Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 625

Chapter 625: Epiphany

On the Sacred Battle Platform, the battles between the combatants continued without pausing. Unknowingly, night had already descended.

Today, Qin Wentian had experienced a total of three battles. Against Di Shi, Liu Lan, and the crown prince of Radiant Gold. In all these three battles, he was the one at a disadvantage, yet he couldn’t be completely defeated. After that, Di Shi tried several times to challenge him, but Qin Wentian rejected all his attempts. The reason he could reject was because this was a grand battle between nine participants, with the rules being in a round-robin fashion. If every member of the nine had fought before, he would have no choice but to accept the challenge. But as long as there was one combatant who hadn’t fought yet, he had the right to temporarily reject the challenges.

The reason why Qin Wentian didn’t accept was because he was still in contemplation. With the experience gained from the earlier three battles, he had sensed for himself the true intent of the Mandate of Lightning from Liu Lan, and the true intent from the Mandate of Gold from the crown prince of Radiant Gold.

Today, Li Tian fought against Dongyue Hanjiang. Li Tian possessed the advantage, but he had no way to force Dongyue Hanjiang to concede. The disparity between their strength wasn’t that great.

Fan Miaoyu fought against the Chosen of War Country, Wu Teng. Initially, all the spectators thought that Fan Miaoyu, who was at the ninth level of Heavenly Dipper, would definitely have a combat prowess above Wu Teng. Yet to their surprise, they discovered that Wu Teng wasn’t in any way inferior to her at all. Not only that, with his wide strides and wild attacking method of using the great axe, Fan Miaoyu even seemed to be the one suppressed. This made people sigh in amazement. This disciple of the Heaven Cleaving Manor as well as Chosen of the War Country was simply so strong that it was unfathomable, he had totally exceeded the imagination of the spectators.

Fan Miaoyu also exchanged blows against the crown prince of Radiant Gold and Liu Lan. This caused people to understand that Fan Miaoyu was infinitesimally close to comprehending the true intent of her Mandates. She was the same as Qin Wentian, borrowing this opportunity to breakthrough and grow stronger

After a day, all nine of the combatants were still on the Sacred Battle Platform. Although it was clear that there were differences in the tiers of their strength, nobody was overwhelming enough to force the others to concede yet.

“Rest for a night, the battle shall continue the moment the sun rises in the morning tomorrow,” a voice echoed out. However, the entire Sacred Battle Platform was still locked down, nobody could exit from there.

The spectators all relaxed slightly, yet they found it hard to regain their calm. The battles earlier were all simply too awesome, and they were so shocked and surprised that many of them were still feeling numb.

“Father, what’s your perspective on this battle?” Ye Lingshuang stood at the side of Human Emperor Ye Qingyun and asked. Based on Ye Qingyun’s judgement, he should be able to see more clearly compared to her.

“All nine of them have their own thoughts and intentions. Many of them obviously could force their opponents to concede, yet they chose not to do so. This is especially so for Wu Teng and Fan Miaoyu; they aren’t simple at all, they were never even close to unleashing their full power. After all, Fan Miaoyu is of the eight era-suppressing geniuses and has a cultivation base at the peak of Heavenly Dipper. I don’t believe she hasn’t even comprehended a single true intent of her Mandates yet. And as for Wu Teng, he’s far more formidable than what was rumored,” Ye Qingyun explained, causing the beautiful eyes of Ye Lingshuang to stiffen.

“Father are you saying that Fan Miaoyu intentionally held back? But why would she do such a thing?”

“Even for Fan Miaoyu, in normal times, how difficult must it be for someone at her level to find eight other opponents of this caliber? From what I see, Fan Miaoyu might have already comprehended a Mandate’s true intent, but there’s still room for her to improve. Hence, she wants to use this opportunity to perfect her control. If I were the one facing such rare opponents, I would definitely want to fight more than a few rounds,” Ye Qingyun spoke.

“In that case, for Wentian…” Ye Lingshuang was more than a little worried.

“Honestly, Wentian is one of the weaker combatants up there. After all, he has a big disadvantage considering the level of his cultivation base. What’s fortunate is that he has a multitude of techniques to depend on, and if we are talking about overall combat strength, he might even be above Chi Lian, Dongyue Hanjiang, and Li Tian. However, Di Shi also possesses many powerful techniques; and Liu Lan, who has comprehended the true intent of Lightning, is a very hard opponent to deal with. But we don’t need to worry about that too much. Those two are the ones who really want to kill Wentian, but it isn’t going to be so easy for them. And as for Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng, they are the only ones truly with the capabilities to pose a threat to Wentian, yet they have no killing intent towards him,” Ye Qingyun analysed, as Ye Lingshuang nodded her head quietly.

The spectators were all quietly discussing and analyzing the grand battle. Who among the nine of these characters would truly be able to earn the name of Unrivaled in Heavenly Dipper?

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The next morning, Dongyue Hanjiang was the first to step out. His gaze was riveted onto Wu Teng of War Country as he spoke, “Wu Teng, how about the two of us fight for this round?”

Wu Teng opened his eyes as he calmly replied, “You are not strong enough to be my opponent.”

His tone was calm, yet that calmness contained an absolute self-confidence that made Dongyue Hanjiang feel humiliated. His countenance turned unsightly as he stared at Wu Teng, “I really want to see, what qualifications do you have to be this brazen?”

“Since you want to be eliminated so badly, let me grant your wish then.” Wu Teng stood up. Instantly, the stone platforms the two of them were on started to spin and came to the center of the Sacred Battle Platform.

Dongyue Hanjiang stepped out, the instant he lifted his palms, a terrifying suppression energy could be felt pressing down from the heavens. Yet Wu Teng merely casually raised his hand as the outline of a great axe appeared in the sky, cleaving outwards. Instantly, Dongyue Hanjiang’s attack was severed into two. It couldn’t even withstand a single strike.

“True intent of Mandate of Axe. The great axe in Wu Teng’s hands, seems to even have a spirit within it.”

Dongyue Hanjiang unleashed yet another attack as his astral nova erupted into being. An immense energy of suppression madly lashed out. Yet Wu Teng merely stood there free and at ease, and waved the axe in his hands. His motion was simple, yet it gave people a feeling of returning from complexity to simplicity. Each and every axe strike he made seemed to contain a power that could turn the toughest of things into rotting wood, directly and easily severing them in twain.

Simple, direct. Not wasting an iota of energy. Although the true intent of Axe Wu Teng comprehended wasn’t as fanciful as the true intent of Lightning which Liu Feng comprehended, it was much more practical in comparison.

Dongyue Hanjiang went mad with fury. He frantically continued his attacks, yet Wu Teng seemed as at ease as ever. He continued to casually cleave down left and right, shooting out beams of axe light. His motions seemed simple and ordinary, they were even somewhat slow. But in reality, each of the axe lights he shot out instantly severed Dongyue Hanjiang’s attempts to attack with extreme precision.

The axe light grew stronger and stronger, and the spectators discovered that a terrifying gigantic silhouette wielding a great axe had suddenly appeared behind Wu Teng, mirroring each of his actions. The sounds of cleaving rang out and even before Dongyue Hanjiang had the chance to concede, one of his arms was already severed away. The act of doing so was as simple as chopping down a defenseless tree.

“I ADMIT DEFEAT!” Dongyue Hanjiang had cold sweat all over his body. As long as Wu Teng willed it, that axe could have already taken his life.

“How powerful.” The hearts of the crowd trembled. Wu Teng had finally shown his true strength. He could have obviously killed Dongyue Hanjiang in that battle, yet he held back from doing so.

What a reclusive, demon-level character. Although Wu Teng’s age was older than the others, he was a great talent that had matured slowly. Such combat prowess truly caused the hearts of people to shiver in fear.

“The true intent of martial mandates. The truth, maybe it’s really a kind of returning to simplicity from complexity,” Qin Wentian mused. Wu Teng’s axe light acted like a reminder to him. Before this, he experienced the true intent of Lightning and the true intent of Gold, their attacks were all incomparably fanciful. The true intent of Lightning contained the multitude of insights of the Mandate of Lightning within it, yet why did it feel that Liu Lan was inferior to Wu Teng?

This was similar to someone comprehending a Mandate. The level of their comprehension differed, hence their strength would differ as well.

Wu Teng’s comprehension towards his true intent was obviously deeper in comparison.

Qin Wentian thought back to the time when he was at the grass hut. From the 15th to 21st sword strike, the true intents within the essences of those seven sword strikes were all reverting from complexity back to simplicity. When the true intent of Wind was present, one couldn’t tell there was any trace of the wind in the swordplay. The true intents on the path of the grass hut were at a level even higher compared to Wu Teng.

As for Liu Lan and the crown prince of Radiant Gold, they should be among the weakest of those at the supreme-tier. When they attacked, traces of their Mandates were evident and easily recognizable.

At this instant, Qin Wentian suddenly had an epiphany.

Yesterday after the experiences he gained, he was deep in contemplation, but still couldn’t understand. But right now, as he saw the axe light of Wu Teng, as well as thinking back to the experiences he had on the path of the grass hut, he suddenly had a spark of insight.

However, this spark of insight didn’t mean that he had truly comprehended his own true intent. That would still have to depend upon his own perception.

Since he could gain an epiphany upon watching the battles of others, this indicated that Qin Wentian’s perception was off the charts. After all, it was unknown how many disciples there were in the major powers who had comprehended a true intent, but who could say that they would be able to gain an epiphany just from watching a battle? And who could guarantee that even though they had an epiphany, they would be able to build upon it and comprehend their own true intent out of it?

Everything depended on the individual. At this moment, it all depended on Qin Wentian himself to see if he was able to grab hold and make use of this spark of insight, this sudden epiphany, and take the next step onwards.

Qin Wentian closed his eyes once more, entering into a state of self-immersion.

“Everyone has already fought a round. You can no longer dodge me, it’s time for you to die,” Di Shi spoke.

“Hu…” Qin Wentian drew in a deep breath. Di Shi’s voice was akin to thunderclap sounding off in his mind, this caused him to be completely unable to quietly focus on his comprehension. That was how much Di Shi wanted his life.

When Qin Wentian opened his eyes, an extremely cold light flickered within. As he stood up, the power in his blood thrummed as his physique grew larger. His entire body was glowing with resplendent light, the Yuanfus in his body were all humming with power.

BOOM!

Several manifestations of ferocious birds of prey manifested around Di Shi as the faint image of an azure roc appeared behind him. That wasn’t an astral soul nor astral nova. Di Shi’s entire body was enveloped by azure light as terrifying runic glow illuminated the area around him.

A raging wind gusted as Di Shi completely vanished. The faint image of that azure roc howled in anger as a terrifying restrictive force bound Qin Wentian. The spectators only saw that there were numerous runes being cast on Qin Wentian, all of them birthing tiny azure rocs that were grabbing onto him.

“Do you even think you still can live?” Di Shi roared, stretching his arms out as the runes on Qin Wentian started to explode. Qin Wentian blasted out a terrifying attack, yet the force of his attacks were all negated. The runic lights on his body all exploded, breaking through his defense, leaving behind bloody wounds.

“Borrowing the strength of the azure roc?” Qin Wentian murmured. Di Shi must have used some secret art to link himself with a true azure roc or caused some transformation to occur in his body. This was how he could depend on the strength of the azure roc.

“Force, the omnipresent force,” Qin Wentian mumbled. Di Shi stood high up in the air, looking down on him with eyes filled with murder.

“I shall kill you slowly, letting you enjoy the process bit by bit.” A malevolent look flashed on Di Shi’s face. He actually needed to resort to his ultimate trump card before he could kill Qin Wentian.

Yet another attack blasted out as an incomparably terrifying manifestation of an azure roc slaughtering its way to him. The runic light illuminated the skies as that attack instantly landed.

There didn’t seem to be any aura emanating from Qin Wentian at all, the spectators only saw him lifting his palms and blasting it outwards.

BOOM!

A resounding thunderous explosive sound echoed out. Although this attack by Di Shi blasted Qin Wentian back, it didn’t achieve the desired effect. Not only that, it seemed as though Qin Wentian was no longer being binded. He soared into the air, staring at Di Shi as a marvellous expression actually appeared in his eyes.

“Mhm?” Di Shi frowned, his killing intent rose up again. “Useless struggle.”

As the sound of his voice faded, a formless energy surged up. He suddenly felt a terrifying force acting on his body and after that, Qin Wentian slammed out with a palm.

Di Shi hadn’t even attacked, yet he already felt a torrential force capable of toppling mountains and overturning seas gushing right at him. With a rumbling echo, his attempts at attacking were instantly broken through as that torrential might slammed into him.

BANG!

