Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword -
Chapter 398 - 384: Barbarian God Tribe (1/3)
Chapter 398: Chapter 384: Barbarian God Tribe (1/3)
Its immensity was beyond addition, its body seemingly forged from blood-red crystals, allowing one to vaguely discern its interior. However, due to layers of reflections, one’s vision couldn’t penetrate too deeply.
Zhou Heng marveled while leaping into the air and ascended to the summit of this Blood Mountain.
"Finally here!" a soft sigh, deep and bleak, filled with complex emotions.
That was Gu Yan’s voice!
Although Zhou Heng had only heard him speak once, he couldn’t possibly forget with his Nascent Soul Realm memory. Following the voice, after several leaps, he caught sight of Gu Yan’s figure, his massive and lofty stature standing upright, like a Heavenly God reaching the sky.
"Come here!" Gu Yan turned around, smiling slightly at Zhou Heng, "Don’t worry, I’ve been dead for countless years already!"
Dead and still able to talk? This death wasn’t thorough at all!
"Young man, when you step into the Immortal Realm, you will know that as long as Deities are imperishable, life cycles endlessly!" Although Gu Yan looked like a fierce Vajra, his tone was extremely gentle, as if he had finally found his successor.
"Please teach me, senior!" Zhou Heng bowed respectfully, even honoring him for being a fallen Immortal, "Aren’t Immortals supposed to have Eternal Life, undying and indestructible?"
"Eternal Life, undying and indestructible? How can it be so simple!" Gu Yan shook his head.
"So, Immortals also face birth, aging, sickness, and death?" Zhou Heng was stunned. The pursuit of Eternal Life was a major motivation for Martial Artists to become Immortals, but suddenly being told that Immortals weren’t actually eternal could make anyone feel lost.
"Being undying and indestructible is impossible, but eternal existence is still possible!" Gu Yan said, glancing over with a smile, "You’re an interesting young man, not rushing to ask for the inheritance?"
"As long as the senior agrees, this inheritance is naturally mine, but I truly want to know some affairs of the Immortal Realm!" Zhou Heng stated honestly. He was unaware of what chaos had occurred in the Immortal Realm, even a continent had been shattered, possibly engulfed in war, he had to be cautious.
"Haha, hahahaha!" Gu Yan burst out laughing, and after he had his fill, he said, "Alright, I still have a little more time, let me tell you. After advancing into the Immortal’s realm, a Martial Artist’s physical body will still age due to the passage of time, but the Deities can exist eternally!"
Zhou Heng’s gaze shifted, and he understood a bit more in his heart.
"You guessed right, if an Immortal’s Deity is strong enough, when the physical body ages and dies, or suffers irreparable injuries or deadly poisons, it can leave the body to find a new one and continue living!"
"But there’s a drawback, that is, the cultivation level of the possessed body determines where you start over, and the Deity will also be completely exhausted in the process of possession! Hehe, to rebelliously live another life, how could it not come with a price!"
"The practice of the Martial Path, much like sailing against the current, one might have become an Immortal in a past life, but that does not guarantee it in the next. The Leap Immortal Gate has been the demise of countless prodigies since ancient times!"
"That’s why even Immortals are not undying and indestructible!"
Gu Yan spoke softly, his voice not at all matching the figure of a ten-zhang-tall robust man, but Zhou Heng was startled, experiencing mixed emotions and momentarily unsure of what to feel.
Immortals’ Eternal Life, actually involved possession!
To exchange one life for another, such a path to eternal life was too cruel!
"Senior, since Immortals can possess bodies to live eternally, why haven’t you done so?" Zhou Heng asked.
"I... sustained too heavy injuries!" Gu Yan shook his head, a flash of anger visible in his gaze; even now, as just a residual consciousness, he still emitted boundless oppression, making the entire space tremble.
Zhou Heng nodded; the other party had mentioned that to possess a new life, a prerequisite was a complete Deity. Gu Yan’s Deity had evidently suffered severe damage and was beyond recovery, leaving only destruction.
But after all, Immortals were still Immortals; even a strand of consciousness could "live" for so many years, possessing self-awareness!
"Wrong, since I’ve died, this remnant soul can’t be said to be alive. It’s merely responding to environmental changes according to the thoughts I had before death! Just like the questions you ask me, these must be things I knew before death. If it goes beyond that, I wouldn’t speculate, I would simply say I don’t know," Gu Yan explained further, looking up at the sky, his expression growing more desolate, "Young man, I don’t have much time left, listen carefully to what I’m saying!"
"Yes!" Zhou Heng nodded.
"I was an Elder of the Barbarian God Tribe in the Immortal Realm, my realm was the Sunshine Second Layer Heaven. In the past, my tribe formed an enmity with a powerful force, leading to our tribe’s destruction! Unable to bear my tribe’s legacy ending, I dragged my wounded body through the Realm Gate to this place."
"My tribe once spread a branch of our bloodline to the Mortal Realm. I wanted to find them and pass down our tribe’s legacy!"
"But to my surprise, the branch of our tribe here was too weak, no longer existing in the form of a tribe, and with my injuries too severe, I couldn’t continue the search. I could only dissolve into the path here, leaving behind a remnant consciousness barely sustaining itself, while sending out a summons and waiting for a descendant with our tribe’s bloodline to arrive!"
