Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 147 - 142 Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven (1/3)

Chapter 147: Chapter 142 Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven (1/3)

Chapter 142: Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven

The first time they entered this place, everyone was still clueless and was attacked by a large number of Dark Skin Monsters. Almost the entire army was wiped out!

Zhou Heng was also half-ignorant about this world.

After walking for half a day, he frustratingly discovered that he hadn’t encountered a single Demon Beast! He arrived at a high terrain area and looked into the distance, only to see groups of people—some in threes, others in fives, with the largest group having more than twenty people.

No wonder there were no Demon Beasts in sight! This place had turned into a hunting ground, naturally void of any traces of Demon Beasts.

Indeed, there were many Demon Beasts here, but the Martial Artists who came were even more numerous, making it incredibly difficult to find a Demon Beast amid the hunting.

It wasn’t helping at all!

Zhou Heng couldn’t drive these people away, so he continued moving forward, expanding his strides.

There were no distinctions of east, west, north, or south here, with a silver moon always hanging in the sky, making it impossible to tell day from night or to know the passage of time. Fortunately, having reached the Spirit Gathering Realm, Martial Artists were extremely sensitive to time, so this wasn’t a problem.

About three hours later, Zhou Heng finally saw a group of Demon Beasts that resembled seven buffalo, with bodies mottled in color and razor-sharp spikes growing on either side of their bodies.

Initial Separation Realm!

Zhou Heng was overjoyed and without a second thought, he charged out. His Black Sword swept through like a dragon, sweeping towards the seven Demon Beasts simultaneously.

In front of Zhou Heng, who had mastered the Realm of Momentum, these seven Demon Beasts had no power to fight back and were slain in a matter of moments, blood spilling everywhere.

Zhou Heng paid close attention, attaching his Divine Sense to the Black Sword, wanting to know how exactly the sword absorbed power from Demon Beasts and Martial Artists.

One head, two heads, three heads!

He shook his head, clueless. Perhaps the level of the Black Sword was too high, beyond his current grasp! After all, if it could easily suppress a Divine Dragon representing heaven and earth, its rank was naturally terrifying!

However, Zhou Heng did make some discoveries on the corpses of the Demon Beasts.

Their blood had lightened!

The blood flowing within these Demon Beasts was green, but after being slaughtered by the Black Sword, the color of the blood changed from the original dark green to gray-green, as if it had lost some component.

Perhaps, it was the essence of power or, in other words, the essence of life.

Zhou Heng looked and saw that all seven Demon Beasts’ Demon Cores were intact.

A Demon Core is the source of power for a Demon Beast, equivalent to the Dantian of a Martial Artist. It might look no larger than a fist, but if cultivated to the extreme, it can also contain a world!

Zhou Heng understood that although the Black Sword had extracted the essence from the Demon Beasts’ bodies, it was not all, at least not including the Demon Core. Therefore, even if he killed a Land Cleaving Realm Demon Beast, he couldn’t leap thousands of miles and ascend several steps at once!

Of course, the higher the realm of the Demon Beast or Martial Artist slain by the Black Sword, the more benefits he received. That was certain.

From his experience, the power of these seven Demon Beasts wasn’t enough to advance his cultivation level to the peak of the Initial Separation Second Layer Heaven. Zhou Heng did not immediately refine them; instead, he continued to hunt, aiming to break through to the Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven.

There were really too many people here!

Zhou Heng’s luck worsened again. It wasn’t that he hadn’t encountered any more Demon Beasts, but those he did find were either at the Spirit Gathering Realm, which was not enough to even fill the gaps between his teeth, or at the Land Cleaving Realm, which he was currently unable to contend with.

It wasn’t until the tenth day that he finally hit a stroke of luck and slaughtered a group of Demon Beasts, finally gaining enough accumulated power.

He flashed into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Master, how long has it been since you came to see this lowly slave!" Orchid Concubine immediately came up to greet him, her figure voluptuously outlined by a light blue long dress.

When it came to seducing men, even Xiao Huoshui could not match Orchid Concubine’s expertise.

Because Xiao Huoshui didn’t need to try hard at all—a look, a coy laugh, could topple a man’s soul. But Orchid Concubine was different; among three thousand beauties vying for favor in the harem, how could merely having a beautiful face be enough?

There were many beautiful women in the world. To stand out in the vast harem, Orchid Concubine certainly had her extraordinary talents!

She knew that without Zhou Heng’s permission, it was impossible for her to leave this place. And a month had passed since she was captured. Even if she returned to the Imperial Palace now, Nangong Hong would definitely think she had been played to ruin—though she had only been intimate with Zhou Heng once.

She must achieve a great merit to return; otherwise, her fate would be no better than being confined here, and she might even be secretly executed!

Therefore, she must please Zhou Heng, make him believe she truly was willing to be his slave, to find an opportunity to kill him and seize the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

As a concubine who had long struggled for power and position, feigning compliance with an enemy was nothing. She wanted nothing more than to reduce Concubine Yin and Rain Concubine to ashes, yet she still had to warmly greet them as sisters in their presence, even sharing a bed with Nangong Hong.

Slap!

Zhou Heng slapped Orchid Concubine to the side, he only kept a female slave, so naturally, he didn’t need to show any favor to Orchid Concubine. If not for mistaking her identity and becoming intimate, he would have already killed this vicious woman.

He directly went up to the second floor, and as the owner of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, no one could enter here without his permission.

Sitting cross-legged, Zhou Heng began to refine the power within the Black Sword.

