Chapter 133: A Rainbow Piercing the Sun
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Clang! Clang! Clang!
“Congratulations, Master! You have obtained the Opening-Heaven Sun-Shooting Bow, ranked fifth among the Ten Primordial Divine Weapons, and mastered the ancient divine arcane technique, the Fivefold Opening-Heaven Sequence!”
First Form: Immortal-Hunting Arrow!
Second Form: Falling Stars, Sinking Moon!
Third Form: Thunderflash Star-Piercing Arrow!
Fourth Form: Blinding Ice-Piercing Shattering Arrow!
Fifth Form: Heaven-Sacrificing Earth-Shaking Sun-Piercing Rainbow Arrow!
After one final confirmation, Little Spirit cast a profound glance at Tianming, then transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished once more into his brow. Immediately afterward, an exceedingly festive voice rang out.
At that moment, Tianming looked extremely tense. There was no other reason for it—he had simply never experienced such immense power before!
Whoosh…
But after drawing a long breath and steadying his mind, Tianming looked toward the Nine-Clawed Purple Dragon writhing in agony within the distant sea of lightning. All traces of panic had vanished from his eyes, replaced by unshakable resolve.
“One move to decide the outcome. Come!”
Before long, an aura of blazing fire, hot enough to scorch heaven and earth, erupted from his hands and spread in every direction. A bow radiating divine light yet crimson-red with the heat of the sun materialized in his grasp.
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“What!? That boy actually intends to use the Opening-Heaven Sun-Shooting Bow? Has he no regard for his life? The young truly are fearless…”
The moment Chu Tianhe saw Tianming draw out the Opening-Heaven Bow, his eyes widened in disbelief.
“Junior, put down that bow at once. It will devour your life… I am not joking with you. If you truly wish to save him, there is no need to go this far. Would I not show mercy to my own descendant?”
Shaking his head inwardly, Chu Tianhe hurriedly raised his head and shouted toward the young figure within the distant sea of lightning.
“Senior, you need say no more. I am not saving him because of your threats; you must understand that. I am doing this for no other reason than that, no matter how great his crimes may have been, after being imprisoned for so long, he deserves to regain his freedom. Senior, please believe me!”
Holding the Opening-Heaven Bow, Tianming turned and answered in a deep voice.
As his words fell, the bow seemed to sense his resolve. It thrummed in his hands, continuously blooming with scorching radiance.
Alas…
“Could it be that I truly no longer belong to this age?”
Chu Tianhe shook his head in silence and raised his palm. A wave of helplessness welled up within him.
It was a feeling reserved for the weak—a feeling he despised.
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Though he had not felt it in a very long time, it was not that he did not wish to wield the Opening-Heaven Bow himself. In his current state, possessing only a single fragment of his soul, merely drawing the bowstring slightly would cause his remaining soul to scatter instantly.
How could he possibly save him?
……
Deep within the sea of lightning, the colossal dragon writhed.
“Human, you possess both courage and a sense of justice. But you should not pay such a tremendous price here. There is no need. I have lived through countless ages and have grown weary of this world. My life will soon reach its end.”
“Give up, human! Do not attempt such a meaningless deed!”
Just as Tianming was about to draw the Opening-Heaven Sun-Shooting Bow, a dragon’s roar that shook heaven and earth resounded. Deep within the sky’s sea of lightning, the Nine-Clawed Purple Dragon unfurled its enormous body, unleashing thunder that illuminated the heavens.
No one could stop him.
Quietly listening to the Nine-Clawed Purple Dragon’s deep voice, Tianming closed his eyes. His expression did not waver as he slowly raised the Opening-Heaven Bow.
He no longer knew what to say. He could only do what his heart commanded.
Seeing that the distant figure had not abandoned his resolve because of its words, the Nine-Clawed Purple Dragon shifted its gaze to Chu Tianhe. Its eyes were filled with boundless sorrow, as though they had crossed countless distant ages.
