Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 560 - 539: The 21st Moon Cycle, Shaking the Immortal Realm (3/3)

Chapter 560: Chapter 539: The 21st Moon Cycle, Shaking the Immortal Realm (3/3)

Only two hours later, the Tenth Wheel Waning Moon achieved perfection.

Throughout history, no one in the Immortal Realm has ever formed the Eleventh Wheel Bright Moon—at least, that is what the records of Hai Immortal City and You Immortal City indicate—each person reached their zenith upon forming ten Wheels of the Bright Moon and then made a breakthrough to become either a Moonlight King, Sovereign, or Emperor.

But Zhou Heng was an oddity.

He already possessed Nine Wheels Moon upon entering the Moonlight King realm; how could a mere Ten Wheels Moon be his limit?

After several hours of accumulating power, he formed the bud of the Eleventh Wheel Waning Moon.

Boom!

The heavens and the earth trembled, and the whole universe seemed to shudder!

Was this the shock of the heavens and the earth at the emergence of a heaven-defying monstrosity?

Zhou Heng didn’t care at all, he merely continued to draw energy from the Star Core, ceaselessly bringing his Eleventh Wheel Moon to perfection.

Four hours later, the Eleventh Wheel Moon reached Great Perfection!

Boom, the heavens and earth trembled again, and Zhou Heng formed the bud of the Twelfth Wheel Moon.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He kept drawing upon the power of the Star Core, repeatedly perfecting each new born Waning Moon and constantly forming newer buds. Every six to seven hours, the heavens and the earth would quake as if the entirety of Forty-Nine Immortal City were about to collapse!

...

"The heavens and earth are trembling, and it’s incessant!"

"This must mean that a divine treasure has been born!"

"Or maybe... a peerless monstrosity has broken through some heavenly limit!"

"No matter what it is, investigate!"

"If it’s a divine treasure, snatch it; if it’s a peerless monstrosity, slay it!"

In Juexian City, orders were being issued one after another, all similar in content.

And in a mysterious place within Juexian City, a burly man who had been sitting cross-legged suddenly leaped to his feet amidst the tremors of the world. After a brief moment of surprise, he burst into a loud laughter, "Someone has formed the Eleven Wheels Moon! Hahaha, finally there’s a somewhat worthy opponent! Alas, I formed a total of Thirteen Wheels of the Bright Moon in my time as a Moonlight King before advancing to Moonlight Sovereign. How many wheels will this fellow form?"

"Even if it’s just Eleven Wheels, he has surpassed the limits of heaven and earth and is worth a battle!"

"Just how long must I wait!"

The large man paced a small area, circling a few times before he reached out and pressed forward, and something strange happened—below his palm, a projection emerged, forming a semicircular shield that enveloped him within.

No wonder he could only pace such a small area, as it turned out he was trapped inside!

"This Juexian Great Array is quite interesting, but in at most thirty years I will be able to break out. Then, I will tear down Juexian City and re-establish the order of the Immortal Realm!" The large man suddenly laughed heartily, an aura of unrestrained and domineering spirit rolling out fiercely.

Just then, the world shook violently!

"Twelve Wheels Moon?" The laugh of the large man stopped abruptly, his face revealing a battle-hungry expression, "Truly exciting! I can hardly wait to see what this guy looks like! Strange, why do I faintly feel a blood connection?"

Boom!

The earth quaked again.

"Thirteen Wheels Moon!" At this point, even the large man showed a look of astonishment, "Good fellow, just like me! Hahaha, could he grow even stronger? I love to fight the strong, that’s what gets me excited!"

Boom, as Zhou Heng formed the Fourteen Wheels Moon, the heavens and earth naturally responded in kind!

"Good! Good! Fourteen Wheels Moon, haha, my fighting spirit is ignited! Damn it, seems like I need to leave this damn place sooner! Thirty years is too long, I want out in twenty!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Fifteen Wheels Moon!"

"Sixteen Wheels Moon!"

"Seventeen Wheels Moon!"

By the time the Eighteenth Wheel Moon was formed, even the large man was silent.

Too terrifying!

What kind of monstrosity was this? Ordinary people would advance to Moonlight Sovereign upon forming Seven Wheels Moon, but what about this guy? Eighteen Wheels Moon and still accumulating power, how dreadful would it be once he enters the Moonlight Sovereign realm...?

Whether it’s the Moonlight Realm, Sunshine Realm, or Sublimation Realm, all these are processes of laying a foundation. It’s like how mortal martial artists step by step expand their Dantian, enlarging their Inner World with each Great Realm—it’s all cumulative benefits.

The Immortal Realm follows the same principle!

Eighteen Wheels Moon! And this guy is still just a Moonlight King. If he can continue like this as a Moonlight Sovereign and Moonlight Emperor, how deep and solid will his foundation be?

Boom, at that moment, Zhou Heng formed the Nineteenth Wheel Moon!

The large man rolled his eyes, even with his unparalleled confidence, he had to admit that he was far from matching this freak.

Boom! The Twentieth Wheel Moon!

Boom! The Twenty-One Wheels Moon!

After waiting a while longer, there was no further movement from the heavens and the earth.

It was the Twenty-One Wheels Moon!"Damn it, I want out! I want out!" The big man suddenly burst into violence, pounding his fists against the half-dome shield as a purple Heavenly Dragon coiled around him.

"Who the hell is this guy? I have to meet him!"

"Damn it, I’ll go all out. Within ten years, I must break out!"

...

Zhou Heng came to a halt. He felt that he had reached his limit, the true limit, the limit of a Moonlight King!

Regrettably, the Star Core had been drained by him!

