Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 265 - 143 Tianji Mountain

Chapter 265: Chapter 143 Tianji Mountain

Heaven and Earth were darkened.

The black land, desolate ruins.

Zhou Yan had come once again within the Ancient Evil Formation, and he still felt the desolate silence of this land.

Here, in this realm, Zhuge Chunqiu was drenched in blood, his broken bones and bright red flesh in his arms were miserably exposed.

At this moment, he was almost at his last breath.

In front of him, a ten-meter-tall green-skinned, bone-spiked fierce beast was staring at him with a ferocious gaze, as if it were looking at the most delectable food in the world.

Under such a gaze, anyone who dared to compete for the beast’s "food" would likely face a fight to the death.

However, at this moment, Zhou Yan appeared. Not only did he appear, but he also activated the Array in an instant, causing the Ancient Array to operate mysteriously, and then in an instant, he took Zhuge Chunqiu to another location within the Ancient Array.

He couldn’t do much, only temporarily escape the current environment, but he couldn’t take Zhuge Chunqiu away again in such a short time.

Due to the operation of the Array, he could only manipulate it but couldn’t change much.

The Ancient Array exhibited irregular fluctuations, black smoke rose between Heaven and Earth, dark clouds billowed, covering the sky, as if a destructive storm was imminent.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan actually let out a sigh of relief.

The ghost-like beast had the strength of the Void Seventh Realm, not to mention its own strength, just the realm suppression alone made all of Zhou Yan’s attacks significantly weaker, and coupled with its extraordinarily strange speed, Zhou Yan knew that if he faced it head-on without using Soul-level Battle Armor for defense, he wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single move.

If he had the Realm of Sword Spirit Three Heavens, facing this ghost, with the six realms of suppression missing, he could still fight. Though victory would be impossible, he would certainly not be defeated.

But now, he was merely at the Realm of Sword Spirit Three Heavens. Even facing ordinary experts in the Void Realm, the gap in realm was too vast, there was also a suppression by the Heavenly Dao’s might, making it impossible to break through.

This was, in fact, quite understandable. It’s like Zhou Yan’s Combat Power Breaking Six could defeat the genius Hu Yidao of Sword Spirit Three Heavens, whose combat strength was at least Breaking Three, and he could defeat experts in the Void Third Realm.

So, could an ordinary Cultivator of the Void Third Realm be defeated by Zhou Yan? The answer is no. Because the larger the leap across realms, the stronger the suppression by the Heavenly Dao’s might. Facing an ordinary Cultivator of the Void Third Realm, each of Zhou Yan’s attacks would be weakened by the Heavenly Dao, while the Void Three expert’s moves would be enhanced by the Heavenly Dao’s might.

Thus, in a situation where advantages and disadvantages offset each other, Zhou Yan couldn’t defeat an expert of the Void Third Realm; this was the suppression of realms.

The Combat Power can break through several realms’ shackles is relative to ordinary bloodlines. The reason Emperor Qi Sword Body is different is because its Combat Power is not only relative to ordinary bloodlines but also to special bloodlines.

Therefore, being invincible at the same Realm with Emperor Qi Sword Body is not an exaggeration.

At this time, facing the beast of Void Seventh, Zhou Yan chose to avoid combat because a previous all-out strike had also not truly injured this ghost-like beast. Even though the Fist Intent left by his Master was powerful, his own realm was too low; he could hardly hit an expert of the Void Third Realm, how could he possibly hit a Void Seventh expert?

Moreover, using up one of the Fist Intent, when he still had nine left and had not even entered the core area of the City of No Tears yet, was simply too wasteful.

Based on these considerations, Zhou Yan chose to retreat, temporarily observing this Ancient Ghost.

"Zhou Lingzhe, I didn’t expect that you would be the one to rescue me."

Seeing Zhou Yan suddenly appear and rescue him, Zhuge Chunqiu struggled to show a faint smile, but it tugged at the huge bloodied wound on his cheek causing the flesh on his face to twitch involuntarily.

"I said I would save your life, and I naturally will,"

Zhou Yan turned his head back, withdrawing his gaze from the Ancient Array across him, and calmly stated.

"Cough cough... sorry, there were some things before...," Zhuge Chunqiu’s voice trembled, clinging to his soul not to shake or fear, trying to stabilize his emotions as he spoke.

"There’s no need to explain. You have the Heavenly Mechanism Order on you; I naturally couldn’t be distracted to take you away. To really take you away, it seems necessary to study the energy method of the Heavenly Mechanism Order and link it with you."

Zhou Yan said nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Zhuge Chunqiu miserably chuckled and said, "Yes, I was indeed conflicted. If I hadn’t given you the Heavenly Mechanism Order first, you wouldn’t have felt the shackles of the energy of the Heavenly Mechanism Order, and certainly, you could have taken me directly, but I would have missed an opportunity.

By giving you the Heavenly Mechanism Order first, though, I preemptively tied down the chance. Thus, although it’s difficult to escape death, this is also a Creation. In the end, this was my calculation, risking my own life in the calculation. And I too needed an understanding from a life and death Creation, now, I’ve realized it."