Tumultuous as the sea, undulating like the tide.

The spiritual power in the Dantian Space rapidly filled up, and the Chaotic Space finally was completely filled after half a day, ready to break into the Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven.

Zhou Heng’s Divine Sense took human form, holding the Black Sword as it danced in the Dantian Space, expanding this Chaotic World once again.

The Sky-soaring Nine Forms contained the mysterious secrets of heaven and earth, far surpassing the Initial Separation Realm, and every time Zhou Heng performed the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, he felt an enlightenment of the great path, connecting with heaven and earth, even dominating over them.

Marvelous, mysterious!

Boom, boom, boom, the Chaotic Space continuously trembled mightily under the push of the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, as the distance between the upper and lower ends expanded again.

I wield my sword to cleave the nine heavens!

Zhou Heng continuously howled, the Dantian Space kept expanding, extending, until it finally solidified and took shape.

Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven!

Nature’s spiritual energy immediately surged forth, washing over Zhou Heng’s body, stabilizing his realm, and further enhancing his body’s strength.

After half a day, Zhou Heng stopped; he had completely stabilized to the Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven.

He directly flashed out of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, completely forgetting about the presence of Orchid Concubine.

—He did not avoid women, and would even indulge in them occasionally, but his self-discipline was quite strong. Unless he encountered a natural beauty like Xiao Huoshui, even if he went a year without women, he would not feel any desire.

With the improvement of his minor realm, the Three Bloodline Powers once again significantly enhanced. Both Purple Flame and Metal Incarnation reached the Two Star Earth Spirit Body level, while the Azure Dragon bloodline reached the Five Star Heavenly Spirit Body level!

With a casual gesture, an Eight-Colored Lotus appeared out of thin air, radiating a dangerously beautiful allure, possessing a demonic temptation like a moth to a flame.

The Five Elements Lotus Break was an Upper Grade Earth Level Martial Arts Technique. While the Eight-Colored Lotus might not reach the Upper Grade Heaven Level, it definitely posed no problem as a Middle Grade Heaven Level. Now that he had reached the Initial Separation Third Layer Heaven and had forty times the power of a normal Initial Separation Realm Martial Artist, performing the Five Elements Lotus Break could even contend with someone in the Land Cleaving Realm!

He was eager to fight a Land Cleaving Realm Demon Beast; if he could kill it, his hunting range would undoubtedly expand greatly.

Half a day later, he encountered four Land Cleaving Realm Thunderstorm Beasts. These were Demon Beasts found outside as well, but these here were a bit strange, their bodies entirely green, unlike the purple-red ones outside.

Demon Beasts naturally did not conceal their presence. Zhou Heng estimated that all four Thunderstorm Beasts were of the Land Cleaving First Layer Heaven Realm.

Having the Swift Cloud Radiant Step and the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, he did not hesitate and charged out.

The four Demon Beasts were dozing off. Even with the Land Cleaving Realm’s Divine Sense, they detected Zhou Heng’s intrusion from a hundred feet away. When they realized Zhou Heng was only a small ant at the Initial Separation Realm, they simultaneously erupted in fury, continuously blowing out green streams of air from their nostrils.

Humans value status. If a Martial Artist from the Spirit Gathering Realm dared to disrespect someone from the Initial Separation Realm, that would spell big trouble, depending on how the Initial Separation Realm Martial Artist felt. In the world of Demon Beasts, this hierarchy was even more rigid!

To challenge upwards meant death!

The four Thunderstorm Beasts simultaneously charged at Zhou Heng, who in their eyes, was just prey.

Even though Zhou Heng was confident he could fight one in the Land Cleaving Realm, he did not think he could take on four Land Cleaving Realm Demon Beasts at once, so he quickly executed the Swift Cloud Radiant Step to attack one of the Thunderstorm Beasts.

An Eight-Colored Lotus appeared, "Go!" he shouted lightly, and the beautiful, dangerous lotus immediately flew towards a Thunderstorm Beast.

Bang!

A terrible rumble sounded, green earth surged into the sky, and the Thunderstorm Beast was blasted three yards away, its body marked with several bloody patches, but its aura did not weaken, instead, it became even more ferocious.

Zhou Heng’s form flashed, shooting out from the encirclement of three Thunderstorm Beasts.

He frowned, the power of the Eight-Colored Lotus could indeed contend with that of the Land Cleaving First Layer Heaven, but that was it, it could not achieve victory. With four Land Cleaving Realm Demon Beasts surrounding him, he had to maintain his Swift Cloud Radiant Step at an extreme speed, and over time, he would definitely be drained of power!

If it were one-on-one, he could possibly kill one by going all out, but four... there was no hope!

What a pity!

Zhou Heng did not hesitate to turn and run, his form leaping, instantly moving several miles away, then he entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, and these Demon Beasts, no matter how sharp their noses, could not find him.

After spending another half-month here, Zhou Heng only slew seven Initial Separation Realm Demon Beasts and obtained no other trophies. There were simply too many Martial Artists in this place!

After thinking it over, Zhou Heng decided to leave. Whether there were Nascent Soul Realm or even Divinity Transformation Realm inheritances here was unknown, but definitely out of his reach for now. Rather than pondering these ethereal matters, better to truly improve his own cultivation level.

(This content has been modified because the previous text length was confirmed and had to exceed the original number to be modified, apologies!)(To be continued. If you like this story, please go to qidian.com to vote for it or give a monthly pass. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)