What Zhou Heng did not realize was that the most valuable part of the Star Core, like the power of the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal, was meant to nourish the Bone Talisman! He had absorbed this part of the power when he first advanced into the Moonlight Realm. Now, the Star Core was purely a repository of power.

Forming eleven Waning Moons in one breath, Zhou Heng’s strength increased by at least thousands, even tens of thousands of times!

Although he was a Moonlight King and formed Waning Moons, because they were extremely pure, two Waning Moons could match one and a half Half Moons, and twenty-one Waning Moons were equivalent to a peak-level Moonlight Sovereign!

What a pity that if the Star Core could provide just a bit more power, he could have directly soared to the Moonlight Sovereign!

By then, he surely could challenge a Moonlight Emperor!

He stood up and stepped out of the cave, where Yang Lanxin and her two companions were waiting for him. Nalan Wuyue had already woken up. The girl looked dispirited, only managing to show a slight, heartrending smile when she saw Zhou Heng.

How could anyone who has lost their family and home not feel heartbroken as if dead!

"You, you are still only at the First Layer Heaven of Moonlight!" Nalan Yaoyue was greatly disappointed. Limited by her level, she didn’t know that the earth trembled eleven times because Zhou Heng had formed Twenty-One Wheels Moon. Otherwise, she would never have said those words.

Even Zhou Heng was a bit disappointed. Who would have thought he could drag it out like this? When others only needed Seven Wheels Moon to advance, he had to form Twenty-One Wheels before he could even glimpse the threshold of a breakthrough.

"Indeed, I’m still a Moonlight King, but my battle power is decent!" Unable to advance to Moonlight Sovereign, Zhou Heng modestly conceded.

Nalan Yaoyue was already too drained to scoff. Even if you are an exceptional Moonlight King, what of it? She had thought that Zhou Heng, possessing Ten Wheels Moon, had reached the limit of a Moonlight King. The ten-day seclusion was to break through to a Moonlight Sovereign, but it turned out he was still at the Moonlight King level. Naturally, it meant he had not achieved a breakthrough and still only had the battle power of Ten Wheels Moon.

With their current strength, they could at best eliminate a few minor members of the Meng Family, nowhere near enough to truly harm the Meng Family’s roots.

"Even though I haven’t made a breakthrough, killing a peak Moonlight Sovereign is as easy as flipping my palm!" Zhou Heng added, to boost everyone’s confidence.

Nalan Yaoyue rolled her eyes, and Yang Lanxin sighed. Although she liked Zhou Heng, she did not want to see the man she fancied bragging nonsensically. Only Nalan Wuyue, with her insufficient level of power, was clueless about what the three were discussing.

Zhou Heng began to release the Bright Moons one by one. Were these two women really looking down on him?

Eight Wheels, Nine Wheels, Ten Wheels.

Nalan Yaoyue and Yang Lanxin both showed disdain. This guy boasting about his Ten Wheels Moon was impressive enough once, but did he really need to flaunt it like this, every single time?

The Eleventh Wheel!

"What!" Both Nalan Yaoyue and Yang Lanxin trembled, their ample bosoms shaking dramatically and causing waves of turbulence.

Eleven Wheels Moon! Unprecedented, unheard of!

The limit in the Immortal Realm was Ten Wheels Moon; they had never heard of anyone with Eleven Wheels Moon!

—With their level of power, naturally, they couldn’t access the secrets of top-level Immortal Cities, and they believed that Ten Wheels Moon was the limit.

No wonder Zhou Heng was so confident. It turned out that during the last ten days, he had formed the Eleventh Waning Moon. Truly formidable! His talent was enough to suppress any feelings of envy.

But before they finished their thoughts, Zhou Heng’s figure was complemented by a Twelfth Waning Moon appearing behind him!

Pfft!

Both women stuck out their tongues in amazement. What was happening! Twelve Wheels Moon? Are they joking? Were their eyes deceiving them? They must be!

The Thirteenth Wheels Moon! The Fourteenth Wheels Moon!

Behind Zhou Heng, Waning Moons continued to rise until Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon shone together, with pure white light illuminating the heavens and earth, with strands of Golden Light swirling around, exuding an aura of sacred supremacy.

Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon!

The two women were totally dumbfounded, their minds going blank as if they had become fools. In contrast, Nalan Wuyue clapped her hands softly, murmuring, "So beautiful!"

What did Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon mean?

The women had no idea because they had never even heard of Eleven Wheels Waning Moon, let alone Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon.

They didn’t understand but felt an instinctive respect.

Zhou Heng retracted the Bright Moons and said to Nalan Yaoyue, "You protect these two here. I’m going to the Meng Family for a... massacre!" He enunciated every word, his intent to kill filling the sky.

He remembered Nalan Tianhe’s warm hospitality, his pure and kind nature.

A kindness of a meal and a place to stay!

He had said himself, he must not forget this kindness!

The Meng Family must pay a price!

Nalan Yaoyue, although she was a Moonlight Sovereign, still felt her heart quiver uncontrollably at the sight of Zhou Heng’s murderous intent, instinctively nodding in agreement.

"Zhou Heng... be careful!" Yang Lanxin, being much calmer than Nalan Yaoyue, because she had been shocked by Zhou Heng more than once, her resilience was naturally far superior to Nalan Yaoyue’s. She quickly came back to her senses.

A Twenty-One Wheels Moonlight King, while unheard of, was still at the First Layer Heaven of Moonlight. Even if he could shatter the barriers of realms to fight a Moonlight Sovereign, an encounter with a Moonlight Emperor would still be hazardous!

The Meng Family’s strength was probably comparable to that of the Yang family. With a Moonlight Emperor at the helm, Zhou Heng’s journey would not be easy, but fraught with danger. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets, monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)