Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 493 - 477: The Most Shameless Auspicious Omens of Heaven and Earth (1/3)

Chapter 493: Chapter 477: The Most Shameless Auspicious Omens of Heaven and Earth (1/3)

Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was in a hurry. Merely three days had passed when he came over again, inviting Zhou Heng to set off.

Zhou Heng also wanted a swift resolution, so he immediately departed with Black Donkey, taking to the skies with Heavenly Venerate Qingyang.

The ladies had originally wanted Huo Tian to accompany him, but Zhou Heng did not agree—perhaps others would take the opportunity to strike at his lair while he was away? He couldn’t afford that!

Huo Tian was, after all, the strongest in the Divine Infant Realm, and even if a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate were to come, it would not be a problem; with her runes in motion, she could even destroy Immortals, let alone mere Heavenly Venerates.

Only with his home secure could he venture outside with peace of mind.

Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was not much of a talker. Along the way, he was almost silent, perhaps thinking that Zhou Heng would soon be dead, so why bother making small talk with a dead man?

It didn’t matter if he didn’t speak; there was someone who had an awful lot to say—so much it was killing him!

Naturally, it was Black Donkey.

Blah blah blah, as if a thousand, ten thousand crows were cawing at once, Black Donkey had the ability to talk non-stop from beginning to end, endlessly bragging and boasting without pause, making even Zhou Heng feel a tickling in his teeth.

If Zhou Heng felt this way, Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was even more unbearable!

At first, upon seeing a donkey that could talk, Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was extremely surprised and almost believed Black Donkey, treating it as an Auspicious Omen of Heaven and Earth, but it didn’t take long for him to roll his eyes. This was not an Auspicious Omen of Heaven and Earth; it was a cancer!

Suffering this living punishment, Heavenly Venerate Qingyang endured for a full eight days and seven nights!

When he saw the vast sea ahead, Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was unexpectedly filled with joy and excitement, exclaiming, "We’ve arrived! We’ve arrived!" almost bursting into tears.

Finally, they had arrived, and even if he had to endure further punishment, it would no longer be his burden alone!

Zhou Heng gave Black Donkey a thumbs up from behind. To be able to drive a generation’s Quasi-Immortal to this extent with mere prattling was surely a historical first for this shameless donkey!

Black Donkey unashamedly accepted Zhou Heng’s praise with a laugh.

"The Immortal Palace is underneath the sea!" Heavenly Venerate Qingyang said to Zhou Heng, his eyes flashing with an obscure and intense murderous intent—once the Immortal Palace was opened, this boy could go die!

And that shameless donkey, it must be torn into ten thousand pieces!

"Follow me!" Heavenly Venerate Qingyang dived headfirst, breaking into the sea.

Zhou Heng followed closely behind, releasing his Divine Intent. All living beings within tens of thousands of miles were under his surveillance. Even if a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal deliberately suppressed their presence, they could at most approach within a hundred miles of him. Take one step closer, and he would definitely notice!

Similarly, if he were to approach within a hundred miles of another Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, the other party would surely react, even if he used a Stealth Talisman to suppress his presence.

For a Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, this distance could probably be reduced to within ten miles!

Zhou Heng’s Domain could expand for tens of thousands of miles, within which he could launch his strongest attacks, but to deliver a fatal strike, he still needed Black Sword, so ten miles wasn’t the optimal attacking distance.

Ideally, he would get up close so that, under the slash of Black Sword, he could maximize the benefit!

Zhou Heng observed Heavenly Venerate Qingyang from behind with equally cold eyes, looking at him as he would a dead pig.

"Zhou, I want all the treasures on that old guy’s body!" Black Donkey also stared at Heavenly Venerate Qingyang as if at a dead pig—even a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal like the Four Great Death Places’ landlord had died by Zhou Heng’s sword, so what was this Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal old guy?

"You really don’t stand on ceremony!"

"Nonsense, you got the Star Core and didn’t share a bit with me; I have to fend for myself!"

"...Do you even know how to write the words for ’fend for yourself’? With your laziness, you and self-reliance have never had anything in common; you’re just a lazy donkey who loves to eat!"

"Zhou, don’t slander me; I do have a staunch character!"

"Get lost!"

Heavenly Venerate Qingyang led the way in front, wishing he could seal off his hearing—he couldn’t stand the donkey’s incessant chatter!

But he dared not do so!

For who could guarantee that Zhou Heng wouldn’t launch a sneak attack?

Although his Divine Sense was sharp, Zhou Heng’s battle power was fully capable of competing with his own, and he had to keep himself in top condition to face Zhou Heng; the slightest mistake could lead to a fatal disaster!

Thus, he could only endure Black Donkey’s babbling, and over time, he felt an urge to die rather than suffer this torment any longer.

This just goes to show how repulsive Black Donkey was!

Domain is consciousness, where the mind goes, everything follows. As Zhou Heng passed, the sea water in front of him parted automatically, as if two invisible hands were dividing heaven and earth, and not a drop of water could touch him.

Heavenly Venerate Qingyang was the same. With their strength, even the increasing water pressure that could crush solid iron deep in the sea could not affect them in the slightest, and they moved as freely as if treading on flat ground.

After half a day, they finally arrived at the sea floor, and after about an hour more of travel, four figures suddenly appeared in front of them.

Four people, not two?

Zhou Heng frowned slightly. He could bring Black Donkey along, and the two other Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals could naturally do the same. However, the auras of these four people... two of them reached the strength of Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, and another was even above that level!

