Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 968

Chapter 968: Sacred Luminance

 

The group of them waited for Little Rascal by the side. Little Rascal was currently undergoing a transformation, as though shedding its mortal body and changing a new set of bones. Its gigantic body exuded a fearsome baleful might, causing them to sense the aura of a demon king emanating from it.

The Southern Phoenix Clan was a powerful ancient great clan in the immortal realms, they have survived for countless years and have many ancient records that recorded the information of the immortal realms from the ancient times. Hence, Nanfeng Yunxi’s horizons were broader compared to the usual geniuses.

“Maybe it has something to do with the experts of ancient times. This info isn’t something I can come into contact with, maybe only those immortal emperors would know the full details behind this.” Nanfeng Yunxi spoke in a low voice. She was a junior and although having a cultivation base at the peak of Celestial Phenomenon isn’t considered weak, she still has not yet stepped into immortality. Hence, she counted for nothing in the immortal realms, the Southern Phoenix Clan wouldn’t allow her to know of too many ancient secrets.

Qin Wentian nodded. They continued waiting for a period of time until Little Rascal finally exited the blood pool. Its entire body underwent a transformation, causing the power of its bones and flesh to grow even more terrifying. Inclining its head, it roared up at the sky, as its eyes gleamed with excitement.

“Let’s go and see what’s ahead.” Qin Wentian spoke. The group of them continued forward. The Antiquity City that lies beneath the stars was filled with innumerable secrets. There was a broken saber impaled in the ground that exuded a fearsome devilish might. Around that broken saber, a forcefield of towering saber qi could be felt. It was so powerful that it seemed it could rip apart anything in existence. Qin Wentian and his companions could only stare at it from far away. The moment they got close to it, they felt as though their bodies were about to be sliced apart. Such treasures would surely have gained sentience, they need not dream about getting near it, let alone taking it for themselves.

The humming sound emitted by the broken saber was akin to someone weeping in grief. Despite Qin Wentian and his companions walking further, they could still clearly feel the might of that devil saber.

Gurgling sounds drifted over from afar. The sound wasn’t loud but it was very pleasing to the ear. Turning their eyes over, their countenances all froze for a moment when they discovered that there was actually an astral river in the distance. The glow cascaded downwards in a liquid-like state, also resembling boundless runes that acted like the flowing water of a waterfall that cascaded downwards, washing through this world. However, when the light touched the ground, it actually vanished into nothingness.

“Is that an astral river?” Zi Qingxuan felt her heart trembling. They headed to its direction. Nanfeng Yunxi stared at the boundless runic light as well as the waterfall-like phenomenon as her heart pounded rapidly to the extent that she found it even hard to breath.

Qin Wentian sensed the strange state Nanfeng Yunxi was in. He glanced over and asked, “Nanfeng, do you know what that is?”

“I once saw a similar image before in an ancient scroll, but that was only a picture. If I’m right, we just came across a miracle.” Nanfeng Yunxi’s voice was solemn as she continued, “In the legends, above the nine heavens there’s a ray of light known as Sacred Luminance. It could baptize the bodies of mortals, causing them to be refined and transformed. If my guess is right, this astral river of light, is none other than the Sacred Luminance. It’s an existence of the void, we are unable to bring it away, nor can we truly touch it.”

“Sacred Luminance is able to purify and refine our bodies, causing them to undergo a transformation while igniting our potential. The stronger someone is, the more benefits he would gain if he underwent a baptism by this holy radiance, the Sacred Luminance. Because stellar martial cultivators will grow stronger as their cultivation progresses, their potential is ceaselessly being tapped again and again, allowing themselves to have a greater chance of evolution. Immortal emperors and kings all possessed terrifying potential, and if they could undergo a baptism by the Sacred Luminance, they would transform and become supreme immortal king or emperor characters with a single leap.

Nanfeng Yunxi mumbled. She then sighed, “Sadly, we won’t be able to bring the Sacred Luminance out with us. If not, my Southern Phoenix Clan would have a very high possibility to become the strongest power in the boundlessly vast immortal realms.

“That terrifying?” Qin Wentian’s expression stiffened. How holy an existence was this scared luminance? Sadly, it’s located in the first level of the City of Ancient Emperors, and was in an even more remote location – the Antiquity City in the sky. It was inconceivably hard to encounter this.

“Mhm, there’s no doubt that if the Sacred Luminance can appear in the outside world, chaotic wars would surely be fought between the truly supreme powers to see who can lay claim on it.” Nanfeng Yunxi’s beautiful eyes flickered as she spoke. She then continued, “To think that we would have such good luck. Although we are mere ascendants now, and our potential cannot be compared to those who have already succeeded in becoming immortal kings and emperors, we can use this to aid us to ascend to immortality. The process will be many times smoother than usual.”

“Let’s go try it now.” Jun Mengchen spoke with some impatience.

“Be careful, the Sacred Luminance is a holy radiance from the legends. I don’t know if there would be any danger. It’s best to be more cautious.” Nanfeng Yunxi reminded. Qin Wentian nodded, “Nanfeng is right. This holy light from ancient times, we better be more cautious with it.”

They moved closer and closer to the Sacred Luminance as they spoke. The closer they got, the more intense the sense of holiness it exuded. The Sacred Luminance that cascaded down from the sky, what might did it possess exactly to be able to drive so many ancient emperors into a frenzy.

“I will attempt it first.” Qin Wentian continued. He released his aura, his body shimmering with an intense light as he stepped out, directly coming into contact with the Sacred Luminance. That boundless light enveloped Qin Wentian completely in an instant.

“ARGH!” A cry of agony rang out, causing the expressions of Qing`er, Nanfeng Yunxi and the others to change drastically.

Especially Qing`er, she instantly turned pale as her heart pounded, wanting to rush out. However, Nanfeng Yunxi grabbed her arm and spoke, “Wait a moment!”

Qing`er stopped, staring ahead only to see the boundless light cascading endlessly downwards, seeping into Qin Wentian’s body. In just an instant, that supreme physique of his was seemingly pierced by the filaments of light. There seemed to be countless tiny holes on his body, appearing as though he could not endure the power of the Sacred Luminance from antiquity.

“Careful. The Sacred Luminance will break apart the original balance of one’s body!” Qin Wentian roared out a warning. Nanfeng Yunxi and the others had solemn and heavy expressions as they slowly continued forward.

Qin Wentian was bathing in that light, as waves of energy broke apart the balance of his body. This wasn’t as simple as he imagined. The Sacred Luminance was able to directly ignite his potential but everything still had to depend on he himself.

This inconceivable pain would cause many to sink into unconsciousness as their wills broke apart.

Qin Wentian gritted his teeth and did his best to resist. His entire body was shuddering, breaking apart every second before being reborn anew. The blood within him started thrumming as boundless astral energy transformed into a mini astral river, washing through his body, cleansing it of its impurities, infusing his blood and bones.

“ARGHH!” Everyone respectively stepped into the Sacred Luminance as they let out cries of pain. Evidently, they were undergoing the same process as Qin Wentian. These people were all who had powerful wills and determination, they gritted their teeth and endured the hellish agony. If one’s will wasn’t strong enough, this radiance of baptism would turn into a radiance of death instead.

All of them floated into the air, bathing in the holy light. Their bodies convulsed involuntarily as extreme pain painted their faces. Everyone was carefully guarding their minds, not daring to have the slightest bit of distraction, protecting their wills from being obliterated.

The waves of pain continued endlessly. Their bodies experienced destruction and rebirth again and again. Qin Wentian’s perception tuned into his body, he could see there was a mysterious energy that was purifying his blood. His blood was seething and surging while the toughness of his bones increased immensely. His skin now had a luster akin to jade as he radiated a holy light.

“ARGHHHHH!” Terrifying roaring sounds emitted from Qin Wentian’s body. There seemed to be an image of a gigantic demon from the primordial era that manifested, enveloping itself around Qin Wentian. There was also an incomparably mystical pure white energy shrouding it. Qin Wentian only has a modicum of control over this white energy, it seemed to have the power of rebirth, allowing him to have an extreme recovery rate, it was also immune to all toxins, able to neutralize all poisons in the world. If he used it for attack, it contained an immense destructive power.

These two kinds of power circulated within Qin Wentian, powerful suppressive energy as well as the Fiendgod Body Refinement Art also flourished. All these coursed through each part of Qin Wentian’s body, gradually being condensed into runes that were engraved onto his bones and the interior of his body, akin to particles of divine energy.

Right now, boundless runic light shimmered on the exterior of his body, refining his toughness to another level.

Rumble~ Astral light from his four great constellations appeared. Under the effect of the Sacred Luminance, these constellations began to be covered in runes. Especially so for the suppressive annihilation constellation. That towering golden giant was shining more brilliantly compared to the rest and its glow cascaded down onto Qin Wentian, containing a supreme suppressive might, further molding his body.

Other than Qin Wentian, Little Rascal’s body underwent a second transformation. He roared endlessly as its body grew even larger, causing a flood of baleful qi to tower into the skies.

Zi Qingxuan’s state wasn’t that good. She was constantly coughing out blood but despite so, she gritted her teeth and continued enduring. Her body was in danger of complete destruction, but there was an intense reluctance in her eyes. The Sacred Luminance was a holy matter from the legends. Now that she encountered it, it was a chance hard to come by in a millenia. How could she give up? She had to persist all the way until the very end.

In comparison to her companions, Zi Qingxuan’s talent was a shade inferior. However, she was also a disciple of the Heavenly Talisman Realm and her potential was extremely outstanding as well. Truly, only those who have extreme talent and potential would be able to withstand this baptism.

