Era of Heroic Spirits: I Was Exposed by Alaya

The soldiers' unyielding battle will became the strongest fuel, causing the Heaven-Questioning Sword's power to surge once more.

Under the intense gaze of all present,

Nameless swung his sword at the descending mountain.

BOOM!

A blinding pillar of light collided head-on with the mountain, unleashing a deafening explosion that shook heaven and earth.

When the light faded,

Everyone was stunned to find the mountain still intact.

Yes, the mountain shrouding the sky remained unharmed.

This was a powerful divine weapon personally wielded by the gods.

Amidst the horrified stares of the crowd, the mountain rumbled downward!

-[We're doomed! How can we fight this?!]

-[Qin Shi Huang's era predates King Arthur by eight hundred years—Avalon can't be used here!]

-[As expected, Angelica couldn't unleash the full power of divine weapons... This is despairingly strong!]

-[Hang in there, Nameless and Qin Shi Huang!]

...

The mountain's descent would annihilate the entire vast city of Xianyang.

In this dire crisis,

Nameless suddenly turned to Qin Shi Huang with a smile. "Zheng, though I never became your teacher, let me show you the ultimate technique of the Heaven-Questioning Sword!"

"Master," Qin Shi Huang declared, stepping forward, "I once vowed: As long as I live, I shall ensure the eternal peace of Great Qin, defending our lands and expanding our borders. When I die, I shall become a dragon's soul, protecting our Yan-Huang descendants forever! Therefore, let me be the one!"

He sought to sacrifice himself to save the common people.

Great Qin was his empire—how could he let his most important master sacrifice everything for it?

The glowing Nine Cauldrons barred him from the altar.

"You are the First Emperor. If you die here, it will rewrite China's history and collapse human order!"

Nameless stopped him without hesitation. "As an emperor, sit properly on your throne and watch me handle your enemies!"

Words nearly identical to those he'd once spoken while assisting King Arthur.

Domineering yet selfless—no, this moment predated even King Arthur's time.

Watching the footage, Artoria's emotions grew even more complicated.

Nameless, oh Nameless, you truly are a calamity—who could resist you?

Everyone stared in awe at this figure.

This nameless heroic spirit, who walked silently through human history, was about to give everything once more to protect humanity.

Unimaginable—how could he endure this? His willpower surpassed even gods and demons!

"Gathering all the weapons of the world in Xianyang wasn't just to forge the Twelve Golden Colossi."

Nameless suddenly pointed the Heaven-Questioning Sword toward distant Xianyang. "Zheng, let this be your final lesson."

"SWORDS, COME!!!"

Hum~

At his command, the endless weapons collected from across the land all flew toward him at once.

Dense as raindrops, weapons filled the sky.

Qin, Qi, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, Chu—

The once seven great feudal states had long since merged into a unified whole.

With the weapons of the world gathered, Nameless once again transformed into the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords!

Using his body as the furnace, the weapons of the world as materials, and the will of all living beings as fuel, he forged countless blades to strike down the heavens!

Above the firmament,

The immortals and gods mocked freely: "Give up! Mortals have their limits—you stand no chance against us!"

Even as the Age of Gods crumbled, their power suppressed to a mere fraction, preventing their true forms from descending freely—

It was enough.

A mere mortal, no matter how strong, had inherent limits and could never oppose the lofty immortals and gods.

This was an insurmountable chasm of life's essence!

"If mortals have limits, then I shall cast aside this human form—surpassing humanity's boundaries, I offer myself here!"

Grasping the Heaven-Questioning Sword, forged from the fusion of the world's weapons, Nameless unleashed its full might—

"Sever the Heavens!"

Boom!

A golden-red pillar of flames surged forth with unstoppable force, crashing into the mountain peak.

The colossal peak was sent flying, hurled mercilessly toward the gods.

The lofty immortals and gods had no choice but to scramble in disarray.

No—

This was not the end.

The radiant pillar of light cleaved through the heavens, slashing toward the exposed passage through which the gods had descended.

Then, beneath the furious and hateful gazes of the celestial immortals.

It was severed with brutal force!

Crack!

The passage connecting the heavenly realm and the mortal world was cut apart, plunging the immortals into roars of rage:

"No!!!"

This meant that the link between the heavens and the mortal world had been completely severed by their foe.

From this moment onward, the celestial immortals could no longer descend to the mortal realm!

Only now.

