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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:35:39 GMT
Chapter 90: The Forget Affections Wine The Ascension Goddess smiled bitterly as she said with startled expressions, “You didn’t realize how precious this Forget Affections Wine is in the Celestial Realm, didn’t you? Like martial miraculous divine pills, unlike the Divine Dragon Pill which can only increase your martial power and strength, this Forget Affections Wine is able to further refine a martial practitioner’s internal energy. It is at least three thousand years old and is made of the most precious divine herbs in the celestial realm…” Yi Ping exclaimed aloud, “No wonder it is so good! It is indeed heavenly!” The Ascension Goddess smiled bitterly and she was a little afraid now, “It may be a miraculous wine but is advisable to only drink small quantities at a time because it have an aphrodisiacs effect which may be fatal…” She really did not expect Yi Ping to seize the entire wine jar and finished it in one gulp. It was because at the very start, she could sense that he was still on his guard against her. She really did not expected him to drop his guard so completely and had even prepared and rehearsed a rebuke speech that she had prepared for him if he had rejected her wines! “Do you know how precious this Forget Affections Wine is? Not even the elders of the Holy Ascension Sect are able to savor it…” “I am going to reveal a little secret of this wine to you to make you regret your decisions for not trusting me…” “You think you are smart but it seems you are not! Let me tell you why…” All her carefully drafted speech was completely undone. She had spent days preparing for it and daydreaming his cute reactions. She had often pondered, “Will someone with a righteous air like him beg me for a rare opportunity to increase his internal strength? I have seen many men who are willing to sacrifice their pride, dignity and even their love ones to advance themselves…” But now, it was she who did not know what to say or do now! Yi Ping laughed softly as he took out two wine cups and started to pour from her wine flask, “Lucky, there is still some more of it. This time we can drink slowly and to slowly savor it…actually you don’t have to worry about me. I have my Absolute Spirits. A little aphrodisiac can’t really affect me. Also it is not possible for me to feel drunk so easily nowadays and moreover, didn’t you drink from your wine flask also earlier?” The Ascension Goddess quickly seized the wine flask from him as she said panicky, “You are already drunk and trust me; in fact your life is in danger!” She quickly took his hand, “Come outside with me. The cold air outside may be able to help you! It is not too late yet…” As she touched his hands, she could feel an electrifying shock that passed through to her and she was startled! All of a sudden, she had gone weak and wobbly as she looked into his eyes with her Purity Spirits. She was fluttering and his righteous air was irresistible to her just as the moth was drawn to the deadly flames. She whispered tenderly, “Tell me who you are, all your past and what you have experienced. Everything, I want to know all about you…” She sighed softly, “This is not right. I need to save him first. But I don’t really know how to save him…” She had suddenly flushed deeply. It was because it was not true that she did not know the way to save him. The only way to save him was to get intimate with him but it was something that she did not prepare for it and was at a loss. She was suddenly panicky as she examined his pulses, “Oh terrible, his vital energy is now reversing…” Yi Ping was breathless and he was suddenly feeling very hot as he muttered, “I feel so hot and uncomfortable. I am so thirsty...” Unconsciously, he had started to remove his clothing. It was because when the Ascension Goddess had grabbed him, he too had felt an electrifying feeling and he was suddenly feeling very hot as he eyed the Ascension Goddess. He tried to shake his confusion off as he looked at this delicate beautiful maiden that was in front of him. No matter how he struggled to recall what was going on, his mind was a total blank. He could not even recall who he was. The delicate beautiful maiden seemed to be talking to him but he could make no sense of it. His mind was completely blank and nothing made sense to him now! He grabbed her and hugged her tightly. Even though that did not ease his burning sensation and breathlessness when he had touched her, she was like a cooling block of ice that brought a soothing feeling to him! The Ascension Goddess was startled that Yi Ping had suddenly grabbed her into his embrace. She began to protest weakly, almost incoherently but she made no attempt to push him away. All of a sudden, Yi Ping began to rip her dress frantically but he could only rip off her outer garment. The Ascension Goddess knew that he had totally lost his self-control as she struggled weakly under his weight. The Ascension Goddess clenched her fingers lightly as she muttered, “I really didn't expect my first time to be so unromantic…” She calmly removed her hairpins and earrings as she casted it aside before she said tenderly to Yi Ping, “You are so silly. I am wearing the Celestium Silk. No matter how strong you are, you can’t possible tear it off me. You are just hurting me with your poor attempt and brutish force…” It was not as though he could understand what she was saying at this moment but she had said it to ease her nervousness and as a cover for her shyness. The Ascension Goddess said shyly, “Right now, you have been afflicted by a pure positive deviation phenomenon heat. If I do not treat you with the negative pureness of my body then you will surely die when your meridian channels rapture…” But no sooner had she loosened her silk belt and removed her Celestium Silk, Yi Ping had grabbed her hard and they had tumbled all over the ground together. The Ascension Goddess seemed to be experiencing a dream and she did not know what was really happening next but they were all over the room, knocking into the tables, chairs, cupboards and other furniture! In her dream like trance, Yi Ping and her were living an ordinary life but they were also extremely blissful. She would wait for him in the house as she prepared his meals for him while Yi Ping was working in the fields. The beautiful golden harvests of their crops sketched over the sunset horizons. As he returned from the fields, their small children would run to him joyfully… Very soon, she had overcome her shyness and she was saying tenderly to Yi Ping, “You have come to my life and I am glad to share your destiny. We are one now and our next step should be cultivating as a Dual Celestial together. Don’t you think so?” But Yi Ping seemed to be in great agony; he was bemoaning weakly as he kissed her violently. It was because he had totally lost his senses. The Ascension Goddess said softly, “So this is the pleasures between couples. I have given you my chastity. If you don’t like me, I really don’t know what will happen next. Hopefully not. But now today, there is nothing in this world that can separate us now…” Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and a heavenly voice could be heard. “Ping’Er, are you alright? What is the noise inside?” It was Shui Yixian the Celestial Fairy. She could not sleep and was taking a slow stroll in the cold night. But unconsciously, her walk had taken her to the courtyards of Yi Ping’s residence. However, she did not walk inside for she was sighing melancholy. “Lele and Lie Qing are probably inside already. Or even Lingfeng or Shen Xingyue. I shouldn’t have intruded upon their privacy and quiet moments.” She was sighing softly as she reminiscence how she had first met Yi Ping. Back then, she was still the Divine Emerald Mistress of the Eternal Ice Palace and they had met under the most unusual of circumstances at the peaks of the Heavenly Mountains. He had actually saved her life when she was most vulnerable and she had pledged herself as his wife as gratitude. Just when she had thought that she could escape her fate, an old enemy of hers arrived to deal her a fatal blow. That enemy was Xiao Youxue, who had hatched an elaborate plan to exact vendetta on her on behalf of her grandmother and mother. She really thought that she was going to die that time. It was a lucky that she had just achieved a breakthrough to the tenth level of the Icy Heavenly Tears. Even though she had survived the attempt, she was grievous injured. She did not know when she could recover from her injuries and how long she could live. She secretly entrusted her two direct protégés Yujian and Meijian to take care of Yi Ping and to keep the fact she was still alive from him. But when Yi Ping had secretly left the Eternal Ice Palace to seek vendetta for her, she was startled. Against all odds and anxious for the wellbeing for Yi Ping, she had actually made a startling recovery. It was then she had begun to have some doubts on her Emotionless Rhyme Heart Intricacy Skill. “While I try to suppress my emotions, my internal injuries couldn’t recover. But when I am eager to look for him, I have actually made a startling recovery…” Later, even though she had finally found Yi Ping again but she was disappointed that he was being surrounded by quite a few lovely maidens. She felt out of place even though they had already pledged themselves. She had thought, “Maybe Yi Ping thought that I am dead. This isn’t really his fault. I am to blame. I should have given them their blessings.” That was her original intention. Even Xiao Youxue had thought of the same too. But Lele the Joyful Goddess was simply too insolent and none of the other maidens except for Lie Qing could do anything to stop her. That was when Xiao Youxue and she were forced to reveal themselves. That was when she realized that Yi Ping had her in his heart all the time. What was love? Love was noble and self-sacrificing. She knew that she was facing the Divine Calamity and if she perished during her divine tribulation, Yi Ping would be grieved and could not concentrate on his upcoming battles with the Honor Manor. So she did not tell him the truth and just told him that she needed a quiet place to overcome her divine tribulation. With Lie Qing and Lele around to help her, she tried to assure him that she would be perfectly alright. That was not the truth because she lacked the confident. Eventually, she was still unable to have any assurances about Yi Ping’s safety and pleaded for Lie Qing to aid Yi Ping and not to tell him anything. Lie Qing had reluctantly agreed. But in the end, she was still unable to focus fully on overcoming her divine tribulation so she decided to abandon her mediation to look for Yi Ping. Lele simply refused to let her go! But she had pleaded to Lele, “Lele, do you know that Yi Ping is the most important person in my heart? Even if I were to give up my life for him, I am all too willing! All I want is to see him live a full life and be safe.” Lele reluctantly agreed even though she did not want it. It was because she had remembered that the Celestial Fairy was Revelation Star and she had given up her life for her in the past so that they could meet again. Lele said melancholy, “Everyone though that I am living in my own world. Only you know me well. Why must you always be the one that is forever sacrificing yourself for us? You can choose to be with the White Sage in the past but instead, you sacrifice yourself for Sister Lie Qing and me so that in this lifetime, we can be together once again. But look what is happening now. We are all your love rivals again but instead of fighting with us, you choose to sacrifice yourself once more? Can’t we just all be together again? You can choose to give up your ascension for all of us but do you know that your actions will only cause us great grief? Have you forgotten that when you have died, the White Sage has also given up his life for you!? Do you really want to drive Ping’Er to his death?” Yixian said gently, “I don’t have a choice. I have killed too many people in this lifetime. My divine tribulation will be particular harsh. Even a serene place such as this won’t be able to stop the malevolent aura of the Divine Calamity.” Lele said bitterly, “We never know till we have tried. Sister Xian’Er, please don’t give up yet.” In the end, she still could not put Yi Ping down from her innermost heart and could not focus on her upcoming battle with her Divine Calamity to look for Yi Ping. Finally when it was time for her to face her Divine Calamity, it was Yi Ping that had successfully aided her at his own peril. But when she had successfully become a celestial practitioner, she was forced to separate from Yi Ping again because the divine state of the Celestial Genesis and Celestial Emotion Level was fatal to celestial practitioners. But Yi Ping could have none of this. No matter how arduous it was and no matter how impossible it was, he was going to train as a celestial practitioner too. In order to make it a possibility, all the maidens decided to work together and kept a strict celestial pledge not to get emotional attach before they could all ascended to the Celestial Realm. When they had just arrived in the Celestial Realm, they were immediately attacked by the Dark Celestials. During the battle with Lian Longba who was a powerful Dark Celestial, she was grievously injured and would have died if Yi Ping did not give up the essence of the Divine Dragon Pill that was within him to save Lie Qing and her. She was really touched. Now that they were in the Celestial Realm, she had thought of consummating their marriage but she was really too shy. She may be a prodigy martial exponent but she had zero experiences in the affairs of the heart. She had tried to hint Yi Ping but he did not seem to get it either… With so many other maidens that were contesting for Yi Ping’s attention, her time with him was really limited. Everyone had assumed that she was cool to affections because she was practicing the Emotionless Rhyme Heart Intricacy Skill. But the truth was the opposite. She just did not know how to display her affections… She sighed to herself, “What should I do?” But when she was about to leave, she had heard a large racket inside. Fearing for Yi Ping, she had immediately entered the residence and knocked on the door. She asked, “Ping’Er, are you alright? If I am intruding, please tell me. I will leave immediately. It is alright…” But instead of Yi Ping’s gentle voice that was greeting her, she could hear his agonizing bemoaning and the smashing sound of a porcelain vase! She was immediately alarmed for Yi Ping would never throw such a racket like this as he was a gentle person. Also, he would never cry out with such heartbreaking agonies for he had extraordinary threshold towards pain. Sensing something was really amiss and she was wasting crucial moments while waiting, she forced the door opened with her Divine Emerald Skill, which immediately sent the wooden doors shattering in all directions! As she stepped inside, she was totally stunned to see Yi Ping and the Ascension Goddess entwining together and both of them were completely naked! The entire room was completely in a mess! She smiled bitterly, “It seems that I am the one intruding.” The Ascension Goddess was too engrossed in her activities and trying to ease Yi Ping’s pain that she did not notice that Yixian was at the door. So when she had heard Yixian’s voice, she was immediately panicky and tried to silence Yi Ping but instead of succeeding, she had only made Yi Ping cried out even louder! The Ascension Goddess was flushing deeply as she said shyly, “No, you are not. In fact, you have come at the right time…” She quickly pushed Yi Ping aside as she grabbed her Celestium Silk to cover herself partially, “He is being afflicted by a deviation phenomenon and unless we help him immediately, he will surely die of blood rupturing!” Yixian had already noticed that Yi Ping was not behaving normally. In fact, he was like a behemoth beast that was lurching himself at the Ascension Goddess! The Ascension Goddess immediately danced around Yi Ping, evading his clumsy assaults. Yixian averted her eyes as she caught hold of Yi Ping’s wrist and examined his pulses, “What is happening? What did you do to him?” She had immediately used her Divine Emerald Skill to hold the enraging Yi Ping on the ground. The Ascension Goddess said tearfully, “What did I do to him? You should ask him what he has done to me instead…” Yixian said coldly, “You can stop your pretense. If you are not here, will Ping’Er be in this state? Surrender the antidote. What did you do to him and what have you given to him to cause him to be in this state. If you don’t tell me the truth, don’t blame me for being impolite.” The Ascension Goddess was a little afraid of Yixian’s chilling cold air which seemed to have turned murderous at the same time. It was because she had expended too much of her internal strength to aid Yi Ping earlier that she was now exhausted. So she said, “He just had too much of a drink. I did warn him but he refused to listen. Surely you can tell that I am also trying to save his life? But that is really too much even for him.” Yixian said coldly, “Explain?” The Ascension Goddess said coolly, “I don’t care if you are to kill me now but I plead to you that you must save him now before it is too late. He has been afflicted by the lustful phenomenon of the deviation fire and only by coupling with a maiden can he be saved. Did I make it clear enough to you?” She had indeed made it very plain obvious for her to understand. Yixian was startled and she quickly reexamined his pulses. Indeed, there was no sign of any poisoning but his body was burning and his entire meridian pulses were disorderly. She looked quietly at the Ascension Goddess, “Quickly, save him…” The Ascension Goddess was really close to tears for sure. Did she just hear correctly? She asked, “Did you just ask me to save him? Can’t you see that I have already done my best? Unfortunately my internal strength isn’t the cold negative type and there is only so much I can do. Now that you are here, I should be the one that is glad. You are his wife so you should be the one that should save him. So perform your duties.” Before she revisited Yi Ping, she had already gathered information about him from her spies in the Tranquil City. Yixian was startled by her boldness. It was not she was unwilling but she really did not know how to start. So she asked quietly, “I…how do I get start?” The Ascension Goddess was truly startled, “Don’t tell me you have never…” Yixian nodded gently. The Ascension Goddess was stunned but she quickly regained her composure as she said shyly, “Actually it is my first time too. It is easy. But first, you got to remove your clothes…” She fetched a wine flask and gently gave to Yixian, “There is still some wine leftover here. You can have it to loosen your inhibitions…” Yixian could tell that the wine from this flask was truly aromatic and was a superior wine just by sniffing it. So she took the flask and gulped some of it. Ch90 End Previous ChapterNext Chapter
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:35:58 GMT
Chapter 91: The Divine Virtuous Force vs. the Dominating Force
Xiao Youxue was sitting melancholy in the small pavilion while looking at the full moon.
The full moon in the Celestial Realm was several times larger than the lower realm but she was only paying scant attention on it.
It was because she was thinking dreamily of Yi Ping and how they were acquainted, how they had become enemies and finally becoming close confidants.
She was still thinking of the battle that had occurred with the Ascension Goddess, thinking how anxious Yi Ping was for Lie Qing when she received an injury.
She was sighing melancholy to herself, “Among all the maidens, I am the first to be acquainted with him. Yet it is now Lie Qing who has the most important place in his heart…did I not try hard enough or is the Heavenly Temptress really so good in capturing the hearts of men?”