Di Shi was directly forced backwards as he groaned in misery. An expression of bewilderment appeared on his face as he stared at Qin Wentian before him. However right now, that expression of marvelousness was still flickering in Qin Wentian’s eyes. Not only that, when he stared at Di Shi, traces of a teasing expression could also be seen there.

Chapter 626: Death of Di Shi

This attack woke Di Shi up. Staring at that teasing expression in Qin Wentian’s eyes, a feeling of bewilderment overwhelmed him.

Did Qin Wentian just comprehend the true intent of a Mandate?

Very swiftly, the expression of Di Shi’s face turned wretched. The raging wind howled as his balefulness engulfed the air. He had to kill Qin Wentian before the latter familiarized himself with the true intent he comprehended.

Swish, swish…

A cyclone gusted within the Sacred Battle Platform, the azure light transformed into terrifying primordial birds of prey as they sliced through the air towards Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian stepped out, but this time around, the step he took was filled with so much additional force that even space itself trembled. His body felt even lighter, this was obviously an improvement in his application and usage of force. As for Di Shi, he felt the force acting on his body getting heavier and heavier.

The palm imprints Qin Wentian blasted out could shatter the void, he could already smash apart Di Shi’s attack head on.

“True intent, although I understood the concept of reverting complexity into simplicity, my application towards true intent isn’t as proficient as Wu Teng. Knowing about it is one thing, but applying it for myself is another.” Qin Wentian’s heart was as clear as a mirror as he clashed repeatedly in the air against Di Shi. The resulting shockwaves from the impact of their clashes ravaged their surroundings.

Qin Wentian made full use of this opportunity during combat to familiarize himself more with his true intent. After a short period of time, Qin Wentian’s attacks were no longer as ferocious, he was getting better at his control and could used the appropriate amount of energy to handle Di Shi. After another clash, their bodies separated. Di Shi’s countenance had turned incomparably unsightly to behold.

Qin Wentian stretched out his arm as a mortal-ranked halberd appeared within. Ordinary weapons were allowed as they weren’t considered divine weapons.

The power of his blood seethed and surged, Qin Wentian’s physique resembled a fiendgod. With a halberd in his hand, he seemed to be the epitome of tyranny.

A terrifying glow circulated around the halberd. Di Shi unleashed an attack towards Qin Wentian, the sharp talon of an azure roc slashed through the skies, the might contained within the strike could shake even the heavens. Yet before the attack arrived, the halberd in Qin Wentian’s hands suddenly struck towards the talon. An instant later, a thunderous sound erupted forth as that talon directly shattered into pieces. It only took a single instant.

Di Shi’s countenance grew incredibly unsightly as he circled Qin Wentian at an extreme speed, continuously blasting out attacks. Yet Qin Wentian simply stood there, even closing his eyes, casually countering Di Shi’s attacks. No matter how fast Di Shi attacked, he could easily negate it with a casual strike of his halberd.

“Qin Wentian has comprehended a true intent of his Mandates. To be able to achieve such a feat at the seventh level of Heavenly Dipper. What a monster.”

“Is he using Di Shi to temper himself? Although Di Shi appeared to be the one taking the initiative, he couldn’t threaten Qin Wentian at all. Qin Wentian was completely making use of him to train his own proficiency in using the true intent of his Mandate to attack.”

The vast majority felt great shock in their hearts, even those older experts at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Qin Wentian’s perception was simply too perverse. After comprehending the true intent, he was already at the initial stage of proficiency. Such speed was simply unbelievable.

His attacks failing to break through made Di Shi go mad. His countenance was extremely malevolent as he unleashed more attacks with even greater ferocity. However, Qin Wentian didn’t seem to be taking him seriously at all, casually answering his attacks with halberd strikes of his own.

Di Shi could feel that Qin Wentian was simply treating him as a tool to sharpen his own proficiency in usage of true intent.

This made Di Shi feel an extreme humiliation. A stark naked humiliation.

In reality, although Qin Wentian was improving, he wasn’t as strong as what the spectators thought. Right now, he was circulating the true intent of Force, yet he had no way to completely infuse it into his attacks yet. In any case, it wasn’t realistic for him to be able to instantly suppress Di Shi the moment he comprehended a true intent. But as time went by, he discovered that it grew easier and easier to parry Di Shi’s attack, using it however his heart desired.

“True intent, complexity back to simplicity, according to one’s desire, an absolute control.” Qin Wentian’s comprehension on true intent grew clearer and clearer. The true intent of a martial mandate was actually a kind of controlling strength. A control that followed the desire of one’s heart, an absolutely powerful control.

Just like Wu Teng’s true intent of the Mandate of Axe. Him cleaving down with an axe felt as though he was cleaving lumber apart. It would break into two as long as he willed it cloven.

His true intent of the Mandate of Force was the application of strength. The absolute control of this true intent even surpassed that of the true intent of the Mandate of Axe.

“After comprehending a true intent, my perception seems to have grown even stronger. This is especially so for my perception towards force, it feels as though I can clearly control any form of force around me. I can even clearly feel every iota of force my opponent imbues into their attacks.” Qin Wentian unceasingly familiarized himself with this kind of absolute control. As to why he could easily parry Di Shi’s attack, it was because his perception had improved yet another level, he could feel every ounce of force in Di Shi’s attacks.

And just at this moment, Qin Wentian’s halberd concentrated his strength and collided right with Di Shi’s palm. He could sense the exact amount of force used, hence he applied a similar amount and negated Di Shi’s attack. Although it looked from the outside to be extremely casual and easy to pull off, one wouldn’t be able to accomplish it unless they gained insight into that absolute control after comprehending a true intent. Qin Wentian believed that whenever Wu Teng cleaved down with his axe, he too felt a similar sensation.

Di Shi finally halted his attacks. He floated in the air and coldly stared at the person in front of him. He knew he could no longer continue this battle. He could sense that Qin Wentian’s proficiency with the true intent of Force was getting stronger and stronger.

“Don’t you want to kill me?” Qin Wentian’s eyes bored right into Di Shi’s as he asked.

Di Shi’s countenance turned ashen as he icily replied, “Ceasefire.”

“Ceasefire?” Qin Wentian was somewhat taken aback as a bizarre expression appeared on his face. “You want to fight and you fight and you want to stop and you stop? Who do you think you are?”

Was this Di Shi a joker?

“What do you want then?” Di Shi’s voice turned ice cold.

Qin Wentian frostily smiled, he didn’t reply but the halberd in his hands inched towards Di Shi as he walked forward. The light enveloping the halberd grew even more intense as the astral energy in his Yuanfu rumbled. His entire body was covered in astral armor, flowing with runic light. Qin Wentian at this instant seemed incomparably similar to a fiendgod, unexcelled in this world.

Bzz!

Several incarnations of Qin Wentian appeared and all of them advanced forward together. The force of the steps which they took seemed as though they landed directly on the heart of Di Shi.

“I want your life,” Qin Wentian replied with a glacial tone in his voice. He took another step out as his incarnations rushed over, appearing in front of Di Shi. Numerous ancient halberds exploded forth, each of them containing the power to annihilate the heavens and earth within. The sensation of such might erupted to the maximum, causing the spectators to be stifled into breathlessness.

A terrifying blood-colored glow covered Di Shi, as the aura of a true azure roc erupted outwards. After which, the sight of a real azure roc could actually be seen zooming through the air towards Qin Wentian, flaring with brilliant light, containing an indomitable strength. It felt as though it was a strike that would make the one at the receiving end feel nothing but despair.

Countless ancient halberds penetrated the hide of the azure roc, causing its body to explode from the force infused. At this moment, several incarnations also appeared around Di Shi. He seemed like the king of the ferocious primordial birds of prey as they guarded him, blocking the attacks.

At the same time, Di Shi retreated, he wanted to lengthen the distance between him and Qin Wentian.

“DAMN!” Di Shi abruptly felt an intense destructive power coming right at him. He mustered the entirety of his strength to defend, yet he only saw the third eye of Qin Wentian opening and staring right at him. Right now, countless silhouettes of Qin Wentian appeared around Di Shi, the ancient halberds in their hands all seeking to penetrate his flesh.

“Impossible.” Di Shi felt his eyes spinning, he discovered that there were countless Qin Wentians all around him.

Which of them were real? Which of them were false?

At this instant, his mind was incomparably confused. After he was pulled into Qin Wentian’s dreamscape, there was no longer a way for him to differentiate reality from illusions.

Chi!

An ancient halberd penetrated right through the center of Di Shi’s brow. This halberd had no sound nor presence, it erupted straight out from the void. When he was trying to differentiate what was real and what was not, the true killing move was already hidden inside the void.

The instant the halberd penetrated, it felt as though everything in his mind exploded. Di Shi instantly stopped thinking and died on the spot.

The other combatants on the Sacred Battle Platform all felt their hearts stop for an instant when they saw what happened. They didn’t believe their eyes. Although Di Shi and Qin Wentian fought before, there was a rule laid down that stated only one of them could only leave the platform after the other died, indicating that one of them had to die for sure in this grand battle. When Di Shi actually died, they didn’t dare to believe that it actually happened.

Not only them, each and every one of the spectators felt the same as well.

Who were these two people? One was a young man that was rising up in the Royal Sacred Region, the top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm. The halo around him was even brighter compared to that of Gu Liufeng.

Another one was Di Shi, one of the eight absolute era-suppressing geniuses, Di Shi of the supreme Di Clan.

Although they knew that the fight between them would result in one dead, when reality happened, the shock of impact to all of them was simply too great, so great that it caused the entire Sacred Battle Platform to go silent.

The gazes of everyone were focused onto Qin Wentian. This fiendishly handsome young man amazed the world with a single feat. He was placed the top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm, but what the Immortal Martial Realm tested for was one’s innate potential. But today, in front of everyone, he slew Di Shi on the Sacred Battle Platform. Right now, nobody could disagree that no one could stop him from rising up. Not even the eight era-suppressing geniuses could block his path.

This time around, Di Shi’s purpose for coming here was precisely to hunt down Qin Wentian. He had even prepared an extremely powerful trump card, yet who would have thought that he would be the first to die. It felt as though he was answering Qin Wentian’s words. How arrogant was Di Shi back then when they first crossed paths? Yet at the very end, the one who died was him. He who was an era-suppressing genius, only shone brightly for a few short moments in the Royal Sacred Region before his corpse was trampled upon by another even more outstanding demon-level genius on his way to the peak.

In this era, Qin Wentian became the first person to kill an era-suppressing genius. This indicated that Qin Wentian was a character even more outstanding compared to the eight. Maybe, he would be the only one who could achieve this among the younger generation.

As one of the seven supreme clans, the eyes of those from the supreme Di Clan now all turned red as their killing intents towered up the sky. Both the duo geniuses, the Di brothers, had died by the hands of a single man.

Di Shi had fallen. Even now, they couldn’t accept this cruel reality.

Standing not far away from the supreme Di Clan were those from the Divine Weapon Academy. Moon, Shen Jing, and the others all felt their hearts convulsing from indescribable emotions as they stared at the magnificent figure.

He, had actually slain Di Shi of the supreme Di Clan!

Chapter 627: Dominance

On the Sacred Battle Platform, Qin Wentian’s halberd shifted as he pointed the tip of his weapon straight at Liu Lan.
Upon seeing how Di Shi died, Liu Lan’s heart couldn’t help but tremble. And when he realized Qin Wentian was pointing his weapon at him, his countenance involuntarily turned incredibly unsightly.