And once they successfully did so, all their potential would be stimulated as they experienced another transformation!

Chapter 969: Perfect Transformation

 

In the Antiquity City, bathing in the holy radiance of the Sacred Luminance, Qin Wentian’s body shimmered with a brilliant light. Within his body, astral energy and runic light interweaved together, causing thunderous rumbling to ring out. Right now, he could already withstand the pain somewhat. He started to monitor the flow of energy in his body.

These runes shone frenziedly, the violent energy gathering into a terrifyingly sharp sword. Instantly, the humming sound of ten thousand swords rang out from his body, their might shaking the heavens, as they circulated ceaselessly around Qin Wentian. He began to radiate a boundless sword might, and he himself was formed of pure sword intent. In this state, he could easily condense particles of divine energy. This was the most perfect state of the Spiritual Refinement Method.

Qin Wentian’s body underwent another transformation, as the flawless and pure energy of his bloodline acted as a guide. Runic light sparkled and a terrifying wind roc’s silhouette appeared, easily condensing astral energy into divine wind energy that contained the power of the wind roc. The Spiritual Refinement Method at the Grand Completion level was truly without flaw.

Four grand constellations appeared in the air, each of them seeming to evolve continuously. The divinity-like, towering giant figure of the Suppressive Annihilation Constellation was covered in countless suppressive runes. It spanned across space, exuding a supreme annihilative might that could suppress all things throughout time.

As for the Sword Slaughter Constellation, the sword intent was endlessly evolving. It transformed into a sword rune light that descended from the sky, containing a supreme sword might that could exterminate everything in existence.

For the Demon Sovereign Constellation, numerous supreme greater demons manifested in the air, causing the people’s hearts to tremble.

And last of the four, the Dreamworld Constellation, its marvelous and unique might of dreams and illusions grew even stronger.

The most evident change was still none other than Qin Wentian’s body. With the Fiend-God Body Refinement Art—and the power of two bloodlines in him—his current body was like that of a true immortal or demon. Wearing a platinum fiend-god armor with blood colored light circulating around, along with sword runes, wind roc runes, and all sorts of attribute runes engraved onto it, he was currently casting a perfect, world-shaking body.

—BOOM!— A terrifying aura towered into the sky. The rumbling in Qin Wentian’s body grew even more terrifying as his constellations shone more resplendently than ever. His aura grew even more vast—it was a sign of a cultivation base breakthrough.

After experiencing the process of baptism, Qin Wentian’s cultivation level broke through to the final stage of Celestial Phenomenon, the ninth level.

The next step would be immortality.

After so many years since arriving at the immortal realms, Qin Wentian had finally reached this level. He was now only a step away from immortality.

Qin Wentian waved his hand and within moments a shadow manifested, transforming into the silhouette of a vermilion bird. It was none other than Purgatory.

Purgatory naturally knew what Qin Wentian had experienced. Being in Qin Wentian’s bloodstream, she received the best nutrition. A red glow filled the sky the moment she appeared, and she slowly flew up into the air, going through the same baptism process of the Sacred Luminance with an indomitable spirit.

~ROAR~ An earth-shattering roar rang out. No far away, Little Rascal who was bathing in the holy radiance was currently enveloped in a golden glow. His body gradually turned golden, as though he was wearing an armor formed from pure gold. Inclining his head and roaring at the heavens, a supreme king aura erupted forth from him. His entire body turned a gleaming golden—he was like a king among demonkind.

Everyone was undergoing a transformation. Even for Zi Qingxuan, she had also managed to hold on. Although she was in inconceivable pain and agony, she had an incomparably strong will that fortified her determination. She wouldn’t allow the distance between her and the others to widen, and it was such a rare opportunity to be able to bathe in the holy light of the Sacred Luminance. How could she fail just like that?

Although she had to endure boundless pain and agony, Zi Qingxuan gritted her teeth as her body also experienced a transformation.

Sacred Luminance—the legendary holy light from ancient times. Even immortal emperors would view this as a supreme treasure. They had encountered this in the Antiquity City, and now Qin Wentian and his companions were undergoing transformations based on their individual potential and talent.

It was unknown if it was because Little Rascal was a demonic beast—it was the first to finish the transformation and walk out of the Sacred Luminance. Its body floated in the air, staring at the others. The it right now exuded an extremely terrifying aura at the very peak of Celestial Phenomenon. The baptism had also left its entire body to become extremely relaxed. It was like Little Rascal’s soul had undergone a baptism as well.

And at this moment, its eyes suddenly gleamed with sharpness, turning over to a lone silhouette that was slowly walking over. This new arrival was none other than Mo Xie.

Mo Xie’s expression was heavy, staring at the group of people undergoing the baptism of the Sacred Luminance. His heart trembled violently when he saw the holy light.

“Is that…the Sacred Luminance?!!” Mo Xie exclaimed in shock. His steps hurried forward. As of now, the opportunity to obtain a portion of the Brahma Heavenly Emperor inheritance from Little Rascal was temporarily no longer as important.

The Sacred Luminance was a holy radiance from ancient times.

Little Rascal’s gigantic body lunged forward, obstructing Mo Xie as he roared thunderously. Mo Xie’s dark golden eyes flickered with coldness. “You don’t need to rush to your death. Your portion of inheritance will be mine sooner or later.”

After speaking, Mo Xie side stepped and rushed towards the Sacred Luminance.

“ROAR!” Little Rascal transformed into a bolt of golden lightning, shooting towards Mo Xie as its golden claws lacerated outwards. The terrifying claws had the power to rip apart the heavens and earth. Mo Xie’s eyes flashed with an extreme coldness as his body shimmered with devilish tribulation force. His dark golden palms blasted out with a might powerful enough to shake the entire area.

After the deafening impact, both of them were forced backwards. This scene caused Mo Xie to freeze as his eyes gleamed with a terrifying light.

“After experiencing the baptism of the Sacred Luminance, your strength has actually shot up to the extent where you’re no longer inferior to me.” Mo Xie’s voice was as cold as the edge of a knife. He released his tribulation devil constellation as boundless devilish tribulation force blasted towards Little Rascal. Little Rascal rose up into the sky and with a roar of anger, it transformed into the form of a golden-winged great roc, gleaming with a golden radiance.

Since a very long time ago, Little Rascal already had the ability of metamorphosis. It was an innate ability that Little Rascal possessed. And now after the baptism, the accuracy of the creatures it could transform into had grown increasingly real. The it right now was a true golden-winged roc, an incomparably lofty divine avian species.

The light from the devilish tribulation force shot over. Little Rascal wrapped its wings protectively around its body, blocking the attack before opening its wings again with such force that countless wind blades zoomed over to Mo Xie. Right now, Little Rascal was many times more powerful compared to previously.

—bzz!— Mo Xie once again rushed towards the Sacred Luminance. He wasn’t willing to entangle with Little Rascal. Right now he only wanted to step into the area of the holy light, to experience the baptism and to undergo a transformation. A raging wind whistled by—Little Rascal’s speed was too fast. The golden wings slashed out once more, aiming right for Mo Xie’s head.

Mo Xie’s palm turned a dark, golden color, and abruptly slammed forward, succeeding in grabbing hold of the golden wings. The powerful wings ripped at his dark golden palms as metallic grinding sounds rang out. After which, with a powerful roar, Mo Xie used the entirety of his strength to fling Little Rascal away. A powerful supreme might gushed forth as a devil saber materialized in his hand. Mo Xie then turned to Little Rascal’s direction and mercilessly slashed down.

Little Rascal spread his wings, shooting through the sky like a golden bolt of lightning, evading that mortal strike. Mo Xie had no time to continue pursuing him. He immediately stepped forward to move into the Sacred Luminance.

“ARGH!” A voice filled with extreme pain rang out. Despite Mo Xie’s indestructible physique, he was still affected by the baptism of the holy light. That wave of energy from the Sacred Luminance penetrated his body completely, and he felt like he’d melt into goo.

—BOOM!— Mo Xie’s devil might towered into the sky, sweeping across the heavens and earth as waves of devilish tribulation force permeated the atmosphere. His dark golden eyes shone with a terrifying persistence, exhibiting an iron will. Little Rascal rushed towards the area outside the Sacred Luminance, glaring at Mo Xie who was now bathed in the holy light. That area was filled with a fearsome destructive power, there was completely no way for anyone to fight inside it. As for launching attacks from outside, all the attacks would disintegrate the moment they came into contact with the light. It was already impossible to stop Mo Xie.

Afterwards, Nanfeng Yunxi, Qing`er, and Jun Mengchen had also finished their transformations, and they walked out of the area filled with the Sacred Luminance. When they saw Mo Xie, their countenances stiffened as their eyes went cold.

This fellow was here as well. That test in the illusory world with the greater demons had evidently trapped those from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, but couldn’t stop Mo Xie.

Mo Xie’s strength was originally at a very terrifying level. Even if he fought against a greater demon alone, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage. Hence, he was able to arrive here.

“After undergoing the baptism of the Sacred Luminance, Mo Xie’s strength will surely be even more terrifying,” Nanfeng Yunxi said quietly.

“There’s nothing to fear. Both me and my Senior Brother have broken through to the ninth level after our experience. Unless he breaks through and ascends to immortality, his improvement won’t be any greater than ours,” reassured Jun Mengchen. “As long as he dares to come out, we’ll bury him here.”