"I know you’ve realized it, which is why even if I ultimately didn’t save you, you could have saved yourself. I’ve completely figured out this Ancient Array, knowing that there is half an hour of time to delay.

Now, I just want you to take me to Tianji Mountain. I know you have a way to open the space,"

Zhou Yan stared at Zhuge Chunqiu, directly stating his request.

"This..." Zhuge Chunqiu hesitated for an instant, but in that moment, he saw a vision of death, his heart couldn’t help but shudder, instantly understanding that today, if he refused, he would be killed, mercilessly by Zhou Yan!

Even though he had hidden his strength, he was definitely no match for Zhou Yan!

"It turns out that my one tribulation was not just a dangerous experience in the City of No Tears, but stemmed from him."

After facing the Ancient Ghost, Zhuge Chunqiu had made some progress in comprehending the Heavenly Dao. At that moment, he inexplicably sensed his impending disaster, causing his heart to sink as he realized the source of his tribulation.

However, knowing this, he felt even more helpless because taking someone to Tianji Mountain on his own initiative—despite this person being destined—assured his certain death.

Either way, he was doomed with no path left for him.

But Zhuge Chunqiu only pondered for a moment before he seriously looked at Zhou Yan and said, "Zhou Lingzhe, meeting you, I do not know if it is my, Zhuge Chunqiu’s luck or misfortune. Regardless, I agree to your request. If possible, please take care of a thing or two for me."

"Definitely."

Zhou Yan gave Zhuge Chunqiu a deep look, giving his promise.

"Alright, let’s go."

Speaking, Zhuge Chunqiu, with his battered body, summoned energy and shot a blood arrow from his chest, and then he threw out the Heavenly Mechanism Order. The Heavenly Mechanism Order, like a sword, darted into the blood arrow, whereupon a space swiftly materialized.

Originally, at the Sword Spirit Realm, one could already comprehend a bit of the Space Power, maneuvering through the void as if performing instantaneous movement.

And in this respect particularly, the Heavenly Mechanism Lineage excelled, being able to open a space in the ancient array was not surprising.

Seeing the space open, Zhou Yan did not enter but casually released a surge of Origin Energy into Zhuge Chunqiu’s body and said, "Let’s recuperate a bit first before we enter."

"Okay... Thank you, Zhou Lingzhe." Suddenly receiving a massive replenishment of Origin Energy, Zhuge Chunqiu felt a powerful energy erupt in his nearly dried-up and broken body as if withered wood coming to spring again, rekindling endless potential.

Not only had it restored the consumption of hidden energy in the Heavenly Mechanism Order but the speed of recovery also rapidly healed the fatal wounds he had received under the oppression of the Void Seven Evil Spirits.

Despite knowing Zhou Yan was formidable, experiencing such abnormal recuperative power, Zhuge Chunqiu couldn’t help but be moved.

Nevertheless, he said nothing more and focused on controlling his breath, healing his injuries.

In just a moment, his profound injuries had almost completely healed, and he rapidly reached a peak state. At this moment, the terrible surge of Life Origin Energy suddenly vanished as if it had never existed.

Zhuge Chunqiu was extremely shocked internally and held increasing admiration for Zhou Yan’s endless abilities.

"You’ve recovered to your peak state, let’s go. This ancient array won’t be able to restrain that evil spirit for much longer,"

Zhou Yan noted the uncertainty in Zhuge Chunqiu’s heart and wasn’t surprised as he spoke.

"Okay, Zhou Lingzhe, please lead the way."

Seeing that Zhou Yan had perceived his condition in a glance and expecting no surprise from Zhuge Chunqiu, he instead felt it was natural. He then bowed and let Zhou Yan proceed.

...

Tianji Mountain was situated in a special space, similar in nature to the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm.

However, this space was not in the form of a pond, but a mountain, as if a single peak was segregated, creating its own space, a world of its own.

This mountain was named ’Tianji Mountain.’

The Heavenly Mechanism Lineage had generations living within this mountain.

When Zhou Yan arrived here, he felt particularly sensitive to the gravity system here because the airflow changed peculiarly, and it oddly felt like weightlessness.

At Zhou Yan’s level, his body could resist all gravitational changes, yet here, he was unable to because the gravitational changes were extremely complex, and the corresponding changes in airflow were very apparent, making Zhou Yan feel as if his ears were deaf, unable to hear any external sounds.

His body felt somewhat unsteady.

This was a very chaotic Secret Realm, judging by the frequency of gravitational changes and the presence of immense pressure, this realm was likely about to descend upon the Sword Burial Ancestor Star.

With just a sensing, Zhou Yan already understood this.

But he said nothing because at this moment, any form of speech would not be heard.

"Zhou Lingzhe, we can only communicate through Spiritual Sense here. External sounds can’t exist because the changes in airflow are too frequent, preventing sound from being transmitted."

Zhuge Chunqiu communicated telepathically from beside Zhou Yan.

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