Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 902 - 897: Distracted - Part 1

Chapter 902: Chapter 897: Distracted - Part 1

Spiritual Power Universe.

In the pitch-black vast starry void, there was a crisp sound from a void.

A purple vortex slowly opened beside it, and three disheveled figures flew out on a purple jade disk.

After flying out, the three waited by the side.

Soon, another three people flew out with a whoosh from behind them.

This group of people was none other than Nan Shunqing and his party who had just escaped the Underworld.

"This is the Spiritual Power Universe. I wonder what plans the three junior apprentices have?" Nan Shunqing inquired of Wei Qing and the others with a cupped hand salute.

"Master has ordered that Brother Qing summon all his relatives as soon as possible to avoid the upcoming major events."

Wei Qing quickly said, "To be candid, we came here through Brother’s route because Master arranged a special mission for us."

"For me to gather all my relatives?"

Nan Shunqing was somewhat puzzled.

He didn’t understand, but Nan Zhaorong and Murong Cheng on the side suddenly thought of something, their expressions slightly changed.

"Do as your Master instructed; now the family’s power is shaky. Although it seems mighty, it’s actually supported only by that core strength and people." Nan Zhaorong swiftly decided, explaining.

"Brother Qing, you should act immediately once you return. This matter cannot be delayed; delay may lead to changes."

Nan Shunqing sensed something amiss from their tone, but given it was Master’s order, he knew Master would never harm him.

He decided to fully trust.

"Alright!"

At this moment, Wei Qing glanced at Prague beside him.

"Junior apprentice, it’s your turn."

Prague glanced around without spotting anyone else.

He took a step forward, and a dim yellow light suddenly emanated from him. Then, he took some black bottles from his sleeves.

Opening the bottles, he poured out the black powder directly into the universe.

Shhh.....

A vast amount of black powder dispersed, quickly coalescing into a black sphere.

Whoosh!

The sphere shot towards the distance, disappearing in the dark depths of the universe in a blink.

Prague continued swiftly, opening new bottles, constantly pouring out large amounts of black powder.

The spheres formed from black powder flew into the universe’s depths like cannonballs.

Their speed was astonishing, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

With Prague’s half-incense stick of time’s effort, he had released over a hundred black spheres.

"What is this...?" Nan Shunqing asked in bewilderment.

"This is Master’s handiwork. It’s better for Brother Qing to handle his own matters; Master wouldn’t harm you in any way."

Wei Qing advised.

Nan Shunqing nodded.

"I understand."

He glanced at Nan Zhaorong and Murong Cheng, who were still deep in thought.

"Second Sister, we should return."

"What about these gentlemen...." Nan Zhaorong looked at Wei Qing and his companions.

"We shouldn’t reveal ourselves for now. Once Brother Qing has settled everything, bring the people, and you can contact us through this." Zhuang Yu gave Nan Shunqing a green-blue badge, engraved with a Qing Shan small lake pattern.

"Thank you, fellow junior apprentices, for your help." Nan Shunqing felt a bit disappointed but quickly adjusted his mood, "Then, Qing, I must take my leave."

"Safe travels, Brother. We will meet again soon, rest assured." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

Nan Shunqing nodded slightly, took Nan Zhaorong and Murong Cheng, and flew towards the distance.

This place was just a dozen Spirit Miles from the Nan Family’s teleportation Spiritual Furnace, allowing direct teleportation through the Spiritual Furnace to other teleportation furnaces, and thereby reaching the family home.

Wei Qing and the others watched Nan Shunqing’s group rapidly depart, gradually blending into the dark universe.

Only after they completely disappeared from view.

Prague nodded slightly to Wei Qing.

"We can start now."

"Is everything ready?" Wei Qing asked back.

"Of course."

"How about Zhuang Yu?"

"I’m ready too."

"Then, let’s begin." Wei Qing slowly took something out from his bosom.

An object no one ever expected, a round, pale bead.

He gently tossed the fist-sized bead forward.

"Formation, activate!"

Buzz!!!

In an instant, a large three-dimensional formation appeared throughout the surrounding universe.

Greenish-blue and golden formation lights flowed continuously like liquid, forming formation lines and patterns.

An immense amount of Spiritual Energy from the universe swept towards the bead like a deep-sea whirlpool.

The bead frantically absorbed all the energy, along with the liquid light from the formation, consuming it all.

Before long, a thick, translucent circle of pale white Spiritual Energy wrapped around the bead.

The energy slowly morphed, gradually forming a gigantic human shape.

This figure, over ten meters tall, glowed with a crystal light, appearing to be a standard shape for the Human Race.

"Welcome Master!"

At this moment, Wei Qing and his companions’ faces lit up with joy, quickly bowing deeply to the human figure from afar, shouting loudly.

The semi-transparent humanoid figure, over ten meters tall, nodded slightly.

"You’ve worked hard. Now, you may proceed to Qing’er and protect her relocation in secret. Have you figured out the system of spiritual energy?"

"Yes." Wei Qing nodded, "The disciple has already had Senior Brother Qing transmit relevant information to us, along with the star map the Honored Master required."

