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Part 1

The Sword Demon who had suffered hardship since childhood had only ever lived for the swords. However, because the Southern Wasteland’s experts were being insulted, he stepped forward bravely and faced outstanding heroes with his ******* sword. He triumphed over the Amethyst Prison and Hades’ Wheel, defeated the key figures from several supreme clans, and had dominated every experts in the surroundings.

And now, one of the strongest four in Yindu had returned. He declared he would defeat Dugu Jianmo within eighty rounds, seemingly looking down on the barbarians of the Southern Wasteland.

Chulain’s purple gown flapped along with the wind as he surged up with violent energy. The rich kids around him were forced to fall back. His eyes were emitting two seemingly materialized purple rays of about two meters long.

Many of the weaker practitioners nearby let out a miserable shriek as they hastily shut their eyes. During that instant just now, whether it was due to the purple rays, or because of Chulain’s sky-high killing intent, plenty of people in the surroundings were trembling as if they had been struck by a lightning.

One could easily imagine just how powerful this Chulain was. The reputation of the Heroic Four had already shaken the imperial capital for numerous years, it was absolutely no undeserved!

Xiao Chen was as still as a pine and seemed to be at peace despite the fact that the murderous aura had already surged towards him like a violent wave. The dense murderous aura had almost drowned him, yet he stood there like an unmovable boulder.

At this time, he was the focus of everyone’s attention.

It was very rare for the third princess to remove her veil, but she lifted her veil and revealed half of her charming face. Her fixed one of her beautiful eye on the esteemed expert recommended by Dugu Jianmo. The other young ladies also looked at this mysterious expert with glittering eyes.

Bosch and Chen Hanggin gazed at Xiao Chen without batting an eye. Dugu Jianmo himself had dominated everyone at the Sword Verse Tea Party with his ******* sword, and yet he pronounced this person to be stronger than him. Just what kind of person was he?

Their eyes were bright, as if they wanted bore through Xiao Chen’s body with their gaze and examine him thoroughly.

The surrounding was very quiet. Only the feeble sound of breathing could be heard. Everyone’s gaze was completely focused on that sole figure.

At a distant location, Yin Feng’s eyes lit up as he said, “It’s him, he’s finally here.”

They once had a battle at the Lunar Pavilion, Yin Feng was fully aware of this mysterious expert’s power. Perhaps he might even stand toe-to-toe with Chulain. As for the outcome, he did not dare imagine it. After all, Yindu’s Heroic Four had left a lasting impression in their mind.

Yan Qingcheng revealed a hint of doubt in her beautiful eyes, how come it’s him again? This person was an expert from the South? How come she’ve never heard of him? Could he be the mysterious Zhao Chongyang?

Xiao Chen had changed his appearance and restrained his aura. He was already not at all the same compared to his former self, she couldn’t recognize him at all.

Lazio and Windfeathers also had doubts in their heart. They knew that this person was definitely not Zhao Chongyang, because they once had an encounter with him.

They were unable to guess who it was. Nobody from the Southern Wasteland knew of this youth’s identity.

“You are the strongest expert from the Southern Wasteland?!” Chulain raised his sword-like brow. His entire person released an indescribable aura, it was a fitting aura for someone who had been through a real battlefield. It caused everyone heart’s to race faster.

His heroic figure even caused some of the young ladies to cast him a sidelong glance. After all, he was Yindu’s Heroic Four and was once admired by many women.

“I am not.” Xiao Chen answered calmly. While facing the gazes of experts from all direction, he seemed relaxed and easygoing. He stood there calmly like an evergreen pine tree.

Part 2

“You are not?!” Chulain raised his sword-like brows.

Countless people raised an uproar, could it be that he recognized the wrong person, or was Dugu Jianmo just making fun of them? Confusion started to spread.

Even the third princess revealed a doubtful expression as more people made a racket. Many people started to point their gaze towards Dugu Jianmo.

“I am a travelling artist.” Just at this time, Xiao Chen spoke up. With this one sentence, he became the focal point of everyone again.

Dugu Jianmo followed up, “I did not say he is the strongest one in the Southern Wasteland. I only said that he is stronger than me. He had once fought with the strongest expert of the Southern Wasteland for one night. The outcome was a draw.”

The lakeside was brimming with noises of everyone discussing spiritedly. All the while looking at Xiao Chen with shocked expression. Now that they thought about it, Dugu Jianmo indeed did not say this person was the strongest in the Southern Wasteland, he only said that this person was stronger than him. They’ve all been led to a false conclusion.

To fight to a draw with the Southern Wasteland’s number one, and to draw this much respect from Dugu Jianmo, Xiao Chen had become the focal point of everyone here.

Regarding these, Xiao Chen did not continue to deny it. He only looked at Dugu Jianmo quietly.

“Haha… That means defeating him is equal to defeating the strongest one in Southern Wasteland?” Chulain laughed out loud, he was brimming with confidence.

Thousands of people were getting roused up. They were looking forward to the battle between one of Yindu’s Heroic Four and the travelling artist who tied with Southern Wasteland’s number one. After all, this was bound to be a confrontation between the top!

“Who is Southern Wasteland’s strongest?” Seemingly still possessing a slight doubt, Chulain turned around to face Dugu Jianmo and asked him this question.

“He is no longer in this world.” Dugu Jianmo hadn’t spoke as much as today compared to the past year. Especially when the Southern Wasteland’s strongest was mentioned, Dugu Jianmo no longer kept his mouth shut.

“Who is it?” Chulain seemed to be very interested.

Everyone was hooked by what Dugu Jianmo about to say. Everyone at the lakeside wanted to know who that person was. After all, Dugu Jianmo himself had admitted he was no match for this so-called number one expert.

Even Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were paying close attention. They wanted to know the definite answer.

“Xiao Chen.”

With only these two words, Dugu Jianmo finished with what he had to say and left with large strides.

“Xiao Chen…” Everyone was reciting this name. A moment later, many of them gasped in shock, especially the rich kids of Yindu. They were well-informed and naturally knew of the event that took place in Southern Wasteland before.

Even Yin Feng had mentioned his name once at the Lunar Pavilion. Only Xiao Chen from the Southern Wasteland could stand a sliver of chance against the strongest of Yindu.

Bosch and Chen Hangging even had a hint of flash while astonished. Without any exception, all the supreme clans knew of the bloody event that took place at Celestial City.

Part 3

The Shang Dynasty’s third princess seemed to be recalling an event from the past. Then she heaved a sigh in pity and whispered to herself, “So it is him…”

The beauties surrounding the princess were not stupid either. One of them asked with a smile, “The princess had seen that person before?” ⌈¹⌋

The third princess shook her head with a smile, no longer saying a word.

After hearing this, Yan Qingcheng was stunned momentarily as she memories from her past resurfaced. That guy from three years ago… she felt a little complicated, but calmed down soon after.

Lazio and Windfeathers even had a hint of flash. Especially Windfeathers, since he had suffered a crushing defeat under Xiao Chen’s hands before. However, now that he thought about it calmly, he couldn’t help but admit it. That year, he did not lose the fight unjustly.

“Haha…” Chulain faced the sky and laughed out loud, “And here I thought who is it, so it’s that guy. I’ve once heard of him. If that guy is truly the strongest, then I must say, this is all the Southern barbarian could amount to!”

“How arrogant!”

“This guy is much too arrogant!”

There were many people who hailed from the West, the North, and the South at this Sword Verse Tea Party. All of them were extremely angry and disgusted with his display of arrogance.

Chulain looked at the surrounding people with cold gaze, then he said, “I heard that he grasped some sort of secret arte. By burning his own life force, he managed to kill some demigods. What about it? That’s not his own power. If he don’t use this kind of self-harming technique, what would he amount to? Would he dare to face me in that condition? I will finish him off in ninety rounds!”

Chulain’s personality was like this. He might have a foul mouth, but he was not a reckless person. He always looked down on his opponent and believed that he was the strongest, but once they’re truly engaged in a battle, he would never get careless.

“Hmph!”

He cast a chilly glance at everyone and said while pointing at Xiao Chen, “You guys don’t believe it? Then look at how I defeat him.”

Now, Dugu Jianmo had arrived in front of Xiao Chen with his ******* sword tightly secured on his back. Then he whispered in Xiao Chen’s ear, “Now I am certain… it’s you.”

Three days ago, when Dugu Jianmo saw Xiao Chen at the Lunar Pavilion, he already had a slight suspicion. Today, he arrived early at the Moon Garden and waited until Xiao Chen showed up.

People once said those who truly understood you was your not friend, but your enemy instead. Perhaps it really had some basis behind it. Dugu Jianmo and Xiao Chen couldn’t really be considered friends. In Dugu Jianmo’s heart, Xiao Chen was only a powerful opponent.

He couldn’t have guessed his identity from his aura nor his appearance, Dugu Jianmo only recognized him due to some kind of intuition.

Xiao Chen was speechless.

Dugu Jianmo left and become one of the many spectators.

Chulain walked forward with large strides. He stood face-to-face with Xiao Chen. Then he swept his gaze over the Yindu’s rich kids and said, “I will recover the disgrace you guys brought to Yindu today by beheading him.”

The surrounding immediately quietened down, Madman Chu versus the Traveling Artist, this was a battle worth looking forward to.

“Are you prepared?” Chulain gazed at Xiao Chen with overbearing attitude.

Part 4

“Why should I fight with you? I don’t want to do it.” Although he was in the middle of a whirlpool, Xiao Chen was as easygoing as ever.

“Because I want to fight with you!” Chulain’s aura was overbearing. His power was obvious to all, “You have no choice but to fight!”

“Who gives you the right?” As if he was making fun of him, Xiao Chen spoke calmly. Then he turned around and walked away.

“Haha…” Chulain laughed, “Want to leave? That’s not possible!”

“Boom!”

He instantly waved his palm with lightning fast movement. The surrounding energy seemed to be boiling up as layers purple energy waves started to roll up.

The energy wave was about to swallow up Xiao Chen, but he did not even bother to turn around. He only bend his fingers and lightly flicked it.

Telepathic Sword Wave. This technique passed down by Elder Rhino of the beastman was not any ordinary sword-qi. With Xiao Chen as the center, the ripples started to spread out.

It seemed very weak at first glance, but once it made contact with the purple-qi, the sword wave immediately went wild like thousands of sea waves rolling over and over. A loud rumbling sound resonated at the lakeside.

Everyone could see it clearly, the light source with one hundred and thirty feet diameter was raging like the ocean wave! And in the heart of the light source was Xiao Chen.

All the purple-qi had been routed up. Chulain was even sent tumbling away from the forty meters huge circle.

Although his reaction speed was fast, he couldn’t get away from the huge circle in time and half of his long sleeves were turned into dust.

One move had forced Chulain to fall back. Everyone was endlessly shocked. Countless people had their jaw dropped.

Some quick-witted practitioner tried to do a little experiment and threw a training sword into the light source. The forty meter sword waves had yet to disappear, and although the ripples had become weaker than before, it still crushed that training sword in an instant and turned it into dust.

Thousands of people were dumbstruck. The Telepathic Sword Wave was really too formidable! No wonder Chulain were sent flying away in the first moments.

Could this be the experts that Dugu Jianmo revered? The one who fought the Southern Wasteland’s strongest to a draw?

The third princess and dozen of other beauties jumped up from the seats without exception. Bosch, Chen Hangging, and the other supreme clans candidate were so shocked that they took a few steps forward.

Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were all endlessly shocked. Aqua, Frosty, and Tenvis from the West were just as amazed.

There was none who were not shocked. The entire place had entered a moment of deathly silence. This mysterious travelling artist seemed to possess unimaginable strength and attracted everyone’s attention.

Chulain did not feel awkward at all. On the contrary, he nodded and said, “It seems like I’ve looked down on you before. You are better than I thought.”

“And your name is?” Only now did Chulain finally ask Xiao Chen for his name.

Part 5

Everyone was feeling apprehensive in their heart. This madman was really too arrogant. Only now did he finally recognize the other as his equal. Putting that aside, everyone was equally interested to know the mysterious travelling artist’s name.

Xiao Chen looked all over the place before he said, “I am called Xiao Shishui. The reason I came here is not to fight, I don’t want to fight with anyone.”

“Telepathic Sword Wave had once shook the whole world in a certain era, and now it make an appearance once more, how can this make me disappointed?” Chulain sneered and said, “Today, I will take back what I said, I will not kill you, so just go ahead and fight with ease of mind.”

Chulain’s arrogance and confidence could be said to be a little too much.

Xiao Chen stared at him coldly. He did not want to get into a quarrel, but that didn’t mean he was afraid to get into trouble. Now that he had learned Eightfold World, he was confident in his speed. Regardless of its might, just from its speed alone, he was confident that even an Immortalis expert couldn’t block his escape route. So even if he really did get into a quarrel, he had enough confidence that he could get away.

“Don’t force me to kill you.”

Just as these six words left Xiao Chen’s mouth, not only did Chulain black out momentarily, even the thousands of spectators were dumbstruck.

This guy… seemed to be even more powerful!

These six words made it clear, it was not that he was scared to fight, it was just that he was not willing to do. Because, once he made a move, he would go for the kill!

Everyone was completely stupefied. This travelling artist was really a big shot, he was even colder and fiercer than Dugu Jianmo, and even madder than Chulain. Under the cover of his calmness, there was the heart of a combatant.

Xiao Shishui, this name had been engraved deeply into everyone’s mind at the moment.

“Let’s fight!”

“Travelling artist versus Madman Chu!”

Everyone shouted in succession, they were all the more looking forward to this fight.

Chulain smiled grimly, not minding what Xiao Chen said before, he rushed forward as though he was flying and shouted, “Let me see whether you’ve understood the real essence of the Telepathic Sword Wave.”

Chulain rushed over in an instant, his body was like a screw as he revolved in midair. Purple light lingered all over his body, then they condensed and transformed into a divine sword in his hand as he slashed it downward.

Xiao Chen was as steady as a boulder; majestic and motionless. However, his eyes were emitting two light beams that danced in the sky like lightning.

This time, he did not use the Telepathic Sword Wave. Xiao Chen moved his body as his heart desired. His hands moved to form an indescribable maneuver. He used his body to form a connection with the heart, and the magic circle formed by itself.

The Seal of Leo!

The powerful force from his punch felt as if the comet was about to ram into the mother earth. It left a dazzling ray of light as he lifted his fist upward. It clashed with the purple divine sword with a loud clank.

He was like a pine tree as he remained motionless, but he was like a gale once he moved.

Xiao Chen soared up and instantly exchanged hundreds of blow with Chulain. They left behind one afterimage after another. The Seal of Leo had brought Xiao Chen’s raw power to a whole nother level.

Part 6

After the two had hundreds of exchange, they landed at each side respectively.

Chulain raised the sword and rushed forward. He made his moves boldly and slashed at Xiao Chen. The divine sword constantly shook the very space itself. The power it contained was obvious to all. It kept giving out a faintly discernable “Woong— Woong—” sound as it was waved around, each slight movement caused the earth to shake.

Xiao Chen was not fearful. With the execution of the Seal of Leo, his body was like a phantom. He was as quick as the wind, and as frantic as the lightning.

“Clank! Clank!”

Xiao Chen clashed with the divine sword with his bare hand. The clash between the two caused sparks to fly off like meteor shower.

Xiao Chen finally clapped his palms together. A world-shaking lion roar transmitted outward. The shadow of a three-headed Golden Lion King actually showed up and pounced at Chulain.

This was the true essence of the Seal of Leo!

The shadow of the lion had extreme resemblance to that three-headed Golden Lion King from Celestial City’s Warbeast tournament three years ago!

The Seal Technique was a skill Xiao Chen picked up from the Pure Land. Granny Phoebe who passed this technique to him had combined the Profound Mystery of Supreme Buddhism and the Secret Artes of Jungle Tribe to create her own unworldly technique. However, she had never forgotten those divine abilities from Buddhism and passed them to Xiao Chen.

After practicing the Seal of Leo, Xiao Chen once had a suspicion that the Golden Lion King from the Warbeast Tournament might really be an ancient Buddhist!

“Roar!!!”

The Golden Lion seemed to have materialized completely. Three of its head faced upward as it let out a roar before pouncing at Chulain. Glaring gold light burst out and forced everyone to cover their eyes.

It was as if the earth and sky had turned upside down, the energy waves kept pouring out and caused even the water in the lake to roll over and over. Many of the spectators were getting unsteady on their feet and some of them even fell on the ground.

That lasted until the brilliant rays were totally dispersed. The Golden Lion King was gone, and Chulain’s divine sword was totally crushed by the Seal of Leo.

Everyone was very shocked. This travelling artist Xiao Shishui was really too strong. They originally thought the Telepathic Sword Wave was his thrump card, but it seemed like he had more than one divine ability.

“Hmph!”

Chulain snorted and stepped forward. At the same time, purple brilliance circulated around his hand with a resounding noise, and the purple divine sword was reformed.

Xiao Chen just stood there and looked on with a cold gaze as Chulain closed in. The seal technique he executed this time was not at all the same.

Seal of Immortal King!

This time, Xiao Chen clapped his palms together at once. The shadow of a powerful entity showed up and its huge figure blocked half of the sky. With a loud rumble, it swatted the ground with his huge palm and caused an earthquake.

“Boom!”

It crushed the purple divine sword and swept across Chulain, causing him to flip away in an awkward position.

Part 7

A commotion broke out soon after. It wasn’t that they hadn’t thought about how powerful was Xiao Chen, it was just that his skill was so powerful that none of them could believe it.

After Chulain hit the ground, instead of feeling awkward, he was feeling more competitive. He had an imposing expression as he stood on the ground. Seeing how Xiao Chen had used his divine abilities consecutively, he finally decided to stop holding back. He’s about to unleash his power that secured his top position of the youth generation!

“Report!”

Just at this time, a yell could be heard from a distant as a full plated soldier ran over. He knelt down with one knee touching the ground and reported to Chulain, “It’s an urgent message!”

Chulain fell back and left the battlefield.

The duel had been interrupted.

Before Chulain had the time to open the envelop, two practitioners surrounded him.

“Brother Chu, allow us to take him down in your stead.”

One of them was tall, about three heads taller than an ordinary person. His gaze was chilly. One look and you could tell he was an untamed beast. The other one had a pale face with gloomy expression, tall stature and looked somewhat frail, yet he gave of a gentle impression.

“No, just let me read the letter first, then I will continue.” Chulain firmly refused.

“We insists!”

Everyone saw how the three of them were arguing and began to wonder about the two person’s identity. They actually dared to speak to Chulain like this, they must be anything but ordinary.

One of them even ignored Chulain’s protest and charged into the battlefield. He soon appeared in close proximity of Xiao Chen.

Chulain was furious, but in the end, he forcefully restrained his fury. These two were guests that he just recently invited. Their identity were extraordinary. They were from the powerful yet mysterious Tiger Clan of Middle Earth.

The White Tiger shan’t be easily provoked. If not because he was apprehensive of their identity, and that the two were indeed very powerful, Chulain would have already ordered someone to kill them.

However, after he tore the envelope and read the content of the letter, his mood brightened up again. He laughed and said, “Hahaha, this scoundrel is also back? He actually tried to play tricks on me by using an urgent message. This should be interesting, hehe…”

The tigerman was tall and untamed. One look and you could tell that he was a person you wouldn’t want to provoke. He stared at Xiao Chen and asked, “You once had a duel with Xiao Chen three years ago?”

“What do you want to know?” Xiao Chen looked at him calmly.

“You guys fought to a draw?”

Xiao Chen declined to comment by letting out a snort.

“Then does that mean you guys have some friendly relations?”

“What about it?”

Part 8

“I knew it, you guys befriended due to your bullshit camaraderie. Then you won’t have to feel wronged if I kill you today!” The tall and savage tigerman roared at the top of his lungs.

“Who are you, what makes you say this?” Xiao Chen looked at him coldly.

The wild and untamed giant restrained his voice and said, “My name is Huzuni. Three years ago that damned Xiao Chen killed one of our brother. He even killed two demigods from our clan! Us brother had vowed to destroy his everything! If he is still alive, he will definitely show himself if you kill you.”

“What kind of logic is that?” Xiao Chen’s gaze gradually turned colder as he said, “This is not the Tiger Clan’s territory. If you die here, nobody Will be able to speak up for you!”

“Haha!!!” Huzuni faced upward and laughed out loud, “In the face of the Tiger Clan’s divine skill, you think you stand a chance? Moreover, I have half of the White Tiger’s bloodline within me.”

Xiao Chen smiled and said indifferently, “Then how about we prove it with action?”

He actually ran into someone from the Tiger Clan. Xiao Chen originally did not plan to kill the innocent ones. He did not want to involve the Tiger Clan’s common disciple. However, after seeing the other side’s attitude, he instantly changed his mind.

Want me to let you go now? In your dream!

You’re dead, no discussion!

Even if Huzuni wanted to avoid the battle, Xiao Chen wouldn’t let him go anymore. He had already given him the death penalty. Xiao Chen decided to show all his hands, without holding anything back!

“Swish!”

Like the flickering light, Xiao Chen disappeared from his original spot. He executed the Telepathic Sword Wave taught by Elder Rhino, no holds barred!

He flicked his forefinger and middle finger simultaneously. A sixty meter destructive circle appeared. The ripples were fluctuating at a terrifying rate.

“Open!” Sensing the danger, Huzuni roared loudly, His entire body flickered with white ray as a White Tiger manifested behind him. It was baring its fangs and burst forth with unparalleled power. He launched a single punch, and there were actually lightnings scattering everywhere. This was his divine ability — Destruction Lightning.

However…

It didn’t even stand one nanometer of a chance. The lightnings were instantly destroyed by the sword waves.

The sword waves continued to ripple. It was emitting a faintly discernable ringing sound like that of a bell.

“Ri-i-i-i-i-ing…”

The lingering sound lasted for a long time.

“Ah!!!”

Huzuni screamed miserably. Both of his legs were turned into dust in a fraction of a second. He flew towards the sky in fright and barely kept on to his dear life.

Although he had escaped from the effective area of the huge circle, with two of his legs gone, how fast could he be? Xiao Chen sneered; he left an afterimage in his originary location and rushed over there.

Part 9

The most profound technique passed to him by granny Phoebe.

The Seal of Flora!

A huge shadow appeared in thin air. The figure possessed extremely similar poise as Xiao Chen and wore a faint smile despite the uncaring expression. There was a flower of unknown origin in the hand of said figure.

“Swish!”

The mysterious flower left its hand and transformed to the size of a house. The crystal clear petals fell from the sky like countless razor-sharp blades.

“Pfff—!”

Blood splashed forth as Huzuni’s two arms and chest were broken into pieces. Not even a single piece remained as they all wafted in the air as bloody mist.

The only thing remained was his head full of frightened expression. It floated in the sky, among the flower petals.

Not far away, the pale-faced Kazeni almost fainted. Not only did his cousin suffered a crushing defeat, he was even killed within the blink of an eye. He almost couldn’t believe his own eyes as he instinctively rushed over while letting out a furious roar.

A little further away, Chulain saw it all happened with his own eyes. Even if he was feeling anxious, there was nothing he could do about it. It was already too late to stop them.

“Damn it! These two bastards… are they that eager to die?! ****… there’s even a strong tiger in town, they’re only inviting trouble for me!”

Chulain felt very remorseful, he shouldn’t have received these two as his guests. They were very strong, but now that a problem had occurred, their backers… definitely wouldn’t sit tight.

Huzuni’s head that was still floating among the flower petals wore a frightened expression. He transmitted his thought filled with unwillingness, “****! ****! ****! ****! ****! I am an expert who just tapped into Historia’s Sixth Celestial Layer. How can I be killed!!!”

“The end result will be the same even if you are at the Seventh Layer!”

Xiao Chen’s ice-cold voice was the last time he heard. Before Kazeni could get close enough, Xiao Chen bent his ring finger and flicked it lightly.

The head was crushed by the sword waves with a “bang”!

The lakeside was completely filled with noise as several thousand people cried out at once. Xiao Chen’s performance was really too shocking to them.

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Part 1

The experts that were cut down were in unknown conditions. Bosch hastily ordered his men to the rescue. Only until he received a definite news did he finally heave a sigh of relieve. It seemed like the other party knew when to hold back. He didn’t really want the Southern Wasteland and Yindu to be at odds with one another.

Bosch walked to the center of the battlefield with large strides. He knew that he had no other choice but to take up the challenge himself. Sending more people would only result in more injuries and deaths.

“Come down and fight me!” Bosch faced upwards and shouted loudly. He was not a Spiritual Master, so he didn’t have the ability to fly.

The shadow in the sky raised its sword and flew straight at Bosch. The sword left a long yet beautiful and magnificent light in the sky as it was dropped down in a straight line.

He didn’t waste time on any unnecessary words. The iron sword represented his will and intention.

“Clank! Clank!”

The ear-splitting noise spread across the entire place. Bosch’s fists were flickering with exquisite light as he bombarded the iron sword with countless of punches. The clash between the two caused sparks to scatter around. The powerful energy waves even forced everyone around the battlefield to fall back.

The showdown between two experts standing at the summit was indeed, too shocking for words.

Bosch was well known for his prowess in Yindu. Even if he was not number one, he was still one of the top ranked experts.

“Reveal your real body, you won’t best me in this state.” Bosch shouted coldly. His entire body was glowing with endless light, it was as if he was the incarnation of a heavenly sword himself.

As if it was only natural, the shadow beside the iron sword slowly faded away, and a figure from among the crowd walked into the battlefield with large strides.

Everyone turned pale with fright. They never thought that the powerful master of the iron sword was just beside them. They hastily made way for him.

The new arrival had a tall and slender build, black long hair, and eyes as sharp as the sword. His expression was cold and seemed to possess an extremely peculiar aura. His entire person had the same aura as the iron sword floating in the sky, as he if had truly devoted his soul to the sword.

“You can call my Bosch, may I know who am I facing?”

“Dugu Jianmo of the Southern Wasteland.” As he spoke, the iron sword flew towards his palm.

“So it was indeed someone from the Solitary clan!” Bosch nodded.

At a distant place, Yan Qingcheng and the others were really excited. Although they had long guessed it was him, they were still unable to remain calm. Regardless of their former relation, they were still from the same place after all. When Windfeathers suffered a crushing defeat before, the rich kids of Yindu ridiculed the experts of Southern Wasteland, it made them feel extremely humiliated and angry.

Part 2

But now, Dugu Jianmo had stood up for them and swept everything before him with his iron sword. They felt extremely moved and delighted.

Yan Qingcheng firmly grasped for fists. Lazio heaved a long sigh of relieve. And Windfeathers even laughed out loud. There was joy, there was zeal… but even more was the feeling of bitterness. Yindu had brought about too much disgrace and humiliation upon himself. He vowed that he would surely return to pay them back for this disgrace!

Far from the battlefield, the third princess of Shang Dynasty had already jumped up of her seat. It was obvious to all that she was extremely interested in Dugu Jianmo. And the young ladies beside her each had their own plans. Such an excellent youth, even the princess had to fight over him. If their family had one more friend like this, it meant that they would have one more top-level expert on their side in the future. It was impossible to hire him as a servant. After all, The Solitary clan of the South was not just any clan.