Defeating someone and killing someone were two entirely different concepts. The people here all had trump cards of their own and unless the disparity in strength was quite large, it wouldn’t be possible for one of the combatants to kill the other. When Liu Lan fought Qin Wentian yesterday, although he had the advantage, he couldn’t kill his opponent. But right now, Qin Wentian who was originally in the weaker position had actually managed to comprehend a true intent and slain Di Shi in an overwhelming manner.
This indicated that right now Qin Wentian was already a character strong enough to pose a threat to his life.
The spectators from the Violet Thunder Sect all had ugly expressions on their faces. It was they who had arranged for Liu Lan to participate in this grand battle. Originally they wanted to kill Qin Wentian before he rose up. Liu Lan, who had a cultivation base at the peak of Heavenly Dipper and had even comprehended a true intent of a Mandate, would definitely have no problem when fighting against Qin Wentian. But reality turned out differently, Qin Wentian’s godly perception allowed him to comprehend a true intent in the midst of the grand battle, and he who was originally one of the weakest combatants instantly leveled up to the extent where his combat prowess was higher compared to Liu Lan.
“Come out,” Qin Wentian pointed at Liu Lan as he spoke. Liu Lan was the same as Di Shi, they had an agreement with Qin Wentian. Only one among them would be able to walk out alive. Initially, this rule was set to prevent Qin Wentian from fleeing with his life, but right now, it became nothing but a noose around his own neck. It was useless to concede. It was either he died or Qin Wentian died.
“We have both comprehended a true intent, what’s there to fear?” Liu Lan encouraged himself, trying his best to suppress the terror that had bloomed earlier when Di Shi died. A character at his level, how could he bear to die? But one of the eight era-suppressing geniuses, Di Shi, had died right in front of his very eyes. This made him understand that this was a true life-and-death battle, and how could Qin Wentian ever spare someone that wanted his life?
Liu Lan who was shrouded in lightning finally stepped out. However, his presence seemed to weaken, no longer as imposing and tyrannical as their first fight. He was no longer as confident in his own abilities.
The two of them stood facing each other. A destructive lightning energy and an overwhelming pressure permeated the air. The lightning was targeting Qin Wentian while the pressure bore down on Liu Lan. This pressure seemed to be present everywhere in the air, weighing down on him and causing him to feel extremely uncomfortable.
Right now, Liu Lan didn’t dare to hold back any longer. He released his astral souls, causing the might of his lightning to kick up another notch. A lightning sword manifested in his hand as he slashed it outwards, causing a bolt of lightning to streak through the skies, slicing its path towards Qin Wentian.
Qin Wentian moved the instant the lightning sword in Liu Lan’s hands slashed out. He could feel every iota of force in the air clearly. Hence, he sensed the instant Liu Lan moved. He reacted by sending out his ancient halberd. This strike of his was incomparably precise, and the terrifying might packed within this strike caused the hearts of spectators to shiver.

BANG!
The tip of the ancient halberd smashed right through the lightning bolt, splitting it apart.
“What a terrifying perception, Qin Wentian’s proficiency with his true intent has already exceeded Liu Lan’s.” Many felt as though thunderbolts were going off in their minds. Qin Wentian had just comprehended his true intent, yet he was now already stronger than Liu Lan. Other than explaining it with the virtue of his talent, there was no other possible explanation.
A pair of golden wings took form behind Qin Wentian as golden-colored armor enveloped his body. He transformed into a beam of light and shot forwards, causing this entire space to be filled with after-images.
Chi!
The ancient halberd in his hands smashed out, directly speeding towards Liu Lan’s head. Even before the halberd arrived, that surge of terrifying force had already landed, causing Liu Lan to sense an extremely strange feeling. It was as though force was boundless, every iota of force in this world was gathered onto the tip of the ancient halberd. As long as that strike landed, he would die without a doubt. Regardless of which part of his body was hit, as long as he failed to evade that strike, the strength would ravage through his entire body, reaping away his life.
A raging wind billowed, Liu Lan explosively retreated as the lightning forcefield around him concentrated with frantic speed. An immense ball of lightning was formed and he blasted it with all his might towards Qin Wentian.
Qin Wentian’s silhouette instantly flickered as he leaned to the side, his beautiful golden wings sliced through the air in a graceful arc, dodging the attack. At the same time, another immense amount of pressure bore down upon Liu Lan, affecting his speed.
“DIE!” Liu Lan roared as the lightning sword in his hands slashed out once again.
Lightning-based attacks were naturally the fastest. Not only that, the might packed within was tyrannical and terrifying. Qin Wentian slammed out with his Star-Seizing Palm, this time around powered by divine energy from his Yuanfu instead as he shattered the entire space in front of him.
BZZ!
A shadow flashed before Liu Lan’s eyes. Liu Lan didn’t halt his attacks, yet Qin Wentian didn’t seem to mind colliding directly with him. The monumental pressure he felt was getting increasingly intense, Qin Wentian chased him around the platform moving at such speeds that the air space above was covered by golden silhouettes.
“Liu Lan is definitely in a disadvantageous position, just look at how is he defending. His manner of blasting out that ball of lightning in defense undoubtedly consumed a large amount of astral energy while Qin Wentian is using only his true intent during his attacks. His energy consumption is by far a lot lower compared to Liu Lan.”
“Not only that, Liu Lan’s heart is already shaken. If this continues, he will die for sure,” the spectators all mumbled. At this moment, Liu Lan once again blasted out another destructive attack towards Qin Wentian, and just as he thought Qin Wentian would evade as usual, numerous Qin Wentian’s incarnations suddenly surrounded him, blasting out with their palms and shattering the void. At the same time, an ancient halberd grew larger and larger in his field of vision as Qin Wentian’s true body rushed him.
Liu Lan’s heart violently pounded as he hurriedly slammed his palms together, hoping to stop Qin Wentian’s attack. And just as his palms closed around the ancient halberd, halting Qin Wentian’s momentum, terrifying lightning crackled around him. After being imbued by lightning, his palms were even sharper than the edges of a blade. Arcs of electricity directly slashed against the halberd, actually severing it into two.
“Courting death,” Qin Wentian spat out. He directly relinquished the halberd and slammed forth with both his palms. Instantly, a sword qi engulfed this entire space, sweeping across everything as numerous streams of sword inscriptions containing a startling energy of annihilation shot towards Liu Lan.
At such a close distance, how could Liu Lan dodge? He could only depend on the destructive power of his true intent of Lightning to clash head-on with Qin Wentian.
And just when he was about to counter-attack, at this same instant, the countless number of sword inscriptions erupted forth earlier from Qin Wentian’s palms superimposed on each other, combining their power together. Each of these sword inscriptions contained an inconceivably formidable destructive energy packed within, intent on slaughtering everything.
The crowd only saw beams of sword light flashing pass, blasting towards Liu Lan, manifesting tens of thousands of swords that penetrated through his heart. Liu Lan’s body that was floating in the air trembled violently, as he stared at Qin Wentian with a venomous light in his eyes.
He was somebody at the supreme-tier of Heavenly Dipper, with a foot in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Yet today, he died on the Sacred Battle Platform.
“Where did all that sword inscriptions suddenly came from?” Many of the spectators felt their hearts shaking. From that number of terrifying sword inscriptions bursting out at the last moment, one could well imagine how dangerous it was to fight Qin Wentian in close combat.
“Impossible!” In the direction of the Divine Weapon Academy, Wang Yunfei’s countenance turned pale white. Even the elders from the academy were all taken aback. Each and every sword inscription was akin to what Qin Wentian had unleashed before once in their Divine Weapon Academy. Birthing powerful fourth-rank inscriptions with every step he took. Not only that, the inscriptions birthed today were all sword-type inscriptions, containing an overwhelming killing power.
This indicated that in that attack of Qin Wentian’s earlier, over thousands of fourth-ranked inscriptions exploded forth at that moment. How terrifying was that? And at such a close distance, how could his opponent still avoid death?
“That’s the second one.” The spectators were all still numb from shock. The first to die was Di Shi of the eight era-suppressing geniuses. The second to die was Liu Lan, someone who had comprehended a true intent. At this instant, the faces of all those from the Violet Thunder Sect were flushed red with shame. When they saw the gazes of the crowd shifting towards them, they felt as though they were sitting on pins and needles.
This time around, not only did they lose a genius like Liu Lan, they had even completely throw away their face. Why did Liu Lan want a life-and-death battle with Qin Wentian? This was undoubtedly because behind the scenes, the Violet Thunder Sect wanted it! But right now, reality was such, Liu Lan died at the hands of the person he was supposed to kill. This resounding smack to their faces made many mock the Violet Sacred Sect. Ye Kongfan of their sect died in Ye, so did a number of their Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants. And today, they sought humiliation of their own accord once more. It was highly likely that from now on, the reputation of the Violet Thunder Sect would be ranked the last out of the nine great sects.
After Qin Wentian killed Liu Lan, he calmly returned to his stone platform and sat down. Out of the nine original participants, there were two of the eight era-suppressing geniuses that had already been eliminated. Di Shi had fallen, while one of Dongyue Hanjiang’s arms was severed.
Adding Liu Lan, there were already three combatants who were ousted, leaving behind six.
In fact, at this moment everyone already understood that although Li Tian and Chi Lian were era-suppressing geniuses, since they hadn’t comprehended a true intent it was impossible for them to fight against Qin Wentian or Wu Teng. They were even weaker compared to the crown prince from Radiant Gold. As for Fan Miaoyu, nobody even knew her level of power yet.
However very quickly, the spectators soon saw that when Chi Lian challenged Fan Miaoyu, and he was effortlessly defeated. Fan Miaoyu revealed that she had comprehended a true intent, the true intent of the Mandate of Sound. Right from the start of the battle, Chi Lian had no way to even defend. Fan Miaoyu’s cultivation base was higher than his and she had even comprehended a true intent. Both of them were era-suppressing geniuses, hence Chi Lian had no way to battle her at all.
This battle made everybody realize that Fan Miaoyu was truly the strongest among the eight era-suppressing geniuses.
Li Tian stared at the four participants, feeling extremely depressed in his heart. He then spoke, “There’s no more meaning even if I refuse to concede. I shall fight against all of you after I comprehended my true intent. I admit my defeat here today.”
The screen of light opened, allowing Chi Lian and Li Tian to leave.
Although the two of them were defeated, nobody doubted their strength. As era-suppressing geniuses, their combat prowess would immediately skyrocket the instant they comprehended a true intent.
In the blink of an eye, only four remained on the Sacred Battle Platform.
Qin Wentian, Wu Teng, Fan Miaoyu, and the crown prince of Radiant Gold.
“Among these four, the strongest should be Fan Miaoyu and the weakest…maybe the crown prince of Radiant Gold? As for Qin Wentian and Wu Teng, it’s hard to say who was stronger between them.” These were the perspectives from the vast majority of the spectators. Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng had the same level of cultivation and both of them comprehended a true intent. But as an era-suppressing genius, she should be the strongest out of the four.
“How about sparring a little?” Wu Teng stared at Qin Wentian as he spoke. He was very impressed by Qin Wentian. At the start of the Immortal Martial Realm, Qin Wentian was merely an unknown, yet in the short span of a few months, his name resounded through the Royal Sacred Region and had even climbed up to such a height. Such a character was truly worthy of respect. This was why he wanted to spar with Qin Wentian, and he had no malicious intentions.
“Sure, after my condition is restored to the peak, I will spar with you then,” Qin Wentian smiled, he could sense the respect Wu Teng had for him.
“Mhm, right. After all, your cultivation base is slightly lower than mine. Let’s wait till you are fully recovered before we spar against each other,” Wu Teng laughed, he didn’t insist as he too, didn’t want an unfair fight. Qin Wentian smiled as he closed his eyes, focusing on restoring his condition.

