Zhang Ruochen and the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable communicated via spiritual power transmission because they sensed a pair of eyes watching them from far beyond the distant void.
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable said, “It is the Rain Master of the Spiritual God Hall. She is truly remarkable. Her spiritual power broke through to the seventy-eighth rank ten thousand years ago. Who knows if she has advanced further now. If you encounter her, Boundary Venerable, do you have confidence in escaping?”
Zhang Ruochen gave a wry smile. “Each rank of spiritual power is a world of difference. Against a seventy-seventh-rank spiritual power god I could still fight using the Nine Yin Evasion Array. Against a seventy-eighth-rank spiritual power god I can only burn lifespan to escape. Preserving my life should not be a problem.”
Zhang Ruochen’s words were half true and half false, deliberately concealing his true strength.
With his current power the gap against a seventy-eighth-rank spiritual power god was indeed enormous. However some of the trump cards and methods he possessed could still threaten a seventy-eighth-rank spiritual power god.
No matter how many hundreds of thousands of years one has cultivated underestimating Zhang Ruochen would come at a heavy price.
Immediately afterwards Zhang Ruochen changed the subject. He said, “But I believe that before Sword Realm is found the Rain Master will not act against me.”
“That is true as well. Everyone in the world knows that Boundary Venerable Ruochen obtained Sword Ancestor’s inheritance along with six of the seven star divine swords. You must have a subtle connection to Sword Realm.” the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable said.
Suddenly Zhang Ruochen let out a surprised sound. He lowered his head to look at a large patch of glowing plants by the seaside. He asked, “Were these plants transplanted from Jiannan Realm?”
“Indeed! Why is Boundary Venerable Ruochen so shocked?” the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Old senior you may not know this. Jiannan Realm was once located inside the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain. Its soil composition is extremely special and it has been without light for countless years. Therefore the plants born there are unlike those anywhere else. These plants can glow by themselves in the darkness but when transplanted to other major worlds they cannot survive at all.”
“Yet these plants are growing so well here. Could it be that the soil composition of the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm is the same as Jiannan Realm’s?”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable was secretly startled. He had not expected Zhang Ruochen to connect these plants to the great secret the Yasha Clan had always kept hidden. He smiled calmly and said, “Is that not quite normal? Jiannan Realm and the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm are so close together. Some similarities in soil composition are nothing to be surprised about.”
Zhang Ruochen asked no further questions and accepted the explanation for now!
Next the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable shifted the topic to the six divine swords and Sword Ancestor’s inheritance. Zhang Ruochen naturally did not conceal everything. He told some truths and some falsehoods which managed to impress even this Boundary Venerable who had lived from the ancient era to the present.
After all Zhang Ruochen had once used seven soul swords to advance within ten zhang of Famous Sword God shocking the entire world.
Even though Famous Sword God had stood still at the time.
But what kind of dazzling figure was Famous Sword God? One sword shattered Xinghuan Heaven’s protective divine array. One sword shattered First Divine Daughter City’s protective divine array. He could exchange blows with Xuan Yi. Below the immeasurable realm the number of those who could defeat him even counting both Heaven Court and Hell Realm combined would not exceed ten. He was publicly recognised as the number one in sword dao.
Even if he had stood still if the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable had gone instead breaking into within ten zhang would have been no easy task.
Clang!
Suddenly a piercing sword cry resounded through heaven and earth.
It was merely a sword cry yet it carried the same force as a divine sword thrusting out.
Ailian Jun whose cultivation was relatively weak had her eardrums rupture and blood flowed freely.
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable was shocked. He looked toward Zhang Ruochen’s palm and asked, “This is…”
“Not good. The six divine swords are vibrating violently and I cannot control them.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression changed drastically. His palm erupted with dazzling brilliant light and shook fiercely. His skin and flesh were torn apart by sword qi.
The sword dao rules between heaven and earth were stirred by some special force and rapidly boiled over. Soon the disturbance spread throughout the entire Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm.
The whole major world rang with sword cries. All swords trembled holy swords spirit swords mortal swords…
All cultivators in the world were astonished and bewildered.
Yet this bizarre phenomenon of ten thousand swords crying in unison was happening for the first time and it affected the entire Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm. It alarmed one god after another who gazed toward the direction of Ancient Ink Sea.
Zhang Ruochen let out a miserable cry. The six divine swords broke free of his control tore through his palm flew into the air and shot straight toward the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain.
“Some extremely powerful force is summoning the six divine swords.”
Zhang Ruochen was extremely anxious. He executed god steps broke through the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm atmosphere and chased after the fleeing divine swords.
Not only the six divine swords but all swords in the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm broke free and flew upward. There were fully a hundred billion of them impossible to count. They converged into a thousand-li-long river of swords and closely followed the six divine swords.
This was an extraordinarily magnificent sight that stunned every living being in the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm.