Xiao Chen saw everything with his eyes, yet he was very calm. Three years ago, Dugu Jianmo was equally matched with him, with his talent and nature, it would be strange if he had yet to reach this stage.

These past three years, because of degraded lifespan, his training progress was not very smooth. However, precisely because of this, his mental state had experienced a great change. It was really hard to say whether he gained more or lost more.

However, Xiao Chen had become more confident compared to three years ago. Even if facing Dugu Jianmo who made great progress.

How would the two fare against each other? It was hard to say…

Without any words, Dugu Jianmo and Bosch had already engaged in a fierce fight.

This was a showdown of the strongest!

Their power level as well as control over the divine abilities were crucial factors that would determine their victory or defeat.

In a certain sense, once a person had entered the Historia realm and unlocked their divine abilities, it could provide them with endless possibilities. It was no longer a dream. With a powerful divine ability, one could possibly defeat a warrior of higher realm.

The two powerful experts were evenly matched. It was a really intense battle.

Bosch emitted two rays of purple light from his eyes. His movements were as quick as lightning. Hazy purple clouds were lingering around him. The sword in his hand projected several light beams that raged on like a large sea wave, it was unstoppable.

And Dugu Jianmo seemed like the incarnation of the god of sword itself as he split the space with his iron sword. The sword rays scattered in all directions. It was as if a comet had streaked across the sky, it was bright and gorgeous.

In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged more than a hundred blow. However, it seemed like they were still evenly matched.

At a distant location, the peers were discussing among themselves.

“Indeed, the Solitary clan of the South can never be underestimated.”

“Dugu Jianmo would be ranked in the foremost even in my Great Shang Dynasty.”

“It seems like the stupid badly has improved again. His family’s Amethyst Cloud technique really lived up to its reputation.”

Part 3

“It is hard to predict the outcome of this battle.”

After two hundred exchanges, Bosch sneered and said, “Don’t you have any divine ability?”

Dugu Jianmo replied in a cold tone, “One iron sword can best every divine abilities that ever existed!”

“Haha…” Bosch laughed out loud and said coldly, “In that case, this battle ends here!”

All of a sudden, the purple clouds filled the entire sky. The endless Amethyst Clouds submerged the entire battlefield. Everyone could only hear the ice-cold voice of Bosch, “Amethyst Prison!”

It was as if the space was frozen as the endless purple clouds trapped Dugu Jianmo within. Although Bosch was not proficient in the law of space, this very divine ability possessed countless connections with the law. It could seal off an area of space.

Dugu Jianmo had been trapped.

Many startled voice could be heard from beyond the battlefield.

“That is the stupid baldy’s original divine ability.”

“There were already many experts who fell in the hands of the Amethyst Prison.”

Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were most anxious. For Dugu Jianmo to be trapped like this. Was that not tantamount to a fish lying on a chopping board?

Even the third princess of the Great Shang Dynasty and those young ladies revealed anxiety on their beautiful faces. They didn’t wish for anything to happen to Dugu Jianmo. After all, he had already exhibited such an extraordinary strength. If he was defeated by Bosch and got killed in the process, that’d be such a pity.

Xiao Chen watched everything calmly, he already bent the middle finger of his right hand in preparation of launching the Telepathic Sword Wave. That was a mysterious skill passed to him by Elder Rhino of the Pure Land. However, he quickly loosened up his finger.

“The sword is equivalent to your life, since it has already left your hand, Dugu Jianmo, it’s your loss!” Bosch’s callous voice transmitted outwards as he fiercely squeezed the Amethyst Prison.

Inside the Amethyst Prison, the purple radiance had almost liquified. The iron sword was forcefully shaken off and was sealed in the corner of the prison. And Dugu Jianmo was completely restrained. It was hard just to move a finger. Even his long black hair was standing on end. Blood already started to leak out from his nose and mouth as the purple force continued to squeeze him. The bones all over his body were giving off “creaking” noise.

At a glance, everyone was sure that it was already Dugu Jianmo’s defeat. No one thought he could get out of this alive. However, just at this time, Dugu Jianmo’s voice was like a sudden clap of thunder as he shouted, “Break!”

He ignored the iron sword floating at one side of the sky as he silhouette suddenly became faint. But instantly afterwards, his body burst forth with brilliant rays!

“Crack! Crack!’

And followed by the sound of violent collision between bones.

Part 4

Dugu Jianmo’s body was actually changing shape right before everyone’s eyes! His flesh and blood body actually became as thin as paper in that instant. Everyone was at a loss for words, they couldn’t find a word to describe the current situation.

Dugu Jianmo’s body was as thin as a piece paper. It shone with brilliant rays that were unpleasant to the eyes. He launched forward as if he was a divine sword himself!

A small crack appeared in the Amethyst Prison due to the raw power.

That’s right, he treated his own body like a sword and split open the Amethyst Prison. He rushed out from the prison and left a streak of light in his trail.

The swift and violent charge felt as if the meteorite was about to struck the earth!

He charged straight for Bosch. The divine rays pierced the sky, the entire area was instantly illuminated by the blazing rays.

“BANG!”

Bosch was sent tumbling away in the sky by this shocking attack.

“Pfff!”

At the same time Bosch was sent tumbling away, he spat out vapours of blood and fell into the pool of blood.

Such an unforeseen event caused everyone to be dumbstruck.

The power Dugu Jianmo flaunted earlier, it was plainly unstoppable!

Soon after, the lakeside was completely filled with noise.

Today, at the Maritime Moon Garden, other than gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, many invitees were genuine practitioners. After witnessing that battle at close distance just now, none was more clear of just how terrifying was Dugu Jianmo.

Even the experts from some of the strongest clans revealed grave expressions without a single exception.

The stupid baldy was actually defeated, I don’t believe it…”

“The Amethyst Prison, nobody in Yindu actually dared to try and break free from it, but today…”

Bosch exerted himself to stand up slowly. He wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth and his white teeth were exposed. Due to the effect of the bloodstain, the scar on his face made him look somewhat frightening. He looked over his shoulder like an eagle watching its prey, and swept his eyes in all directions. The clamor immediately died down.

As the descendant of one of the strongest clans in Yindu, Bosch had amassed might and prestige among the youth generation. He was well known for his strength and ruthlessness. For the general populace, he was someone to be avoided at all cost.

“Dugu Jianmo, you are very strong. Is that your divine ability?”

Dugu Jianmo was very indifferent as he said, “Is it now? I do not know. All I know is that everything that composed the world, be it the blades of grass or the trees, everything is my sword. Of course, that includes me, and if necessary, you as well.”

Part 5

It was seldom for the silent Dugu Jianmo to say this much.

“Cr-crack! Cr-crack!”

Dugu Jianmo’s flesh and bones moved accordingly and quickly reformed his original form. It was hard to imagine how did he manage to turn his body paper thin width earlier.

At the distant place, the third princess of Shang Dynasty already jumped up from her seats with glistening eyes and gave a few orders to the palace maids. And beside her, those young ladies each had their own plans. However, one thing was for sure, all of them had the intention to recruit Dugu Jianmo.

The palace maid ran towards Dugu Jianmo with a jade tray in hand. There was a cup atop the tray. The palace maid respectfully stood in front of Dugu Jianmo and said, “This fragrant tea is an offering from the third princess.”

“Offering? I don’t need any offering from anyone!”

As he said these, an uproar broke out.

Everyone felt that this guy was really too full of himself. He actually dared to reject the tea offered to him by the third princess. For an ordinary person, this would have been the greatest honor, and yet he took up such an attitude.

Dugu Jianmo was a lone wolf. He only lived for the sword. To him, there was no difference between a princess and the common people. If he went berserk, he wouldn’t even recognize between allies or foes. He hated this “offering” word. Other than the sword in his hands, he never respected anyone else.

The third princess frowned, but she smiled again soon after. Although her beautiful face was covered by a veil, it was easy to imagine just how charming her smile was.

The noble girls at the side gently covered their mouths as they looked at each other. Since Dugu Jianmo did not give any face to the princess, they smiled at the thought that they might still stand a chance.

Another palace girl ran over hurriedly and said respectfully, “The third princess ask of Lord Dugu to have a cup of fragrant tea first before you leave.”

Without saying anything, Dugu Jianmo lifted the cup and gulped it down with one breath. Then he carried the sword on his back and left with large strides.

How could they let him leave so easily? Many people were enticed by his impressive martial prowess.

Before the third princess could order someone to pass on her message, Bosch had spoken out,

“Wait, please stay for a bit longer.”

Dugu Jianmo did not say a word, he halted his steps and faced Bosch with his back.

“Brother Dugu is indeed a towering figure. I highly respect you. How about we become friends?”

Dugu Jianmo remained as silent as ever. However, Windfeathers shouted from far off, “Didn’t you call us the Southern Barbarian?!”

Part 6

“Haha…” Bosch laughed with a clear and bright tone as he said, “In the face of Brother Dugu’s martial prowess, even I will be forced to take back my previous insult. There are indeed talented individuals hiding in the Southern Wasteland. With Brother Dugu around, who who dare to say there are no experts in the South?!”

Dugu Jianmo continued to move forward without saying anything.

Bosch shouted out loud from behind, “Don’t leave yet Brother Dugu, please listen to what I have to say first.” He explained earnestly, “Our Shang Dynasty’s citizens are open-minded people. All the good men here are capricious. Because we are rather frank, it is hard to avoid hurting others with our words. What I want to say is, we are honest to a fault and will never stab you behind your back. We are only a little too straightforward and easily offended the others. Please pardon us if we had somehow offended you before. I want to make friends with you. I swear on my name that I will never belittle the Southern Wasteland ever again.”

As the later generation of a noble clan, he knew how to put it behind him after picking a fight. Despite losing the fight, Bosch still intended to treat Dugu Jianmo as a friend.

Although his speech was very impressive, that scar on his face as well as his mean-looking eyes made people associate Bosch one of those ambitious and ruthless character.

“I will only devote my life to the sword.” As he was unwilling to say more than this, Dugu Jianmo was about to distant himself after saying only that much.

Far away from that place, many rich kids were in the middle of a hot discussion.

“Looks like it will not be easy to make this Dugu Jianmo submit.”

“Since we can’t employ him anyway, why not get an old ******* to kill him.”

“Nonsense! Did your brain get kicked by a donkey? What are you going to do when dozens of those crazy bastards from the Solitary clan come knocking on your front door?!”

The Solitary clan of the South. Although this clan was very low-key, nobody dared to look down on them. When their later generation went out to the world to gain experience and were killed honorably by their peers, they wouldn’t get involved in it. In fact, they wouldn’t even care. However, if the older generation experts were to make a move and killed their later generation in the process, then what awaits them was only a storm. Someone had once provoked the Solitary clan before. As a result, more than ten people carrying ******* swords came knocking on their doors and exterminated the entire clan in a single night.

They were such an abnormal clan, even the supreme clans in the Great Shang Dynasty were unwilling to rashly provoke them.

If they didn’t follow the rules and recklessly played their cards, the Solitary clan would pursue and kill them, without exception!

The third princess dispatched someone to stop Dugu Jianmo, she wanted to have a chat with him at the lakeside. And there were even more people waiting for their chance at the side. All of them wanted to recruit this youth with seemingly unlimited potential.

On the other side, the supreme clans were also having a heated discussion.

Just when the third princess was about to go speak with Dugu Jianmo personally.

“Dugu Jianmo, wait a minute!” A loud voice transmitted from the crowd as a ray of blue light flew towards him.

Dugu Jianmo turned around and looked at him indifferently.

Part 7

“Defeating Bosch does not mean you have defeated the true expert of Yindu. I will defeat you here and now!” The blue-clothed man was very handsome. Even when compared to some of the girls, they would still be overshadowed by his beauty.

At another location, Bosch’s faction was extremely furious.

“He’s from the Qiwang Faction, how dare he ridicule us. Although Bosch was defeated, he is still one of the strongest in Yindu. This guy has a really foul mouth.”

“I will challenge you to a duel today, remember my nam—” Before the blue-clothed man could finish his words, Dugu Jianmo’s ******* sword was already in front of his face. The entire area was illuminated by the stream of light.

“Clank! Clank! Clank!”

Following the clashing sounds of the ******* sword, a miserable shriek followed soon after. The ******* sword had cut the blue-clothed man into half. His dead body fell on the lawn, and bright red blood gused out non-stop.

Only now did Dugu Jianmo finally opened his mouth, “Dead man needs no name.”

“Nice kill!”

“I really can’t stand that spoiled kid. That idiot was always yapping all day long. His strength was clearly on the lower side, yet he always thought there were only a few who could match up to him.”

As for the man who was just killed, even among the rich kids of Yindu district, not many sympathized with him.

Every supreme faction other than the Chen faction laughed as they bore witness to this outcome.

Chen Hangging asked in a cold voice, “Who let that idiot go out?”

“He wanted to seek fame for himself, we didn’t have enough time to stop him.”

“That f***king *******!” Chen Hangging was a little enraged. Even Bosch was not Dugu Jianmo’s match, yet this idiot dared to jump into the fray.

Chen Hangging fixed his eyes on Dugu Jianmo, whose ******* sword was dripping with blood. Finally, he made an unexpected decision and walked towards the combat zone with large strides.

“Brother Chen, you can’t—!”

“It won’t hurt!” Chen Hangging firmly interrupted the words of the few people behind him and continued to stride forward.

Chen Hangging didn’t look one bit like a practitioner. He was not all too handsome, and his skin tone was pale. From the outside, he looked like a gentle and quiet man, but those who were well acquainted with him knew he was a very shrewd and ruthless man despite his young age.

“Dugu Jianmo, how about we make a bet.”

Dugu Jianmo only looked at him coldly.

Part 8

“The loser will unconditionally do a favor for the victor to the best of their ability, how about it?” Chen Hangging calmly called his stake.

Regarding this, Dugu Jianmo answered directly with his sword.

On the other hand, Bosch had a really ugly expression as he shouted in anger, “How shameless! Chen Hangging must have noticed it already. Although Dugu Jianmo broke free from my Amethyst Prison, he himself had suffered some injuries.”

“What, Dugu Jianmo is already wounded? This weasel sure know how to exploit an advantage.”

Everyone in Bosch’s faction was all really angry. One of them even shouted in anger, “Little Hang Hang, wetting his bed at ten years old…”

His words clearly resounded in the ears of countless people. It immediately caused everyone to roar with laughter.

Just like how Bosch had tasteless nickname like stupid baldy, Chen Hangging had also been called as Pigtail by others. That was because he was still wetting his bed at ten years old. Therefore, the rich kids in Yindu always made fun of him like this behind his back.

“Little Hang Hang, wetting his bed at ten years old…”

Immediately afterwards, a few people jeered in succession from several directions.

All the rich kids in Yindu were already swaying to and fro as they laughed out loud. Even the third princess of the Shang Dynasty was trying to hold back the laughter. As for those young ladies beside her? Needless to say, their shoulders were already trembling and tears almost leaked out from their eyes.

Chen Hangging’s white cheeks had instantly turned red. He coldly swept his eyes over the countless thousands of people. It immediately caused many of them to lower their heads in apprehension. Nobody dared to make anymore noise and laugh at him.

Due to this distraction, Dugu Jianmo managed to cut into his sleeve. One of his arms was almost crippled as a result.

“Nine Hades’ Wheel!” Chen Hangging was indeed furious. The mockery earlier made his mood especially agitated, and that caused him to use his most powerful technique from the get-go.

All of a sudden, black clouds started to rumble in the sky. The black fog had instantly enveloped the entire battlefield. The millstone-sized wheel among the darkness was as blazing as the sun. It emitted countless rays of light and all of them were aimed at Dugu Jianmo.

The scions from some of the supreme clans jumped up from shock.

The Grand Nine Hades, that was the undisclosed technique of the Chen faction. And Chen Hangging even developed his own unique ability — The Nine Hades’ Wheel. Ever since he successfully developed this skill, none had yet to last for more than a quarter of an hour under the might of the wheel.

The radiance emitted by the wheel in the dark fog was especially bright. The rays of light were omnipresent and even Dugu Jianmo was almost swallowed by the light.

His ******* sword moved non-stop in an attempt to stop the divine rays. Dugu Jianmo trembled with fear in his heart. He knew that if just one of those rays were to hit him, he would be in grave danger.

Part 9

“Hades’ Wheel!” Chen Hangging shouted loudly. His pale cheeks were colored in red. The millstone-sized wheel in the sky instantly grew to the size of a house as it descended slowly.

The earth shook violently and terrifying cracks appeared on the ground in a split second later. It was brought about purely by the pressure of the wheel.

The Hades’ Wheel was only three feet above Dugu Jianmo. All the rays of light were launched towards him simultaneously and trapped him within. His ******* sword had already been separated from his hands a long time ago. If he didn’t shield himself with a protective barrier in the first moments, his body might already be turned into mincemeat.

Chen Hangging sneered, “Dugu Jianmo, it’s your loss!”

All the spectators were overwhelmed with shock. The Hades’ Wheel was really too powerful. Even some of the scions from the supreme clans had a change of expression.

“This gigolo is about the same as the stupid baldy before, but it looks like he had made a breakthrough. I’m afraid that he might have reached the peak of Historia Fifth Celestial Layer already. Or perhaps he has already reached the Sixth Celestial Layer. I fear that he is way ahead of the stupid baldy by now.”

“That is indeed the case, the Hades’ Wheel is as powerful as expected.”

Regarding these, Bosch did not mind about it. They were always competing against one another and forged ahead like this. Just because they fell behind today, it didn’t mean tomorrow would be the same. He was more concerned about whether Dugu Jianmo could endure this or not.

Dugu Jianmo’s body was turning light in color. His bones were giving out creaking noises and his body was becoming thin rapidly!

“You want to force your way out with Swordification? It’s pointless!”

“Pfff!”

Dugu Jianmo coughed out a big mouthful of blood. The Swordification had failed. A powerful pressure was constantly crushing him and forced his transformation to fail.

“You lost!” Chen Hangging sneered.

“It is you who lost!” Just at this time, Dugu Jianmo actually opened his mouth.

Chen Hangging shouted “not good” in a loud voice, then he abruptly jumped back. At the same time, he quickly destroyed his robe. Despite that, his shattered robe flew towards him like countless flying swords.

He immediately erected a protective barrier and blocked those countless “tiny swords”. However, he had lost control of the Hades’ Wheel. The rays of light dimmed and dissipated at lightning speed. Dugu Jianmo rushed over like a ray of death as he sent Chen Hangging flying away in the blink of an eye.

Everyone was impassioned, Dugu Jianmo actually turned the situation around in the most critical moment and landed a clean hit. Many people started to cheer.

“Cough…”

Part 10

While coughing out blood, Chen Hangging stood up unsteadily and asked in distress, “How did you do it?”

“Everything in the world, be it the grass or the tree, everything is my sword. Not only does that include my body, it also includes your body.” Dugu Jianmo wiped the blood stain at the corner of his mouth, then he grabbed the ******* sword floating beside him.

Once at the pinnacle, he could even use other’s body as his sword, just how much more freakish and terrifying could it get!

“Speak, what do you want me to do for you.”

Dugu Jianmo didn’t say anything, he just turned around and walked away with the ******* sword on his shoulder. He won against key figures from two supreme clans and had suffered grave injuries, he couldn’t continue to fight.

The third princess of the Shang Dynasty walked over here personally, along with all the noble ladies of Yindu.

The surrounding was in a clamor. Many ordinary practitioners were looking at Dugu Jianmo as if he was a god.

“Hahaha… the Sword Verse Tea Party organized by the third princess, how can I not come? I’ve finally arrived!” The sound of laughter transmitted from outside the Maritime Moon Garden. A group of rich kids walked over with large strides, all the while surrounding a certain youth.

“Wheeze…”

Wheezing sounds could immediately be heard from the surroundings. Evidently, a lot of people were able to recognize that youth, and they seemed to be very apprehensive of him.

“Why is he back to the imperial capital already? Didn’t he lead an army to war?”

“This ferocious man is one of the Imperial Capital’s Heroic Four!”

“Chulain… one of the four most terrifying men in Yindu. He has been trying to court with the third princess for not just one or two years already. He will definitely cause a huge upheaval again. Hehe, I look forward to it!”

“Chulain, how come you’re back?” The third princess walked with graceful steps. Her slender body had the right curves in the right place. Despite the fact that her face was covered by the veil, it was easy to imagine just how peerless her appearance was just from her beautiful eyes.

“Haha… greeting to third princess. Elder Shuai specifically sent me back to Yindu, he didn’t want me to miss the Sword Verse Party organized by the princess.” Chulain had a valiant appearance. He had a confident aura like that of a general.

However, Bosch and Chen Hangging seemed like they detest him as they secretly let out a few cold snort.

The third princess revealed a faint smile and said, “You must be tired after the long journey, why don’t you go sit at the side and rest a little.”

“No, not at all. Just looking at the princess, all the hardships of travel seemed to have dissipated.” This guy was extremely daring and had irritated much too many people. However, nobody dared to say anything. The Imperial Capital’s Heroic Four, they could be said to be the fiercest of the fiercest. Let’s not mention the Shang Dynasty, even after scouring the whole world, they would still be unparalleled.

Part 11

The third princess no longer paid any attention to him and walked towards Dugu Jianmo with some of the young ladies.

Chulain laughed out loud and was one step faster than the princess. Then he said, “So, you are Dugu Jianmo of the Southern Wasteland? The one who defeated our Yindu’s experts consecutively…” Speaking until here, he swept his gaze all over and snorted, “After we Heroics Four departed from Yindu, you guys had really brought a huge shame to our Great Shang Dynasty. You actually lost to a barbarian from the Southern Wasteland, how shameful!”

Everyone was triggered by him as he said these.

“You mother f**ker, if my brother is still alive, you will be dead!”

“What are you acting all high and mighty for, it’s not like you’re really the strongest in Yindu!”

Even Bosch and Chen Hangging were extremely angry. However, they could only swallow their discontent, nobody dared to face him directly.

Although he had left Yindu for a period of time, his prestige still remained. Chulain swept his gaze over the crowd, but nobody dared to provoke him under his gaze.

“If I did not come back, the Shang Dynasty’s face would be sullied by you jokers.” Chulain sneered. Then he turned around and said to Dugu Jianmo, “If I can’t kill you within eighty rounds, I rather kill myself.”

Looking at the man blocking his path, the silent Dugu Jianmo only looked at him coldly, then he moved his eyesight to the crowd.

“How shameless! ‘Stupid Baldy’ and ‘Bedwetter’ had already inflicted grave injuries on Dugu Jianmo. It is not fair at all to challenge him now.”

“Only now did you show your face, how shameless can you get!”

“Bullcrap Yindu’s Heroic Four.”

Whether it was really because the Shang Dynasty’s people were really that open-minded and frank, or that these people just hated Chulain that much. Even though it was trying to maintain the face of Yindu, he had to receive a torrent of curses.

Chulain did not get angry as everyone expected, he only snorted and said, “When I, Chulain, challenge others to a duel, have I ever been unfair?”

Everyone immediately turned silent.

“Hmph. Bring me the Seven Revolution Gold Pill, give one to Dugu Jianmo. It will ensure his full recovery in an instant. Only then will I fight with him!”

Everyone finally quietened down. Although many people dislike the Yindu’s Heroic Four, they couldn’t help but to recognize their strength.

“There’s no need.” Just at this time, the silent Dugu Jianmo suddenly began to speak, “I’ve said it before, I am not the strongest in the Southern Wasteland. Since you guys want to vie for that false reputation, I will let someone stronger fight in my stead.”

The surroundings immediately rose to a clamor.

Everyone was incomparably shocked. Dugu Jianmo was already this strong and had dominated everyone on the scene. Then just how powerful would the strongest of the Southern Wasteland be? Could he really be a match for Yindu’s Heroic Four?

More importantly, the strongest of the Southern Wasteland had also arrived here?

And now, even the third princess revealed a hint of surprise on her face. Her beautiful eyes sparkled as she looked left and right. The other beauties were no exception.

Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were shocked. They could hardly imagine who Dugu Jianmo was referring to. Could it be the most mysterious Zhao Chongyang?

This piece of news was really too unexpected! After the clamor, everyone became silent in anticipation.

“Oh? The strongest expert of the Southern Wasteland has also arrived? How come I’ve never heard of such a person?” Chulain’s eyes shone brightly as he continued, “Where is he?”

“Over there!” Dugu Jianmo pointed his ******* sword in the front.

“Swish!”

The spectators there immediately split into two sides. Stop joking around! If they got falsely recognized, they wouldn’t even know how they die!

On that spot, only a youth with tall stature was left behind.

Everyone’s gaze was focused on that very spot.

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“I am also not the strongest in the Southern Wasteland.” The cold voice was ruthless. Despite the coldness, he was very calm.

Once he declared that, everyone turned pale. An expert this powerful was still not the strongest in the South? Could it be that the South was not as simple as it looked on the surface? There was still an expert hiding in the South?

However, the youths of Yindu were unwilling to lose their limelight.

“Haha…” Many of them started to laugh out loud.

“You dare to be this arrogant when you are not even the strongest in the South?”

Although that’s what they were saying, no one dared to look down on him. After all, two experts were beheaded just now.

As some of the scions waved their hand, a group of people besieged the sword. Few of the Psychics took off to the sky in attempt to seal off the sword.

Two of them took the initiatives and launched their divine abilities at the iron sword floating in the sky. They wanted to seal off the iron sword just like this, and force the one hiding into the open.

Without any unnecessary word, the iron sword directly pierced through the sky. The master of the sword didn’t seem to attach any importance to them.

“Swish!”

With a flash of light, the iron sword looked like a dragon waving its tail in midair. It turned around and did a diagonal slash. The two had only just threw themselves over, yet the divine abilities they launched had instantly shattered into small pieces like a broken glass.

With two “swish” sound from the sword, blood splattered everywhere. The fresh blood dyed the grassland with its color. Two guests were chopped in half at the waist, and their corpses fell on the ground.

The remaining guests shouted simultaneously as they charged altogether, some released glaring sword-qi, while others released bizarre artes. Their target? The iron sword.

And the outcome was just as disappointing.

The iron sword was unstoppable, it transformed into a streak of light in the sky, dashing all over the place and cut up all the guests. Everyone only saw a streak of light flickering before the blood sprinkled everywhere.

The blood had dyed the vast sky red…

No matter how complex was your spell, no matter how tyrannical was your energy, you still couldn’t resist one strike from the iron sword!

The iron sword swept across all directions and instantly killed more than ten guests, leaving their corpses behind on the spot.

The blood gushed not non-stop, dying the grassland red. Even the sky was filled with bloody mist.

The facial expressions of everyone immediately changed due to the death of many practitioners. This Sword Verse Tea Party was a convention to pick out geniuses. Although they had expected a fight to break out, nobody had ever imagined someone would go on a killing spree without any qualms in such a situation.

At the distant, many of the beauties turned pale. Each and everyone of them was so scared that they dare not utter a single word.

The third princess of Shang Dynasty and a few dozen young ladies of Yindu were attracted by the iron sword in the battlefield. Although they were all outstanding beauties, they were not frail either. They had bountiful of experiences, their father and elder brothers were all experts of high calibre, so they were not scared at all.