She murmured, “Qing’Er, Qing’Er…maybe at this moment, she is already in Yi Ping’s embrace while I am drinking alone. Or maybe it is Lele, Shen Xingyue or even Lingfeng. Sister Xian’Er, now I know how you have been feeling. Among all the maidens, we are the most shy. Even though we are also the closest to Yi Ping but we are also the furthest away. Alas…”
All of a sudden, she was alerted by the light approaching footsteps of another person through her sharp perception.
It was the Stellar Heaven Fairy and she had just walked quietly into the courtyard.
Even though her steps were extremely light like a cat but it was almost impossible to surprise Youxue.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy sighed softly as she entered the courtyard.
She said quietly, “You are still awake?”
Youxue nodded and asked, “The same goes for you too. You can’t sleep?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy sat down beside her as she sighed softly, “I have been thinking of many things. I am thinking mostly of Yi Ping…”
Youxue was startled that the Stellar Heaven Fairy would open her heart to her. It was because among all the maidens, she kept mostly to herself.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy bit her lips, “I have been thinking of him. I really want to know everything about him. Can you tell me about him?”
Youxue was really startled.
She looked at the Stellar Heaven Fairy with her mesmerizing eyes and said coolly, “Why are you asking me? Do you know that Yi Ping is my husband? To me, you are just someone who wants to take away my husband. Do you think I will really be so open about it even though it is common for man to have many wives and concubines?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy smiled gently, “Yunzi tells me many good things about you. Can I befriend you?”
Youxue answered coldly, “Did you not hear what I have just said?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said gently, “I did but I really want to befriend you.”
Youxue looked at her, “You may be a Golden Celestial while I am a lowly lower celestial practitioner. Why should you want to befriend me? Just because you want to get close to Yi Ping? You have better find some other maidens like Lie Qing, Lele, Shen Xingyue and Yixian. They are pretty close to him.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said shyly, “I did already.”
Youxue looked at her, “You did already?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy sighed softly as she looked intently at Youxue, “I have met Shen Xingyue before actually. It is actually I who has enlightened her in the past and guided her. I didn’t expect that she would be initiated into the Ascension Sect and is now a Supreme Celestial with a higher attainment than me.”
She was melancholy all of a sudden, “As for Lie Qing, Lele and Yixian…do you know that I am their protégé mistress previously? You are Yixian’s protégé so that makes you my grand protégé too. So why can’t I look for you?”
Youxue smiled bitterly, “So, suddenly now I have a grand protégé mistress. You really think I will buy that? My sacred vows are to the Eternal Ice Palace…”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy interrupted with a wryly smile, “You also have a sacred vow towards your protégé mistress. Your Protégé Mistress’ patriarchs and matriarchs are also yours. It doesn’t matter if it is the Eternal Ice Palace or the Melody Palace.”
Youxue said coldly, “So grand protégé mistress, you are trying to force me to tell you everything about Yi Ping?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy sighed softly as she stood serenely.
Youxue was startled that there were tears in the Stellar Heaven Fairy’s eyes and that she was actually weeping.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said quietly, “That is not my intention to force you. I just want to talk to you and be comforted. I have no friends here and I hope that you can be a sister to me. You cannot imagine the heartbreaks and the tears that I have been through. Lian Longba and She Weilun are both dead now. I want to take vengeance on Ximen Nanqing but I have no others to turn to. Even though I may have recovered my martial strength but our differences are simply too great now.”
Youxue was a maiden that was extremely cold on the surface but she was actually an extremely warm maiden in her heart. She had actually disguised her emotions like Yixian because she was a practitioner of the Icy Heavenly Tears and the Emotionless Rhyme too.”
She placed her hands on the Stellar Heaven Fairy and said softly, “I will surely help you to take your vengeance no matter how arduous it is. You can count on me as your little sister if you are willing…”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was startled at her sudden change of tone as she said tearfully, “I am willing…of course I am willing! My dear little sister!”
Youxue smiled and said tenderly, “My elder sister!”
All of a sudden, Youxue froze. It was because she had detected a slight malevolent aura no matter how invisible it had been in the shadows; someone malicious had silently walked into this courtyard!
Youxue immediately scanned her surroundings anxiously.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy asked, “What is wrong, little sister?”
The intruder was a martial super exponent and he had tried his best not to be detected.
However, Youxue had the same hyper alert sense as Yixian the Celestial Fairy. Few exponents could come within three hundred paces of her without her knowing! In order to fool her father Xiao Shuai who was a super exponent himself, she had even trained her lightness swiftness movement skill and breathing to a supernatural level; she could sneak undetected to even the most experienced super exponents!
Xiao Youxue said coldly, “Come out! I know you are there!”
A man walked out of the shadows.
When the Stellar Heaven Fairy saw him, she was startled. “Ximen Nanqing! You are here!”
Ximen Nanqing looked at her coldly, “Why shouldn’t I be here? This place is mine in the first place. I won’t give it up so easily. You have killed my protégés and subordinates. Overnight, I have lost everything. Tonight, I will kill all of you and get back all that I have lost. Or better yet, I will torture you till you wish you are more willing to be dead than alive.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said quietly, “Little sister, run and notify the others…”
Xiao Youxue looked quietly at her, “If I go, you may not be able to handle him…”
Ximen Nanqing shouted aloud, “Not so easy!”
He had dash forward with extraordinary speed and the entire air had exploded as he had displayed the Dominating Force!
It was even more powerful than Lian Longba’s Dominating Force!
Yi Ping had warned them not to take the Dominating Force headlong as it was even more powerful than his Asper Divinity Horizon Hand.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy knew that she could not evade this blow of his. If she did, she would be struck down because her movements would be slowed down by the martial force of the Dominating Force.
So she pursed her lips and raised her entire martial force as she raised her slender hand forward to receive his attack, pushing Youxue backward at the same time.
Youxue was startled, “No wait, elder sister!”
But it was already too late, she had already received Ximen Nanqing’s blow headlong.
There was a thunderous explosive impact and the Stellar Heaven Fairy had immediately coughed out blood! But she refused to yield and just took a step back!
Even before the first blow had finished, Ximen Nanqing had casually attack with his Dominating Force again!
This time round, the Stellar Heaven Fairy could not withstand his attack again. She was immediately flung backward across the courtyard!
Youxue caught hold of her in midair as she stared coldly at Ximen Nanqing with her mesmerizing eyes, “You…”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said weakly, “Sister, why are you still here? Have…you forgotten the fight with Lian Longba? The level of his Dominating Force and Dominating Aura is in a totally different league from him…you are not his match…escape please…”
Youxue said gently, “Rest please, sister. I won’t run without a fight.”
She looked at Ximen Nanqing coldly as she stepped forward.
Ximen Nanqing laughed, “Interesting maiden. You are not afraid?”
Youxue replied coldly, “The one that should be afraid, is you!”
Ximen Nanqing hummed coldly, “It seems that you are eager to be dominated by me, hence you are still here. Let me tell you. If the Holy Ascension Sect isn’t there on that day, I may not leave quietly for the time being.”
Youxue said coldly, “Oh? You seem to have forgotten that there are two Ancient Celestials in the group.”
Ximen Nanqing laughed as his golden eyes beamed, “You are just a lowly celestial. What do you know of the divinity level of the Golden Celestials? The Ancient Celestials may be powerful but they are not invincible. Do you have any idea how many Ancient Celestials that I have defeated in the past? Once I have a divine sword in my hand, I may truly be invincible. These Ancient Celestials are foolish. If I were them, I would have already assassinated all of you and took your divine swords.”
Youxue hummed coldly, “That is only what you have thought. Now you don’t have a divine sword in your hand so you are not invincible. I don’t have a divine sword in my hand either so this will be a fair fight.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy leaned against the pillar of the pavilion as she gasped weakly, “Sister, don’t provoke him…The angrier he is, the more powerful his Dominating Force is!”
She coughed out blood once more. She had really exerted herself and had suffered severe internal injuries.
Ximen Nanqing looked coldly at the Stellar Heaven Fairy, “It is good that you know. Looking at you now makes my blood boils. You have a hand in my protégé, Lian Longba’s death. I have grown tired of you. Tonight I will send you to be a couple to my beloved protégé.”
He looked at Youxue, “As for you, you will pay for your insolence. You should have surrender at the first opportunity. Did you not see the strength of my martial power?”
Youxue said coldly and her cold demeanor was even colder than ever, “Your protégé had taken advantage of us when we are at our weakest. I have meant to vent my frustrations for a long time and since you are his protégé master, I will use you as my venting target!”
Ximen Nanqing said coldly, “What an insolent maiden. Soon, you will be begging me…”
But before he could finish, Youxue was at his side as she raised her weak attacks at him!
He was startled. She could actually move like the silent wind with such a startling speed. Even a wind would cause a disturbance and gave a martial exponent with keen hearings an opportunity to defend himself but her movements were completely silent!
He said coldly, “Such weak attacks…”
As he raised his hands to receive her attacks, all of a sudden, her weak attacks exploded and became a furious burst of explosive and powerful attacks!
He was startled as he met her blow by blow, “What kind of attacks are those?”
Youxue did not reply him.
She had displayed her Penetrating Hands Skill swiftly but she still could not get past his defenses!
She thought, “It seems that this will soon turn into a martial power contest. Whoever has the more enduring martial power and internal strength would gain the upper hand…”
After gauging her target martial power and strength, she knew that even if her Penetrating Hands had struck him, she could not penetrate his Dominating Aura and injure him.
Ximen Nanqing did not want to be dragged into a long fight either. His strength was his startling martial power skills.
So he quickly switched to his Dominating Force at her!
Xiao Youxue did not panic or tried to evade.
She calmly received his blow and there was a thunderous explosive as the entire ground started to vibrate earthshakingly!
Ximen Nanqing was startled that he was pushed back three steps backward by her!
Xiao Youxue stood on the same spot regally and there were no signs that she had received any injuries. In fact, she was either flustered or breathing heavily after the execution of a martial power skill!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was stunned that Youxue had received a blow from Ximen Nanqing in such a calm manner. She immediately thought, “Is it because Ximen Nanqing didn’t use his entire strength?”
Martial Power skills required plenty of vital energies and it was extremely tiring to use. But judging from the thunderous impact, she was sure that Youxue had used a martial power skill and not an internal strength skill.
Ximen Nanqing was startled for the same reason. He was even more startled because she seemed able to muster her martial power at the last moment!
How was it possible?
Youxue said coldly, “Is that the best you can do?”
Ximen Nanqing smirked coldly, “I have only used half of my martial power. Don’t be too conceit yet. You are just an inferior celestial.”
So this time he gave a martial shout and his martial power seemed to have increased tenfold!
He had vastly increased the martial power of his Dominating Aura!
As he stepped forward, the entire ground was trembling and he was leaving behind his footprints on the stony stabs!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was truly worried for Youxue now…
Youxue said coldly, “Good, you are serious now. I can be serious now as well.”
Her hands began to turn a mesmerizing golden color and there was even a golden halo around her!
Ximen Nanqing was startled, “The Golden Invincible Skill. So you know the Golden Invincible Skill. No wonder you are so conceit. But that would not protect you from my Dominating Force!”
As he walked towards her, the entire air turned burning hot. Everything within twenty paces began to disintegrate or turn burning hot!
But as Xiao Youxue walked forward, everything within twenty paces of her began to either revert to normal or collapsed into ice!
Ximen Nanqing was stunned. He asked, “What type of skill is that?”
Youxue said coldly, “My Divine Emerald Skill.”
She had used her Divine Emerald Skill as a shield through the sheer display of her internal strength and exudes her Icy Heavenly Tears!
Even as Ximen Nanqing walked within ten paces of her, he could sense a powerful martial force that was trying to suppress his Dominating Aura and pushing him backward.
He was surprised to find such an opponent in this place that could resist his highest epitome of his Dominating Aura.
With a martial shout, he displayed his Dominating Force on her!
Youxue was not slow. She quickly displayed her true martial power skill, the Divine Virtuous Force.
Once again, there was a thunderous impact as everything within one hundred paces of their fight shattered thunderously!
Once again, Ximen Nanqing was pushed back three steps backward!
He simply could not believe it as he panted heavily!
But before he could recover from the first blow, Youxue had raised her hand quietly at him once more!
He quickly raised his Dominating Force once more. This time round, he already knew better. Even though this maiden attacked casually, all her attacks were imbued with her internal strength and martial power! He had never seen anyone that could muster their martial power in such a short notice and she could always retaliate with her full martial power until the last moment!
Again, there was a thunderous impact and everything within one hundred was completely destroyed once more!
This time, Ximen Nanqing was knocked back ten steps as he coughed out a mouthful of blood! He was in complete disbelief!
Youxue said coldly as she gently raised her foot forward, “You supposed to be more powerful when you are angry. Are you not angry now?”
As she raised her foot and tapped gently, the ground beneath her exploded with her martial force!
As she began to step forward, everything in front of her was destroyed or knocked aside causally by her martial force!
She was wasting her martial power and yet she had done so causally as though she was just taking a stroll!
This time, Ximen Nanqing raised both of his hands and attacked her once again with his Dominating Force!
This time round, Ximen Nanqing was surprised that he had struck her as he penetrated through her Divine Emerald Skill!
Immediately Youxue coughed a mouthful of blood but at the same time when he had struck her, she had also struck him and there was a cracking sound as seven bright lights flashed through!
When he had struck her, she remained motionless on the same spot but he was flung off twenty steps!
When the dust and cold bursting windforce had settled, Ximen Nanqing was crawling on the ground!
He could not believe that this maiden could penetrate through his Dominating Aura so effortless and even broke his ribs!
For the first time, he had known fear!
When he looked at her once again, he was truly terrified!
Everything around her had turned to ice, a golden halo had surrounded her and there were seven wisps of bluish lights around her.
Even the Stellar Heaven Fairy could not believe her eyes.
Youxue had quickly recovered from the attack that she had received from Ximen Nanqing. Her Golden Invincible Body was not only a defense skill; it was also a skill that could speed up recovery and healing. At the same time, her Divine Virtuous Skill was an offensive and a healing recovery skill while the Divine Emerald Skill was a protective skill that could lessen the impact of her opponent’s martial force and speed.
As Youxue stepped forward, Ximen Nanqing was crawling backward in fear!
Youxue raised her foot and tapped gently on Ximen Nanqing’s leg. Immediately there was a cracking sound as her martial power caused a martial force impact on him!
Ximen Nanqing yelled out painfully as he tried to crawl away frantically!
But Youxue raised her foot again. Immediately there was a loud explosion as the ground beneath her exploded thunderous!
She had missed of course.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy knew that she had missed deliberately and was playing with her prey!
She looked at Youxue and was really astonished as she thought, “Her martial skills and martial strength…surely it is unequalled in the Celestial Realm? How did she have so much martial strength that equaled to the most powerful celestials? Doesn’t these required thousands of years of martial cultivation?”
She did not know that Xiao Youxue had a sad past and almost lost her life several times.
When Youxue was still a child, her mother had forced her to learn the Icy Heavenly Tears with the Divine Virtuous Skill. Her own mother had lost her life attempting to combine both divine arts together so that she could at least have a start.
That was not all. She had even managed to learn the Golden Invincible Skill, something that even her father had failed to master.
Of course, in order to learn the Golden Invincible Skill and to increase her martial strength, she had to steal the Golden Rejuvenation Pills from her father. She had succeeded and had consumed three such Divine Pills. But that was not all; she had taken her a Divine Dragon Pill when she was at the Holy Amalgamate Mountains. That caused her already startling martial strength to increase tremendously.
Because of the effects of the two Divine Pills, she was able to muster her martial power in so short notice. In fact, other than the Penetrating Hands, she had no other attacking skills. So she began to practice both her internal strength and martial power skills to a level not seen by the other martial exponents.
After she had mustered those two arts, she finally found the confidence to take on the Celestial Fairy.
When she had become a celestial practitioner, her Divine State of Genesis had furthered awakened her, increasing her martial power even further!
Now that she had recovered from her internal injuries, her state of divinity had actually advanced further, enhancing both her internal strength and martial strength.
That was why her martial strength was actually above Ximen Nanqing!
