Plow the Heavens

The eleven demon kings were gnashing their teeth in fury. They had earned their great reputations precisely because they had created the ‘Flying Bear Grand Formation’ with their twelve sworn brothers. With the Golden-Furred Bear Demon King at the core and the other eleven brothers as supports, they could transform into a single Wind-Thunder Flying Bear, equally capable of offense and defense. Even an ancient Celestial Immortal would have no choice but to flee when faced with it.

But now, the Firewing Demon King was dead. He had been the ‘Wing Nexus’ of that formation. Without him, that incredibly complex and powerful formation naturally could no longer be activated.

“We were tricked.” “Hateful.” “How does this human whelp possess such strength? I’ve never even heard of such a figure in Star Continent, Cloud Continent, or Flame Continent.”

The demon kings felt deeply aggrieved.

To kill the Firewing Demon King in such an impossibly short time required the combat power of a Celestial Immortal! And anyone with Celestial Immortal-level power was usually a famous figure. That was one thing.

Second, Ji Ning was at most at the early Void stage. An early Void cultivator had only recently entered that realm; his Dao comprehension was generally not much higher than a Primal Daoist’s. As for Yuan power, all twelve demon kings possessed Yuan power comparable to ‘Void perfection’—three full levels above early Void. Moreover, each of them was carrying Immortal-ranked treasures!

It was precisely these two factors that allowed Ji Ning’s ambush to succeed!

…

“Hahaha, without the Firewing Demon King, you probably can’t set up that formation anymore. If you want to kill me, your strength is far from enough!” Ji Ning stood in midair, looking relaxed. “I urge you all to leave quickly. At the very least, you could call yourselves the ‘Eastflow Eleven Demon Kings.’ If we continue to fight, blades and swords have no eyes. You might end up as the Eastflow Nine or Eight Demon Kings.”

“Damn you.” “Human, state your name!” “Who exactly are you?”

The demon kings ground their teeth in rage. Though they were now on high alert against Ji Ning, none of them chose to retreat. After all, one of their sworn brothers had been slain; if the other eleven fled without a fight, word would spread and their reputation would be utterly ruined. For these old loose-immortal demons, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations never ceased, and death would come to them eventually regardless. Thus, they valued their reputation all the more!

Ji Ning felt a secret frustration.

If these demon kings had chosen to withdraw, he could have stealthily followed them back to their lair and taken them out one by one.

“Listen carefully,” Ji Ning said with a smile. “I am Darknorth Immortal, Ji Ning.”

“Darknorth Immortal, Ji Ning…” The eleven demon kings silently memorized the name, racking their brains, but they could not recall any such monstrous genius in Star Continent, Cloud Continent, or Flame Continent.

“I made a promise to the Qi Kingdom’s royal clan, so naturally I must protect them.” Ji Ning smiled. “I advise you all to leave.”

But the eleven demon kings had already reached a decision through covert telepathic communication.

Nonsense. Even if it were a Celestial Immortal patriarch, they would still dare to fight. Now that one of their brothers was dead, there was no way they would retreat without a fight.

“Merge formation!” the Golden-Furred Bear Demon King commanded via telepathy.

“WUUM~~~”

Invisible ripples of Yuan power flowed across all eleven demon kings. They were employing the simplest form of joint formation—the same principle as the ‘Blackflame Dragon Prison Formation’—sharing their Yuan power among each other. The Yuan energy of all eleven demon kings became one, raising the power of their individual attacks to a higher level.

“Use every method at your disposal. Kill him,” the Golden-Furred Bear transmitted.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! In an instant, the eleven demon kings summoned a host of Immortal-ranked treasures before them. The Golden-Furred Bear Demon King in particular surrounded himself with ninety-nine spherical treasures, all radiating the aura of Immortal-ranked artifacts—clearly a complete set. As the only one among the twelve demon kings whose power truly matched a Celestial Immortal, one who had even forced Celestial Immortals to flee, his Immortal-ranked treasures were equally extraordinary.

“Boom!” Ji Ning had already charged forward as soon as they activated the joint formation.

“Kill him!” “Die!” “Damn him!”

The eleven demon kings, now sharing Yuan power, each unleashed their own specialties. Since they no longer had a formation as powerful as the Flying Bear Formation, this was the next best option.

Instantly, the sky was filled with streaks of light.

A massive phoenix spread its wings, blazing with flames. A black flood surged, rushing toward Ji Ning in a turbulent tide. Infinite golden light stabbed at Ji Ning.

…

Both Ji Ning and the eleven demon kings had some comprehension of the Grand Dao of Space. Each of them was drawing upon the power of Heaven and Earth, sealing the surrounding space to prevent the other from escaping via teleportation.

Of course, if they used a Greater Teleportation Dao Talisman, they could still break free. But right now, who would flee?

“The demon king is dead!” “That human is terrifyingly powerful!”

In the distance, the vast army of demons that the kings had brought with them were all subordinates of the late Firewing Demon King. Among them were dozens of old loose-immortal demons, countless Primal-level demons, and Wanxiang-level demons. But when their own king had been killed in a single exchange by that human youth, how could they dare to charge forward?

Now eleven kings were besieging that lone human youth. This level of battle was one in which those cannon fodder dared not intervene.

“The space around us has been sealed. Teleportation is impossible.” “It seems the kings don’t want to let that human escape. They’re determined to kill him.”

The vast sea of demons watched wide-eyed. In their view, the combined might of eleven kings was an overwhelming advantage. Whether they could actually kill the human, however, remained to be seen.