“There’s no way for him to ascend to immortality. To do so would require one to first establish an immortal foundation. Although the Sacred Luminance can stimulate our potential to a large extent, it won’t help stellar martial cultivators automatically form an immortal foundation.” Nanfeng Yunxi shook her head and continued, “Establishing one’s immortal foundation requires sufficient and extensive preparation. It’s not something one can break through on a whim.”

As they spoke, Hua Taixu came out. His samsara eyes had become even more terrifying, so deep they seemed to stretch into eternity. His cultivation base had also broken through to the ninth level. The Sacred Luminance was easily able to allow the constellations of eighth level ascendants to undergo a transformation, allowing them to perfectly break through to the next level. In fact, even seventh level ascendants had a possibility of rising up by two levels and enter the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon.

Qin Wentian and Zi Qingxuan came out at almost the same time. Ultimately, Zi Qingxuan still managed to endure the pressure and also experienced a transformation. As for Qin Wentian, nothing much needed to be said. The him now, his eyes shone with a startling divine glow, able to see through the hearts of people. His body now shimmered with a fearsome runic light, transformed into perfection!

Chapter 970: Ancient Path of Stars

 

Qin Wentian glanced at his companions as he smiled, “Everyone has broken through. With this, we are all at the same cultivation level and who knows, there might even be an opportunity to ascend to immortality together.”

“Our luck is good. Who would have thought that we would encounter the Sacred Luminance in this place? If not, we wouldn’t have broken through so fast to the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon,” Jun Mengchen replied with a laugh.

“In that case, me and Princess Qing`er seem to be at a disadvantage. We were already at the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon. Damn,” Nanfeng Yunxi also seemed to be in good mood as she started to joke about. “With the aid of this holy radiance from ancient times, it wouldn’t even be strange for someone to break through two levels. Our luck is truly good. But then again, you could also say it’s not that great. If we entered the Sacred Luminance after we broke through to immortality, the effects would be even greater.”

“This Sacred Luminance, is there truly no way to bring it out of here?” Qin Wentian stared at the Sacred Luminance with a heart filled with reluctance. This was a legendary holy light. How good would it be if he could take it with him and use it on Qingcheng? If he could do so, the disparity between them in terms of cultivation would decrease and wouldn’t be too far apart.

“It’s not impossible. But the Sacred Luminance is a holy radiance from ancient times. If you wanted to take it with you by infusing it in some treasures, you could only use supreme grade sacred treasures from ancient times to do so. But do you have such a storage treasure in the first place?” Nanfeng Yunxi smiled. Even if such an ancient sacred treasure existed, Qin Wentian aside, only a a very rare, select few in the entire immortal realms would have one of them.

Qin Wentian shrugged. “Since the Antiquity City has the Sacred Luminance, maybe our luck will be good and we can find some sacred storage treasures here to take it away with us.”

“I’m hoping we’ll have such good luck too.” Nanfeng Yunxi smiled. This Qin Wentian was truly greedy—he even wanted to obtain an ancient sacred treasure.

At this moment, a shrill cry came from within the area of Sacred Luminance. Purgatory’s body, which was was bathed in fire, was now completelely reconstructed. It was originally a spirit that had taken corporeal form, but after being nurtured in Qin Wentian’s bloodstream, in addition to the fact that it was sentient, and had experienced the baptism of the Sacred Luminance, she had completely transformed and possessed a real body. That body covered with fiery runes, was now incomparably lofty, like a true divine bird from the avian species.

Purgatory transformed into a bolt of red lightning directly zooming towards Qin Wentian and circled the top of his head, appearing incomparably excited.

“Purgatory, congratulations.” Qin Wentian smiled. Purgatory slowly landed to perch on his shoulder, using her soft velvet wings to gently brush Qin Wentian’s face.

“Senior Brother, what do we do about this fellow?” Jun Mengchen asked, staring at Mo Xie who was still in the area of Sacred Luminance.

“Since he knows we’re going to deal with him, he’ll surely stay in there forever and not come out. Let’s head in front to see if this place has any more good fortune. He’s not worth our time. After all, with our current level, Mo Xie is no longer a threat to us,” Qin Wentian replied. Jun Mengchen shot a cold glance at Mo Xie. “Looks like we can only choose to spare him for the time being.”

Jun Mengchen also understood that now, since they were all at the peak of the ninth level, Mo Xie being a threat to them was already no longer a concern. If there was another war between the others and the Qin Sect, regardless of whether their opponents were the Violet Sect or the Evil Palace, they would all have to pay an extremely heavy price.

“Let’s move out and take a good look at this Antiquity City.” Qin Wentian soared into the air. His body shimmered with runic glows, resembling the body of a wind roc.

“Ok, let’s go.” Jun Mengchen stepped out. As a group, they soared into the air, continuing into the depths of the city.

“What’s that?” Qin Wentian stared at a far off distance to the left. There was a fiery glow towering straight up into the heavens, resembling the eruption of a volcano. Lava flames spewed out ferociously, as red as blood, dying the sky a brilliant red and causing a devastating heat around that region.

“The power of such fire isn’t something we can imagine. We can ignore that place.” Nanfeng Yunxi was more familiar with the fire attribute element. Upon seeing the richness of the color of the lava, she understood that none of them would be able to withstand that.

Qin Wentian and his companions continued on, and saw many strange phenomena. Some of these scenes were completely beyond their imagination. There was an underworld river that could corrode everything, a void stream that could destroy everything. They didn’t even dare getting close to those areas.

To immortal kings or emperors, these strange places would only attract them. They might be able to use them to break through in their cultivation level. But for Qin Wentian and his companions, they were merely Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants. They were simply too weak, so they simply didn’t dare to get close to it.

Finally, the road came to an end. Underneath the starry skies, boundless starlight cascaded down on the Antiquity City. At the end of the road, astral gates manifested before them. These astral gates looked like they originated from the primordial era, and seemed able to connect to the stars. This point seemed to be the endpoint for the Antiquity City, but it also seemed like a place of beginnings. It felt as though the moment they stepped through this astral gate, they would enter the space where all the stars were at, able to see kings and emperors of ancient times.

“There seems to be no other path forward,” Jun Mengchen said quietly as he stared at the astral gates. “What do you all think is inside there?”

“The Ancient Path of Stars.” Nanfeng Yunxi’s beautiful eyes stared ahead. She inclined her head and looked at the sky as she continued, “There are simply too many legendary things I’ve read only in records that were true. To think that the Ancient Path of Stars has also appeared. This is a route for one to make a pilgrimage, to pay their respects to the divine.”

“What does it mean?” Qin Wentian asked.

“The Sacred Luminance is a holy radiance belonging to the legends. The Ancient Path of Stars was also something that originated from ancient legends. There are records saying that this is a path of trials set by divine beings, and if one can pass all the trials, they’ll be able to gain the opportunity to pay their respects to the divine. Now that I see this Ancient Path of Stars, I finally understood why the Antiquity City exists.”

Nanfeng Yunxi finally understood the greatest secret of the Antiquity City. Maybe, the Matriarch Southern Phoenix had known of this as well, but because of her low cultivation base, she hadn’t been informed. Now that she’d learned of this, her heart couldn’t help but tremble.

“Are you saying the reason for the existence of the Antiquity City is because the ancients wanted to worship the divine?” Qin Wentian asked.

“Regardless of today or in ancient times, does one’s cultivation reach the end when one is at the peak of the immortal emperor realm? Are there even higher cultivation realms, but they had no way to step into it despite them wanting to?” Nanfeng Yunxi’s voice turned solemn as she continued, “For ancient emperors, they wanted to pursue a higher realm, using the entirety of the strength they accumulated in their lifetime. In that case, there was only one path left, they had to seek miracles in divine ruins. This place we’re all in, it’s none other than a divine ruin. This is the reason why ancient emperors all headed to the Antiquity City. They might have found what they sought, but it’s unknown if anyone succeeded in passing through the Ancient Path of Stars and truly met with divine beings.”

“Miracles? Divine ruins?” Qin Wentian mumbled. “Since this is a divine ruin, surely we have to go and take a look.”

“You’re only at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm!” Nanfeng Yunxi stated in shock.

“Since this is a divine ruin, the ones who created this should have anticipated the possibility of people of various cultivation levels entering the Ancient Path of Stars. I’m already at the peak of Celestial Phenomenon, a step away from immortal ascension. Now that the Ancient Path of Stars lies before me, how can I not explore it to its fullest?” Qin Wentian spoke, his words causing Nanfeng Yunxi’s heart to tremble.

At the peak of Celestial Phenomenon, a step away from immortality? Once they broke through to Immortal-Foundation, that was already the sixth cultivation realm. It was really about time to cast their vision further.

“In addition, I also wish to experience and attempt this path of dreams.” Qin Wentian emanated arrogance. His eyes were incomparably sharp as he stared ahead.

He started cultivating when he was a mere youth, and experienced the passage of five great cultivation realms. Body Refinement, Arterial Circulation, Yuanfu, Heavenly Dipper and Celestial Phenomenon. Now that he was at the peak of Celestial Phenomenon, he only needed another step to enter the Immortal-Foundation Realm.

For immortals, all of them had truly become experts. They were able to claim hegemony in particle words, and had even become kings and emperors here in the immortal realms.

As for the seventh realm, the immortal king/emperor realm that consisted of immortal kings and emperors.

Were there even higher realms that one could achieve in cultivation?

This Antiquity City, the Ancient Path of Stars, was a path meant for immortal kings and emperors. Right now, although he had yet to break through to become an Immortal-Foundation expert, he still wanted to experience it.