“Princess… shall we go search for him and teach that arrogant boy a lesson?” Someone put forward a suggestion to the third princess.

She turned around and glared at that imperial bodyguard. The masked third princess said in a cold tone, “I will behead anyone who dares to act arbitrarily! An expert like this, must be recruited at all cost, don’t act recklessly.”

That imperial bodyguard backed away in embarrassment.

Not only the third princess, the other noble ladies beside her also had the same line of thought. All of them wanted to recruit this peak-level youth expert.

Just at this time, Bosch laughed heartily and said, “Do you dare to challenge me?” He walked into the battlefield as he said this. Such a provocative word could only serve to rouse up the crowd and made him the sole target.

“Stop!”

Someone stopped him and said, “Bosch, let me test out his strength first.”

Bosch turned around and saw that it was his good friend, Xushan. He knew that Xushan was worried about his well being and wanted to test out the opponent’s strength first.

“I don’t think it’s necessary.”

“No, that guy is too formidable. Let me test him first.” Xushan was around twenty six to twenty seven years old. His appearance was very ordinary. Although he was a clansman of the East, his hair was tinged with blond. He said with a very serious expression, “Let me go first. Yindu’s strongest clans are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves. You are the strongest among us. If you were to lose in the hands of this South barbarian, we will become a laughing stock and lose our face.”

Bosch silently nodded in the end. The power structure in Yindu was very complicated. Although they were all loyal to the imperial household, the powerful clans were endlessly clashing with one another. They were split into a few major clans and their relationship were far from harmonious.

Back in those days, the Lord of Shang Dynasty was only a king in name. However, as their territories expanded, he began to consider himself as an emperor. Nobility was bestowed to the powerful clans which existed since a millennium ago.

As long as there were people, war ensued. Moreover, this was one of the most intense battlefield. For as long as a millennium, these power clans never stopped clashing against one another.

These clans possessed tremendous strength, each and every one of them was in possession of an ungodly expert. After so many generations, their foundation was already deep-rooted. If not because of the support of some renowned figures, the imperial family of Shang Dynasty would already fall in the hands of these powerful clans.

The Bo family was one such powerful clan, and Bosch was the leading youth of their clan.

Xushan entered the battlefield with large strides. He faced the iron sword and shouted, “Please show yourself, let us have a fair duel!”

“Needless!” The cold voice spread to the whole audience. It was brief and clear, as if there was no need to say more than that; the cold voice was brimming with strong confidence.

Xushan was furious. He was not an ordinary man, he was one of the experts in Bosch’s party and came from a prestigious house. He soared into the sky and spread out his arms. It was a very bizarre sight as two black clouds seemed to be pressing against the iron sword. His sleeves were enlarging and enveloping the iron sword.

He was a powerful Spiritual Master, his divine ability was known as Astina Universe. At peak power, this ability could transform the very nature itself. It was a really terrifying forbidden technique.

Precisely because of this ability, he was thought of highly by the older generation. Without a doubt, he had a bright future ahead of him. He would undoubtedly become a prominent figure in the future. Although his power level was only at Historia’s Fourth Celestial Layer, Xushan had enough powerful to face experts of Sixth Celestial Layer.

“Crack! Crack!”

The powerful pressure felt like Mt Tai weighing down on the ground. It caused a fissure on the ground below. The sleeves had already expanded to the size of a hill. It was scattering black clouds and mist as it pressed down.

It felt as terrifying as the birth of a Great Demon. It was easy to imagine just how powerful was this Astina Universe.

Many people who were sitting around the battlefield were sent flying away by the pure pressure.

This caused confusion and disorder at the site. However, it was rather fortunate that everyone here was not an ordinary group of people. They quickly calmed down after the brief disturbance.

A shocking event occurred right at this time. The iron sword remained motionless under the mountain-like pressure. The moment that the sleeves started to fall, the iron sword rose into the sky like a streak of rainbow. It broke into the rolling black clouds and flew up in a straight line.

“Hmph!”

Xushan let out a snort. The might of the Astina Universe was unpredictable. With a ferocious swing of the sleeves, the mountain-sized sleeves discharged endless black fog and rose in a circular moment in a flash.

With a loud explosive noise, the omnipresent sleeves gathered in one spot and received the attack head-on. The black fog covering more than half of the sky was gradually shrinking along with the sleeves. Eventually the black cloud finally dispersed.

“Haha…”

The rich kids of Yindu laughed out loud.

“Is that all you got? Ridiculous!”

“This is the so-called expert from the Southern Wasteland?”

“His weapon was taken away so easily, and here I thought he was oh-so-powerful!”

However, everyone’s smile froze in an instant, the laughter came to a sudden stop. A streak of divine ray streaked across the sky and forcefully broke free from the huge iron sleeve.

The sleeve broke into pieces and danced lightly in the air like butterflies. That sharp iron sword broke through by force!

It had completely triumphed over the Astina Universe.

The iron sword was like a rainbow. After breaking through the Astina Universe, it transformed into a light beam and headed straight for Xushan.

Although Xushan was an expert, even he had lost the power to retaliate in the face of such a matchless iron sword. He used whatever remained of the sleeves to counter the iron sword without rest. Every time the sleeves and iron sword made contact, they produced a thunderous noise. It sounded just like a divine iron being struck by a huge hammer. The sonorous noise continued to linger on.

This outcome caused huge commotion among the numerous spectators. Everyone cried out in surprise one after another.

The master of the iron sword was too strong. He actually broke through the Astina Universe without breaking much of a sweat. His confidence and strength made everyone gasp in surprise.

“Get back!” Bosch shouted out loud from below. Just as he wanted to rush in, someone beside him pulled him and already soared into the sky by himself.

After all, Bosch was the leading person of their clan’s youth generation. He must not be defeated so easily. Their side didn’t wish for him to participate in a battle with uncertainties.

Although the person who rushed in was very fast, he was still not as fast as the iron sword. After a few strikes from the dazzling sword-qi, Xushan’s hair was already dishevelled. Half of his long hair was cut by the iron sword as they were carried off by the wind.

He had received two terrifying wounds. Although he was only lightly poked by the iron sword, the blood was already flowing like rapid water. Eerie white bones could be seen beyond the wound.

“Pfff!”

Xushan spat out a big mouthful of blood. He clamped down the resplendent sword ray with Astina Universe with all his might. After he did so, he was sent flying away by the violent force of the sword strike, leaving behind a huge quantity of blood spatter.

With a loud “bang”, Xushan crashed onto the ground.

The rich kid who just flew into the sky was also a Spiritual Master. His power was without a doubt on the higher tier. Those who walked together with Bosch were all the cream of the crops.

Seeing that another foolish guy had come forward, he didn’t say anything and sent the iron sword flying towards him. The sword-qi was as thick as a water jar, and the pressure was as heavy as a lofty mountain. The iron sword cut through the sky and engaged in a fierce battle with that Spiritual Master.

“Pfff!”

That Spiritual Master was overwhelmed with shock. Although it was just an iron sword, it contained power beyond imagination. The shockwaves caused him to spat out blood on the spot. As his injuries accumulate, he became unable to keep up with his spells.

Finally, when the sword hurled at him, he was so terrified that he immediately rolled his body in the sky without paying any heed to his posture. He rolled away just as such and narrow avoided life-threatening attack. His hair was a royal mess and fresh blood dripped from his neck. Just a little bit more and his head would already be detached from his body.

His eyelid became heavy as the Spiritual Master fell from the sky.

The iron sword was ruthless and went after the fallen target. It wanted to deprive the target of its life in the sky. A few silhouettes from below immediately rushed to the rescue. Even with their combined forces, it was only barely enough to stop the iron sword. However, it was fortunate that they were able to save their comrade.

“Don’t run away, why don’t you come at me all at once?!” The cold and ruthless voice contained strong confidence.

The iron sword flew in circles, streaking across all directions as it unleashed a blazing sword-qi. Murderous aura filled the air.

“How arrogant!”

“Don’t be so full of yourself!”

When they heard the provocative words, all of them were furious and jumped into the fray altogether.

Just who was this ferocious man? All the spectators were totally overwhelmed. A youth expert of this level could be ranked in the foremost even in this Great Shang Dynasty.

And he had said it himself… that he was not the strongest of the youth generation from the Southern Wasteland.

Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were really excited. Especially Windfeathers, due to his excitement, his entire body was shaking. It was as if he was fighting those experts from Yindu himself. It was as if his former humiliation had been washed off.

At a distant place, the third princess of Shang Dynasty and dozens of other beauties had glittering eyes. As far as they were concerned, they must recruit a youth expert of this level by all means.

Some of the young ladies were already in a world of their own imagination…

Although the confrontation in the sky was very intense, it only lasted for a short duration. Nobody was actually capable of stopping the iron sword’s path. In only a dozen or more rounds, three of them already spat out blood and fell from the sky.

As if it was only natural, the iron sword was grabbed by an illusory hand at this time. The mysterious master of the sword showed a shadow of himself. However, this made everyone ever more shocked because that hand was completely made out of one’s Qi Energy. It was not External Incarnation, it was completely materialized with the will and qi of the sword.

With a sword in hand, it swept through all directions!

The materialized figure held the sword and went on a massacre all over the place. In the next instant, everyone was cut and fell from the sky.

His might had intimidated everyone. None of the young experts in Bosch’s party were actually capable of standing up to him.

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Shang Dynasty, just from the north to south measured four thousands of miles, and east to west were no less than 5 thousand miles. Its territory was wide beyond your wildest imagination.

In such a boundless sovereign state, its capital city was naturally just as grandiose. Not only were more than half of the wealthiest in the Great Shang Dynasty gathered at this place, even most of the super-powerful families were assembled here.

Yindu was one of the ten most famous cities in the whole world. The total population within the city wall and beyond added up to a several million. It could be counted as a magnificent city.

Xiao Chen already arrived at Yindu for more than half a month, yet he still hadn’t visited every corner of this huge city. There were quite a number of scenic spots in the flourishing Yindu district, including many mysterious ruins of the respectful deities.

As for the bustling place within the city wall, there were too many to count. The casinos, brothels, wrestling rings, restaurants, etc… Industries of the same trade were often crowded together and occupied few of the main streets.

Moreover, these could even be said to be the highest quality ones, such as:

The Odyssey Warbeast Castle that shook the whole world. It was already established by the time the Great Shang Dynasty was founded. The Warbeast Castle had countless millennium of history. Legend has it that the founder of Odyssey Warbeast Castle was a Beast God.

The Flowing Cloud Casino was also established eons ago. It was one of the must-go area in Yindu district. Reportedly, the stake at this casino was tremendously high and had even attracted the Immortalis experts to come and bet their magic weapons on the line.

The headquarters of the Spellbind Castle and Moonflower Castle were located at Yindu district. The ones in Celestial City were merely one of the many branches. The glamorous Flower Overqueen and Flower Empress lived in Yindu district. When they only slightly revealed themselves in the Celestial City, it already gave rise to a huge chaos.

The Maritime Moon Garden, it was as elegant as it was majestic…

And there’s still more……

The melodious sound of bell reverberated, the sound of prayer spread out from the Bronze Dragon Temple. This old Buddhist temple was located in the Yindu district. It was usually covered in smoke due to the incense burning in front of the temple. It was like an extremely blissful Buddhist nation.

Xiao Chen didn’t come here in order to burn incense and worship Buddha. After going around the Buddhist temple, he arrived at the rear mountain.

The rear mountain was the very depiction of a beautiful spring day. The scenery was extremely beautiful. However, this was nothing strange in the huge Yindu district. Many historical sites were like this, the mountains and rivers were interdependent, as though it was a fairyland. The reason why Xiao Chen arrived at this place was because they said that the ancestor god Fixu had carved the eight divinatory trigrams somewhere around here.

This was no big secret, every practitioner in Yindu district knew about it. Moreover, many practitioners had gained a little benefit from this place since time immemorial.

Climbing up the three hundred meter tall rocky mountain, A towering limestone stood firmly on top of the flat ground. A hint of spiritual energy was leaking from the ancient limestone. The longer one fixed their gaze at the limestone, the more extraordinary it feels. Along with the elapse of time, it actually started to become fuzzy.

Apparently, the green-colored monolith had already blended into this space. As faint as it was, the monolith had already become a part of the “truth”, it was possessing an indescribable aura.

This made Xiao Chen complimented it inwardly. He was exclaiming in his mind the extraordinariness of this object.

He did not get stirred up at all because of this scene. Xiao Chen took large strides forward and got in front of the green monolith. He jumped onto the monolith and examined it with a normal attitude. He did not look upon it with admiration just because it was engraved by an ancestor god.

Although the notches on the ancient limestone were carved countless years ago, they were still be seen clearly. As everyone knows, the eight trigrams were used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality. From these molding, one could easily imagine the figure of Fuxi sitting at this place cross-legged all those years ago.

For the eight trigrams, Qian represent Heaven, Kun represent Earth, Kan represent Water, Li represent Fire. Zhen represent Thunder, Gen represent Mountain, Xun represent Wind, and lastly, Dui represent Lake ⌈¹⌋.

Xiao Chen sat on top of the limestone, using his finger to stroke the notches and traced over where Fuxi’s fingertips had likely touched.

A lot of people had gained benefits from this place. Of course, it varied from person to person, everyone had different realization.

Xiao Chen’s thoughts wandered far away. Over and over, he gently stroked the notches on the eight trigrams. Gradually, he started to feel the scenery in front of him becoming fuzzy. It was a spacious space as vast as the ocean. It was as if he had arrived at another dimension.

The rocky mountain, the limestone, the flowers and plants, as well as the Bronze Dragon Temple and sunset glow, they all disappeared before his eyes. Xiao Chen sat upright at that place, as quiet and as still as a rock.

The night arrived, and the starlight shone upon the mundane world.

Xiao Chen was still as motionless as ever. He was immersed in an illusory land of nothingness. He kept forging ahead and ahead, but still couldn’t find a way out.

He only woke up from the dream-like state after noticing a flowing light streaking across the void sky. He raised his head to look up at the sky, and found that the notches of the eight trigrams was floating on the vast sky.

Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun, Dui, these eight symbols were actually connected to eight different sliding doors.

Xiao Chen was very surprised. He felt that there were eight different worlds behind those sliding doors. He didn’t rush up there due to impulse. He just stood on the ground and calmly looked up at the doors. The eight trigrams became fuzzy and regressed to its original form. After that, starting from the initial state, it began to revolve until it became distinct.

From nothingness to existence, and then from existence back to nothingness. It evolved in such a way. Xiao Chen remained motionless and continued to watch calmly.

All of this, could only be described as broad and deep. The more he watched, the more complicated Xiao Chen felt it was. The eight trigrams contained the truth of the world. That was accumulation of ancestor god Fuxi’s wisdom.

Only until the sun rose from the East did Xiao Chen finally return from the illusory land.

The mountain was still that mountain, the water was still the very same water, and the mossy stone was still that mossy stone.

The only thing different was Xiao Chen’s current mental state. He felt that his spiritual power had become more condensed. He could see a hint of the ancestor god’s Imprint of Truth from the evolution of the eight trigrams. This night was very invaluable to Xiao Chen.

They said that, many practitioners had once reaped great benefits at this place. Xiao Chen now believed those were not empty words. He did indeed received no small amount of enlightenment. Jumping down from the limestone, he stood atop the rocky mountain and waved both of his hands. The evolution of the eight trigrams, this was the realization he acquired. It was fundamentally different from the original meaning of the eight trigrams.

Heaven, Earth, Water, Fire, Thunder, Mountain, Wind, and Lake, these eight phases were brilliant and varied as they appeared in Xiao Chen’s surroundings unceasingly. In the end, it was as if eight illusory worlds were lingering around Xiao Chen.

The more he practiced, the more insight Xiao Chen gained. In the end, even the entire mountaintop was shrouded by the drizzling radiance.

Divine Ability!

Xiao Chen found to his surprise. The eight trigrams actually had the probability of evolving into a Divine Ability.

The sun rose and set, Xiao Chen spent three peaceful days on top of the rocky mountain. The eight phases really seemed like they contained eight different worlds. They gradually came into existence from nothingness, and floated all around Xiao Chen.

On the evening of the third night, Xiao Chen opened his eyes. The notches of the eight trigrams had completely been erased in his mind, the only thing remaining was the Eightfold Worlds.

Like the flickering light and passing shadows, Xiao Chen instantly disappeared from the rocky mountain, and abruptly appeared on the bustling main street of Yindu. The divine ability, “Eightfold Worlds,” was still at the initial stage, its power was still unknown. However, his speed had increased by an unimaginable level.

The Eightfold Worlds seemed to be capable of twisting reality. He only needed to take a single step in one of the eight illusory worlds, and it was as if he was flying past the skies in reality. It could even be said to be extremely fast!

This was an unimaginable divine ability. It was poles apart from Fuxi’s truth. The true meaning was completely different from the eight trigrams. This was Xiao Chen’s sudden insight, which ultimately evolved into his very own “truth”. It brought about a new divine ability with unpredictable power.

Now, even without the Undying Wings, he could freely fly in the sky.

Xiao Chen took a light step, and soar through the sky with extreme speed.

Eightfold Worlds. A divine ability with unimaginable power, and it was still at the initial stage. It could already be classified as one of the rare exclusive divine ability!

The streetlights of Yindu district were dazzling. It was the peak hour for the Flowing Cloud Casino, Spellbind Castle, and Moonflower Castle…

Xiao Chen returned to the tavern. He continued to meditate and immersed in an ethereal state.

They said that, there was a divine ability called the Six Cycles. It possessed tremendous power once trained to the pinnacle. Xiao Chen had some kind of hope, he wanted to surpass the Six Cycles with Eightfold Worlds.

Early morning, the sunrise illuminated the Yindu district. A new day had begun. It was a little different today compared to the past. The youngsters walking on the main street had clearly increase by many folds. Many gifted individuals and beautiful ladies were making their way toward the Maritime Moon Garden, in fear that there wouldn’t be any leftover seats if they were just slightly late.

Maritime Moon Garden, that was a park full of picturesque charm. The Moon Lake ⌈²⌋ in the center of the park was a very famous spot. If one didn’t come to the Moon Lake to admire full moon, their trip to Yindu was as good as wasted.

Today, the beautiful third princess of the Great Shang Dynasty was going to host the Sword Verse Tea Party at Maritime Moon Garden. The talented youth all over Yindu districted had received invitation. Even the noble daughter of many aristocratic families were attending. These made the tea party especially conspicuous.

It was obvious to everyone, for the devastatingly beautiful third princess to make an appearance personally, it was to attract the talented individuals to the Great Shang Dynasty. Regardless if they were a peerless youth or a saintly senior, they would rush over like moth attracted to light.

Early in the morning, the Maritime Moon Garden was already packed with a sea of crowds. Fortunately, the park was large amount to contain all these people.

More than half of the most influential families in the Shang Dynasty were gathered in Yindu district. The scions of these families naturally wouldn’t want to miss this kind of occasion. Except for the ones who were far away from Yindu, almost every youth in the city had arrived.

As Yin Feng and his company intimately greeted the scions of some aristocratic families, they kept searching for Xiao Chen’s figure in the crowd. However, the sun was already high up in the sky, and the Sword Verse Tea Party was about to start, they still couldn’t find a single trace of Xiao Chen.

“Brother Yin, your eyes keep wandering around, and your subordinates too are looking all over the place, are you looking for someone? Should I lend you a hound dog? Haha…”

A youth laughed brazenly as he walked over. He had a big stature and a scar on his face. There were also some rich kids following behind him. It was as clear as day that this group of people were at odds with Yin Feng and company.

“Bosch, just mind your own business! Or else…” Someone behind Yin Feng shouted in rage.

“Haha… just by you? Come back after you train for a few more years.” The youth known as Bosch had eyes as sharp as the eagle. Moreover, the scar on his face made him look indescribably keen.

Looking at Bosch leading a few people away, Yin Feng clenched his fists tightly. The rich kids behind him were also extremely angry. One of them even cursed, “That arrogant baldy!”

Bosch could be considered as one of the top experts in Yindu. Hardly anyone among the younger generation dared to irritate him. He had a brother one year older than him, but he was taken away by a senior monk not long after being born. Because of this, he was nicknamed — Stupid Monk. As time passed, those who hate him called him stupid baldy behind his back.

Even until the very last minute, they didn’t see Xiao Chen rushing over. Yin Feng and company were very disappointed. They seriously didn’t understand, was that youth actually this indifferent? Even this kind of party couldn’t attract his attention, could this be the disposition of a true expert?

They did see Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, Windfeathers, Aqua, Frosty, Tenvis, and the others entering the park. However, to them, the two grandeur of the two beauties couldn’t even be compared to Xiao Chen at the moment.

“Sigh, let’s go in. I suppose we will see the stupid baldy and the others showing off again.”

The few of them entered the Maritime Moon Garden with disappointment.

Xiao Chen had indeed forgotten about the Sword Verse Tea Party today. To him, this was not an important matter. The reason he left the Pure Land was to travel all over the world, and to train his heart in the human society. He didn’t have the intention to serve a nation or country.

After analysing the Eightfold Worlds for one night, the sun was already three poles high. Only then did he leisurely left the tavern, ate some stuffs, and took a stroll at the main street.

He only recalled what Yin Feng told him when noon was fast approaching. There was a party today, and all the distinguished youths in Yindu district would gather at Maritime Moon Garden.

To see how profound were the abilities of the Great Shang Dynasty’s youth experts, Xiao Chen walked over to Maritime Moon Garden unhurriedly.

Nobody blocked his path. The Maritime Moon Garden was open to the public today. Walking past a rose garden, pushing his way through a Stone Forest, climbing over two short hill, passing through a canyon, and entering a grass field, Xiao Chen finally arrived at the side of the Moon Lake after going forward for two miles.

Maritime Moon Garden took up a huge space. This was definitely not an ordinary place. The land could be said to be extremely expensive in Yindu City. This made Xiao Chen clicked his tongue unconsciously.

Beside the Moon Lake, more than a thousand people were gathered, and everyone was sitting on the ground.

Xiao Chen didn’t squeeze into the crowd. He just sat at the back, far away from the crowd. He was practically unable to see anything inside clearly, not to mention the rumored third princess.

Gifted scholar and beautiful ladies reciting poem and painting, he was interested to appreciate them, yet he had no interest to compete. Confrontation between the practitioners, he also want to watch, but not willing to make a move. He only came to enjoy watching the bustling scene today.

Just at this time, Xiao Chen saw a familiar face; a golden figure was jumping all around at the lakeside. Although it was very far from the crowd here, Xiao Chen recognized it at first glance. It was actually that warbeast who participated in the finals of the Warbeast Tournament in Celestial City, Goldie!

Three years had passed. It didn’t grow any much taller, but a dozen or more golden figures appeared in its surroundings. Aren’t those the Nine Lives Shadow Partner? Not only had it restored them, it even increased the amount of shadow partners.

Soon after, Xiao Chen found the multicolored Peacock King dancing in the sky not far away.

“How come they are here?” Xiao Chen had some doubts.

The two sacred beasts seemed to have felt something and looked towards Xiao Chen’s direction with a puzzled expression.

Just at this time, a commotion broke out in the crowd ahead. After that, Xiao Chen could hear Windfeather’s angry voice.

“You dare to insult us…”

The fight had already begun. Xiao Chen stood up in a hurry, and walked towards the crowd.

Looking from afar, Windfeathers was already covered in blood from head to foot. With his trembling body, he pointed at the group of youths in front, and said, “Everyone is equal, you guys think too much of yourself! If you keep looking down on the Southern Wasteland, someday, a hero will rise up and defeat all the youth experts in Yindu! You guys are the ones who are truly ignorant and narrow-minded, not us! You will inevitably suffer from the consequences of your own action!”

It was as clear as day, the violent-natured Windfeathers had clashed with the scions of Yindu district again. Still suffering a crushing defeat as before, he had been shamed mercilessly.

Xiao Chen was speechless.

Windfeathers was such a pitiful man. Back in those days, he was one of the strongest four in the Southern Wasteland. As a result, he was defeated by Xiao Chen at Exuvia Ninth Celestial Layer. After he advanced to Historia Fifth Celestial Layer, he came to Yindu, only to suffer a crushing defeat under the Fourth Celestial Layer Hellfire. And now, he suffered yet another crushing defeat. It was not that he was not strong enough, it was just that his opponent was getting more terrifying one after the next.

An arrogant laughter resounded, “Haha… This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard in my life. Alright, I will make an exception today and spare your life. I will wait for you here in Yindu to take revenge. Remember my name, it’s Bosch.”

“He’s called the stupid baldy.” Nobody knew who it was, but someone among the crowd was jeering.

“Haha…” Everyone laughed out loud.

Far away, many of the palace beauties couldn’t refrain from covering their mouth and sneaked a smile. That place was where the Shang Dynasty’s third princess and Yindu’s beauties were seated.

Bosch was angry. The scar on his face trembled violently, and terrifying rays of light transmitted from his eyes. It caused everyone to hold back their laughter immediately. It became quiet in but a moment.

“Hmph! It’s not that I am underestimating the Southern Wasteland. There is really no one among the youth generation that is worth my time.” Bosch paid no attention to the ashen-faced Windfeathers and returned to his own seat.

Yan Qingcheng and Lazio stepped forward to support Windfeathers, and led him back to the seat.

“Yan Qingcheng, one of the Southern Wasteland’s twin pearls, she is indeed very stunning…”

“Haha… The title is fully justified. Lady Qingcheng, this way please. There are many towering figures in my Shang Dynasty, there is sure to be someone suitable for you.

The youth of Yindu laughed without restraint.

No matter what was said and done, Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers were from the Southern Wasteland. This moment could even be said to be joining in opposition against the same adversary.

“I, Windfeathers, will remember the disgrace today. I only lost because I don’t have a suitable beast soul and compatible Demon Beast Art. If I find a suitable beast soul, I will definitely come back to Yindu to wipe out my disgrace!” Windfeathers was extremely angry. He already vowed in his heart, that he would travel to the deep mountains and tame a primal beast soul.

Although he was not a beastman, the Demon Beast Art he practiced need a powerful beast soul to serve as the vessel. If he could find a primal beast soul to serve as the vessel, his ability would become much stronger than it is now. After all, the Demon Beast Art had once shook the entire world.

“Haha… Although brother Bosch said he won’t kill you, from your fierce remark just now, I have no intention of letting you off. It’s better to send a barbarian like you off as soon as possible. It’s not that we are afraid of your revenge. Rather, we just don’t want to deal with you again in the future.”

One youth from Yindu laughed out loud, and stepped forward with taunting words.

However, his laughter came to a halt in an instant. That was because a sword ray flashed by, and his head was cut off. The blood sprinkled everywhere as the corpse fell on the ground.

Everyone turned pale with fright, causing the meeting place to fall into chaos.

Few of the youths jumped up immediately. One of them walked into the crowd and shouted, “Who is it? Come out! You dare to injure someone behind their back? Come out and fight!”

“Pfff!”

The blood burst forth. This youth was also beheaded by a sword ray, and his corpse fell to the ground.