Where the other maidens emphasized on techniques and divine skills for their offensives, Youxue had emphasized on her martial power and defensive skills. Ximen Nanqing biggest mistake was to engage her in a martial power contest!
Xiao Youxue broke Ximen Nanqing’s arms as she said coldly, “You have lost so what do you have to say?”
Ximen Nanqing was whimpering in fear as he shivered frightening, “Monster…spare me…please…I begging you…”
Youxue caught hold of his wrist as he yelled painfully, saying coldly to him, “It is a pity that your internal strength isn’t compatible with my Divine Virtuous Force or else I will drain all your internal strength. Consider yourself lucky.”
Xiao Youxue said to the Stellar Heaven Fairy, “Sister, you can take your vengeance now. I have destroyed his Dominating Aura.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy looked at her quietly, “You can drain his internal strength?”
Youxue replied quietly, “Not entirely true. I just drain a little. I know that his Dominating Force is an epitome divine skill. I am just borrowing some of it to study it. I have found his secret chamber and saw his secret manuals on the Dominating Force. It seemed that he has not reached the highest level of his divine skill yet.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was startled, “You have actually found his secret chamber?”
Youxue looked sheepish.
In the past after she had left the Virtuous Palace, she had actually secretly accumulated a vast collection of martial skills and treasures. All her secrets, she had hidden with Lele’s baby daughter so that one day, she may be able to find her martial treasures.
Finding a secret chamber was too easy for her. The Virtuous Palace itself was like a huge labyrinth for her to practice her looting skills. While the other protégés of the Virtuous Palace was practicing their martial skills hard, she was forbidden to learn any martial skills by her father. That was when she began her explorations. She had even found some secret chambers that not even her father had known about it!
All of a sudden, Youxue said. “They are here!”
She turned to say to the Stellar Heaven Fairy, “I know that you do not have the heart to kill anyone…”
Before the Stellar Heaven Fairy could stop her, Youxue had stepped on Ximen Nanqing’s head and broke his skull!
At this moment, the other maidens including the Universal Old Man had arrived at the courtyard. Only Yi Ping and Yixian were missing.
They were all startled to find the courtyard in a total shambles and to find a dead man in the courtyard!
And that dead man was actually Ximen Nanqing!
Lie Qing, Lele, Shen Xingyue, Lingfeng, Yu’E, Mei’Er and Yunzi looked at each other in bewilderment.
The Universal Old Man asked as he looked intently at Youxue and the Stellar Heaven Fairy, “What is going on here? Who kills him? Do you know that killing a celestial is detrimental to your future celestial progression and you can turn into a Dark Celestial? When that happens, you will have a hard time facing the Divine Wrath.”
Youxue replied coldly, “An evil man like him, even if I see them again, I would not hesitate at all to kill again.”
“Well said.” A beautiful voice said.
They were all startled and turned around.
This time round, they were all stunned!
It was because the person that had said that was the Ascension Goddess!
But at the moment, she was clinging sweetly next to Yi Ping who was looking very pale.
That was not all.
Beside Yi Ping was Yixian, who was also clinging sweetly to him and she was looking idiocy at him!
Yi Ping smiled bitterly as the stares become hostile!
He said weakly, “I can explain…”
Lingfeng said quietly and she was almost to tears, “You better explain, as clearly as possible…”
Lie Qing said quietly, “Ping’Er, did you…and them…?”
Lele said tearfully, “Ping’Er, you are so daring. You have actually brought her into your room!”
Yunzi was smiling…
The Universal Old Man quickly said, “This is your family affairs. I don’t want to get involved. Let me excuse myself first…”
Shen Xingyue said coldly, “No, you are staying.”
The Universal Old Man asked panicky, “Why?”
Shen Xingyue smiled wryly, “You are his protégé master. You have to take responsible.”
The Universal Old Man was startled as he took a step backward.
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly and said shyly, “My protégé sister, Xingyue…how are you?”
Shen Xingyue said, “It seems that we have an unfinished fight, am I right to say so?”
The Ascension Goddess stole a shy look at Yi Ping before she said quietly, “I surrender…state your terms…I give in to anything except him...”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:36:50 GMT
Chapter 92: The Secrets of the Heaveness
Youxue had led everyone to a secret martial chamber that was hidden behind the garden of the palace residence. From the looks of it, it had not been used for many years. What was astonishing about this secret martial chamber was that there was an extremely concealed secret chamber underneath!
Yi Ping muttered, “Youxue, how did you manage to find something as conceal as this? I am really astonished by your ability!”
Youxue was delighted that Yi Ping was praising her in front of the other maidens.
Yunzi was smiling at her while Lele was kicking the walls of the passageway while muttering softly, “This doesn’t make any sense at all. There is a conceal panel within a panel…”
Youxue looked at Yi Ping tenderly. If Yixian and the Ascension Goddess were not clinging to him intimately at the moment, she would have flown into his embrace and asked him shyly, “Really? I did well?”
But when she saw how intimate Yixian and the Ascension Goddess was beside him, she just said shyly, “There are more surprises inside.”
Yi Ping was really curious and he was walked beside her, smiling at her. “Then you must quickly show me! From the looks of it, I think even Ximen Nanqing is not aware of this secret passage!”
Shen Xingyue nodded, “indeed…”
She was secretly looking at Youxue, Yixian and the Ascension Goddess. For the first time, she was envy of them.
Even Lie Qing was resigning softly to herself and was wondering what was going on!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was still startled that the all-powerful Ximen Nanqing was actually dead now. She was still in disbelief that a lower celestial could actually defeat a golden celestial!
Lingfeng was quiet.
It was not because she was envious but because she was thinking of her future with Yi Ping! Before she was aware that she was the incarnation of the Heaveness, she had already liked him and even her first kiss was given to him.
But even if she was the Heaveness, does it really matter to her?
When she was the Heaveness, she dreamed every day that she could be an ordinary mortal. She wished she was able to lead a carefree life, got married and had a family. That was because she knew that her next tribulation was the Heavenly Wrath. The Heavenly Wrath would only occur to the Celestials who had reached the final Celestial Stage. And her Heavenly Wrath which was to be her tenth was already her limit and she would surely perish unless she could find a way to ascend.
That was why together with the Universal Old Man and the Great Sage Lord, they had taken a huge gambit to find a way to the lower realm to look for the final clue to ascend to the God Realm.
They were all struck in the final stage; somehow the final path for the transmigration of the Gods’ Realm had been blocked. According to all their calculations and knowledge, there should be a final ascension. Unless they could find a way to transmigrate to the God Realm, eventually they would all be destroyed by their heavenly tribulation for it would only grow increasing powerful as it increased by a fold each time.
However when she had returned to the lower realm, she started to develop nostalgic for the realm that she had come into. In the past as the Heaveness and also an Ancient Celestial, she did not need to fear the Divine Calamity. She was never a celestial practitioner in the first place and she and her kind was supreme in the lower realm till they successfully transmigrate to the Celestial Realm.
In the Celestial Realm, the Ancient Celestials and the Golden Celestials that had successfully transmigrated from the lower realm were at the mercies of the Divine Wrath and the Heavenly Wrath.
Because she had missed the lower realm and would rather destroy her attainment, she discovered something that no one else knew about or had long forgotten when she regained her knowledge as the Heaveness.
As Heaveness if she were to remain in the lower realm, she was virtually immortal and did not need to transmigrate to the Celestial Realm or to the God Realm to seek immortality!
It was because with her attainment, she did not need to face any Divine Calamity at all!
She had a sudden thought then, “Is the different realm related to the state of divinity? What if the God Realm has an even more fearsome heavenly tribulation? If I were to return to the Celestial Realm, my state of divinity may not be able to grasp the full mysteries of the Heavenly Wrath and my cycle of Heavenly Wrath will begin anew again. Since I have previously been to the Celestial Realm and back, my state of divinity will now virtually render me an immortal in the lower realm. And because I had destroyed my old body, I was able to stop the Heavenly Wrath from happening…”
By a coincident, she had become an immortal should she stay in the lower realm, free from any Divine Calamity, Divine Wrath and the Heavenly Wrath that faced the celestial practitioners.
However, she knew that Yi Ping and the rest of her sisters were only mortals and that they must transmigrate in order to escape the Divine Calamity.
It was because the odds of passing through all seven celestial divinities were really low. Most celestial practitioners would not be able to survive the arduous tribulations. Even though the rest of her sisters were formerly celestial practitioners, they had all completely taken a new path now.
Moreover, the odds of surviving a Divine Calamity stacked against them, especially to Yixian the Celestial Fairy. Unlike the others, Yixian had to face the Divine Wrath which only happened to the celestials in the Celestial Realm. It was because she was too powerful and her state of divinity was too astonishing that a normal Divine Calamity would not have affected her much. She had survived one narrowly when she had first awakened but there was no assurance that she could survive her second Divine Wrath.
For the sake of Yi Ping and the other sisters, she chose to keep silence on her immortality and even agreed to guide them to the Celestial Realm with the Cosmos Stellar Formation which she had learnt in the Stellar Sanctuary.
It was because she knew that if they would be able to reach the Celestial Realm, they would not be affected by any heavenly tribulations until they had become a Golden Celestial. So they would slowly cultivate at their leisure.
It was because the heavenly tribulations in the Celestial Realm only affected the Ancient Celestials and the Golden Celestials!
However because there was no Divine Calamity in the Celestial Realm, there was no way for the mortals in the Celestial Realm to become a celestial practitioner either!
Only the mortals in the lower realm could be a celestial practitioner!
But maybe deep in her heart, she was still curious to find out the secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary and that was also the reason why she was back in the Celestial Realm. She had guessed that the Dark Lord of the Chaos Cosmos had previously returned to the lower realm to seek the Universal Force for eventual ascension to the God Realm.
It was because the Universal Force could only occur in the lower realm and it was the most powerful primeval force in the entire universe and extremely difficult to find or even seen in the lower realm itself. However, she knew that the Heavenly Earth Sword contained vestiges of the Universal Force and that was made the Ultimate Celestial Star Formation so deadly.
And the elusive Heavenly Earth Sword had reappeared from the heavens when Yixian the Celestial Fairy was facing her Divine Wrath, enabling her to overcome it and awakened as a celestial practitioner.
Was Yixian the one that could unravel the secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary and was the one that was destined to be an immortal?
Or was it Yi Ping?
Or the Holy Ascension Sect? While she was still the Heaveness, she had aided many celestial practitioners to avert their Divine Calamities. Among them were the celestial practitioners of the Ascension Sect. She was curious about the Celestial Dual Progression of the Ascension Sect. She had already noticed that the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses were already at the final celestial level but it seemed that something was preventing them from the final ascension.
Finally, a grateful elder of the Ascension Sect revealed to her some of the secrets of the Celestial Dual Progression of the Ascension Sect. In order to ascend, they required their own divine weapons and they followed an entirely different celestial path from the other celestial practitioners. It was said that an immortal being or a highly attained celestial had left behind this celestial cultivation method. This celestial cultivation method was arduous and extremely difficult to attain and had an unknown purpose once they were in the Celestial Realm.
If Lingfeng did not guess incorrectly, the Ascension Goddess and Shen Xingyue were supposed to be counterparts for the Celestial Dual Progression as well.
Even though she was intrigued by the God Realm, it was in the past. She was still the same Lingfeng that loved Yi Ping with all her heart. By any accords, it only enforced her desire to lead an ordinary life.
She knew that she had lost the innocence that she had when she had first met Yi Ping. She became aware that she had serious contenders and all of the maidens were also vying for his attentions. She was suddenly shy and she was even thinking, “This is so embarrassing. I have never expected to find the Universal Old Man so soon. Now I have to maintain the cover of my Heaveness self or he will surely tell all the other celestials what he has known about me…”
Her thoughts were quickly interrupted by Yi Ping who asked Youxue, “Xue’Er, this passageway to be in disused for a long time. These recent footprints that are in front are made by you?”
Even though the passageway was quite dim and the light from the torches were flickering wildly but Yi Ping who had cleared all his meridian channels were able to see clearly in the darkness.
At this moment, Youxue turned around and laughed softly. “If Brother Ping can’t recognize my footprints then I will surely be very upset.”
When Yi Ping caught her mesmerizing laughs and had eye contact with her, he began to fluster. It was because he could sniff her light fragrant and it was intoxicating to him; it was because he was still suffering from the aftereffect of the Forget Affections Wine that caused his willpower to falter. Moreover, Youxue was really a mesmerizing maiden that could stop people in their tracks when she had removed her veil.
Yi Ping thought, “If she isn’t always enveloping herself in her coldness, it is not hard for men to fall into her charms…”
All of a sudden, Youxue fell into his embrace as she gasped aloud!
Youxue asked panicky, “Xue’Er, what is wrong?!”
Lele answered for Youxue, “There are rats in this passageway…”
But she was secretly thinking, “I am also afraid of rats too but at the moment, there are no rats in sight yet and she already taken the opportunity to jump into his embrace. Because she has already used this trick once, it will be so embarrassing for me to use it later…”
Therefore she suppressed her fear.
She was not the only ones that were thinking of the same. Yu’Er, Mei’Er and even Lie Qing were also thinking the same as her!
Youxue was blushing when she was in Yi Ping’s embrace as she nodded shyly, “That’s right…”
When Yi Ping caught hold of her soft body, he was starting to nosebleed again. It was because he had suddenly recalled that Xue’Er was the Endor Vixen Fairy previously and that the White Sage had lost his chastity to her. He had also recalled how he had violated Yixian and the Ascension Goddess at the same time much earlier…
Now that he had recalled this, he could feel the burning heat of the Forget Affection Wine was stirring up again. He quickly tried to suppress it with his Absolute Spirits Heart Intricacy but because Xue’Er was hugging him tightly, he found himself grabbing her waist tightly.
Youxue gasped when Yi Ping had suddenly put his arm around her and she was flustered as her heart began to beat rapidly!
She had realized that she was suddenly in his embrace and it seemed that time had stood still for them. In that instant, she had forgotten that the Universal Old Man, Yixian, Lele, Lie Qing, the Stellar Heaven Fairy, the Ascension Goddess, Shen Xingyue, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Yunzi and Lingfeng were all watching them with envy.
The Universal Old Man was sighing softly but no one knew what he was thinking about.
Lingfeng whispered softly to him, “Old man, if you are having mortal thoughts then you have better not forget that you are a celestial.”
Even though her voice was soft, Yi Ping and Youxue had heard it aloud and reluctantly separated from each other.
But as soon as they had separated from each other, Yixian and the Ascension Goddess were besides Yi Ping as they looked shyly at him!
Yixian said gently and was full of concern when she saw his nosebleed, “Ping’Er, are you alright? Your nose is bleeding now…”
The Ascension Goddess smiled gently, “I think…”
She stole a glance at Youxue before adding, “I think he still needs our care later. The effect of the Forget Affection Wine has not yet been totally purged out yet.”
Yi Ping was flustering and he did not know what to say.
All of a sudden, he had thought of something and he quickly changed the topic. “Xue’Er, can I ask you something?”
Youxue smiled at the attention that Yi Ping had given her and asked, “Yes, Brother Ping?”
Yi Ping asked solemnly, “When we got to the scene, Ximen Nanqing was already dead. How did you and the Stellar Heaven Fairy defeat someone as formidable as him?”
This was something that had been bothering him!
It was because Ximen Nanqing was a super exponent. Even if he could not overcome a strong opponent, surely he could still be able to flee?
Youxue said melancholy, “I was already at the brink of exhaustion and if he could persist a little longer, I wouldn’t have defeated him. He was trying to defeat us as soon as possible and tried to match me with his martial power and he had underestimated my ability to resist. If he was more caution then he wouldn’t be in that sorry state. In short, he was being impatient.”
That was the truth. Ximen Nanqing was used to being a Domain Lord for a long time and the instant he had met resistance from an inferior opponent, he had totally lost his cool. In a fight, the ability to keep cool was an important factor to determine the eventual winner.
Even though Xiao Youxue was able to use the Divine Virtuous Force, the Golden Invincible Body and the Divine Emerald Skill at the same time, the effort to maintain these three divine skills were considerable and she could only maintain it briefly. Moreover, she had to reserve her entire martial power for her offensive!
If Ximen Nanqing had paused to think for a while and used a delaying tactic, he would not have met his end so tragically!
