Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 488 - 472: Yuan Family Old Ancestor Appears (2/3)

Chapter 488: Chapter 472: Yuan Family Old Ancestor Appears (2/3)

Zhou Heng’s murderous energy stirred, and with a mere thought, snap snap snap, the four members from the Yuan family who came over, all had their chests shattered, collapsing to the ground with expressions of extreme shock, clearly dead beyond doubt.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Domain Path activated, the entire square under his control, cage after cage shattered into pieces. Even though his spiritual power had not recovered, his deity-like powers remained formidable, easily destroying the cages despite not being able to combine them with his spiritual power.

"My lord, please avenge us!"

"Those beasts never treated us as humans. They beat and killed at will!"

"The beautiful women were publicly humiliated by them!"

"It’s too tragic!"

"We beg you three saviors to take charge and slaughter these beasts!"

The released martial artists knelt en masse, each filled with intense rage.

Zhou Heng scanned the crowd, noting that among these martial artists, there indeed were few women, and the few occasionally seen were not particularly attractive.

Assaulting women was the misconduct he could least tolerate; his face turned utterly cold in an instant, overflowing with unstoppable murder, as only killing could calm his mind.

The Moon Shadow Saintess and the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate also displayed their murderous intent. Not just Zhou Heng, nearly all martial artists viewed such misconduct as the utmost evil!

Who doesn’t have a mother? A sister? A daughter?

This of all misdeeds, was utterly intolerable!

"Who dares to be so bold as to invade my Yuan family and commit murder?" A cold snort came from the sky, and whoosh, a figure flew down first, followed by swoosh swoosh swoosh, several more figures streaked across and landed one by one.

These were the experts from the Yuan family in this city, the strongest among them having reached the Divine Infant Realm, their aura mighty.

This family had a Divinity Transformation Heavenly Venerate, and with a very powerful lineage, therefore the progression of the family members’ abilities was extremely rapid. As long as the lineage was strong enough and they themselves were not too foolish, they would hardly encounter any bottlenecks before reaching the Divinity Transformation.

"State your name and surname!" exclaimed another Divine Infant Realm expert from the Yuan family.

Zhou Heng had no intention of talking; he flipped his palm, suppressing the Yuan family’s martial artists.

Boom!

A massive hand descended from the sky, emitting a breath-suffocating presence!

"What!"

"This is the aura of a Heavenly Venerate!"

"My God!"

The people of the Yuan family panicked; Zhou Heng’s move allowed them to sense the same aura as that of their family’s Old Ancestor, hopelessly powerful!

"Please spare us, senior!"

"Our family’s Old Ancestor is also a Heavenly Venerate, please consider our family’s Old Ancestor—"

"Ahh—"

Amidst screams of agony, the hand struck down, leaving no one from the Yuan family alive.

Zhou Heng’s Divine Intent spread out, instantly covering the whole city, hunting down everyone with Yuan family’s bloodline to exterminate them!

It mattered not whether they were innocent; since they chose to conspire, it was better to kill wrongly than to let go.

"Thank you, my lord!" On the square, countless martial artists knelt together.

Zhou Heng waved his hand, signaling them to rise, then settled down with the Moon Shadow Saintess and the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate in the Yuan family’s large estate.

He planned to lure the Yuan family’s experts here continuously and trap and kill them one by one. Moreover, he had yet to learn the whereabouts of Zhao Duotian and the others; slaughtering here would surely reach their ears, and he just needed to wait for their reunion.

Star Core, he never intended to enjoy it alone!

The Moon Shadow Saintess and the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate shared the same sentiments. They also wanted to meet with their forces and desired to pulverize the Yuan family into dust, naturally agreeing to Zhou Heng’s proposal.

Zhou Heng summoned the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, letting out the people inside.

"It nearly suffocated your Donkey Master!" Black Donkey was the first to run out, sprinting around for a few laps before staring at the Moon Shadow Saintess with a mischievous grin, "Fairy, we are really fated to meet again. Come and be this lord’s maid!"

This donkey had a slick eye, instantly realizing that the Moon Shadow Saintess had been severely injured, unknowing to what extent her power had reduced.

"Scram!" Moon Shadow Saintess coldly shouted, then moved towards Zhou Heng, now only he could help her.

Zhou Heng stopped Black Donkey’s antics, the priority was to restore strength!

He located the Yuan family’s treasury; although this was just one site within the Yuan family’s vast territory, the collection was rather rich, especially in Upper Grade Spirit Stones, which were abundant enough for him and the two saintesses to quickly recover their spiritual power.

The first thing for the Three Great Heavenly Venerates was still to restore strength, and they each began their seclusion.

Huo Tian in herself was of the Divine Infant Realm; unless a Divinity Transformation Heavenly Venerate came, she could suppress all alone—if a Heavenly Venerate truly arrived, it would just trigger the runes within her, causing her to die even faster!

Zhou Heng vigorously absorbed, spending two days and nights to replenish his spiritual power, but he did not immediately emerge from seclusion; as long as he covered the entire large estate with his Divine Intent and no one from the Yuan family approached, he was not in a hurry to go out.

He began to refine the Life Essence Qi absorbed from the Black Sword.

"Such pure and rich energy!"

Zhou Heng thought to himself, knowing that there were four Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals within, which naturally made the energy immensely terrifying! Unfortunately, if Rong Jianlong had been slain by the Black Sword, the benefits could have multiplied many times over!