“I wish to take a look as well.” Jun Mengchen clutched his fist as a blazing expression appeared in his eyes,

Nanfeng Yunxi stared at the two of them and felt her heart being emboldened. “Okay, since we’ve come this far, let’s do this together and traverse the Ancient Path of Stars. But if we really encounter a life-threatening danger, and if you can flee, remember to flee no matter what.”

“Let’s go.” Jun Mengchen was burning with impatience.

Qin Wentian stared at Qing`er, holding on to her hand, “Qing`er—”

“I will go wherever you go.” Qing`er immediately cut him off, seeming to know what Qin Wentian was about to say. Qin Wentian could only smile ruefully as he glanced at her with tenderness in his eyes. “You must remember to protect yourself.”

“Mhm.” Qing`er nodded. After which, all of them walked towards the path, stepping through an astral gate.

Instantly, Qin Wentian appeared in another dimension that seemed like another illusory world. Qing`er and the rest were no longer with him—he was here alone. Countless rays of light landed on his body, and abruptly, an incomparably blazing light radiated out from him. In the illusory world, a fearsome avian beast rushed towards him. This desolate beast emitted an aura of intense balefulness, and Qin Wentian had never seen its kind before. In the blink of an eye, the talons of that demonic bird were already above him, preparing to slash down with crushing might.

Qin Wentian’s aura instantly burst out. His body shone with a resplendent runic light as runes manifested from his body. His palm blasted out ferociously, powerful enough to shatter the stars themselves.

With a thunderous boom, Qin Wentian was blasted back. A blood-colored light circulated around that desolate beast, as a runic glow filled the sky. This was like a demonic bird that originated from the primordial era. Its aura far surpassed any existence Qin Wentian had seen before, beyond anyone on the same cultivation level as him, including Mo Xie and Zi Daoyang.

The eyes of the avian beast were fixed on Qin Wentian. Its body rushed out again, leaving behind after-images as boundless runic light erupted outwards once more. Qin Wentian only felt the sky changing color as numerous clones of the demonic bird blotted out the sky, rushing at him to tear him into pieces.

Qin Wentian’s heart trembled. As expected of the Ancient Path of Stars. The trials were simply too terrifying. However, the more difficult the trial was, the stronger his battle intent would be. If he could clear this path, would there be a miracle waiting for him?

With a roar of anger, Qin Wentian instantly unleashed the particles of divine energy he had painstakingly condensed. Blasting out with a palm that could shatter the sky, he blocked the innumerable attacks. A surge of chaotic currents ravaged the surroundings, and in the midst of this chaos, a supremely sharp talon slashed out. Qin Wentian was long prepared. His palm shone with a fearsome pure-white glow—as well as the blood-red glow of his demonic bloodline—and instantly smashed outwards, causing another earth-shattering boom to shake the space.

After which, that avian beast attacked in a frenzy while Qin Wentian depended on the defense of his physical body to withstand it. Right now, Qin Wentian’s aura was incomparably vast. Layers of armor in colors of red and white enveloped him, and he was stronger compared to his past self. With a rumbling sound, his body expanded and he grabbed hold of the wings of the demonic bird. With a deafening roar, blood splattered through the sky—Qin Wentian had torn the terrifying body of the demonic bird into two with brute strength!

Chapter 971: The Hardest Trial

 

The demonic bird immediately disintegrated, returning to the void. It was originally formed from the void, but it possessed a terrifying strength. It was as though it hailed from the primordial era, with an overwhelming power that could easily slaughter peak ascendants. Its deadly aura towered up into the sky, and there was no need to say how terrifyingly tough its body was. However, Qin Wentian had managed to forcibly tear it in half. From this, one could very well imagine Qin Wentian’s current level of raw strength.

At present, Qin Wentian’s hands were in the shape of a wind roc. His indomitable talons clutched forth with crushing force, shining with a terrifying blood-colored light as demonic qi gushed out from him in waves, able to destroy everything. Fearsome terrifying runes covered his talons, granting Qin Wentian an inconceivable amount of power. Right now if he were to fight against ordinary peak-level ascendants, a single palm strike would be enough to shatter them apart. Even ‘normal-tier’ geniuses, wouldn’t be able to defend against a single strike from him.

The light ahead flashed as another astral gate appeared above him. The Ancient Path of Stars led upwards, higher and higher until one could reach the heavens and pay their respects to the divine.

Qin Wentian’s eyes gleamed sharply. He didn’t hesitate and immediately stepped towards the gate. After all, since they’d managed to encounter a divine ruin here, how could he not explore it to his heart’s content? If it turned out that he wasn’t strong enough and then expelled from the ancient path, his heart would have neither regrets nor grievances. But if he didn’t even have the guts to forge ahead, then why even bother pursuing the peak of cultivation?

Following the Ancient Path of Stars, Qin Wentian moved towards the astral gate and stepped through it. He reappeared in another illusory world, and in the sky, there was another ancient demon in the form of an ape waiting for him. Exuding a towering killing intent, the ape had a huge cudgel in its hand and looked like it could sweep across anything in the heavens and earth.

This ancient demon instantly smashed its cudgel down right where Qin Wentian stood, instantly causing the space itself to churn and vibrate violently. The smashing down of the cudgel could even shatter mountains, let alone mere ascendants. Its supreme attack power even made Qin Wentian feel his heart shudder. This desolate beast was much more savage and powerful compared to the demonic bird from earlier. Even for the geniuses here in the City of Ancient Emperors, Qin Wentian was sure that no one was strong enough to resist against that kind of overwhelming attack prowess.

Rumbling sounds rang out, and Qin Wentian’s body expanded to 100 meters in height, becoming the same size as his opponent. The boundless astral energy within him transformed into mountain-type divine energy, and he blasted out with a palm strike infused with the pure-white light from his bloodline. A thunderous explosive sound rang out, and numerous ancient mountains manifested in the air, capable of suppressing everything around them. The suppressive might swept over this entire realm, and the rumbling sounds continued endlessly as one after another the mountains exploded as if to shatter apart this world.

Qin Wentian’s Suppression Constellation shone brilliantly, cascading its glow onto him. There seemed to be a towering divinity on his back as countless golden figures of suppression descended from the skies, all smashing towards that demonic ape. The ape roared in anger and swung wildly with its gigantic cudgel, but the golden figures of suppression rained down ceaselessly, exploding one after another with no end to them.

At the same time, Qin Wentian blasted out an immense palm imprint directly onto that demonic ape, a volley that was able to shatter the sun, moon, and stars, annihilating all in existence.

“ROAR!” A heaven-shaking roar thundered out, rocking everything. Humming sounds emitted from the gigantic palm, and at the point of impact, it only managed to injure the ape. However, there was no change in Qin Wentian’s expression. A pair of wind roc wings appeared behind him. He stepped out and transformed into a shadow before launching out a flurry of palm strikes. The demonic ape frenziedly tried to defend itself as it cried out endlessly in pain and agony. Finally, with a deafening blast, Qin Wentian shattered its body apart, and it vanished into the void.

The Ancient Path of Stars appeared once more, manifesting an astral gate. Qin Wentian’s eyes were like lightning as he stepped through it. He wanted to see how many trials this path had, and what could possibly obstruct him from advancing.

Qin Wentian fought in combat again and again, against the most dangerous primordial demonic beasts that ever existed. The demonic beasts naturally grew stronger with every gate, and at the end, he could only manage to kill them if he activated his God’s Hand.

This continued for a total of eight times. And once again, he entered another illusory world for the ninth time, waiting for the desolate beast of this stage to emerge.

Such a trial caused Qin Wentian to sigh. Most probably, not many people in the entire immortal realms would be able to pass this. If it was an immortal king or emperor character that entered the Ancient Path of Stars, would the desolate beast be at the immortal king/emperor level? How terrifying would that be?

At this moment in the sky of the illusory world, a terrifying light flashed as the baleful aura of a desolate beast descended. Terrifying runes blasted down like lightning as a fearsome desolate annihilative pressure swept across Qin Wentian, causing him to feel an impending sense of doom.

Nine was the ultimate number. This was the ninth trial. Was this the final test for the Ancient Path of Stars? If this was it, how terrifying would the test be?

The devastating might brewing earlier bore down on Qin Wentian completely, causing his expression to turn incomparably solemn. The entirety of the energy in his body circulated as he activated the God’s Hand. At present, his gigantic body emitted a heaven-shaking rumbling sound, and it was as if he himself had transformed into a terrifying desolate ferocious beast that exuded enough power to startle the heavens.

Qin Wentian inclined his head, only to see that the sky was now painted a scorching shade of red. This seemed to be an indication of a heavenly tribulation as destructive bolts of lightning blasted down endlessly. A vortex appeared in the sky—a desolate ancient demonic beast from the primordial era was about to spawn from there.

Blinding golden rays cascaded down, and a more terrifyingly threatening pressure enveloped Qin Wentian. After which, Qin Wentian saw an immense shadow shuttling through the sky like a bolt of golden lightning, instantly appearing before him and attacking with such speed that Qin Wentian couldn’t even catch its movements.

It was too swift, excessively so.

Qin Wentian could only blast out with the God’s Hand based on instinct, and a terrifying collision sound rang out as his body was flung through the air. Groaning in pain, he discovered his God’s Hand was about to be shattered. Such power caused him to feel more than just fear. Another brilliant light flashed as that supreme primordial demon rushed at him again. It moved so fast that Qin Wentian practically didn’t have time to react.