Under the influence of an otherworldly terror, their minds clouded and unsteady, did the immortals fully realize that everything had unfolded according to the enemy's plan.

Previously, their adversary had not known the coordinates of the divine passage.

They had purely used the Nine Cauldrons Formation crafted by Yu the Great, resorting to mutual destruction to force the immortals to reveal themselves.

They had exposed the coordinates of the nearly completed passage!

"Deceitful, vile humans!"

The immortals cursed in fury.

Proud celestial beings, reduced to playthings in the hands of mere mortals—this was utterly intolerable.

But it did not end there.

Boom!

A dazzling golden-red beam of light slashed across the heavens, cleaving toward the Eastern Sea.

The ocean was instantly vaporized, carving out a trench that exposed the passage's eye beneath.

The next moment.

Nameless suddenly held a needle in his hand, its name—

The Sea-Calming Needle!

It was the very iron rod left behind by Yu the Great when he tamed the floods.

Tempered by time and worshipped by countless people, it had long since transformed into a mighty treasure.

It possessed the power to grow or shrink at will.

With enough energy, it could pierce the heavens!

Nameless poured all of his energy into it and roared, "Come, let me seal you away forever, never to plague the mortal world again!"

Hum~

The tiny needle suddenly began to expand wildly.

From a mere inch in length, it swelled to dozens, then hundreds of meters in an instant.

Then thousands of meters, transforming into a towering iron pillar that pierced the clouds.

And then.

Nameless drove it deep into the source of the divine passage—as if stabbing straight through the immortals themselves.

"No!!!"

The immortals howled in madness.

But it was too late. The passage had already been severed, trapping them on the other side, powerless to stop the Sea-Calming Needle.

They could only watch helplessly as the last remaining anchor point was sealed shut by Yu the Great's contingency, wielded by their enemy.

The Sea-Calming Needle became the anchor that stabilized the world.

The immortals' realm was now locked in place.

No matter how they struggled, they could never descend to the mortal world again.

Thus.

The divine passage was severed by Nameless, and the Sea-Calming Needle sealed it for good, eradicating the threat once and for all!

The spectators were left utterly stunned—

-[Nameless is insane! He just turned himself into a legend!]

-[Holy shit, so the Sea-Calming Needle is like King Arthur's Holy Lance—an anchor that stabilizes the world!]

-[Damn, does that mean Journey to the West was the immortals trying to return to the mortal world?]

-["What use is this iron rod to me?"—IT'S SUPER USEFUL! It literally ended the Age of Gods!]

-[Everything connects now, my mind is blown!]

...

Amid the cheers of countless people.

Nameless's body suddenly erupted with endless blood, his entire form beginning to collapse.

Forcing power beyond his mortal limits had shattered his fragile human frame.

Qin Shi Huang strode forward without hesitation, cradling him despite the blood. "Master, why didn't you let me fight alongside you?"

"Zheng, this was my destiny. Yours is to rule this vast kingdom well."

The bloodied face of Nameless broke into a smile. "I once told you—if the world lacks a torch, then I shall ignite myself to become the flame."

"Master..."

Qin Shi Huang stared at him in a daze.

"But I never told you the final line. If light already exists, then I shall willingly vanish. And I shall praise this light for illuminating humanity, even illuminating me!"

Nameless reached out to return the Heaven-Questioning Sword. "Now, the flame of human civilization passes to you. Do not stop moving forward~"

Poof~

His body suddenly dissolved into countless motes of light, vanishing without a trace, never to be seen again.

"Master!"

Qin Shi Huang clutched the returned Heaven-Questioning Sword, gazing blankly at the heavens.

At that moment.

Tamamo-no-Mae, who had been missing all this while, quietly reappeared.

A sixth tail had somehow grown behind her as she smiled coyly. "Qin Shi Huang, this humble one has discovered the secret of immortality in Fusang and refined it into an elixir. Would you like it?"

"Present it to Us!"

Qin Shi Huang pointed the Heaven-Questioning Sword at the scheming fox spirit.

"Haha, don't be so hostile~ Let us search for Nameless together. He hasn't truly died, you know~"

The nine-tailed fox Tamamo-no-Mae laughed until her slender frame trembled.

As a cute little fox, what wicked intentions could she possibly harbor?

After receiving the offered elixir,

Qin Shi Huang gazed at the heavens and declared with imperial majesty: "We are the first and ultimate emperor. The eternal, absolute, and indomitable ruler who pacifies heaven and earth—Qin Shi Huang!"

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