"Until a few years ago, a person with the bloodline of our clan arrived, but he was too weak, and the clan’s bloodline had already become diluted. So I spent some Essence Blood to enhance the strength of his bloodline and taught him some techniques, instructing him to return here after breaking into the Nascent Soul Realm to pass on the complete heritage of our clan!"
"But time waits for no one. This world is about to collapse, and after several massive impacts between heaven and earth, compounded by a strike from a Divine Sense so powerful it defies description, I am about to completely vanish into dust. I can’t wait any longer, so I had to lift the restrictions and summon all Martial Artists in the Nascent Soul Realm to choose the most suitable candidate to impart our clan’s profound Dao!"
"Although they are not of our kind, those who inherit our Essence Blood are members of our Barbarian God Tribe!"
Gu Yan spoke in a rush and, though his explanation was rough, Zhou Heng still grasped a general understanding of the situation.
Indeed, Jing Tian had received the heritage from this place—though only a part of it!
So, this lad had the bloodline of the Barbarian God Tribe in him; no wonder he could transform into a giant, with his strength skyrocketing! However, compared to the Gold Devouring Clan, the Barbarian God Tribe seemed somewhat inferior in terms of brutal strength and constitution!
Right!
Zhou Heng said, "Elder, are there different levels among Immortals?" He had heard that Gu Yan was at the Second Layer Heaven of the Sunshine Realm; this must have been his Cultivation Realm back then, but he didn’t know how many levels Immortals were divided into.
"Naturally!" Gu Yan nodded. He was truly puzzled—clearly, an Immortal Level heritage was right before his eyes, yet why wasn’t this lad even slightly eager? He showed no intention of being moved at all, instead showing interest in some common knowledge of the Immortal Realm.
What difference does it make knowing these hierarchy of realms now versus learning them after entering the Immortal Realm? These are as ordinary as ordinary can get, just basic knowledge that anyone in the Immortal Realm could tell him!
This foolish lad, didn’t he hear himself say he was about to completely dissipate? Not anxious to seek the Essence Blood of the Barbarian God Tribe but instead asking these meaningless questions; isn’t he afraid that he might die before handing over the Essence Blood?
His guess was not wrong; indeed, Zhou Heng didn’t hold the heritage of the Barbarian God Tribe in high regard.
If it were about an Immortal Artifact or an Immortal Pill, Zhou Heng would definitely be ecstatic, asking for it right away. But Essence Blood? He had already received a portion of it, and no matter how he thought about it, the constitution of the Gold Devouring Clan seemed far stronger than that of the Barbarian God Tribe!
Moreover, Zhou Heng was quite satisfied with his own form, thinking about Jing Tian having to first go berserk and transform into a giant—he found that quite unsightly!
Moreover, could the constitution of the Gold Devouring Clan and the Barbarian God Tribe coexist? Would there be conflicts?
Because of these various concerns, Zhou Heng indeed wanted the Essence Blood, but he surely wouldn’t just swallow it down under Gu Yan’s watchful eye; such a treasure he could keep for someone close to him.
Ying Mengfan and the ladies? Perhaps not; each of them was delicate and tender, and them turning into giant women was quite an odd thought!
Give it to Zhou Dinghai? His mother would probably not agree!
Give it to Zhao Duotian? That uncle of his was so proud that he likely wouldn’t resort to external power!
The base donkey? Too base, didn’t want to give it!
Zhou Heng sighed internally; how sad it was to have an Immortal Level heritage and find no one to give it to!
Gu Yan, unaware of Zhou Heng’s thoughts, would definitely have gone berserk if he knew, possibly blasting him with a slap! He said, "Immortals are divided into four Great Realms, from low to high: Moonlight Realm, Sunshine Realm, Sublimation Realm, and Creation Realm."
"Each Great Realm is also divided into three smaller realms; however, unlike the Mortal Realm, the gap between each sub-realm in the Immortal Realm is far greater than the distance between the Great Realms in the Mortal Realm!"
"For instance, I am at the Second Layer Heaven of the Sunshine Realm; I could easily suppress thousands, even tens of thousands of those who are at the First Layer Heaven of the Sunshine Realm with just one hand!"
"This, you will naturally understand once you enter the Immortal Realm!"
The strength disparity between Immortals is indeed vast!
Indeed, otherwise how could the original master of Black Sword have cut down a piece of the Immortal Realm continent with just the aftermath of a Sword Qi stroke? That must definitely be an existence at the Third Layer Heaven of the Creation Realm, the very pinnacle of the Immortal Realm!
"This is the Essence Blood I extracted from my body; you should immediately take it and absorb it, and I will assist you with my power!" Gu Yan gestured with his right hand, and immediately a Blood Vial shot out from the Blood Mountain, falling towards Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng caught it, but he really didn’t want this Essence Blood of the Barbarian God Tribe!
For Gu Yan, his Essence Blood was the most precious heritage, but for Zhou Heng, it wasn’t as valuable as the Treasure Fluid from the two pools he had encountered before, yet he couldn’t openly refuse it. Gu Yan had organized so many trials and chosen an heir; how could he let him give away the Essence Blood of the Barbarian God Tribe?
This old fellow isn’t supposed to die soon? Then just drag it out until he dies!
"Elder, what is this place? How can it be so vast? The distance I’ve traveled these days could have circled around Xuanqian Star several times!" (To be continued. If you like this series, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
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