Qin Wentian roared, unleashing boundless strength. He explosively blasted out with his God’s Hand, as it shimmered with a pure-white glow akin to candle flames. Another heaven-rumbling sound thundered out as Qin Wentian was flung through the air once more. However this time, that supreme greater demon was also similarly forced back to retreat. It floated in the air, finally giving Qin Wentian a clear view of what species it was.

Its entire body seemed to be cast from gold, radiating a bright, pure-gold luster. Its wings glimmered with golden rays of light, and each feather seemed even sharper than swords, able to lacerate anything. And just by staying in the air, the flapping of its wings had already generated a windstorm so powerful it was equivalent to the sharpness exuded from countless swords.

Only its eyes were black in color, so deep that it could stir a person’s soul. It emitted a baleful aura so strong that it towered up into the sky.

“Golden-Winged Great Roc!”

Qin Wentian’s heart trembled. The Golden-Winged Great Roc was the strongest of all roc species. Qin Wentian had cultivated wind roc techniques, but that was merely derived from the movements of a real roc. But even so, the roc-type innate techniques were already extremely formidable. One could very well imagine how powerful a real great roc was.

The golden roc in front of him was none other than a Golden-Winged Great Roc. It had the purest bloodline, inheriting the divine talent and might of the roc species.

Qin Wentian’s constellations gleamed with a resplendent light, exuding a supreme pressure that crushed downwards. However, the Golden-Winged Great Roc shot forth powerful beams of golden light, enveloping itself with it and easily mitigating the pressure. Those baleful eyes had no change in expression. The attack Qin Wentian unleashed, one that could easily destroy peak-level ascendants, couldn’t even touch it.

In the cold eyes of the golden-winged roc, gleams of sharpness shot out. It blasted out another attack, forcing Qin Wentian to utilize his wind roc techniques to their limits, but it was impossible for him to win against his opponent in speed. A swishing sound rang out as the wings of the golden-winged roc directly slashed towards Qin Wentian. Its terrifying golden light sundered the area directly in half. Qin Wentian explosively retreated while simultaneously blasting out with the God’s Hand in a frenzied attempt to obstruct the roc’s attacks.

However, in the next moment, the golden-winged roc transformed into a whirlpool of wind, spiraling gracefully in an incomparably swift manner. The golden shadow spun around like a tornado, causing rays of golden light to blast out in all directions. Qin Wentian frantically retreated, staring at the spiraling great roc as his countenance turned incredibly unsightly to behold. Such an attack could continue without end, unless he could somehow break the wings of the great roc…but it would most likely be an impossible feat.

The sword qi gushing from Qin Wentian towered into the sky. The God’s Hand shone with a resplendent boundless light, materializing countless sharp swords that pierced towards the supremely sharp wings, but one-by-one, the swords only ended up being ground into dust. The shrill sound of clashing metal rang out endlessly, and Qin Wentian felt that his God’s Hand was about to be crushed into nonexistence. Recoiling from the force of the impact, he retreated once more. Under such lacerating might, even if his body were made of divine steel, he would still be sliced into pieces.

Comparing the sharpness of their attacks, he was inferior to his opponent. There was no need to even talk about speed. The only method available to him was to use the strongest force he could muster to launch an overwhelming attack.

Qin Wentian’s blood thrummed, circulating the power of two bloodlines. His God’s Hand materialized a long spear as the power of his bloodlines infused it. All the divine energy in his body erupted forth and coated the spear, creating a level of power sufficient enough to cause all the geniuses in the City of Ancient Emperors to grovel before it.

The Golden-Winged Great Roc’s spiral killing technique was exceedingly resplendent and beautiful; it clearly contained a supreme slaughtering might within.

—BOOM!— Qin Wentian’s body erupted forth with a power that originated from the primordial era as overwhelming amounts of demonic qi gushed forth from him, sweeping across the realm. At the same time, he radiated the pure-white light of his second bloodline as he channeled all its destructive might into his spear.

“DIE!” A thunderous roar sounded out, Qin Wentian’s spear stabbed towards the golden-winged roc spinning its way towards him. The entire power of the God’s Hand erupted forth completely in this strike, piercing towards the roc’s wings. This time, the spear didn’t shatter. Piercing sounds rang out, a surge of divine might permeated the atmosphere as the long spear penetrated the roc. The golden-winged roc abruptly stopped its movement—the spear stabbed all the way through its wings, right into its body.

Qin Wentian’s God’s Hand disintegrated completely. By unleashing that earlier attack, he’d exhausted all the energy within the God’s Hand. It was the strongest level of destructive might he could muster.

The roc’s intensely cold black eyes stared at Qin Wentian, flashing with astonishment. Its mouth opened as two words rang out…

“God’s blood…” As the sound of its voice faded, the long spear shattered and the golden-winged roc vanished into the void, disappearing completely from sight!

Chapter 972: Divine Statue

 

“God’s blood?” Qin Wentian furrowed his brows as his eyes gleamed with sharpness. The long spear he’d materialized with the God’s Hand had dissipated. His heart was filled with bewilderment. What did the Golden-Winged Great Roc mean by its parting words?

He stared at his palms that were shining with a resplendent light, both interwoven with currents of power from his two bloodlines.

“That golden-winged roc was truly fearsome. I’m afraid it most probably still had many other innate techniques it had yet to display. I could only kill it by piercing through its body with an overwhelming attack.” Qin Wentian’s heart trembled. If his last attack had failed to penetrate the great roc, he would’ve truly been at a loss on what to do next. There were no other attacks in his arsenal of techniques that could surpass the power of that final strike.

Right now Qin Wentian was confident that his strength had reached its true supreme peak below immortality. It was highly likely that there wouldn’t be any opponents that could match him below the immortal-foundation. Ordinary peak ascendants could be effortlessly destroyed just by the power of his constellations alone, but that Golden-Winged Great Roc had truly given him such pressure that he could feel death.

Right now, an ancient pathway appeared before him, heading upwards into the sky. Qin Wentian’s eyes gleamed, the trials should be over, right?

If that wasn’t the final trial, then he was truly helpless.

Stepping out, Qin Wentian walked onto the ancient pathway and he was instantly seized with the feeling of being shuttled across worlds. An instant later, as his foot landed, he arrived at the other end of this ancient pathway.

On the other end, he saw a holy-looking hall under the stars. Astral light cascaded down, giving it a sacred and imposing feeling. Qin Wentian stared ahead; he could see the statue of a figure standing between the heavens and earth, so tall that its head touched the sky. Was this the statue of a divine being?

Other than him, there was no other being.

“Is this place really a divine ruin?” Qin Wentian stared at the statue. He’d passed so many trials and had come all this way just to see a statue?

Qin Wentian’s gaze flickered. He noticed there was a scepter in one of the statue’s hands. This statue was also immense, as though it symbolized supreme authority and power, exuding an incomparable prestige. Stepping out, he walked towards the statue. His eyes gleamed with a dazzling light as he stretched out his hand and reached for the statue.

The moment he did, boundless runes flowed frenziedly around the scepter. Right as his hand closed on it, Qin Wentian’s mind was invaded with streams of information. He could see the entire Antiquity City through his eyes, staring past the Ancient Path of Stars. In his mind, he was currently standing in a divine estate. The Antiquity City was situated at a space below this divine estate, and this place could only be reached by traversing the Ancient Path of Stars.

The divine statue and scepter in this divine estate, symbolized an unparalleled authority. It could peer down on everything that happened in the Antiquity City, and could even control the trials of the city.

Closing his eyes, Qin Wentian could even see the scenes of those outside the Antiquity City. The disciples from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were pacing about. They were still obstructed merely from the first test. Qin Wentian felt an extremely strange sensation. It felt like with the scepter in his hand, he could even shut down the Antiquity City if he wished to.

“There are three paths. A total of three entrances.” At this moment, Qin Wentian’s perception continued extending outwards as more scenes appeared in his mind. The Ancient Path of Stars he’d taken wasn’t the only passageway to arrive here. There were two other pathways that led to two separate places. The two other places might be linked to the second and third level of the City of Ancient Emperors.

“No good, Qingxuan is in danger!” Suddenly, Qin Wentian discovered that Zi Qingxuan, who was in the midst of taking the trials of the Ancient Path of Stars, was in grave danger after being heavily injured by a powerful ancient demonic beast.

“Exit!” Qin Wentian’s will transmitted outwards via his connection with the scepter. As she fought for her life, Zi Qingxuan suddenly felt a supreme will bore down on the demonic beast. She instantly retreated, leaving through the astral gate, and then appearing outside the Ancient Path of Stars. Her heart pounded violently as she stared at the sky. Earlier, that supreme will she felt was like that of a God. There was no way to resist it at all. Was that a divine decree?

But why did it feel like the supreme will was trying to save her?

Qin Wentian then turned his attention to the others taking the trials of the Ancient Path of Stars. He used his strength, and tried to take the scepter from the statue; yet the moment he attempted to do so, a terrifying runic light flashed as a thunderous rumbling rang out. The image of a gigantic black dragon appeared and its immense eyes were looking right at him.

Qin Wentian opened his eyes, staring at the black dragon.

“You are still too weak. The you right now still cannot take the scepter away.” The black dragon spoke, his words causing Qin Wentian’s heart to tremble. This was the black dragon guarding the oceans surrounding the City of Ancient Emperors. However, the figure here was most likely only manifested from a strand of that black dragon’s immortal sense.

“Since I’ve passed the trials of the Ancient Path of Stars, why can’t I bring the scepter away?” Qin Wentian asked.