Chapter 628: I’ll Have to Disappoint You

The Sacred Battle Platform regained its silence. The remaining four combatants weren’t in a hurry to start their battles, they were all closing their eyes in meditation.
And after a period of time, the crown prince of Radiant Gold challenged Fan Miaoyu, and Fan Miaoyu agreed, causing their stone platforms to move towards the center.
Resplendent light flashed as a radiant gold glow illuminated the skies. Sharp and extremely eye-piercing, this golden glow then cascaded down on the crown prince, forming into golden fragments that slowly enveloped his entire body. An instant later, a golden long spear appeared in his hands as an incomparably terrifying sharpness gushed forth from him.
At this instant, the crown prince who was clad in golden armor seemed to be cast from divine metal. His defense was unparalleled, it was impossible to breakthrough it.
Seeing how strong he was at this moment, the spectators couldn’t help but to question their earlier judgement. Was he really the weakest out of the four remaining combatants?
For those who cultivated the Mandate of Gold, regardless of attack or defense, they excelled in both aspects.
Chi, chi…
An ear piercing sound directly echoed in the eardrums of the combatants. The golden fragments actually sealed off the ears of the crown prince directly. After all, his opponent was Fan Miaoyu who had comprehended the true intent of Sound. Sound waves were a very rarely seen form of Mandate, she could use it to disrupt the minds of her opponent and even slaughter them using sound.
Fan Miaoyu merely stood there quietly, yet the spectators noticed that the crown prince of Radiant Gold was frowning. He seemed to be extremely uncomfortable. However, since he had no way to seal of all his six senses, how could he completely block off sound? Right now, an ear-jarring sound relentlessly rang out in his mind. The harsh and discordant noises could even drive people crazy.
Sound waves were formless and invisible, nobody could sense that Fan Miaoyu was already attacking.
The crown prince could hear nothing else, his heart became frustrated as his senses became weak. Although he sealed his ears, he was still disturbed by the attack. Right now, he could only blast out attacks continuously. If not, he would soon go mad if he allowed Fan Miaoyu to continue what she was doing.
It was unknown when Qin Wentian opened his eyes, he was also spectating this battle. The golden long spear in the hands of the crown prince stabbed forth with indomitable force, piercing towards Fan Miaoyu.
Fan Miaoyu moved, she waved her palms as musical notes appeared in the air. Each of these manifested notes trembled violently as they smashed onto that golden spear. Sounds of collisions unceasingly rang out, along side with a sound similar to the twinkling of bells. An instant later, that golden long spear was shattered into pieces.
Fan Miaoyu then swept her hands forwards as the formless sound waves engulfed the crown prince in a gigantic web of music.
Qin Wentian’s eyes gleamed with sharpness. The energy from sound was formless and invisible, it was exceedingly tough to defend against.
Yet another spear appeared in the crown prince’s hands, he repeatedly stabbed out, and although he managed to destroy a large portion of the sound waves, it was useless, he was eventually still trapped within the web.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!
His body was completely enveloped despite his struggle. The golden armor enveloping him had thousands of dents all over it. Although the attacking power of formless sound waves couldn’t be compared to other attacks, it was still extremely terrifying. If it wasn’t for the fact that the crown prince’s defense was so perverse, he would have already died to Fan Miaoyu.
Although the two of them had not completely unleashed all their strength yet, the outcome of this battle could already be predicted. When the crown prince of Radiant Gold replied with even stronger attacks, Fan Miaoyu unceasingly adjusted her level of power and ultimately, the crown prince could only choose to concede.
After witnessing such a battle, Qin Wentian was thinking about what would happen if he was the one facing against Fan Miaoyu?
The proficiency Fan Miaoyu had over her true insight of Sound wasn’t any weaker in comparison to his control over the true intent of Force. If he was the opponent, he would probably be defeated as well.
After the crown prince of Radiant Gold was eliminated, only three combatants remained.
Qin Wentian, Wu Teng, Fan Miaoyu.
“Wu Teng.” Qin Wentian suddenly spoke. Wu Teng looked at him as both of them stood out.
“I really wish to see if my true intent of Axe or your true intent of Force is stronger,” Wu Teng smiled.
“In that case, let’s fight first just using our true intent,” Qin Wentian replied as an ancient halberd appeared in his hands.
“Sure.” Wu Teng took out an ordinary axe as both of them walked towards each other. An instant later, the two of them erupted forth in attack.
Wu Teng chopped down with his axe, his actions as casual and as ordinary as they can be. Yet this simple-looking strike contained a grandeur to it. It seemed as though he was chopping down a tree, easily and effortlessly.
Qin Wentian’s ancient halberd smashed against the axe. And in that instant, he felt a surge of energy from Wu Teng’s axe that directly passed through his ancient halberd, about to gush into his body and wanting to split him into two. At that very instant, Qin Wentian relinquished his hold on his halberd and right after that, his halberd was instantly severed into two pieces, akin to a piece of firewood chopped into two.
Even though Qin Wentian’s halberd was severed, Wu Teng’s axe also shattered. At the instant of their collision, Wu Teng felt a mighty force directly infusing his axe that was also about to travel into his body. If he didn’t let go of his axe, his body would undoubtedly be ravaged by that force.
That exchange between them looked simple to the spectators, yet only the two of them knew of the dangers within.
“Awesome.” Wu Teng was truly impressed with Qin Wentian. He had only just comprehended his true intent, yet he had already reached such a level.
“Come again,” Wu Teng smiled. This time, he formed an axe from astral energy as the two of them rushed at each other, unleashing their respective true intents.
“True intent of martial mandates. Truth. Control!” Qin Wentian was still gaining insights as he battled. But as they fought with their true intent, neither of them had a way to gain victory over the other.
“How about halting our battle first, wait for me I want to go try out her true intent of Sound.” Wu Teng seemed to be somewhat excited and was preparing himself to fight against Fan Miaoyu.
“Right,” Qin Wentian nodded and returned to his stone platform, closing his eyes once again in contemplation.
Such a scenario caused the spectators to be somewhat speechless. Yet right now, the atmosphere on the Sacred Battle Platform was no longer as tense as before. This Wu Teng seemed like a martial fanatic, wanting to test out his strength against various kinds of true intent, simply because he liked fighting and not for any other reason. In fact, this point of him being such a free-spirit resembled Qin Wentian slightly.
However, when he fought against Fan Miaoyu, his carefree attitude was gone. He had no choice but to unleash all the strength he was capable of under the power disruption of the sound waves. The battle between two of them was no longer a spar to test their true intents, but rather, a real one where one party might die. This caused the blood of the audience to boil and their spirits soared high in excitement once more.
This battle between them was the battle between the two strongest participants. Fan Miaoyu’s strength was formidable, and Wu Teng once again exceeded the expectations of others. Other than comprehending a true intent, he had already reached the level where he could infuse his true intent completely with his innate techniques, resulting in terrifying might. The two of them frantically fought for one hour and the battle still showed no signs of ending.
“How powerful.”
The spectators were truly shocked. Right now, Wu Teng seemed to have a demeanor akin to a wargod. His axe arts contained enough power to even split apart the heavens. In fact, the faint silhouette of a war divinity could even be seen behind his back, further augmenting his strength.
“Too powerful, Wu Teng can even suppress Fan Miaoyu?” Gleams of excitement appeared in the eyes of the crowd. They finally understood why Wu Teng only used true intent to fight against Qin Wentian and didn’t go all out. It turns out that Wu Teng didn’t wish to bully Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian’s cultivation base was lower compared to his, and if he really erupted forth with his true strength Qin Wentian definitely wouldn’t be able to defend against him.
“Would Wu Teng become the number one of this grand battle? How surprising. Although Wu Teng is powerful, his fame is simply far from the eight era-suppressing geniuses.”
Wu Teng sent Fan Miaoyu flying away with a strike, causing the hearts of the spectators to tremble slightly.
“You are very strong, but you are still a little inferior. Just concede,” Wu Teng stared at Fan Miaoyu as he spoke.
“Wu Teng of War Country, everyone in the Royal Sacred Region has truly underestimated you. But today, you will be the one defeated for sure.” Fan Miaoyu’s voice was exceedingly calm. Wu Teng had a look of bewilderment on his face as he stared at her. After which, he felt another surge of terrifying energy permeating the air. After he sensed that, Wu Teng stood there dumbstruck.
However, Wu Teng could also be considered an extraordinary character. He quickly adjusted his mental state and bitterly smiled, “Since you have already comprehended two kinds of true intent, it’s clear I won’t be your match. I’ll admit defeat then.”
“Wu Teng, you are a great talent that matured slowly and your usage and control of strength is already at the peak. With such a solid foundation, when you break through to Celestial Phenomenon in the future you would definitely be able to condense an extraordinary constellation.” Fan Miaoyu then asked, “Do you know who Wu Mu is?”
Wu Teng stared at Fan Miaoyu as he smiled, “If it wasn’t for senior Wu Mu’s guidance, I would never have been able to defeat you earlier when we were fighting with just one true intent.”
After speaking, Wu Teng calmly exited the Sacred Battle Platform. After staying low profile for so many years and with the guidance of the Realmlord of the Immortal Martial Realm, his name could explode forth into prominence today. Although he was defeated today, everyone on the scene understood that Wu Teng’s name would soon circulate throughout the Royal Sacred Region henceforth. After all, he was someone who could suppress Fan Miaoyu when they fought under the situation of each using only one true intent. It was already a very admirable achievement.
“The strongest among the nine combatants is still Fan Miaoyu. She has already comprehended two kinds of true intent.” The spectators sighed in their hearts. This grand battle was finally concluded. Fan Miaoyu’s reputation as one of the eight era-suppressing geniuses was truly well deserved.
Fan Miaoyu stared at her last opponent, a person whom she truly admired. Back then in the Immortal Martial Realm, he once said the era was changing as he defeated her, causing her to feel a sense of having passed her prime.
Qin Wentian felt Fan Miaoyu’s gaze. He opened his eyes and smiled in greeting.
“Although the era is changing, I don’t wished to be replaced so soon. Even if you wish to step upon me to rise up, that day is not today, it will still be something in the future. You should already be proud. On the Sacred Battle Platform, your battle achievements can already be considered extremely remarkable.” Fan Miaoyu slowly continued, “However the position of honor and glory still belongs to me today.”
Qin Wentian stared at Fan Miaoyu as a smile flashed on his face. “I’m afraid, I’ll have to disappoint you.”

Chapter 629: Command Issued By The Royal Sacred Sect

Qin Wentian’s calm voice caused Fan Miaoyu to start as she stared bewildered at Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian’s countenance was serene and there was even the hint of a smile flickering in his eyes.

“You comprehended again?” Fan Miaoyu asked in astonishment. In such a short time, Qin Wentian comprehended two kinds of true intent?

Fan Miaoyu didn’t dare to believe it. If it was one kind of true intent, there was indeed the possibility of suddenly comprehending it. Many geniuses including herself had encountered that spark of insight needed randomly. But continuously comprehending two true intents? That was simply way beyond shocking.

Not only that, even if Qin Wentian had comprehended two true intents, he was merely on her current level. However, her cultivation base was at the peak of ninth level of Heavenly Dipper, and she was absolutely much stronger compared to Liu Lan. Why was it that Qin Wentian’s tone brimmed with so much confidence?

Qin Wentian didn’t reply, silently admitting to the fact that she was right.

Fan Miaoyu controlled her shock. She stared at Qin Wentian and spoke, “Even if you comprehended two kinds of true intent, I am the same as well. If you wish to defeat me here, I’m afraid that’s impossible.”

“Let’s try it out, then,” Qin Wentian replied.

“Okay, but you had best be careful,” Fan Miaoyu nodded, a heavy expression could be seen on her countenance. As her voice faded, water moisture permeated the air. And very swiftly, the entire platform was covered in foggy mist. Qin Wentian’s vision was hindered, he actually could no longer see Fan Miaoyu.

“True intent of Water?” Qin Wentian’s perception stretched out. However at this moment, a loud discordant noise caused his heart to pound. And just when he wanted to seal his hearing, the formless sound waves had already rushed into his sea of consciousness.

When the frequency of sound reached a certain level, it would become extremely disruptive to humans. If an ordinary human were to hear this sound wave, they would instantly clutch their head in agony as they rolled on the floor, shrieking in misery. It was simply unendurable and even for someone like Qin Wentian, his perception was cut off. Right now, there was only chaos in his mind.

And what’s more terrifying was that right now, he was simply like a blind man. He couldn’t see, he couldn’t hear, his perception was blocked. In a sense, he had been truly ‘blinded.’

“No wonder Wu Teng directly conceded,” Qin Wentian mused. If there was an opponent with merely two true intents, Wu Teng would have fought valiantly for sure. But for Fan Miaoyu, her true intents could actually complement each other in such a way, bringing utter despair to her opponents. This was why Wu Teng decided not to battle.

“Force!” Qin Wentian could still control a trace of his perception and sensed the presence of force in the surroundings. At the same time, he also unleashed his true intent.

The sound waves came in waves, Qin Wentian lifted his palms and directly blasted them apart. After which, terrifying ice lances rained down upon him like a waterfall designed for killing. Qin Wentian brandished his ancient halberd as the demonic qi radiating from him surged, completely breaking apart the waterfall of ice.

Fan Miaoyu had a thunderstruck expression on her face, her true intent of Sound actually had no way to completely block Qin Wentian’s perception. He used his absolute control of Force to sense where her attacks would come from. What a terrifying judgement he had!

However, there was a still a look of confidence in Fan Miaoyu’s eyes, this was the confidence in her own strength. Under such circumstances, even though Qin Wentian could still put up a struggle, he was after all just akin to a blind man. She was already in an undefeatable position. Right now, he could defend against ordinary attacks of hers that used her true intent. But what would happen if she used her innate techniques that were infused with her true intent? How long could Qin Wentian hold out for?

As she thought of this, Fan Miaoyu’s silhouette flickered, disappearing completely in the mist. Qin Wentian was blind, but she wasn’t. Her perception was as clear as ever, and she could sense everything that happened in the mist she created.

The runic light in her palms towered up the sky, Fan Miaoyu instantly rushed into the mist as a freezing cold permeated the atmosphere, even causing the spectators to shiver. She witnessed Qin Wentian’s body being frozen solid, the runic light glowing in her palm transformed into an ice lance that erupted outwards with explosive might, like a gigantic glacier.

BANG!

Qin Wentian’s body was directly struck by it, the ice lance buried itself deep within Qin Wentian’s body. Fresh blood splattered as Qin Wentian opened his eyes, staring at her as an expression of rancor flickered within them. This scene caused Fan Miaoyu to be dumbstruck. Qin Wentian was killed so easily by her?

“This is impossible right?” Fan Miaoyu didn’t even dare to believe that this was true. She had no killing intent towards Qin Wentian. Although she was slightly jealous of his talent, that reason wasn’t strong enough for her to want his life.

However the scene before her was so clear. Qin Wentian had truly fallen.

“Is this the true intent of Dreams?” Fan Miaoyu’s countenance changed as she explosively retreated. However, she swiftly discovered that behind her, two incarnations of Qin Wentian had appeared, eyeing her like a tiger eyeing its prey.

