Chapter 403 - Chapter 403: Tightening Spell, Battle of the Geniuses
Chapter 403: Tightening Spell, Battle of the Geniuses
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Among the mountains, Lin Haotian looked around. The entire mountain was covered with blood-colored sandstorms, and there were vortexes of different sizes hanging in the air.
After he followed the blind old man into the forbidden area, he lost him. He could not find where he went at all, just like when Ping’an disappeared.
“Damn it, what the hell is this place?”
Lin Haotian was furious and cursed. He stomped his right foot and his true qi exploded, sweeping in all directions and shaking the mountains in all directions. The airflow vortex in the air twisted but was not dispelled.
He tried hard to calm himself down and carefully sensed the abnormalities around him.
A moment later, a group of figures flew over at high speed. Leading them was one of the Four Saint Marshals of the Heavenly Court, Di Chang. Behind him were Heavenly Generals and Star Lords. They quickly landed in front of Lin Haotian and asked about the situation.
Lin Haotian did not hide anything. Di Chang frowned when he heard what had transpired. Then, he arranged for the Immortal Gods to disperse and observe the surroundings carefully.
“Don’t worry. Heavenly Lord Chen has gone to find His Majesty. His Majesty will definitely go to find the Dao Ancestor.”
Di Chang comforted them. He admired Lin Haotian and his group. Ever since the appearance of the Myriad Worlds Gate, the three of them had contributed greatly to the Heavenly Court. No matter how dangerous a place was, they dared to explore it. Therefore, their reputation was widely spread in the
Heavenly Court.
Lin Haotian nodded, but he was still worried.
Jiang Jian knelt in front of the doors of the Purple Cloud Palace with an anxious expression. He quickly told his grandfather what had happened to Ping’an, hoping that his grandfather would take action.
However, he did not get an answer from Jiang Changsheng, which made his heart sink to the bottom of the cliff.
The doors opened.
A graceful figure walked out. It was the transformed Bai Qi. She came to Jiang Jian and covered her mouth with a smile. “It’s fine now. Don’t worry. Master has already taken action.”
Jiang Jian was shocked. He thought about the vast aura he had sensed before. Could it be his grandfather…
Relieved, a long-lost smile appeared on his face. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
Bai Qi said, “It’s a good thing to go out exploring, but you must act within your abilities and not be rash. Master cannot always arrive on time.” Jiang Jian’s smile disappeared, followed by a look of shame.
He stood up and bowed to Bai Qi. “I understand.”
“Let’s go down together. Coincidentally, I’m going to the Seventh Heaven.”
Bai Qi smiled and said. Jiang Jian nodded and the two of them jumped down from the clouds.
In the turbulence of time and space, the blind old man was still holding on with great difficulty. He tried everything he could, but he could not offset the terrible power in his body.
With Jiang Changsheng’s help, Ping’an’s physical body was fusing with the mysterious law power, and his physical body was undergoing a qualitative change.
What Jiang Changsheng was most concerned about was whether Ping’an could recover his congenital defect and become a normal person.
Minutes and seconds passed.
In the end, the blind old man gave up. He discovered that when he did not circulate his energy, the terrifying force stopped wreaking havoc in his body.
“This person’s control over martial origin has reached such a level… No, this is not martial origin. He is not a martial artist…”
The two blood-red eyes in the blind old man’s eyes disappeared and recovered to its charred black state. Then, he waited in silence.
No one knew how long had passed.
Jiang Changsheng finally stopped. Ping’an had fallen into a deep sleep.
He turned to the blind old man and said, “What is done is done. I advise you to take care of yourself.”
He grabbed the blind old man and threw him out. At the same time, he sent a voice transmission to the people of the Heavenly Court in the forbidden area to tell them to retreat.
It would take a long time for Ping’an to wake up, and Jiang Changsheng’s clone was prepared to wait here. The clone’s magic power was still abundant, as it did not consume much magic power to help Ping’an.
He was not afraid that the blind old man would leak the news. This fellow’s karma was already tied up with the forbidden area and he could not leave this world. Furthermore, this world did not belong to the Martial Dao.
After sending the blind old man away, Jiang Changsheng’s clone sat in front of Ping’an and waited with his eyes closed.
In the Purple Cloud Palace, Jiang Changsheng was inheriting the memories of his survival reward. There was still a notification hanging in front of him.
“In the 217th year of the Inherited Heaven Era, the banished spirit, Wen Taichu, attacked your first disciple, Ping’an. You took action in time to sever the karma and obtained a survival reward—Immortal Cultivation Curse, Tightening Spell.”
The name ‘Tightening Spell’ was like thunder to Jiang Changsheng, who came from China in his previous life.
The number one mythical hero in China, Sun Wukong, had surrendered to this spell.
After Jiang Changsheng finished inheriting the memories of the spell, he began to cultivate the Tightening Spell.
According to his inherited memories, the golden hoop used for the Tightening Spell could be condensed from his magic power. If there were better materials, the binding force would even be stronger.
Even though Jiang Changsheng did not need the Tightening Spell for the time being, it might come in handy in the future if he mastered it in advance.
Several months later, Jiang Changsheng had grasped the initial stages of the Tightening Spell. However, he did not cultivate it. Instead, he came to the Celestial River and looked at the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo.
He had long been interested in the Heavenly Law Stone ot the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo. The Heavenly Origin Embryo Stone was only used to provide a physical body, and the Heavenly Law Stone was the key to replicating the abilities of experts. Even though this Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo could not compare to him, its combat strength was still very strong.
Lu Shenzhou was currently following the Heavenly Court on a mission, while the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo had been staying on the Celestial River, quietly training.
Even though the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo was controlled by Lu Shenzhuo and did not have any independent intelligence, it had the instinct to train. This meant that the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo could continue to become stronger.