“Master… On the road to reincarnation, may Qianyu accompany you?”
……
The Fivefold Opening-Heaven Sequence!
Just as the atmosphere reached an indescribably strange pitch, a booming sound rolled across the sea of lightning and traveled for thousands of miles. The white-robed youth raised the Opening-Heaven Sun-Shooting Bow high and drew the scarlet bowstring before him, which had been burned to its utmost limit by extreme flames.
Vrrrm… Vrrrm…
In an instant, a divine arrow blazing with light bright enough to pierce the heavens gradually emerged upon the Opening-Heaven Bow in Tianming’s hands.
“What!?”
Hearing that incantation, Chu Tianhe and Qianyu looked at Tianming with profoundly complicated expressions. It was already too late. Once the Opening-Heaven Bow had been drawn, it could not be stopped.
A low sound issued from Tianming’s throat. Then came the sharp hiss of something tearing through the air.
The divine arrow shot into the heavens, scattering flames in every direction. It moved far too swiftly—even spiritual power could not capture its trajectory.
Within the sea of lightning, one of the thick chains binding the Nine-Clawed Purple Dragon vanished in an instant. A deep-red trail laced with divine radiance plunged back into the thunderclouds.
“Heaven-Sacrificing Earth-Shaking Sun-Piercing Rainbow Arrow!”
In the blink of an eye, the returning divine arrow was drawn once more. This time, five divine arrows, each resembling the birth of heaven and earth, blazed across the sky. Roaring divine flames covered the entire sea of lightning.
Soon, the five divine arrows of radiant fire streaked like meteors toward the incomparably dark chains and bombarded them.
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Boom! Boom!
Burning!
Piercing through!
Exploding!
Scorching waves surged outward, reducing the entire violet sky to nothingness and revealing its true form. Above them rose only steep, rocky mountains. The darkness had no time to resist before it was extinguished beneath the flames.
In an instant, bolts of thunder tens of thousands of feet long flashed across Qianyu’s entire body. Three kinds of law-force surged endlessly from the arrow and clung to the dark chains. Before long, they reduced the chains to a mass of nothingness.
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Having regained his freedom, Qianyu roared repeatedly in dragon form, flying into the heavens and plunging through the earth, breaking through the mountains as he soared across the nine skies. It had been thousands of years since he had last experienced the feeling of freedom.
“Human… you are remarkable. To save me, you were even willing to sacrifice your own lifespan. Unfortunately, I have nothing worthy to give you. I can only pass my remaining power on to you.”
After a long while, Qianyu finally came to a halt. He transformed into human form and stood before Tianming.
Qianyu possessed a mighty bearing, but perhaps because of his immense age, his features were astonishingly old, like those of a man nearing death. Though he wore a purple robe and was protected by majestic lightning, every movement and word he made was frail.
“I did this of my own free will. Senior, you need not be so courteous. If I accepted your power, you would lose the chance to reunite with your master, and you would never have the chance to enjoy this final taste of freedom. Though I have grown old, my cultivation remains shallow, and there are still many opportunities before me.”
Tianming shook his head. Trembling, he raised a hand and waved it gently, hurriedly replying with a smile.
By then, his hair had turned completely white within the space of a few moments, and his chin was covered in white whiskers. He looked exactly like Qianyu.
“……”
Elsewhere, Chu Tianhe gazed at the two white-haired old men in the distance, and his expression suddenly grew calm. With a flash, he drifted behind the white-robed elder.
“Junior, I owe you a debt… Rest for a while.”
“…Thank you, Master.”
“Say no more. I understand how you feel. I also know that you have endured endless suffering during your years here. Since we cannot live together in this age, let us journey together into reincarnation…”
“Yes, Master. I hope that in our next life, Qianyu may still carry you beside his horns, ride the rushing winds, sweep away every enemy beneath heaven, and return with you to the passionate age of antiquity!”
“…Ha ha ha. With you accompanying me into reincarnation, I shall no longer be alone!”