“You’ve already formed a strand of connection with the will of the scepter. In the future you can come here any time. When your cultivation realm reaches a certain level, you can come back again. I will protect this place for now and close this divine estate for you,” intoned the black dragon. Qin Wentian’s eyes flickered. Ancient Emperors had all come here for the purpose of gaining control of a divine estate, but all had failed to do so. From black dragon’s words, it seemed that he could inherit this particular divine estate?

“Little fellow, your luck is truly good. In the river of history, there were many supreme talents who’ve come to this place before. But it was precisely due to their excessive strength that the the trials on the Ancient Path of Stars generated even more fearsome opponents for them. But in spite of this, there were quite a few supreme figures who fought all the way till the ninth trial before they were defeated. You have outstanding talent, and have undergone the baptism of the Sacred Luminance, cultivating the secret art of an ancient emperor. And with the benefits of your tyrannical bloodline, you have managed to make it all the way here. Your lower cultivation actually became an advantage for you. But sadly, with your current cultivation level, you are still not strong enough to control the scepter.”

The black dragon spoke unhurriedly as it continued, “Come back again in the future.”

“But to leave just like that will make me feel that this divine estate has failed to live up to expectations. At the very least, could Senior grant me a few treasures? Maybe…some ancient sacred treasures would be good.” Qin Wentian stared at the black dragon with a smile. “Oh, and the Sacred Luminance! I feel like taking some of its holy light with me. Senior should have a solution, right?”

“You are truly greedy,” said the black dragon. “Look at the left hand of the divine statue. You’ll find a treasured cauldron. It’s none other than the ancient treasure that you wanted. The Sacred Luminance can only be contained within an ancient storage treasure such as that.”

A look of blazing heat flickered in Qin Wentian’s eyes. An ancient treasure!

He stared at the left hand of the divine statue, and saw that the gigantic hand was truly holding onto a treasured cauldron. It was a square-shaped cauldron with mysterious ancient-looking runic words engraved onto it. Despite his attainments in divine inscriptions, Qin Wentian couldn’t understand the meaning of those runes.

Qin Wentian stretched his hand out to lift the cauldron. However, he discovered that he couldn’t even move it. It weighed at least several million kilograms.

“So heavy.” Qin Wentian’s expression stiffened. His body expanded, and he used both his hands and wrapped them around the cauldron. Resplendent runic light circulated around him, and with a loud shout, a thunderous rumbling sound rang out as the cauldron was finally lifted up by a bit. However at this moment, a dazzling light shone from the ancient runes on the cauldron. After which, a terrifying vortex unleashed an intense absorption force so strong that Qin Wentian couldn’t resist. His gigantic body was effortlessly sucked inside of the cauldron.

“This…” Qin Wentian reappeared in the interior of the cauldron. Despite his gigantic body, he was still absorbed into the space inside the cauldron. The ancient-looking complex runes possessed a mysterious energy. A bright light suddenly flashed as a towering might radiated, enveloping around Qin Wentian’s gigantic body. In the next instant, Qin Wentian felt as though his body was about to be refined by the cauldron. His countenance instantly paled as he struggled to get out.

“You lied to me?” Qin Wentian tried to soar into the air. However, the boundless streams of energy wrapped around him—he had no way to exit the cauldron.

“This is an ancient treasure. It’s purely beneficial, and would be of no harm to you. Just relax and enjoy the process.” Qin Wentian’s body felt like it was about to be ripped apart. The ancient runes generated waves of terrifying might, endlessly blasting into him. At this instant, he felt like he was enduring a combination of power from countless innate techniques. As the attacks blasted continuously into him, his gigantic body gradually turned illusory.

“ARGH!” Qin Wentian unleashed the power of his bloodlines and let out an earth-shaking roar. That flowing pure-white light circulated around his entire body, repairing the damage dealt to it.

His body was continuously being destroyed and rejuvenated again and again. Such agony made Qin Wentian feel his will was about to collapse. He was almost at his limits and couldn’t endure for much longer.

“NO!” Qin Wentian roared wildly, gritting his teeth and persisted on. He’d already made it all the way here. How could he allow a cauldron to destroy him? This ancient treasure wouldn’t be able to destroy his will.

Beams of runic light rushed straight into Qin Wentian’s body, causing the power of the runes to seep deep into his blood and his bones. However, such agony caused Qin Wentian to faint many times. This lasted for about an hour, but to Qin Wentian, it felt as long as an eternity.

When everything stopped, Qin Wentian’s entire body was doused in his perspiration. However, his skin shimmered with even more brilliant light. In his body and his bones, he could feel a wild surge of vibrant energy just like that of a desolate beast. Turning his gaze to the treasured cauldron, its engraved runes seemed to be much clearer than before. The runes faintly resembled diagrams that floated before his eyes. He understood now that storage was just a small function of this ancient treasure. Its main purpose was for attacking, as it contained boundless supreme might.

“There are innate techniques inherent to this cauldron?” Qin Wentian felt his heart shuddering. Right now, he could sense the connection between him and this ancient treasure, but the smile on his face was bitter. He still didn’t know who it was that had refined whom.

Qin Wentian’s body flickered, exiting the cauldron. He glared harshly at the black dragon—this dragon had actually lied to him!

However, the black dragon was as emotionless as before. It faintly spoke, “I’ve already sent away your friends and that other fellow. I’ve also closed the entrance. Do you want to leave now?”

“No hurry, I’m going to fill this ancient cauldron full of Sacred Luminance first,” Qin Wentian replied. With a wave of his hand, the ancient cauldron spun about, shrinking in size, and then flying to his palm. With his other hand around the scepter, he directed his will at it and he immediately vanished, reappearing at the area filled with the Sacred Luminance.

Qin Wentian stared at the beautiful holy radiance cascading from the sky. The hatred he felt for the black dragon gradually vanished. This was the Sacred Luminance from the legends. Once he filled the ancient cauldron up with it and took it out, even immortal emperors would have to grovel before him if they wanted it. However, Qin Wentian clearly understood that if he managed to bring the Sacred Luminance out, this must be kept an absolute secret or he would end up dying an extremely miserable death.

With another wave of his hand, the cauldron expanded, becoming extremely immense as it flew into the area of the Sacred Luminance. Instantly, the boundless holy light flowed into the cauldron, transforming into numerous light runes, filling it to the brim!

Chapter 973: Commotion in the City of Ancient Emperors

 

“Sacred Luminance!” Qin Wentian’s eyes shone brightly. He shared a connection with the cauldron and could already sense that his attempt was successful. The Sacred Luminance filled the giant cauldron, fusing together as one.

Qin Wentian somehow understood why only ancient sacred treasures could contain Sacred Luminance. The Sacred Luminance was a holy light from ancient times; it was something formless. For ordinary treasures that sought to contain it, the Sacred Luminance would dissipate upon entering it. The only thing that could store it were true ancient sacred treasures—the ones that were able to ‘fuse’ together with the light runes the Sacred Luminance transformed into.

Since that was the case, Qin Wentian would be able to use the Sacred Luminance to help those around him to evolve. Naturally, the prerequisite would be that the will of the person undergoing the baptism must be strong enough, or their body would surely be destroyed by the baptism process.

Nanfeng Yunxi even said that the Sacred Luminance was something even ancient immortal emperors longed for in their dreams. Although he possessed the Sacred Luminance now, he could never divulge this fact. In future, after developing himself to a certain extent, he would be able to use this to recruit immortal kings and emperors, or even nurture demon-level talents.

The light runes from the sacred radiance continuously flowed into the cauldron. Qin Wentian acted like he feared that the amount he was taking out would be insufficient, and took his time in storing more. Finally, the black dragon remarked, “Hey, enough. The cauldron is already filled with the Sacred Luminance.”

An embarrassed smile appeared on Qin Wentian’s face. After that, with a wave of his hand, a runic glow flashed in the sky as the cauldron flew back to his hand, becoming miniature in size again. Qin Wentian then stowed it away. This ancient sacred treasure contained a supremely unrivaled attacking-type innate technique as well. He would have to spend some time to cultivate it more seriously after they were all out of here.

This time around, being hunted by the disciples of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect had actually turned out to be a blessing instead of a disaster. It had allowed them to find the Antiquity City and even helped them learn some of the secrets of the City of Ancient Emperors. All of them had benefitted from the chase, and it could even be said that they’d had a bout of good fortune. It looked like he owed his thanks to the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor. If he hadn’t sent his army out to hunt them down, it would’ve been impossible for them to find this good fortune.

“Time to leave.” A marvelous energy enveloped Qin Wentian and sent him out of the Antiquity City, right at the entrance. Qing`er, Nanfeng Yunxi, and the others were all there as well. When they saw Qin Wentian appearing, strange expressions could be seen on their faces as they looked at him.

“What’s the matter?” Qin Wentian stared at the curious looks of the others, raising his brows.

“We were all sent out together.” Nanfeng Yunxi smiled as she looked at Qin Wentian. This normally cold and arrogant Southern Phoenix Princess could finally smile and laugh in their presence now.

“That includes Mo Xie. However, that fellow and those from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect joined forces and used their immortal weapons to flee. If not, we would have forced them to remain here,” said Jun Mengchen. He then continued, “Senior Brother, you’re the last to come out. Did you encounter anything special?”

“After passing the final trial, I arrived at a divine estate and came across a divine statue. After that, the protector of the City of Ancient Emperors, that black dragon, told me that my cultivation was too low and sent me out from there. This is why I came out later than you guys,” Qin Wentian explained. He didn’t explain or mention the Sacred Luminance. It wasn’t that he didn’t have a good relationship with his companions. There were just too many people here, and there was nothing that guaranteed that they would keep it a secret.

