Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 416 - 400 Divine Infant Realm (2/3)

Chapter 416: Chapter 400 Divine Infant Realm (2/3)

Black Donkey drew back its teeth and said, "Zhou, now is the end of the era for the Martial Path, and if those four old demon monsters are still alive, who can oppose them? Oh right, how did we escape? And what about that twisted freak?"

Zhou Heng briefly explained Huo Tian’s situation, then said, "Since those four old demons aren’t dead, it’s possible that the Great Eternal Emperor is still alive too!"

"Not very likely!" Black Donkey shook its head, "Although this seat hasn’t had much contact with the Great Eternal Emperor, that emperor is an incredibly arrogant figure, he would absolutely not allow himself to live so dishonorably!"

Dishonorably?

Indeed!

The Poisonous Vast Sea had a history of tens of thousands of years, and that Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate had been cowering in this place of death. Even Li Wujie, who had recently ascended to the Divinity Transformation Realm, had ridden roughshod over him. The Heavenly Venerate had no choice but to initially intimidate Li to leave and then, having no other option, fled.

Zhou Heng asked himself, he could absolutely not accept such longevity! Presumably, the Great Eternal Emperor of the past was similarly proud and naturally would not have accepted such a way of living.

But, without a counterbalance, if those four old demons came out to snatch the Immortal Fate, who in this world could withstand them? Huo Tian possessed unfathomable battle power, but was ultimately limited by their realm and unable to actively operate their treasure troves, and had no right to stop them.

The key question was, what exactly was this Immortal Fate?

The Xuanqian Continent had decades, perhaps even hundreds or thousands of years left before complete collapse, but the environment would progressively worsen, with natural disasters happening more frequently. Before total annihilation, all living beings would be wiped out!

In such a place nearing death, what kind of Immortal Fate could possibly emerge?

Zhou Heng pressed Black Donkey for answers again, but the donkey swore on its ancestors for eighteen generations that it truly did not know what the Immortal Fate was, it could only wait and see.

Wait and see? That sounded easy, but who could sit still under the current circumstances?

With the world collapsing, if one could not become immortal, then they could only die along with this planet!

Ah, that’s right!

Zhou Heng suddenly brightened, Li Wujie was a visitor from beyond the stars, his Flying Artifact must be capable of traversing the starry sky! But Zhou Heng immediately sighed again, Li Wujie had been turned into a bloody rain by the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate, and his deities were swallowed whole. Where could they find his Flying Artifact?

Visitors from beyond the stars?

Zhou Heng suddenly had a thought and said, "Donkey, could those four Heavenly Venerates, including the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate, also be from outside the Xuanqian Star?" If Heavenly Venerate Wuji could cross the starry skies to seize Immortal Fate, why couldn’t others?

Black Donkey paused, then bobbed its large head, saying, "It’s possible!"

How could figures who could rival the Great Eternal Emperor, such peerless beings, arise all at once every tens of thousands or even millions of years?

But if all four including the Poisonous Water Heavenly Venerate were from different planets, that would be much easier to accept. They could each be the most outstanding figure on a planet, so what would be so strange about them competing with the Great Eternal Emperor?

"I really want to know what this Immortal Fate actually is!" Zhou Heng said.

"No matter what it is, it will be mine!" Black Donkey greedily declared.

Half a month later, they returned to Bright Moon Country.

The incident involving Li Wujie at the ceremony had caused an uproar throughout the continent.

The emergence of a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate was already the most shocking news under heaven, but this newly ascended one was slaughtered without any power to fight back!

It was only then that everyone realized why no one had obtained the legacy of the Four Great Death Places, because those Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerates didn’t plan to pass on their Cultivation Techniques at all, they were just sleeping there!

Although only the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate had appeared, everyone believed that the Ancient Heavenly Venerates in the other three places of death must not be dead either!

Those were figures who could contend with the Great Eternal Emperor!

Things on Xuanqian Star were increasingly chaotic!

Zhou Heng was nearing the peak of Nascent Soul Third Layer Heaven, striving for a breakthrough, he practiced the Heavenly Yang and Earthly Yin Technique daily with the ladies, especially with Ying Mengfan, Han Yulian, and her niece. All three women had the Mysterious Yin Physique and cultivating together with them helped greatly with accumulating Spiritual Power.

However, although he was close, that final bit took him two strenuous months of cultivation to finally reach the threshold for assaulting the Divine Infant Realm.

Huo Tian did not remain unconscious for long this time, it seemed she had voluntarily expended too many Runes and simply slept for a few days before recovering. With her present, Zhou Heng could also confidently enter closed-door cultivation to break through to the Divine Infant Realm.

He entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, with no distractions in his mind.

Spiritual Power circulated like tidal waves and thunder, surging wave after wave inside his body.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the golden little man emitted a dazzling glow, but the fetal egg was solid, like a chick hatching that needed to break the eggshell first. This wasn’t something that could be shattered with a single punch, it was a kind of sublimation of the deities.

From the stage of Half-Step Immortal, the promotion of realm involved both Spiritual Power and deities. Only when both aspects broke through the barriers could one leap successfully into a higher level.

Zhou Heng lacked no realm comprehension; what he needed was to sublime this comprehension.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There were sounds of the Great Dao chanting within his body, the golden little man strived to bombard the Divine Fetus, eager to break the shell and emerge, while his Spiritual Power also boiled within, striking at the gates of the Divine Infant Realm.