Waving her palms, sound waves blasted out. The discordant sounds forming a cacophony in the air, slaying the two incarnations instantaneously. Blood flooded the ground, everything seemed so real.

“Dreamforce.” Fan Miaoyu’s countenance turned incredibly unsightly, she had never imagined that the true intent of Dreams would be like this. However today, she had experienced it, dreams were also in reality. Only maybe after Qin Wentian retracted his dreamforce would she awaken. Those incarnations of Qin Wentian she killed had already disappeared. She was now in a dreamscape Qin Wentian had created, her perception of reality was blurred.

Fan Miaoyu continued retreating. Countless incarnations of Qin Wentian unceasingly appeared, but they were all killed by her. After she retreated for a long period of time, she discovered that all those Qin Wentians she killed appeared once again and were moving in her direction.

This scene caused Fan Miaoyu to stand there stunned. The true intent of Dreams was much more fearsome than what she expected. Qin Wentian was the ruler of this reality. Unless she could shatter his dream, she was doomed to remain stuck in here.

A struggle flashed in Fan Miaoyu’s eyes. A moment later, she stated, “You’ve won.”

As the sound of her voice faded, those incarnations of Qin Wentian all vanished. At this instant, Fan Miaoyu discovered that although she was sure she had retreated a very far distance, she was actually still standing at her original spot. This meant that right from the very start, she had already been drawn into Qin Wentian’s dreamscape.

Fan Miaoyu felt her entire body perspiring cold sweat as she shuddered involuntarily. The true intent of Dreams could even influence her perception? She thought she had moved, yet she remained motionless. She realized to her shock that she wasn’t merely in Qin Wentian’s dreamscape, she was in a dream of her own as well.

The dreamforce in the air dissipated into the wind. Fan Miaoyu understood at that moment where Qin Wentian’s confidence came from. He possessed an extremely rare true intent. What a terrifying experience.

Fan Miaoyu also understood why she couldn’t break free of the dream. Because she didn’t even know when she entered the dream, how could she break free? Thinking that she was moving, but yet, in reality, she was not. Unless somebody attacked her and agitated her nerves and subconsciousness, there was no way she could awaken with her own will without an external stimulus.

“I’ve lost, you are right. The era is already changing, and you are already the brand new era. I hope you can last as long as possible, until you become a legend.” Fan Miaoyu swiftly adjusted her mood from being defeated as she smiled at Qin Wentian.

“You are very strong as well. If I were proficient in some other true intent, it would truly be very difficult to defeat you,” Qin Wentian seriously stated. Fan Miaoyu’s true intents complemented each other perfectly, robbing others of their senses.

The two of them conversed like friends, yet the hearts of the spectators below the platform were all rumbling with great shock. Qin Wentian actually won, he became the sole victor today.

Even such a powerful opponent like Wu Teng had to concede in the face of Fan Miaoyu, yet Qin Wentian could actually force Fan Miaoyu to concede.

As one of the era-suppressing geniuses, Fan Miaoyu had a cultivation base at the ninth level of Heavenly Dipper, as well as having comprehended two true intents. Yet such a character also failed to best Qin Wentian? In the Heavenly Dipper Realm, there are truly too few characters left that could be a match for Qin Wentian.

“You don’t need to be so humble. After all your cultivation base is only at the seventh level of Heavenly Dipper. When you break through to the ninth level, how terrifying will you be? By that time I believe you will have already comprehended four kinds of true intents. With those, in addition to your innate techniques and various powerful methods, I believe that you would even be able to jump an entire realm and fight against a Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants.”

After Fan Miaoyu spoke, the screen of light parted. The two of them exchanged smiles and stepped out.

“I’ve lost. Maybe there’s still a distance between his current abilities to the so-called title of ‘Unrivalled in Heavenly Dipper.’ ” But I believe that the title would belong to him sooner or later,” Fan Miaoyu laughed as she spoke to the crowd. There would only be a single person who could truly have the title of being unrivalled in the Heavenly Dipper Realm. It wasn’t realistic to assume that Qin Wentian had the capability right now to assume this title, there were still other opponents out there who had comprehended four kinds of intent. For those characters, there was no way for Qin Wentian to defeat them right now. But he would definitely be able to do so in the future.

After speaking, Fan Miaoyu departed. The gazes of the other spectators all landed on Qin Wentian. Who would have thought that Qin Wentian, who only had a cultivation base at the seventh level of Heavenly Dipper, would be the sole victor of the grand battle?

And just like what Fan Miaoyu has said, the era really was changing.

Staring at that magnificent figure, many were looking forward to his future. There were people who were anticipating it, there were those who were happy, yet there were naturally those who wanted nothing more than for Qin Wentian to die.

For example, those from Grand Shang, from the supreme Di Clan, from the Violet Thunder Sect. They all hoped that Qin Wentian would die on the Sacred Battle Platform, yet the reality was that the experts they sent up were the one who died instead.

Not only did Qin Wentian not die, he became even stronger and grew more dazzling than before.

“Qin Wentian. Yet another amazing character is born in the Battle Sword Sect,” the spectators mused. Through these few years, first there was Lin Shuai who shook the world with his name, and after that, there was Ji Feixue of the eight era-suppressing geniuses. Right now, there was another, Qin Wentian. What a terrifying sect the Battle Sword Sect was.

At this moment, a powerful aura suddenly gushed forth. The spectators soon discovered there was a man standing right in the air, above everyone’s heads. This person seemed incomparably solemn. Both his eyes were like lightning, and a fearsome strength could be felt exuding from him.

His gaze swept past the crowd, akin to sharp swords that could pierce the hearts of people. He then glanced at Qin Wentian as he spoke, “The Nine Great Sects, heed my command. Summon the Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns with the strongest combat prowess in your sects, and have them gathered at the Royal Sacred Sect three days from now. Also for the other major powers, if you have any outstanding disciples, you can send them along as well.”

The tone of this person was beyond imposing, even when he was speaking to the Nine Great Sects. Comparatively, he was much more relaxed when speaking to the other major powers in the Royal Sacred Region. After all, the Nine Great Sects were factions under the Royal Sacred Sect. But even considering this, the status of this speaker was definitely extraordinary and was sufficient to shock the hearts of the crowd!

Chapter 630: The Purpose of the Royal Sacred Sect

This person was an expert from the Core Faction of the Royal Sacred Sect. Those from this Faction were the true controllers of the Royal Sacred Sect and only people from this faction could command the Nine Great Sects, hence the tone of his voice used.

However, the spectators were all taken aback. This battle on the Sacred Battle Platform shocked the entire Royal Sacred Region, and there were several reclusive sects and ancient clans all gathered here. Why did the Royal Sacred Sect choose to make such an announcement in a place where the vast majority of geniuses was gathered?

With regards to the absolute hegemon of the Royal Sacred Region, the common populace didn’t really understand it. After several geniuses of the Royal Sacred Region entered the Royal Sacred Sect, the things they did within were essentially unknown to the others. Now, they were thinking what sort of achievements Qin Wentian would have if he entered the Royal Sacred Sect.

Not only that, for those truly powerful characters within the Royal Sacred Sect, how powerful were they exactly?

If Qin Wentian, this Heaven Chosen who exuded unmatched magnificence, were to be compared to the core disciples of the Royal Sacred Sect that had been specially nurtured, who would be more outstanding?

This question was something they would likely never know. After entering the Royal Sacred Sect, those characters would only be within the sect, and no longer show their faces by combating on a public stage.

The Battle Sword Sect, as well as the other great sects, also had their suspicions. Why would the Royal Sacred Sect suddenly summon such a large number of geniuses?

Amongst the crowd from the Battle Sword Sect, there were two Sword Sovereigns who had arrived. They were the Flame Mountain Sword Sovereign, as well as the Desolate Mountain Sword Sovereign. The two of them sat on the same row, yet there was a middle-aged expert sitting right between them. When this middle-aged expert heard the words of the Royal Sacred Sect’s representative, his expression turned incredibly solemn as his brows twitched. An expression of unhappiness could be seen flickering in his eyes and both Sword Sovereigns were staring at him. It appeared as though they were conversing via voice transmissions.

“May we inquire what is this about?” an expert from an ancient sect asked.

“You don’t need to ask too many details now. Make your own decision whether to send your geniuses or not,” the representative stated emotionlessly, as though he didn’t really care about the other major powers that were not of the nine great sects at all. This made the others from major powers all gain an expression of contemplation on their faces.

“Three days later, we will bring our disciples there,” an expert from the Violet Thunder Sect spoke. After which, the others of the nine great sects all mirrored his attitude and expressed that they would head over to the Royal Sacred Sect in three days time.

“The Royal Sacred Sect is summoning so many geniuses, it shouldn’t be a bad thing,” the major powers all speculated, as decisiveness filled their hearts.

“Fine, three days later I will wait for all of you outside the Royal Sacred Sect,” the representative spoke again. After which, his silhouette flickered as he soared through the air and vanished.

“Is there anyone who still wishes to step on the Sacred Battle Platform?” the administrator of the Sacred Battle Platform suddenly spoke.

No one replied. For the battle today, Qin Wentian had swept through all the Heaven Chosen who participated. Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng both similarly exuded extraordinary brilliance. If one really wanted to challenge any of the three of them, they would have to have comprehended at least two true intents. For these kind of characters, it would be extremely rare as the majority of them would have already chosen to break through to Celestial Phenomenon.

“Junior brother Qin!” At this moment, Lin Shuai suddenly called out. Qin Wentian turned his gaze in that direction as Lin Shuai nodded his head, beckoning him to come over. After arriving beside Lin Shuai, he only saw Lin Shuai shifting his gaze to the character between the two Sword Sovereigns as he stated solemnly, “Junior brother Qin, this man is our master-uncle, the junior apprentice brother of the ancestor of our Battle Sword Sect. He is the representative of the Battle Sword Faction of the Royal Sacred Sect and wishes to invite you to take a look around the Royal Sacred Sect. Are you interested?”

Qin Wentian stared at the middle-aged man as he bowed, “I shall naturally listen to the wishes of senior.”

After this matter, he was simply too dazzling with too many pairs of eyes all riveted on him. There were also quite a few people who wanted to kill him, and although his strength had almost reached the peak, he was still insufficient to challenge any of the great sects. Right now, this senior was inviting him so as to protect him, why would he reject the Battle Sword Sect’s kind intentions?

“In that case, let’s move out.,” the middle-aged man nodded and smiled at Qin Wentian. Today he finally met Qin Wentian and indeed this young man before him was just as rumored, exuding unmatched magnificence throughout his generation. He was truly a good seedling and in the future; he would definitely be one of the characters at the peak of the Royal Sacred Region.

“Mhm, can I bring my friends along as well?” Qin Wentian inquired.

“Naturally.” The middle-aged man nodded his head. He then smiled when he looked in Mo Qingcheng’s direction. These two juniors were truly a compatible match.

Qin Wentian slowly walked to the side of Mo Qingcheng. The two of them locked their gazes and shared a smile. Qin Wentian then held her hand only to find that Mo Qingcheng’s hands were icy cold. Traces of guilt filled his heart – he had made her worry again. In actuality, the grand battle on the Sacred Battle Platform was extremely dangerous. If it wasn’t for him having that sudden spark of insight, how could it be so easy for him to kill Di Shi and Liu Lan?

Qin Wentian then started, he saw a figure in the crowd that silently turned, preparing to depart. He involuntarily called out, “Qing`er!”

That figure halted, before slowly turning back as she saw Qin Wentian holding Mo Qingcheng’s hand, moving towards her direction.

“What’s wrong?” Qin Wentian asked.

“I will return to the Battle Sword Sect first,” Qing`er hugged Little Rascal in her arms and spoke in a low voice.

Qin Wentian stared at Qinger, feeling pain in his heart. He also didn’t know where this feeling came from. When he saw Qinger back then, she told him that he no longer needed her. At that time, he thought that she would leave, disappearing forever. For some reason, an incomparable sorrow weighed down in his heart. It was only when Qinger informed him of her decision not to leave that he finally felt better. After that, Qinger came with him to the Sacred Battle Platform. But now, she actually said she wanted to leave?

However right now, Qin Wentian was holding onto Mo Qingcheng’s hand and he didn’t know how to stop her.

“I’m leaving,” Qing`er softly stated as she turned away once more.

“Qinger~" At this moment, a gentle and melodious voice drifted over. Qinger once again stopped her steps, as she turned and stared at Mo Qingcheng. She only saw Mo Qingcheng walking up and smiling sweetly at her. “Qing`er, why don’t we go together? I have no companion, can you accompany me…?”

