Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 439 - 088: Deceiving Heaven

Chapter 439: Chapter 088: Deceiving Heaven

"Frost Tears buried many ancient geniuses. Amidst truth and falsehood, right and wrong, there are numerous pasts unknown to others."

Upon hearing Zhou Yan’s words, Ni Chang Fairy’s eyes, which were already incredibly beautiful, became even more dazzling and enchanting, filled with spiritual vivacity.

She sighed softly, a classic gracefulness of a bygone era and a melancholic mood manifested in her tone.

She was not one to reveal her feelings in front of others, but at this moment, in front of Zhou Yan, she couldn’t help herself.

"Ni Chang, you have suffered much over these years."

Zhou Lingyao’s figure approached Ni Chang Fairy and tenderly embraced her, whispering softly.

His voice was magnetic and exceedingly gentle because only he understood the hidden past of those geniuses that lay behind Ni Chang’s words.

Because he was the protagonist of those past stories.

But he said no more, for everything was understood in silence.

Although they said little more, Zhou Yan, with his powerful soul, still felt the melancholy and contentment in their words.

The story didn’t necessarily need to be known, for to Zhou Yan, the voices of Ni Chang and Zhou Lingyao were stories in themselves.

"In the true Realm, there is something called ’Deceiving Heaven.’"

Ni Chang looked deeply into Zhou Yan’s eyes, satisfaction of various kinds shining in her gaze, much like a mother looks at her child with loving kindness, or like a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law with immense satisfaction.

In this moment, Zhou Yan understood that the two had entrusted the care of Ling He—known as Lingling—to him with peace of mind.

Zhou Yan wanted to say that he also might not be able to provide a definite answer—that he could definitely take good care of Lingling—but Ni Chang Fairy, as if knowing his difficulties, did not give Zhou Yan a chance to speak and instead directly revealed the method of utilizing Space Power.

"The ’Deceiving Heaven’ Array amongst array techniques is also like this, it deceives because fundamentally, it imitates a type of Tao."

"It’s like tracing ancient relics or famous paintings... even if one lacks the skill in painting, but simply imitates each stroke, although the brushwork will inevitably reveal immaturity, the grandeur of the masters could still be depicted.

And then, there is that imposing aura... even if the imitator is a novice or even an illiterate commoner, such imitated works can still be awe-inspiring—this is the effect of starting from the highest point."

"The principle is the same. Deceiving Heaven is able to ’deceive’ because the imitated Rune is the key.

By transforming through such rune alteration, one can convert the Space Power here into a kind of false ’Fake Sword Soul Sword Spirit,’ and then use this Fake Sword Soul Sword Spirit to invoke ’fake’ Soul Power.

If Frost Tears is seen as a strict game, and the power of the outside world is restricted within the game, it is limiting each piece’s inherent abilities.

But the effect of Deceiving Heaven is to change the power settings of the pieces themselves, which can be quite a terrifying ability.

Such a technique is very impressive; once detected by the rule power of Frost Tears, the consequences would be dire, as it would attract the Power of Destruction. And such a technique can only be used by someone here who has extra spatial abilities to exploit. So for now, you are the only one who can utilize such means.

The rest, like the Eternal Xuanzhe, cannot do this. Of course, if they have a special ’Void Body’ that contains a one-time attack, then you’ll have to be careful... however, even so, they still cannot compare to you."

"But this means, Zhou Yan, that you will always be under the watchful eye of the rule power of Frost Tears, so you must be very careful in all things."

"Speaking of ’Deceiving Heaven,’ let me now tell you how to execute this Deceiving Heaven technique, how to apply and use it..."

After a moment of reflection, Ni Chang Fairy and Zhou Lingyao immediately began to teach Zhou Yan the ’Treasure Seeking Technique.’

And after their introductions and explanations, Zhou Yan felt even more convinced that Frost Tears was made for him, as if by innate design. Here, no one else could use their Soul Ability to sense, but he could!

Others sought opportunities and needed painstaking observation, analysis, judgment, and Sudden Enlightenment, while he only needed to cultivate the Fake Sword Soul as prescribed by the Cultivation Technique, and he could use Soul Power, turning Frost Tears into a special place where he could exert his full strength.

All of this, if not a coincidence, could only mean that his Qi Fortune was incredibly defying of Heaven.

But was Qi Fortune truly against Heaven?

Zhou Yan only smirked self-mockingly in his heart and said nothing.

For the help provided by Ni Chang and Zhou Lingyao, he was indeed filled with gratitude. And even though he knew that on this path, some unexpected dangers exceeded the arrangements and he had to confront them alone, some things, like the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb and Frost Tears, were obviously laid out to suit him and work to his advantage.

Combining the inheritance from the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts, the Holy Daughter, Xiong Ba, and even Ni Chang’s familiarity with him, Zhou Yan increasingly realized that his previous life was definitely not just the simple existence of Lee Sha, nor just the memories he recalled.

Things were much more complicated than he thought.

But Zhou Yan now deeply understood, that pondering too much without answers was futile. Since people like his Master and Yanyan, and loved ones like Ning’er were helping him, then let everything go on as it was. What needed to be known might one day be revealed in due course.

Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief as the knot in his heart naturally unraveled, for he knew that even if there were arrangements, even a place most suited for him, could he guarantee his own survival?