As his spiritual will entered the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo, it trembled slightly and a pair of terrifying eyes burst out from its pitch-black face before it quickly dimmed.
The Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo was created by Lu Shenzhou. However,
Lu Shenzhou had never seen Jiang Changsheng’s true appearance, so the Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo did not have a face and was just pitch-black.
After a long time, Jiang Changsheng retracted his spiritual will and returned to the Purple Cloud Palace.
“Heavenly Law Stone… the law of creation…”
Jiang Changsheng muttered to himself. The Heavenly Primordial Spirit Embryo no longer had the Heavenly Law Stone, but it had a warm law power that was gentler than the law powers he had encountered.
He suspected that the Heavenly Law Stone was formed by the laws of creation.
What was creation? It was the foundation of all existence. If it was really the law of creation, then it was not so unimaginable for the Heavenly Law Stone to fulfill a wish.
The law of creation was the law to create life.
With Jiang Changsheng’s current cultivation, he was not capable of comprehending such profound law. At present, he could only pry into laws. Jiang Changsheng was not disappointed. Instead, he continued to cultivate.
Time passed, and there was plenty of time to comprehend the laws. No matter how long one’s life was, it would only be boring without a goal.
42 years passed in a hurry.
The sky boat that was originally far away from the Spirit Energy World finally arrived at its destination, led by the Heavenly Lord Bai.
Lu Shenzhou was secretly curious as he watched Heavenly Lord Bai carefully put a strand of hair into his arms.
“How did he find the Spirit Energy World? What’s the origin of that strand of hair?”
Along the way, Heavenly Lord Bai pointed the way without changing directions, which surprised Lu Shenzhou.
It was easy to get lost in the Endless Void. Even the Divine Martial Realm could not completely grasp the direction here. Memorizing the routes were useless in the Endless Void. As long as one stayed in the Endless Void for a long time, it was easy to lose their bearings.
He did not dare to ask further and could only think that it was the Dao Ancestor’s method.
The sky boat passed through layers of sea of clouds, and a majestic world emitting multicolored light was revealed to the Immortal Gods.
A figure dashed over. It was Gu Chen, who had been stopped by Jiang Changsheng.
Gu Chen landed on the sky ship and cupped his hands to everyone with a smile. “I am Gu Chen, representing the Spirit Energy Deity to welcome you. I have been waiting for the Heavenly Court for a long time.”
After so many years, the Dao Ancestor did not contact them nor send anyone. This made them think that the Dao Ancestor was deliberately tricking them. They were hesitating if they should visit the Kunlun Field again. Fortunately, the people from the Heavenly Court had finally arrived.
“I am the Heavenly Lord of the Heavenly Court, Bai Xinglu. On behalf of the
Heavenly Court, I am here to form an alliance with the Spirit Energy World.”
Heavenly Lord Bai bowed and smiled. Seeing that the other party’s attitude was pretty good, the pressure in his heart lessened. After all, they were facing an unknown world.
Gu Chen began to chat with Heavenly Lord Bai and pointed out where they should be going.
During their conversation, Gu Chen’s attention was on Lu Shenzhou.
Lu Shenzhou was a real Dao Martial Spirit Realm expert, and the pressure he exuded was extremely strong.
“I didn’t expect there to be such an expert on the path of the New Grand Dao…” Gu Chen’s heart ached.
The sky boat entered the Spirit Energy World and saw many wonders. For example, waterfalls hanging high in the sky poured down from the clouds, looking peerlessly magnificent. There were also many wind spirits dancing wantonly in the sky.
The Spirit Energy World was better than what the Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Court had expected. It seemed to be a pure land.
Taishi Changce stood by Lu Shenzhuo’s side and sighed. “I didn’t expect there to be such a beautiful place in the Endless Void. Such a place is rarely seen even in the Xuanhuang Great World.”
“Of course. The void is vast and boundless. Even though the Martial Dao is the orthodox now, it only exists in the Xuanhuang Great World. In fact, the 3000 worlds were originally expanded. The Martial Dao of the past was only a small world that continued to expand as it developed. That was how today’s Martial Dao came about. However, the Divine Martial Realm has not expanded for millions of years. Perhaps this is the limit of the Martial Dao.”
Lu Shenzhou said calmly. His mentality had changed very quickly, and he had begun to disdain the Martial Dao. He believed that the Kunlun Field would
replace the Xuanhuang Great World and the Heavenly Court would replace the Divine Martial Realm to establish a new era.
The Martial Dao overthrew the rule of the Ancient Arts, so why couldn’t it be overthrown by new forces?
In a sense, the luck of the human world was a reflection of the Divine Martial Realm. However, the Divine Martial Realm had existed for so long that it made people feel that they were the heavens that should grasp everything.
“That’s right. The Xuanhuang Great World is not big compared to the Endless Void. We have already discovered many worlds. Even the ancient sects that wreaked havoc in the Xuanhuang Great World have their own world in the Endless Void. The end of the Martial Dao is coming.”
Gu Chen smiled and said with confidence.
Lu Shenzhou asked with a spurious smile, “Then what can replace the Martial Dao?”
Gu Chen looked at him and said, “We will know in the future. Before we overthrow the ruling power, we should not consider those problems first. Perhaps we can still coexist in the future.” Coexistence?
Lu Shenzhou smiled and said nothing more.
Heavenly Lord Bai immediately changed the topic and asked about the situation of the Spirit Energy World. He wanted to understand the power structure of the Spirit Energy World.
After chatting for a while, Gu Chen smiled and said, “Since this is our first time interacting, why don’t we compare notes so that we can understand each other? Battle is the most intuitive performance.. I wonder if there are any prodigies among you?”