A startled expression flashed through Qinger’s emotionless eyes. She stared at Mo Qingcheng, only to see a smile flickering in her eyes. Qinger didn’t know how to reject her and after a moment, she found herself replying, “Okay…”

“Thank you, Qinger." Mo Qingcheng took a step forward, her eyes filled with gratitude. She knew everything Qinger had done for Qin Wentian. Things that she never had a chance to do.

Both of them were women. Maybe Mo Qingcheng’s understanding of Qing`er was deeper even when compared to Qin Wentian’s.

The originally ice-cold Qing`er was actually in a panic now. Right now, there was some intent to dodge in her eyes, containing traces of confusion.

“Two celestial beauties…” Little Rascal returned to his original form and whined in a baby voice. It stretched out its paw, swiping down Qing`er’s veil and at this moment, everyone in the surroundings were all stunned by her beauty. Only then did they understand why that little demon said that there were two celestial beauties. What an apt description.

Mo Qingcheng alone was already incomparably gorgeous. And this woman who wore the veil, her beauty was an otherworldly one, comparable to fairies. Her ice-cold demeanor was akin to the purest snow lotus, pure and untainted.

“How beautiful,” many sighed in their hearts. Yet another beauty on the same level as Mo Qingcheng and Lin Xianer. Even Lin Xianer was stunned as an astonished expression flashed across her face. After which, a light smile flickered in her eyes. This fellow was truly awesome, beyond her expectations.

However right now, the ones who were shocked the most was undoubtedly Wang Yunfei, Shen Jing, Rong Yan, Moon, and the others. For Shen Jing and Rong Yan, they treated the veiled woman just like how they treated Qin Wentian, kicking both of them away and sending them to Moon. They had never even looked straight at Qin Wentian as well as this woman, yet the beauty of this woman was so radiant that even if Shen jing were to stand beside her, Shen Jing’s beauty would dim and lose all its luster.

Qinger smacked down, aiming for Little Rascal’s head while coldly staring at it. That little puppy let out whimpering noises. After this Qin Wentian, Mo Qingcheng, and Qinger walked back to those from the Battle Sword Sect as all of them soared into the air and departed.

“He left…” Fan Miaoyu, Wu Teng, as well as the experts from the other major powers stared at the departing back of Qin Wentian, feeling a myriad of emotions in their hearts.

…

The Royal Sacred Sect, the hegemony of this era. The vast palaces were so tall that it seemed their peaks could touch the sky.

At the entrance of the sect, countless bodies clad in armor stood around. The experts here were as common as clouds. Protecting the Royal Sacred Sect.

Inside here, there was a cloudheaven ladder that was over hundred feet tall. Slowly walking up, one could reach the interior of the Royal Sacred Sect. Qin Wentian and the others ascended up it before moving in a certain direction, entering another vast palace. This was none other than the palace occupied by the Battle Sword Faction.

“Wentian, come with me,” that senior from the Battle Sword Sect smiled at Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian nodded, he brought Mo Qingcheng and Qing`er together as he followed after. Not long later, they came to a certain location. He only saw there was an old man standing with his hands folded behind his back who was currently staring at him with a playful expression in his eyes. That shameless smile brought back memories of a time long ago.

“Eh…” Qin Wentian and Qinger both stood there stunned. They had actually seen this old man before. Back then when they encountered danger in the Xuan King City and were pursued by the various major powers into the mountains, they met a strange old man there that wanted to accept Qin Wentian and Qinger as his disciples. But eventually, he was rejected by them.

“Little bastard, you still can’t escape from my palms, muahaha.” The old man stared at Qin Wentian, laughing shamelessly with his hands behind his back.

“You undying old fart. Don’t tell me you are the ancestor of the Battle Sword Sect?” Qin Wentian cursed in a low voice. He suddenly understood many things. Back then, why did his senior brother Lin Shuai appear in Xuan King City, and why was there a rumor stating that the upper echelons of the Battle Sword Sect started the whole disciple recruitment event with the location designated at Xuan King City? Looking at this old man now, how could Qin Wentian still not understand?

The others in the surroundings all perspired madly, badly shocked by Qin Wentian’s words. Their esteemed, lofty ancestor was actually called an undying old fart by a junior…

The old man also stood there stunned. He blew air through his beard and glared at Qin Wentian, “Hmm, you have guts indeed.”

“Old fart, just tell me what’s the purpose of the Royal Sacred Sect this time around.” Qin Wentian didn’t give him any face at all. At the very end, he discovered that him entering the Battle Sword Sect was part of the plan machinated by this old fart. How could he still be civil with his words?

“Hu…” The old man glared at Qin Wentian, his eyes widening as he scolded in a low voice, “Consider yourself ruthless. Little brat, the reason why the Royal Sacred Sect is summoning so many geniuses of the other powers is because there’s an immortal palace and it needs you all to explore it. It’s extremely dangerous to enter this immortal palace. The Royal Sacred Sect has probed it for many years, but they still hadn’t discovered many of its secrets. This time, they are planning to gather all the terrifying characters of the Heavenly Dipper Realm and send them in to investigate. You must be careful not to let yourself be buried within it, and must absolutely not underestimate the strength of these people. Some of these were Heaven Chosen nurtured from the Core Faction of the Royal Sacred Sect. There are many people at the Heavenly Dipper Realm still stronger compared to you.”

“Immortal palace?” Qin Wentian’s eyes flashed sharply.

“Yes, an immortal palace. The Vermillion Bird Immortal Palace. This should be something left behind by an extremely terrifying character. Even the sect leader of the Royal Sacred Sect, an immortal, has no way to forcibly barge into it. You can very well imagine how powerful the master of the immortal palace was back in the past.” As the sound of the old man faded, Qin Wentian’s heart violently pounded.

The Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace!

Chapter 631: Rejection of Invitation

The Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace, how could Qin Wentian forget it?

His other true-self, Di Tian, had obtained the inheritance from the founding emperor of Grand Xia when in the Royal Tomb. The Xia Emperor passed him a key, and that key had always been in Di Tian’s possession since then.

How ancient was the founding emperor of Grand Xia, the Xia Emperor? Back then he barged into the immortal palace, one could only venture a guess as to how ancient that immortal palace already was back then. He still remembered that the Xia Emperor told Di Tian that the Great Dream Immortal Art, along with several other treasures, was obtained from that place. The Xia Emperor didn’t really venture into the core of that immortal palace, and his level of strength back then wasn’t sufficient to fully grasp the secrets of that place. He was only someone who took a risk, and that risk eventually allowed him to build an entire empire.

This was the reason why the Grand Xia Empire had the Vermilion Bird as its totem beast.

Right now, Qin Wentian actually learnt that the reason why the Royal Sacred Sect was summoning so many Heaven Chosen from all the major powers of the Royal Sacred Region was because they wanted to explore the Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace. How could he not be surprised?

“Seems like it’s about time for Di Tian to exit the Royal Tomb of Grand Xia.” Qin Wentian’s eyes flashed with sharpness. Since he was about to venture into the Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace, he would naturally need the key in Di Tian’s hand. Although he still didn’t know how to use the key, it was always better to be prepared. That key, not even the Royal Sacred Sect might have a similar one.

“Hm, you have a plan?” the old ancestor smiled as he noticed the light sparkling in Qin Wentian’s eyes.

“Will the Royal Sacred Sect use us as mere cannon fodder?” Qin Wentian asked.

“I don’t know about that, but I wouldn’t exclude that possibility.” A similar bright glow flashed in the eyes of the old man. The Core Faction was the faction in control of the Royal Sacred Sect and among them there were some extremely terrifying characters in the Heavenly Dipper Realm. As to what the Royal Sacred Sect really wanted to do, those not of the Core Faction could only speculate.

Upon hearing the words of the old man, Qin Wentian understood that the old man was reminding him. As to whether or not one would be a cannon fodder, that ultimately depended on one’s strength.

“Are these two your little girlfriends?” The old man stared at Mo Qingcheng and Qing`er as a sneaky smile appeared on his face. For some reason, even that smile looked quite shameless when on the face of this old man.

Mo Qingcheng and Qing`er’s gaze landed on Qin Wentian at the same time. Qin Wentian silently cursed this old man for being a bastard and after which, he only heard Little Rascal speaking in a baby voice, “That’s right!”

BANG!

Qinger aimed another slap over, Little Rascal was directly smashed into the crowd as whimpering sounds echoed out. It stared at Qinger with an aggrieved expression as it spoke, “You bully me! Wentian, in the future after you marry her, you have to help me bully her back!”

Qin Wentian’s face was completely filled with black lines, and as he saw Qing`er’s cold gaze turning in his direction, he couldn’t help but to shiver while silently cursing Little Rascal in his heart. When he returned, he would definitely teach Little Rascal a lesson it would never forget.

“Hey hey, are you interested in becoming my disciple?” The old man asked as he stared at Qing`er.

“Nope,” Qing`er icily replied, causing a stunned look to appear on the face of the old man. When he saw how the other members of the Battle Sword Sect gazed at him, his heart exploded in sweat. All his face today was completely thrown away by these two little dolls in front of him.

“This lord is only joking around with you. Yup, just joking around,” the old man stated with a straight face after coughing a couple times “Okay go, just go. With your little bits of talent, I can’t even be bothered to provide guidance to you all.”

“Okay,” Qin Wentian wasn’t polite, he instantly turned and departed. The others stared at him as a look of comprehension filled their eyes.

“WHY ARE THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU STILL NOT SCRAMMING YET?!” The old man violently cursed, and a moment later, everyone ran away with their tails between their legs. Such speed was truly admirable….

…

The period of three days flowed by very quickly. There were many peak-tier Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns who arrived at the Royal Sacred Sect. There were young cultivators among these groups of sovereigns, and there were also middle-aged cultivators over a hundred years old. They came from the various major powers and were now all gathered here.

Although the vast majority of the major powers had no idea what the Royal Sacred Sect was planning, they didn’t wish to miss an opportunity. It was extremely rare for the Royal Sacred Sect to issue such a command, and since they wanted to gather so many experts, there must be a very important event coming up.

After entering the gates of the Royal Sacred Sect, climbing the over a hundred feet ladder, and passing by the various palaces of the Factions within, the experts from the major powers gathered at an extremely vast training field.

Qin Wentian also arrived, and as his perception swept out, he actually felt a faint sense of pressure. All these characters that came here, although they might not be as famous as an era-suppressing genius, the auras they exuded were all at the peak of Heavenly Dipper. Evidently, these people had all comprehended at least one kind of true intent.

And among the crowd, Qin Wentian also saw Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng.

“Qin Wentian, you came too.” Wu Teng and Fan Miaoyu smiled when they noticed Qin Wentian walking over. Although they were opponents on the Sacred Battle Platform, they were all extremely impressed by each other. Especially towards Qin Wentian, such an opponent was truly worthy of respect.

“Mhm,” Qin Wentian nodded and smiled in response.

The gazes of several people turned in this direction, looking at Qin Wentian. Soon, there were even whispers as they started discussing him.

Recently, Qin Wentian’s name shook the world again. In fact, in these few months, there were no other characters in the Heavenly Dipper Realm who were as famous as him in the Royal Sacred Region.

Top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm; the killing of the crown prince of Grand Shang; causing of death of one of the elders of the Royal Sacred Sect; and three days ago, he fought a grand battle against heroes of the younger generation, killing Di Shi of the supreme Di Clan and eventually, becoming the sole victor.

However, the eyes of many in the crowd was filled with cold intent. An example were those Heaven Chosen from Grand Shang Empire as well as the Violet Thunder Sect, they were all filled with maliciousness towards him.

Other than this, because Qin Wentian indirectly caused the death of a Royal Sacred Sect Elder, there were many disciples of the Royal Sacred Sect who didn’t really like Qin Wentian.

“Qin Wentian.” At this moment a voice drifted over. Qin Wentian shifted his gaze in the direction and realized that it was none other than that imposing figure who had appeared at the Sacred Battle Platform three days ago. He spoke to Qin Wentian, “Come with me.”

After speaking, he turned and soared away. Qin Wentian walked out of the crowd and followed the person. After soaring away for some time, that person halted and turned to face Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian asked, “Senior, what can I do for you?”

“I’m someone from the Core Faction of the Royal Sacred Sect. I’m sure that you already know this faction is the true controller of the Royal Sacred Sect. I wish to extend an invitation for you to join our Core Faction,” That person spoke to Qin Wentian, formerly issuing an invitation to him.

Before this, they had already invited Hua Taixu. They didn’t act to invite Qin Wentian then because they were in consideration of the feelings of the Grand Shang Faction. But after Qin Wentian’s extraordinary performance on the Sacred Battle Platform, they decided to formally invite Qin Wentian.