Yi Ping nodded as he said in praise of her, “I really wish I could arrive earlier to witness such an earthshaking fight but the most important thing is that you are alright…”
Lingfeng could not resist a tease on him as she smiled alluringly, “But I am sure you are doing something even more important at that moment.”
Yi Ping began to fluster and even Yixian and the Ascension Goddess lowered their heads shyly away.
Youxue suddenly said, “Here! We have reached!”
She tapped and pushed a brick that was part of the wall. Immediately, there was a loud rumbling sound as the walls in front of them opened as it revealed a big chamber inside!
The chamber was vast and airy. Inside were many artefacts, books and scrolls that were covered with dust.
Immediately, the group walked inside and as they started to look around.
Everyone except for Yi Ping and Youxue immediately started to explore the chamber excitedly!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy muttered, “I have been in this place for a long time yet I do not know that such a secret passage has actually existed.”
Yi Ping was not interested in the artefacts or the secret martial knowledge that was in here so he asked Youxue, “Xue’Er, you mention that you have something interesting to show us but what it is? I see nothing but old books and…”
Lingfeng could not resist a chuckle as she leaned against a wall and her alluring soft laughs were infectious.
Immediately, the rest of the maidens except for the Universal Old Man, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess were left wondering why all the maidens were suddenly laughing so merrily!
Yi Ping began to fluster deeply.
The Ascension Goddess asked curiously as she looked at everyone before looking at Yixian for an answer, “What is so funny?”
Yixian stole a glance at Yi Ping quietly but she did not say anything. After all, she did not want to criticize her husband publicly in front of everyone.
Yu’Er walked to the Stellar Heaven Fairy while Mei’Er walked to the Ascension Goddess as they whispered silently to them. Almost immediately, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess were laughing so jovially that they had tears in their eyes!
The Universal Old Man was now extremely curious as he asked, “Can anyone tell me what is so funny? I want to know?”
Lele laughed softly, “If you tell me one or two of your intricate heart formulas, then I may consider telling you.”
The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly, “May consider only? Hurry and tell me. I am really curious or I can’t sleep tonight!”
Lele hummed coldly, “Never!”
The Universal Old Man could only smile bitterly.
But everyone seemed to ignore the Universal Old Man completely!
Yi Ping tried to salvage the awkward moment by asking, “Xue’Er, you say you have something to show to me?”
Yi Ping naturally knew why the maidens were secretly laughing. It was because he was almost illiterate. When he had mentioned there were nothing but old books around, Lingfeng could not suppress her laughs anymore. These books and scrolls were obviously very precious to the martial practitioners and were of great value but to Yi Ping who could not read, it was worthless in his eyes!
Youxue nodded excitedly, “Brother Ping, look at the contents of this scroll. Do you think that this posture is very similar to the Dominating Force?”
When Yi Ping took a look, he remarked excitedly. “I think this is indeed the secret manual of the Dominating Force!”
But he soon said, “It is unwise to learn new martial skills. Every school has their advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, the heart intricacy formula of all the formidable divine skills often clashed with each other. Greed doesn’t pay when it comes to martial progression…”
The Universal Old Man approved of it as he said wisely, “That’s right! I am glad that my protégé knows about this and can resist this temptation which has actually caused the downfall of many practitioners.”
But obviously Youxue and the rest of the maidens were not paying any attention to Yi Ping or the Universal Old Man as they crowded around the many martial scrolls.
Lie Qing was startled as she looked at Yunzi and Youxue, “Why is that the second half of this scroll has the same exact posture as the Invincible Divine Force?”
Yunzi was also startled as she said thoughtfully, “Can it be that the Dominating Force and the Invincible Divine Force share the same root before it got branched off?”
Lie Qing nodded, “There is a possibility…I wonder who is the owner of this place and where he is now?”
Lingfeng had took a quick look around and she was suddenly very solemn, “This place is the meditating chamber of an Ancient Celestial…”
The Universal Old Man had picked up some scrolls and he was saying excitedly, “The name of that Ancient Celestial is the Astrology Sage. He used to be our rival and always vying with us whenever the Stellar Sanctuary has appeared. This star charts…”
Lingfeng began to examine the star charts when all of a sudden, she exclaimed excitingly, “These constellation markings…I have recognized it. These were all the locations when the Stellar Sanctuary had previously appeared!”
The Universal Old Man was excited as well, “Indeed! I am wondering why that old fellow is always one step ahead of us! That is because he could actually predict the next appearance of the Stellar Sanctuary!”
Lingfeng nodded excitedly and her eyes shone, “The Stellar Sanctuary only appears briefly. With our current state of divinity, we can forecast the next timing of its appearance but there is no way we can know its exact location. This star chart may be able to gain us sufficient time to unravel the mysteries of the Stellar Sanctuary!”
Yi Ping was delighted to hear that as he said, “This is most excellent. I am honestly curious about the Stellar Sanctuary. Lingfeng, when you are free, can you explain what exactly is the Stellar Sanctuary? I don’t understand how it is able to fade out of sight and only reappeared every few centuries? This is really a most bewildering thing!”
The Universal Old Man was suddenly solemn, “Unfortunately even with my celestial knowledge, I can’t understand any of the markings on this star chart.”
Lingfeng was solemn too, “Neither did I…”
All of a sudden, Yu’Er exclaimed aloud. “These symbols on the Celestial Star Chart are arranged like harmonics…”
Mei’Er was excited too, “I think I may be able to decipher it!”
Everyone was startled.
Yi Ping said excitedly, “Mei’Er, you can really decipher it?”
Mei’Er winked at him, “I will definitely try!”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:37:45 GMT
Chapter 93: The Celestial Star Chart
The Celestial Star Chart was large, measuring five metres width by three metres in height.
Yu’Er and Mei’Er carefully laid it on a large table that was in the chamber as they examined the map carefully.
They quickly got into the act by tossing bronze coins rapidly on the table and rapidly arranging them together with their slender fingers.
Yi Ping was completely mesmerized by them as he observed their intense expressions and sparking eyes.
All of a sudden, he was a little startled.
It was because he had always regarded Yu’Er and Mei’Er as little sisters to be protected.
He knew well enough how they had felt towards him but it was precisely for the same reason that he did not want to hurt them that he had never for once looked directly at them.
But today, he was suddenly aware that standing in front of him were two mesmerizing and sensual maiden in black translucent velvet dresses. They were extremely beautiful and their expressions were sharp and brilliant!
He had never seen them in this perspective before!
His heart was suddenly pounding hard as he watched them quietly…
All of a sudden, Lingfeng stepped on his foot and he was freed from his stupor. He asked, “Lingfeng, why do you step me for?”
Lingfeng smiled alluringly at him and she whispered with her Great Whispering Skill, “You! You are as bad and lecherous as that Nangong Le!”
Yi Ping was startled, “I…”
Lingfeng had secretly linked the Great Emptiness Translucence Skill with him, so she was able to sense his emotions. However, this was something that she did not want to reveal to him. It was because if Yi Ping knew that the Great Emptiness Translucence had this affinity linking, he could also block her as well. But if he did not know, then there was no way for him to know this little secret unless he could reach the epitome of the Great Emptiness Translucence Skill!
Yu’Er said breathlessly as though she was afraid of losing her focus while she was still rearranging the bronze coins seemingly in a patterned manner, “Surely this Astrologer Sage must be a highly accomplished musician. These harmonic patterns are according to the fifth, seventh pitches and this is arranged to the ninth harmonics. I am accomplished only to the seventh harmonics but all I can do now is to try my best.”
Mei’Er too gasped breathlessly as her eyes were everywhere on the Celestial Star Chart, “Sister, tell me if that is correct. This patterned sign here is the clue to the eighth harmonics?”
Yu’Er took a quick look before she exclaimed excitedly, “That may be! Let’s us try it!”
They began to reach out frantically with their nimble fingers on the map as they encircled the table at the same time, totally oblivious to everyone.
Yi Ping was not the only one in awe. The rest of the maidens were dazzled by their dazzling deciphering speed!
Even the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess who were also highly gifted in music were in awe.
The Ascension Goddess muttered, “In the past, the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses were said to be geniuses in mathematics and music. If I didn’t see it today with my own eyes, I cannot believe it…”
Yi Ping was startled as he asked, “But they are not, am I right?”
The Ascension Goddess smiled mysteriously, “You never know. They have extremely high attainment and are one of the first Ascendants members.”
She winked at Shen Xingyue and said, “I didn’t see my dear protégé sister for just a hundred over years and her attainment is now on par with me.”
Shen Xingyue shifted uncomfortably without saying anything.
Yi Ping asked, “Just over a hundred years? Shouldn’t that be over a thousand years?”
The Ascension Goddess said solemnly, “Just over a hundred years.”
Even Shen Xingyue was surprised, “Really? I know for sure you have ascended over a thousand years ago!”
The Ascension Goddess smiled, “My protégé sister, you may not know this but time passes differently in the Celestial Realm than the Mortal Realm.”
Everyone except for the Stellar Heaven Fairy, Lingfeng and the Universal Old Man expressed astonishment.
Lingfeng explained calmly, “One year in the Celestial Realm is actually equivalent to ten years in the Mortal Realm.”
The Ascension Goddess stole a glance at Yu’Er and Mei’Er before saying, “The Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses have been in the Mortal Realm for millenniums. You can imagine their level of divinity and attainment.”
Yi Ping also stole a glance at Yu’Er and Mei’Er who were completely focused on deciphering the Celestial Star Chart. He was amazed that they could do so without being distracted by their conversations. But he also knew that the intricacy heart formula of the Eternal Ice Palace was the Emotionless Rhyme and was one of the most focused heart intricacy skill in the martial fraternity.
But at the same time, Yi Ping was sighing softly.
Lele’s expressions were melancholy and she was clenching her hands to her bosoms.
It was because they were both thinking of the same thing. Their daughter must be around four years old now if that was the case and they had missed the most important period of her young life.
Yi Ping thought regretfully, “Hopefully one day we are able to have a reunion together as a family but I will rather that you stay on the Mortal Realm and lead an ordinary life.”
At this moment, he did not yet know that his daughter was a born Celestial and would not be affected by the Divine Calamity and was destined to ascend to the Celestial Realm. But that was another story for now.
Lingfeng and the Ascension Goddess were affected by Yi Ping’s downhearted thoughts but they did not know what to say to him.
All of a sudden, the Ascension Goddess tried to cheer him up as she smiled shyly. “Yi Ping, how come you have never tried to ask for my name?”
Indeed Yi Ping was immediately distracted as he stammered under the graceful gaze of her enthralling smile, “I…aren’t you the Ascension Goddess?”
He had only known her briefly so he never had the opportunity to know her real name. And the truth was, they had start off as enemies!
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “I am sure everyone knows my celestial name by now. But you don’t want to know your future wife name?”
Yi Ping was suddenly flustering.
Lele said coolly, “What future wife? You still have to ask us if we permit you to do so. Don’t you forget that we still have an unfinished fight? Why are we letting a spy and an enemy into this chamber?”
Yunzi tried to hold her back but Lele broke free of her and had stepped forward with a defensive stance.
Yixian immediately said, “Lele, calm down please. She…I…she is one of us now…”
Not only Lele, Lie Qing and Shen Xingyue had also stepped forward!
Lie Qing said coldly, “Anyone that tries to hurt Lele will have to fight me as well!”
Shen Xingyue added coldly, “It seems someone forget to bring her divine sword and is addressing us with disdain.”
Yixian, Youxue, Yunzi, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and Lingfeng looked at each other, not knowing what to do. By right, they should aid Lele, Lie Qing and Shen Xingyue but they also knew that the Ascension Goddess seemed to have an attachment to Yi Ping and was just upset that she was being challenged.
So unless a real fight had occurred, then they would act.
The Ascension Goddess arranged her white and gold dress as she addressed them with an arrogant smirk, “Divine sword or no, I have already become one with the sword. I do not require a divine sword to fight juniors like you. You can all come for me at the same time. It is my pleasure to teach you all a painful lesson and for being disrespectful to me!”
She took a quick look at Yi Ping shyly before saying coolly to her challengers, “And the only one that is going to duo celestial with Yi Ping is me.”
This raised the eyebrows of Yixian and Youxue who had immediately stepped forward at the same time too!
The Ascension Goddess said, “Good! Every harem has a pecking order. We shall determine the new hierarchy then with our martial skills!”
Youxue said coldly, “And only the top in the ranking will be allowed to duo celestial with Ping’Er then!”
Yi Ping was panicky as he quickly said, “There is no need for a real fight. I am not going to duo celestial with anyone…”
But he was completely ignored by the maidens as they stared intensely at each other!
The Universal Old Man was also pleading aloud, “All these martial treasures and artefacts, all these martial treasures and artefacts…”
He was panicky and was now grabbing as many scrolls as possible!
Shen Xingyue said coolly, “There must be a number one, a number two and a number three. We cannot delay this inevitable anymore.”
Even Yunzi was secretly agreeing with her, “Even though we are all close sisters and have a mutual respect for each other but still, there have to be an order. I may not lose. After all, I am also a celestial practitioner now…”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was secretly excited, “I can be included too?”
Perhaps Yixian the Celestial Fairy knew what everyone was thinking so she said gently, “Everyone today have an opportunity to prove their martial skills and to determine their positions in this new hierarchy. I am Yi Ping’s first wife and I don’t mind that we determine the new hierarchy in this manner.”
Now that Yixian had announced it, all the maidens were excited except for Yu’Er and Mei’Er who were still engrossed in deciphering the Celestial Star Chart in this huge chamber. They were all secretly looking at each other and forming secret alliances at the same time.
Even the Ascension Goddess was secretly looking at Shen Xingyue who nodded lightly and they seemed to have already reached a secret agreement to defeat the other maidens first!
But of course, most of the maidens’ primary target was still the Ascension Goddess because she was the most powerful and threatening in the group!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy laughed softly as she looked at Lele, Yixian and Yixian, “I may be your protégé mistress but you don’t have to be polite to me. After all, I am a Golden Celestial in my own right.”
Lele smiled bitterly as she looked at Lie Qing uncomfortably.
Even though the Stellar Heaven Fairy was warning them not to be soft on her but she was also warning them subtly that she was their protégé mistress!
Therefore they should not initiate an attack on her first as it was an extremely sacrilegious act!
Yixian was completely emotionless; her entire focus was on all the slightest movements of her opponents. She had rarely allowed herself to be distracted in a fight and her dignity did not allow for failures. She was determined to claim her rightful position as Yi Ping’s first wife!
Youxue and Yunzi had known each other since childhood. Therefore they were natural allies!
Youxue’s protégé mistress was Yixian the Celestial Fairy so naturally she could not attack her unless she had no other choice.
Yunzi other close sister was Lie Qing. Therefore she would never initiate an attack against her.
In this complex relationship, the Ascension Goddess and Shen Xingyue were the most obvious targets to bring down as they were also two of the most powerful exponents!
Except that they had all forgotten one thing. Lingfeng who was keeping quiet was an Ancient Celestial and potentially a powerful exponent!
Everyone had forgotten about her except for the Ascension Goddess!
The Ascension Goddess looked at Lingfeng as she smiled, “I know that you are an Ancient Celestial. Surely as one of the oldest celestial around, you are not weak. Why don’t you tell me your celestial name so that I can know who you are? After all, we are soon going to be close sisters. Am I not right to say so?”
Lingfeng smiled weakly as the attentions of the other maidens had shifted to her!
But now that the Ascension Goddess had brought everyone’s attention to her, she was now in the limelight!
Lingfeng smiled alluringly while ignoring Yi Ping and the Universal Old Man who were pleading for everyone to stop fighting and to withdraw their fighting stances.
Everyone was now looking at Lingfeng and was waiting for her to say something.
Yi Ping raised his voice, “There are no reasons for you to fight. Alas! This is really so meaningless…”
Lingfeng smiled and said sweetly, “That’s right. There is no need to fight. Ping’Er, don’t you worry. They are not for real. None of them dare to make the first move. They are taunting each other.”
The Ascension Goddess hummed coldly, “Who says I dare not?”
Among the maidens, Lingfeng’s intellect was also the most brilliant. She concluded that the maiden that made the first attack would not only be attacked by the other maidens and would also displease Yi Ping. Moreover, there are many martial treasures in this huge chamber and none of the maidens were blind.
