Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 405 - 389 Heavenly Venerate Emerges! (3/3)

Chapter 405: Chapter 389 Heavenly Venerate Emerges! (3/3)

After several turbulent moments, peace resumed in the room, and Han Yiyao naturally knew she had been thoroughly duped!

But having effortlessly passed through the most difficult ordeal of sharing a bed, what was there that couldn’t be accepted? If the elder Han Yulian said nothing, she naturally had even less to say.

Zhou Heng took out the Flying Fish he had obtained from the Wind Howl Forest. This demon beast, having grown by consuming the flesh of an Immortal, contained essence and energy so immense that it was an exceptional tonic for Martial Artists.

Unfortunately, the Flying Fish was not large, and there were too many people, which made Zhou regret not circling a few more times in the Sea of Fiend Qi to capture more Flying Fish.

Nevertheless, everyone’s cultivation level had taken a substantial leap forward, especially for those with lower ranks like Mei Yixiang, Zhou Dinghai, and Lu Chenfu, who had all broken through a great realm in one breath!

Nascent Soul Realm treasure beast meat was indeed extraordinary!

Two days later, Black Donkey came running.

As the last trace of Divine Consciousness of Gu Yan dissipated, his Inner World completely collapsed, expelling all the individuals inside to various corners of the continent. Knowing Zhou Heng’s physical strength, this cunning donkey knew Zhou must have received Gu Yan’s inheritance and thus hurried over to share the spoils.

Zhou Heng himself had no need for the essence blood of the Barbarian God Tribe, nor did he want his beautiful and delicate wife to transform into a behemoth. Hence, he was definitely planning to give away the essence blood of the Barbarian God Tribe.

But to whom, that was the question.

"Donkey, what will you give me in exchange?" Zhou Heng asked, eyeing the incredibly greedy Black Donkey.

"What!" Black Donkey jumped up, "Zhou, what is our relationship, and you talk about exchange? How can you do this? This is an insult to our pure friendship!"

"I am angered. Hurry up and bring me the essence blood of the Barbarian God Tribe, and compensate with the Hundred Ghosts Sword!" Black Donkey made a huge demand.

"You really dare say it!" Zhou sighed. He should never have underestimated this donkey’s shamelessness; it truly knew no bounds.

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Although Black Donkey was persistent, it inadvertently let slip that ferocious beasts could not consume the essence blood of humanoid beings—this could cause a severe backlash, even leading to death from the explosive reaction of the blood!

Its desire for the essence blood was purely driven by greed!

Naturally, if the essence blood could be refined into a pill, then both humans and demons could consume it with infinite benefits!

Refined into a pill, it would preserve the properties of the treasure while eliminating negative effects, such as changes in physical stature, without needing to transform into a hulking figure to utilize the power of the Barbarian God Tribe.

Just like the Yellow Dragon Pill, Zhou Heng, An Yumei, and four others, including Black Donkey, all ingested one, acquiring the Azure Dragon Bloodline. However, refining it into a pill also had disadvantages; the bloodline power was diluted, losing vitality and unable to elevate ranks—Zhou being an exception could not be counted.

Unfortunately, there was not a single Pill Master among Zhou’s group, and the vial of essence blood had to be set aside. Moreover, could a Pill Master from the Mortal Realm truly perfect the refinement of an Immortal’s essence blood?

After promising Black Donkey that he would find a Pill Master to refine the vial of essence blood and share it, the satisfied donkey nodded and scampered off to find Little Grey and Little Gold, flaunting its seniority.

The peaceful life did not last for even a few days before a Divine Infant Realm expert arrived, demanding Zhou hand over the treasures obtained in the Fairy Continent. But armed with the Hundred Ghosts Sword, Zhou managed to fight evenly against the Divine Infant Realm, forcing the invader to retreat fruitlessly.

Ten days later, while Zhou was enjoying tea and conversations with the ladies in the garden, a strange fluctuation swept through, as if the entire Xuanqian Star had turned into a small pond, and a pebble had dropped, stirring ripples.

So powerful!

Zhou was startled. This fluctuation was definitely not from the Divine Infant Realm but was far more formidable, seemingly capable of tearing through heaven and earth with terrifying intensity!

"There, there’s a Heavenly Venerate emerging!" Black Donkey rushed over, hooves thundering, face filled with shock.

"Hmm?" Although Zhou had already guessed as much, hearing Black Donkey say it still surprised him, especially since Xuanqian Star hadn’t seen a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate for tens of thousands of years!

Now, suddenly, one appeared; who would not be utterly shocked!

Now was indeed the age when the Martial Path was declining, having a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate emerge was an absolute supremacy!

"Didn’t they say Temporal Origin Liquid couldn’t seal a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate?" Ying Mengfan interjected.

"It can’t!" answered Black Donkey, shaking his head, "But now, the nature’s spiritual energy has almost fully recovered. Though it still cannot match the levels of the ancient times, it is sufficient for those prodigious geniuses!"

Zhou nodded. He believed that the first to breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Realm would likely be the Moon Shadow Saintess.

First, this lady was the direct disciple of a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate, possessing enough depth; secondly, she was already at the peak of the Divine Infant in the ancient times, already qualified to aim for the Divinity Transformation Realm!

And most importantly, not long ago, she absorbed the Treasure Fluid. Although not as much as Zhou, she was already at the pinnacle, merely a step away.