“Senior, as for joining the Royal Sacred Sect, isn’t it the same if I continue cultivating with the seniors of the Battle Sword Sect since they are a faction of the Royal Sacred Sect as well?” Qin Wentian probed. Although he knew he was tricked by the ancestor of the Battle Sword Sect, he was still grateful in his heart. Now that there was an invitation for him to join the Core Faction, he naturally had to understand things more clearly.

“Not the same.” That person shook his head. “If you joined us, you will belong to the Core Faction. And even though this matter might cause those from the Grand Shang Faction to be unhappy, you can just ignore them. We will settle them for you, concluding the matter once and for all. In addition to that, if you choose to join us, you will also enjoy an advantage with regards to this trip to the Immortal Palace.”

That person leaked some info, yet he didn’t make things completely clear. Even so, they were willing to not pursue and settle the grudge formed because of the death of the elder from the Grand Shang Faction back then. From this, one could see how important they considered Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian also naturally understood this point.

However, wanting him to join the Core Faction? Qin Wentian couldn’t help but feel disloyal if he joined them. Although the Battle Sword Sect was part of the Royal Sacred Sect, there were still differences, after all. If he, who originated from the Battle Sword Sect, joined the Core Faction like this instead of staying with the Battle Sword Faction, how could he face himself?

“Senior, junior wishes to have more time to carefully consider this,” Qin Wentian replied, rejecting the invitation in a covert manner.

That person started, but recovered immediately as he continued, “We will move out soon. Think carefully before confirming your decision. This is an extremely important matter.”

Qin Wentian muttered to himself. Eventually he inclined his head and stared at the other party, “My apologies, at least as of now, I still wish to remain in the Battle Sword Sect.”

Such a reply evidently caused the man to be taken aback. An expression of astonishment flashed on his face before he nodded his head, “Sure, you can go back then.”

“Junior takes his leave then.” Qin Wentian couldn’t tell if the other party was happy or angry. The eyes of that person were calm with no fluctuations within. He was certainly a character that was even more terrifying compared to that elder from the Royal Sacred Sect in the past.

Qin Wentian walked towards the crowd as many pair of eyes turned to him. He heard one person whispering, “This man is none other than Qin Wentian, the top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm and people even claim that he is unrivalled in the Heavenly Dipper Realm.”

“Unrivalled in Heavenly Dipper?” One of the females from the Royal Sacred Sect glanced at Qin Wentian as she emotionlessly continued, “These people not from our sect simply doesn’t know how vast the earth is and how high the heavens are. Do they really understand what the so-called ‘unrivalled in Heavenly Dipper’ means? What a joke.”

“That’s right. Even if he is the top ranker of the Immortal Martial Realm, that’s only because we didn’t participate,” another person added in a low voice.

Although the voices of these people were low, but since they didn’t intentionally mask their words Qin Wentian naturally heard them. There was disdain and suspicion in their eyes when they glanced at Qin Wentian. Naturally, there were also those whose eyes gleamed with interest.

Chapter 632: Immortal Palace

As the hegemony of the Royal Sacred Region, the geniuses within the Royal Sacred Sect hailed from all over the world. The ones present here today were all Heaven Chosen.

This time, the selection was only those at the supreme-tier of Heavenly Dipper, all of them were experts that had comprehended a true intent, with extremely strong combat prowess. Although they rarely showed themselves in the outside world after joining the Royal Sacred Sect, who dared say that these geniuses were weak? Any one of them would be able to shake the world if they appeared outside. Although they weren’t as dazzling as the eight era-suppressing geniuses, they were not too far away in comparison.

Considering that, and the fact that right now a young external Heaven Chosen whose name was renowned in the entire Royal Sacred Region appeared in front of them, and there was even an elder who died because of him, how could any of these geniuses from the Royal Sacred Sect be on friendly terms with Qin Wentian? Would they even feel that they were inferior compared to him?

Qin Wentian swept a glance at the crowd, his countenance as calm as ever as he walked past them. These Heaven Chosen all belonged to different camps, they must be people from the various major powers.

“Qin Wentian.” At this moment a voice rang out as Qin Wentian halted his steps. Turning towards the direction of the voice, he discovered that the speaker was a female with a tall and willowy figure, both her legs were slim and sleek, giving a sense of strength and flexibility. Her beautiful eyes regarded Qin Wentian as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. Her eyes sparkled with a smile as she spoke, “I have heard that you are very powerful, actually comprehending two true intents on the Battle Sacred Platform, defeating ninth-level Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns with a cultivation base at the seventh level.”

Qin Wentian calmly regarded the woman, he didn’t bother replying.

The smile in her eyes was replaced by a teasing look, “Maybe you are really very powerful, but those ninth-level Heaven Chosen you defeated cannot even be called Heaven Chosen from my perspective, let alone being termed as an era-suppressing genius. Utterly laughable. Over here, there are many from my Royal Sacred Sect. Out of my apprentice brothers and sisters, there are several who have already comprehended two true intents, or three, or even four. If you fight against them, what do you think your chances of victory would be?

“Not even 10%. You will lose for sure.” A cold smile hung on the face of the woman as she answered her own question. Qin Wentian’s brows furrowed slightly. Fan Miaoyu was among the crowd, and the words this woman spoke were not only a provocation to him, they were also a humiliation to Fan Miaoyu.

Qin Wentian remained silent. He noticed that there were around four to five others around the woman. And the eyes which they used to stare at Qin Wentian with were all incomparably cold. Among this group of people, there were a few who exuded auras of high arrogance. They were undoubtedly nobility from the Royal Shang Clan, experts from the Grand Shang Faction of the Royal Sacred Sect. The elder who died back then was their senior.

Just from the aura exuded from these people, Qin Wentian could already surmise this point.

“So?” Qin Wentian finally spoke, in an icy manner.

“Retract your arrogant gaze. In here, there are many whom you have to look up to.” The woman’s eyes got even colder when she heard Qin Wentian’s response. A faint killing intent also emanated forth from her.

“Your cultivation base now is at the ninth level of Heavenly Dipper, not bad at all. How many true intents have you comprehended?” Qin Wentian casually asked. A look of puzzlement flashed on the woman’s face before she proudly replied, “Three kinds.”

“Wow.” Qin Wentian nodded his head and asked again, “Then in that case when you were at the seventh level of Heavenly Dipper, how many true intents did you comprehend?”

The eyes of the woman instantly stiffened, as she suddenly understood Qin Wentian’s meaning. She coldly laughed, “Comprehension of a true intent depends on luck and circumstances. It doesn’t mean that one would be more powerful even if they comprehended a true intent earlier.”

“Oh, I see.” Qin Wentian nodded. After speaking he continued forward as a languid-sounding voice echoed out in the air. “Back when your cultivation was at the same level as me, maybe I would only need a single slap to kill you. If that’s the case, would you have said what you said to me just now? It doesn’t mean that one would be more powerful even if they comprehended a true intent earlier?”

After which, Qin Wentian shook his head as though feeling sorry for her idiocy. After she heard that, a murderous look flashed in the woman’s eyes as she glared hatefully at Qin Wentian.

“Senior sister, he’s only a small time character, why allow his words to bother you?” A young man standing at the side gently smiled. Although his words were far from a consolation, the woman still nodded her head. But still, her cold gaze was still riveted on Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian walked to the side of Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng, nodding his head to them as he asked, “Do you all want to form an alliance? I have two more seniors from the Battle Sword Faction over there.”

After speaking, Qin Wentian pointed to a random direction where his two senior apprentice brothers were.

“Sure,” Fan Miaoyu smiled and nodded. Wu Teng naturally had no objections as well. They all could tell that the people here were all in their own small groups, based on their sects and clans. The Core Faction was one group; the nine great sects were nine other groups; the two empires were also two other groups respectively. The Core Faction was the core of the Royal Sacred Sect, acting as the leader while the other groups would compete against each other, survival of the fittest.

At this moment, several people walked over. There were seven people in that group and they were following the person who offered an invitation to Qin Wentian to join the Core Faction earlier.

These seven all gave Qin Wentian an extraordinary feeling. Their cultivation bases were all either at the eighth or ninth level of Heavenly Dipper and they radiated with vitality, yet kept their auras retracted. Their expressions were as calm as water, but occasionally there would flicker of a light that could stir the souls of others.

“Hua Taixu.” Qin Wentian saw a familiar figure amongst the seven. It was none other than Hua Taixu, who was also invited to join the Core Faction. In the Immortal Martial Realm, he, Hua Taixu, and Gu Liufeng were the only three that completed the path of monuments, all of them had a great harvest. After which, Hua Taixu chose to join the Royal Sacred Sect and evidently, he should have already comprehended a true intent or he wouldn’t have appeared here today.

“The Royal Sacred Sect issued a summons to all of you talented geniuses of our Royal Sacred Region because we want to bring you to a very unique place. This place is exceptionally dangerous, but there is plenty of great fortune and opportunities within it. From now onwards, all of you are to obey the commands of Xia Sheng. These seven will guide you all on what to do. Understood?” That imposing figure who invited Qin Wentian earlier spoke to everyone, his words causing Qin Wentian to think back to what that man had told him before.

Of course, the things he told the others now was different. For those from the Core Faction, they could command the others. This indicated to Qin Wentian that if they obtained any benefits after entering the Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace, everything would benefit these seven first. If he had agreed to join the Core Faction earlier, he too would be one of the leaders, enjoying preferential treatment.

However, the geniuses that gathered here are all exceedingly arrogant figures. It wasn’t going to be so easy to command them unless these seven were all extremely powerful individuals. Especially for the Xia Sheng whose name was mentioned earlier, he should be one of those monstrous existences in the Heavenly Dipper Realm that had already comprehended a total of four kinds of true intent.

“He is Xia Sheng!” At this moment Fan Miaoyu by the side of Qin Wentian exclaimed.

Qin Wentian glanced at her as he transmitted his voice back, “You know of him?”

“Naturally. Back then Xia Sheng was extremely famous in the Royal Sacred Region, he made his name earlier compared to Gu Liufeng. Now the people don’t know of him because he joined the Royal Sacred Sect very early on, and remained within for his cultivation. Who would have thought that he still hasn’t broken through to Celestial Phenomenon yet In other words, since he has chosen to remain at the Heavenly Dipper Realm to consolidate his foundation, this means that his strength now must certainly be at a unfathomably monstrous level,” Fan Miaoyu replied.

Qin Wentian nodded his head in agreement. It was evident that Xia Sheng would be very strong. If not, how could he be the leader out of these seven from the Core Faction? “Understood.”

“We will listen to the command of Senior Xia Sheng.” The experts from the various powers all spoke. They were all filled with respect for those whose talent was high enough to be in the Core Faction. And with the strength of Xia Sheng, it was only natural that he would be the leader.

“Since this is the case, all of you make sure your preparations are ready. We are moving out right now,” That expert spoke. The others all nodded as they soared into the air, leaving the Royal Sacred Sect.

Xia Sheng’s group, which consisted of the core disciples, had a total of seven. As to the other groups, some had more people in them and some had less. They totalled around a hundred, and there would be a core member which was the leader of each group. For example, the leader of the group which were made of up those from the Grand Shang Empire was a white-haired young man which gave people a strange feeling. One couldn’t tell his age, and the girl who wanted to humiliate Qin Wentian earlier was currently standing quietly by his side. Other than this, for those like Fan Miaoyu or Wu Teng, and those who had no relations with the major powers, all of them formed a group or randomly joined the groups of others.

The group that made up of those from the Battle Sword Sect had the least number of people. If Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng were discounted, there would only be three people – Qin Wentian, as well as two disciples from the Battle Sword Faction, Quinn and Siko.

Quinn had a scholarly bearing and radiated justice. His cultivation base was at the ninth level of Heavenly Dipper.

Siko’s bearing was completely different, a faint evil air exuded from him, giving off a demonic aura. The two of them walking together made it seem as though they weren’t members of the same sect. Just one glance was sufficient to tell that the personalities of these two were extremely different.

“Baim’s strength is extremely high, his cultivation base is at the ninth level and he has comprehended a total of four kinds of true intent.”

“Tu Leng is the leader of the group from the Violet Thunder Sect, his strength is similar to Baim. We have to be careful of the two of them.” Quinn wasn’t really acquainted with Qin Wentian, he only sought to remind this junior brother of his. Baim was none other than that white-haired young man, while Tu Leng was a short and muscular-looking man. He stood at the forefront of those from the Violet Thunder Sect, while others respectfully stood behind him. He was most definitely a core member of the Violet Thunder Sect.

Qin Wentian silently memorized these characters. All of these people were stronger than him. The ancestor of the Battle Sword Sect wasn’t trying to frighten him. The leaders of these groups were truly extremely terrifying characters.

They moved for a period of two days before they arrived at their destination. They were now actually at the borders of the Royal Sacred Region, in a location near the Illusion Mountain of Grand Zhou Empire. The expert from the Royal Sacred Sect that led them here halted and took out a resplendent compass-looking object to orientate himself before leading them deep into the Illusion Mountain Range in search of the Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace.