The solution was to find them an opportunity to back off without a loss to their dignity.
So she said softly, “Since we are going to be sisters soon, I may as well tell you my celestial name. I am the…Heaveness.”
The Ascension Goddess immediately stumbled and she took a step backward but she quickly recovered her composure.
She took a quick glance at Shen Xingyue who nodded at her.
The Ascension Goddess knew that Shen Xingyue could not lie to her or else it was impossible for her to reach her current level of divinity.
So she could only ask the obvious, “Are you really the Heaveness?”
Lingfeng nodded and said gently, “That’s right. There is only one Heaveness in the Celestial Realm and that’s me.”
Even though the Ascension Goddess was already expecting the answer, she was still astonished. “You are really the Heaveness? One of the seven most powerful celestials in the Celestial Realm?”
She muttered to herself, “No wonder, she isn’t affected by my despairing aura even when she has no divine weapon in her hands.”
Lingfeng the Heaveness nodded and she pointed at the Universal Old Man who was stroking his long beard, “And he is the Universal Old Man.”
The Ascension Goddess was truly startled. Like the Heaveness, The Universal Old Man was also one of the seven most powerful celestials in the Celestial Realm and she was actually in their presence without knowing who they were? She did not believe it when Yi Ping had told her that the Universal Old Man was his protégé master...
The Heaveness was a legendary celestial in the Mortal Realm and was extremely mysterious. No one knew who she was and her celestial clan of origin. Before she had ascended, she had already heard of her but had never seen her.
But after she had ascended, she was startled to discover that the Heaveness was one of the seven most powerful celestials in the Celestial Realm as well. She began to wonder how it was possible for her to be in two realms at the same time!
Millennium years ago during the golden age of the Celestial Realm which was also called the Golden Era, the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation had suddenly appeared.
It was an earthshaking event that had caught everyone by surprise. It was because the Stellar Sanctuary and the mysterious Astronomic Stellar Formation had descended upon the Celestial Realm, igniting a race for its secrets!
This event gave the celestials that were already at the epitome levels the first clue that the Gods’ Realm had indeed existed and all the celestials were determined to be the first one to be able to transmigrate to the new realm.
During the flurry to unravel the mysteries of the two dimensional places, the Celestials fought among themselves. Overnight, entire celestial clans were annihilated and new alliances were formed!
The Stellar Sanctuary was actually a tower that measured hundreds of miles wide and its height reached to the clouds. The walls of the Stellar Sanctuary were indestructible and there was only a single entrance.
According to rumors, there were supposedly a hundred levels in the Stellar Sanctuary and each level was fraught with deadly traps and hidden dangers.
As for the Astronomic Stellar Formation, it was surrounded by deadly mist and whirling vortexes. Only the most courageous dare to venture deep into the Astronomic Stellar Formation. If the Stellar Sanctuary was impossibly large, the Astronomic Stellar Formation that had appeared next to the Stellar Sanctuary was impossible to gauge; it enveloped through hundreds of mountain peaks, extinguishing all life that was within the Astronomic Stellar Formation!
The seven most powerful celestials had not only survived the dangers of the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation, they had also returned with many unknown artefacts and secrets.
Out of the tens of thousands celestials, less than a thousand had survived and none of them dared to venture as deep as the seven most powerful celestials.
The Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation only appeared for a brief period of time; exactly three months!
The Celestial Realm was vast. Each time the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation had appeared, its location seemed to be totally random.
To the celestials, time was really precious. They had to wrestle with lost time traveling across the Celestial Realm to find the exact appearance of the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation; they also had to overcome the intrigues of the celestials from the entire Celestial Realm!
In the entire history of the Celestial Realm, these two mysterious places had only appeared five times!
Since then, all the celestial clans and celestials had devoted considerable efforts to divine the next appearance of these two mysterious places; no one wanted to lose the opportunity to explore the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation!
The vast majority of the celestials of the Celestial Realm had never seen the Stellar Sanctuary and the Astronomic Stellar Formation. These two places were so dangerous that each time it had appeared, more and more of the Ancient Celestials perished in the attempt to unravel deeper into the mystery.
Just as Yi Ping was heaving in relief that the tensions between the maidens seemed to have cool off drastically, Yu’Er began to say excitedly. “There! We have it!”
Mei’Er announced breathlessly, “If we are not wrong, then the next appearance of the Stellar Sanctuary is at the Unmoving Mountains!”
The Ascension Goddess was startled as she gave a startled cry, “The Holy Ascension Sect is at the peak of the Unmoving Mountains…”
Lingfeng and the Universal Old Man exchanged glances with each other as they muttered excitedly at the same time, “The Unmoving Mountains!”
When Yi Ping saw their expressions, he had a bad feeling about it as he smiled bitterly, “Don’t tell me we are really going there? I don’t even know what sort of a place is the Stellar Sanctuary…”
Lingfeng laughed softly, “What do you want to know? I will tell you.”
The Universal Old Man clapped his hands as he roared with laughter, “We have always wasted so much time searching and running towards it. I have even missed it once. When I have reached there, I almost got killed by the many hostile celestials in the area. Finally I have three full months of time to explore the Stellar Sanctuary!”
The Ascension Goddess snapped her fingers as she said excitedly, “No, we don’t. We are going to the Astronomic Stellar Formation first!”
The Universal Old Man was unhappy, “I have been there once and I never want to go there again. Trust me, there is nothing of interest there compared to the Stellar Sanctuary. I have almost broken through to the thirty level of the Stellar Sanctuary. Every thirty levels supposedly hide a startling secret…”
Lingfeng quickly stepped him as she shook her head.
The Universal Old Man was flustered as he kept quiet.
But Lele asked, “Old Man, every thirty levels there is a secret? Why did you keep quiet for?”
Shen Xingyue asked, “What are you hiding?”
But the Universal Old Man stubbornly refused to say a word!
Lingfeng looked at the Ascension Goddess before she said quietly, “It is not that we are unwillingly to tell you. We pay for this secret with our lives and the lives of our companions…”
The Universal Old Man was trembling and there was a shred of tear at the corner of his eyes!
Lingfeng continued, “The Holy Ascension Sect is right in the middle of the Unmoving Mountains and they have a big advantage over the rest of the celestial clans. I can’t say if that is a good or bad thing for now. But it seems that we can’t trust anyone from the Holy Ascension Sect. We have been betrayed more than once even by the most honorable of the celestials. There are no one that we can trust so readily now.”
The Ascension Goddess pointed at Shen Xingyue, Yu’E and Mei’Er, “You don’t trust me or you don’t trust everyone from the Holy Ascension Sect? What do I need to do to make you trust me?”
Lingfeng looked coldly at her before she said, “There is a way. Only if you are willing to duo celestial with Yi Ping, then I have no doubt that you are not a spy.”
All the other maidens began to gasp aloud with shock.
The Ascension Goddess was flustered as she replied shyly, “I…I am willing. Why not?”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:39:26 GMT
Chapter 94: The Tranquil City
The grand hall of the Tranquil City was full of Celestials and they were not entirely friendly. They had come from all over the Celestial Realm. Some had come upon learning the death of Domain Lord Ximen Nanqing and to seek vengeance for him, some had come to challenge the new Domain Lord, some had come to learn who the new Domain Lord was and some had come out of curiosity.
Regardless of their exact reasons, they had a pretext today; to attend the grand wedding of the new Domain Lord of the Tranquil City!
To the utter surprise of the Celestials, the new Domain Lord did not stop them from entering the city and had actually invited them into the wedding hall.
Quite a few of the Celestials had been curious on the identity of the new Domain Lord who called himself Yi Ping, a name that no one had ever heard before until recently!
Naturally these lofty Celestials were not the types that would adhere to any rules and many had actually tried to sneak into the palace ground of the Tranquil City.
However, they were startled to encounter a formidable celestial formation and they were repulsed by the formidable masked Celestials that were within the palace grounds! These intruders did not persist in fighting against the guardians for they did not know how formidable the new Domain Lord was and did not want to take any risk.
But today when they saw the new Domain Lord, they were all startled!
A young man with an awe inspiring righteous air had stepped into the grand hall with an old man beside him. He was wearing white and his entourage was equally stunning; eleven alluring maidens walked into view which immediately caused the entire hall to become completely silent!
These maidens were all extremely beautiful and moving but they were all obviously Celestials except for Lingfeng. But some experienced Celestials were already caution of Lingfeng as they immediately suspected that with her air of confidence, she might well be an Ancient Celestial!
But regardless if they were Golden Celestials or Ancient Celestials, they were comparable in their strengths and had to undergo nine heavenly tribulations known as the Divine Wrath before facing the ultimate tribulation known as the Heavenly Wrath.
The nine heavenly tribulations were also known as the Thousand Year Calamity, occurring once every thousand years with majority of the Celestials perishing in the first and the second heavenly tribulations!
Therefore, this ordinary looking maiden could be at least a Sixth Tier Ancient Celestial! It was because only a Sixth Tier Ancient Celestial and above could take on the appearance of the Golden Celestials or as mortals.
Even though the Ancient Celestials had been the Celestial Realm much longer than the Golden Celestials, the Golden Celestials were not less powerful than the Ancient Celestials. It was because the seven stages of celestial divinity that the average celestial practitioners were put through were extremely arduous. So when they had ascended to the Celestial Realm, it put them on par with the Ancient Celestials that were already there.
The power differences between a Golden Celestial and an Ancient Celestial may be slight but in a fight, the difference between a lower tier and a higher tier celestial was more pronounced.
A Fifth Tier Celestial had an upper limit of ninety years of martial power while a First Tier Celestial only had an upper limit of sixty years with the upper limit increasing by a tenth after every tribulation. Even though an Eighth Tier Celestial in theory was twice as powerful as a First Tier Celestial, twice was an improbably imagination for most celestials!
It was because when a physical limit was reached, it required twice as much effort to raise the limit by a little. Even though there was a sixty years limit for the celestial practitioners, most had difficulty reaching even this limit!
Ximen Nanqing was a Fifth Tier Golden Celestial and one of the most powerful celestials in the Celestial Realm. And the young man that had defeated him was just an ordinary celestial practitioner. How could it be even possible!?
But looking at the way that some of the maidens that had golden eyes were looking at him, they were also bewildered! It seemed that these maidens were his followers and not the other way round!
A black bearded Celestial stared at Yi Ping and said coldly, “You are Yi Ping? You are the one that killed Ximen Nanqing?”
This black beard Celestial name was the Northern Tyrant. He was a friend of Ximen Nanqing and it was clear that he was not here to attend any wedding.
Beside him, there were also several celestials that were acquainted with Ximen Nanqing!
Yi Ping took a quick glance at Xiao Youxue before he said firmly, “That’s right! I am Yi Ping and Ximen Nanqing had indeed fallen under my hands!”
Immediately, there were a mutterings of disbelief that filled the hall!
It was obvious that this Yi Ping was just a celestial practitioner and not yet a full fledge celestial yet! How was it possible? Such a thing was unheard of unless it was foul play!
Xiao Youxue was startled as she eyed Yi Ping melancholy as she thought, “Ping’Er, you are taking the rap for me? Do you know that we are facing dozens of super exponents today? And they are all Golden Celestials…”
The Northern Tyrant looked quietly at the four priests from the Holy Ascension Sect. It was because he knew that these four priests were the elders of the Holy Ascension Sect and he was wary. It was because the Holy Ascension Sect was a major celestial clan in the Celestial Realm and was seeking hegemony. Quite a number of celestial clans had already sworn fealty to the Holy Ascension Sect!
Unless they knew the inclination of the Holy Ascension Sect, then most of the celestials was declined to act hastily!
The four priests were surprising solemn and they seemed to be staring intensely at the extremely beautiful maiden in a white gold dress that was inscribed with circular sigil.
A pale young man with golden eyes who called himself the White Ape Scholar smirked at Yi Ping, scarcely believing what Yi Ping had said. The White Ape Scholar was a top exponent of the Celestial Solstice Clan and was representing the Domain Lord of the Celestial Solstice Clan to attend the wedding.
Even though the wedding date had been officially announced by Yi Ping, there were no invitations to anyone whatever so; all the guests today had come unannounced!
The Celestial Solstice Clan had just sworn fealty to the Holy Ascension Sect so naturally the White Ape Scholar had recognized the four priests in white and gray robes. He thought curiously, “There is a young man in their company the last time and he is inconspicuous missing…”
The Celestial Solstice Clan and the Dominating Aura Clan were actually rival clans. He was actually sent by his Domain Lord to gather intelligence on the newly founded Tranquil City.
The White Ape Scholar bowed his hands respectfully at the four priests from the Holy Ascension Sect, “My respected seniors, we are juniors and we dare not make any hasty decisions. May I know where you stand in this matter? This Yi Ping has admitted killing Ximen Nanqing. Even though this is his wedding but my Domain Lord is a friend of Ximen Nanqing. If his friend is killed, then shouldn’t we seek vendetta on behalf of my Domain Lord?”
The Northern Tyrant hummed coldly. No one believed such a white lie of course. But as he was eager to avenge Ximen Nanqing, he kept his cool. It was because the Holy Ascension Sect was one of the major celestial clans in the Celestial Realm. Even if he did not hold these four priests in high regard, he was forced to be humble.
The four priests were Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You.
Xuan Kong was the oldest looking and was also the leader of the group.
Xuan Kong said coldly, “If you value your life, you shouldn’t make a move first.”
The White Ape Scholar was startled, “Senior, you are helping this Yi Ping?”
Xuan Kong replied coldly, “On the contrary, we want him dead very badly.”
All the celestials were startled. It was because they had thought that the four priests were trying to help this Yi Ping!
The White Ape Scholar was slightly baffled, “I will lose to him?”
The Northern Tyrant dropped him a hint out of annoyance, “You are so focused on this Yi Ping that you did not notice that there were three Golden Celestials behind him?”
He was of course referring to Shen Xingyue, the Ascension Goddess and the Stellar Heaven Goddess.
The White Ape Scholar laughed aloud, “I will fear them? They are just pretty vases. Whether they can really fight is another matter. And moreover, we have almost one hundred of us here. What do we have to fear from just three Golden Celestials?”
The White Ape Scholar himself was a terrifying opponent. He had been through countless battles and had fought against multiple Golden Celestials at once. Moreover today, there were dozens of his compatriots. If he could not outfight them, surely retreating was not a great deal of an issue for him. Moreover, retreating against multiple opponents was not an entirely dishonorable thing!
Xuan Kong said simply, “Go on. We won’t intervene but you mustn’t hurt the maiden in white gold attire.”
The White Ape Scholar laughed, “Don’t tell me that Reverent Xuan Kong has taken an interest in her and wants to dual celestial with her?”
The White Ape Scholar did not notice that Xuan Kong was staring angrily at him as he was completely mesmerized by the enthralling maiden in white gold dress who laughed softly, “The White Ape Scholar really likes to joke.”
The White Ape Scholar was slightly surprised but pleased at the same time that she actually knew who he was even though he had never seen her before. He felt proud and could sense that a number of celestials in the group were envious of him.
The White Ape Scholar laughed, “Since maiden knows my celestial name, I wonder if maiden can grace me with your name?”
The enthralling maiden who was the Ascension Goddess laughed softly as she looked at Yi Ping coyly, “I am afraid that you have to ask someone else here for permission first.”
The White Ape Scholar looked at Yi Ping and then laughed, “He is just a lowly celestial practitioner who has not even become a true celestial yet. Surely you are not afraid of him?”
The Ascension Goddess sighed softly seemingly with despair, “You are right. I am really afraid of him!”
The White Ape Scholar was baffled, “Oh?”
The Ascension Goddess said gently, “You have come here to attend a wedding. Don’t you know who the groom is and who the bride is?”
The White Ape Scholar was further mystified, “I know who the groom is but you are the bride? But you are a Golden Celestial and he is just a…”
The Ascension Goddess interrupted sharply, “So? He is a lowly celestial practitioner and I am a highly attained celestial. Who says he can’t be my husband? If he isn’t fit, who else is? Are you fit?”
The White Ape Scholar was taken aback by the sharp change in her tone but he quickly composed himself as he said coldly, “We shall see about that…”
Even before he had finished speaking, he had already sprung towards Yi Ping with lightning speed as his eyes turned murderous!
