Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 365 - 353: Immortal City (3/3)

Chapter 365: Chapter 353: Immortal City (3/3)

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Zhou Heng immediately swept through the eighth level of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, breaking through with the momentum of thunder and lightning, and obtained a treasure called "Shadowless Claw" as a reward.

This Shadowless Claw could strike a distance of a hundred yards, invisible and silent, and it was incredibly sturdy, capable of lifting a weight of a million jin.

Upon receiving this treasure, Zhou Heng couldn’t help but be startled; this item seemed like a tool made for thieves! Was it suggesting he should turn to thievery?

Another two days passed before the women fully absorbed the mysterious pool, and the water became clear and transparent.

There must be some magical substance at the bottom of the pool that turned the water milky and had a healing effect on the strengthening of Divine Sense. Zhou Heng searched around but found the continent to be incredibly solid. Even now that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, he couldn’t break through the ground layer at all.

He summoned the Black Sword to try, but although the sword was sharp, his own strength was still too weak. One strike only kicked up a bit of dust, and to break through the rock layer would probably take years.

Zhou Heng naturally didn’t have that much time to waste here, so he could only give up on this idea reluctantly.

"Little Zhou, do you see something odd with Little Gold?" Mei Yixiang came over, holding the little tiger in her arms.

Zhou Heng looked and saw that the tiger cub was in a deep sleep, but there was a layer of golden light pulsing on its body. On closer inspection, he saw that it was made up of countless fine gold threads, with a new one sprouting every second, wrapping around Little Golden Tiger.

Hibernation? That’s not right, firstly, tigers don’t need to hibernate, and secondly, even if it were hibernation, it wouldn’t need to form a cocoon!

If these gold threads become denser, they might actually form a golden cocoon!

Huh, do tigers also undergo a transition like moths, transforming from cocoon to butterfly?

After thinking about it, Zhou Heng said, "Perhaps Little Gold has absorbed the benefits of the pool, which is why it’s undergoing such changes. I believe it must be a good thing, and when it wakes up, there will surely be a great transformation!"

"My Little Grey is the same!" Feng Lianqing came over, dragging a large grey bear by the neck and sighing. The big bear had also fallen into a deep slumber, but a layer of grey light was emanating from its body.

"Don’t worry too much, just put them in the tower for now, and when the time comes, they will naturally wake up!" Zhou Heng said, and with a wave of his hand, he collected the two Demon Beasts into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Won’t this mean I have nothing to play with?" Feng Lianqing gave Zhou Heng a sideways glance. "Little Zhou, you’ll have to take responsibility to play with me! Otherwise, I’ll tell everyone about that kiss you gave me last time!"

"What!" Mei Yixiang jumped up, "Qingqing, did this jerk kiss you?"

"Yes, and he even pressed something very strange against me, so annoying!" Feng Lianqing rolled her eyes at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng’s face darkened; that had been an accident, okay? Feng Lianqing was the very person he least wanted to provoke. He hurriedly summoned the Nine Mystic Trial Tower and tossed both women into it, to prevent them from speaking any more shocking words.

"Let’s set off!" Zhou Heng declared.

Having never seen the Fairy Continent before, the women were quite interested at first, but soon lost patience. The scenery around them was monotonous, and what could be so interesting about that? They entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower one after another.

Fortunately, Huo Tian could not be taken into the tower and had to accompany Zhou Heng all along. He, admiring the beauty of the Peerless Heavenly Maiden, did not feel any irritation, and before he knew it, over a dozen days had passed.

Under Huo Tian’s guidance, a huge city finally appeared before them.

This was an Immortal City!

This was unlike the small, pitiful dojo in the valley; could there be countless treasures inside such a grand city?

Even Huo Tian affirmed that the aura she sensed was from within this city.

Soon, the full extent of the city came into view. It was not particularly large, being roughly a hundred miles long from south to north, and only about sixty miles wide from east to west. However, what set Immortal Realm cities apart was their magical aspects—there were three buildings that actually stood suspended in the air!

In the Mortal Realm, there were flying magic artifacts, like the Void Ship previously owned by Zhou Heng which could hover in the air. But to float, it required massive quantities of Spirit Stones every second, an expenditure not even the thirteen great families of the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty could afford!

Therefore, even if capable, no power in the Mortal Realm would so recklessly waste resources!

Zhou Heng scanned the area and immediately saw several people around the Immortal City. Some were pacing around the perimeter, while others turned and left, a rather strange sight.

He approached the city’s edge, wanting to climb over the wall to enter, when he was blocked by an invisible barrier. At the same time, a message entered his mind: The city’s restriction is active; entrance requires the Purple Plain City Order.

In other words, there was a restriction within this Immortal City that had been activated. To enter, one would need the so-called Purple Plain City Order.

No wonder some people were lingering around while others turned away—they must be searching for this Purple Plain City Order!

But did any of them know what the Purple Plain City Order was?

Without any idea of what it was—whether it was round or flat, its shape or color—how could they search for it?

However... unlike the previous valley, the streets here bustled with pedestrians and merchants, lively yet ordinary, just like cities in the Mortal Realm. What was uncanny was that every one of them was completely indifferent to the scenes outside the city. Clearly Zhou Heng was standing suspended right above the city wall, close enough to be within arm’s reach, yet a guard on the wall seemed to see right through him, as if he was invisible.

Could it be that once the city’s restriction was activated, those inside could no longer see the outside?

Is there such a peculiar restriction?