He tore with both hands, and instantly, in the universe’s void before him, a half-transparent pale blue star map emerged.

It was densely populated with shining stars, exceedingly realistic. The scale seemed to be reduced countless times.

"Not bad," the humanoid figure said with satisfaction. "I gathered the power of this world with the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads to form an avatar, and indeed it didn’t cause the universe here to fully reject it. A slight bit of influence isn’t significant.

Next...."

He turned his gaze to the nearby sun, radiating infinite light and heat.

"Rest assured, Honored Master, we will ensure that Senior Brother Qing returns safely," Wei Qing and the other two with Prague said in unison.

Wei Qing and Prague themselves were terrifyingly powerful, and with the attribute enhancement this time, they reached the Heavenly Venerable level in combat, with genuine Heavenly Venerable tier strength.

Moreover, their survivability was extremely frightful.

Pretending to protect Nan Shunqing wouldn’t prove too difficult.

"Make haste and return swiftly," Lin Xin said indifferently.

"Yes."

The three disciples instantly flew off into the distance. With the terrifying evasive capabilities from their enhanced attributes, concealing their own presence was an extremely simple task for the trio.

Watching the three leave, Lin Xin turned his gaze toward the nearest massive star.

That star was orbited by seven dead planets of varying sizes.

From afar, it resembled a golden egg surrounded by various smaller marbles.

Lin Xin took a step forward and in the blink of an eye crossed hundreds of thousands of spirit miles, rapidly flying toward the star.

His speed was extremely fast, and as an incarnation condensed by the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads, he also benefitted from the enhancement of attribute points.

Naturally, his destructive ability was also extremely terrifying. The speed he achieved was as astonishing as his original form.

But where he stood was at least thirty light years away from the star. At his current speed, crossing this distance would take at least one to two hundred days.

"Too slow...."

Lin Xin frowned slightly.

Simultaneously, Lin Xin, in another universe’s Underworld,

was sitting cross-legged by the Sun Spring at the core of the Silver Taoist Palace, with his eyes closed, contemplating swordsmanship.

As if attuned to something, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Too slow," both uttered this phrase almost at the same time.

Lin Xin glanced at his current free attribute points.

Having devoured four Evil God Kings and a multitude of Evil Gods, after some time, he now had over a million free attribute points.

"Not enough,"

Lin Xin frowned.

"A pity. If I wait another twenty years to fully digest the Evil God Kings and Evil Gods, I could gain tens of billions more free attribute points. By then, my destructive power would rise and my speed would naturally surge rapidly. For now, I can only slowly fly there."

The Underworld was sealed inside him by the Divine Skill of Capturing Objects.

All living creatures must slumber for ten thousand years to be unsealed again. But his hundreds of disciples weren’t included. As part of his own Underworld, they were the only entities unaffected by the Capturing Objects Divine Skill.

This was also the only strong personnel Lin Xin could currently mobilize.

Back then, he had painstakingly enhanced numerous disciples precisely with the current state in mind.

"For now, this side will stay as it is. Now, let’s check the other side...."

Lin Xin slowly closed his eyes, switching his focus.

His avatars weren’t singular; he had two.

And avatars were like dividing one’s thoughts into several parts, each responsible for thinking and responding from different perspectives.

But thoughts are thoughts, and no matter how scattered, a wise being must always have a primary consciousness.

Where Lin Xin’s primary consciousness was, that avatar would quickly gain more attention and tilt of focus.

If his primary consciousness hadn’t gone there, then the avatars would act on the assigned thoughts and goals independently.

This kind of action is relatively ambiguous compared to the primary consciousness. The core is the pre-set goal and objective.

In other words, an avatar is actually different thoughts generated for different goals.

However, an ordinary person’s single thought is weak and intangible.

Meanwhile, Lin Xin, with just one thought, could be supported by massive power, forming a tangible being, even able to think and adapt briefly on its own.

That is the difference.

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The Underworld.

In a certain layer of space-world.

On a boundless green prairie, everywhere were craters struck out like meteorites.

Black pits stretched one after another, densely packed.

The sky, once azure blue, now had a large hole torn at its edge, red blood light descending from it.

The pillar of blood light tinted the entire prairie in a faint red glow.

This was the Underworld world after the Dragon Vein Universe’s invasion.

The Underworld was struggling to suppress and repair the bloody hole in the sky, a terrifying wound forcefully torn apart by the Dragon Vein Universe’s mighty beings.

But due to the entangling and lingering of foreign powers, this repair was painstakingly slow.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a cyan-green sword light shot across the sky above the prairie from afar.

The sword light was like glazed crystal, clear and bright, with a beautiful woman upon it, donning a white veil, her white long skirt billowing in the wind. Her sharp, beautiful eyes were fixated on the bloody hole at the horizon.

"This is where those outsiders, the dual-horned people, descended before." The woman was shocked.

"Just gazing from afar, I can feel the extremely terrifying fluctuation of power. With my current cultivation, if a few dual-horned people emerge, it’ll be trouble for sure.

I better quickly find what I’m looking for and leave swiftly."