Yi Ping was not slow to react as he shouted, “I can handle him alone…”
It was because he had already noticed that Yixian, Lie Qing, Shen Xingyue, Youxue, Lingfeng, Lele, Yunzi, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess had all taken a step forward or was already preparing to confront the attacker!
Yi Ping had leapt forward with a loud shout as he raised his palm to display the Ultrapowerful Force!
Almost instantaneously, there was a thunderous clap and the air exploded thunderously as the two opponents clashed against one another!
The White Ape Scholar was met with a startling force that forced him flying backward. Immediately, he had coughed out blood in disbelief as his golden eyes turned red!
He was immediately afflicted with severe internal injuries as a powerful crackling martial force breeched and entered through him!
If he was not a Golden Celestial and protected by his Sovereign Martial Force, he would have died on the spot!
The White Ape Scholar staggered back as he stared furiously at Yi Ping while on his knees as he began to shiver uncontrollably, “You…! How dare you…”
As he looked up, he was startled and so were many of the celestials that Yi Ping was still standing casually, seemingly without any sign any injuries!
The White Ape Scholar muttered, “How is it possible…”
Even the Northern Tyrant was staring at Yi Ping and he was secretly startled.
It was totally unheard of that a celestial practitioner could take a blow from a Golden Celestial and was could emerge unscathed!
Yi Ping had executed the Ultrapowerful Force that the Universal Old Man had taught him. Unlike the Divine Horizon Hand, the Ultrapowerful Force was a powerful palm technique that focused the entire martial power at the attacking point and was a devastating palm skill. While the Ultrapowerful martial power may not be as powerful as the Asper Horizon Hand which was the ultimate killing technique of the Divine Horizon Hand, it was less demanding on martial power requisite.
Yi Ping was startled that he could knock back a Golden Celestial with such ease too. He did not know that after pushing himself to the limit on numerous times with the Asper Horizon Hand, his martial power was now at a startling power level!
A combination of factors had also contributed to his startling martial power level; he had long cleared his life and death channels, which was a requisite to become a Golden Celestial. His Boundless Force was now so pure that it had long evolved into the Absolute Equilibrium Force, which instantly rebalanced his martial power each time he had used it and it also had the effect of manifolds his martial force!
The White Ape Scholar shouted to the rest, “What are you waiting for? Don’t you want to avenge Ximen Nanqing?”
A Celestial with a ruddy face said coolly, “No thanks. I have really come to attend the wedding uninvited and have no intention of picking a fight.”
It was the truth. Quite a number of Golden Celestials who were previously under the oppression of the Dominating Aura Clan was gleeful and was in fact rejoicing over the demise of Ximen Nanqing. So they had come uninvited to take a look at the hero.
But they had never expected to find Yi Ping to be so young looking and that he was just a celestial practitioner.
The ruby face celestial added politely, “My celestial name is the Deadly Wanderer. So Master Yi Ping, I have come here to attend your wedding. There are so many beautiful maidens around you. So, who is the bride?”
When Yi Ping saw that this Deadly Wanderer was polite to him, he replied politely as well. “They are all my brides today.”
A wave of startled silence greeted everyone, dumbfounding everyone!
Even Yi Ping was thinking that this must be the most ridiculous thing that was happening!
He sighed softly…
That day in the secret chamber, everyone was startled and stunned that Lingfeng was actually proposing that he should dual celestial with the Ascension Goddess!
This immediately sparked off an immediately flurry of protests!
He was stunned and said, “That is impossible and I don’t even know her…”
The Ascension Goddess gave him a hurtful look, “How could you say that after what we have been through…”
He panicky said, “Not that…”
But his voice was quickly drowned out by the bickering maidens!
He was soon shouting, “Stop! Wait…”
Even though his martial shout was powerful but he was no match for the extraordinary internal strength of some of the maidens!
Yixian, Lele, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and many of the maidens were all internal martial experts. They did not have or need to shout; their soft voice would resound in everyone’s ears clearly to the extent of overlapping all other exterior sounds!
He was simply overwhelmed and he was still shouting aloud, “Stop it. Just stop it! Anything, just…”
All of a sudden, all the maidens began to start exchanging blows with one another furiously!
The entire chamber had broken out in pandemonium!
The Universal Old Man was as panicky as Yi Ping and he too was shouting aloud. But he was afraid of directing confronting the furious maidens. When the Heaveness gave him a stern look, he could only smile bitterly!
Mei’Er was pleading, “Stop! Why don’t Yi Ping marry all of us then…?”
“Just…anything…please stop!” He was shouting aloud panicky.
All of a sudden, there was a deafening silence and everyone was looking at him!
He froze in his tracks and turned pale immediately as he looked into their eyes blankly!
What had happened next was so sudden and before he could really come to his senses, a grand wedding had already been planned with exciting anticipation!
Back at the present, Yi Ping was still looking at the stunned silence of the grand hall.
He repeated solemnly, “They are all my brides.”
The Deadly Wanderer muttered in astonishment as he looked at all the maidens that were beside him. They were carrying smiles and did not seem to be forced against their will.
All of a sudden, Northern Tyrant issued a commanding shout. “Seize him!”
Seven Golden Celestials immediately leapt towards Yi Ping at the same time!
Only two of the Golden Celestials were his subordinates. The rest were opportunists and among the seven celestials, was the White Ape Scholar again!
Yi Ping immediately displayed the Asper Techniques of the Divine Horizon Hands, the Asper Continuum Horizon Hand, sending dozens dark shadowy palm images flurrying in all directions in split second!
These shadowy palms were not tricks of the eyes or illusions but the solidification of martial force merging with martial power! Immediately, the seven celestials raised their hands, displaying their extraordinary martial skills and power to dispel the martial force!
They knew that this type of aerial martial force attack required a great deal of martial power from the martial practitioner and was not as powerful as a direct impact. In short, it was weaker and was impracticable against a strong martial opponent. Moreover, there were seven of them and once they had breech this little nuisance attack, then this Yi Ping would have expended most of his martial power and weakened his defenses. Obviously, they would have disabled and torn him like a paper!
That was why even though the Asper Continuum Horizon Hand was the second stance of the Asper Techniques, it was actually weaker than the Asper Horizon Hand which was the first stance of the Asper Techniques.
All of a sudden, their disdainful eyes turned to startled shock when they were turn aside by the flurrying shadowy palm attacks that were flying towards them!
The martial force of this Yi Ping was even greater than they had expected!
Immediately, they slowed down their movements and executed their epitome defensive stances at the same time. But before they could even fight off the dozens of shadowy palm attacks, Yi Ping was displaying hundreds of shadowy flurrying forces sending in all directions as he displayed the Asper Continuum Horizon not twice, but in a startling display had executed five Asper Continuum Horizon Hands!
Yi Ping himself was surprised that he could display the second Asper Continuum Horizon Hand with such little effort. It was because the martial power demand of the Asper Continuum Horizon was even more strenuous than the Asper Horizon Hand! But because he wanted to test his limits and that he knew that his opponents would not give him any chance to retaliate, he had executed five Asper Continuum Horizon Hands one after the other!
Because he had already reached the Transverse level, the speed and explosive impact of his Asper Continuum had also improved by leap and bounds!
There were hundreds of thunderous impact and the windforces from the hundreds of shadowy palm attacks were so startling that the entire hall was actually shaking as everyone began to raise their defense stances as they hurried backward, including the Universal Old Man and the other maidens!
The White Ape Scholar raised his fist as he dispelled one martial force after another. He was stunned that this was no ordinary windforce but was charged with vital energies. As he unleashed his martial power to negate the incoming aerial attacks, he found his martial power draining away with every counter attack. As his martial power weakened, he was suddenly struck by several dozens of these aerial attacks!
When the five Asper Continuum Horizon Hands had finished executing, the seven celestials were all lying on the ground and were trembling nonstop while Yi Ping was panting breathlessly!
Many of the visiting celestials immediately broke into a cold sweat as they witnessed this epitome display! Immediately, they realized that even though his celestial attainment was not as highly as they were, this Yi Ping was not an ordinary martial exponent as well!
The four priests, Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You immediately raised their eyebrows at this epitome display but there were no sign of any fears.
Even the Northern Tyrant was humming coldly as he said with disdain, “You have wasted so much of their martial power and strength to tackle these small fries. How are you going to have any strength to fight us later?”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly. He had always fought to the best of his capability regardless of who his opponents were. But the Northern Tyrant was right. He did not have much strength left after this epitome display! If they attacked again, then he would be hard pressed!
The Northern Tyrant, the four priests of the Holy Ascension Sect, the Deadly Wanderer and some of the celestials were actually in a totally different league. When top exponents dual, they had to be in tip top condition for any sign of weakness would always lead to death!
Yi Ping clenched his fist. Even though he looked tired but he was not as drained as these Golden Celestials had thought; his martial power was actually replenishing at a startling rate due to his Divine Revelation Intricacy Skill, which controlled his vital energies and his Absolute Equilibrium Force, which replenished his martial power!
The Northern Tyrant had stepped forward and there was a killing malevolent aura around him!
Yi Ping continued to show no fear as he said coldly, “I have no feud with you. Why are you forcing my hand?”
The Northern Tyrant replied coldly, “It is because you have made a mistake of killing Ximen Nanqing. Do you know that he is my sworn brother?”
Just as Yi Ping was about to say something, Yu’Er and Mei’Er had stepped forth at the same time!
Yi Ping was startled, “Yu’Er, Mei’Er…”
Yu’Er took a quick look at her protégé mistress Yixian who in turn nodded quietly to her. Seeing that her protégé mistress had given her the approval to act, she said aloud to the visiting celestials, “You have all come uninvited and instead of coming in peace, you have come to sought troubles for us.”
Mei’Er nodded and added, “There is no need to trouble our master for small fry like you. We are sufficient.”
The Northern Tyrant was a highly regarded celestial in the Celestial Realm and not many dare to show such disrespect to him.
He was immediately aroused with anger as he said coldly, “Very well. Let me teach you a lesson that you will never forget. Don’t forget who I am next time if there is a next time for you.”
Yu’Er immediately said, “We see!”
Mei’Er taunted him, “Why are you still standing there for?”
The Northern Tyrant stared angrily at them, “I see that you are juniors, that is why I am intending to give you the benefits of three strokes!”
Mei’Er hummed coldly as she took minuscule movement which immediately dazzled quite a number of celestials as she laughed softly, “Even though it appears that you are gracing us with the benefit of three strokes but as a highly experienced exponent, you are actually waiting to observe and exploit our openings. The first to attack don’t really have any benefit. Instead, it can be fatal when top exponents dual!”
Many of the celestials began to mutter and nodded among themselves! It was the truth. Enacting the slow movement against the fast movement and the motionless against the motion; against an opponent that attack first, the last to attack was able to attack with even swifter and more focus attack. That was because when an opponent had attacked first, they would have lost the benefit of counter attacking, the benefit of adjusting their strokes and even their attacking movements would be slower than usual because they could not predict what their opponents’ action would be!
When top exponents fight with one another, they were most reluctant to be the first to attack and they would often taunt their opponents to make the first move.
Yu’Er further taunted, “At first I thought that you are a highly respected celestial in the Celestial Realm but you are just someone who wants to take advantage of two maidens. What a shameful person!”
The Northern Tyrant despite his meditation techniques were immediately moved to anger. He was a hot temper celestial or else he would not be known as a Tyrant. The only reason he could ascend in the past was because of his invincible divine skill, the Divine Meteor Pursuit Skill.
He said angrily, “Junior, don’t blame me for being ruthless then!”
Yi Ping panicky said as he stepped forward, “Yu’Er, Mei’Er be careful!”
But Yixian halted him by whispering quietly to his ears alone, “I will interfere if something is amiss. Don’t worry.”
Yixian was not the only one giving Yi Ping the assurances. Shen Xingyue, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess too, had used the Great Whispering Skill to assure him at the same time!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy whispered, “They are my grand protégé disciples after all. I will interfere when necessary.”
Shen Xingyue whispered, “I will like to teach this Northern Tyrant a lesson too. Let Yu’Er and Mei’Er have a go first.”
Yi Ping nodded reluctantly as he looked quietly at Yu’Er and Mei’Er.
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were both fluttering now when they noticed how concerned Yi Ping was for them.
Yu’Er laughed softly, “We’ll be alright. This Northern Tyrant doesn’t seem to be a strong exponent…”
When the Northern Tyrant had heard how they had belittled him, he was so enraged that he had mustered his martial power and had leapt upon them with a startling explosive speed!
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were not slow to react. They had quickly unsheathed their golden swords as a golden radiance surrounded them!
The Northern Tyrant was startled as he quickly evaded their attacks and counter attack with several explosive punches!
But Yu’Er and Mei’Er raised their sword fingers as they displayed the Divine Emerald Skill as they displayed dozens of cold beaming sword energies in all directions!
This time, the Northern Tyrant was truly startled!
Not only was his explosive punches failed to break down their defenses, he was forced to devote much of his martial power to defend against the sword energies. This of course was not the real reason why he was startled; these two maidens had in their possessions two powerful divine swords!
Yixian was startled too. All of a sudden, she had realized that Yu’Er and Mei’Er swordplay seemed to have improved considerably! Moreover, they seemed to have merged one with their divine swords too, an attainment which was extremely difficult for most celestial who had centuries of attainment and not to mention that they were not even twenty!
The twin sisters had already reached a new level in their Dual Inertness Intricacy. Moreover with the Listening Rhyme of the Eternal Ice Palace and by observing the Ascension Goddess, they were able to merge one with their divine swords!
The Ascension Goddess was secretly startled. The twin sisters seemed to be picking her fighting moves even though it was still not the same and had not reached her expertise but their sword energies display were extremely startling as they executed their beaming cold energies all around them seemingly without any restraint!
Everyone began to step backward and began to parry or evade the extraordinary random bursts of sword energies that were strafing in all directions, sending the marble and stone stabs of the floor to be ripped apart and flying in all directions!
The Northern Tyrant had never expected that these two young celestial practitioners would be able to execute sword energies and with such an unrestrained bursts!
Lie Qing was muttering to herself, “Yu’Er, Mei’Er…they have unleashed at least twenty one sword energy each and they can still maintain the Divine Emerald Skill…how is it possible that they can maintain the vital energy flow of their internal strength?”
Even Yi Ping, Lingfeng and the Universal Old Man were astonished!
Barely had the Northern Tyrant made his attack, he was slashed by Yu’Er and Mei’Er who had completely broken down his defenses and fell onto the ground much to the stunned silence of the visiting celestials!
Yu’Er gave the Northern Tyrant a hard kick as he slammed against the wall with a thunderous impact!
The Northern Tyrant coughed out more blood as his entire face turned white with ashen as he muttered incoherently!
Just as Mei’Er wanted to raise her sword again, Yi Ping said. “Mei’Er, that is enough. He isn’t your match. Just let him off. After all, this is our wedding.”
Mei’Er hummed coldly at the Northern Tyrant before she said affectionately to Yi Ping, “Master…Brother Ping…we have taught him a lesson on your behalf!”
At the same time, many of the visiting celestials were looking at the twin sister’s swords and their hearts were pounding excitedly. Divine swords were extremely rare in the Celestial Realm and they could not believe that they were in the presence of two divine swords!
The covetous celestials were all thinking the same, “They are only celestial practitioners and unworthy of having these divine swords. If only I have these swords, it will certainly benefit me…”
The Northern Tyrant coughed out more blood as he stared angrily at Yi Ping. He had never expected to be humiliated in front of so many celestials today! Even though he too, wanted the two divine swords for himself but he had underestimated the two maidens and had suffered a crushing defeat.
While he was still coughing bitterly out of exasperation, three other celestials had also stepped forward as they raised their precious swords.
These three celestials were from the Immortal Sword Clan and the celestial taking the lead said, “Maidens, if we cannot defeat you then we will leave behind our precious swords. But if you are unable to defeat us, then please leave your swords behind! Will you dare to try our Negative Six Swords Immortal Formation? If you dare not try, then we will consider that you have conceded to us!”
It was indeed a laudable thing. Three precious swords in exchange for two divine swords?
It was because the Immortal Sword Clan was a reputable clan so naturally they could not seize the divine swords in an open manner. But everyone could tell that these three celestials were leaving Yu’Er and Mei’Er with no other choice!
