161 Soulless, Break Thru! Soul Splitting!

I ran from the river of leaves that tried to cut off all routes of my escape as I sent out attack after attack to break through their veil. This was a nightmare. What type of monster did I even anger? I'm sure Shi Da never fought this woman in his life. If he did he wouldn't have lived to tell the tale.

I needed to breakthrough in order to counter this storm!

"Earth Splitting"

"Earth Shattering"

What is the next waveform? How can I transform my sword qi to counter her storm?

The cherry blossom storm had cut away part of my clothing, making me truly look like a beggar now. I was a dog, a dog sentenced to die! There was no way in hell that Shi Da had ever fought this woman. She was much better than him at every turn.

For him to have such intimate knowledge of all her skills… Was she his companion? No, no that would be all too simple. She wasn't only his companion, she had to be his lover!

Hahahahahaha, Shi Da oh Shi Da. Even in death, you hope to spite me. I can't wait to head to the Moon Dusk World then break your lover across my knee. She will become my slave. A dog on a leash to do my bidding. I swear it on my devil heart.

"Earth Splitting"

"Earth Shattering"

I would not fall here, my pride will not let me fall. How could I be beaten by the lover of the one I had so brutally slaughtered while attempting to swallow his soul world. No No No, this entire soul world is God's precious resources. I shall grasp every bit of your understanding of the Sword Dao and free myself from this pointless trial.

For I am your better, I will even exceed you in your own Dao. I will head to the Moon Dusk World and get the revenge you could never gain. Not for you, but for myself. I felt those emotions and they made me sick. Those that make this young lord feel sick should be slaughtered!

I shall even take the woman you so desperately wanted to be your Dao companion. I shall cleanse out all the stupid humans you know and love. No one will ever remember, The One Sword, Shi Da. You will be buried in the annals of history, a footnote to my ascension. That is my resolve.

I am evil!

I am heartless!

I am a devil!

I am Soulless and this is my Sword Dao now. It's not yours and it is not your shameless masters. It is mine and mine alone!

Even the heavens can't stop me from stealing this Dao!

You are dead and you should rest in peace knowing I took everything that belonged to you!

My Dao is the Dao of Souls. A powerful Dao that reigns supreme. How dare you think that your pitiful Sword Dao could shackle me!

I…

I…

I understand!

I stopped in my needless running from this soul world revenant.

"Soul Splitting"

Her very soul was split through by my strike!

I did not break through magnificently in the Sword Dao like some sword crazed maniac. I simply accepted this world for what it was. This was a soul world. I am a devil that commands the Dao of Souls. This world should naturally bow in my presence.

More specifically this was my soul world, not Shi Da's soul world. He lost that right when he became raptor chow. Everything here is inside my domain and should live and die to my beck and call. Dancing around trying to fumble with his Dao, that is pointless.

This game ends now!

"Sword Dao of this soul world, heed my command and reveal your mysteries," I shouted to the heavens.

The entire Sword Gash Ridge rumbled at my words as the world shattered beneath my feet. My form changed, as I shed the look of a youthful Shi Da.

I regained my own majestic form, with beautiful curved horns, a rugged beard, and rippling manly muscles.

As the world began to crumble beneath my feet, out came a person I would have never expected.

It was Shi Da's shameless master. He was different now, no longer dirty like a beggar, he had nice clean black robes. He had even lost a few years, regaining his prime. His back was no longer hunched, he wasn't drunk, and his gaze was steady.

I guess this is how Shi Da had envisioned his master. I knew the truth though, his master was a dirty old beggar who spent everyday drinking because he was constantly fighting the heavens to make a breakthrough with his retarded cultivation technique.

He looked old because he was, fighting to grasp life every day as a lowly human with a short life that choose a stupid cultivation path. For all I knew the real Heaven Splitting master could already be dead.

"To rob the Sword Dao of this world you have to get through me!" said the clean cut beggar.

"Heaven Splitting"

The entire area around me was destroyed, the heavens wept and parted to his slash.

But I was unaffected.

My \u003cHollow Domain\u003e was released countering his attack. This was a Shi Da's soul world. No matter how powerful this dirty old beggar is in reality, here he was constrained to how well Shi Da understood the Sword Dao. Shi Da only reached peak-Baron in life, so at most this projection of his master was at low-Viscount, from Shi Da's imagination.

It looked stunning and awe-inspiring but that was only Shi Da's imagination of what the real Heaven Splitting must be like. I had broken free of the shackles of this soul world, so I would not be beaten by a fake Heaven Splitting master.

I could now use my full array of abilities. Dealing with this pitiful knock off of the Heaven-Splitting master would be easy work.

I transformed into my Nephilim form releasing my full \u003cHollow Domain\u003e as an entire river of souls was released around me.

\u003cHollow Domain\u003e

\u003cConstricting Domain\u003e

\u003cLacerating Domain\u003e

"Dirty old beggar, I killed your disciple and plundered his Dao. Die already and free me from this perverted dream!" I screamed.

"Soul Splitting"

I let out a massive slash encompassing my understanding of the Soul and Sword Dao at the clean cut beggar, torpedoing to his brow!