Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 386 - 372 Nonsense (1/3)

Chapter 386: Chapter 372 Nonsense (1/3)

"Donkey, let’s dash!" Zhou Heng activated his Swift Cloud Radiant Step to the extreme and rushed to the Black Donkey’s side, grabbing one of the donkey’s legs and fleeing.

When the Swift Cloud Radiant Step was pushed to its limits, even Zhou Heng’s accumulated spiritual power could only last for five minutes. Just how terrifying was the speed during this short time?

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—Divine Infant Realm experts chased frantically, but the gap between them and Zhou Heng only widened. In those five minutes, who could match Zhou Heng’s speed?

Two minutes later, Zhou Heng, carrying the Black Donkey, had vanished from the many elders’ sight, infuriating them to the point of furious roars. Some, particularly hot-tempered, even directed their anger at the Evil Wolf Heavenly Monarch. Had this old fool not been duped by Zhou Heng and inadvertently provided him cover, would that kid have obtained the Corpse Spirit Flower so easily?

Perhaps there was some deal struck privately between the two!

Poor Evil Wolf Heavenly Monarch suddenly found himself beaten up, feeling angry, furious, and wronged, with old blood almost spurting out.

But Zhou Heng ignored everything and everyone until he had completely lost sight of the people behind him, then with a flash, he entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Zhou, I’m going all out against you!" the Black Donkey roared in anger, opening its mouth to bite at Zhou Heng’s rear.

Zhou Heng burst into laughter; during the run, he had intentionally carried the donkey upside down, flying low, causing its head to knock against the ground numerous times. He waved a bone in his hand and said, "Donkey, don’t you want the Corpse Spirit Flower anymore?"

The moment the Black Donkey was about to bite down, its huge mouth paused, then redirected to bite at the white bone: "Mine! Mine! Zhou, you’ve hurt this master’s feelings; give this Corpse Spirit Flower to me as compensation!"

"You’re heartless and soulless; what heart do you have to hurt?" Zhou Heng kicked the Black Donkey away.

"Hehehe, Zhou, let’s split the loot. This master wants to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!" the shamelessly thick-skinned Black Donkey came running back, eyes gleaming and drooling as it spoke to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng shook his head and plucked out three petals, tossing them to the Black Donkey.

The most beneficial part of the Corpse Spirit Flower was naturally the petals, not only boosting spiritual power and cultivation level but most importantly nourishing deities, a vital supplement for any Half-Step Immortal.

The Black Donkey, not one to be polite with Zhou Heng, opened its mouth wide and swallowed all three petals whole, gulping them down without even chewing. Its motto was that only what was swallowed belonged to it.

Meanwhile, Zhou Heng began examining the bone.

This bone was about half a rod long, with both ends broken; the entire bone was incredibly smooth, likely a piece knocked off from a much larger bone. It was silvery white, emitting a sacred aura while not being the least bit off-putting.

If this bone had been broken off from a human, then that human must have been immensely tall—at least thirty feet tall. If from a Demon Beast, perhaps even larger.

Zhou Heng flipped the bone, looking through the broken end, but it was blocked by blood energy and he could not see through it. He took out the Black Sword and tapped lightly on the bone; a ding sound followed, sparks flew, but the silvery bone remained unscathed.

He increased his strength, but the result was the same, as if the bone was a Divine Weapon, clashing with the Black Sword.

Zhou Heng certainly didn’t believe this bone could rival the Black Sword. It was because his strength was too weak!

Just like when he was in the Spirit Gathering Realm or Open Heaven Realm, swinging the Black Sword relentlessly could not even harm a hair on a Nascent Soul Realm elder. But now, even though he could slay Divine Infant Realm experts, he couldn’t damage this bone at all. What did that imply?

The owner of this bone... must have been an Immortal, right?

A Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate’s divine corpse could only produce three petals of Corpse Spirit Flower, yet this flower had six petals! Combined with the hardness of the Divine Bone, what other explanation could there be but that it belonged to an Immortal?

This truly was the Divine Corpse of an Immortal!

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but wonder; Xuanqian Star was too strange, how many things related to immortals had appeared here?

The Black Sword was, Kong Aokun from the underground world was, the Old Swindler was, Huo Tian was! Later, he even crashed into a piece of the Fairy Continent, and now there were even the bones of an Immortal; had his understanding been confused, and was Xuanqian Star actually in the Immortal Realm?

Zhou Heng thrust the Black Sword into the broken bone; a hum, a flash of silver light, and a terrifying force surged along the Black Sword—immensely fearsome! He hastily dropped the sword and in an instant was out of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Damn, I forgot there’s still a donkey inside!"

Zhou Heng immediately connected with the Nine Mystic Trial Tower and fished out the Black Donkey.

"My goodness!" The Black Donkey stood up on hind legs, both front hooves covering its rear, kicking its hind legs out and running fast, "My butt’s blown up! I’m going to die!"

Still hopping around, that should mean he’s fine!

After running a couple of laps, the Black Donkey realized there was still a culprit to confront, quickly running over and barked, "Zhou, are you trying to kill me?"

"Ha, an unintended mistake!" Zhou Heng chortled, "Don’t take it to heart; bad folk live for a thousand years, and you, you wily donkey, will live for ten thousand years with no trouble at all. Heaven can’t take you away!"

"I need to stay far away from you!" Black Donkey looked back at its own rear only to find its originally majestic black fur now resembled that of a bald monkey’s butt, though not as red.