Even if there was, it should be the other way around, right? To make it so people outside couldn’t see what’s happening inside, that would align with the purpose of a restriction.

What’s going on? Could it be because the restriction was struck with a sword that caused it to become chaotic and reversed?

The people inside, are they Immortals?

Hiss, if these people were to break out, who on the Xuanqian Continent could contend against them? But they seem to be content with their current state, not even a stir from them when the continent fell from the void—isn’t that strange?

Observing their behavior and the speed at which they move, although all of high caliber, most of them are surely in the Mountains and Rivers Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, and so on, because Zhou Heng saw someone forming a divine figure with a halo of Divine Radiance above their head, taking the form of a Silver Sword.

Despite the Restriction, Zhou Heng couldn’t sense the breath of any person inside, but that was the most obvious sign of all.

There are Mortals in the Immortal Realm, and in fact, Mortals are in the majority!

So even if he were to enter, it wouldn’t arouse the curiosity of the natives, right?

Zhou Heng tried to strike at the Restriction, but if he couldn’t even shatter the ordinary rocks of the Immortal Realm, how could he possibly deal with the Restriction—if the Restriction weren’t even as durable as "ordinary" rocks, what use would it be?

It seems that entering the city is not an option!

"We’ve come here for nothing!" Zhou Heng said to Huo Tian. He was actually quite satisfied with this trip to the fairy continent, having not only broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm with both his physical body and Spiritual Power, but also obtaining a Ten Refinement Diagram and learning three Immortal Sword techniques!

If he still wasn’t satisfied with such gains, he truly deserved to be struck by lightning.

Huo Tian didn’t speak, her expression becoming colder and prouder, with the rage of a thunderstorm in her eyes, and the terrifying aura spilling out of her body non-stop, as if she was looking not at a city, but at some archenemy she shared the sky with!

Even though Zhou Heng feared neither heaven nor earth, and possessed an unshakable will as well as the Black Sword, the presence of this momentum still involuntarily made him feel an indescribable chill, as if he wanted to keep a distance from Huo Tian.

The momentum was growing stronger and stronger, as if there was an Immortal buried inside Huo Tian, now awakening.

Crack, crackle, crackle!

The once empty sky unexpectedly began to show cracks, spreading like a spider web, instantly covering the skies above the Immortal City. It looked to be a hemispherical shield, supposedly the Restriction that protected the Immortal City, and Zhou Heng believed there must be another hemisphere below the city.

—Immortal City, Immortal City, this Restriction naturally isn’t in place to defend against the Nascent Soul, Divine Infant, or even Divinity Transformation Realm, but against true Immortals! Zhou Heng couldn’t dig through the rock layers here, but that doesn’t mean Immortals couldn’t either; it’s a given that the underground was similarly protected by formations, or else this Restriction would truly be pointless.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

The crisp sounds continued, each crack glowing with a bright white light, shining as intensely as the sun setting, visible for thousands of miles!

Bang!

With a tremendous crack, the entire Restriction shattered, turning into billions of pieces falling downwards!

Zhou Heng stretched out his hand, and this time his palm encountered no resistance at all, passing straight through.

—The Restriction had been undone!

Hiss!

Zhou Heng turned his head to look at Huo Tian, the Peerless Heavenly Maiden’s expression was stern, and the fury in her eyes hadn’t subsided in the slightest, instead, it grew even more intense. "Huo Tian! Huo Tian!" he shouted out loud.

But Huo Tian seemed to turn a deaf ear, stepping toward the center of the city.

Zhou Heng hurriedly followed, sweeping his gaze around, his face revealing a look of intense astonishment.

The scene had changed!

Previously, he had seen a bustling scene above the city wall, teeming with pedestrians and full of liveliness. And at every hundred zhang along the city wall stood a guard, making it strictly fortified.

But now!

It was all in ruins; the city had almost become a wasteland with a wide and long trench in the middle, and most of the buildings were also badly damaged. At a glance, not a single soul could be seen, nor could a trace of life force be felt—it was like a city of the dead!

Looking up at the sky, those three floating buildings were no longer in the air, and their corresponding damaged houses could be found on the ground.

It was a completely different world!

After a moment of shock, Zhou Heng gained a sense of enlightenment. What he had seen before was through the Restriction. Perhaps, the Restriction had imprinted the scene of the Immortal City before its destruction, constantly replaying it like a Video Transmitting Stone.

Now that the Restriction had been deciphered by Huo Tian, the true scene instantly revealed itself.

No living soul, just a city of the dead!

Huo Tian continued walking into the city without stopping.

How terrifying was this Peerless Heavenly Maiden, really?

Zhou Heng was shocked; just with her momentum, she had crushed the Restriction of the Immortal Realm to pieces—how powerful must she be?

Perhaps the Restriction had weakened over time, no longer as impregnable as in the past. However, to shake the Restriction of the Immortal Realm to pieces with just her presence was still mind-blowingly awesome!

Zhou Heng had once witnessed a scene where a wave of Sword Qi left by the Black Sword had shattered a part of the Fairy Continent, destroying everything in its path! It showed that the former master of the Black Sword was an unparalleled expert, an extraordinary figure even among Immortals!

Huo Tian has a fragment of the Black Sword inside her and seems to have a rather intimate connection with the Black Sword; even if she’s not the former master of the Black Sword, she must have a significant relationship with it, possibly being an expert on the same level.

That’s why her possessing such formidable strength isn’t surprising. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommend tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)