Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 393 - 379: Overturning Heaven Palm (2/3)

Chapter 393: Chapter 379: Overturning Heaven Palm (2/3)

"I, Gu Yan, come from the Immortal Realm, seeking a successor, yet..." the silver giant spoke, its voice booming, shaking the heavens and earth!

Everyone’s spirit trembled, truly a being of Immortal, coming from the Immortal Realm!

"I have long since perished, and what you now behold is merely a reluctant shard of my Divine Sense, struggling to survive, wishing to pass on the great way of my lineage!" Gu Yan spoke again.

Dead! This Immortal had already died!

Everyone was greatly shocked, realizing that even a deceased Immortal was so powerful that merely a fragment of his consciousness left them breathless. It was unimaginable how formidable he must have been when alive!

But they finally felt relieved, since the Immortal had died, he truly wished to pass on his great way!

Unlike the Fairy Continent, here they could obtain a complete inheritance of Immortal!

With this thought, everyone’s breathing quickened.

Zhou Heng had a flash of realization, no wonder he felt something odd about this silver giant, it turned out he had already died, this was merely a fragment of consciousness. However, compared to Huo Tian, even just using Divine Sense, Gu Yan wasn’t fit to carry the shoes of that Peerless Heavenly Maiden!

"There’s not much time, I can’t wait for the one I truly wish to wait for, and I can’t bear for the great way of my clan to be annihilated, thus I issue this call to you all!" Gu Yan continued, "Only those with superior intellect, excellent talent, and a resolute will can receive my inheritance!"

"Enter through this gate, and the first one to reach the deepest part of this hall shall receive my clan’s inheritance!"

"Only one person!"

"Time is what you need the most, seize every second!"

"Go now, do not disappoint me!"

The silver giant trembled all over, transforming into a burst of silver fragments and suddenly vanished.

All eyes turned toward a door on the left side of the throne, their gaze fervent. However, although Gu Yan hadn’t mentioned any dangers inside, how could the requirements of "superior intellect, excellent talent, and a resolute will" be demonstrated without a challenge?

Since there were challenges, it meant there were dangers!

Of course, everyone merely grew more cautious, but no one lost their spirit.

Who among those able to advance to Nascent Soul and Divine Infant realms wouldn’t possess "superior intellect, excellent talent, and a resolute will"?

After just a moment’s hesitation, someone walked toward that door, creaking it open and striding inside.

The first was followed by the second and third, and those behind, fearful of missing their chance at Immortal Fate, grew increasingly urgent. Fortunately, with only sixty or seventy people present, all nearly at the Half-Step Immortal level, how long could passing through one door take?

Zhou Heng and Black Donkey entered one after the other, finding themselves in a much smaller stone chamber inside without a single lantern. Yet, the glowing walls all around made their spirits relax and Divine Sense calm.

"Tsk, this palace is truly a treasure!" Black Donkey salivated, "Zhou, even just this room itself is a remarkable treasure! Cultivating here would calm the mind and spirit, never risking demonic possession!"

Zhou Heng patted Black Donkey’s shoulder, saying, "Ambitious! While others only think about treasures inside the palace, you think of packing up the entire palace to take away. Truly deserving of the title, the world’s greediest donkey!"

"Naturally, the grand ambition of a donkey could hardly be understood by those who live trivial lives!" Black Donkey boasted, beating his chest.

Zhou Heng smiled and said no more, as everyone in the stone chamber focused intensively on the opposite wall, where there was another door. Yet, no one ventured to break through it because there was a line of text and a painting on the wall.

The text read, "Master the Overturning Heaven Palm to proceed to the next area!"

Zhou Heng walked forward and pushed against the stone door, but despite exerting all his strength, he couldn’t budge it even slightly. Just like in the Fairy Continent, where even a brick or tile couldn’t be moved by mortals!

Half-Step Immortal, Half-Step Immortal, lacking this half step, one was ultimately only slightly superior to Mortals, unable to stand on par with Immortals.

Indeed, one had to practice the Overturning Heaven Palm as the wall directed.

Was this the trial Gu Yan had set?

Gu Yan had mentioned that only one person could ultimately obtain the inheritance. Therefore, whoever mastered the Overturning Heaven Palm first would gain an advantage, getting ahead of others.

The stone chamber was dead silent; everyone was highly concentrated. If Zhou Heng could think of this, how could they not? It was a plainly obvious truth.

Zhou Heng fixed his gaze on the stone wall; the painting was simple, just a person performing palm techniques. But the longer one stared, the figure seemed to move, executing a series of intricate and dizzying palm techniques.

Just as an action flickered through his mind, Zhou Heng felt a pain in his eyes and involuntarily closed them, but upon reopening them, the painting had reset to its original state, and he had to start over.

That was the difficulty.

This was an Immortal Technique, far too difficult for Mortals. A single glance could cause one’s eyes to swell and tear up, and if one paused in the middle, they had to start over, greatly increasing the difficulty of learning.

Perhaps, given several months or even years, everyone present could learn this Immortal Technique. But right now, it’s a competition, how can you compare mastering it in three days to three months?

Three months... by then, the Immortal inheritance might already have been taken by others!

Although a form of Immortal Technique is right before their eyes, at this point, everyone’s greed and ambition have swelled boundlessly; who wouldn’t want to delve in deeper and obtain the complete Immortal Realm inheritance?