Mortals thought it was a divine miracle and knelt down to worship.
Little Black stared in the direction the thousand-li sword river was flying toward his gaze fixed on the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain. His blood boiled with excitement. He said, “It is the sword source. It must be the legendary sword source summoning the six divine swords. Only the sword source possesses such eerie power. Sword Realm really does exist!”
Little Black went mad. He revealed his true form transforming into an enormous undying phoenix and flew toward the starry sky.
Ailian Jun knew that Zhang Ruochen planned to use this method to lure the gods of the Dark Divine Hall to Shattered Star Bowl. Yet when the scene actually unfolded she could not tell whether Sword Realm was truly summoning the six divine swords or if Zhang Ruochen was putting on an act.
If this was an act it was far too exaggerated!
Chase!
“Sword Realm is about to appear! Sword Realm is really about to appear! Hurry chase it!”
The gods of the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm had no idea what was happening. Their eyes burned with zeal. Like Little Black they were nearly frenzied and chased the thousand-li sword river at top speed.
Zhang Ruochen used spiritual power to draw upon the heaven and earth saint qi and spirit qi for his own use. He executed god steps one step covering one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred li. His footwork was astonishingly fast and he pursued relentlessly.
Although the Yasha Clan gods were also proficient in god steps their understanding of space was far inferior to Zhang Ruochen’s. They could not move too quickly and soon they were left far behind.
“Too fast. Even if we activate our refined divine ship we probably cannot catch up.”
“What do we do now?”
The Yasha Clan gods were all panting from exhaustion. Their divine qi was greatly depleted. Helplessly they watched the thousand-li sword river grow ever more distant. Some felt heartbroken some sighed in regret some refused to give up and took out their divine ships to continue the pursuit.
Ailian Jun knew she could not catch up. Her eyes filled with unwillingness. She said urgently, “Boundary Venerable has already caught up. Quick immediately send a message to Jade Spirit God. Sword Realm is appearing Sword Realm is appearing!”
While the Yasha Clan gods scrambled in confusion the powerful sword dao fluctuations soaring through the starry sky shocked various factions.
On the rocky planet the Rain Master said, “Li Xiao can your divine ship catch up to that sword river?”
Great God Li Xiao said, “It should be possible but the consumption of divine stones will be enormous.”
“No matter how many divine stones it consumes it is worth it. Chase after it.”
The Rain Master hurried toward the three-hundred-li-long divine ship.
Great God Li Xiao followed behind her. He asked, “Are you sure we should not wait for Frost City Demon?”
“If you want to wait then wait.”
The Rain Master transformed into a black shadow flew onto the divine ship struck her staff into a groove in the array and immediately dense inscription patterns appeared on the divine ship. It became as bright as a star.
In truth a star was already sealed inside this divine ship.
Great God Li Xiao laughed loudly. “Wait for him and the opportunity of Sword Realm will no longer be ours?”
…
The gods of the Qinglu Divine Hall were hiding on a small asteroid in the nearby starry sky.
Lan Ying smiled. “Originally we planned to use the Dark Divine Hall to clear the way. Now it seems there is no need for such trouble. As long as we follow Zhang Ruochen we will definitely find Sword Realm.”
“Could it be a trap?” a god with butterfly wings on his back asked cautiously.
Lan Ying said, “Would Zhang Ruochen take out the six divine swords just to play a trick? Besides even if it is a trick as long as we seize the six divine swords what difference does it make from finding Sword Realm? Zhang Ruochen oh Zhang Ruochen if you did not court death like this with Heavenly Matriarch backing you no one would dare touch you. But once inside the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain even Heavenly Matriarch cannot sense anything. Haha!”
The Qinglu Divine Hall’s divine ship activated and prepared to fly toward the thousand-li sword river.
Boom!
A divine ship of the Undying Blood Clan jumped through space and appeared above them. The light radiating from the divine ship froze time and space pressing the Qinglu Divine Hall’s divine ship downward.
Among the Qinglu Divine Hall gods a being exuding great god aura erupted with killing intent. Golden spears and iron horses appeared in illusory form around him. He roared angrily, “Xue Yao Mo Po Sha what is the meaning of this?”
The giant divine shadow of Blood Radiance Divine Lord appeared. He proclaimed loudly, “No particular meaning. We simply do not wish for you to participate in the contest for Sword Realm.”
That great god being said, “What is the point of you blocking us? The Dark Divine Hall has already chased after them. Can Zhang Ruochen possibly fight against Rain Master and Li Xiao?”
Clearly in the eyes of the Qinglu Divine Hall gods Zhang Ruochen was still regarded as one of the Undying Blood Clan.
Blood Radiance Divine Lord said, “Our Undying Blood Clan naturally has gods coming to assist.”
“Do not waste time. Fight!”