“Idiot, just my sword alone is enough. If I come forth personally, you guys wouldn’t even be able to stop me!” A cold voice resounded, but there was only an iron sword floating in the field.

“Who are you?”

The youths of Yindu looked as if they were about to face a strong enemy as they swept their gazes all over the crowd.

Bosch, who just returned to his seat, had a rare smile on his face. He was already on his two feet. He felt that this was definitely one of the top youth experts. To achieve this level of Airborne Fencing, he must be a formidable opponent.

At a distant place, Yin Feng and company also stared fixedly at the scene. However, they did not have a grave expression. After all, that person was pointing his sword at Bosch’s group.

Everyone was searching for the master of the sword.

Even the third princess of Shang Dynasty was startled. She was watching from the sidelines with other gorgeous beauties.

“Just who is it? Come out and fight with me.”

“I am one of the Southern barbarians you guys spoke of. However, I will return your words to you. You guys are ignorant and narrow-minded, you don’t know how high the sky is, nor how deep is the earth!”

The ice-cold voice reverberated at the side of the Moon Lake.

“Haha…” Bosch laughed in anger, “I admit you are strong, but just like me, we are ranked in the hundreds. I am not the strongest in Yindu, but in our eyes, the South is indeed no good!”

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It was naturally impossible for anyone to miss the the slender and elegant Yan Qingcheng. The rich kids looked at her, and said, “This must be one of the rumored Twin Pearl of the South, Lady Yan Qingcheng, correct? You are every bit as beautiful as the rumor made you out to be.”

As Yin Feng, who was at the foremost position, heard his close friend’s evaluation, he restrained his killing intent and said to Windfeathers, “In respect for the two beautiful ladies today, I will not kill you.”

Soon after, the rich kids yelled toward everyone upstair, “Clear the way, we want to invite the two ladies for a small chat. Everyone, please don’t make things too difficult for them.”

Although they didn’t drive the crowd away forcefully, one could still feel a hint of arrogance from their muffled laughter.

It was very obvious that a fight would break out if they go against them.

“Don’t you guys think this is too much?” One frail looking man pushed his way out from the crowd. His entire body was flickering with red light. That was actually a genuine flame, and not a layer of protective barrier.

“How so? Didn’t we ask of everyone kindly? Hehe, don’t worry, we won’t flaunt our family’s power, that is too tasteless. You guys can treat me the same as everyone else, we are all practitioners. As long as you can defeat me, not only will we not hold a grudge, we will even give you a beautiful woman, and treat you as a VIP.”

The rich kids were very direct in their speech.

“Very well, I will challenge you to a duel.” The frail looking man stepped forward. He looked gentle and quiet, although his stature was not really tall, he’s very handsome. Moreover, he had a refined air around him. He pointed at Yin Feng, and said, “I will challenge you. You are practicing the Hellfire, and the one I’m practicing is the Divine Fire. As such, let us compete to find out which is superior.”

“Divine Fire?”

The rich kids had doubt in their eyes. On the other hand, Yin Feng had a dignified expression as he asked, “You are from the Cloudfire Hall of the West?”

“That’s right.”

“What is your name?”

“You can call me Tenvis.” The frail-looking, yet refined and handsome young man directly walked to the side as he pulled some distance away from Yin Feng.

“Black Lotus!” Yin Feng used a secret art as soon as the match started, one could tell he was wary of Tenvis.

The black sun instantly transformed into a lotus. The throbbing-inducing lotus petal spread out one after another, in order to envelop Tenvis.

“Brilliant Red Lotus!” Tenvis shouted softly. Glaring red flame began to rush out from his body. They gathered on top of his head and formed one red lotus after another. Following his light motion, the lotus petal flew in all directions. They rushed towards the hellfire, and after the collision with the black flame, an explosive noise resounded.

All the spectators had extremely grave look on their faces. A battle like this was very dangerous. If just a little bit of flame ran wild, the entire floor would be burned to cinders. As such, it was easy to imagine how powerful was the Divine Fire and Hellfire.

These two flames of completely opposite elements transcended even the True Flame of Samadhi. Just a slight contact with the flame would lead to one’s dead, they were one such terrifying divine abilities!

“Pssh! Pssh” That sound fell incessantly on the ear. Everyone had no choice but to fall back. The blackish hellfire made the place Yin Feng was standing pitch-black, as if he was standing in the underworld. The blazing Divine Fire emitted brilliant rays, lighting up the place Tenvis was located.

The flame was surging up violently in between the two. In the end, they directly jumped out from the window, and continued their fight in the sky. That was because the violent flame was almost out of their control. If they didn’t leave the Lunar Pavilion soon, perhaps the entire building would be burned down.

The overflowing conflagration dyed half of the sky in red. And the other side was as dark as black ink.

This was an evenly matched battle.

“Heh! I wonder who was the ignorant and narrow-minded prick who thought true expert could only be found at Yindu district.” Now, it was the turn of those who were not from Middle Earth to ridicule them.

There was finally someone who could resist the expert among the rich kids.

“Everyone, let’s stop watching. This is a battle without any suspense, let’s just go down.”

The remaining rich kids were hardly concerned about the battle in the sky, as they lightly advised everyone to go down.

While speaking, they stepped forward and erected an invisible domain, forcing everyone ahead to fall back involuntarily.

Windfeathers had a very ugly expression. If not because Aqua and Frost were restraining him, he would have rushed forward already.

On the other side, Lazio and Yan Qingcheng also had ugly expression on their faces. Had they ever been scorned by others like this in the Celestial City of the South? They were the focal point no matter where they went. However, everything changed as soon as they entered the Shang Dynasty.

Just at this time, the overflowing flame in the sky died out abruptly. Tenvis returned with staggering steps, his complexion looked somewhat pale. Yin Feng flew in with a composed look. The battle between the two Psychics ended just like this. It was clear that Tenvis was defeated.

“You are very strong, why don’t you follow me. I will definitely treat you with due respect.” Yin Feng said to Tenvis.

“Hmph!” Tenvis only let out a cold snort before he mixed into the crowd.

“We tried to invite you, and yet you act so rude?” One of the rich kids said ruthlessly.

“This is the level of the South and West!”

Yin Feng stopped them, and said, “Tenvis was very strong. I only win by a hair’s breadth.”

The rich kids paled, but they recovered quickly and said to everyone, “Please go down everyone. Haha… Lady Frost, Lady Qingcheng, please stay behind. We sincerely hope to invite the two of you to stay.”

Frivolous and unbridled laughter spread throughout the ninth floor.

Aqua finally lost it, they actually dared to assail his sister with obscenities. His took large strides and stepped forward. Windfeathers also parted from the crowd once again. Yan Qingcheng was gnashing her teeth, and unsheathed her sword. Looking at her like this, Lazio also parted from the crowd.

Aqua, Frost, Windfeathers, Yan Qingcheng, and Lazio stood side by side, facing the five rich kids in front of them.

“Haha… beauties with such characters, I like!”

“Heh heh… the reason why stunning beauty is stunning, that’s because they have characters. If they just have a pretty face with no intelligence, I wouldn’t even cast a second glance at them.”

As they were giving their evaluation, their words were extremely giddy and showed no qualm.

Frosty and Yan Qingcheng were most upset, and made their moves first.

An invisible domain spread out. As the domain from both sides merged, ten experts gradually vanished within the domain.

If they didn’t erect a domain, the Lunar Pavilion would be turned into dust. The power of Historia level expert was nothing to scoff at. Destroying a tall building like this with their power was nothing difficult.

The energy surge within the domain was very violent. Although their vision was blocked by a layer of black light, and they could only see fuzzy figures moving about, everyone knew the battle was very intense.

Just when everyone was watching closely and speculation, a crack formed on the domain. Windfeathers was kicked out, while throwing up big mouthful of blood. Following closely, Aqua and Frosty were also kicked out. Their faces was deathly pale, without any hint of red.

Finally, the blue-haired pretty boy Lazio was also sent flying away. Half of his aqua-blue long hair was cut off. There was a faint scar on his neck. It seemed like he was almost beheaded.

As the domain faded away, Yan Qingcheng’s figure finally became visible. Her delicate body was completely drenched in sweat. She was kneeling on the ground with one foot and supported her body with a longsword. Her eyes were burning with fury as she stood up with difficulty.

The experts from the West and South suffered a crushing defeat!

Nobody could believe how powerful these rich kids from the Yindu district actually were. They completely crushed their opponent!

The five of them didn’t take their surrounding into consideration and laughed. One of them said, “Sorry, for inflicting light injuries on the two beautiful ladies. However, this is a battlefield, I cannot show mercy to my opponents. In a while later, we will formally apologize to the ladies.”

Although they were arrogant, they had the rights to be arrogant. Even as Windfeathers and the others were furious, they couldn’t do anything about it.

The people at the rear felt equally furious. Those rich kids were really too strong to a terrifying degree, some people even guessed they might be the strongest youth experts in Yindu district.

Lazio flapped his lips, but he didn’t say a word. He was not fearful of the other party, but during the melee earlier, they showed incredible might. If their own side was not powerful enough, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

“Everyone, please!”

The five of them pressed forward.

“The two ladies are our guest, they can stay. As for the rest, please go downstair.”

All practitioners are unyielding, nobody took a step.

“You guys are only the second generation scions, if not because your family is powerful, would you be this arrogant?”

“This brother, you are wrong. We have never relied on our family, nor have we ever bullied the weak. You’ve seen it just now, it was not us who made a move first. It was legitimate self-defense. If you are not satisfied, feel free to come forward and kill me. We will absolutely not utilize the power of our family. If anyone can defeat us, we will certainly treat you as our guest.”

The five of them said so indifferently. Their air of arrogance was clear and easy to see.

The powerful domain pressed onward, forcing everyone to retreat.

“Alright, since you guys are unwilling to leave, I will personally see you off.” As Yin Feng spoke until here, the hellfire ignited immediately, causing all the practitioners to dodge with fright immediately.

Xiao Chen was very calm, he didn’t have the intention to make a move. What does the South and West had anything to do with him anyway, if they lost, then so be it. He didn’t plan to stick out for them. Since he came out from the Pure Land, he only wanted to tour all over the world, to train his heart in human society. He didn’t want to stir up trouble again.

However, the other side was clearly very sharp. It seemed like he could tell Xiao Chen’s power was extraordinary. The hellfire was launched straight at him, in order to force him to make a move.

“Swish!”

Leaving an afterimage behind, Xiao Chen blended into the crowd, and waited to go downstair just like this.

However, Yin Feng firmly locked onto him. The hellfire followed him closely like a shadow. Then, it overtook him and cut off his path. The practitioners at the side were shocked as they tried to get out of the way, in fear that they might be caught up in the flame.

Xiao Chen was no longer intending to leave. Turning around, he looked at Yin Feng calmly. It was not that he was afraid of getting into trouble, if that was the case, the bloody night at Celestial City wouldn’t have occurred.

Since the other party was intentionally testing his patience, Xiao Chen walked back without fear.

“Boom!”

The blackish hellfire rushed towards Xiao Chen wildly like a flood.

Xiao Chen waved his hands rapidly, his body moved according to the heart, the heart gave form to the seal. The supreme technique of the Jungle Clan, the perfected Seal of Aquarius was taking form in his two hands. A glorious crystal vase appeared and stayed afloat between his hands.

It was as if the hellfire was attracted by something, all of them were charging toward the translucent crystal vase. Like the rivers running into the sea, the crystal vase actually absorbed all of the hellfire.

The almost transparent crystal vase flickered with brilliant rays. One could clearly see the hellfire rumbling within the vase. In the end, the hellfire was compressed until it became a lump of black ball.

Everyone gasped for air!

The invincible hellfire was actually restrained by that man so easily. This was really a little frightening. The power of the hellfire, that was obvious to all. Yin Feng consecutively defeated Windfeathers, Tenvis, and the others with the hellfire. The rich kids even revealed that Yin Feng could completely subdue a Historia Sixth Celestial Layer expert.

And now…

Everyone looked towards Xiao Chen. Looking at his ordinary figure, nobody would have thought he was such a powerful expert.

Windfeathers and Lazio knitted their brows. They could vaguely feel something familiar about that man, but they were unable to recall that figure from their memories. Very quickly, they cast off that idea. The other party’s Aquarius Seal was so powerful, yet they had never experienced it previously. There’s no way he was an acquaintance.

A weird feeling welled up in Yan Qingcheng’s heart. Although there was no trace of the other party’s figure in her memory, she kept having this feeling that they were already acquainted.

Since Xiao Chen vajra technique had improved drastically, shapeshifting was an easy matter. At present, he looked ordinary and mediocre. His appearance was far from how he looked before. Moreover, even the secret art he executed was so profound. It was impossible for even his former acquaintance to recognize him.

“It seems like I made an error in judgment!” Yin Feng still wore a faint smile, and said, “So, it turns out, you are really an expert. Let’s try that again.”

Yin Feng executed the Black Lotus technique, the pitch-black flame instantly turned the area above into a hell-like domain. The flame was rumbling like the tide as they charged toward Xiao Chen.

With both hands raised, and the crystal vase in hand, Xiao Chen naturally aimed the mouth of the vase in the front. The hellfire in the vase erupted instantly.

“Boom!”

A violent clash! Hellfire against hellfire! Everyone turned pale with fright. Like this… wouldn’t the entire Lunar Pavilion turn into ashes?

However, out of everyone’s expectation, XiaoChen perfectly controlled the Aquarius seal. He only routed the Black Lotus and didn’t let a tiny bit of flame to run wild.

Yin Feng’s complexion turned somewhat pale as he fell back seven steps. He looked at the youth in front with unfathomable gaze. He never would have thought the other party would be THIS strong.

“Very strong! But don’t get cocky, I am going for the kill, you better use your most powerful technique. It will be too late for regret otherwise.” Yin Feng’s tone turned cold, his expression became very grave.

One Black Lotus after another blossomed at his side, the terrifying black flame was raging fiercely. A death god-like scythe appeared in his hand, that sickle was completely materialized by the hellfire. It was emitting a heart palpitating fluctuation.

Not only the people behind Xiao Chen, even the rich kids behind Yin Feng also had ugly expressions. They were indeed very strong. However, they rarely ever fought with their lives on the line. Seeing Yin Feng was seriously going to use his strongest technique, they knew that they had run into a powerful opponent. They also prepared to engage in battle at a moment’s notice. If Yin Feng was no match for him, they definitely had to jump in.

The death god’s scythe gradually took shape. That was a concentrated essence of hellfire, there was no need to doubt its power. Everyone could already feel the power behind the scythe. It even made those who were slightly weaker to tremble in fear.

And Xiao Chen was just as calm. He moved his hands, with the heart as the guide, and the body as the seal, the perfect Seal of Aquarius was completed. A huge crystal vase appeared above his head. Although the crystal clear vase didn’t emit the slightest energy fluctuation, nobody dared to look down on it.

The brilliant light emitted by the crystal vase above Xiao Chen’s head illuminated the entire Lunar Pavilion.

At this time, Yin Feng finally completed his preparation. He held the huge scythe in his hands and brandished it at Xiao Chen. The edge of the blade seemed terrifyingly sharp, and it was emitting a heart palpitating black flame.

Everyone knew, just a slightest bit of contact with this kind of hellfire would leave a bloody hole in the body. Even the bones and flesh would be burned to cinders.

“Boom!”

The huge crystal vase above Xiao Chen had already materialized long ago. Just at this time, it suddenly poured down a torrent of dazzling light that surged forward violently.

The entire Lunar Pavilion was shaking!

That black scythe was instantly disintegrated. Furthermore, the endless amount of hellfire was as if they were cleansed by the holy water, all of the were extinguished in a split second.

And on Yin Feng’s side, it was as if he was struck by lightning and was sent flying. One of the rich kids behind him tried to grab him hastily. However, the huge impact was unimaginable. He was actually sent flying along with Yin Feng.

“Bang!”

The window shattered and turned into dust. The two of them were sent flying by the Seal of Aquarius.

And the three rich kids at the side also suffered the aftereffect. One of them fell on the floor, and the other two unsteady on their feet. They only managed to stabilize their footing by applying spiritual power hastily.

Everyone turned pale with fright, this was practically unbelievable. The Seal of Aquarius was actually this strong, the seemingly invincible Yin Feng from a moment ago was sent flying away so easily. Nobody dared to believe it.

Moreover, even the other rich kids were affected.

One strike from the crystal vase defeated five people at once.

Yin Feng coughed out a mouthful of blood. With the other rich kid that were sent flying along with him, they flew back into the Lunar Pavilion via the window.

The four rich kids that didn’t participated in the fight earlier were all eyeing Xiao Chen. They wanted to challenge him.

Yin Feng shook his head, and said, “Forget about it, we are no match for him. Seal of Aquarius… I remember it now, the perfect Seal of Aquarius… an unparalleled secret art!”

After that, he turned around to face Xiao Chen and said, “I said this before, those who can defeat us will be treated as our guest. Please feel at ease, Yin Feng is not a trash who don’t keep his words.”

The four at the side also seemed to have sobered up. One of them rushed to speak, “With your distinguished skill, perhaps even when compared to my Shang Dynasty’s youth expert, you might be ranked at the very front. We admire this kind of brave figures the most. If you don’t mind, how about we make friends?”

“How about serving our country?”

Everyone behind Xiao Chen was dumbstruck, just what were these rich kids planning?

Without any exception, Windfeathers, Lazio, Frosty, Aqua, and Tenvis were all looking at Xiao Chen. The Seal of Aquarius from just now gave them too much shock. Its power was unimaginable.

And Yan Qingcheng was more puzzled than ever. She kept having a feeling that this top class youth expert was very familiar.

Xiao Chen didn’t say anything, he only shook his head calmly and turned around to leave.

Everyone involuntarily stepped aside and made a path for him. For a youth expert like this, even if they remained silent, they could also give people a powerful mental pressure. Some practitioners didn’t even notice this themselves, but at this very moment, they were actually… admiring him.

Yin Feng shouted from behind, “We really don’t have any other intention, we only want to make friend with you.”

Seeing that Xiao Chen walked downstair without even turning back, Yin Feng shouted again, “Three days later, my Shang Dynasty’s third princess will host a Sword Verse Tea Party at the Maritime Moon Garden, promise me you will come.”

Following that, he turned around and said to everyone upstairs, “Ladies and Gentlemen, if you feel that you have talent, you are also free to come three days later.”

Even after Xiao Chen’s figure had disappeared for a long time, everyone upstair was still in a daze.

“He left…” Aqua pulled on Frosty’s sleeve.

Only until this moment did the practitioners finally go downstair.

The three experts from the South; Yan Qingcheng, Lazio, and Windfeathers had ugly expression on their faces.

Yin Feng and his four brothers also had complicated expressions. Only after a long time did they finally go downstair.

“He will go right? It is the tea party organized personally by my Shang Dynasty’s third princess. If this party is open to public, it will certainly attract all the gifted personnel in the district. And he… is a youngster after all. He probably wouldn’t miss this kind of party.”

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“Such a pity…”

“For the barbaric land to produce a youth expert once is already good enough, what is there to lament about?”

On the ninth floor, the rich kids relentlessly attacked with words. They didn’t even put the experts from outside Middle Earth in their eyes.

“Yin Feng, did your hellfire really reached the Fifth Celestial Layer already?”

“Not yet, it’s merely at the peak of Fourth Celestial Layer, but it’s enough to take care of those barbarians from earlier.”

The Terra Empire was far from comparable to the Shang Dynasty. The dynasty was founded on military prowess, each and every powerful family had martial background. Their offsprings were bound to be strong warriors.

Perhaps some people were prejudiced against the rich kids, and thought that they were just ignorant and incompetent second generations. There were indeed some of them who were incompetent, but under this kind of environment, they were in the minority after all. Even if their behavior was rotten, their power couldn’t be looked down upon.

Their starting point was much greater than other people. Although the arts they practiced were not some Secret Techniques, it was close enough. Additionally, with their family’s profound inside information, it was not surprising at all for their ability to be much greater than ordinary people.

It was the same reason as how a princess was much more beautiful when compared to other ordinary girls. The first emperor might not necessarily be handsome, but his concubine would certainly be the most stunning beauty. As such, how could his sons and daughters be ugly? If they kept passing their bloodline to the next generation like this, the childrens of the imperial household would certainly be good looking.

They hail from a truly powerful family. Their ancestors were one of those martial geniuses. If they instructed the younger generation properly, their power naturally wouldn’t be too bad either. This was the problem regarding those with higher starting point.

“That guy named Xiao Chen, such a pity that he died. If he lives until now, he could be a genius.”

“What, when did you guys start seeking for youth visitors? You can go check out the Qin Dynasty or the ancient Han Dynasty. I hear there are some youth experts with some potential. If the Yin Family is willing, they will definitely come at you like moth flying into fire.”

“Forget it, if the other party is really that promising, you definitely wouldn’t tell me. I have already went there.”

“Alas, the Southern Wasteland, the Western Boundary, and the Northern Desert have indeed declined. Nowadays, there are not a single one from those regions that we should be mindful of.”

The rich kids added critical remarks ruthlessly. Whether it was intentional or not, they looked towards several private rooms on the ninth floor and sneered at them. They even wore a mocking expression as they sweep their eyes past every seat outside the private room. This made everyone at present extremely angry, but there’s nothing they could do about it. Not to mention the power they possessed, even the families behind their back were not something anyone could provoke.

The Shang Dynasty, that was one of the five major nation, and this was the capital city of Shang Dynasty. It wouldn’t be far too to say they were one of the strongest families under the heaven.

“Damn it, they are just a bunch of ignorant second generation!” Yan Qingcheng was furious as she gnawed her teeth. Her snow-white skin had hints of red due to rage as she placed her lily-white hands on the longsword.

Austrian was a pretty boy that could make thousands of girls fall for him. His aqua blue hair was as bright as the water. His handsome mien caused a great number of girls to go crazy for him. However, in this Great Shang Dynasty, even this ordinarily graceful man was revealing a hint of anger. It was hard to calm his nerves.

However, he still repressed his anger in the end, and said, “Forget it, just endure it. The youth expert of my Southern Wasteland is only but second rate to them. Getting involved with them in Yindu district will only get us into trouble.”

“If Dugu Jianmo is here, I reckon they wouldn’t be flapping their mouths.” Yan Qingcheng was really angry. In fact, she wanted to mention the name of another guy, but it was stuck at the corner of her mouth. And thus, she changed it to Dugu Jianmo.

“Dugu Jianmo is it? Maybe…” Austrian didn’t agree nor deny the fact. Clearly, he had also thought of another guy.

That was a blood soaking night, the entire Celestial City was strongly affected. Dozens of Historia level experts were killed, even five of the demigod experts died, all by the hands of a single youth. This news had shaken the entire Southern Wasteland.

After that, no one had seen that person again. It was said that during his final battle, his life energy was exhausted. It was impossible for him to live on. Everyone unanimously thought that he was no longer in this world.

Recalling these, Austrian heaved a sigh.

And on the other hand, Yan Qingcheng was a little absent-minded. That man who she detest bitterly, could he really have died just like this? No matter how much she hated him for all the things he did in the past, she still had no choice but to admit, his growth was really too fast. If he didn’t die and lived till this day, maybe he could have stood toe-to-toe with the finest youth experts in the Middle Earth?

In one of the private rooms on the ninth floor, Windfeathers frowned and said, “Many thanks to your good intention, but those people are really too savage. If I cannot behead one of them, I won’t feel satisfied!”

In front of Windfeathers was a pair of brother and sister. The man looked valiant. He had a pair of sword-like brows, his eyes were even emitting divine light. One could tell he was an expert.

And beside him was an extremely beautiful girl. She was as graceful as the soft willow that was brushed by the cool breeze. She gave off a graceful and lovely aura. Her glossy skin was as white as snow. She had a lovely pair of eyes. Words failed to do her beauty justice ⌈¹⌋, she was beautiful to the extreme.

These brother and sister called themselves Aqua and Frost. They came from the Western Boundary, and were just as unsatisfied with the rich kids. However, they knew those guys were not to be trifled with. Two years ago, they had a few encounters with Windfeathers and built up a budding friendship. They didn’t want Windfeathers to throw his life away so they blocked his path.

However, seeing that they couldn’t stop him, the brother and sister said nothing else.

“Bang!”

After Windfeathers left the private room, he kicked one of the tables straight toward the rich kids. Although it was just a wooden table, it was enveloped by a magnificent light, as if it had already metalized.

As such, it weighed at least a few thousand tons. Windfeathers’ magic power was concentrated on the table. If it was a direct hit, even a reinforced steel bar would break.

“Heh!” Yin Feng let out a sneer. Without even turning his head around, he casually waved his sleeve backward. A streak of black light instantly shrouded the wooden desk.

Without making any sound, the wooden desk containing Windfeathers’ magic power turned into ashes in an instant. Such a scene made everyone upstair become fearful. The hellfire was much scarier than anyone’s expectation.

Even the few who were on good term with Yin Feng were also flabbergasted. They asked, “There’s no way you are still at the Fourth Celestial Layer right?”

“Why do I feel that you have already touched upon the Fifth Celestial Layer?”

Windfeathers stepped forward with large strides, and said, “Since you guys are looking down on experts in my Southern Wasteland, how about a match?”

Three years had passed, the Windfeathers now was not the same Exuvia Ninth Celestial Layer Windfeathers from back then. Other people were improving at a quick pace, he too was making a rapid progress. Otherwise, how would he dare to rashly confront the rich kids.

“Hmph, only a hellfire, what’s so special!”

Leaving an afterimage in his original position, Windfeathers appeared in front of Yin Feng. A bloody domain was erected immediately. The roar of the primal beasts instantly spread all over the Lunar Pavilion. It was as if a few lightnings were running wild.

Yin Feng revealed a faint smile and broke free from the domain in a jiffy. He flew up instantly and stood proudly atop the ninth floor as he said these towards Windfeathers, “This pavilion is the place where the Sword Saint Li Bai wrote his poem. To prevent the destruction of the tables and chairs, let us fight atop this ninth floor.”

“Hmph!”

Windfeathers only gave a cold snort in return before he jumped into the fray like flickering light. One could clearly see more than ten terrifying beast souls revolving around him. The huge shadows seemed as if they wanted to break the floor. Baleful aura leaked from the beast souls and they moved in sync with Windfeathers as he tried to rip Yin Feng apart.

“Hehe…” Yin Feng only sneered at him. His actions were natural and unforced. Although he was a Psychic, he still practiced some martial skills. He moved with extreme confidence and dodged several of Windfeathers’ attacks by a hair’s breadth.

“Swish!”

With a light wave of his hand, the hellfire alight from all direction and instantly surrounded Windfeathers. The temperature of the black flame was high enough to melt steel and iron, any tangible material could be turned into ash. Although this was just one of the many spirit magics, it had already been developed into some kind of divine ability.

“Tsssh! Tsssh!”

Windfeathers was caught off guard. He found that the flame had actually invaded into his domain. The three beast souls at the side had already been turned into ashes.

In just a single face-off, he already suffered a great loss. This was very shocking to Windfeathers. If comparing their power, he was definitely not weaker than his opponent. However, Yin Feng’s divine ability was too peculiar, it was even capable of refining the souls. How terrifying!