However, even if Rong Jianlong stood still and let Zhou Heng slaughter him, the latter would hardly be able to scratch his skin, as the physical constitution of a Creation Realm Immortal definitely surpassed that of a Divinity Transformation Realm Magic Artifact.

"Don’t be greedy, you still have a Star Core in your arms!"

One Circulation Cycle, two Circulation Cycles, Zhou Heng circulated the Falling Snow True Scripture, enhancing his accumulation of Spiritual Power.

Previously, under the pressure from Rong Jianlong, he had been extremely close to the Peak of the First Layer Heaven of Divinity Transformation, and now, it took only a little absorption of power to reach his limit.

Breakthrough!

Zhou Heng’s body trembled, and nature’s spiritual energy immediately surged towards him, cleansing his body and stabilizing his realm.

"It’s a bit... insufficient!"

He suddenly realized that the spiritual energy gathered from nature was not enough to fully stabilize his realm, and he had to use Spirit Stones to make up for it, which prolonged the whole process by a full seven days!

"How could this be?"

Zhou Heng thought for a moment and quickly revealed a bitter smile.

The Old Swindler had said that a great change occurred in the Immortal Realm a million years ago, or even longer, which also affected the Mortal Realm, causing the spiritual energy levels in the Mortal Realm to drop drastically, at most reaching the level of a Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal.

"This level of a Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal is a generalization!"

Zhou Heng’s level of Spiritual Power was indeed monstrous. Having just entered the Divinity Transformation Realm, he could already compete with a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal. In theory, the spiritual aura of the Mortal Realm was no longer sufficient to support his advancement.

That’s why he felt that nature’s spiritual energy was so barren!

Now it was fine, stabilizing the realm was not extremely important, and he could slowly replenish it by absorbing Spirit Stones. But a breakthrough for the Deities was different, it must be replenished immediately, and the current level of spiritual energy was simply not enough!

Other Heavenly Venerates could consider advancing to a Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal before tackling the major challenge of a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, but Zhou Heng... even at One Tribulation Quasi-Immortal, he had to start considering it.

Thus, it seemed that he really couldn’t misuse the Star Core; he had to save it for his three Divine Tribulations!

Being too powerful is just this troublesome!

Zhou Heng sighed and continued to refine the Life Essence Qi within the Black Sword. By the time he had completely refined it, his accumulation of Spiritual Power had also reached the Late Period of Second Layer Heaven of Divinity Transformation.

He emerged from seclusion, and by this time, both the Moon Shadow Saintess and the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate had been out of seclusion for several days, naturally having restored their due strength. Just from seeing the sad state of the Black Donkey, who had been beaten every day and was almost developing a psychological shadow, it was clear.

"Has no one from the Yuan Family come over yet?"

"You swiftly slayed their two Divine Infant Realm clan members, even so, the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor would still be cautious! He needs to avenge his family, and he has some assurance that the Star Core is in your hands, so he won’t make a move unless he’s certain of victory! Therefore... he will definitely seek assistance!" analyzed the Moon Shadow Saintess.

"However, if the support is too strong, he will lose the initiative, so the assistant he invites will definitely not be at the Quasi-Immortal level," added the Blazing Flame Demon Venerate.

Zhou Heng nodded. The Xuanqian Star’s lack of spiritual energy was evident, producing only a few Heavenly Venerates in the past couple of years, so there was little reason to be highly regarded by the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor. And the masters of the Four Great Death Places?

"What a joke, if they had obtained the Star Core, they would definitely have broken through to Becoming Immortal immediately; why would they bother coming here? If they really came, their realm would surely fall back to the Divine Infant Realm, so there’s no need to worry."

Thus, while the Yuan Family certainly took Zhou Heng seriously, they wouldn’t believe he could truly rival their own Old Ancestor!

Seeking assistance was just to ensure Zhou Heng’s absolute elimination—at least to snatch the Star Core. After all, being at the same level as Heavenly Venerates, one utterly desperate to flee and the other unable to stop him, the gap in strength isn’t that large!

"Let’s wait and see, he wasn’t in a hurry!"

"Best if the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor brings several more Heavenly Venerates; then his accumulation of Spiritual Power could rapidly increase."

Zhou Heng spent his days chatting and flirting with the ladies, doing things everyone enjoyed, but his overwhelming ability made the ladies exhausted after a few days, persistently urging him to take care of Lin Fuxiang, Feng Lianqing, Moon Shadow Saintess, and Cangao Muyue, the four sisters who hadn’t yet been tasted.

As they put it, since these four sisters would undoubtedly become his women eventually, then why not sooner rather than later, since good sisters should share the burden.

Suddenly, ten days later, a terrifying pressure swept across, casting the entire city under an endless shadow, as if even the buildings were about to buckle!

Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate!

Only a Heavenly Venerate could possess such a terrifying aura!

"Fellow Daoists of the Xuanqian Continent, please come out for a talk!" boomed a resounding voice, filled with supreme authority.

The time had finally come!

Zhou Heng let out a long howl, his figure soaring into the sky, where he saw an Old Man in Red standing with his hands behind his back in the air, his expression solemn.

This was the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor!

Zhou Heng could sense from him the same bloodline aura as the other Yuan Family members he had encountered before.

"So young!" the Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor widened his gaze, a trace of surprise evident.

Too young!

This Cultivation Level already placed him at the pinnacle of the Mortal Realm; what was more terrifying was that he was not even fifty years old, which meant he had an infinitely bright future ahead!

The Yuan Family’s Old Ancestor’s expression turned grim, his thoughts somewhat indecisive.(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)