Here, even Saints dared not assure their own survival, otherwise why would Saints seal such a Secret Land for their own adventures in treasure hunting?

Even Saints could fall, and although Zhou Yan had some tricks up his sleeve here, if he became careless and complacent because of it, he would likely be close to death.

Soon, under the instruction of the Ni Chang Fairy, Zhou Yan learned a Deceiving Heaven Technique from among the Deceiving Heaven Array Patterns, using the Void Power of the Purple Flame Void to condense within his body a special Fake Sword Soul—creating a new virtual "Sword Body" by combining elements of his physical form.

In this way, Zhou Yan had effectively recovered all his abilities here.

It was like a machine that had lost its power source due to a disconnected gate, and was now directly connected to a high-voltage line, allowing him to exert even greater strength here, but once the gate was opened, a ’short circuit’ could occur if he wasn’t careful, resulting in a terrible destruction.

Thus, it was also a method of ’unpredictable peril’.

Originally familiar with Deceiving Heaven Array Patterns, Zhou Yan now understood the ancient deep meanings contained within, realizing that these ancient runes were equivalent to the ’Immortal’ Rune Profound Meaning, he then understood how to utilize such power.

Using Immortal runes to counteract prohibitions of Heaven and Earth could indeed be considered a fearsome method, and after completing this transformation with the Purple Flame Void Power, in the next moment, Zhou Yan immediately felt a kind of ’resonance’ with Frost Tears, almost instantaneously.

It was as if he suddenly had a heartbeat and could hear the ’heartbeat’ of this entire Heaven and Earth, as if he were the Sovereign of this land.

Originally, he had almost no perceptive abilities in the desolate and shadowy Frost Tears, seeing no further than a mere ten meters, but now, suddenly, Heaven and Earth brightened before his eyes.

The vast Ancient City, which had appeared akin to the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, underwent a fundamental change.

The Ancient City itself did not change, but to Zhou Yan’s eyes, everything was different.

A gigantic Star River pattern, hanging high in the sky, displayed a rich purple hue, dividing the Star River’s Yin Yang shores, like a vast Chaos, yet also like the ’Milky Way’ in his memory of his Master’s impression, profoundly unusual.

Within the Star River, huge stars the size of mountains emitted a dazzling dark purple light. These planets appeared to hang overhead, making one feel as though they were in the midst of the Star River itself, as if entering the Universe.

"Is this... is this the true face of Frost Tears?"

Zhou Yan felt both startled and amazed. After connecting with and sensing Heaven and Earth, the world within his sight underwent such a transformation, leaving him deeply shocked.

He was certain that what he saw was the real Frost Tears.

Then, why would Frost Tears conceal its true structure?

"Star River... Star River... Ah... All of this is Primordial Magnetic Pole Light! Yuan Ci Secret Realm! It must be the Yuan Ci Secret Realm!"

With a thought, Zhou Yan immediately shot out a beam of Primordial Magnetic Light from within the Purple Flame Void and released it.

That beam of Primordial Magnetic Pole Light, like a leading shooting star, instantly flew toward a certain part of the Star River.

At that moment, as the beam of Primordial Magnetic Pole Light flew into the Star River, a glimmer of the Star River’s light suddenly enveloped Zhou Yan’s eyes. Like a bolt of lightning, it ’whooshed’ into Zhou Yan’s eyes.

Zhou Yan’s body shook, and in the next instant, the Star River vanished, but deep within his gaze lay a map, which clearly showed the way into the ’Yuan Ci Secret Realm.’

Zhou Yan’s expression turned stern, and he quickly came to his senses.

Before him, Frost Tears remained the same—a dim and massive Ancient City, as if everything he had experienced was just a dream. But the map in the depths of Zhou Yan’s eyes was still exceptionally clear.

The entire Star River twinkled with starlight, yet now it was adorned with a path forward.

However, upon closer inspection, Zhou Yan found that the ’map’ was incomplete.

"Have you noticed the map is incomplete? Getting a map proves your strength is remarkable. We each have a piece of the incomplete map here as well. How about we cooperate?"

At that moment, a group of five people suddenly approached from the distance. The woman leading them looked at Zhou Yan with evident surprise in her eyes, but quickly concealed it and inquired Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan followed the sound and immediately recognized the speaker as the number one ranked female genius among the top twenty—Qingyao Xuanzhe.

Accompanying Qingyao Xuanzhe were Eternal Xuanzhe, Yan Ran Xuanzhe, Si Yuan Xuanzhe, and Jiayue Xuanzhe.

Eternal Xuanzhe was Jia Yongheng, the Natural Destiny Body whose strength could never be fully comprehended; Yan Ran Xuanzhe, the second-ranked female genius.

Si Yuan Xuanzhe was the second-ranked male genius only next to Ji Wu Xuanzhe, and Jiayue Xuanzhe... this woman, was none other than Tianji Mountain’s Zhuge Jiayue, who had once led Zhou Yan to meet the Wuwei Zhuge.

Upon seeing these five individuals, Zhou Yan also expressed mild astonishment.

Just after entering Frost Tears, these five had already obtained a map, and judging by their appearance, it seemed that almost each person had one? Could it be that they also possessed Primordial Magnetic Pole Light and the ability to use it?

Zhou Yan’s mind was filled with doubts and uncertainty.