inside the formation. They raised their arms and lifted the halberds, preparing to unleash their most powerful attack against Ling Xiao. Even though they were five kilometers away from him, that distance was meaningless at their level of cultivation.

For them, such a distance was no different from standing face to face.

However, before they could finish unleashing their attack, Ling Xiao had already made his move.

His eyes calmly looked at the giant avatars. His stance appeared relaxed, but the moment he raised his sword and took his position, his presence itself felt like a sword.

He was the sword.

First Move of Eastern Heaven Sword: Descending the Heaven.

He suddenly slashed several times toward the four avatars. His hand movements were fast, yet his posture remained elegant. He continued slashing for three seconds before stopping and sheathing his sword.

A split second later—

Sring! Sring! Sring! Sring!

Crank! Crink! Rumble!

The sound of the slashes echoed across the battlefield, followed by the four avatars being cut in countless places. The devils inside the formations felt their bodies being slashed as well. Before they even realized what had happened, their bodies had already been split into many pieces.

Another hill collapsed, and the impact of the attack even reached the sky. The clouds were swept away by the slash, leaving something that looked like a hole in the sky itself.

Even those who were fighting high in the atmosphere could feel the terrifying sword will reaching the upper atmosphere. Everyone understood that this single attack could easily kill any pseudo immortal stage cultivator.

It made them pause for a moment as they sensed the sudden and terrifying technique. Their eyes widened as they looked toward the battlefield below.

The effect of the technique did not stop there. A giant spatial rift shaped like an X appeared in the sky.

Seeing the scale of the destruction, many could only open their mouths in shock, their eyes trembling. They were utterly speechless.

That single technique had destroyed four battle formations whose avatars possessed power far greater than ordinary peak pseudo immortal stage cultivators. At the same time, it killed thousands of devils in the surrounding area.

The allied forces not far from Ling Xiao began to wonder whether they were even needed on this battlefield.

Among these troops was also a battalion from the Gardum Kingdom. They could only sigh as they witnessed what could only be described as absolute power. What they saw was no less astonishing than the techniques Aldrian had displayed when he turned the battlefield into chaos.

Although it was not as destructive as the meteor strike that Aldrian had once unleashed, this sword technique was something that could not be defended against. The devils could only accept their fate as death arrived at their door.

Many began to wonder. If this was only one of Aldrian’s subordinates, then how many others like him did he have?

The mere thought that he might possess many subordinates with such power made them shudder.

Just how powerful was Aldrian, if someone like this served under him?

Ling Xiao observed the aftermath of his sword technique for a moment and then turned back. With this, victory on this battlefield was already certain.

He truly felt glad that Aldrian had given him the chance to join this war. Finally, he could release some of the fury he had kept inside against the followers of those invaders. By killing as many of them as possible, he could weaken the gods’ power.

He looked toward the sky with a serene gaze. He could not help but think about Aldrian’s journey.

He hoped that by doing this he could lessen Aldrian’s burden. He would eliminate all of those gods’ followers.

If he were given the chance in the future, after reaching divinity, he truly wished to personally kill those invading gods.

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Four months later, Aldrian, who had been sitting with his eyes closed while cultivating inside his cabin, slowly opened his eyes.

That was because he had just received an announcement.

They were about to arrive at the Central Region of Heaven!