Shen Xingyue was none too pleased with their actions and were disappointed that the celestials in the Celestial Realm were like bullies. So she had immediately stepped forward and raised her palm forward!
Immediately, the air around the ground was crushed by a strong gravity and exploded thunderous forward!
The three celestials immediately raised their swords at the same time but they were simply swept aside by a strong tidal force!
She had just displayed the Big Dipper Hands as she said, “Insolent idiots!”
The tidal shockwave was so great that quite a number of celestials were forced to take a few steps backward!
The Deadly Wanderer gasped aloud, “The Big Dipper Hands! Isn’t this the secret divine arts of the Holy Ascension Sect?”
But while he was gasping, there were another breathless mutterings among the visiting celestials as Shen Xingyue had drawn out her Blue Heavens Divine Sword!
Another Divine Sword!
There were three divine swords!
But the rest of the celestials did not dare to make a false move now because Shen Xingyue was a Golden Celestial. After her epitome display, they were wary now.
Xuan Kong hummed coldly, “What a bunch of losers. You don’t even know who you are dealing with.”
All the visiting celestials froze. It was because they had suddenly remembered what Xuan Kong had reminded them earlier.
The Deadly Wanderer smiled bitterly as he looked at the Ascension Goddess and Shen Xingyue, “May I know who you are and what is your relation to the Holy Ascension Sect?”
The Ascension Goddess gave a faint smile as she said, “Alas! I am just a nobody in the Holy Ascension Sect. My celestial name is the Ascension Goddess and she is my protégé sister, the Dark Enchantress!”
Shen Xingyue protested weakly, “My new fraternity name is the Fiery Phoenix now!”
The visiting celestials had immediately frozen in their tracks! It was because none of them had found their humor to be funny!
Who had never heard of the Ascension Goddess?
She was the Supreme Celestial of the Holy Ascension Sect. No one here had seen her before but her fighting ability alone had ranked her as one of the new seven top super celestial fighters! The fighters of the new seven super celestial fighters were not an empty title that was given out based on their celestial clans and was actually based on their actual battles!
The Deadly Wanderer stammered to the Ascension Goddess, “You…are that demoness that have battled dozens of top celestial fighters from the twelve northern divine peak celestial clans and killed every single of them, just because they refused to submit to the Holy Ascension Sect?”
Even the Northern Tyrant was gasping, “In recent months, I have heard that the Ascension Goddess is in this region, killing and plundering? You are her?!”
Yi Ping stared angrily at the Ascension Goddess as he thought, “You have killed so many people?! I must be really blind to trust you…”
The Ascension Goddess had noticed that Yi Ping was looking fiercely at her so she quickly said coyly. “Ping’Er, I wouldn’t kill unnecessary. You can ask them. If I were to fall into their hands, my fate would be miserable. Do you really want to see me in such a sorry state? You have seen how ruthless these celestials have been…”
She appeared to be melancholy, “You already know I am no angel in the past but I am willing to repent but if you are always remembering my past and not giving me any chance, I will rather die in front of you!”
Yixian immediately comforted the Ascension Goddess, “I understand…I have killed just as many as you too…”
The anger in Yi Ping’s eyes immediately vapored as he said gently, “Alas! As long as you don’t kill unnecessary from now on, let the past be the past.”
The Ascension Goddess lit up and immediately she was smiling happily, “Naturally!”
But many of the visiting celestials were already thinking miserably, “The Ascension Goddess is known as the Vengeful Goddess. Her ruthlessness is legendary and unlike the other celestials, she did not restraint from killing…”
In the Celestial Realm, the Ascension Goddess was known to go after anyone that dared to speak ill of her. There was once a celestial that was ranked fifth in the super celestial fighters ranking while she was ranked seventh. He had spoken ill of her. Out of the blue, she sought him out and had decapitated him with her divine sword and that fight was even witnessed by quite a number of surviving celestials; it was said that she had fought with her eyes closed and finished the fight barely before it had even started!
The Deadly Wanderer looked at the sheathed long sword that was hanging by the side of the Ascension Goddess as he thought nervously, “That sword must be your divine sword then…I have never seen so many divine swords in my life before. Who is this Yi Ping, that old man and who are these maidens? Surely they are no ordinary celestial practitioners and celestials…”
The Ascension Goddess said gently, “So you are all here to attend my wedding, yes or no?”
Immediately, many of the celestials broke into cold sweat as they answered swiftly and humbly, “Indeed we have. We didn’t know that it is the Ascension Goddess. We have good intentions…”
The Northern Tyrant immediately cursed Xuan Kong, “You! You know she is the Ascension Goddess. You know who she is. You know she is the Supreme Celestial of the Holy Ascension Sect and yet you didn’t tell us! If we have known who she is, we wouldn’t have dared to create such a mess…”
But he was immediately interrupted by Xuan You, “We have told you that you can challenge anyone but her. You didn’t listen so don’t blame us. Moreover, we have indeed come to disrupt the wedding. So you are planning to give your blessings to them?”
The Northern Tyrant was startled!
He stammered, “You have come to disrupt the wedding? Why didn’t you give us a hand earlier?”
Xuan Wei said coldly, “It is our internal sect affairs and none of your business.”
Xuan Qian said humbly to the Ascension Goddess, “I hope that you can reconsider your decision and come back to us to the Holy Ascension Sect or we will have difficulty accounting to the Holy Supremacy. Or else don’t blame us from taking actions!”
The Ascension Goddess said coolly, “I have already made up my mind. Do you think you can threaten me just like that?”
Xuan Kong said, “We wouldn’t dare but as elders of the Holy Ascension Sect, we must not allow the divine swords of the Holy Ascension Sect to fall into the hands of the outsiders. Do you need us to remind you that we know of your weakness?”
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “My weakness is irrelevant now.”
Xuan Qian asked, “What do you mean?”
The Ascension Goddess pointed at Shen Xingyue before pointing at Yu’Er and Mei’Er, “The three of them are also the Supreme Celestials of the Holy Ascension Sect and in our hands are four divine swords. Even if you know my weakness, it will take at least two of you to subdue me but now, there are four Supreme Celestials here. Moreover…”
She stole a glance at the Universal Old Man, Lingfeng, Yixian, Lie Qing, Youxue and Yi Ping, “We are not alone. Even if you summon our protégé grandmasters, you cannot subdue me anymore.”
The visiting celestials were left gasping with astonishment!
There were actually four Supreme Celestials of the Holy Ascension Sect! No wonder their fighting capabilities were so deadly!
The Northern Tyrant sighed, “I am not defeated by the divine swords…it is not so disgraceful to be defeated by the Supreme Celestials of the Holy Ascension Sect. In fact, I should be honored that I am able to survive a fight with them.”
All of a sudden, he was glad that he had found the perfect excuse to salvage his pride in front of the celestials!
Xuan Kong was startled, “My Ascension Goddess! You…you are really planning to rebel against the Holy Ascension Sect? Have you forgotten your most sacred oaths yet?”
The Ascension Goddess replied coolly, “I have not forgotten about my sacred vows. Go back and tell the Holy Supremacy that I will return shortly to the Holy Ascension Sect with my husband…”
All of a sudden, everyone in the grand hall froze in their tracks as the air around them had turned extremely cold as they felt a killing malevolent aura that was approaching!
It was the supernatural coldness of the sword energies!
And it was not one but three! Before they had made their appearances, their presences were already felt, paralyzing everyone!
Yi Ping stared intently at the entrance of the hall…
The Universal Old Man muttered, “Such a powerful sword energy. He is definitely a super celestial exponent. I wonder who he is…”
Even Xuan Kong, Xuan Wei, Xuan You, Xuan Qian were uneasy as they stared at the entrance.
The Ascension Goddess was already clasping the hilt of her sword while Lingfeng the Heaveness was looking disturbed as they looked to the entrance.
It was not long before they saw three old men in white and purple robes at the entrance. Each of them had three swords on their back. The old man in the middle with a long white beard was the most commanding and there was a terrifying malevolent air around him.
Immediately, Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You turned white with ashen.
Xuan Kong said quietly, “What an occasion. Even the Immortal Sword Sages of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan is here today.”
Shen Xingyue was flinching and trembling. It was because the three Immortal Sword Sages were staring piercingly at her as though they wanted to devour her!
She thought uneasily, “They are here for the Blue Heavens Divine Sword?”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:40:39 GMT
Chapter 95: The Three Immortal Sword Sages
Yi Ping was uneasy. These three old men had a familiar feeling around them.
When Xuan Kong had mentioned the name of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan, he was suddenly jolted! It was because he had suddenly remembered Zuo Tianyi who was the protégé leader of the Infinity Sword Clan!
All of a sudden, he was fearful for Shen Xingyue as he stole a quiet glance at her.
Shen Xingyue was looking uneasy and she was trembling lightly.
Yi Ping smiled bitterly and he was trembling slightly from the suppressing presence of their powerful sword auras!
Yi Ping asked in a low whisper, “They are Immortal Sword Sages? Are they powerful? I feel really uneasy.”
The Ascension Goddess smiled bitterly, “They are extremely difficult to deal with opponents. Even the Holy Ascension Sect is unwillingly to meddle with them. The one in the middle is the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage. He is the celestial leader of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan. The two old men beside him are the clan elders, Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and Immortal Sword Blitz Sage.”
When the three old men had arrived, it was as though the entire scene had been frozen in time; no one had dared to move as they held their breath. The suffocating weights of their sword auras were simply irresistible!
Yi Ping tried to move but it seemed as though he was being held immobilized and he was suddenly feeling extremely fatigued!
He crackled his knuckles and willed his consciousness with the Absolute Spirits Heart Intricacy as he struggled against the invisible suffocating sword auras!
Xuan Kong muttered, “Such powerful sword auras! Even the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan is here today!”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said solemnly, “Our sword auras may be powerful but it is still too weak to restraint the Four Reverend Elders of the Holy Ascension Sect, Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You.”
Xuan Wei stroked his beard as he said, “Is there a need for the three most powerful Immortal Sword Sages of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan to be here? Is that an overkill? Just anyone of you is more than sufficient.”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage laughed, “The Four Reverend Elders of the Holy Ascension Sect is too humble. If I am alone, I may not be your combined match. Moreover…”
He paused and looked at everyone in the hall, “This is no ordinary gathering today. We sensed the sword energy of a divine sword here but we have never expected that there will be eight divine swords here!”
Immediately all the other visiting celestials were dumbfounded as they quickly looked at Yi Ping and his company!
Eight divine swords! That was something unprecedented! Divine swords were extremely rare in the Celestial Realm compared to the Mortal Realm. The appearance of one divine sword was enough to cause a terrible bloodshed in the Celestial Realm, moreover there were eight in the same place now!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage stared fiercely at Shen Xingyue as he said coldly, “But we have only one purpose. Surrender the Blue Heavens Divine Sword immediately. This is the Heritage Artifact of the Infinity Sword Clan and does not belong to anyone else.”
Shen Xingyue said coldly, “Why should I do as you say? It is in my hands and I am obviously the owner. Just because you say it belongs to the Infinity Sword Clan, then it belongs to the Infinity Sword Clan?”
She raised the Blue Heavens Divine Sword in front of her and immediately a blue radiance could be seen, “Moreover, I have merged one with the Blue Heavens and I am the chosen. Unless I am dead, the Blue Heavens will not choose a new master.”
The three Immortal Sword Sages were slightly startled that she had indeed merged one with the sword and from her simple demonstration, it validated her claims.
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage said coldly, “You have no idea how malicious and accursed this divine sword is towards its master. It will only bring forth tragedies and sorrows to all its masters. I will advise you to give it up before its accursed fate gets to you.”
Shen Xingyue laughed softly, “You really think I am just a child to believe in this fairytale? If I surrender the Blue Heavens to you, do you think you are able to wield it? Or don’t tell me the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan has a way of using the Blue Heavens without falling victim to it?”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage said coldly, “We will of course seal the Blue Heavens in a secure place. This, you do not have to worry too much.”
He paused for a while as he gave a cold smile, “Unless of course, you think that you are able to stop us from seizing back the Blue Heavens. Even if your friends have divine swords in their hands, do they think they are able to stop the three of us? Do you think they can do so without losing their very own lives?”
Yi Ping sighed softly.
Even though his sigh was light but it was like a cool refreshing breeze that immediately seize the attention of everyone, lifting the heavy sword auras of the three Immortal Sword Sages!
The three Immortal Sword Sages were startled that a lowly celestial practitioner could actually dissipate their Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura in such a causal manner even though it lasts briefly!
The Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura was an epitome level of the Infinitude Energy Skill, representing one of the highest embodiments in energies mastery. In the Celestial Realm, the Six Ley Infinitude Sword Aura was one of the most epitome divine skills and the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan was renowned for its sword energies techniques!
Yi Ping said firmly with righteous fire in his eyes, “It is no difference from stealing. It is what a hooligan will do and not what a respected celestial is expected to do. Is there no righteousness in the Celestial Realm?”
All three Immortal Sword Sages and all the celestials were startled by Yi Ping’s remarks! It was because no one dares to be disrespectful to the three Immortal Sword Sages!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “You are scolding us? You are saying we are hooligans? Very good! Very good! No one has dared to be disrespect to us for a long time. Those that did are no longer living. You know very well that the Blue Heavens Divine Sword is the Heritage Artifact of the Infinity Sword Clan and you are flipping black to white with your reasoning!”
Yi Ping said casually, “This, I really do not know!”
That was the truth. He had always assumed that Shen Xingyue was in possession of the Blue Heavens Divine Sword.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was a highly attained celestial and he was not someone who could be easily be moved by anger but Yi Ping casual reply had a somewhat upsetting effect on him as he said coldly, “I have three swords on my back. One is a precious sword, one is a steel sword and the other is a wooden sword. At first, I require a precious sword to guide my sword energies. Eventually I am able to discard the precious sword and use an ordinary steel sword. Over time, my proficiency in sword energies is so mastery that I am able to use a wooden sword. Finally, I am able to cast away the wooden sword and use my fingers.”
Not only Yi Ping was startled by his proclamations, all the other celestials were taken aback as well! It was because the mere act of generating sword energy was extremely difficult. It not only required a high level of energy mediation, it also required a precious sword in order to focus the vital energies of the practitioner into the lethal power of the sword energies!
When vital energy was materialized as sword energy, it literally became a destructive energy. The sword was a conduit to channel the destructive energy known as ‘Sword Energy’ before it was materialized from the invisible form to the visible form. However, sword energy was so destructive at the point of creation that it was known to destroy the practitioner. That was why it was important to imbue the sword energy with a precious sword so as to make the channeling easier or else when the sword shattered, the practitioner would be the first to perish!
And the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage seemed to be suggesting that he was able to use sword energies with his fingers!
What an extraordinary feat!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage raised his fingers into a sword finger stance as he said coldly, “Young man if you want to die, all by means try.”
Yi Ping replied calmly as he displayed the Heaven Stance of the Divine Horizon Hands, “I am not only going to try, I am also going to kick you all out of the hall!”
Shen Xingyue was startled as she quickly used the Great Whispering Skill, whispering to Yi Ping, “Ping’Er, this is my destiny. They are here for the Blue Heavens Divine Sword. It is true that that I have taken this sword from Zuo Tianyi. These three old men are unfathomable. Even though they are impudent but at least they are reasonable to give me a choice…”
At the same time, Lele, Yixian, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess were also whispering to Yi Ping with the Great Whispering Skill as they raised the same concerns as Shen Xingyue; these three old men were all unfathomable exponents!
“You really think they will go away just like this?” A soft whisper could be heard by Yi Ping, Shen Xingyue, Lele, Yixian, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and the Ascension Goddess at the same time, startling them!
They could actually hear her voice at the same time?!
Yi Ping knew that she was using her Great Listening Skill, a feat that she had made known to him. But she could actually whisper to all of them at the same time without alerting the others!
Lele whispered with her Great Whispering Skill, “Good Sister! You can hear us? What type of internal martial skill is this? Teach me…”
The Ascension Goddess and Yixian were suddenly flushing! It was because they did not know that someone else could actually eavesdrop on them all this while when they muttered their sweet nothings to Yi Ping!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy was astounded as she realized that the Heaveness was actually whispering to all of them at the same time without alerting their opponents! In a fight, this was an extremely huge advantage over her other opponents! And judging by her Great Whispering Skill, her internal strength was extremely pure and concise!