Ji Ning manifested Three Heads, Six Arms, his body rising to a hundred zhang tall. His six swords also grew to a hundred zhang in length, and he swung them with wild abandon, sword-light spanning Heaven and Earth as he fended off the attacks of all eleven demon kings.

“Kill!” Ji Ning surged forward, trying to close the distance with the kings.

But under the relentless assault, his speed was greatly hampered. The kings easily kept their distance. The Golden-Furred Bear’s spherical treasures slammed into him like mini-stars, heavy as mountains, giving Ji Ning the most trouble. Another, the Mountain-Bearing Demon King, controlled a mountain-shaped treasure that was even heavier than those mini-stars. Fortunately, there was only one such mountain treasure.

The sword was a weapon of agility and finesse.

Ji Ning handled most other treasures without too much difficulty, but these heavy, crushing attacks were the hardest to contend with.

“Hahaha, big brother! This human has Celestial Immortal-level combat power, and you do as well. The rest of us are a bit weaker, but combined, we can completely suppress him. He’s a Fiendgod Body Refiner, so his divine body recovers very quickly. But that only buys him a little more time.”

“If we keep this up, he’s certain to die.” “Brothers, be careful not to let him use a Greater Teleportation Dao Talisman to flee.” “Don’t worry, big brother. We’re bombarding him with dozens of Immortal-ranked treasures. There’s no way he can spare a hand to use a talisman!”

The demon kings’ morale was high.

Ji Ning was being attacked by dozens of Immortal-ranked artifacts, each controlled by an expert. The weakest among his opponents was comparable to a loose immortal who had lived five hundred thousand years, while the Golden-Furred Bear rivaled a loose immortal who had lived over a million years.

“Pfft.” Ji Ning coughed up blood after being smashed by another volley of spherical treasures.

“He’s weakening!” “He can’t hold on much longer!” “Kill him!”

The kings maneuvered their Immortal-ranked treasures, looking for the perfect opening to strike Ji Ning down once and for all.

But Ji Ning thought to himself, “Just about right.”

SHK!

A figure appeared beside him out of thin air—it was the black-robed Ji Ning, his second true body. The black-robed Ji Ning radiated a powerful pressure; he was a late-Void Earth Immortal, and on his back was a single sword-sheath, within which nine swords, flickering in and out of visibility as if about to fade into nothingness, were concealed.

The black-robed Ji Ning pointed a single finger.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The nine flickering black flying swords shot out immediately.

“Plow the Heavens!”

The black-robed Ji Ning’s gaze was icy cold.

Instantly, the nine flickering black flying swords began to streak across the sky, leaving behind black tears in the fabric of Heaven.

What was ‘Plow the Heavens’?

The sword was a plow; the sky was a field.

A mortal used a plow to carve deep furrows. Ji Ning’s sword-light was the plow, and the vast sky was the field. Nine black gashes tore across the heavens, stretching directly toward the demon kings, targeting three of them.

“A second true body!” “This human whelp has a second true body!” “He’s late Void!”

All eleven demon kings were greatly shocked.

As soon as Ji Ning’s second true body appeared, it unleashed a sword-art created by a Daofather—‘Plow the Heavens’—and using nine top-grade Immortal-ranked flying swords, an entire set of Immortal treasures called the ‘Plow the Heavens Sword Formation’ that was perfectly suited for that art. This was by far Ji Ning’s strongest combat configuration!

Even when Ji Ning’s main body used the Starseizing Hand, among his six Immortal-ranked swords, only the ‘Thousandbull Sword’, which matched the power of a Pure Yang treasure, could exceed the might of a single Plow the Heavens flying sword. But when the nine swords worked together in formation, even the Thousandbull Sword fell slightly short.

“No!” “Block it!” “Block it quickly!”

The other demon kings tried to help, and the three targeted kings struggled with all their might—but they couldn’t hold.

Despair filled the eyes of all three.

BAM! BAM! BAM! The three demon kings were killed instantly.

The second true body’s Plow the Heavens Sword Formation was Ji Ning’s most powerful attack.

It was too fast.

Although the three kings realized they couldn’t block it, they had no time to use a Greater Teleportation Dao Talisman.

“Boom.” Ji Ning’s main body rushed forward at the same moment. The second true body once more activated the Plow the Heavens Sword Formation, attacking the other demon kings.

Panic seized the remaining kings.

In the earlier battle, Ji Ning’s main body had already learned all their tricks. As the saying goes, ‘know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated.’ So when his second true body unleashed the Plow the Heavens Sword Formation, it went straight for the weakest targets—with complete success.

“Explode!” Ji Ning’s main body, now charging in, also unleashed his full power.

Until now, Ji Ning’s main body had kept all six swords at an equal level of power; he had been deliberately suppressing the might of the ‘Thousandbull Sword’. In his enemy’s eyes, all six swords seemed the same. But now that the attack was truly beginning, Ji Ning no longer hid his strength.

“Kill!”

The Thousandbull Sword stretched to a hundred zhang. When he swung it, a faint black ox appeared on the blade, brimming with astonishing sword-intent. The sword-strike transformed into a massive black divine dragon. In terms of individual power, it was even a cut above the Plow the Heavens flying swords. The strike landed heavily on the Jade Toad Demon King, gravely wounding him. Then one of Ji Ning’s Northsea swords swept out and killed the Jade Toad on the spot.

“Retreat!” the Golden-Furred Bear Demon King roared in anguish.

“Too late!” Ji Ning had endured earlier precisely for this moment of explosion. Without any pause, his main body and second true body both struck with full strength. The second true body’s Plow the Heavens Sword Formation cut furrows across the sky, each gash like a black chain from the Black and White Impermanence reapers, coming to claim the demon kings’ lives.