Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 568 - 547: Breakthrough to Moonlight Sovereign (2/3)

Chapter 568: Chapter 547: Breakthrough to Moonlight Sovereign (2/3)

Mo Yuyan managed to squeeze out an enchanting smile, knelt down gracefully to Zhou Heng, and said, "Zhou Heng, although there are some grievances between us, it can’t change the fact that we are already husband and wife. You won’t be so heartless, right?"

Her heart harbored venomous resentment. When had she, the most valued daughter of the Mo Family, been reduced to flattering and begging for mercy from the man who assaulted her?

Intolerable!

She absolutely refused to accept this!

As long as she could survive, she was determined to first infiltrate the Zhou Family from within, plunder the foundation of the Eternal Evil Venerate, and then leak the Zhou Family’s information, summoning the powers of Juexian City to annihilate this clan!

No one could humiliate her! Absolutely no one!

But that was a matter for the future. What she needed to do now was to preserve her life and then gradually seduce Zhou Heng, using this as a springboard to penetrate the inner workings of the Zhou Family!

A family that had produced at least a Creation Sovereign, who knew how much staggering wealth it concealed!

All of that would be hers!

Zhou Heng dared to violate her, and she would make Zhou Heng pay with the entire Zhou Family’s wealth and lives!

Zhou Heng smiled faintly; he had long seen through this woman’s venomous heart beneath her beautiful appearance. He shook the Black Sword and said, "Don’t think too highly of yourself; in my eyes, you’re just a whore from a brothel!"

"Zhou Heng, you can’t insult me like this! When I was given to you, my body was still pure!" Mo Yuyan cried out loudly, tears streaming from her eyes, her appearance pitiable but her heart filled with chilling murderous intent.

"Such a poisonous woman—I dare not keep you!" Zhou Heng’s right hand tightened, and in his gaze, the apparition of the universe’s stars emerged, with twenty-one Moon Wheels shining brightly behind him.

Mo Yuyan hurriedly leapt to her feet, knowing Zhou Heng was about to unleash a deadly move!

She had experienced this sword intent previously, which had left her severely injured, barely escaping death. With such a substantial threat, how could she ignore it?

Humming, she had already taken out her protective Jade Pendant, fully activating the Artifact Spirit. A burst of purple light immediately enveloped her in a protective sphere.

"Good heavens, what swordsmanship has this lad learned, that merely the intent emanating from it chills me to the bone?" Zhou Hongshen muttered to himself, "This lad is merely at the Moonlight King level, yet I, already a Sunshine Emperor, who is so many realms above, feel a dread I do not wish to face. This swordsmanship truly is terrifying!"

The sword rose!

Zhou Heng showed no mercy. Had it been possible, he would have killed Mo Yuyan back on the star ship, but the first time was thwarted by the Charm Poison within him, the second by her use of an Immortal Artifact.

Now that he had formed the Twenty-One Wheels Moon, his strength had greatly increased; he should be able to shatter the protection of that Immortal Artifact!

The key was, he no longer had any concerns holding him back.

Sky-soaring Nine Forms, unleash!

In rapid succession, the Nine Forms Sword Techniques were executed, merging into one to form a complete, perfect sword strike, like a slash from primeval chaos, cutting through the cosmos, arriving from antiquity and piercing the future!

No words could describe the profound mystery of this sword strike!

This sword contained the birth and destruction of the universe, with cosmic explosions, the genesis of stars, the majestic winding of galaxies.

Anyone who saw it would be utterly mesmerized and unable to extricate themselves!

This was a flawless sword strike!

How could Mo Yuyan be any exception? She could only stand stunned, her mind wholly captivated by the mysteries of the sword.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The Sword Qi struck the purple barrier, ringing out with a dense series of clashing sounds. In just a moment, tens of thousands of lines appeared on the purple barrier, webbing across it like spider silk.

"What a lad!" Zhou Hongshen slapped his thigh in excitement, his eyes shining, "This Jade Pendant may not be top-tier, but its defensive power has almost reached the Sunshine King level! Zhou Heng almost managed to smash this grade of defense; what terrifying power!"

"Pity, the difference in strength is still a fatal flaw; it can shatter but not break through, ultimately unable to penetrate!"

Zhou Hongshen sighed slightly, a tinge of regret in his voice, but he soon chuckled to himself. If a Moonlight King could penetrate the defenses of a Sunshine King level, then what justice would there be in the world? Even if Zhou Heng possessed Twenty-One Wheels Moon, in reality nearing the power of a Moonlight Emperor!

But before the thought was finished, his eyes suddenly bulged in disbelief!

For the Black Sword, with a slight vibration and tremble, had actually smashed the purple barrier to pieces!

Sword Qi struck the body!

Mo Yuyan only then realized what was happening, just as she spat out the syllable "Zhou," intending to call Zhou Heng’s name, the fierce Sword Qi had already pierced through her body, instantaneously extinguishing her consciousness.

Dead!

Zhou Heng’s brow furrowed. Killing a woman with whom he had relations, even if she was venomous at heart, still gave him an indescribable feeling of discomfort.

In the future, he must better control himself. Even if afflicted with Charm Poison, he resolved to endure and choose the right person!

"Such an injustice, such an injustice!" Zhou Hongshen, on the other hand, was continuously murmuring to himself. He had thought Zhou Heng would surely not be able to break through the shield, but Zhou Heng had done it against the odds. What was going on?

Zhou Heng harnessed the vulnerability attack he had comprehended during the last period in the Mortal Realm, believing that even a shield formed by a magic artifact surely had a weak spot. If he could find that point and strike it with full force, given his strength that could already shatter shields, how could it possibly not break through?