These three factors combined made Zhou believe that the first person on Xuanqian Star to breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Realm was most likely the Moon Shadow Saintess.

The emergence of a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate, shockwaves through the heavens!

Within just a few days, the newly ascended Heavenly Venerate, the first in tens of thousands of years to enter the Divinity Transformation Realm, decreed to all that all Nascent Soul Realm elders were to pay homage to him, announcing he would level the Four Great Death Places and inviting the old ancestors to witness the event.

The invitation was merely a facade, the true intent was to establish his dominance!

The Four Great Death Places were such that not even elders in the Divine Infant Realm could penetrate deeply, and now this new Heavenly Venerate claimed he would flatten them in one fell swoop—what was this if not a display of power?

At this time, the origins of this new Heavenly Venerate began to be revealed bit by bit.

This freshly ascended Heavenly Venerate was not from the Xuanqian Star but had arrived just a few years ago, sealed by Temporal Origin Liquid and transported here by a Flying Artifact. He was known as Li Wujie and now also called Heavenly Venerate Wuji.

"Zhou, you guessed wrong!" Black Donkey said, feeling both joy and worry upon receiving this news.

He was happy because the Moon Shadow Saintess had not advanced to the Divinity Transformation Realm yet, meaning there was still a chance to subdue her into servitude. But he was worried that with only one Heavenly Venerate, Li Wujie, who was now unrivaled, wouldn’t he seize all the treasures?

"Donkey, you’re so petty, always seeing the world through the eyes of money," Zhou Heng sighed.

"Tch, that old fellow must have come for the Immortal Fate! Otherwise, why would he traverse the galaxy, traveling countless billions of miles?" Despite not knowing what Immortal Fate was, Black Donkey’s face twisted in pain—now that there was only one Heavenly Venerate in the Divinity Transformation Realm, who could compete with him?

And who would dare to?

"What exactly is Immortal Fate?" Zhou Heng frowned as he pondered. The Fairy Continent had descended earlier, and the Ancient Flame’s immortal laws had been passed down—could these be considered Immortal Fate? He didn’t think so; these could only be termed as Immortal Law, and it didn’t ensure that a Heavenly Venerate of the Divinity Transformation Realm could break through his limits!

Becoming Immortal was certainly extremely difficult! Otherwise, why would Li Wujie come here?

Had his home star’s spiritual energy also dried up? This seemed implausibly unlikely!

He must have been able to advance to the Divinity Transformation Realm long ago. But as a Heavenly Venerate was too powerful to be sealed with Temporal Origin Liquid, he had no choice but to cross the Starry Sky and come to the Xuanqian Continent with the cultivation level of a Divine Infant.

Traversing starry space was no trivial matter! What if he encountered meteoroids? If the Flying Artifact were damaged in the vast cosmos, it would mean drifting forever in the dark universe!

Taking such a huge risk to come to Xuanqian Star meant that this Immortal Fate surely was about becoming an immortal, otherwise why would he bother, why suffer so?

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

The master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion?

Zhou Heng was momentarily stunned, then he remembered that he had once promised Ruan Jiaying to meet with the master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion from the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty, though he had never found the time since no specific date had been set.

Now that the master had personally come to see him, was it only for Bright Moon Country’s Heavenly Treasure Pavilion? The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was vast, with branches in every nation; it really was difficult to distinguish specific identities just from the title "master of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion."

"Let him in!" Zhou Heng had just finished speaking when he immediately added, "Wait, I’ll go greet him personally!"

He walked out of the courtyard to the Zhao family’s outermost guest room, where all visitors were received.

He saw an elderly man in his sixties sitting and drinking tea, exuding no aura whatsoever, yet giving off an air of unapproachable grandeur.

Unfathomable, inscrutable!

Zhou Heng approached, clasped his hands, and bowed, "Junior Zhou Heng, I greet the Senior!"

The old man had lean features, hair as black as ink, and skin as tender as a baby’s. He gestured in the air, saying, "Young friend, no need for such formalities!" He smiled and said, "Old man’s visit was rather presumptuous, I must apologize to you!"

Zhou Heng smiled too, "How should I address Senior?"

"Old man’s surname is Shan, with the given name Dingxuan, from the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty."

"So you are Senior Shan!" Zhou Heng took the main seat—thus, this elder was among the most powerful people in Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, at least officially, "May I know why Senior has come to seek this junior?"

"I oversee the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and have always been in search of the True Master of the Pavilion, a fact you might have heard of!" Shan Dingxuan looked at Zhou Heng earnestly, "I believe you might indeed be the True Master our Pavilion has been desperately searching for!"

"Oh?" Zhou Heng remained non-committal, "Why does Senior think so?"

"Your cultivation progresses at an extraordinary pace, and your talent is exceptional! Moreover, didn’t you once shatter the Spirit Crystal Pillar during your first test?" Shan Dingxuan smiled, "At first, I didn’t believe it, but now I have no choice but to believe!"

"Just because of that, Senior believes I am the True Master the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion is looking for?"

"Of course not, another test would be necessary. Would you be willing?" Shan Dingxuan looked at Zhou Heng, his eyes filled with intense anticipation.

Why such eagerness?

Zhou Heng’s expression remained unchanged, but he wondered what benefit this could bring to Shan Dingxuan, warranting such keen anticipation. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to vote and give monthly support on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)