At this time, Aqua, Frost, Yan Qingfeng. Even Lazio walked out from their respective private rooms. There were several tens of people standing at both sides of the ninth floor, watching the two’s confrontation quietly.

“Solar Hell Lotus!” Yin Feng yelled softly. He seemed to be very relaxed, not a hint of nervousness to be found.

A lump of black sun abruptly appeared above the ninth floor. It hadn’t even approached Windfeathers, and yet, his bloody domain already caught on fire.

The black sun was incredibly bizarre. It actually changed into the shape of a flower bud. It looked exactly like a lotus flower as it blossomed. The black petals were so dark that it made people’s heart palpitate!

“Not good, that is the Yin family’s Secret Art. It is capable of burning the practitioner’s spiritual source.” Aqua and Frost let out a soft yelp. Then he yelled towards Windfeathers, “Brother Wind, just forget about it. There’s no need to let your anger control you.”

“Heh!” Windfeathers was not agitated, he shouted coldly, “Thousand Beasts Secret Art: World Cataclysm!” Countless beast souls instantly appeared in his surroundings. They were baring their fangs and let out a thunderous roar that shook the entire Lunar Pavilion.

The hellfire and endless beast souls clashed. Although many beast souls had been turned into ashes, there were even more beast souls charging toward Yin Feng.

“Lotus Flower, spread!”

Along with Yin Feng’s voice, the black lotus began to spread. Yin Feng fell back leisurely, and the black lotus broke through seven waves of Windfeathers’ beast souls. Even the lower hem of his jacket was caught on fire, forcing him to fall back with lightning speed.

“Haha… you dare to compare your light of firefly against the luminous moon?” Yin Feng laughed out loud.

The rich kids at the side also began to laugh without restraint.

“Brother Yin is spectacular as expected. Even though you are really still at the Fourth Celestial Layer of Historia, you hellfire make people feel apprehensive. It has already evolved into a divine ability. With such a divine ability, perhaps you wouldn’t even lose against Sixth Celestial Layer expert.”

“The Southern Wasteland is nothing, haha…”

They completely ignored the ashen-faced Windfeathers and didn’t give him any face. They even cast a few glance at Lazio intentionally.

However, when they saw Yan Qingcheng, their eyes were burning with undisguised passion, but they didn’t make any move. These people were definitely not a degenerate on the same level as Hofmann. Even if they saw a matchless beauty, they wouldn’t snatch her by force.

That would only incur the scorn of other influential families. It’s not that there were no tyrannical second generation scions, but for the genuine scions of the influential families, that kind of method was too vulgar.

In regards to them, conquering her without any tricks was the genuine Way of the King.

What they pursued was that, I can go wild, but since I have the power, I will beat you openly and let you have nothing to say. Giving in to lust, they could do that too, but not through the way of tyranny.

“Again!” Windfeathers was extremely furious as he took a large stride forward.

“You… are no good!” Yin Feng indifferently waved his index finger and said, “To tell you the truth, although I am still at the Fourth Celestial Layer, I can face off against Sixth Celestial Layer expert. Seeing that you are quite the talent yourself, why don’t you place yourself under my Yin family. If you follow me, I can promise you high position and great wealth.”

Windfeathers was furious, with a single stomp, thousands of beast soul let out a bellow and rushed out from his body, with Yin Feng as their target.

“Black Lotus, Blossom!”

Yin Feng yelled softly, one black lotus petal after another appeared in the sky. With the burning sound lingering on, all the beast souls were wiped out.

Windfeathers was sent flying by the hellfire forcefully.

The rich kids at the rear laughed heartily. They might be insolent, but they had enough power to back them up.

Yin Feng’s expression turned cold, “I planned to accept you, and yet you refused. Don’t blame me if you get killed!”

At this time, Aqua and Frost rushed to restrain the furious Windfeathers, and said, “Don’t let your emotion cloud your judgment. This guy is very scary. Even if you are on the same level, your divine ability is no match for his.”

“Oh, so it is Aqua and Frost from the Western Boundary. Hehe, nice to meet you. It’s an honor to meet you at least, Lady Aqua. Your reputation precedes you, I’ve heard that you are an outstanding beauty, but seeing you personally today, you are much more beautiful than the portrait depicts you.”

The rich kids at the rear smiled frivolously.

Xiao Chen was just sitting nearby. He saw all of these unfolding with his own eyes. However, he didn’t have any intention to cut in. All of these seemed to be unrelated to him.

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Xiao Chen’s past two years of achievement was very unusual. His spiritual area had already reached Historia’s Fifth Celestial Layer, yet his physical power stalled at the Third Celestial Layer all this while.

Seemingly because he absorbed the essence of the leyline, which caused him to progress at breakneck speed, and now it had come to a standstill. However, little fatty Oxman did not get affected in the slightest. The elders of the Pure Land also investigated his body thoroughly, and found that those were not the reason. The main reason originated from his steep decline of life force. His body constitution was far too inferior to his past self.

The vajra Xiao Chen practiced narrowly fell apart because of this, but fortunately, he was able to stabilize it in the end.

The elder and Xiao Chen himself were not too worried in this regards. That was because hidden in Xiao Chen’s divinized acupoints, were tremendous amount of energies. If those energy could be drawn out, one of these days his physical power could catch up to his spiritual power in an instant.

Today, he broke through three levels in succession. His physical power and spiritual power entered Historia’s Sixth Celestial Layer simultaneously. As his life energy restored, he received a substantial upgrade to his constitution. This was a true transformation.

The changes to his body could be seen clearly by naked eyes.

Those once aged organs regained their vitality. If one looked inside, they could find that, the internal organs were as if they were reborn. The organs were flickering, as if they were sculpted out of crystals. On the other hand, the bones were like diamonds. The fragile bones gradually solidified and became thicker over time. As for the slightly loose skin, they were gradually tightening up until they became as tender as a newborn’s skin…

His body constitution was rapidly improving, this was not as simple as restoration. Rather, it was a genuine quality change. His vajra had transcended the former level by many folds.

This was the true transformation of vajra.

His jet-black long hair flowed down naturally like waterfall. Although he was nursed attentively by Qing Qing’s black sesame congee, and that his hair had already turned back to black, it still lacked some luster and energy.

Xiao Chen felt that every inch of his flesh was brimming with explosive power. As if just by waving his hand, he could prop up the heaven and earth.

“Meditation is also cultivating the mind, looks like I really need to roam the whole world.”

The enlightenment this time allowed Xiao Chen to understand a lot. This one word “Truth” was a mystery among the mystery. His “path” was still very long.

Zhuangzi, who was the closest existence to ancestor god, gave Xiao Chen the best lesson in the world.

When Xiao Chen aroused from the mysterious boundary, he found that the fierce battle in the sky already stopped, and that the prairie was already deserted. Everyone had already retreated, leaving only himself on the field.

Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace had already collapsed and fell from the sky. The exotic treasures had already been taken away by the powerful ones. What made people a little regretful was that, the legendary Demon King, Zhang Sanfeng, and other such experts did not make a move.

Looking up at the empty sky, Xiao Chen fell into deep thoughts. Not to mention Sengen, even the Fallen Angel, Yazi, and Suanni were so much more stronger than him. One major realm had nine Celestial Layers. If they had already reached the realm of immortals, then the differences between than was more than ten Celestial Layers at the very least.

However, he didn’t feel discouraged. The experts only exist today due to the bitter training they did in the past. Being a weakling was an unavoidable process.

Without any reluctance to leave, Xiao Chen spread out the Undying Wings and flew towards the distant Shang Dynasty.

The Southern Wasteland’s Celestial City was a little quiet nowadays. Many of the youth generation had already journeyed north towards the Middle Earth. The legendary figures that only ever appeared in legends made their appearance in succession over the past two years. This made the heart of innumerable youths elevated. Saying they were chasing after their dreams might be naive. Saying they were chasing after their ideals might be a little crazy, but that was indeed the fact. These two years, many youths journeyed up north in succession.

The past three years, the Undying Patriarch was always keeping watch on Celestial City. During that night three years ago, it was him who executed that sword attack and freed Xiao Chen from the trap ⌈¹⌋. Two years ago, it was also this old man who executed a sword attack that broke the imprint of Obliterate Demon Absolute God in Yan Qingcheng’s body. He used a powerful sword attack to forcefully help her get through the crisis.

Yan Qingcheng’s master, Liu Qingfeng, had a heavy expression as he looked at the Undying Patriarch. He said with a shuddering voice, “Many thanks to Senior Brother, you are really…”

“I am fine. I only wanted to break through and helped Qingcheng on the way.” The Undying Patriarch’s expression was indifferent. It was practically impossible to tell what he was thinking. One could hardly imagine just what level had this old man really reached.

Liu Qingfeng was a little despondent. His senior brother had actually practiced the Obliterate Demon Absolute God indirectly. He continued to nurture Yan Qingcheng’s God Seed. It was hard to imagine just what kind of level he would reach once he made a breakthrough. Maybe he might become the second Demon King.

Naturally, the Undying Patriarch’s Obliterate Demon Absolute God already deviated from the original Demonic Arts. This art did not require an external vessel. One’s own body and mind could serve as the vessel, it was tantamount to cultivating the God Seed in one’s body. It was a technique one step ahead of Obliterate Demon Absolute God.

In history, only two people had practiced this technique. One was the founder of Demon Sect, and the other was the Demon King. In order to reach the highest level of enlightenment, they chose this path that was even more terrifying and dangerous than Obliterate Demon Absolute God.

The Undying Patriarch’s entire figure looked hazy. He looked up at the starry sky and said, “When Qingcheng left for the Middle Earth, it seemed like… she also chose the God Seed technique.”

“Such a brazen girl!” Liu Qingfeng cursed.

The faint melody of the flute echoed in the Moonflower Castle. An old lady with sorrowful expression put down the flute in her hands, and said with a distressed expression, “That heavily wounded Azure Dragon King had already been sent away. In all likelihood, it should be healed already. And my grandson Lawrence… ⌈²⌋”

The Fair family; Fairsnow had already entered the Middle Earth. And Fairsky also had talent on the path of asceticism. However, he hit a dead-end three years ago and helplessly decided to take another path. He always kept the magic formations of the Water-Lily Technique in his mind. It’s already been three years since he began his secluded training.

It was on this day, the light and shadow of golden sunflowers floated around him. Along with an explosive sound, the smoke and dust soared up as the sunflowers drifted in the sky, Fairsky finally returned.

Although the Zhuge fatty had brain for business, he was not from the main branch of the family after all. In the end, he left for Middle Earth.

Looking at his peers leaving one after the other, the second generation head of the Reagan family, Hofmann, felt unwilling to be left behind. He was plotting to create a major event.

As for Dugu Jianmo, Windfeathers, and Lazio, they were already in the Middle Earth. Zhao Chongyang had also arrived before them. He was the only one among the top youth experts of the Southern Wasteland that had yet to cross path with Xiao Chen.

Shang Dynasty, one of the five great nations, its national capital was Yinxu. The Shang Dynasty covered millions and millions of kilometer square, it was vast and boundless. The nation was located at the South-West of Middle Earth.

One month later, Xiao Chen arrived at the bustling Yinxu City. Training in the middle of human society made Xiao Chen feel rather enriched. His mood was substantially different from before.

Since reaching the Historia level, not only would powerful divine abilities emerge prominently, various minor techniques would constantly pop out. Shapeshifting, this was the minor technique Xiao Chen learned while practicing the vajra. The technique only consists of simple movements of the muscles, it was nothing special.

He was not at all worried about being discovered by the Tiger clan. Xiao Chen already stayed in Yindu district for half a month. On this very day, he arrived at the Lunar Pavilion. This Pavilion was very famous. Legend has it that the exceptional sword saint Li Bai ⌈³⌋ had once got drunk at this place and recited hundreds of poem. Because of that, this place had become the holy land that the scholars would come and go repeatedly, and it was also the precious land where the practitioners gathered.

Everyday, the younger generation of many powerful group in Shang Dynasty would gather at this place. As for the practitioners who were passing by the Yindu district, they definitely wouldn’t miss it either.

The Lunar Pavilion had nine floors, it was one of the tallest buildings in Yindu district. There were always VIP guests honoring them with their presence.

The scions of a few influential families were currently on the ninth floor as they talked loudly.

“It is said that Skybound Tongtian had seized one of the ancestor god’s most valuable treasures. As for the other item, the stone dagger, just who got it in the end?”

“They say that it was seized by the Martial Saint.”

“Not necessarily. The One True God Allah and the owner of the Selvagem Tree both possesses exceptional talent. Even if the soul force of the Martial Saint defies the natural law, it shouldn’t be possible for him to keep the other two at bay.”

“One of them must have got it. It’s nothing strange if the Martial Saint was the one who got it. You guys must know back in those days, the Martial Saint mounted his horse and swept across the unparalleled experts all over the world. He was retrieving the enemy’s head among millions of soldiers as easy as eating pie. He’s most proficient when it comes to group fight.”

“Those figures are too far away from us. Let us just talk about the outstanding ones among the youth generation.”

“The experts that came into being for the past few years were mostly from the five great nations. What is there to talk about? Just randomly pick any youth expert from Yindu district and they can easily wipe out their peers in the South, the West, and the North.”

“Hmph!”

A cold snort could be heard. The youth by the window seat had a stern expression. He was clearly very discontent with their conversation as he said coldly, “A group of spoilt rich kids also dare look down on the youth experts?”

The rich kids came from some powerful clans. They did not take heed of the words and only shoot a cold glance at the man. Then they continued with their talk.

“We can’t say it like that either, aren’t there quite a few beauty outside the Middle Earth? Haha…”

“That’s right, aren’t there two renowned pearls in the Southern Wasteland? I hear they’re gorgeous and matchless. But alas, such a pity, one of them already wedded to the tiger clan. Those tigers are not to be trifled with.”

“What are you afraid of? She’s a widow anyway. Who knows, she might even remarry. Haha… That’s right, I heard that Yan Qingcheng also entered the Middle Earth. Maybe she has already arrived at Yindu district, hehe.”

“Oh yeah? The North and West also have stunning beauty, they might be in this pavilion even.”

The youngsters laughed with a wicked smile as they surveyed a few private rooms repeatedly.

“I will let you taste the power of the Lone Wolf of the North!” That youngster by the window seat was unable to bear it anymore. He lightly waved his hand, and a sword-qi pierced through the air as it slashed towards those youngsters from Yindu district.

“You’re just a grain of rice.” While speaking, a youngster from the influential family lightly waved his hand. A hellfire was produced. The terrifying black flame instantly surrounded the youth by the window seat.

In only a split second, that man known as the Lone Wolf was evaporated. Not even a little bit of his flesh remained. He was burned to ash by the hellfire.

Apparently, the shopkeeper of Lunar Pavilion already knew about the identity of the few men. He didn’t send someone to inquire them. Instead, he only sent a young guy to clean up the mess.

“Hmph, don’t blame me for this. He was the one who made the first move.” The expression of that Psychic did not change in the slightest as he began to chat with his companion once more.

His companion said, “Yin Feng, looks like your hellfire improved again. You should have reached Historia’s Fifth Celestial Layer by now right? Hehe, with your skills alone, you could sweep across the South and West no problem. Did those ignorant fools really thought that, just by being number one in their tiny well, they could roam the whole wide world? Hah, what a joke!”

When they heard these, many people on the ninth floor had a change of expression. Among them also included those from the South. Yan Qingcheng started her journey and arrived at Yindu along with Lazio.

“They are too egotistical!” Even if Yan Qingcheng was a girl, she also felt very angry.

The blue-haired pretty boy Lazio shook his head, and said, “Those guys are indeed very strong, just ignore them.”

And in another private room, the beast-like expert from the South, Windfeathers, also gnashed his teeth. His ice-cold pupils emitted two dreadful rays of light.

“Why do I feel that someone is cursing us?” One of the rich kids glanced at Windfeather’s private room, and spoke to himself, “You guys may flaunt your power at your territory, but in Middle Earth, you pride and reputation will be trampled until nothing is left.”

Windfeathers abruptly pushed the table away, then he walked out with large strides and faced the few men, “Very good, Windfeathers of the South will test you out.”

However, just at this time, a servant delivered a slip of paper to Windfeathers. There was only a short sentence on the letter: Come over and chat.

“Hmph, let’s put off the fight until later!” Windfeathers storm off in a huff.

“Hehe, just go, we won’t bother to see you out. Someone is trying to save you, he’s afraid that you will die under our hands.” One of the rich kids attacked him with words, “Is there… any experts in the South? I’ve never heard of it.”

“No, there is one, just one.”

“Oh? There is a youth expert in the South?” That rich kid was smiling wickedly.

The man at the side explained, “That’s right, there was indeed one, but he’s most likely dead.”

“There was a man called Xiao Chen. He was nothing short of extraordinary. However, this Xiao Chen seemed like someone who dies prematurely. If nothing unexpected happen, he should have died three years ago.”

“Oh oh, I remember now. The bloody event that took place in Celestial City three years ago. That guy is such a man of character, if he is still alive, maybe he could fight toe-to-toe with our Yindu’s experts. Apart from him, nobody else has that potential, what a pity…”

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The forearm was missing, but the upper arm was in good condition. Although it was only half a thumb long, its weight was as heavy as Mount Tai in Xiao Chen’s heart.

Without any fluctuation nor the least bit of divine power, the broken arm wordlessly immersed into Xiao Chen’s body. It produced a “tink” sound as it merged with the stone statue in Xiao Chen’s body like magnets colliding with one another.

Although they were shattered, a hazy radiance connected the stone legs and stone arms. The missing parts were all filled by ripple-like radiance. The stone statue was sitting upright in Xiao Chen’s body.

The butterfly fluttered in the sky and spilled gentle rays of light below. Zhuang Zhou left the battlefield and descended from the sky. He lightly flicked his wings and arrived in front of Xiao Chen.

It was like in a dream, Xiao Chen was standing face-to-face with this legendary saint that was said to possess enough power to look down at the whole world. It was a bit unrealistic, he was actually so close to Zhuangzi.

As the ripples spread out, Xiao Chen found that the ruins in his surroundings disappeared. The vast prairie was also gone. He was actually standing in a void sky, with only the butterfly and himself.

“What’s your Truth?”

An emotionless voice reverberated in Xiao Chen’s ears.

Xiao Chen didn’t know why he raised a question to him, but he answered honestly without pondering over it too much, “Nameless, the beginning of Heaven and earth.”

The butterfly lightly flapped its wings, its cold voice clearly resounded in the void sky, “Is that right?”

“Speaking of Truth. It is formless, thus it cannot be named. The beginning of Truth stems from nothingness.”

“Do you truly understand the essence of Truth? Is that your Truth?”

Facing this question, Xiao Chen was left speechless. Only after a moment of silence did he open his mouth to speak, “This…”

“Oneness with Heaven and Earth, Oneness with All Living Things. What about you?” Zhuangzi was very indifferent.

Zhuangzi was the person with spiritual power closest to the deities. It seemed like he was intentionally giving advice. Xiao Chen quickly calmed down and thought about it in silence.

However, Zhuangzi’s level was too high, Xiao Chen was unable to grasp it. And just at this time, an indifferent voice resounded again, “Where’s the Truth?”

It was as if Xiao Chen had fallen deep deep under the ground, a world of complete darkness, unable to grasp onto any light. He had a very absent-minded expression.

At the highest point of the sky; Skybound Quadswords, Selvagem Tree, Allah’s giant hand, and Martial Saint Sun Tzu were already encased within a blurry dimension. The energy waves released from that place was incomparable to anything anyone had ever felt before. Just a little bit of those formless power was enough to kill groups of practitioners.

However, the four exceptional warriors did not have the intention to create a bloodbath, so they sealed that space in a different dimension. The world devastating power was all confined within that space.

And right below them, in order to fight over the dozens of exotic treasures, the practitioners were also conducting an intense war. Although their might was not comparable to Skybound and the rest, their intensity was not inferior in any respect.

Yazi, the legendary dragon child, with an appearance similar to a ravenous wolf. The black scales all over its body flashed and a bloody mist lingered atop its scales. It stormed towards the left and charged in between a few Fallen Angels.

Fallen Angel, they possessed immense inborn strength. So long as they reached adulthood, they would have power no less than demigod level. They were revered as deities by some of the weak races. The moment they spread out their black wings, an endless black fog rolled over and over. The sky became pitch black.

“Roar!!!” The loud roar possessed enough power to shake the heaven and earth. Contrary to its huge body, Yazi’s speed became faster and faster. In the end, it even transformed into a streak of bloody light.

The beast’s hundred feet body was like a blade as it swept past a few Fallen Angels in an instant. With a “pfff,” the blood splashed everywhere. The killing maniac Yazi actually cut down two Fallen Angels at once. The black feathers swirled in the air as the blood sprinkle down. The sky was dyed by the color of blood.

On the other side, the Quintet Light illuminated the sky. Sengen had yet to show his main body. He killed groups of practitioner even while hiding in the divine light. He was even scarier when compared to Yazi. The Quintet Light was just like a grinding machine. Everywhere it swept past, countless practitioners were ground into meat paste. Nobody could stop him.

As if he was giving vent to the discontent in his heart, that he was unable to contest over the ancestor god’s most valuable assets, he didn’t hold back in the slightest. With a swish, Sengen appeared right beside a ten-meter long Winged Dragon. Green, yellow, red, black, and white light moved simultaneously as a blood-curdling screech rang in the sky.

Pieces of scales scattered all over the sky. Blood splattered everywhere and dyed the vast sky red. The huge body of the Winged Dragon was disintegrated in an instant. The dragon head was filled with an unwilling expression as it fell from the sky.

A powerful Winged Dragon was beheaded in an instant.

Towards such a Sengen, everyone constantly dodged out of the way. Nobody else dared to approach him.

The sword-qi was raging left and right in the sky. Blood flowed nonstop. The exotic treasures of the ancestor god caused many practitioners to fight with no thoughts of personal safety. The murderous aura in the sky was going through the roof.

Even the people on the surface were becoming restless. Countless thousands of people watched the battle in the sky. How could they hope to compare to them with their meager abilities? It was simply impossible for them to join the fray. In the end, many practitioners began to search through the ruins that fell from the sky, hoping they could come across some treasures.

In the distant sky, the extraordinarily handsome Skybound Tongtian stood atop a mysterious island as he heaved a helpless sigh. Facing the Selvagem Tree and One True God Allah at the same time, even someone as strong as him couldn’t possibly obstruct them. And now, even Martial Saint Sun Tzu joined the fray. He considered using the magic formation of the Skybound Quadswords, but anticipating that there might still be someone eyeing the treasures covetously in the dark, he decided to withdraw. To be able to obtain one out of two of the treasures was already enough.

Above the ruins, Ranga and Cinnte swords shook fiercely. They actually flung the stone dagger they were protecting and no longer paid any attention to it. Martial Saint let out a roar as he broke through the void space. He mounted the divine horse and chased after the stone dagger. Selvagem Tree and Allah’s giant hand was unwilling to lag behind, they also advanced at the same time.

Ranga, Cinnte, Matar, and Gaiste swords surrounded the stone sphere. The formless sword-qi shattered the space and opened a tunnel that led towards the outside. The four swords instantly distanced themselves from the battlefield and disappeared.

The Selvagem Tree wanted to block their path, but ultimately decided to give up on the notion. Skybound Tongtian was not a man that could be easily provoked. If they forced him to leave behind both of the treasures, he would definitely go crazy.

The three of them continued to fight over the stone dagger in the formless space, the battle became all the more intense.

In a nameless space, Xiao Chen was still standing there like a wood.

“Where is your Truth?” The voice was ice-cold and contained no emotion as it resounded once more in the void sky.

“My Truth… is far away, I still need to find it.” Xiao Chen was thinking about it hard. Apparently, the Yellow River’s Ancient Monolith and the Dragon Island’s Ancient Monolith had once recorded about the Imprint of Truth. The elders in the Pure Land had also elaborated about the various “Truths” to him. However, they all seemed very blur, seemingly at a distant location. It was very hard to seize them.

The butterfly danced lightly, its pair of almost transparent wings created ripples as they were flapped. It was as if the void had been shattered as the divine light pierced the fog in the darkness.

Xiao Chen seemed to sober up a little and said, “The Truth is ahead, I only need to go forward.”

Zhuangzi heaved a sigh. This made Xiao Chen a little perplexed as he said, “The Truth is behind, it’s only at a distance of turning around.” He recalled those feelings when he was caught up in the ethereal state. Those kind of feeling when he became one with the heaven and earth was a mystery within a mystery. It was hard to put into words. If he could turn around and see clearly, it seemed like he would be able to grasp the essence of Truth.

“Just where is your Truth?” Zhuangzi still asked the same question.

This time, it seemed like Xiao Chen had really sobered up, he sunk into silence for a long time before he finally said, “The Truth is right under my foot, the road I had once traversed is my Truth.”

His tone was very firm, as if he had broken through the dense fog in his heart. He knew just how should he proceed from now on.

“Very good, anything else?”

Xiao Chen’s gaze became all the more resolute and said, “The Truth is inside everyone, my encounter with everyone paved the path of my Truth.”

Zhuangzi’s laughter transmitted outwards, he did not stand against Xiao Chen’s “Truth”. “The Saint is immortal, the thief increase exponentially.” He had also once said this kind of universally shocking words and established a standard for the world. It turned into an example for mankind and ended up as some kind of forbidden power. “The Saint set an example for the world.” Only by getting rid of worldly desires would one be able to break through.

The butterfly danced and lightly flapped its wings. The space was shattered and any traces of Zhuangzi disappeared.

And Xiao Chen found that he was standing on top of the ruins once more. He firmly gazed towards a distant location and had a flash of realization in an instant. It made him feel out of the ordinary. He had become aware of his future path.

He became motionless and appeared to have merged with this part of the world. The fighting sound in the sky seemed to have turned mute, the many thousand people on the surface also seemed to have disappeared. It was as if only he was the only one left in this world.

His consciousness seemed to have drifted towards the sky. It felt as if he was already standing high up and looking down at the world of mortals. A roaring river with boundless yellow water, flowing swiftly for thousand of miles. An Ancient Monolith was faintly discernible in the river water, sinking and emerging from time to time.

An isolated island, standing alone in the middle of the ocean. The dragon roars shook the air periodically, a ghost town was faintly discernible, and an Ancient Monolith slowly surfaced from the city.

The Ancient Monolith’s Divine Formation appeared in Xiao Chen’s mind as they activated automatically. He came to a mysterious realization within his sea of consciousness. At the same time, the sixteen divinized acupoints lit up and drove the life essence towards his every limb and vein.

The divinized acupoints were connected by many glaring light beams. The divine arteries were condensing. It felt like a spring of life was watering Xiao Chen’s almost dried up body.

As he received the baptism of life, Xiao Chen’s internal organs, muscles, and bones were restored by the life energy.

It was like a long river flowing past a desolate desert, moisturizing the dried up sand as much as they like.

At this very moment, his power which had stagnated for two years was just like an overflowing flood which just breached the dam.

Break! Break! Break!