However, as soon as he executed the Sky-soaring Nine Forms, Zhou Heng’s spiritual power was completely drained. Although he still possessed the brutal strength of the Moonlight King, such power was virtually worthless in the Immortal Realm.

He immediately sat down and began the refinement of the power within the Black Sword.

Having previously slaughtered several experts of the Meng Family, along with the Life Essence Qi of Mo Yuyan, who was at the level of the Moonlight Emperor, his depleted spiritual power quickly recovered. Then, Zhou Heng’s heart surged with the scene of unleashing the Sky-soaring Nine Forms just moments before, and enlightenment rose in his heart. His Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon automatically emerged outside his body, continually clashing against each other.

The rune on the top of his head glowed faintly, with an aura of the Dao circulating!

"What, what!" Zhou Hongshen nearly jumped up in shock. As a straightforward man, he never bothered to hide his emotions. He grabbed his hair and murmured, "Oh, my mother... This lad is actually about to make a breakthrough!"

"Whose grandma doesn’t find an absolutely quiet place to enclose themselves for a breakthrough? But this fellow just sits down right here and starts! His grandma’s, he really treats me as his nanny!"

"Sigh, why did I, acting as an elder, only have two nephews and one niece, and now I’ve got another one junior to me? Just consider it a meeting gift!"

"Weird, where did this kid pop out from?"

Fang Hongshen casually sat on the ground, stretched out his right hand, and laid down a spiral energy seal to prevent the aura presently emanating from Zhou Heng from leaking out. To anyone looking this way, everything was shrouded in chaos and entirely obscured.

Feeling the Dao aura emitting from Zhou Heng, at first, he didn’t take it seriously. But it wasn’t long before his face showed an expression of shock and disbelief.

"What kind of Dao has this kid comprehended? Its supremacy is so profound it even surpasses that of the Great Emperors! I only sensed it for a moment and felt a nearly transformative enlightenment. Luckily I reacted in time, or else I would have dissolved into the Dao and returned to nature!"

"Damn it, now I’m dying of curiosity; who in the world gave birth to this kid?"

"Twenty-One Wheels Moon, I’m going to faint..."

"When I was at the Moonlight King level, I only had Eight Wheels Moon. But when I became the Moonlight Sovereign after the Great Emperor’s guidance, I developed Ten Wheels Moon, and upon consuming a drop of Phoenix Flame Milk as the Moonlight Emperor, I forged the Eleven Wheels Moon. However, after advancing to the Sunshine Realm, even the Third Layer Heaven only resulted in Nine Wheels Sun."

"Although this achievement can’t compare to the Great Emperor’s, besides him, only Ancestor Yuhe was better than me!"

"But compared to this kid... A monster, even the Great Emperor had only Thirteen Wheels Moon!"

...

Putting aside Zhou Hongshen’s deep sighs and murmurs, Zhou Heng finally reached the Great Perfection of the First Layer Heaven Moonlight, accumulating ample spiritual power ready for the assault on the Second Layer Heaven Moonlight.

Since there was a Sunshine Emperor right next to him, could there be any place in North Hai City that was safer?

Enlightenment flowed within his body, the barrier to the next realm becoming more and more distinct, letting him know exactly how to achieve the breakthrough.

——Without even a direction, it would be like a blind man groping an elephant.

The Twenty-One Wheels Waning Moon shone in competition, and with continuous impacts, seven waning moons, after a particularly strong collision, no longer bounced apart but instead fused together, evolving towards the shape of a Half Moon.

For a regular Moonlight King, the Unification of Seven Wheels would mean ascending to Moonlight Sovereign!

Fusion! Fusion! Fusion!

This process was not at all smooth. Being on par with magic artifacts of the same level, how could the waning moons, so hard and thick, easily merge into one without distinction? This step was extremely difficult!

And just to add to the complications, the rune on the top of his head was getting in on the action, releasing threads of the Dao’s force, intertwining into the Seven Wheels Waning Moon.

Zhou Heng had a feeling that with this trace of Dao’s force included, his Moon Wheel would possess even more devastating power. But the issue was, precisely because it had to include the Dao’s force, the entire process became even more challenging.

It goes to show, you don’t just waltz into being an expert!

Zhou Heng used the Sword Intent from the Sky-soaring Nine Forms and infused it into the divine powers, forcibly pressing the Seven Wheels Waning Moon to truly fuse them together.

What of the Dao fluctuations? They were but the result of one corner of the Bone Talisman. Could it compare to the complete Sky-soaring Nine Forms?

Suppress! Merge!

Boom! The ground beneath Zhou Heng seemed incapable of enduring such a terrifying pressure and began bubbling and churning like boiling water, even threatening to shatter the Restriction that Zhou Hongshen had established!

This was no longer Zhou Heng’s own strength; it was the might of the Sky-soaring Nine Forms and the rune, a force that trembled the heavens and the earth!

Zhou Hongshen stood agape, speechless.

Being a Sunshine Emperor himself, and with an ancestor of the Creation Realm like the Eternal Great Emperor, he had abundant experiences. What hadn’t he seen? Yet, the event unfolding before him was beyond his comprehension and he felt an involuntary reverence rising within.

Indeed, reverence.

Not towards Zhou Heng, but rather, for the two forces within him that far exceeded the scope of Zhou Hongshen’s understanding.

Hum!

The Seven Wheels merged into one, nature’s spiritual energy madly surged forth, and Zhou Heng successfully ascended to the Second Layer Heaven Moonlight! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast your votes and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)