Its face was full of agonizing pain as this despicable donkey never accepted losses lightly. Yet now, it had suffered the great misfortune of "exposing its butt," which infuriated it to the point of itching teeth. This disgraced donkey, utterly shameless, wasn’t a butt-exposing maniac. It rummaged through the space artifact for a long time before finding a skirt to put on, effectively covering its "great white behind."

Seeing Black Donkey, all black yet wearing a floral skirt and strutting around, Zhou Heng could no longer restrain himself and burst into laughter.

"Don’t laugh!" Black Donkey cried out in agony.

"No laughter!" Zhou Heng tried to hold it in, but he couldn’t resist and burst into laughter once again.

"Still laughing?" Black Donkey’s eyes shot fire.

"Sorry, I really can’t hold it. Let me laugh a bit longer. I’ll stop after laughing it out!"

"Once I break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, I will avenge the humiliations of today!" Black Donkey vowed grandly before running off to digest the advantages of the Corpse Spirit Flower. Its deities were already perfected, and with the benefits of the Corpse Spirit Flower, it could absolutely break through the Nascent Soul realm.

Zhou Heng once again entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower and saw that the White Bone had fallen to the ground, along with the Black Sword, while the inside wardrobe and bed had been shattered by the overflowing power, leaving numerous deep marks on the tower walls, causing Zhou Heng to fear greatly.

If the power within the bones had been slightly stronger, it might have blown up the Treasure Pagoda!

Zhou Heng dared not tamper with the bone anymore; he merely observed it closely, then thought of Huo Tian.

Previously, when Huo Tian was forming deities, her body had turned transparent, with every bone marked with a rune, corresponding to a set of Immortal Technique. So why wouldn’t the owner of the Broken Bone, born an Immortal, leave any rune to pass down an Immortal Technique?

Zhou Heng had been convinced Huo Tian was an Immortal, but upon seeing those runes, he speculated that Huo Tian might be the daughter of an Immortal, with the runes inherited the same way as Bloodline Power.

Why would it be strange for Mortals to inherit through blood and Immortals through bones?

Moreover, runes are an Immortal Technique in themselves, possessing unimaginable divine might. For example, Huo Tian could make anyone approaching her kneel involuntarily, which is probably the power of one of the runes inside her, though she couldn’t use it properly given that she had not yet entered the Immortal Realm.

Inheriting through bone veins is definitely superior to blood veins!

Not to mention, once Huo Tian entered the Divine Infant Realm, she could perfectly employ the Immortal Technique. As for him, he still hadn’t seen any hope of mastering the Sky-soaring Ninth Form; that was the disparity.

Zhou Heng’s thoughts returned as he realized it was quite normal that there were no runes on this bone.

Just because every bone of Huo Tian was engraved with runes doesn’t mean other Immortals were the same; perhaps ordinary Immortals only formed runes on one bone. So, getting a bone without any runes seemed not so strange.

This did not indicate any problem.

Zhou Heng put aside this issue and took a petal of the Corpse Spirit Flower, placing it in his mouth.

This petal was very tough, floating in the blood lake undamaged, but dissolved immediately upon encountering saliva, turning into a slightly bitter liquid that streamed into his body and rapidly spread out, transforming into countless particles heading towards the Sea of Consciousness.

Hum!

Zhou Heng’s divine being operated, and a golden Divine Fetus rose from the Earth Core nucleus of the Inner World, ascending into the Sea of Consciousness. Like a bright lamp in the dark, the particles formed by the Corpse Spirit Flower immediately flowed towards it.

Sizzling, the Divine Fetus, greedy like a giant whale drinking water, voraciously absorbed these particles. The golden little being inside the fetus grew at a barely visible rate.

The growth of the Divine Fetus would eventually lead to the Divine Infant!

After entering the Nascent Soul Realm, a Martial Artist must cultivate both Spiritual Power and Divine Sense simultaneously, as lacking either would disqualify them from breaking open the Divine Fetus to form the Divine Infant.

Zhou Heng didn’t have any issues accumulating Spiritual Power; the Black Sword could kill for that. However, cultivating Divine Sense was not as simple, even though it could be tempered with the Sky-soaring Nine Forms. Thus, the Corpse Spirit Flower greatly benefited him.

After nearly half the day had passed, he had completely digested the petal of the Corpse Spirit Flower, and with a thought, the divine being shone brightly, the golden little being having grown by a third of its size from before.

He then took the second petal of the Corpse Spirit Flower, completely refined it, and then took the last petal.

He had originally intended to save two petals for his parents and Ying Mengfan, but considering the looming storm and omnipresent dangers, he thought it unwise to play it fair. After all, if he could break into the Immortal Realm, wouldn’t he come across better treasures?

After refining three petals of the Corpse Spirit Flower, the golden little being had doubled in size, its Divine Radiance shimmering with an indescribable majesty, almost like a Heavenly Monarch reborn. While the most significant role of the Corpse Spirit Flower was to strengthen the divine being, it also greatly assisted in accumulating Spiritual Power and unexpectedly brought Zhou Heng to the late period of Nascent Soul, Second Layer Heaven.

He smiled satisfactorily, moved his intent, and exited the Nine Mystic Trial Tower.

"Hahaha, I am now in the Nascent Soul Realm, Zhou, come over here, today Donkey Master is going to take you as my mount!" (To be continued. If you like this work, we invite you to come to QiDian (qidian.com) to cast your recommend votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)