He broke through again and again. The life energy in his body became extremely vigorous. The hollows from losing two hundred years of lifespan were completely filled by the life energy in the divinized acupoints.

At this moment, Xiao Chen could clearly hear something in his body breaking apart. It was like some kind of barrier had been broken through. In an instant, he broke through three levels from Historia’s Third Celestial Layer and directly rose to Historia’s Sixth Celestial Layer.

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Tongtian, a name feared by all deities, possessor of four godslaying swords.

Right now, Tongtian’s four godslaying swords were actually falling from the sky. It caused everyone in the sky to turn pale. The four godslaying swords; Ranga, Matar, Cinnte, and Gaiste, were one kilometre long and fell down like four huge mountains. The unmatched sword-qi directly shattered the void.

“@#%￥”

“Tongtian has gone crazy!”

The powerful practitioners, in the first moments… ran away! They ran as if their lives were depended on it. The might of these four swords shook the heaven and earth, only a few were capable of receiving the brunt of the attack. If they wanted to survive, they could only choose to run.

However, the majority of the people did not even have the capability to get out from the range of the four godslaying swords. They could only die in vain.

The powerful force caused many ordinary practitioners on the prairie to lose strength in their limbs. The four godslaying swords shattered the space in the sky as if they wanted to turn that space into nothingness.

However, out of everyone’s expectation, the blood-painted scene did not occur. Tongtian’s four godslaying swords did not cut into anyone, and it was controlled with perfect precision. The only thing it crushed was ancestor god Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace.

The Sky Palace that stood tall for three years was turned into ruins at this very moment. The debris fell to the ground unceasingly along with the rumbling sound.

To be this disrespectful towards the Sky Palace of the ancestor god, only Tongtian was able to do it. Even if the others were here for a treasure hunt, they also wouldn’t dare to act this unrestrained.

Regarding this, nobody dared to say anything. It was a well-known fact that Tongtian was disrespectful towards the heaven and earth, the only one he respect was himself. During the distant past, he had even challenged ancestor god Youchaoshi, so such an action was well within expectation.

The four godslaying swords quickly shrank in size as they continued to bore through the debris in the sky. Without a doubt, he wanted to plunder the ancestor god’s exotic treasures.

However, not everyone was afraid of Tongtian. There was a butterfly dancing lightly in the ruins. It was not fearful of Tongtian’s godslaying swords and flew around the ruins as if it was dancing above a cluster of flowers. At the same time, the Selvagem Tree soared into the sky and entered the ruins. Sengen transformed into five streaks of lights as he rushed over.

There were many people on the field, but nobody dared to approach. Those who entered the ruins were figures of legend. They were madmen that would kill anyone in their path once angered. To go and scuffle with them was tantamount to courting one’s own death.

It was as clear as day, that Tongtian already knew what kind of treasure was sealed in Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace. Without stopping, the four swords flew across the ruins. The swords and blades many people regarded as treasures transformed into clouds of dust under the pressure of the godslaying swords. Suddenly, a sonorous “tink” sound echoed in the ruins. The Cinnte Sword bumped into an object, but it didn’t get destroyed from the impact. On the contrary, the sword was trembling.

The other three swords immediately flew over and surrounded the object. They wanted to take it with them and fly away at this point.

That was a simple and crude “stone dagger”. If one didn’t scan it carefully, they couldn’t even tell it was a dagger. It was only a little more than half a foot long. It looked like a knife, yet it was not a knife. It looked like a double-edged sword, yet it was not a sword. It looked strikingly like a crude stone tool used by the stone-age people.

There was not even the slightest bit of fluctuation. Even if Tongtian knew what kind of treasure was sealed at this place, he couldn’t sense where it was hidden either, so he had to use the godslaying swords to search all over the ruins.

The Selvagem Tree was glaring like a tiger watching his prey all along. Seeing that Tongtian’s four swords had found the stone dagger, it transformed into a streak of rainbow and swept over there to snatch the stone dagger.

The four godslaying swords shook violently as the formless sword-qi soared towards the Selvagem Tree. The Selvagem Tree shifted from left to right continuously and resisted the sword-qi, then it pushed in from the flank.

From the opposite side, five divine light moved simultaneously as Sengen flew over. However, with a violent strike from the Matar Sword, his Quintet Light shattered immediately. Even Sengen’s real body was narrowly revealed.

On the other side, a butterfly lightly flapped its wings. It broke through the sword-qi of Ranga Sword and avoided the tip of Cinnte Sword. It actually broke through the attack of two swords. This unforeseen event made all the spectators gobsmacked. Just where did this butterfly come from? It actually received two strikes from Skybound Tongtian. Its strength was unfathomable.

In the distant sky, the three primal beasts; Yazi, Suanni, and Pixiu each exposed a shocked expression. The blood-thirsty Yazi said, “There is actually someone capable of standing toe-to-toe with Tongtian…”

Suanni’s eyes glinted with divine light as it said, “If you are aware of its origin, you wouldn’t have been this surprised. That butterfly is Zhuang Zhou.”

Zhuangzi, selfless, non-achiever, nameless, free and unfettered. Although he reached enlightenment comparatively late, people believed he was possibly one of the man who could reach the same realm as the ancestor gods. To forget oneself, to forget everything, to seek freedom, he was a free and unfettered hermit.

Although only half of his teachings had been spread across the generations, it still had a tremendous impact on the world of martial arts. Zhuangzi was out of this world, he had genuinely accomplished oneness of heaven and humanity.

If just by comparing spiritual power, he might be the closest to the ancestor god. He had already achieved the spiritual level of “oneness with heaven and earth, oneness with all living things.”

On the prairie, Xiao Chen was very excited. If he had truly admired anyone before, then that person was certainly Zhuangzi. The ideology he constructed was absolutely world breaking. Even if his physical strength was no match for Tongtian and the others, with his spiritual power to make up for it, he was definitely not any weaker than them.

Zhuangzi had also arrived, this immediately shocked every spectator. He dodged the Ranga and Cinnte Sword continuously. Zhuang Zhou transformed into butterfly as he flew back and forth. It seemed like he was not striving for the stone dagger. This made everyone a little puzzled, but they understood his intention in the next instant. This was the real Zhuangzi after all. He was always free and unfettered, he definitely did not come for the treasures of the ancestor god. It was just like him to come here merely for a tour.

The unique and unmatched Zhuangzi, who transformed into butterfly, paid no attention to those who were fighting fiercely in the ruins. He was just fluttering in the ruins by himself, as if he was paying homage to the ancestor god.

With regards to Zhuangzi’s earlier assault, Skybound Tongtian didn’t mind about it at all. He knew the receiving party was not provoking him on purpose. It was in his nature, he was only doing things at his own pace. This butterfly was created by Zhuang Zhou’s spiritual power. It was not his main body. Even if he used the godslaying swords to slay him, he wouldn’t be able to harm his main body either way.

Ranga Sword and Cinnte Sword was protecting the stone dagger, the Gaiste Sword and Matar Sword was piercing the air as they continued to bore through the ruins. Nobody was clearer about this other than Tongtian. When he challenged ancestor god Youchaoshi before, the ancestor god had two weapons which gave him a great impression.

One of them was a stone dagger, and the other was a rough-looking stone sphere. Although their surface was rough, so much so that they were somewhat ridiculous, but their power was unimaginable. Moreover, it was impossible to find them with spiritual sense, because they didn’t release any energy fluctuation at all. If they were thrown into a pile of rocks, it was practically impossible to distinguish them from ordinary rocks.

Giaste Sword and Matar Sword crushed everything in their path. A “tink” sound echoed in some desolate corner as a fist-sized stone sphere got excavated. The unbreakable Matar Sword couldn’t even leave a scratch on the rough-looking stone sphere.

The two swords that were stained by deity’s blood retrieved the stone sphere and flew towards where the Ranga and Cinnte sword were.

However, just at this time, a huge hand suddenly dropped from the sky as it covered up the entire world. That giant hand directly grabbed the stone sphere retrieved by Giaste and Matar sword.

The pressure was unimaginable, it made the ruins in the sky shake violently. Even the halls built by the ancestor god was unable to bear the pressure as it collapsed. More debris continued to fall from the sky.

The powerful Fallen Angels in the distant sky each exposed a shocked expression. One of them said, “That seemed like one of the big shot from the Western countries… One True God Allah.”

The Islamic God of the Western countries, he was definitely a famous figure in the world. He was one of the very few who could stand up against peerless experts on the same level as Tongtian and Yuanshi. The treasures in Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace even attracted someone like him. It could clearly be seen that the value of the stone dagger and stone sphere was rather high in the eyes of experts at their level.

There were aqua-colored radiance flickering on the giant hand. It was gushing down like an inexhaustible viscous liquid. Although the Matar and Giaste sword struck the giant hand with formless sword-qi repeatedly, it didn’t leave any scratches on the giant hand. They were all dissolved by the aqua-colored radiance. There was hardly any friction between the hand and the swords, but huge lightnings were already forming in the surroundings as the space shattered.

It was easy to imagine how terrifying that place was. If they did not restrain their power and let a single light beam leak out, it was enough to annihilate a huge group of spectators in the surrounding.

“Bang!”

Allah shook his giant hand and completely pulverized the ancestor god’s Sky Palace. The last of the ruins completely fell from the sky. And there were actually a few dozen exotic treasures hidden at the base as they fell toward the ground.

The spectators that could fly flared up immediately. They were unable to vie for the two most valuable treasures of the ancestor god, but with the appearance of so many other treasures that Tongtian and Allah couldn’t be bothered about, they swarmed over and broke into a fight.

Sengen heaved a helpless sigh. He knew that with Tongtian’s four swords, Selvagem Tree, and Allah around, he wouldn’t be able to take the most valuable treasure of the ancestor god for himself, so he also rushed towards the falling exotic treasures.

Just at this time, a mountain-like shadow smashed towards Sengen. With a loud “bang,” he was sent flying away.

Sengen was furious, someone actually mounted a sneak attack on him as he was inattentive. He emitted two streaks of lightning from the Quintet Light as he shouted, “Who dares to attack me?!”

“Swish!”

The Quintet Light launched simultaneously as a huge group of practitioners in front of him were crushed immediately. The blood sprinkled in the sky and the bloody mist immediately soared. The battle royal had begun, those who were confident in their strength began to fight for the treasures.

The primal beasts Yazi, Suanni, and Pixiu faced a few Fallen Angels. The black clouds surged and filled the sky as their battle with the Fallen Angel intensified.

And a few giant Winged Dragon also waged war with dozens of humanoid practitioners. The dragon roar shook the vast skies.

The ordinary practitioners on the ground were dumbstruck. This was the first time they had seen this kind of grand battle.

Xiao Chen watched from the sidelines quietly. Although he could also fly, he didn’t want to fight for the treasures. He knew those fierce characters up there were not opponents he could handle.

Just at this time, the stone statue in Xiao Chen’s body started to tremble. The stone gimlet even had the urge to break free from his body. He was extremely shocked, could it be that Tongtian and the others missed one of the treasures? Looking at the fallen ruins ahead, Xiao Chen walked over with large strides…

In the sky, Allah was facing the Matar Sword and Gaiste Sword, The Selvagem Tree was facing the Ranga Sword and Cinnte Sword. They had completely sealed that space off from the outside world, otherwise, the landscape might even be changed from the aftermath of the battle.

The blurry rays of light glinted unceasingly, the battle between the three powerful gods was unimaginably fierce.

“Bang!”

Ranga Sword and Cinnte Sword directly opened a tunnel in space and sent the Selvagem Tree into the void. After that, they rushed towards Allah. However, the Selvagem Tree actually broke free in a split second and returned from the void. It launched a rainbow-coloured radiance and trapped the four swords that just gathered together.

At the same time, Allah’s other giant hand also shattered the space and attacked from beyond the sky. They attacked Skybound Tongtian simultaneously.

With a long neigh, a divine horse ran over while stamping the air. A general adorned with golden armour rushed into the space confined by the rainbow-coloured radiance.

This man was the personification of a divine sword as he directly charged in. Although he had no weapons in hands, the murderous aura gave off by him already formed thousands of swords in the sky as he shook off Allah’s left hand.

The practitioners who didn’t participate in the battle watched from a distance. They sucked in the cold air as they saw this general. He looked just like… the legendary Saint of War, Sun Tzu!

In the mortal world, Guan Yu was enshrined in the Saint of War’s temple. However, if one were to trace the root source carefully, the true Saint of War was Sun Tzu. That person was the genuine god of war, possessor of incomparable power and soul force.

With a punch, the heaven falls and the earth rends. Allah was forced to fall back by that one attack. He stretched out his huge hands towards the stone dagger protected by the four godslaying swords.

The four godslaying swords opened a tunnel in space and wanted to escape. However, the three grand experts moved their hands simultaneously. Even someone as strong as Skybound Tongtian was no match for them. The space-time tunnel was cut off and disappeared into the empty sky.

“So it seems like the Saint of War has joined the fray…” A cold laughter transmitted from among the four godslaying swords.

Sun Tzu’s whole body was giving off a murderous aura. He was surrounded by the tangible aura and one could only make out a stalwart figure. A cold voice transmitted outwards, “As a weapon user, it is my way of life. There’s no way I wouldn’t participate. I am the person in charge of every weapon in the whole world, these stone weapons are no exception.”

“These weapons are not that kind of weapon. Your hands are too long.” Although Allah had yet to show his main body and only manifested two giant hands, his sarcastic voice still reverberated clearly in the sky.

Sun Tzu sat upright on the divine horse and said with indifference, “These are the ancient treasures of the East, it is more suitable for me. You are the one who has crossed the boundary.”

Along with a world-shaking explosion, space around the four exceptional experts burst out with a glaring radiance. After that, the space actually transformed into a formless mass! The four began to fight fiercely within the chaotic space.

Zhuang Zhou who had transformed into butterfly fluttered down, he passed through space where the crowds were fighting over the treasures and distanced himself from the battlefield. He headed directly for the ruins on the ground.

The stone gimlet in Xiao Chen’s body flew out, and it actually returned with a broken arm from the ruins. The arm was broken off from the shoulder, and it was about half a thumb long.

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Everyone was flabbergasted, could it be that the fallen god had returned? How could the sentence “Friends, please halt,” be more effective than the ancient one. It actually made a group of people come back.

“This poor Taoist don’t have evil intentions. I am inviting everyone to the Terra Empire’s Sky Palace because of my orders. We need the mental power of numerous practitioners to unseal the ancestor god’s palace.”

Fallen God!

Regardless of whether he was Saigonbao himself or his descendant Senxibao, everyone unanimously felt they couldn’t get along with him. Just looking at his feeble appearance, they were sure that nothing good would happen if they get acquainted with him.

Many people wanted to run away, but for some reason, they were unable to take one step away after he uttered “Friends, please halt.”

At first, Xiao Chen felt dizzy. However, the instant his secret art was executed, he became clear-headed again. He profoundly knew that this Daoist priest before him was very incredible! He’s absolutely not an average person.

However, even after Xiao Chen regained control of himself, he did not leave and continued to follow everyone.

The fallen god formed a seal with his hands and muttered to himself. After that, he suddenly shouted, “Earth Wyne!”

Everyone felt their body sway for an instant before they sunk into the ground. A yellow radiance flickered around their body as they were pushed forward with extreme speed. It was as if they were passing through a space-time tunnel.

The Earth Wyne technique was not a special divine ability, many Historia level practitioners could learn it. However, using it to take along a hundred plus people? Now that’s a little scary.

Only after advancing like this for a day did everyone finally return to the surface. At the moment, they were already within the borders of Terra Empire.

This was a vast prairie. As far as the eyes could see, it was verdant and lush. The earth was brimming with thriving vitality. At present, there were no less than ten thousand practitioners gathered on the grassland.

And in the sky, a palace was floating there, with multicolored lights and clouds lingering all over it.

It was precisely this Sky Palace that caused many practitioners to gather from all over the mainland these past three years. Dragonslayer, Demon Sealing Club, Sacrificial Altar, Immortal Tree; such ancient treasures were excavated one after the other. Dozens of these unusual treasures had already been taken away by powerful practitioners.

Since then, nobody was able to excavate anything else. Nobody was able to break into the centermost area of the ancient palace. Even the people on the ground were able to see it. Millions upon millions of starlight was condensed over there. It was brightly lit and resplendent.

The fallen god disappeared after bringing everyone here. There were numerous people on the prairie. The overwhelming majority of them couldn’t fly, they were only here to watch.

And in the sky, there were just as many humanoid figures. Not only was there human race, there were also many other different races.

A dozen or more Fallen Angels with black wings were present. Black clouds lingered on their body as they were flying quietly in one corner. They swept their eyes coldly over the Sky Palace above.

And on the other side, there were seven to eight huge monsters. They were actually ten meter long Winged Dragons. The scales all over their body were glittering. The brilliant radiance and oozing dragon-qi gave tremendous pressure to those in the surroundings.

A little in front of them, were three imposing primal beasts. Even if they were just standing on the ground, everyone felt a huge pressure on them. Not many people could recognize their identity, but those who recognized them were incomparably shocked.

There was a huge monster about a hundred feet long, shaped like a ravenous wolf. Its whole body was covered in black scales, with bloody mist lingering on it. Some aged practitioners recognized it. That was actually the legendary Yazi. Yazi, it would return favors to whoever it owed. Yazi, it would take revenge on whoever offended it. The victim would inevitably be killed. Because of that, its figure was frequently carved on weapons.

Beside it was a ninety meter long primal beast, shaped like a vigorous lion with smoke surrounding it. Its entire body was covered in thick scales. This primal beast had also been recognized by people. It was actually the legendary Suanni. Its figure was commonly carved on incense burners.

And beside them was a ten foot long primal beast with a dragon head, horse-like body, and scaled feet. It looked like a lion with thick, white scales all over. The majority were able to recognize this vicious beast. It was actually the legendary Pixiu, also named Tian Lu or Bixie. It was usually carved as a jade pendant and worn on the body to bring good luck.

Yazi, Suanni, and Pixiu were primal beasts of legends. Their origin was greater than anyone could imagine. They rarely showed up in the mundane world. There were even people who claimed they they were the child of the Ancestral Dragon, that they were the offsprings between the Ancestral Dragon and their races.

Since it was capable of making such powerful primal beasts show themselves, that was enough to prove that the rumor was true. It was extremely possible that this Sky Palace really belonged to the ancestor god Youchaoshi.

“I suspect the Yazi, Suanni, and Pixiu before us are actually the dragon children mentioned in the legend. They are most likely their descendant.”

“How would you know, stop speaking nonsense!”

As a huge pressure pressed down from the sky, everyone who was discussing it in whispers immediately shut their trap.

And further away, there were still some huge monsters flying over. They were wrapped in dark clouds as they flew over. It was hard to make out their appearance, the only thing they knew was that they were not humans.

It was very obvious that they had the ability to transform into human, but they didn’t do it. Those who dared to come here were definitely super powerful beasts. Some of them might even be a great demon from ancient times.

Divine light flickered as the bright flame illuminated the area. Xiao Chen saw an acquaintance. It was actually that multicolored phoenix. It was that phoenix girl he had encountered in the Southern Wasteland. And beside her was a cute little phoenix. He was following her while flying unsteadily. They did not approach at all and only stayed in the distance. Clearly, they did not come to fight over the treasure.

Xiao Chen guessed the most likely case was that the phoenix girl wanted the little phoenix to gain some knowledge.

Perhaps it was due to the phoenix feather, the phoenix girl sensed something and gazed in Xiao Chen’s direction with its beautiful pair of eyes. She lightly nodded her head and a voice resounded in Xiao Chen’s head at the same time, “I already know about the events that took place in Celestial City. They actually dared to disrespect my divine feather. I will give you a hand this once, some other day.”

After saying this, the phoenix girl brought the unsteady little phoenix to fly towards the side.

Although there were many different tribes, none of them got too close. It seemed like they did not want to fight over the treasures and risk their lives.

Those who got really close to the Sky Palace were only some humans, many of them being the Taoist and Buddhist monks. Naturally, most of them were laypersons. There were even some who looked like generals, riding on flying horses in the sky.

Only that, due to the distance and the sheer amount of people, it was hard to make out their visage.

“Oh my god! I just heard that the Undying Demon King of the Southern Wasteland also went up, that is indeed a ferocious character! He hadn’t shown himself in the mundane world for a millenia already.”

“You just knew? Even the indifferent Zhang Sanfeng himself has already been alerted and flown up there already.”

“Could that really be ancestor god Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace? Otherwise, how would so many important figures be alarmed to move? Just now, I had personally seen Buddha Dipankara fly up there. I’m absolutely sure, he looked exactly the same as the statue in the temples.”

Several tens of thousands of practitioners were discussing spiritedly below. This was definitely a rare opportunity. Many distinguished figures of legends had appeared in the flesh.

“Quick, look over there. Who is that Taoist that just flew over?”

“I don’t know. What is that thing in his hand? It’s shiny…”

“Could it be the legendary Talisman of Origin?”

Just when everyone was discussing, a practitioner carrying a square insignia flew over with a few people, as if he was the mediator of an immortal.

“My god, why do I feel like I have seen the insignia in that Daoist’s hand before? It looks like the fearful Eversus Insignia that appeared in the ancient battle field. It looks exactly as it was described in legend.”

As the red clouds glinted, another group of practitioners flew over there.

Three hours later, the sky was already filled to the brim.

Just at this time, dazzling radiance pierced through the sky as five streaks of divine radiance illuminated the horizon. It was directly pressing on towards the Sky Palace. Even the experts who were flying in the sky had no choice but to fall back and make a path for him.

“A super fierce character arrived at last, could it be Sen—”

“Hush! Are you tired of living? You even dared to mention this man’s name?!”

Xiao Chen knew, that definitely signified the arrival of Sengen. He had previously seen this awesome man in the underworld.

Just when the quintet-colored divine radiance settled in the sky, another seven streaks of light flew over from the distance. They illuminated the entire sky like a rainbow.

“Holy crap, could that be… the legendary… Selvagem Tree?”

“Are you really tired of living? Just shut your trap.”

“Hush! Say no more than this. The lord who dominates the Quintet Light and the master of Selvagem Tree are old enemies!”

As expected, Sengen let out a cold snort as he flew over while handling the Quintet Light. It immediately caused everyone to feel as if their heart was hit by a thunder clap.

When Xiao Chen saw the Selvagem Tree for the first time, he immediately thought of the Rainbow Sacred Tree in his very own body. They were similarly seven-colored, but their essences were fundamentally different.

The master was unknown, but if he had the treasured tree, that was sufficient to prove his identity as an illustrious figure. He was a true expert that could make all powerful warriors withdraw.

At last, nobody had anymore doubt that this Sky Palace was really the temple left behind by Youchaoshi. Otherwise it was impossible for these kind of law breaking figures to show up.

“We’ve gathered enough mental power, let’s begin!”

The drawn-out voice — nobody knew who it came from — spread out in the heavens and earth. The voice was so dignified and solemn.

Everyone felt as if their spiritual power was charging into the sky. It didn’t depend on the intensity of their spiritual power, but rather the amount of their desires. This was the crucial point of breaking the seal placed on ancestral god’s Sky Palace.

A pure and holy radiance charged into the Sky Palace like an inverted Milky Way.

The rumbling sound spreading across the horizon sounded as if a huge door was opening.

Just at this time, divine light flashed in the sky as the majority of the practitioners rushed into the Sky Palace simultaneously.

One man riding a flying horse, with no weapon in hand, but the baleful aura released by him pierced through the sky.

The dazzling Quintet Light that was reputed to be unstoppable rushed into the ancient palace in the first moments.

There was even a huge butterfly which elegantly appeared in front of the Sky Palace from a distorted space.

And that Selvagem Tree even crossed space, appearing directly in front of the hall, and unleashed seven glaring radiance.

And just at this very moment, from high above the sky, four huge swords fell towards the ground abruptly. The murderous aura filled the entire sky as four godslaying swords split through the air. The omnipotent power was as boundless as a huge ocean, it was grandiose and engulfed everything as they swept down!

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After bidding farewell, Xiao Chen left the Pure Land. The simple and peaceful three years would definitely leave an indestructible impression in his memory.

The mountain range stretched for several tens of thousands of miles in the southwest border. Many ancient Jungle Tribe and Beastmen took up residence at this place. It was one of the most mysterious territory in the mainland.

The Pure Land was not at all located at the southwesternmost. It was actually very close to Middle Earth. If Xiao Chen was to unfold the Undying Wings and fly with all his might, he should be able to get to Middle Earth in just a single day.

However, he did not fly and chose to advance on foot. Who knows when he would be able to come back to this land again. He was a man who valued relationships, so he was somewhat reluctant to leave.

Climbing on an insecure and ancient plank walkway ⌈¹⌋, Xiao Chen walked past the mountain road paved by the ancient beastmen. He felt as if he could see the traces of antiquity.

As he reached the Great Suiren Plain, he could see abundant of vegetation. It was full of vitality as far as the eyes could see. It was said that the ancestor god had once built his house on this plain, causing this land to become the most fertile place in the mainland. No matter what kind of seeds you planted, they would grow vigorously.

As he crossed the Slain Deity Valley and looked at those crumbled mountains, Xiao Chen couldn’t suppress his excitement. Just imagine, how fierce was the battle that took place here in the distant past?

More than ten days later, Xiao Chen walked out of the uncultivated land and entered the Middle Earth.

The boundless Middle Earth, it was vast and without boundary. This place was the genuine central location of the immortal’s mainland. It was a place that reflected the glories of illustrious heroes from time immemorial. It was a land that nurtured countless outstanding individuals.

There were even five powerful nations in the Middle Earth; namely Hsia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Vatican City, and Rome. The five great empires occupied eighty percent of the vast Middle Earth. The size of each nation was inestimable. Using the Great Hsia Dynasty as an example; there were at least fifty thousand miles from the north to south border, and forty thousand miles from the east to west border.

Any one of these nations was already far beyond the size of the mortal world. Without a doubt, this was a big shock to Xiao Chen.

The Hsia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, and Zhou Dynasty was mostly occupied by the Eastern clan. While Rome was mainly by the Western clan. On the other hand, the majority of Vatican was occupied by those of mixed blood. More than half of the population that occupied the aforementioned nations however, were believers of Buddhism.

Other than the five great nations, there were many vassal states. Some were as big as ten million kilometers square, some were as small as a town with a moat. There were no less than hundreds of these tiny vassal states. However, they could only exist beyond the boundary of the five great nations.

Not many of these vassal states were capable of gaining complete independence. The most famous states among them were only the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Mongol, Ming, and Ch’ing Dynasty. Although these eight states couldn’t be compared to the five great nations of Hsia, Shang, Zhou, Vatican, and Rome, their territory was still comparable to the nine dynasties of the mortal world.

The aforementioned, is enough to prove the vastness of Middle Earth. However, this is only true for the Middle Earth, it did not represent the entirety of the immortal’s mainland.

Moreover, to the north of the Northern Barren Land, to the west of the Western Mountainous Range, to the east of the Eastern Boundless Sea, and to the south of the Southern Uninhabited Islands, just what kind of unknown world lies beyond these territories, nobody could say for sure.

They said that, even the gods found it very difficult to enter those unknown regions.