The golden little man was his deity, representing his will. It wielded the Black Sword in its right hand, performing the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, and in its left, it executed the Overturning Heaven Palm, creating tumult inside the Divine Fetus.

Using immortal technique to bombard the divine fetus is so extravagant that there are hardly a few in the entire world who can afford such a luxury!

Zhou Heng’s divine sense unified with his intent, prioritizing the shattering of the divine fetus. Once the trial of the deities was over, there was no lack in terms of realm comprehension for him—he could easily step into the Divine Infant Realm.

For others, this approach was extremely dangerous. If a divine infant was born without sufficient spiritual power to nourish it, it would immediately wither away. At the least, one would fall back to the Nascent Soul Realm, and at worst, suffer a severe blow to the divine sense and die right there!

It was like an infant being born; it had to be fed milk, or else it would starve to death.

The golden little figure was strong and active, its sword shaking the stars and its palm covering the sun and moon. Here, Zhou Heng did not need to consider the consumption of spiritual power and could continually execute the Sky-soaring Nine Forms—actually, Eight Forms.

His sea of consciousness trembled, raising a towering tsunami, the divine fetus vibrated, but it was indestructible!

Zhou Heng was neither anxious nor impatient. The golden little figure continued performing two sets of immortal techniques. If even the immortal techniques were powerless to break open the divine fetus, then he could only sigh at his misfortune.

One day, two days, three days... ten days... a month!

Finally, cracks appeared all over the divine fetus, spreading like a spider’s web, encompassing the entire divine fetus. The golden little figure became increasingly radiant, emitting an ancient and supreme aura.

"Break!"

Zhou Heng shouted in his heart as the golden little figure struck a final blow, sword and palm merging!

Boom!

The divine fetus burst, and the golden little figure shot out!

It was at this moment that Zhou Heng channeled his spiritual power, and boom, the gate to the Divine Infant Realm finally opened up to him.

Boom!

His body trembled as the divine infant entered the dantian space, seated at the core of the earth and driving the expansion of the dantian space.

Onefold, twofold... tenfold... a hundredfold... a thousandfold... five thousandfold!

The golden little figure had just "been born" and its strength was limited. How much dantian space it could expand before it exhausted its power determined the level of spiritual power for a Divine Infant Realm Old Ancestor!

Generally speaking, five thousandfold was a basic achievable number, but it was difficult to go beyond that. The divine infant, lacking in strength, must be nourished by the nature’s spiritual energy, absorb the first wave of "nourishment," and then rely on its own spiritual power to nurture and grow bigger.

As the divine infant grew, it would be the Divinity Transformation Realm!

Six thousandfold, seven thousandfold, seven thousand five hundredfold!

Eventually, the divine infant had no strength left to expand any further. Zhou Heng stopped forcing himself and released the suppression. Suddenly, nature’s spiritual energy rushed towards him, cleansing his body, especially the divine infant. The golden little figure bathed in nature’s spiritual energy, looking quite content.

After half a day, Zhou Heng opened his eyes and stood up.

Divine Infant Realm!

He had finally reached the Divine Infant Realm!

Unfortunately, this realm was once the synonym for invincibility on the Xuanqian Continent, but with the continuous appearance of ancient figures, and the lords of the Four Great Death Places lurking aside, this was still not strong enough!

With a thought from Zhou Heng, the golden little figure floated out from above his head, no longer separated by the divine fetus, emitting a dazzling divine radiance.

His dantian space was now about a thousand times that of an ordinary Divine Infant Realm’s. Although he had just entered this realm, he could definitely crush any Divine Infant Realm Old Ancestor—except for Huo Tian.

Back then, Huo Tian struck him a blow which still seemed unsolvable!

This was not a gap in power but rather a crushing difference in level. Against a true immortal technique, there was simply no force to contend with!

If it were someone else, Zhou Heng could still launch a sneak attack from behind. But with so many immortal talismans inside Huo Tian that would autonomously operate upon being attacked, even Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate suffered a big loss, and with all his confidence, he did not believe that he could match the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate at present.

Luckily, the likes of reincarnated immortals like Huo Tian, or immortals who had their realms fall or were descendants of immortals, were still exceedingly rare. Now standing on his side, he need not worry about this problem.

Zhou Heng did not leave immediately but went up to the ninth floor of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, passed the Divine Infant Realm’s test, and obtained the penultimate reward.

It was an elixir named "Black Snow Powder," tasteless and formless, with swift effects. Simply crushing the bottle would immediately unleash its power, making even a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate unable to channel spiritual power.

In the month he had been in closed-door cultivation, many major events had occurred on the Xuanqian Continent.

Another Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate was born!

The Moon Shadow Saintess, as well as the emperor of the Demon Clan, Blazing Flame Demon Monarch! There was another, whose identity is currently unknown.

The Moon Shadow Saintess was now being called Moon Shadow Heavenly Venerate, and the Demon Clan emperor had been promoted to the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate. The emergence of three new Heavenly Venerates seemed to send a signal that a new era of martial prosperity was about to arrive!

It was laughable that the Xuanqian Continent was nearing collapse, almost like the last burst of light before extinction.

Moreover, the Mao Family, which had kept a low profile for a long time, suddenly came out into the open, releasing an announcement stating that the present world faced multiple crises. The Mao Family was willing to must their clan’s strength to resist, calling on heroes from all over the world to jointly ward off a potential catastrophe.

They expanded the influence of the Mao Family with the blade, blood, and corpses, all while hoisting the banner of greater good. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, I invite you to vote for it or give it your monthly vote on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)