Nanfeng Yunxi was a princess of the Southern Phoenix Clan. Could Qin Wentian guarantee that she wouldn’t tell Matriarch Southern Phoenix? He didn’t think that he had such charisma.

Hua Taixu also had a sect of his own and was a personal disciple of the Myriad Incarnations Immortal King. It was to be expected that Hua Taixu would tell her the news.

Regarding the Sacred Luminance, the moment it was revealed, Qin Wentian would die for sure. The immortal kings and emperors of the immortal realms would all hunt him down for it.

Hence it would be for the best if he alone knew this secret. After all, everyone here had all undergone the baptism of the Sacred Luminance and had already gained its benefits.

“There’s a divine estate?” Nanfeng Yunxi stared at the Antiquity City ahead. “You stepped inside it after passing the trials of the Ancient Path of Stars. It’s highly likely that you’ll be the only one who can enter it from now on. This is something of great fortune for you!”

“Maybe. But that’s still a matter for the future,” Qin Wentian remarked. “Let’s go. We will return to the City of Ancient Emperors.”

“Mhm. Everyone nodded.” Qing`er took out her spatial leaf boat, they all climbed on it and departed the area. As they sped away, all of them turned their heads and stared at the Antiquity City that gradually disappeared into the horizon.

On the way back, Qin Wentian saw a group of figures also traveling in the same direction as them. These were none other than the experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. They also saw Qin Wentian and his companions at the same time. Their countenance shone with coldness as they took out their immortal weapons, causing waves of immortal might to sweep through the sky.

“Want to do them in or not?” Jun Mengchen’s eyes flickered with a terrifying sharpness.

“There’s no need to bother ourselves with them. Qing`er, let’s continue on our way,” said Qin Wentian. Although they had transformed through the baptism, there were still over three hundred experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. If all of them took out their immortal weapons, Qin Wentian and his companions would still be at a miserable disadvantage.

Qing`er nodded. The void leaf boat continued shuttling through the air, shooting past the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. The experts coldly glared at them but didn’t do anything to stop them.

“After we return, we will restructure the Qin Sect and recruit even more people. In that case, be it a battle with or without immortal weapons, we won’t be at a disadvantage,” stated Qin Wentian. Jun Mengchen nodded. No matter what, right now their strength had already reached the ninth level. As long as they had more people, the three hundred experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect wouldn’t be much of a threat.

“Fine, we will let them strut around a little while longer,” said Jun Mengchen coldly.

During the time Qin Wentian and the others entered the Antiquity City, something had happened in the Underworld Mountains. Zi Daoyang was recovering in the Underworld Mountains, and after that, he coincidentally met with Zhan Peng who’d just finished comprehending his portion of the inheritance of the Brahma Heavenly Emperor.

Although Zhan Peng had managed to seize a spot of the inheritance for himself back then, the resulting cruel end had told everyone in the City of Ancient Emperors that truly powerful inheritances only belonged to the supremely strong. If you weren’t one of the powerful ones at the peak, then even if you managed to obtain an inheritance, it still counted for nothing, and you may even lose your life at the end.

The tenth-ranked Zhan Peng died at the hands of Zi Daoyang, who then gained his portion of the inheritance and fused them together. Now, the one ranked first in the Immortal Ascension Rankings had just grown even stronger.

After killing Zhan Peng and devouring his portion of the inheritance, Zi Daoyang headed into the depths of the Underworld Mountains. In the end, he had also caught sight of the Antiquity City, but sadly, the passageway leading into it had already been sealed off. Qin Wentian and the others had already left, and Zi Daoyang could only gaze at the Antiquity City with strong reluctance in his eyes as he departed as well.

…

When Qin Wentian and the others returned to the Qin Sect’s headquarters, they discovered only a few of their original members had remained. The majority of them had already dispersed.

As they flew over, a number of figures rose into the air, smiling when they saw Qin Wentian and his companions returning safely.

“You all still know that you’re supposed to return to this place?” Li Yu joked as he folded his arms in front of his chest. Staring at Qin Wentian and the others, Li Yu could feel that their individual demeanors had changed. This caused Li Yu’s eyes to gleam with a dazzling light.

“We were the ones who founded the Qin Sect. Of course, we’ll return.” Qin Wentian smiled back.

“Don’t blame the others. You guys were being hunted by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect army, and the Evil Palace and the Violet Sect were all hiding from sight, eyeing us like tigers eyeing their prey. Xiao Lengyue even threatened us and told the people of our Qin Sect to scram, and so many of our former members have all left…” Xu Ruxue explained quietly. Qin Wentian gave a casual wave of his hand, “I don’t blame them. If it were me, I would have done the same as well.”

After all, the Qin Sect was merely a power he established in the City of Ancient Emperors. And for their group, who had been in the lead, to now be hunted? How could he expect everyone to give up their lives for him? It wasn’t realistic.

“Summon them back. In addition, I plan to step up our recruitment. Our plans will be to prepare for the final battle in the City of Ancient Emperors. For those who are willing, they can join the Qin Sect. What are your opinions on this?” Qin Wentian asked Li Yu and Xu Ruxue.

“Final battle…? Are you sure?” Li Yu had an expression of shock on his face.

“Yes. Help me to inform the entire City of Ancient Emperors that once I, Qin Wentian, have finished off the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, I will issue a challenge to the top-ranked and second-ranked in the Immortal Ascension Rankings, Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie.” Qin Wentian declared, his words causing the eyes of Xu Ruxue and Li Yu to gleam with a dazzling light. Qin Wentian was going to challenge the top two existences in the City of Ancient Emperors.

“Okay. Leave this to me,” Li Yu responded.

“Me, too.” Xu Ruxue’s countenance was sharp, had she reached the point of witnessing history being made?

“I will have to trouble you two then.” Qin Wentian nodded to them as they all stepped into their headquarters.

Very swiftly, a shocking piece of news circulated the City of Ancient Emperors. Qin Wentian was summoning back the members of the Qin Sect, and they were ramping up on recruitment. Qin Wentian had also issued a challenge to Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie, saying that once he finished off the people from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, he would formally invite them to a match.

The news naturally caused a great deal of commotion in the City of Ancient Emperors. Could it be that those at the peak were preparing to have a showdown to see who was superior?

It seemed like Qin Wentian had already broken through to the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon. The three powers at the top were rumored to have fought in the Underworld Mountains, yet Qin Wentian and his companions had actually returned safely. Qin Wentian had once claimed that if he broke through to the ninth level, he would fight solo against Zi Daoyang. He was now fulfilling that promise, but not only to Zi Daoyang, he was also challenging Mo Xie.

The experts from the Qin Sect gradually returned after they learned that their sect leader was safe. Afterward, there were even more geniuses who joined the Qin Sect. All of them despised the actions of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and even said that they wanted to crush those little clowns. To think that the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor had actually sent an army to settle the grudges that were made in the City of Ancient Emperors. How shameless was he?

Back then, how arrogant were the people of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect? Using words to humiliate the Qin Sect, but in the end, they couldn’t even withstand a single strike the moment they met Qin Wentian. The Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor couldn’t stand the loss of face, and so he summoned the strongest ascendants within his Eastern Sage Army just to deal with Qin Wentian. By extension, this already counted as interfering in the matters of the City of Ancient Emperors. This made many people look upon the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor with contempt, and they all joined the Qin Sect to prepare to exterminate the experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. At the same time, they also wanted to personally witness the outcome of the fight between Qin Wentian, Zi Daoyang, and Mo Xie. This then was truly a battle between men. No one could interfere in this showdown to determine who stood at the very peak!

Chapter 974: Eve before the Grand Battle

 

In the City of Ancient Emperors, many were descendants of immortal kings and emperors. Even if they weren’t, they would be their disciples. Hence, all of them were lofty individuals whose arrogance towered up into the sky. They looked down on the actions of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor. If back then, the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor had sent his more powerful personal disciples here to kill Qin Wentian, that would be fine. But he’d actually sent out an army, and so his actions naturally incurred the ridicule of many.

At the same time, Qin Wentian’s challenge to Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie, the two top rankers of the Immortal Ascension Ranking, had truly stirred up the spirits of many. This should be what a genius from the City of Ancient Emperors should be like.

Comparing the two, it was clear that Qin Wentian’s spirit made those in the City of Ancient Emperors have a more unfavorable opinion of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

Hence, another storm of commotion arose in the City of Ancient Emperors. Many people were rushing to join the Qin Sect.

In a few short days, the number of geniuses in the Qin Sect exploded. They were all here because they wanted to witness the making of history, to personally see Qin Wentian fight against Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie.

The Qin Sect today was a far cry from the tranquil place it had been before. As a result of their recruitment efforts, it was now extremely lively, with geniuses from all kinds of locations gathering there. Qin Wentian had also changed his previous policy—now they were accepting anyone who wished to join. As a matter of fact, they weren’t going to stay too long in the City of Ancient Emperors, so it would be impossible for sect members to form a truly close relationship like that of real brothers. He was also thinking he might as well take the opportunity during this short period of time to gather people and carry out the things he should do. In the future, if they ever met in the outside world, it would naturally be good if they could drink and chat happily. But if they ended up on opposite sides, there would be no regrets as well.

“Nanfeng, did Qin Wentian really break through to the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon? I remember when he first entered this city and joined the Xiao Sect, he was only a seventh-level ascendant. How can he break through two levels to the ninth within such a short period of time? Did you guys go through some miraculous encounters?” Hearing someone among them directing this question to Nanfeng Yunxi, many of the geniuses who joined the Qin Sect all had expressions of interest on their faces.