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal?

Impossible!

In the Mortal Realm, being a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal was only a fleeting stage. Once a Quasi-Immortal ascended to this realm, either their deities would be nourished and they would become an Immortal, or they would fail due to insufficient spiritual energy.

Whether successful or not, one could only maintain the level of a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal for a short time, because what followed was either a direct ascension to the Immortal Realm or death; there was no third possibility.

Yet, the posture of those three people opposite suggested they had been waiting for quite some time!

So it definitely couldn’t be that they had just broken through to become Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals!

If not Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, yet much stronger than Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, what were they?

Immortals!

Zhou Heng immediately made the judgment; only Immortals could fit such criteria!

Indeed, the Dragon River Continent was different from the Xuanqian Continent! This place hadn’t experienced the insane wars of the Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, and both the Star Gate and the Realm Gate had been well-preserved.

Therefore, as long as the Immortal Realm was willing to pay the price to open the Realm Gate, sending one or two Immortals down to the Mortal Realm wasn’t something strange at all.

Zhou Heng took another look. The man suspected to be an Immortal appeared to be a middle-aged man in his forties who, despite being potentially haughty, seemed somewhat like a seasoned servant.

Of course, his powerful presence was still terrifying, capable of making even Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals tremble with fear!

But compared to Rong Jianlong... he was far too lacking!

No, he simply couldn’t be compared at all!

Immortals entering the Mortal Realm would be greatly suppressed in strength, and unless they were freaks like Huo Tian, it was impossible to exert power beyond the Mortal Realm’s limits. However, their aura was a different matter—it wasn’t diminished by the suppression of their power!

Not only could Rong Jianlong not compare, but neither could Kong Aokun, and even less so could Gu Yan!

Gu Yan was of the Sunshine Realm, so this suspect Immortal at most could be the Moonlight Realm!

On the other hand, in the Mortal Realm, there seemed to be no significant difference in battle power between the Moonlight Realm and the Creation Realm, aside from the difference in aura and perhaps some variance in physical defense. This was because their power was constrained to the ultimate threshold of the Mortal Realm.

"Brother Qingyang, you’ve finally arrived!" said one of the Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals from the opposite side. He was an old man in his sixties, with long, jet-black hair casually tied up, giving off an unkempt appearance.

He was Thousand Peaks Heavenly Venerate, one of the three strongest Heavenly Venerates in the Dragon River Continent. The last one of them, Poison Tiger Heavenly Venerate, stood right next to him, towering and broad, like a fierce tiger ready to burst into action at any moment.

"Gentlemen, this is Young Friend Zhou Heng!" Heavenly Venerate Qingyang introduced.

"And me!" Black Donkey interjected, unwilling to be left out.

"What, a donkey that can talk!" Poison Tiger Heavenly Venerate and Thousand Peaks Heavenly Venerate exclaimed in unison.

The other two also showed a trace of surprise, except for the man suspected to be an Immortal. The last one was a young man in his twenties, not just appearing young, but truly youthful—certainly no more than thirty!

Yet his cultivation level had already broken through to Heavenly Venerate, and he was even in the Third Layer Heaven of Divinity Transformation, which, in terms of realm alone, was a notch above Zhou Heng!

No wonder he came from the Immortal Realm, where the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures couldn’t be compared to those of the Mortal Realm. That’s probably why such a "genius" was nurtured.

"I am an Auspicious Omen of Heaven and Earth. What’s so strange about talking?" Black Donkey stood up on two legs, hooves crossed behind his back, posturing quite arrogantly, "Do you want to see how I pee standing up?"

As soon as these words were uttered, any respectable image of an Auspicious Omen of Heaven and Earth instantly collapsed in everyone’s minds!

There was definitely no Auspicious Omen in the world that was so shameless!

"Since everyone is here, let’s open the Immortal Gate quickly!" The middle-aged man suspected to be an Immortal said with a sense of superiority, issuing a command outright.

"F*ck your Immortal, who the hell are you to order me, your Donkey Master around?" Black Donkey was the first to jump up, vindicating that no matter the gravity of the trouble caused, it didn’t matter—Zhou Heng had his back, didn’t he?

Zhou Heng sighed. Now he was close to invincible in the Mortal Realm, it was alright for Black Donkey to stir up hatred like this, but what about when they reached the Immortal Realm?

He had to get this shameless donkey to rein it in a bit!

"Beast!" The middle-aged man exploded in rage and quickly stretched out his right hand, swiping toward Black Donkey.

"Hmph!" Zhou Heng, too, was visibly angered and raised his hand to intercept the strike.

"Please, hold back!" Heavenly Venerate Qingyang and the others called out in unison. The Star Core was still with Zhou Heng, and if it caused damage to the Space Artifact during a fight, the Star Core could end up lost in some corner of the void.

The middle-aged man also realized immediately that it was not the time for a showdown, and promptly retracted the force of his palm.

"Young Friend, please open the Immortal Gate first!" Leveraging a bit more familiarity with Zhou Heng, Heavenly Venerate Qingyang urged him on.

——As long as the Star Core could be seen and verified, they could make their move to snatch it. After all, the Star Core, containing the energy of an entire planet, was incredibly tough and wouldn’t break even under their full-force attacks. Opening the Immortal Gate was trivial, as long as one held the Star Core, who couldn’t do it?

Zhou Heng smiled faintly and said, "So, once I take out the Star Core, you’ll turn against me, right?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)