Lan Ying drew the Asura Sword. Divine light from his body illuminated a hundred thousand li of heaven and earth. He swung the sword toward the Undying Blood Clan divine ship above.
A divine battle erupted in an instant.
The Feng Clan’s divine ship hovered at the edge of the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain. The ship body was the size of a planet and three thousand li long. It was cast from bronze extremely ancient and simple.
This was the “Rising Wind Divine Ship” forged by a heaven-level figure of the ancient Feng Clan. It ranked among the top five divine ships of the Feng Clan. Its attack and defence power needed no mention but its concealment ability was the most formidable. From a certain distance it could evade the perception of immeasurable realm gods.
Calling it a moving divine city would not be an exaggeration.
All Feng Clan disciples with some attainment in the truth dao were aboard the ship. After all in a place like the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain the truth dao could be of great use.
Both Feng Xi and Feng Yan were present.
Their father the fourth master of the Feng family Feng Yun Ba stood imposingly beneath the iron cloth divine sail. His armour shone brilliantly and his gaze was so sharp that every Feng Clan disciple on the ship felt suffocated by the intense pressure.
Even with Feng Yan’s current cultivation when he looked at his father fear still appeared in his eyes.
He could not suppress the fear that had built up since childhood.
“I did not expect the Undying Blood Clan and Asura Clan to clash first and fight so fiercely.” Seventh master Feng Xuan of the Feng Clan showed a smile. If this were elsewhere the Feng Clan would not mind waiting until both sides were severely injured before cleaning them up.
But now clearly finding Sword Realm was the most important matter.
Feng Yun Ba’s tiger-like eyes stared at Zhang Ruochen flying through the starry sky and at the thousand-li-long sword river. Killing intent filled his gaze. He said, “Activate the warship. Chase after them.”
Feng Yan sensed the killing intent radiating from his father. He forcefully suppressed his inner fear and quickly said, “Father we cannot act rashly. This matter is somewhat strange.”
Feng Yun Ba’s gaze swept over like a divine mountain pressing down on Feng Yan.
Feng Yan’s legs trembled involuntarily. He lowered his head and said, “If Sword Realm is truly appearing why are the two great powerhouses of the Undying Blood Clan Blood Radiance Divine Lord and Mo Po Sha not chasing after it? This is far too abnormal!”
A pseudo-god general of the Feng Clan said, “Great Slaughter War God Sovereign and the Nether King have already chased after them. Blood Radiance Divine Lord and Mo Po Sha are only holding back the Asura Clan gods.”
“This matter cannot be a trick. Zhang Ruochen knows full well that a large number of Dark Divine Hall powerhouses are in this star domain. How could he dare enter the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain so openly? If it were me I would sneak in quietly without giving the Dark Divine Hall gods a chance to pursue.”
“He probably really cannot control the six divine swords. Now he is afraid he will lose both the divine swords and his life.”
“If it were me I would decisively abandon the six divine swords and never chase after them. At least I could preserve my life.”
“But those are six divine swords. Who could bear to abandon them?”
…
Feng Yun Ba’s glare toward Feng Yan grew increasingly fierce. Cold sweat poured from Feng Yan’s body. He could barely control himself and was on the verge of collapse.
Feng Xuan walked over helped him dispel Feng Yun Ba’s pressure and smiled. “Yan’er means well. We really should be more cautious.”
Feng Yun Ba said in a deep voice, “You Feng Yan awakened the three heads and six arms bloodline of Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable. You should have been the qilin child of the Feng Clan yet you fraternise with that epoch’s great villain. The reputation of our Feng Clan branch is probably going to be ruined by your hands. This time is perfect. Cut down that epoch’s great villain so he does not grow into a future calamity like Huang Tian.”
Thump!
Feng Yan knelt on the ground his eyes red. He gritted his teeth and said, “Father please spare him!”
Seeing him kneel Feng Yun Ba’s anger flared even more. He kicked him away and said, “Useless thing. Are you even worthy of possessing three heads and six arms? Do not appear before me until you break through to the god realm. Activate the divine ship. Chase after them.”
The Feng Clan cultivators sprang into action each attending to their duties and urging the divine ship forward.
Feng Xi came to Feng Yan’s side and sighed softly. “You know full well that father hates betrayers the most and hates even more when Feng Clan men kneel before him. Yet you committed both of his taboos!”
“Sister with… his current cultivation is it possible for him to escape from father’s sword?” Feng Yan asked.
“Unless it is Huang Tian who can escape when father wants to kill someone?”
Feng Xi drifted away.
In her view perhaps Zhang Ruochen’s death would be a good thing. That way in the future when Feng Yan inherits the position of Feng Clan leader there would be far less resistance.
Not only Feng Xi but the entire Feng Clan had high hopes for Feng Yan’s potential. Otherwise Feng Yun Ba would not have been so strict with him from childhood.
