Chapter 1091: Heaven’s Will
Chen Shuhua’s residence had already been razed to the ground.
The combined strength of two first-rank Spirit Guards was formidable, yet still insufficient when facing a Longevity-stage Immortal.
Chen Shuhua rose into the sky and reached out in the direction of the suburbs.
Before founding the Yu Kingdom, its first ruler had coincidentally acquired a carved blade that read, “Heaven’s Will.” He later obtained the matching hilt and assembled it into a divine sword.
With this sword, he defeated the Wei Dynasty’s armies and established the Yu Kingdom, designating Thanglong Prefecture as its capital.
Outside Thanglong Prefecture lay a great lake. Once, while boating upon it, the founding emperor of the Yu Kingdom saw a golden tortoise rise from the water and approach his vessel, seemingly requesting the divine sword. The sword at his waist loosened and fell. The tortoise then seized the sword and dove into the lake’s depths.
Later legends claimed the sword was returned by an Immortal, standing upright within the lake with its hilt protruding above water, forming a small pagoda at the lake’s center.
This lake was known as the Guijian Lake, which meant “return the sword.”
With Chen Shuhua’s gesture, the once-calm Guijian Lake erupted into towering waves. The pagoda at its center shuddered violently. Its tiles cracked, dust spilled from its seams, and its buried foundations tore free from the ground. The entire pagoda lifted from the lakebed and flew toward Chen Shuhua.
Chen Shuhua recited loudly: “I possess a radiant pearl, long locked and forgotten in the dust. Today, the dust is swept away, shining its light that illuminates the mountains and rivers.”
The pagoda’s brick and timber structure peeled away layer by layer until it revealed a resplendent divine sword within.
The pagoda had served as the sword’s scabbard. Now drawn, the immortal-level sword radiated dazzling brilliance, lighting up heaven and earth.