After entering the Middle Earth, the mountainous paths were no longer arduous. It was not as unmanaged as the Southern Wasteland and the southwest border. Although there were still a lot of mountains and rivers in the Middle Earth, they were much more refined.

The mountains were covered by clouds and appeared faintly discernable. It was as if the mountain of immortals fell to the human world. The rivers were surging forward with crashing waves, as if a jade dragon was coiling around. The vast plains appeared to be boundless and full of vitality, as if the starry sky had fallen to the ground.

The mountains, valleys, and rivers painted a great picture. It was picturesque and glorious.

Xiao Chen had entered the southwest part of the Middle Earth. This was within the borders of the Great Shang Dynasty. The power of this great nation was at its peak, thus it was very peaceful.

After pushing his way through uncultivated forest for many days, he finally saw a huge city wall ahead. Xiao Chen felt extremely delighted, he was finally about to re-enter bustling human society.

This was a big city located at the southwest border of the Great Shang Dynasty. There were endless streams of horse and carriages within the city walls. Stores stood in great numbers and the sound of peddlers hawking their wares fell incessantly on the ears. The stream of people came and went without stopping, it was very bustling.

Xiao Chen directly walked into a restaurant. He chose a window seat on the second floor and listened to various fantastic stories from the other customers while enjoying his meal.

This restaurant was located on the most flourishing streets in the city walls. Many visitors would go past this area, so news traveled the fastest here.

Naturally, there were bound to be many practitioners among them.

“Hey, did you guys know, something big is about to happen.”

“What is it?”

“A major event among the practitioners, it might even involve a few great dynasties.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“Yuanshi dispatched his disciples down the mountain. Tongtian sent his disciples to the outside world. Things are going to be heated.”

“I’ve also heard about it. The Buddhist Sect is repeatedly losing their face recently. There has been no trace of those legendary figures for quite a few centuries already.”

“At present, there are no less than seven or eight big sects. If all of them were to dispatch their disciples, it will surely get very chaotic in the world of immortals.”

“Lu Bu who stands out among men, the Red Hare which stands out among horses, have you guys heard of this? They say that this guy was a general who died in the mortal world. However, his soul did not extinguish! Even when he entered the nether world, he was still an unparalleled authority that nobody dared to provoke. Not long ago, he reconstructed his corporeal body and reappeared in the living world. My master had seen it with his own eyes, Lu Bu was riding Red Hare as he paced back and forth on the ancient battlefield within the borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His murderous aura pierced the skies directly. Even the geese that were flying over got crushed immediately. His might is unimaginable!”

“Reportedly, the human butcher Bai Qi has also reconstructed his corporeal body and returned from the underworld with two hundred thousand soldiers. This Lord might be even more ferocious than Lu Bu!”

“Say, what do you guys think the odds of success are if historical figures like Bai Qi and Lu Bu were to face the experts from the Buddhist Sect?”

“It’s hard to say, although Bai Qi and Lu Bu’s techniques might not be as good as those of practitioners, but their ‘soul force’ is unmatched by anyone. For instance, once Bai Qi really goes crazy and go on a rampage with two hundred thousand soldiers, it would be hard to rout them even with a few senior Buddhas working together.”

While Xiao Chen was eating, he listened to their chitter-chatter quietly.

Many of these figures had showed up in legends of the past. And it was extremely possible they would make an appearance in the world once again. It was impossible for the hot-blooded youth to remain calm. He was looking forward to the day when these legendary figures would make their appearance.

Just when the practitioners were chatting in a frenzy upstairs, a thirty years old middle aged Taoist walked to the second floor. His eyes were listless and his complexion was pale. Even the whiskers that were drooping down lacked luster. He somewhat resembled a weakened god. While he was eating and drinking, he listened to everyone’s loud arrogant talk. Then he suddenly opened his mouth and said, “Everyone, the focus of the mainland now is not far from here.”

“What focus?”

The middle-aged Daoist priest smiled and said, “The Terra Empire of the South is already approaching Middle Earth. An immortal’s temple appeared in that region. Over the past few years, the practitioners of many major factions have already obtained unusual treasures from there.”

With a hissing sound, someone said resentfully, “What are you talking about, everyone in the immortal’s mainland already knew about it! However, nobody could make it into the innermost palace. After three years of ransacking, there’s hardly anything left to plunder. I even went there personally, but I couldn’t even fly up there. I could only watch at the side.”

The middle-aged Daoist priest laughed. His pale complexion and listless eyes made him look so weak and feeble as he said, “Recently, I heard that Sengen, Tongtian, and other such legendary existences were making their way over and preparing to break through the last seal.”

“What?!”

Cries of surprise immediately rang out on the second floor of the restaurant.

The weak-looking middle-aged Daoist priest smiled as he focused on eating and drinking.

“The huge figures are finally showing up. This won’t do, I must go and take a look no matter what.”

“We must go.”

The entire crowd had gone wild. Nobody would want to miss the chance to see what kind of treasure would come into being after the last seal of the temple was broken through. It had already been three years after all. The sky palace in the Terra Empire had stirred the hearts of many.

“Oh, that’s right. Daoist priest, did Lord Tongtian already figured out the origin of this Sky Palace? Otherwise, how is it possible for him to make a move.”

The Daoist priest smiled and said, “Of course, that is the ancestor god Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace.”

“The Sky Palace left behind by an ancestor god?!”

Everyone was shocked speechless. Soon after, many people directly put down their bowls and chopsticks, and left immediately.

In such a big restaurant, only the Daoist priest and Xiao Chen were left. Xiao Chen was not in a rush. Since the major figures were going to make their move, even if there were valuable treasures, there wouldn’t be any left for him. So what was the rush for? If he just wanted to enjoy the show, he could walk over there slowly.

The Daoist priest cast a quick glance at Xiao Chen before he proceeded to finish his meal. After that, he left in a hurry. After the meal, when Xiao Chen was wandering around the city, he ran into the middle-aged Daoist priest again. He was really putting out energy to advertise the news regarding ancestor god Youchaoshi’s Sky Palace, causing more than half of the practitioners in the city to leave.

Xiao Chen followed after him.

“How should I address this elder?”

“Poor Taoist Senxibao.”

“How come it feels so uncomfortable when I heard to his name.” Someone whispered.

There were also some who felt the name was familiar, “How come it feels so familiar, I wonder where had I heard this name before.”

Someone at the side said, “Did you forget? In the ancient times, there was a man called Saigonbao, there were countless casualties among Yuanshi and Tongtian’s disciples due to him. Although his strength was not something to write home about, anyone who ran into him would be out of luck.”

“Elder, for your name to be this weird, do you have some relationship with Saigonbao?”

“That’s my paternal grandfather.” The weak-looking Daoist priest was all smiles when he answered.

“What? The descendant of the fallen god? Oh my @#%￥…” A group of people immediately turned around and ran.

“Friends, please halt.” As soon these were heard, the group of people who just ran ten meter away halted and came back involuntarily.

It was such a bizarre event, everyone was dumbstruck. Immediately, they recalled an ancient legend regarding that fallen god. When he uttered the single sentence, “Friends, please halt,” just how many practitioners had been killed? To ordinary practitioners, this was even scarier than Tongtian’s four god slaying swords!

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Xiao Chen walked past the desolate great desert and finally arrived at the end of the nether world. The other side possessed a hazy green splendor. The vibe of the living world assaulted their senses. It made Xiao Chen and Oxman feel as if it was a lifetime ago since they were in the living world, although they had only been in the underworld for a little more than a month.

“Eh? Over there…” Xiao Chen noticed a flickering purple light on the other half of the mountain left behind by Sengen.

“Swish!”

Xiao Chen flew above the few kilometer tall mountain as he unfolded his Undying Wings.

There was an Amethyst Cosmic Tree not taller than one foot. It was reasonable to say that it would be impossible for it to be amethyst in color.

Cosmic Tree, in the nether world, it would grow one inch in a hundred years, one foot in a millennium, ten feet in ten thousand years. At ten feet tall, it would be as red as a ruby, only by the time they grew to thirty feet tall would their colour change to amethyst. The longer they lived, the denser the spiritual energy they possess.

However, after examining it carefully, Xiao Chen found the problem. Although it was not ten feet tall, the trunk was growing sideways. This Amethyst Cosmic Tree had grown horizontally for no less than ten feet!

Its entire body was flickering with purple light. The trunk was almost transparent and was just as clear as a diamond.

It was impossible for Sengen to miss this Amethyst Cosmic Tree, but maybe he just didn’t put any importance in only one treasured tree. The Cosmic Tree was a rarely seen article, but Sengen had swept away a whole mountain of it and collected no less than a few dozen trunks, including two which bore the Cosmic Fruit.

Xiao Chen used Weapon Fusion and took the Amethyst Cosmic Tree into his body. This was unconditionally a sacred article in the world of immortals. Regardless of whether it was used to brew drugs or to craft a magic weapon, just by using a little Cosmic Wood, the rate of work would increase dramatically.

A ten feet tall Amethyst Cosmic Tree was definitely a rare item!

The lustrous Amethyst Cosmic Tree rose sharply from the level ground. It was gradually submerged into Xiao Chen’s body. When those huge purple roots completely separated from the soil, a brittle “tink” sound could be heard. A crystal clear divine light flickered on the ground as an Amethyst Cosmic Fruit was dragged out.

Just at this time, the little fatty Oxman who was riding on the Black Dragon King had already arrived. Looking at this scene, he immediately shouted in surprised, “Amethyst Cosmic Fruit!”

That’s right, it was indeed a glossy purple fruit. It was actually growing on the stolon.

“This… how is this possible? How did the fruit grow on the stolon, aren’t the fruits supposed to grow on the branches?” Oxman was dumbstruck. ⌈¹⌋

There was no mistake, this was definitely a rarely seen Cosmic Fruit, but the place it grew from was a little eccentric.

Xiao Chen smiled. Regardless of which, he was able to obtain an Amethyst Cosmic Fruit. This was truly an unexpected gain.

“Fatty, I’m sorry, but I want to keep this Cosmic Fruit for the little critter. It doesn’t even have a physical body now, we still don’t know if it will be able to come back to this world smoothly.”

Oxman already knew about Keke’s circumstances, he naturally wouldn’t plan to take this Cosmic Fruit from Xiao Chen. He chuckled and said, “If Sengen knew this, he might regret it endlessly. Among a few dozen of those Amethyst Cosmic Trees, only two of them bore fruit, and the one he dropped just happens to have one.”

Speaking until here. The little fatty sighed with sorrow, “The Peacock’s divine ability is really unimaginable. Even in the nether world, finding one Cosmic Tree is very challenging in itself. Yet he was able to find a few dozen of them and took an entire mountain with him. I suppose he wants to transplant them at his meditative spot.”

Exiting via the tunnel, Xiao Chen and the fatty found themselves in one of the oasis halfway up the mountain. After trekking down the dangerous mountain on the edge of dangers, they finally arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Two days later, they returned to the “Pure Land”. The bright colored fresh flowers, the rocking trees, and the fragrant soft grass was a sight for sore eyes. The specks of light and dense spiritual energy of the Pure Land was very harmonious and tranquil.

There’s no clamor of the mundane world, no fighting and scheming of human society, just by arriving at this place, one could feel as if their souls were purified.

“Oxman has returned once again, hahaha…” The little fatty survived by the skin of his teeth, and fused with the soul of the legendary Gozuki. He shouted happily in front of the village gate.

Qingqing. She was as picturesque and elegant as ever. She ran over to the village gate with agile steps. Her pure white dress and long hair fluttered in the breeze. She was just like a fallen deity, as if she was composed by a beautiful verse. She was just like a fairy made up by the world’s spiritual energy. It could be said that she was the perfect masterpiece crafted by gods.

Looking at her flying over from the fairyland, it was as if she was really a fairy. This kind of beautiful scene gave rise to some complicated desires.

Xiao Chen said without restrain, “Qingqing, if you were to go to the human society, I’ll bet the monarchs all over the continent would wage war because of you.”

Qingqing lightly creased her beautiful nose as a sharp glint circulated in her eyes, “Uncle, are you praising me, or are you scolding me as a femme fatale?”

“This girl is indeed a source of calamity.” Oxman said with a foolish tone, “I have seen two or three women with devastating beauty. Zhao Lin Er and Yan Qingcheng are extraordinarily beautiful, but somehow… they are still a level below Qingqing. Even Rowena, the one I like the most, still fall a little behind Qingqing.”

“Hehe…” The white-clothed Qingqing was intelligent and agilely walked around Oxman, she smiled and said, “Brother fatty, you are normally scatterbrained and foolish, never would I have thought you would have such a sweet mouth.” Soon after, she turned around to face Xiao Chen, and said, “Uncle, your complexion looks good. There are a few strains of black hair among the white hair now, looks like your life expectancy has increased.”

With the baptism of the leyline, Xiao Chen’s body condition had indeed become much better. More importantly, with the overflowing life energy from those divinized acupoints, his body’s constitution was slowly changing for the better.

Another half a year passed in the blink of an eye, Xiao Chen had already stayed at the Pure Land for about a year. During this time, he was determined to train and push himself to his limits. His power increased day after day. He had already stabilized his power at Historia’s Third Celestial Layer. It was no longer fluctuating like it was in the past.

He already found out from Oxman that Fairsnow was to be wed to the Middle Earth’s Tiger Clan. Presently, the troops that were escorting the bride were already on their way. Xiao Chen really wanted to make his move, but he didn’t have that kind of power at the moment.

Train in silence and forge ahead on the lonesome path by himself, that was the only thing he could do.

“Uncle…” The witty Qingqing came into the forest and found Xiao Chen at last. She gracefully jumped down from a tall tree and smiled gently, “Uncle, if you keep this up, you will become a log. You are always meditating all day long. I haven’t heard a single word from you during the past three days. This is not good for you if you keep this up. Meditating is also to train the heart, confining yourself to train like this won’t bear any good result.”

Xiao Chen suddenly understood. At the same time, he lamented. Geniuses truly existed in this world. His talent could already be said to be top notch, but if compared to Qingqing, he was still a little behind.

The eighteen year old Qingqing was more powerful than Xiao Chen and Oxman. The little fatty was not convinced and had challenged Qingqing before, as a result, he lost and ran with his tail between the legs.

Just what realm had the ethereal and vivacious Qingqing reached already, Xiao Chen did not know. What he knew was that only Lan Nuo was comparable to her in terms of talent.

“Uncle, you are so foolish, you are lost in thought again, hehe…” Qingqing giggled, and then she took out a jade bowl as if she was performing a trick, “This is a porridge made with black reishi mushroom and black sesame seed. Uncle, drink it quickly. This way, your white hair might darken sooner.”

Xiao Chen smiled and received the jade bowl. A warm feeling was flowing through his heart.

“Drink it quickly, Elder Turtle said you are very efficacious. I will cook one bowl for you everyday.” Qingqing stepped on the tree leaves and flew away gracefully.

Xiao Chen was enlightened by Qingqing, so he frequently went to tour the beastmen or jungle tribe’s villages.The beast folk were guileless and were very friendly toward him.

In the evening, in the middle of a wasteland, many tents of a certain beastmen tribe were lit up. Xiao Chen was currently sitting around the bonfire with a group of young beastmen as they were eating and drinking in the spacious outdoors. Just at this time, little fatty Oxman ran over in a hurry.

“Xiao Chen, I’ll let you in a good news. Just when Fairsnow finished paying her respects, her short-lived husband was killed by someone, hahaha…”

Xiao Chen set aside the wine cup and deer meat ⌈²⌋, wiped the oil from his mouth, and asked, “What happened?”

“Hey, have you ever heard of the number one assassin group in the mainland, Million Chrysus?” The little fatty proudly puffed up his chest.

The group of beastmen youth sitting around the bonfire were all outstanding in appearance, they were all very straightforward. One of them said, “Ox-headed brother, just spill it out, don’t keep us in suspense.”

Oxman was quite depressed. After the horns grew on his head, all his acquaintances began to call him ox-head. He snatched some deer meat and gulped down a cup of wine before he said, “Reportedly, this ‘Million Chrysus’ has already existed for countless years, and they have deep grudges against the Middle Earth’s Tiger Clan. It’s been passed down that, the first generation assassins tried to assassinate the tiger clan’s ancestor. That old White Tiger almost lost his life at that time. Hereafter, the grudges between both parties were impossible to unravel. This time, I heard that a genius was born among the youth generation of this ancient assassin group. He named himself Chrysus. It was him that assassinated the seventh son of the tiger clan’s lord. That is; Fairsnow’s husband.

“Delightful!”

The beastmen youth at the side shouted. They admired these kinds of heroics the most. They toasted in succession and gulped down the wine.

Million Chrysus, it was a long-established organization. The organization was founded a long time ago and it was already impossible to find any written records regarding their organization. They were an organization that were close to legend. During their golden age, they even dared to assassinate an immortal.

Moreover, legend had it they caused quite a few world-shaking incidents. Assassinating the White Tiger Emperor was one of the few incidents. Although they didn’t really manage to kill him, it was enough to secure their position as the best assassination group in history.

Oxman lamented, “It is reported that, even though the husband is already dead, Fairsnow was still wedded to the tiger clan. This woman is really unpredictable!”

Speaking until here, Oxman turned his head to face Xiao Chen and said, “How about… I get in touch with some brothers and go to snatch Fairsnow over, or maybe get rid of her?”

“That’s right, let’s go and kidnap her. I hear that she is one of the pearls in Southern Wasteland. Catch her and make her brother Xiao Chen’s or brother Gozuki’s wife.” The beastmen youths at the side wished for the whole world to be in chaos. They were normally very combative. After hearing something like this, they wanted to go and test their skills.

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, “With our power, it is enough to handle the youth generation, but if an old ******* shows up, we will be completely wipe out. Perhaps the Fair family and tiger clan are just waiting for me to return. This is not yet the time to make a move. If I am to make my move, I will definitely make them suffer. We cannot rush this kind of thing.”

The time flowed on like water, the fleeting years passed by in a flash. Xiao Chen spent his twenty-fourth birthday at the Pure Land. He had already lived in this place for three years. This place had already become his home. The beastmen and jungle race’s tribe had already become a second hometown to him.

His white hair had already turned black again. During these past two years, Xiao Chen always drank one bowl of piping hot black sesame porridge everyday. He was touched, but he found that there was nothing he could do to repay Qingqing. She did not lack anything nor did she want anything.

He wasn’t narcissistic enough to believe that, this fairy-like girl would have come to like him. Qingqing had transcendental beauty that exceeded the splendor of the moon. Taking care of him was only because of her kindhearted nature. Even if it was another man who arrived at this place, she would also take care of him just the same.

Just because she was kindhearted, it didn’t mean she was simple. In fact, Qingqing gave Xiao Chen quite a few headaches. Towards this uncle she had picked up, Qingqing frequently teased him. Even their peers in the nearby tribe felt very helpless. Qingqing would frequently play a harmless prank on them.

Seal of Aquarius!

Secrets of Turtle’s long life!

Flying Apsara!

Xiao Chen practiced the bizarre artes he learned from the elders.

He was about to leave this place. Training the mind was also a part of meditation. He needed to enter the human societies.

“Uncle, you are really going to leave?” Qingqing was playing on a swing in the flower garden. She heaved a sigh and said, “Sigh… nobody will play with me again. How about I go discuss with my grandfather and go look for you in the Middle Earth later on.”

Lu Bu who stands out among men, the Red Hare which stands out among horses ⌈³⌋. Two years ago, the legendary Lu Bu riding on the Red Hare had made an appearance on the Middle Earth’s battlefield.

One and a half years ago, Bai Qi ⌈⁴⌋, the human butcher who killed hundreds of thousands of men reconstructed his physical body and returned from the nether world with an army of twenty thousand.

Nine months ago, Buddha Dipankara ⌈⁵⌋ entered the Shang Dynasty of Middle Earth to spread their doctrine.

Eight months ago, Tongtian dispatched many of his disciples to the national border of Hsia Dynasty.

Seven months ago, Yuanshi dispatched Yunzhongzi ⌈⁶⌋ to the national borders of the Middle Earth’s Zhou Dynasty.

Half a year ago, the Demon King who was missing for a millennium once again appeared in the Southern Wasteland.

Three months ago, the almost forgotten founder of the Demon Sect made an appearance in the Middle Earth.

Two months ago, Sage Confucius ⌈⁷⌋ led nine chosen ones out of the seventy two disciples and appeared in the Middle Earth.

One month ago, the Supreme Zhang Sanfeng ⌈⁸⌋ appeared in the mortal world.

Some twenty odd plus days ago, Zhuang Zhou ⌈⁹⌋ transformed into butterflies and made an appearance.

More than ten days ago, Xiao Li the Flying Dagger killed seven angels in the Western part of Middle Earth.

These past two years, many legendary figures began to reveal themselves for some reason. And this seemed to be just the beginning.

Xiao Chen felt it was about time to enter the Middle Earth to learn through experience.

“This is goodbye, I will miss you guys.” Leaving behind half of the Amethyst Cosmic Tree, which was even more precious than gold, Xiao Chen departed from the Pure Land. His destination; the boundless Middle Earth! ⌈¹⁰⌋

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“Keke, tell me quickly, how do I save you from the other side?”

At this moment, Xiao Chen was incomparably excited. The little critter did not completely fade away, there’s still hope, there’s still a future waiting ahead of it.

“I also miss you dearly, but… I still want to eat one more Cosmic Fruit…”

Hearing this young and innocent voice, the old ghost beside him had the urge to throw up blood. He bowed deeply to Xiao Chen, and said, “Please ask him to give me a break!”

Finally, the matter had already become clear. The Amethyst Cosmic Writ from last time was indeed an SOS letter, but it was not Keke’s cry for help. On the contrary, it was Emperor Jiang’s ghost official requesting him for help.

Every major power in the dark realm was always on each other’s neck. As the ghost commander of the nether world, it was sealed on the other side by to a freak combination of factors. The ghost commander’s life was very hectic as he had to wage war with others frequently.

And for a law-breaking beast like Keke to suddenly bust into his territory and took up residence there, it gave the ghost commander who was in the middle of a campaign pressure from heavy workload. Even if he wanted to exterminate it, he was actually unable to obliterate Keke’s soul!

He could vaguely guess the little critter’s identity from this. From then on, he was so scared that he didn’t dare to lay a finger on it.

What made Xiao Chen sad was that Keke’s physical body was really no more. This time, only its soul was sucked into the dark realm. Unlike last time when its body was sucked along during the fight with the Golden Lion King.

Although the little critter was young, it was very intelligent. It instinctively knew that it needed to accumulate endless spiritual energy before it could return. Otherwise, the negative energy in the dark domain would hinder its return to the living world.

Therefore, one couldn’t say that the reason the little critter didn’t want to leave was entirely due to greed.

The Amethyst Cosmic Fruit could be found but not sought after. It was the only spiritual item in the dark realm capable of condensing every spiritual attribute. Keke had already enjoyed eight of this. If this was to spread out, people would be scared to death. In fact, the ghost commander was already scared.

Without a physical body, how could Keke return? Anxiety surfaced on Xiao Chen’s face.

The snow-white little critter was not the least bit concerned. It actually yawned and mumbled with a tender voice, “I’m getting sleepy… I miss you very much, I will… tread on the rainbow magic cloud and return as soon as possible…”

After that, the light sound of snoring could already be heard. ⌈¹⌋

By the time Xiao Chen left, his state of mind was very complicated. Knowing that Keke was still around, he was very happy. However, once he recalled that the lively and cute little critter no longer had a physical body, he was very sad.

“Wuu~ Wuu~”

Countless souls were struggling as they descended from the sky.

It was easy to get down, but getting up was difficult as expected. Fortunately, he was protected by the lingering light of the treasured tree. Otherwise he would have died tragically in a flash. The myriad of souls were like moths flying into the flame. Looking at those innumerable spirits and hearing those mournful sound, it really made one’s scalp go numb.

However, Xiao Chen was already immune to these. During these past dozen of days in the underworld, he had seen and experienced too much thrill that he was already used to it.

“So noisy!”

Xiao Chen had yet to run into danger, but the two lethal weapons in his body already became furious. They were roused up from their slumber due to the noise. The baleful aura passed Xiao Chen’s palm and rushed out. Many ghosts were completely eliminated in a flash.

For them, other than their own body, everything could be killed. Being heartless was their nature. Being ruthless was their essence. However, the instant when the two ancient weapons were about to display their might, they restrained their vicious nature for god knows why. They became very quiet and obedient.

Xiao Chen sensed it clearly, the stone gimlet that was held by the stone statue in his chest emitted gentle ripples of light. The ripples spread from Xiao Chen’s chest to his surroundings. The spirits nearby seemed as if they had heard a spirit quelling tune as they gradually calmed down.

This was the first time Xiao Chen saw the stone gimlet manifesting anything out of the ordinary. It was as if the myriads of soul was fast asleep as they remained motionless in the darkness. Xiao Chen spread out the Undying Wings and quickly flew past the region they sealed off.

More than two hours later, Xiao Chen smoothly flew back to the Ninth Underworld Platform. And the stone gimlet returned to its mediocre-looking state.

When Xiao Chen saw Oxman once again, he was almost dumbstruck to find him on the verge of tear. Oxman was forced to fuse with the Gozuki and a small pair of cow horns were actually growing from the side of his head.

“Wuu~ Granny, you are not lying to me right? This is really one of the strongest beast soul? I wouldn’t become like the ox-headed uncle in legend right?”

“Kakaka…” The old woman laughed carefreely, “Just relax, you are one of my later generations, how could I bear to harm you? From now on, your training path will be smooth sailing. You will be like a fish who leap up to the sky and fly like the bird. Your future accomplishment will be limitless.”

“People won’t mistook me as a demon right? Only a fiend would grow horns.” The little fatty was very gloomy.

“Relax, nobody will suspect you as a demon. You look like a calf no matter how I look at you.” The old woman smiled happily.

“I don’t want to live anymore!” Little fatty Oxman used his head to ram into a rock wall. With a loud crashing sound, the few thousand kilos boulder actually broke into pieces by his horns, and his head came out unscathed. Regarding this outcome, Oxman was stupefied at first, then he had the urge to throw up blood. If not because the old woman might possibly be his ancestor, he really would have put his life on the line for vengence.

“I’m just teasing you. Don’t worry, as you get stronger, this pair of horn will slowly disappear. You should be content with your situation, this is but the saintly soul of a genuine Gozuki!”

It was about time they bid farewell to the underworld. Xiao Chen, Oxman, and the Black Dragon King were delivered by the old woman to a desolate desert. She disappeared on the spot after waving her hand a few times.

According to what the old woman said, after entering the endless desert, no matter if they were to lose their sense of direction, so long as they kept going straight, they would be able to leave the nether world and arrive at the beastman’s sacred mountain.

This was the only exit that had yet to be sealed at present.

There were only the boundless great desert as far as the eyes could see. Xiao Chen’s party walked continuously for thirteen days before they finally noticed a hint of light. There was a speck of flickering light ahead of them.

“That’s the boundary of the nether world, we are about to enter the living world!” Oxman was so excited that he shouted out loud. However, he quickly became gloomy again as he stroked his pair of horns, “They will definitely tease me. My reputation will be ruined!”

