Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 404 - 388: The Rise of the Heaven’s Grace Sect (2/3)_3

Chapter 404: Chapter 388: The Rise of the Heaven’s Grace Sect (2/3)_3

These three factors combined led Zhou Heng to believe that Moon Shadow Saintess had the highest likelihood of being the first person from Xuanqian Star to break through to Divinity Transformation Realm.

The reappearance of a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate shook the entire heavens!

Within a few days, this new Heavenly Venerate—who was the first in tens of thousands of years to ascend into the Divinity Transformation Realm—announced to the world that all Old Ancestors above Nascent Soul Realm should come to pay homage, declaring an intention to flatten the Four Great Death Places and requesting that the elders attend as witnesses.

To witness was a pretense, establishing authority was the true aim!

The Four Great Death Places were regions not even Divine Infant Realm Old Ancestors could deeply probe, yet now this new Heavenly Venerate claimed the ability to eradicate them entirely. If this wasn’t a show of power, what was?

And at that time, the origins of this new Heavenly Venerate were gradually unveiled.

This freshly ascended Heavenly Venerate was not from Xuanqian Star, but had instead traveled here on a Flying Artifact a few years ago, his presence sealed with Temporal Origin Liquid! He was known as Li Wujie, now also called Heavenly Venerate Wuji.

"Zhou, you guessed wrong!" After receiving the news, Black Donkey felt both joy and worry.

He was happy because if Moon Shadow Saintess had not broken through to Divinity Transformation Realm, he still had the chance to subdue her into servitude. But he was worried that now with only one Heavenly Venerate, Li Wujie, without anyone to restrain him, wouldn’t he pocket all the treasures for himself?

"Donkey, is that all the ambition you have, to always have your head stuck in the thought of money?" Zhou Heng sighed.

"Ptui, that old fellow must have come for the Immortal Fate! Otherwise, why bother traversing the galaxy, traversing countless light-years to get here?" Black Donkey’s face was colored with a look of heartache. Though ignorant of what Immortal Fate truly was, now with only one Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate, who could compete with him?

Who would dare to compete with him?

"What exactly is Immortal Fate?" Zhou Heng pondered with a frown. The descent of the Fairy Continent and the inheritance of Immortal Laws from Gu Yan, were these Immortal Fate? To him, they hardly seemed so; these could only be called Immortal Laws, not a guarantee for a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate to break through the ultimate limit!

Becoming Immortal must be extremely difficult! Otherwise, why would Li Wujie bother coming here?

Was his homeworld drained of Spiritual Energy? The likelihood seemed pitifully small!

This individual must have been capable of breaking through to Divinity Transformation Realm a long time ago, but as a Heavenly Venerate is too powerful to be sealed with Temporal Origin Liquid, he had to cross the Starry Sky with a Cultivation Level of Divine Infant Realm and arrive at Xuanqian Continent.

Traversing the starry expanse was no joke! What if he encountered meteoroids? If the Flying Artifact were damaged in the vast cosmos, it meant forever drifting in the dark universe!

Taking such a great risk to come to Xuanqian Star meant that Immortal Fate certainly must lead to becoming an Immortal, or else why undertake such hardship?

"Reporting to Young Master Heng, the master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion requests an audience!" Just then, someone came to report.

The master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion?

Zhou Heng was momentarily stunned, then suddenly recalled that he had once promised Ruan Jiaying to meet the master of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion of Heavenly Dragon Empire, but he had been too busy to spare the time, thankfully with no specific date agreed upon.

Had this master come to see him in person now, was he merely the master of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for Bright Moon Country? This Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was vast indeed; each country had its own branch, and it was difficult to determine the exact identity based on the title "master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion."

"Please invite him in!" Zhou Heng had just finished speaking when he immediately added, "Wait, I will go to meet him personally!"

He stepped out of the courtyard and went to the outer reception hall of the Zhao Family, where all visitors were received.

There, a man in his sixties was seated, drinking tea. He exuded an unassuming presence that was completely unnoticed, yet gave off an unattainable aura.

Unfathomable, inscrutable!

Zhou Heng approached, clasped his hands in salute, and said, "Junior Zhou Heng pays his respects to Senior!"

The elderly man had a lean face, jet-black hair, and baby-soft skin. He gestured lightly as if to help Zhou rise and said, "Young friend, please dispense with formalities!" He smiled and said, "It was presumptuous of me to come unannounced; I must ask for your forgiveness, young friend!"

Zhou Heng smiled as well and asked, "How may I address Senior?"

"My surname is Shan, given name Dingxuan, from the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty!"

"So it’s Senior Shan!" Zhou Heng took a seat in the place of honor, considering that this elder was evidently one of the most influential individuals in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion—at least publicly, "May I know the purpose of Senior’s visit?"

"Being entrusted with managing the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, I have always been searching for its true master, something which young friend has probably heard of!" Shan Dingxuan looked earnestly at Zhou Heng, "I have come to believe that young friend might just be the true master that our Pavilion has been desperately seeking!"

"Oh?" Zhou Heng neither confirmed nor denied, "Why does Senior think so?"

"Young friend’s cultivation speed is incredibly fast, and your talent is outstanding! Moreover, didn’t young friend shatter the Spirit Crystal Pillar during your earliest test?" Shan Dingxuan said with a smile, "Initially, I did not believe it, but now, I have no choice but to!"

"Is it just for that reason that Senior believes I am the true master sought by Heavenly Treasure Pavilion?"

"Of course not; another test is required. Is young friend willing to undergo it?" Shan Dingxuan looked at Zhou Heng with a strong longing in his eyes.

Why so hopeful?

Zhou Heng kept his facial expression unchanged, but inwardly he wondered about the benefit this matter held for Shan Dingxuan, for him to look forward to it so eagerly?(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to support me by voting for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)