Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 627 - 063 Refining Secret Realm, Holy Land Soul Towning

Chapter 627: Chapter 063 Refining Secret Realm, Holy Land Soul Towning

The figure of the man in the golden armor flashed by, and the previously trembling Xuanyuan Sword Fragment inside the soul’s Dantian became still and silent once again.

Zhou Yan stood quietly, caught in a kind of epiphany.

Fairy Yun Shu silently watched Zhou Yan, a trace of infatuation appearing in her beautiful eyes, yet she hid it very well.

In the Heavenly Punishment Forest, the glowing fragments under the shade of the trees shimmered like rippling light on water.

Above, it seemed as if a red sun hung, illuminating this world akin to a secret realm.

...

A lonely sword, a realm of its own.

A hazy and ethereal figure.

In Zhou Yan’s heart, the outline of the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment materialized and then quickly vanished.

After a long while, he exhaled a tainted breath gently, gradually returning to his senses from a state similar to meditation.

This world was still the same as before, but Zhou Yan felt that he was no longer entirely himself.

"Zhou Xuanzhe, have you—have you made some progress? Otherwise, why can’t I even sense a hint of your presence now?"

Fairy Yun Shu approached Zhou Yan, her voice carrying a touch of probing.

Previously, she could conceal the emotions in her heart; now, however, a fierce impulse burned within her, an urge to be with Zhou Yan at any cost.

It was an inexplicable impulse that completely suppressed her dignity and pride.

When a woman is willing to give up her self-respect and pride, she must be mad and hysterical.

Yun Shu felt she could no longer restrain her feelings, even though she didn’t actually know what feelings were. However, she knew that Zhou Yan possessed an extremely unique aura that firmly attracted her, rendering her unable to resist.

"Progress? Perhaps so. Fairy Yun Shu, you needn’t be too persistent. Some complex matters become simple when one’s realm progresses. Do not allow the impulses of your heart to blind you, creating obstacles for yourself."

Zhou Yan said calmly.

Yun Shu was taken aback for a moment, then the inexplicable fervor in her heart and body, as if doused by a bucket of cold water, suddenly awakened her. She had almost completely lost herself due to being drawn to Zhou Yan’s charm!

After regaining her senses, a trace of shame appeared on her face: "I’m sorry, Zhou Xuanzhe, Yun Shu was confused for a moment and let her spirit be clouded."

Zhou Yan heard this and simply nodded faintly, saying nothing more.

He gazed intently at the vast forest here, his eyes revealing an unfathomable depth and wisdom.

Those dark, profound eyes filled with intelligence once again moved Yun Shu.

Yun Shu forcibly suppressed her obsession, working hard to shift her gaze away and not be attracted to Zhou Yan’s formidable aura.

Not only that, but she also unconsciously moved a few steps away from Zhou Yan.

Even so, Yun Shu found herself almost unable to help looking at Zhou Yan. Considering this, she couldn’t help but smile bitterly to herself.

Once, she had been as charming as Zhou Yan now was, and the men attracted to her were like her current self, somewhat bewitched.

"This must be a true character. I seem to see his astonishing future..."

Yun Shu muttered to herself with a sigh.

...

"The endless fog, under the gentle Qingfeng, will eventually reveal the light. The endless doubts, under a clear spirit like a mirror, will eventually become transparent."

"From Dao comes one, from one comes many. From simplicity to complexity is the transformation of things, and from complexity to simplicity is the trend of the great momentum."

"In fact, all doubts do not need to be deliberately sought for answers. Whether you seek them or not, the answers will always be there."

"In the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm, the most out-of-place is where the Heavenly Punishment Forest lies. This place, should be land outside of the Secret Realm, governed not by the Secret Realm."

"To refine the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm, the key is to control the Heavenly Punishment Forest."

"The Heavenly Punishment Forest lies in the presence of the Soul Suppressing Stele..."

...

Zhou Yan pondered carefully and gradually gained confidence in refining the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm.

If it were before, even if Zhou Yan could take control of the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm, he wouldn’t have been able to refine this damaged realm. But now, his strength was transforming rapidly at all times, and the greatest threat of the heavenly tribulations had been suppressed early on.

Without these drawbacks, the peak realm of the Nine Changes of Sword Void could be extended indefinitely, exerting a terrifying degree of power, to the point where he could see through the secrets of the realm directly.

"Zhou Xuanzhe, you’re right, Yun Shu was confused before."

After a long contemplation, Yun Shu suddenly gained some insight, and her whole being became much more relaxed.

After all, she was also a character like Heaven’s Chosen Girl. Under Zhou Yan’s enlightenment, she immediately set foot on the right path, understood the direction of cultivation, and was no longer perplexed by emotions.

Perhaps she still admired Zhou Yan in her heart, but she would no longer become hysterical and reckless over it. Her worldview would no longer be obscured by it.

This was to overcome the heart demon of emotions.

The sound of Yun Shu’s voice brought Zhou Yan back from his deep thoughts.

Zhou Yan nodded slightly, calmly saying, "It seems that your temperament has also improved, becoming more stable, which is a good thing. Originally, I brought you here because I needed your help with something, but now, I have found the solution."

Zhou Yan’s words were light and serene, a profound and inscrutable change within his realm, which still left Fairy Yun Shu incredibly shocked in her heart.

She couldn’t help but feel that even the greatest geniuses she had ever seen paled in comparison before Zhou Yan; they simply didn’t qualify to dub themselves geniuses.

Because, perhaps there wasn’t any genius who understood the Heavenly Dao better than Zhou Yan at that moment.