I must be the first to master it!

Everyone’s eyes widened, forcibly enduring the painful headaches. But no matter their brilliance, this was an Immortal Technique, not something they could overcome simply because they wished to.

They had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and Divine Infant Realm, naturally, each of them a genius with extraordinary cultivation talent. However, the path of Martial Path is like a pyramid; the higher you go, the fewer there are, and for every ten in the Nascent Soul Realm, only one would advance to Divine Infant Realm, and from Divine Infant Realm to Divinity Transformation Realm, it’s still one in ten!

This is selecting the geniuses among geniuses, and at the heights of being an Immortal, countless Divinity Transformation Realm cultivators can only serve as greenery in the background, never able to breakthrough in their lifetime!

Given this, what qualifications do mere Nascent Soul and Divine Infant Realm cultivators have to call themselves geniuses before Immortal Realm techniques?

"Ah—" One by one, the Old Ancestors, previously lofty figures, now had tears streaming from their eyes, yet they still fixedly stared at the mural, their eyes as red and swollen as those of goldfish!

If these Old Ancestors were to go to the outside world now, no one would believe that they were significant figures who could make heaven and earth tremble with a stomp of their feet, rather, they looked like victims who had been defiled hundreds of times by evildoers.

Zhou Heng concentrated intently, his emotions and desires ceased, sitting still as an ascetic monk.

He had learned the Sky-soaring Nine Forms quite early on—although even now, the last form remained elusive as if shrouded in clouds and fog, the Sky-soaring Nine Forms were so powerful that they seemed to provide him with the essence of all swordsmanship in the world, making it easy for him to learn other Sword Techniques.

Afterward, he had also learned the Feiyu Seven Swords, another set of Immortal Technique.

However, the Feiyu Seven Swords were Sword Techniques. With the Sky-soaring Nine Forms as a foundation, he found them not difficult to practice, but this new move was a palm technique, naturally not as easy as swordsmanship.

Zhou Heng glanced around, only to see Moon Shadow Saintess, Zhao Anyuan, and two other Ancient Outstanding People all showing signs of enlightenment, involuntarily radiating Divine Radiance.

He nodded silently, even though he had little regard for Zhao Anyuan, he had to admit that the latter indeed had great talent. The Moon Shadow Saintess and those three Ancient Outstanding People seemed even more superior, their radiance brighter and their understanding deeper!

He could not fall behind!

Zhou Heng focused on the stone wall, the golden figure in his Sea of Consciousness whirled and slashed, carving out the great dao.

At this moment, his Divine Sense was clearly showing its advantage.

Palm techniques are naturally meant for human cultivation!

Even if not a human race, at least it must be a humanoid creature, involving the full body movements like striking and stepping, all interconnected and vital.

Everyone had to keep their eyes on the stone wall, absolutely motionless, otherwise, just barely focusing would surely end in failure! But they were deities of tigers, swords, and such, how could they precisely evolve palm techniques?

"Hoo hoo haa ha, hmm hmm haha!" Black Donkey, too, mimicked others by sitting cross-legged, a Divine Fetus appearing above its head, a little donkey stood upright, evolving the Overturning Heaven Palm.

Being naturally a donkey-bodied deity, it was a perfect complement. Although the cheeky donkey hummed while practicing, causing several clueless Experts to glare angrily at it.

Black Donkey now dared not confront Divine Infant Realm Experts and had no time to waste either; it immediately bit its lower lip to prevent itself from any more cheekiness. Yet a wretched donkey remained wretched, and though its mouth stopped chanting, its nose continued to hum.

Fortunately, everyone here was a peerless expert, each using their Spiritual Power to seal their hearing, shutting off Black Donkey’s nuisance—their priorities were the same: to master the Overturning Heaven Palm, everything else could be dealt with after getting out.

Zhou Heng had been staring at the wall without blinking for about five hours, his mental will far surpassing an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, but five hours were also his limit, he had to close his eyes to rest, otherwise, blood tears would have burst forth.

Although his eyes were closed, the Sea of Consciousness was not quiet; the golden figure tirelessly maneuvered the Overturning Heaven Palm, bringing him enlightenment after enlightenment, causing Divine Radiance to flicker on his body, resonating with the great dao.

Now, he had nearly mastered a third of the variations of the Overturning Heaven Palm.

Zhou Heng soon opened his eyes again; here, there were several geniuses he had to compete with, he absolutely could not be careless and had to seize every moment.

Continue!

He intensely focused on the mural, the figure within started moving again, evolving endless variations, the great dao thundered, causing his heart to tremble, his eyes to sting! In the Sea of Consciousness, the golden figure’s palms flew, whipping up boundless tumultuous waves, vaguely showing tendencies of breaking through Infant Birth and directly transforming into a Divine Infant.

Aware of nothing, neither heaven nor earth!

Zhou Heng forcibly memorized all the variations of the Overturning Heaven Palm, and finally, blood tears shot from his eyes, the sight of the golden blood startling!

With even his constitution suffering so, it showed how mysterious the Immortal Technique was!

Yet a smile played on Zhou Heng’s lips; he had now memorized the complete Overturning Heaven Palm, what remained was merely to deduce and master it! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to qidian.com to vote and recommend. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)