“Shh!” Xiao Chen interrupted the little fatty’s complain.

Just at this time, a violent fog rushed towards them from behind. A tornado had engulfed the great desert. The sand, and even the millstone-sized boulders were lifted up to the sky.

For something like this to occur in the deathly still desert, it was extremely strange.

Following after that, a huge pressure fell upon them from the back. That tyrannical aura was undisguised. It felt like there was nobody else under the heaven other than himself, as if the whole world was under his control, that kind of feeling.

A living ancestor had appeared! This was Oxman’s first thought.

Xiao Chen’s complexion became incomparably grave, he knew that was definitely a supreme ruler with unimaginable origin!

Far away, a quintet-colored divine radiance approached them with extreme speed. It was like a multitude of meteors streaking past the sky. The divine radiance contained mighty power. And right below the Quintet Light, there was a mountain of a few kilometers in height flying along, casting a huge shadow in the sky.

“Quintet-colored divine radiance?!” Xiao Chen couldn’t help but cried out in fear.

Oxman was shocked speechless as he muttered, “This trip in the underworld… has finally opened my eyes. Don’t tell me… I will really run into the unparalleled saint demon?”

The quintet-colored divine light wrapped a huge mountain and flew over Xiao Chen’s party. An unbelievable image swept past them, but it didn’t stop over them for a long time as it distanced itself in an instant.

Xiao Chen muttered to himself, “Is this the ancestor of the young Peacock King from the warbeast tournament? Didn’t he leave the Green Primal Feather behind for the later generations? How come the five feathers are all together? Could it be that he made another breakthrough?”

Sengen, an exceptional expert that once looked down at the whole world in the ancient times!

Green, yellow, red, black, and white; these quintet-colored divine radiance had become the nightmare of the deities. There were hardly anyone who could fight him on the same level. Later, he finally suffered a huge loss in the Western part of Middle Earth, but he only continued to become stronger after that. There was almost nobody left in the world capable of killing him. He had even wiped out three senior Buddha in a row.

In a certain sense, Sengen was another name for “man” and “warrior”.

The brilliant lights swept past the sky and illuminated the entire desert.

Xiao Chen’s party was already getting close to the exit of the underworld. And evidently, Sengen also wanted to leave from there. They could see it clearly, there were a few dozen Amethyst Cosmic Trees growing on the mountain swept along by him. There were even two Cosmic Trees that bore an amethyst colored fruit.

“He’s a f-f-f-f-freak! Cosmic Tree is but a sacred article, and he actually found that many! This ancient saint demon is so strong that rules might as well not exist! When he wants Cosmic Tree, he could easily sweep away an entire mountain of it from the nether world…” Oxman was so shocked that he really didn’t know what to say anymore.

As far as these unparalleled supreme rulers were concerned, it seemed like there were nothing in this world that could stop them.

Although the tunnel that connects the nether world and the living world was very wide, it was still too much for a huge mountain to pass through. With a swishing sound, a scarlet light flashed and cut the huge mountain into two. The shock caused the ground to shake violently. The other half of the mountain was wrapped by the quintet light and instantly pulled out of the tunnel, disappearing from the nether world at this point.

“Sigh…” Oxman heaved a sigh and said, “I want to become strong! Just look at him…”

Yes, he must become stronger, he definitely must become stronger! Xiao Chen saw Tongtian’s Ranga Sword, and now the quintet light of the saint demon, he was unable to calm his heart down. He had a serious sense of crisis. The existences of legend had already shown themselves again and again, this world would most likely enter a turbulent time!

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The stone statue was sitting cross-legged with the stone gimlet in hand, and it fused together with Xiao Chen harmoniously. It seemed as if the stone statue was meditating quietly in his inner region. While this made Xiao Chen nervous, he was also looking forward to it.

The Ninth Underworld Platform was as high as a lofty mountain. Raising their heads to look up, they could only see black clouds covering the sky. It wasn’t rare to run into this kind of huge mountain in the gloomy underworld, so much so that there were even bones piling up to a thousand feet tall. However, if just by comparing the grandeur and pressure, there were only a few comparable to the thousand feet tall Ninth Underworld Platform before them.

The Ninth Underworld Platform was shaped like a towering volcano. It was as if it possessed a soul of its own, they could even feel its pulse. The mountain body was dyed red, as if it was encroached in the blood of ten million souls. It possessed an indescribable malevolence and pressure.

“Why do I have a feeling that this is a living demon?” Oxman shivered involuntarily.

“This is definitely not a safe place, we should be careful.” Xiao Chen’s party had already arrived at the foot of the Ninth Underworld Platform. They couldn’t tell why it was called a “platform”. No matter how they looked at it, it seemed like a huge mountain that was split in half by someone with magic power equivalent to the likes of Tongtian.

“Swish!”

Xiao Chen unfolded the Undying Divine Wing and just when he was about to fly upward.

“Wait, take us with you.” Oxman also wanted to go up and take a look at the Ninth Underworld Platform.

Xiao Chen carried Oxman and the Black Dragon King as he flew past the ribbon-shaped black clouds. He braved the baleful aura and arrived at the hilltop with lingering black clouds.

Xiao Chen and Oxman took a deep breath as soon as they arrived at the hilltop. This huge mountain actually had a pitch-black hole similar to the volcanic crater. However, it was much more eerie compared to a volcano. The surging black clouds were distinctly emitted from this hole.

“Is this the gateway that connects to hell? It can’t be… we are already in the underworld.” Fatty Oxman felt an eerie cold air surrounding him. He took a step back unconsciously.

Xiao Chen also frowned. Emperor Jiang asked him to come here, what could they possible discover? He cautiously gazed into the bottomless black hole, waves of inhuman whistles transmitted from below. It was like the whimpering and howling of evil spirits.

“Cough… Cough…”

A gloomy and forceful coughing abruptly resounded behind Xiao Chen’s party. Inciting their fear and fright on this huge, ring-shaped hilltop.

“@#%￥” Fatty Oxman was so shocked that he literally jumped up. He turned around, took a few steps back involuntarily, and narrowly fell into the bottomless pit.

“Shing-Shing!”

Even the sacred sword on the Black Dragon King’s back jumped out immediately. The blazing holy light illuminated the cloudy hilltop.

Xiao Chen also raised his guard. His keen spiritual sense actually failed to work repeatedly in this underworld. It proved that the experts hiding in this place were very powerful.

It was an old woman in her later days. She looked as thin and weak as a rice straw. She was covered in shabby burial clothes. Her yellowish skin didn’t have the slightest hint of blood. She looked like a zombie that just crawled out of the graveyard after many years. Her ash-colored long hair was thinly spread and fluttered in the wind like the weeds. Her pair of eyes were emitting green lights like two will-o’-wisps. The bridge of her nose was almost caved in, and her lips had dried. The wrinkles on her face looked just like thousand year old loose tree bark. It was dry and lacked any moisture.

It looked like a dried corpse no matter where they look!

It was impossible for people to associate her with anything else, especially in this gloomy underworld. What made them the most frightened was that, the old woman was holding a mourning staff in her hand. As she walked over with unsteady steps, the mourning staff actually entwined a few spirits and let out a faintly discernable anguished wailing.

“Who… are you?” Little fatty Oxman was a little scared, so he barely managed to raise his voice.

“Kakaka… I am your ancestor.”

Although the little fatty was scared, he was still very gutsy. He immediately cursed upon hearing these, “My #@%#@￥…… You dare to take advantages of this Mr. Ox? I am your uncle.”

“Wuu…”

With a wave of the mourning staff, it left behind a deathly pale streak of light in the dusty space and ruthlessly whipped the little fatty Oxman. It caused him to fly away immediately and almost fell into the bottomless abyss. As strong as the little fatty Oxman was, he didn’t even have time to dodge.

The Black Dragon King let out a roar as the sacred sword floating above it transform into a light beam. With a swish, the sacred sword flew forward. The sharpness of the sword-qi caused one to tremble in fear.

Although the young Dragon King couldn’t really manifest the true power of the sacred sword, it was still a dragon’s divine artifact in the end. The old woman did not face the attack head-on and disappeared from the spot after leaving behind an afterimage. The sacred sword struck empty air and instantly returned to its position above the Black Dragon King’s head. The sword sprinkled down multicolored light that enveloped Oxman and the party.

“Ouch! That damned granny has the impertinence to mount a sneak attack on me!” The little fatty grimaced in pain. He was aching all over and expended a great deal of effort to stand up. Fortunately, he didn’t really suffer any serious injury.

“Kakaka…” The old woman’s laughter was as unpleasant as the cry of an owl.

Xiao Chen stopped the Black Dragon King and pulled Oxman. He could tell the old woman didn’t have any killing intent. Otherwise Oxman wouldn’t be let off so lightly.

“Little boy, don’t throw a tantrum, I am not taking advantages of you. Although you are not a genuine beastman, you are still their descendant. I can sense from within your body a blood signature with a common origin as mine. You are certainly the later generations of mine.”

“I…” The little fatty had the urge to yell at her, but he swallowed the words and asked gloomily, “Just who are you? Don’t think you can take advantage of me.”

“I am just a ghost at present. I am assisting Emperor Jiang to supervise a few things. While I was living, I was a beastman.”

“Oh…” Little fatty Oxman gloomily nodded his head. Perhaps this old woman might really be his ancestor.

“I am the guardian of the Ninth Underworld Platform. I am responsible for reporting everything that happened here to Emperor Jiang. Naturally, I already know about your circumstances from Emperor Jiang.”

Xiao Chen took a step forward and stood on ceremony as he asked, “May I request ouma to let me know the details regarding the Amethyst Cosmic Wood?”

“Do you know the reason why this place is called the Ninth Underworld Platform?” The old woman asked.

“I’m afraid not.”

“Once upon a time, this place was connected to the dark realms. Although the connection was severed a long time ago, there were still a few cracks unable to be completely sealed. It is very hard for the powerful evil spirits to pass through. However, it is still possible to deliver some messages. Jumping down from here feels like falling down from an extremely high platform. As you enter the bottomless pit, you will be able to see a sealed door. Although ancestor god Suirenshi’s ideal nether world did not come to pass, the ten kings of hell still managed the nether world for a period of time. Even in the dark realms, there are a few officials who once supervised the nether world. The Amethyst Cosmic Wood from last time was precisely passed to me by them. They wish you to take away the soul of an indestructible little beast.”

“Is this not an SOS letter sent by Keke?” Xiao Chen asked dubiously.

“Jump down from here and communicate with the spirits on the other side of the sealed door, you will find out the full story from them.”

For the snow-white little critter, even if he had to enter the Infernal Realm of the Ninth Underworld, Xiao Chen wouldn’t bat an eye. After pondering seriously for a while, he felt that the old woman had no reason to lie to him.

“Alright, I will go down now.”

“Wait a moment, I have to remind you first. It is easy to go down but difficult to come up. This Ninth Underworld is full of evil spirits, you should think it through first.”

“No matter.” Xiao Chen had even entered the underworld already, what more was there to be afraid of? He had already run into god knows how many evil spirits on the way.

“I will go with you.” Oxman straightened his back.

“No need, I will be fine by myself.” Xiao Chen knew that there would certainly be dangers ahead, he didn’t want Oxman to face the risks with him.

“You cannot go.” Even though the old woman smiled, it still felt so eerie. The fog lingered all over her body as she said, “Did you not come to the beastman’s sacred mountain to subjugate a beast soul compatible with you? I am your ancestor, how can I let you return without any achievement? He will go to the Ninth Underworld, you can stay here. This granny is very fond of you. I intent to take you along to subjugate the strongest beast soul and help you accomplish your aim.”

Speaking until here, the old woman noiselessly drifted in front of the little fatty. She pinched his plump cheeks lovingly.

Being pinched by the old woman’s demonic claws, the fine hair all over the little fatty’s body stood up. He was musing gloomily, was this really his ancestor?

Xiao Chen did not hesitate as he jumped down into the Ninth Underworld Platform. The endless darkness soon swallowed up his figure.

“Hey, wait for me.” Oxman wanted to go after him, but the old woman blocked his path and said, “It’s pointless even if you go with him. Just come with me to subjugate some souls.”

Oxman was forcefully pulled away by the old woman. After hearing about the circumstances of the primal beast, he got furious and shouted immediately.

“I am to choose between Gozuki and Mezuki… are you kidding me?!”
“Huh, those are the strongest beast king soul?”
“Don’t you lie to me, even if you beat me to death, I will not pick Gozuki or Mezuki!”
“What, you said Gozuki is most fitting for me?!”

Looking at the flustered little fatty, the old woman sneered, “Legends will remain a legend forever, but sometimes they are far from the truth. You must know the might of Gozuki back in those days was unparalleled. This is one of the strongest beast souls during my time! Few of the beastman sages had once fused with this Gozuki. It is absolutely not as weak as it is described in the legend. Gozuki is definitely not a small fry in the nether world. If not because you are my later generations, I wouldn’t even care about you, nor would I offer this dormant soul to you.”

In a deep, deep, ancient cave, a palpitating soul fluctuation was transmitted outwards. The powerful force caused the little fatty to choke.

“Those hideous mess of beast souls in your body are just enough to feed Gozuki.” The old woman laughed sarcastically and said, “Sometime in the future, if you make a successful breakthrough, you will definitely pray to me in the living world everyday.”

To feed the souls he subjugated to Gozuki? The little fatty was crying internally.

The whistle of the chill wind was scary as Xiao Chen fell towards the Ninth Underworld. Countless souls were howling in the lightless abyss. If not because of the rainbow-colored sacred tree’s lingering light, Xiao Chen might have been submerged and tore to shreds by the endless amount of scalp-numbing ghosts already.

Only god knows how deep the Ninth Underworld was located, Xiao Chen actually fell for no less than two hours before he landed on the ground. At the bottommost part of the pit, the negative vibe was extremely heavy. It gave people extreme pressure and palpitations. Even those multitudes of souls did not come chasing after him.

At the bottom of the crater, there were bones as far as the eyes could see. Nobody knew how they had amassed. The vibe of death was the only thing present here, there were no other fluctuations.

Xiao Chen used his mind’s eye in place of his sight to “size up” the endless darkness. After a careful observation, he followed a tunnel of bones and walked forward.

One hour later, a sealed door appeared in front of him. It blossomed with a bloody light, the intense red light was especially dense and frightening.

A transparent shadow appeared in front of the sinister bloody door as an aged voice resounded in this terrifying underground, “You have come…”

“Who are you?” Xiao Chen stopped and calmly observed the hazy figure in front.

“I… am just an old ghost that has fallen into the Ninth Underworld for countless years. Who am I is not important. You came just at the right time… Just now, the indestructible little beast was still talking in front of the sealed door.”

“What, are you saying Keke is just behind this door?”

“It was still here a moment ago. Just wait for a while, let me communicate with the spirit on the other side.” The mist filled the air as the bloody light lingered on the body of the old ghost. Scarlet blood flowed down from the sinister door unceasingly. The sight was very bizarre, yet terrifying.

In no less than one hour later, the old ghost let out a long breath and said, “It was found by an evil spirit.”

At that very instant, Xiao Chen could feel that familiar aura through the bloody door. He could vaguely hear the voice of the little critter.

Xiao Chen was very concerned, how he wished he could see the little critter immediately. He immediately spread out his spiritual fluctuation and transmitted everything in his heart through the cracks on the sealed door.

“They are lying to you… I am living quite comfortably here…” This was the first time Xiao Chen felt the little critter’s spiritual fluctuation. It felt as if it was talking directly to him. That kind of fluctuation was soft, lazy, and very puerile. It was as if it was whispering right beside his ear. It made his ear feels a bit itchy.

He felt a little sad, yet he had the urge to smile. This little thing surely must be lazing around. He was sure that it must have just woken up and was in a daze.

“Keke, come back quickly.”

“I want to eat Amethyst Cosmic Fruit, but after searching for a few months, they’ve only found eight of them. I haven’t had enough.” The tender voice was filled with remorse and discontent.

Xiao Chen really didn’t know what to say anymore. Apparently… it was completely different from his imagination! Not only was the little critter not in any danger, it seemed to be living quite a satisfactory life.

Perhaps even after searching the entirety of hell, there would only be a few Amethyst Cosmic Trees. And the ones capable of bearing fruit were even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Unless the Amethyst Cosmic Tree was a hundred thousand years old, it wouldn’t bear any fruit. It was not just any ordinary level of difficulty to find one. The Amethyst Cosmic Fruit might be even harder to find than the Heaven Fruit.

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The monstrous Ranga Sword that shook the world since ancient times had unexpectedly broke free from the underworld. From this, one was able to tell how mysterious and terrifying it was.

Xiao Chen and Oxman remained silent for a long time. There were much too many things people on their level wouldn’t be able to comprehend. However, precisely because of this, their feeling to become more powerful was stronger than ever. They wished one day, they could reach those level and rise to a higher realm.

Xiao Chen’s party had already trodden on the barren land of the nether world for fifteen days. According to Emperor Jiang’s words, they should be getting close to the Ninth Underworld Platform.

They travelled with lightning speed all the way. Xiao Chen wanted to get there as soon as possible and find out Keke’s current situation.

By the sixteenth day, Xiao Chen’s party had already covered at least tens of thousands of miles. Although they still didn’t find the so-called Ninth Underworld Platform, they knew that they were undoubtedly getting closer and closer.

And just at this time, a faintly discernible chanting sound transmitted into their ears. It seemed like there was a senior monk chanting sutras in the Northwest. A divine fluctuation was slightly rippling in the underworld.

In this gloomy underworld, the holy attribute was very obvious as well as unusual. Therefore, Xiao Chen’s party detected it in the first moments.

“Let’s go and take a look.” Oxman was born with a tendency towards curiosity, he urged the Black Dragon King and Xiao Chen to run towards the northwest with him.

After advancing for a few dozen miles, the brilliant golden light spilled over. It was so bright in front of them, as if daytime had descended upon the underworld. The praying sound came from there precisely.

It was an old Buddhist temple. The entire temple seemed to be plated in a layer of golden luster, it was shining like the morning sun. Endless amounts of Buddhist power leaked out from the temple like ripples of water.

“The underworld’s Buddhist temple!” The fatty looked pensive as he said, “Could this be where the great Ksitigarbha stayed in the past?”

Xiao Chen’s party really didn’t want to get close to the temple. They were only surveying it on top of a brown mountain twenty or so miles away.

“Buddha is the embodiment of benevolence!”

The voice abruptly resounded on the mountaintop, right behind Xiao Chen’s party. Before then, they actually did not detect anyone approaching.

“Shing!”

The sacred sword hidden in the Black Dragon King’s back was unsheathed immediately as the holy light enveloped them.

Xiao Chen and Oxman turned around to look, and they only saw a skinny old monk standing in front of the precipice. His long white eyebrows hanged down from the corner of his eyes all the way to his cheeks. His skin was dried up and his figure was so thin the bones were clearly visible. He was standing there quietly like a bamboo stick. With both palms placed together, he was reciting the sutra.

The gray-colored gown he was wearing seemed like it hadn’t been washed for hundreds of years already. It was extremely dirty and was covered in the vicissitudes of time. Not to mentioned the broken kasaya robe ⌈¹⌋, it had already lost its original shape and covered his body like a fishnet.

Not to mention Xiao Chen, anyone would be extremely shocked to suddenly run into an old monk in this gloomy underworld. The instant Xiao Chen and Oxman looked at him, the first thing that crossed their mind was; is this old man a human or a ghost?

“Are you a real monk, or a ghost monk?” Oxman raised his guard.

“This poor monk’s body already died two hundred years ago. Back in those days, I was a hermit monk. I am currently taking up temporary residence in the great Ksitigarbha’s temple.”

“Hermit monk? Your ascetic practice led you to the great Ksitigarbha’s temple?” Oxman asked in astonishment.

“The great Ksitigarbha has not shown himself for a few millennia already. The numbers of evil spirits and greater demons have increased without end. As a result, many of the ancient temples has been occupied by the demons. This poor monk had no choice but to wander about everywhere, and it finally led me to this ancient temple that was once built by the great Ksitigarbha personally.” The old monk pointed at the brightly lit location in front before he continued, “That place is the last of the holy lands in the underworld. The other temples have already become the nests of devils. Even if the great Ksitigarbha is to make a reappearance, it wouldn’t be easy to retake those temples either, because this is no longer just a problem regarding the savage ghosts. A few exceptional demons with corporeal bodies had entered the underworld from the world of living and occupied those temples. By the way, will you follow this old man to the temple?”

“Nonono, I appreciate your kindness, but we will decline.” Oxman hastily waved his hand. To follow a ghost monk to his nest? He wouldn’t dare to go even if you beat him to death.

The old monk smiled and said, “You guys need not be afraid. I am not an evil spirit. I am merely a soul that has dedicated all its life to Buddhism. It’s not like there are only ghost monks in the great Ksitigarbha’s temple, there are two living monks with the bloodline of the great Ksitigarbha in the temple.”

“Nonono, we are in a rush, we really don’t want to be a bother.” Oxman was unwilling to go no matter what.

“Alright, if you insist, this poor monk won’t force you. However, I have one request. May I request the three of you to donate a few drops of blood? The evil spirits in the underworld are really too violent. Recently, even this ancient temple is on the verge of collapse.”

“This… alright.” Oxman and Xiao Chen cast a glance at one another as they agreed helplessly. This old monk seemed to possess unfathomable strength, if he was plotting to murder them, there was no need to spend so much effort.

In fact, what the old monk really wanted was the blood of the Dragon King. After using a jade bottle to store the few drops of blood, he recited a sutra to express his gratitude.

In the end, he once again invited them in earnest, “Before this poor monk’s corporeal body died, I had a great divination ability. Although I can’t completely forecast what will happen in the future, I could still feel them to some extent. I felt that a great treasure is about to be unearthed in the great Ksitigarbha temple, and it is related to the three of you. Therefore, I will ask again, consider it my repayment for your kind donation.”

Even if it was an old holy temple, it was currently occupied by ghost monks. The little fatty Oxman really did not want to go, but after pondering for awhile, Xiao Chen decided to go and take a look.

Just as they were getting close to the brilliant temple, Xiao Chen knew that the old monk was not lying. That was because the burial cloth, Suiren Gimlet, and the two stone legs were trembling simultaneously. This made Xiao Chen look at the old monk with a whole new level of respect. This old monk might have been a powerful monk in his past life. One must know that the divination technique was one of the most profound divine abilities.

Xiao Chen couldn’t calm down and dug out the two mysterious stone legs in succession. Could it be that he was about to find another parts?

Although it was an ancient temple in the underworld, the loud chant was overwhelming. Although the great majority of them was ghost monks, they were able to maintain their Buddhist power despite being a ghost. In a sense, they already couldn’t be considered an evil spirit, but a soul filled with pure Buddhist power.

Many old monks looked on as they entered the temple, but they didn’t say anything and continued to chant loudly in their respective seats. Although they were ghost monks, their chants possessed more holy aura than what many called the “Highest Enlightenment” in the living world. This was really ironic.

With a slight fluctuation, the Suiren Gimlet separated from Xiao Chen’s body and flew towards one of the most desolate temples.

“Rumble!”

A rumbling sound transmitted not long later as a few ancient temples topple over. The Suiren Gimlet flew back, and to his surprise, Xiao Chen found that there was another item attached to it; a stone arm about the size of a fingertip.

Many ghost monks gathered because of the disturbance, there were even two old monks flying over.

“Who dares destroy the ancient temple built personally by the great Ksitigarbha?” The two old monks had skinny corporeal bodies. They were the only monks left with the bloodline of Ksitigarbha.

The ghost monk who invited Xiao Chen’s party stepped forward to transmit a spiritual message to explain everything.

The two old monks gazed at Xiao Chen with a piercing glance. Noticing the stone arm in his hand, they had incomparably complicated expressions.

One of the old monks shuddered and said, “There was a rumor that the compassionate and intelligent Ksitigarbha had once been at a loss. He occasionally muttered to himself that, ‘The status had been divided into nine parts, three of them fell into the underworld’. Apart from this, nobody knows of its origin. As for this arm, they say that back in those days, the great Ksitigarbha had prostrated himself in worship before it and sealed it under the temple like a sacred treasure. It is said that, Tongtian, who dared to challenge ancestor god Youchaoshi, lost his Ranga Sword in the underworld during his battle with Laozi. By coincidence, it fell onto where one parts of the stone statue was hidden. Since then, the Ranga Sword couldn’t be pulled out anymore.”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen was unable to remain calm. It looked like this mediocre-looking stone statue possessed some kind of unknown history. All of a sudden, he thought of a possibility and asked in reflex, “Could the stone statue be ancestor god Suirenshi’s body?”

Although the stone statue was really small, the ancestor god’s divine abilities were unfathomable. It wouldn’t be out of the question if he petrified and became like this after death. Moreover, this was found by the stone artifact, Suiren Gimlet. And even the burial cloth reacted to it.

The ghost monk who led Xiao Chen’s party to the temple could be said to be an extraordinary existence while living. He had practiced the divination technique, if nothing unexpected were to happen, it wouldn’t be strange if he became a Buddha. That kind of him shook his head and said, “That is definitely not the case. By the time the stone statue was divided into nine, ancestor god Suirenshi was still alive. You can actually find a little clue from some nameless ancient scriptures. When I was in the world of the living, I had obtained a certain ancient scriptures. It was not the Buddhist scripture, there was only a few pages left. There were some very fuzzy records among them. The general idea is that Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and a few other ancestor gods had divided a few stone artifacts and one piece of stone statue among themselves equally. I am not sure if the nine parts were referring to the stone statue, but the stone artifact in your hand is very similar to one of the artifacts mentioned in the scripture.”

Hearing these, everyone was very shocked. Other than feeling shocked, the two living monks with Ksitigarbha’s bloodline even saluted to the ghost monk who once came from the living world. At this moment, they could already tell he was not an ordinary individual.

Xiao Chen was incomparably shocked, he originally thought this Suiren Gimlet was a divine artifact that Suirenshi had created when he achieved enlightenment, but it turned out that he obtained it by chance. It seems that, this stone statue was really not that simple! It gave people unlimited imagination…

“This must be fate, since you guys obtained it, you should take it with you.” The two living monks did not try to make things too difficult for Xiao Chen’s party.

With the direction pointed out by the ghost monk, Xiao Chen’s party finally arrived at the Ninth Underworld Platform in three days. They could already spot a huge mountain-like shadow from a distance.

And during this three day, Xiao Chen found to his surprise, an astonishing change occurred to the stone statue hidden in his body.The two stone legs that formed the lower limbs were no longer upright. They were actually in a cross-legged position. Moreover, the legs and left arm were actually connected by a faint light. The light made up each parts of the missing body, other than the legs and left arm. He (or she) was sitting quietly within Xiao Chen’s chest, as if he/she was meditating in silence.

There was no incongruity. On the contrary, it seemed to have become one with Xiao Chen, it was that natural and harmonious. What Xiao Chen didn’t dare to believe was that, even the Suiren Gimet was reduced to the size of a fingernail and appeared on the left palm of the stone statue. The palm was facing upward and supported the gimlet.

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