“There were indeed some miraculous encounters.” Nanfeng Yunxi nodded, admitting it honestly.

“Wow, what miraculous encounters?” someone asked.

“In the City of Ancient Emperors, in the very depths of the Underworld Mountains, there’s a city in the sky containing many enigmatic secrets. It was none other than the Antiquity City. We took on the trials and obtained the benefits, causing Qin Wentian to smoothly break through in his cultivation.” Nanfeng Yunxi chose not to hide anything. This Antiquity City would be known to many sooner or later. Rather than hiding things and arousing suspicions, she might as well tell the truth.

“Is this true?” As expected, the eyes of several experts gleamed with sharpness; all of them were directing their attention towards Nanfeng Yunxi.

“Yes, is there any reason for me to lie to you? You can all seek out that city for yourselves. But regretfully, because the cultivation level requirements are too high, we were all asked to leave that place. If not, we would have surely established our immortal foundations inside it,” Nanfeng Yunxi said calmly. “And sadly, the pathway to that city has already been sealed.”

“Oh?” Many people had disappointment flashing through their eyes. Since the path had already been sealed, didn’t that mean that they had no chance at all?

“Nanfeng isn’t lying. The things she’s said are all true.” At this moment, Qin Wentian walked over, sitting together with Nanfeng Yunxi.

“Brother Qin.” Everyone clasped their hands in politeness.

“Sect leader Qin!” some experts called out. After all, Qin Wentian was the sect leader of the Qin Sect.

“Brothers, you are all too courteous. I must truly thank you for your help by willingly joining my sect,” Qin Wentian said in a forthright manner, clasping his hands as well.

“A power like the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect that can only bully people with their numbers, we should make them wake the fuck up and remind them that this place is the City of Ancient Emperors.”

“That’s right. The Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor actually sent out an army to this place to deal with Brother Qin? That shouldn’t have happened at all.”

“Brother Qin, we still have to make things clear first. We’re all extremely willing and happy to take care of those clowns from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. But since you’ve proclaimed a challenge to Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie, that will ultimately have to depend on yourself. But, if the people from the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace interfere and join in on the battle, we’ll of course act against them. If they don’t, then we won’t involve ourselves, since after all, we would also like to see a battle between the three individuals at the very peak of the City of Ancient Emperors,” someone stated.

“That’s only natural.” Qin Wentian nodded. “In any case, the reason why I, Qin Wentian, have established the Qin Sect, was never to bully others through brute force. I just have no wish to encounter the same circumstances as back then—being surrounded by major powers on all sides. That was nothing but a humiliation, and since I dared to challenge Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie, I will naturally fight against them alone. I have no need for the help of others.”

“Right!” Someone in the crowd cheered.

“Brother Qin is truly bold. Right after arriving at the City of Ancient Emperors, you were already challenging the first and second-ranked in the Immortal Ascension Rankings. We are all truly impressed.”

“It looks like your miraculous encounter in the Antiquity City has caused Brother Qin’s strength to rise to another level.”

“There’s also another thing I think you all might not know about. Back then, Mo Xie was closely pursuing us, and so he has also stepped into the Antiquity City as well. So, that miraculous encounter was also experienced by Mo Xie,” Qin Wentian added, causing everyone’s eyes to gleam sharply.

“Mo Xie also managed to step into the Antiquity City with you guys?!” someone exclaimed in shock.

“Mhm, that’s right.” Nanfeng Yunxi nodded.

“Nanfeng was speaking truthfully. We experienced good fortune there, but were forced to leave because our cultivation levels were too low. It’s truly regretful that the path leading into the Antiquity City has now been sealed. If you guys don’t believe us, you can head over to the depths of the Underworld Mountain and take a look for yourselves,” Qin Wentian added honestly. None of the geniuses present doubted his words.

“Since Brother Qin and the Southern Phoenix Holy Maiden have already put it that way, we will naturally believe in you. We will wait until the conclusion of the battle between Brother Qin, Zi Daoyang, and Mo Xie before we head to the Antiquity City for a look,” stated someone in the crowd.

“Okay. Since that’s the case, let’s finish off those from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect first. If they choose to use immortal weapons in this upcoming battle, it may escalate to something beyond our control. Everyone should prepare their hearts,” advised Qin Wentian, and the others nodded.

“The members of our Qin Sect have already been designated to different locations within the City of Ancient Emperors. The Eastern Sage Immortal Sect will have no idea which of us are part of the Qin Sect. All their movements are already being monitored, and even if they wish to leave the City of Ancient Emperors now, it will be too late.”

…

Naturally, the Qin Sect weren’t able to hide their activities from the eyes and ears of the experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. They were also secretly monitoring the Qin Sect’s movements, and upon knowing that the Qin Sect was ramping up on their recruitment, this left the experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect in a position where it was difficult for them to advance or retreat.

“Everyone, what are your thoughts regarding this?” In the location occupied by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, the four leaders looked to their subordinates, asking them for their opinions.

“We can team up into supremely strong battle formations, so there’s no need to fear the Qin Sect. This is a mission given to us by His Majesty, so we must kill Qin Wentian no matter what,” someone replied.

“The Qin Sect isn’t so simple to deal with. Nanfeng Yunxi, Qin Wentian, and Princess Qing`er are ranked third, fourth, and fifth in the Immortal Ascension Rankings. This is something we didn’t know before we arrived here. And Qin Wentian managed to enter the Antiquity City and encounter another bout of good fortune, so now he’s dared to challenge the ones ranked first and second. Now, it looks like he’s going to be more difficult to deal with. And with so many more geniuses joining the Qin Sect, I’m afraid we are at a disadvantage.” Several people were worried.

“The battle formation’s amplification effect won’t be too overwhelming. Between our group and Qin Wentian, we have already reached a point where neither will rest until the other dies. If we truly were to fight, it would be a battle fought with immortal weapons, which could cause chaos to erupt everywhere. The circumstances are truly against us since after all, we can only kill Qin Wentian and his companions, but we’re not allowed to kill those other geniuses who joined the Qin Sect. If not, we’ll surely form death grudges between the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and the many powerful factions out there.” The majority of people from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were all extremely pessimistic; they didn’t feel too good about their chances in this upcoming battle.

“Could it be that we arrived with too much grandeur and style, and now we have no choice but to cut a sorry figure and flee in defeat? How can we answer to His Majesty?” someone exclaimed in anger, feeling disdain with regards to those pessimistic people.

A conflict between two powers. Before this, they had thought that with so many experts it would be a piece of cake to kill Qin Wentian and destroy the Qin Sect. However, at their very first battle they actually discovered that the Qin Sect was a tough nut to crack. And now that the Qin Sect’s numbers had explosively increased, they were in danger of losing their lives if they continued fighting against them.

“Stop talking.” One of the four leaders waved his hand, calling for silence.

“Us being divided is not the solution. Make preparations for battle. If we were to simply flee just like that, our Eastern Sage Immortal Sect need not bother raising their heads in the immortal realms ever again.”

The expressions of all the experts turned heavy. Indeed, this place was the City of Ancient Emperors. These people were from all over the immortal realms, and hence, news of their actions would definitely circulate around. If they sneakily tried to leave, the reputation of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect would be destroyed by their hands. They were here for one reason, and one reason only—to kill Qin Wentian. And now, if they were to flee out of fear, the face and prestige of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor would be tarnished completely.

“Send a few men to the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace. Let’s see if we can negotiate an alliance to deal with the Qin Sect,” commanded one of the leaders, his words causing the eyes of the experts to gleam. This was indeed a good plan. If the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace were willing to ally together with them to deal with the Qin Sect, they would no longer need to fear them.

Very swiftly, several experts headed over to the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace to discuss an alliance.

The people of the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace weren’t idling about as well. Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie had long heard of Qin Wentian’s challenge. The entire City of Ancient Emperors was waiting—waiting for this supreme battle at the peak to commence.

It has been a very long time since such an intense scene had happened in the City of Ancient Emperors.

…

The sun’s rays shone upon the City of Ancient Emperors, a place that had lasted for countless eras. There were people flying in the air in all directions—geniuses who were fighting against each other, various powers pitting against the other, experts who were searching for ancient ruins, people who were exploring forbidden grounds. As usual, they were all trying to temper themselves.

At the place where the experts of the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect were located, the atmosphere was filled with tension. Not long ago, they received news that the Qin Sect’s experts were currently being led by Qin Wentian and were heading towards them. Evidently, not only were they monitoring the movements of the Qin Sect, the Qin Sect was also monitoring them. Both parties were in plain sight, and it was unnecessary to think about hiding their movements from each other.

And now, their battle was finally about to start.

After hearing the report, they learned that there were a total of around five hundred geniuses preparing to slaughter their way over, all aiming for the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect. This made all the experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect fall into panic. In fact, they were even thinking of fleeing the City of Ancient Emperors.

The situation seemed to have been reversed.

However, they ultimately decided not to flee. Zi Daoyang and Mo Xie had both promised them that once the Qin Sect made their move, they would instantly rush over. Right now, they could only place their hopes on the alliance they’d made with the Violet Sect and the Evil Palace.

The experts from the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect weren’t the only ones to be struck by waves of commotion. The geniuses in this entire city all received the news, and were currently starting to rush over, intending to spectate the conclusion.

A grand battle of an unbelievable scale would occur at any moment!