The various mountains here were akin to snakes and dragons, horizontally piling up on the earth. After some time, they entered a secret realm and when they looked up, they could see that above the misty clouds there was an incomparably vast immortal palace floating there.

Back then in the Royal Tomb of Grand Xia, Qin Wentian had already seen this place before. Now that he was here in his true-body, he discovered that he couldn’t even see the end of this immortal palace with a single glance. This seemed to be a palace that drifted over to this place from an outside world. The hearts of the crowd were all numb with shock, and they had no way to describe the majesty of this sight.

“What sort of place is this?” Fan Miaoyu’s heart was pounding. This floating palace that was so vast that it seemed to have no boundaries, it was almost inconceivable to imagine how powerful the character who had constructed it was.

Not only Fan Miaoyu, everyone present here all felt a tremor from their soul as they inclined their heads and stared at this magnificent sight.

Chapter 633: Burying Immortals?

That person of the Royal Sacred Sect who spoke to Qin Wentian earlier stood in front the crowd, pointing to the immortal palace and spoke to them, “This immortal palace has a very high probability that it was constructed by a true transcendent powerhouse. As for how powerful that senior was, I have no idea. But I can tell you all for sure that he was truly very strong, so strong that it exceeds the boundaries of your, and even my, imagination. In the palace, there’s no need to doubt that there will be many treasures such as immortal arts and immortal-ranked weapons within.

“For generations, there were too many people of my Royal Sacred Sect that have entered it. The conclusion we eventually obtained is that Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants will all definitely die if they step within the Immortal Palace. The probability of survival is the highest for people at the supreme-tier of Heavenly Dipper that have comprehended a true intent. Hence, we summoned all of you to this place. The immortal palace is extremely dangerous, and I have told everything of importance to Xia Sheng and the other six. They are the clearest regarding the situation and circumstances within the palace and hence, you all need to obey all of their orders. If Xia Sheng dies within, Zai Qiu is the second in command. The seven of them will be the core of this operation. For those who defy their orders, even if you survive and exit the palace, you will all still be executed.

The countenance of this man was incomparably solemn. But it was evident that the Royal Sacred Sect had already made ample preparations regarding this trip within the immortal palace.

The others all felt their hearts trembling upon hearing his words. There were actually immortal arts and immortal weapons within? In that case, how powerful would the master of this palace be? They had no way to imagine that at all.

Qin Wentian was also aware that this Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace spoken by the Xia Emperor was many times more dangerous and mysterious than what he had imagined. Not only that, back then when the Xia Emperor entered it via a stroke of good fortune, his cultivation was just so coincidentally also at the peak of Heavenly Dipper. He also didn’t know that Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants couldn’t enter it. If not, the Xia Emperor would have surely warned him back then.

“Okay, you all can enter now. Xia Sheng will direct this operation. And if you really discover immortal arts or immortal weapons, pass it all to us when you exit. I can vow that the Royal Sacred Sect would definitely not mistreat you all. You all are allowed to cultivate the immortal art if you find one. At the same time, try your best to uncover more secrets within and report to me when you are out,” that person spoke again.

Xia Sheng stood at the forefront of the crowd, and at this moment he turned and said, “Follow closely behind me, there’s another world within this immortal palace. Nobody knows all the secrets hidden in the palace. If you move a step wrongly, you may very well end up dying there.”

“Move out.” Xia Sheng swept his gaze on to everyone, at this instant, his eyes suddenly erupted forth with an extremely cold and imposing light that struck fear in the hearts of people.

As the sound of his voice faded, he led the way and moved towards the entrance of the immortal palace.

“Let’s go,” Quinn stated. Qin Wentian and his group moved forwards as well. The hundred over people all stepped upon the stairs towards the entrance of the immortal palace and advanced upwards step by step. Every step they took made them feel so tiny and inconsequential in the face of the palace’s majesty.

“Cloud and Loneliness, the two of you go on ahead. Watch out for the divine inscriptions, and as for the others, guard them.” After they arrived at the entrance, there was a passageway with a mist akin to celestial qi permeating the air within. Even their sense of perception was severely hampered, only able to extend a very short distance ahead of them.

“In this passage way, other than the mist, there should be other traps and formations of divine inscriptions. The level of difficulty to counter these isn’t really high. But they are all exceedingly dangerous, the instant we take a wrong step, the power packed within is sufficient to annihilate all of us.” Cloud and Loneliness were two extremely famous divine inscriptionist grandmasters that were chosen for this occasion. They explained the matters to the crowd and soon after, all of them entered the passageway. Indeed, their perception could only stretch outwards to a maximum of ten meters.

“In the Royal Tomb of Grand Xia, at the location where the Xia Emperor was buried, there was a golden pathway that didn’t allow one to advance forth to obtain the key if they couldn’t negate the divine inscriptions. Could it be that it was a preparation for this place?” Qin Wentian silently speculated. He had very high attainments in the field of divine inscriptions, he naturally could sense the divine inscription traps layered here. Indeed, these divine inscriptions could be negated using a peak-tier fourth-ranked divine inscription. It wasn’t really that difficult to resolve them.

Cloud and Loneliness were truly exceptional in terms of their attainments in divine inscriptions as well. Evidently, they were grandmasters nurtured by the Royal Sacred Sect. And although their speed of leading everyone forward was slow, they were extremely steady and stable. In this passageway, not a single mistake could be allowed to happen.

Qin Wentian was paying attention to the divine inscriptions here. In this passageway, the runic outlines of divine inscriptions here weren’t a single unit but rather, they worked together as a whole. As long as one disturbed a single one, a chain reaction would occur, and the following results would be extremely terrifying.

Finally, they took a total of three days before finally passing through the passageway of divine inscriptions with no casualties.

While on the other hand in the outside world, Di Tian had arrived.

In the mountain range of the Illusion Mountains, it was very hard for outsiders to orientate themselves. Even the experts from the Royal Sacred Sect needed that compass-treasure to do so. However, Di Tian had no need for such measures. Because since Qin Wentian was here, he could naturally sense him.

When the experts of the Royal Sacred Region standing on guard outside saw the silhouette of Di Tian, they couldn’t help but feel bewildered. A terrifying aura directly bore down on Di Tian as one of them inquired, “Who are you?”

“Junior is from the Grand Zhou Empire, I came to the Illusion Mountains hoping to risk my life to find rare treasures, eventually discovering this place by accident. I hope that elder can forgive my intrusion,” Di Tian politely replied. After which, he purposely shifted his gaze onto the floating immortal palace as an expression of awe and shock appeared on his face, as though this was the first time he saw something this majestic and magnificent.

“You wish to enter?” That expert earlier coldly laughed. If a seventh-level Heavenly Dipper Sovereign were to enter, he would die for sure.

“Such a magnificent palace, there must be countless amazing treasures within… But since this place is found by senior first, this junior dared not enter without permission,” Di Tian bowed as he replied.

“No worries, if you want to enter, just enter. But don’t blame me for not reminding you, this is an extremely dangerous place. With your cultivation level, you will die without a doubt,” that person emotionlessly stated.

Di Tian grit his teeth as an expression of a struggle flashed on his face. But still, he opened his mouth and replied, “This junior still wishes to give it a try.”

“Fine, in that case, just go in if you want to.” That expert waved his hands.

Di Tian bowed again, “Many thanks to senior.”

After speaking, Di Tian continued on his path and soared upwards, stepping into the immortal palace.

“Reckless fool.” The other experts outside remarked in disdain.

While right now, Qin Wentian and the others had already arrived at another location. This was a passageway, but there was no fog in it, nor any divine inscriptions. However, they could sense a formless energy that was unfathomably fearsome within it.

Xia Sheng stared at the others. Everyone was still present, so he then spoke, “In the next passageway you have to depend on yourself if you want to pass through it, others won’t be able to help. The streams of light in this passageway will target one’s will. You all have to be careful. Only by passing through this can we be considered to have truly entered the interior of this immortal palace.”

The others nodded as they entered the passageway one by one.

“Be careful.” Qin Wentian spoke in a low voice, Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng nodded, “You too.”

After stepping into the passageway, Qin Wentian felt a formless energy directly rushing into his mind. It felt like there was an invisible attack trying to collapse his will.

BANG, BANG!

Qin Wentian instantly paled as his heart pounded. With such a sudden rush of impact, none of them were feeling good. He felt as though his head was about to explode. Clutching his head with both his hands, an expression of extreme agony flashed on his face. Even with his will, he couldn’t help but to falter.

“What a terrifying power.” Qin Wentian’s countenance turned incredibly unsightly. He grit his teeth as he continued forwards, yet he had no way to increase his speed. It was simply too painful. Right now, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Kacha!

A violet stream of light shot into him. Qin Wentian only felt a destructive lightning energy exploding in his brain.

Chi…

Instantly, Qin Wentian coughed out fresh blood as his countenance turned as pale as paper.

“It’s actually so terrifying to such an extent. What sort of existence is the master of this Immortal Palace exactly?” Qin Wentian mused. Xia Sheng and the other six of the Core Faction walked ahead. Although they too were feeling the pain, their steps were steady. Like Qin Wentian, they came here well prepared, it was not so easy for them to waver.

“We can’t wait. If we delay here, the attacks will continue unceasingly. If we stop here, we are merely courting death,” Qin Wentian mused, as he continued advancing too, trying his best to hasten his pace. The lightning unceasingly blasted into him, generating an explosive might in his sea of consciousness, threatening to wipe away his mind.

Qin Wentian and the others were all geniuses from the Royal Sacred Region. They endured through it based on their own powerful wills and determination. However for those that lagged behind, they could no longer even see the shadows of those walking ahead. The distance between these two groups had been gradually lengthened.

“What’s this?” Qin Wentian stared at the stream of light before him, it was actually a blood-colored lightning and just the sight of it filled one’s heart with shivers.

“Hu…” Drawing in a deep breath, Qin Wentian didn’t hesitate and continued forward, coming into contact with that stream of blood-colored lightning. The glow from it enveloped his body, Qin Wentian’s sea of consciousness transformed into a sea of blood. Countless thunder blasted down from the skies, slamming into the sea, causing the waves to churn violently as the entire sea turned topsy turvy. It was simply too terrifying.

“I can’t stop here.” Qin Wentian had already endured this on the passageway for two days, his entire person was burning with fatigue. This passageway seemed to be like a bottomless pit, it was too tormenting.

Qin Wentian’s blood was thrumming, he stared at the incomparably intense light as he clenched his fist. He still had many things he needed to do, how could he be forced to stop here? Didn’t the Xia Emperor also pass this trial back then? Since he could do it, why can’t he?

As he thought of this, his will grew even firmer and he advanced forwards. This time, five days passed, but Qin Wentian could no longer sense the flow of time. The seven days felt as long as a life time, he was fighting for his life at every single second. Such a torture simply filled one with endless despair, causing them to involuntarily want to give up.

Qin Wentian was exhausted, but the light that glimmered in his eyes could still stir the souls of others.

What made people despair was that this was merely only the beginning. Qin Wentian walked another month on this passageway and at the very end when he exited, he came to a boundlessly vast world. The first thing he did was to collapse on the ground and close his eyes. Right now, he wanted nothing more than a bout of good sleep.

After a long period of time, Qin Wentian finally opened his eyes and stared at this vast world.

Ahead of him, he could see many resplendent points of light floating above the ground in this world. Each and every point of light contained a brilliance so bright that it could pierce the eyes of people looking at it.

It felt that every point of light was in the form of an object floating in the air. The light from them illuminated this entire world. Some of the points of light were swords, some were ancient text akin to an immortal book.

And below them, there were actually tombs. There were so many tombs with no gravestone or anything to indicate the name of the character buried underneath.

Qin Wentian trembled, this was a fear born from the depths of his soul. Was this boundlessly vast world a graveyard? Those points of light, they were all tombs. But such tombs, what sort of existences were buried within them?

Could it be that…this Vermilion Bird Immortal Palace, actually buried immortals?!

RUMBLE~!

From afar, a supreme transcendent might gushed out, so powerful that even the skies changed color. Qin Wentian only felt this entire space vibrating as though it was about to break apart as a thunderously explosive sound resounded through the air.

“LET ME OUT!!!”

A voice filled with bitter rage and resentment rocked the heavens and earth. After which, a number of towering auras engulfed the entire space and each of them were so powerful that it caused Qin Wentian to tremble.

“Finally, there’s people here again.”

Another bolt flashed from the blue. Not only Qin Wentian, everyone who arrived at this passageway all felt their hearts shivering. Even Xia Sheng, who knew of the circumstances within, couldn’t help but to tremble at the power of those auras!