"Zhou Xuanzhe, then I... What do you need me to do?"

Yun Shu asked with a hint of anticipation.

Despite Zhou Yan no longer minding her previous recklessness, she still hoped that her relationship with Zhou Yan could improve.

Perhaps, it was only in front of Zhou Yan that Yun Shu felt she could find the feelings that a woman ought to have.

"You first go beyond the Star Domain, just wait for me outside the realm of the Baiyue Ancient Forbidden Starry Sky, I will come over in about half a day, then directly combine the Void with your Array Plate, and we will head straight to Nine Origin Heavenly City,"

Zhou Yan said.

Yun Shu was taken aback.

"I have already grasped part of the Void Sword Body’s abilities. With your Array Plate in my hands, it will display tremendously powerful capacities, so you have no need to worry,"

Zhou Yan explained.

Yun Shu was astonished, swallowing a few times, but she couldn’t utter a single word.

A momentary daze crossed her beautiful face, but she soon came to terms with it, as she had long been accustomed to Zhou Yan’s heaven-defying abilities. Now that he had one more ability of the Void Sword Body, what was that, really?

Even if Zhou Yan said he now possessed the Void Sword Body, Yun Shu felt she wouldn’t be too shocked.

Yun Shu nodded, silently gazing at Zhou Yan’s figure that resembled a lonely crane, her entire being transformed into a streak of light, departing first and far away.

In but a moment, Yun Shu had completely left.

And just then, within Zhou Yan’s eyes suddenly flashed two energy vortices like those of space, these two streams of energy constantly rotating, condensing into two eerie ripples. After these ripple energies condensed, they imprinted two unexplainable marks in the Void.

Next, Zhou Yan took out the Transmission Array Plate and activated it, manipulating the mysterious energy from within the plate, and condensed light that resembled the Primordial Magnetic Pole Light.

The light flickered here incessantly, and after a moment, the Yuan Ci Secret Realm unexpectedly appeared like a miniature ’Ancient City,’ then spinning, it danced in Zhou Yan’s palm.

"The Killing Stone Tablet is the Soul Suppressing Stone. The Killing Soul Suppressing Stone is the foundation of the Secret Realm."

"Yuan Ci Secret Realm, the Primordial Magnetic Heart. Refining the Heavenly Heart, achieving supremacy,"

Zhou Yan murmured to himself, then the Killing Stone Tablet that had previously flown into his body, suddenly flew out again, like a Jade Ruler, standing horizontally in the air.

"Primordial Magnetic Heart, refining the Secret Realm, establishing a Holy Land, opening the Heavenly Que! Go!"

Zhou Yan raised his hand, and the Yuan Ci Secret Realm in his palm suddenly flew out, then the Yuan Ci Secret Realm emitted twelve beams of Magnetic Light Columns. Each column of light wrapped around the huge Jade Ruler that had emerged from the Killing Stone Tablet.

The smooth, transparent Jade Ruler, under the illumination of the Twelve Magnetic Light Columns, seemed as if it was bound and began to twist continuously.

The original shape like a column also started to warp into waveforms, gradually transforming.

Soon, the Jade Ruler twisted and changed, becoming a jade-like Key, seemingly the key to unlocking an endless divine treasury.

"Refining the Secret Realm, suppressing the soul of a Holy Land? Is this the key to the Starry Sky Gate leading to the Purgatory Ancestor Star—could it be that the key to the Starry Sky Gate leading to Earth depends on this key?"

While Zhou Yan refined the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm with the Yuan Ci Secret Realm, receiving some incomplete information, he understood the Jade Ruler was also the soul of the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm, as well as a key to open the Starry Sky Gate of the Purgatory Ancestor Star.

Therefore, he speculated that this might be the key needed to open a certain channel to the Endless Star Domain, leading to Earth.

But, this was only a judgment in Zhou Yan’s mind, whether it was so could not yet be confirmed.

Everything seemed to have reached a critical moment.

Yet Zhou Yan was no longer anxious, nor bewildered.

His realm had now reached the Peak State of the Nine Changes of Sword Void, but before leaving the Sword Burial Ancestor Star and going to Tianji Mountain, he must retrieve the Life Soul of the Holy Daughter, to save Gu Xi.

Secondly, he could depart from the Sword Burial Ancestor Star and head to Earth.

Moreover, the Five Decays of Heaven and Man could only be suppressed for three years.

The result of the suppression was an even more terrifying outbreak. When the time came, if there was no way to cope with it, the outbreak of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man would be a great calamity.

Zhou Yan pondered as the Yuan Ci Secret Realm had already begun to Devour this Secret Realm.

During this process, the Heavenly Punishment Forest began to wither; this world, as if it had encountered the advent of the apocalypse, began to drain, to age.

Heaven and Earth began to snow black flakes, like scenes of Yin Souls, wailing mournfully, with Heaven and Earth in grief.

In the middle of the black snow, strands and wisps of blood-red fluff began to flutter.

Afterward, more and more of this blood-red fluff appeared.

It wasn’t long before Zhou Yan felt a bit itchy all over, and he was somewhat puzzled.

But in the next instant, Zhou Yan was astonished to discover that the hairs on his palms, back of his hand, and arms began to mutate like crazy, turning a bit crimson and exhibiting a trend of rapid growth.

"Am I... turning into a red-haired monster?"

Zhou Yan’s mind stirred, and endless Purple Flame flowed out from within his body, immediately burning the endless fluff to nothing.

But the next moment, the fluff demonstrated an even more ferocious rate of growth, almost erupting crazily.