Yixian, Lele, the Stellar Heaven Fairy, Shen Xingyue and the Ascension Goddess were all internal martial art experts. The Great Whispering Skill was an internal martial skill that required a pure internal strength and extremely hard to master, enabling them to whisper their soft voice to the ears of the receiver only.
This actually required a great deal of focus and effort and in a fight was almost impossible to use!
But the Heaveness could actually use the Great Whispering Skill on all of them at the same time!
Yi Ping, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lie Qing, Youxue and Yunzi were aware of this secret epitome skill but they were incapable of using it. They were in awe of Lingfeng.
What else could Yi Ping do except to smile bitterly to himself?
He thought, “Only she can talk to me, I am unable to convey my thoughts to her. If it is a martial shouting contest, I can definitely do better…”
All of a sudden, Yi Ping noticed that Lingfeng was looking at him with a amused smile. He was startled as he thought, “She can hear my thoughts? No, that is impossible…it is a just a coincidence. No one can hear a person’s inner thoughts…”
Lingfeng could indeed hear his thoughts! She was amused as she thought, “Hmph! You really think I want to listen to your disturbing thoughts all the time?”
While she was thinking, she had also seated herself on the throne casually, lifting her leg over the other as she yawned softly.
Yi Ping, the Universal Old Man, the other maidens and the other celestials were all looking at her. To their startled surprise, the heavy suffocating sword aura seemed to have totally dissipated!
The three Immortal Sword Sages were stunned that this alluring serene maiden was able to dissipate their powerful Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura with such a casual movement! Her state of divinity was simply unbelievable!
The alluring maiden who had seated herself at the throne seemed to be radiating a mystique aura; a serene force immediately distinguished her from the others!
Immediately, the other celestials had suddenly realized that she was an Ancient Celestial!
The Ascension Goddess had immediately thought, “So that is your true aura? The aura of the Heaveness?”
The Ascension Goddess had acute innate energy sense. When she had met Yi Ping, she immediately knew that he was unusual and that Lingfeng was an Ancient Celestial. While she was not surprised by her state of divinity displayed, she was still incredulous that the powerful Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura could be dissipated with such little effort! It was because the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura was similar to her Despairing Aura. Unless their opponents could find a way to neutralize the deadly auras, their fighting capabilities would be impeded. In a critical fight, this was fatal!
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly as she brandished her Despairing Heaven Sword, “Disrespectful fools. My sister, the Fiery Phoenix is a Supreme Celestial of the Holy Ascension Sect and you are so bold to threaten a Supreme Celestial of the Holy Ascension Sect? Even she allows it, I will not.”
When the three Immortal Sword Sages saw her divine sword, they immediately knew who she was!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said solemnly, “So it is the Ascension Goddess of the Holy Ascension Sect. While I have never heard of the Fiery Phoenix but your reputation in the Celestial Realm is simply horrid and your attitude is really insolent. It is time for us to teach the junior some lessons. There is always a sage above a sage and a heaven above a heaven!”
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “You think that just the three of you are able to teach me a lesson? You still a long way from that! Maybe if you manage to ask the Immortal Saint of Swords to come out of his retreat, only then I will be fearful. Why don’t the three of you have a go at the same time?”
She was actually fearful but this battle was actually also a psychology contest and a battle of the wits as they fought to gain the mental edge over one another. When she saw the Heaveness had actually dissipated their deadly Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura, she was emboldened!
The Three Immortal Sword Sages were moved to anger by her insolence. It was obvious that their martial skills were above her.
Before the rest of the celestials had recovered from the stunning display of Lingfeng, they were stunned once more by the bold declarations of the Ascension Goddess!
Many of the visiting celestials were shaking their heads in disbelief.
They were all top martial exponents. How could they not know how deadly the three Immortal Sword Sages were? Even though the three Immortal Sword Sages were not ranked among the top celestials in the new celestial ranking, their sword techniques were considered to be unfathomed and many of their challengers had failed to return. And that included a former number one celestial fighter!
Their golden eyes were also extremely piercing, striking fear in the hearts of the celestials. That spoke volumes of their martial level; even before the battle had started, the victor had already been decided!
Yi Ping was already gasping as he stared at their piercing golden eyes.
Even though their deadly powerful Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Auras were suppressed, that was just one of the many forms of their Six Negative Ley Infinitude Energy Intricacy Skill!
When Yi Ping was looking at them he saw the materialization of their ‘Sword Intents’ taking an invisible form that could be seen by him, how every stroke of his would be dismantle and countered, resulting in his death!
He broke into a cold shiver, as did many of the celestials at the same time!
The deadly killing malevolent airs of the three Immortal Sword Sages were everywhere now. The Ascension Goddess had succeeded in provoking them!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “It has been a long time since I have exhibited my killing intent.”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage gave a cold smile, “Indeed! At our state of divinity, all our strokes no matter how light are fatal.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage sighed softly, “Someone is courting her own death. Xuan Kong, you have heard her. Do don’t blame us. Or you may want to join forces with her?”
Xuan Kong was caught in a dilemma!
He was opposed to the union between the Ascension Goddess and Yi Ping. To him, she was perfect and no mere celestials or men were worthy of her. He had actually feared for her because the Holy Ascension Sect had no room for traitors and there were many powerful reclusive celestials in the Holy Ascension Sect. The Ascension Goddess had only been in the Celestial Realm for a mere hundred years and may not have an idea how the elders of the Holy Ascension Sect regarded traitors.
At the same time, he was an elder of the Holy Ascension Sect and also a subordinate of hers. It was because Supreme Celestials in the Holy Ascension Sect had a special ranking. He remembered how the Ascension Goddess had saved them on numerous occasions and also the numerous difficult battles that they had been through.
All of a sudden, he laughed aloud. “I am with the Ascension Goddess of course! The Holy Ascension Sect has always been united against external foes!”
Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You hummed at the same time as they proclaimed proudly, “We are all behind the Ascension Goddess!”
The Ascension Goddess was secretly touched in her heart as she muttered, “Everyone…”
Even Yi Ping was moved. He was someone that could be easily moved by brotherhoods and the righteousness of the fraternity. He immediately raised his thumb up and exclaimed aloud, “Good!”
Shen Xingyue had moved quietly beside to the Ascension Goddess as she said quietly, “You don’t have to take the rap for me. This is after all my battle. But…thank you!”
The Ascension Goddess gave a modest smile, “So…we are sisters?”
Shen Xingyue smiled faintly, “Of course we are. This is the first time we have battle together on the same side? To think that this may be our last.”
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage smiled coldly, “It seems that this battle is inevitable. I wonder how many will die today?”
Yi Ping interrupted as he had already stepped forward, “I don’t care how strong you are but I will not give up without a fight.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage raised his eyebrows, “You want to fight us with your bare hands? That is suicide against our sword energies! You need at least a precious sword in order to come within three yards of me. Give it up!”
Yi Ping said, “If that is my destiny, so be it!”
Almost as soon as he had finished it, Lie Qing and Lele had stepped beside him at the same time as they brandished the White Phoenix and the Divine Echo divine swords!
Lie Qing smiled sweetly at him, “I have my Perpetual Darkness Divine Sword now. You can use the White Phoenix Divine Sword. I will fight alongside you!”
Lele stroked her long hair slowly as she said gently, looking melancholy. “Ping’Er, here is the Divine Echo. Use it well. With two divine swords, you don’t have to fear their sword auras!”
Yi Ping muttered, “Qing’Er…Lele…”
The three Immortal Sword Sages and many of the celestials were startled to learn the names of the White Phoenix and the Divine Echo. That included Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You!
The Deadly Wanderer could not help muttering, “Aren’t these divine swords the Heritage Artifact of the Melody Palace? Why are they here?”
Immediately at the mention of the Melody Palace, more of the celestials were startled as they reacted nervously!
It was because while many of the celestials were still practicing celestials in the lower realm, they had heard of the three divine swords and the Celestial Star Annihilating Formation of the Melody Palace! The Melody Palace was one of the major celestial clan in the lower realm. Even though the Melody Palace had ceased to exist in the upper realm and was not a major celestial power now, their legacies still survived.
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage murmured, “It is really the divine swords of the Melody Palace. So you are all from the Melody Palace?”
Lele replied coldly, “That’s right!”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage hummed coldly, “No one can use wield two divine swords. The nature of the divine swords itself inhibited their use. Forcefully trying to wield two divine swords will only result in severe internal injuries and even cause a permanent deterioration of the practitioner’s martial skills even if he has survived. You are just harming him with your ignorant actions…”
While he was still rebuking them, Yi Ping picked up the two divine swords from Lie Qing and Lele. Immediately, there were two halos from the two divine swords!
The Immortal Sword Aegis was startled, “That’s impossible…”
All the other celestials were gasping and they were equally stunned!
Yi Ping said quietly, “Why the talk? If we are going to fight, so be it.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis took a quiet look at the other two Immortal Sword Sages. They were secretly wary of the presence of the eight divine swords. Moreover, they had to gauge the martial level of their opponents and at the same time, preserving the good reputation of their celestial clan by offering options to them.
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage quickly tried to change the conversation by pointing at Yixian the Celestial Fairy who was standing beside Lingfeng as he asked, “Then the identity of that last divine sword is the Heavenly Earth Divine Sword?”
All this while, Yixian and Lingfeng had been secretly exchanging whispers to each other with their Great Whispering Skill.
When all the celestials had turned their attention to them, they were all immediately mesmerized by their heavenly faint smiles and glorious radiance, which seemed to be manifesting with increasing heart stopping effect!
All of a sudden, one of the celestials immediately coughed out blood!
Immediately, several of the celestials were all closing their eyes. This was really too much for them! Some of the celestials were practitioners of the emotionless heart intricacies. When they were moved by emotions, their vital energies would reverse and that resulted in internal injuries!
The Celestial Fairy said gently as she nodded towards the Stellar Heaven Fairy, “That’s right. We are all from the Melody Palace. And this is my protégé mistress, the Stellar Heaven Fairy. My incarnation name is Revelation Star but I am now known as the Celestial Fairy. And indeed, the sword in my hand is the Heavenly Earth Sword.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sword smiled weakly, “How did you manage to bring these three accursed divine swords to the Celestial Realm?”
But before Yixian could reply him, Lingfeng laughed softly, “It seems that you have all forgotten about me. I don’t think knowing how the three divine swords are in the Celestial Realm is the priority question, am I right?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “I have not forgotten about you. Even if you are an Ancient Celestial, there are no opponents that can survive our sword formation. No one at all. With our present level of celestial divinity, I am afraid that even the Ancient Celestials may not be able to match us.”
Lingfeng replied calmly with a gently smile, “I didn’t say I am going to give them a hand, am I right? That may not be necessary at all.”
She smiled to Yixian and the Heaven Stellar Fairy, “Am I right, sister?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy sighed softly, “We have been expecting everyone. But as an added precaution, I have instructed my former protégés on the secret intricacies of the formations of the Melody Palace and have it created in this place.”
All the celestials had turned pale!
It was because the Melody Palace was renowned for one celestial formation and it was the most deadly of all known formations, a celestial killing formation!
Everyone was suddenly nervous!
Yixian looked at the three Immortal Sword Sages with equally piercing cold gaze as she said gently and unhurriedly, “What is so great with the sword formation of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan? You didn’t realize that you are all within the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation?”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:41:25 GMT
Chapter 96: The Immortal Saint of Swords
“You didn’t realize that you are all within the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation?”
The minute the Celestial Fairy had made her proclamations, it struck everyone like a thunderbolt and many of the celestials were either staggering backward or provoked with teething rage!
The Northern Tyrant shouted thunderous, “You have lured us into a trap so as to get rid of us! Despicable!”
The Deadly Wanderer stammered, “Hero Yi Ping, this is a trap? Some of us didn’t mean to offend you. You know that this is the upper realm and not the lower realm. Killing us is detrimental to your future attainment…”
Xuan Kong laughed aloud, “So the Immortal Sword Sages, what do you say?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said grimly, “When the Celestial Star Annihilating Formation is initiated, none of us will survive. Is there a need to move on to such extremes?”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said gently, “The Celestial Star Annihilating Formation is a defensive formation against even the most powerful celestials. You have come into the Celestial Star Annihilating Formation on your own accord and there is no one to blame for your own predicament.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “What if we kill you before you can initiate the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation? This is a small hall after all.”
He had quickly composed himself and after a quick analysis, he had garnered that this could be just a bluff!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy smiled, “You can try but are you willing to bet the lives of all the celestials here?”
Several of the visiting celestials quickly said, “Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, you are betting our lives for something so trifle. Surely, there is still some room for discussion?”
All of a sudden, a celestial that was closed to the main hall bolted out!
This celestial was renowned for his swiftness movement skill and while they were still undecided, he had decided to flee first! Surely with his swiftness movement skill, fleeing was not a problem for him and it was not too late now…
He just needed a blink of an eye to reach the main entrance but before he could reach the exit, the chubby old man who was behind Yi Ping all this while was already at the exit!
This celestial was startled as he muttered, “How did…when did he…”
But before he could react, the Universal Old Man had raised his sleeves and said unhurriedly, “Back!”
A torrential windforce burst forth from the entrance of the hall and swept everyone further into the hall, uprooting and sending the ground tiles flying in all directions!
The poor celestial was startled. As soon as he was caught by the torrential windforce, he was seized by a powerful force that immediately cracked his ribs and knocking him backward!
That was not the end!
The Immortal Sword Sages and all the celestials that were closest to the hall had all either crumbled to the ground or were trembling with shock after they had tried to deflect the flying tiles!
The Immortal Sword Aegis’ fingers were still trembling after he had used his sword fingers to deflect the flying tiles while the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had just coughed out a bout of fresh blood!
All the other celestials turned pale immediately!
It was because that unfortunate celestial that had tried to flee was known as the Ironclad Reverend. His Divine Ironclad Skill was impervious to martial force yet this seemingly harmless old man had tossed him so easily into the air and had even injured him!
That was not all. For that old man to injure two of the Immortal Sword Sages, his martial level must be in the ultra powerful list of celestial exponents!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage asked respectfully, “Senior, you are an Ancient Celestial? May we know your celestial name? We don’t mean to intrude on your quiet mediation but it is important that the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan has the Blue Heavens back. It belongs to us since antiquity.”
The Universal Old Man pretended to act haughty as he said coolly, “I have long retired so there is no need for you to know my celestial name. However I am acquainted with the Immortal Saint of Swords and won’t be harsh towards you.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage asked, “You know the Immortal Saint of Swords?”
The Universal Old Man grinned, “Of course I know him. He is one of the seven most powerful celestials in the past. He is an Ancient Celestial just like me.”
Lingfeng laughed softly but her soft laughter echoed in everyone’s ears, “Old Man, you can no longer resist making a move? These little juniors are getting on your nerves?”
All the visiting celestials were quiet. They had suddenly remembered that they were in the presence of two Ancient Celestials and from the martial display of the old man, they were no ordinary Ancient Celestials!
The Universal Old Man protested, “This is after all, my protégé’s wedding day. I have no wish for anyone to spoil such an auspicious day…”
The Ascension Goddess looked at Lingfeng and all of a sudden, she had a mischievous smile. “Universal Old Man, thank you…Oops…I really forget…”
Lingfeng and the Universal Old Man were startled as they looked at the Ascension Goddess.
All of a sudden, the hall exploded into a flurry of loud chatter that took quite a long while to die away.
It was because the Universal Old Man was one of the seven most powerful celestial fighters long ago!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage shook his head, “There is really someone who is superior and a heaven above a heaven. Senior, it is said that you are a fair person unlike the other celestials. I hope Senior you will give us a fair hearing today!”
The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly as he looked at the Ascension Goddess. He thought, “That is precisely why I don’t want anyone to know who I am…alas! These cunning celestials talk about righteousness only when they require it and talk about might when they can deploy it to their advantage. I want to teach these juniors a lesson a long time ago…”
It seemed that the Ascension Goddess had made an error in judgment. It was not the effect that she had hoped and she was immediately sorry.
Lingfeng comforted her with the Great Whispering Skill, “That is alright. Don’t feel sad about this.”
The Ascension Goddess was comforted as she looked down shyly…
Lingfeng whispered to her companions, “Don’t tell them who I am please. Let this old man handle this himself.”
The Universal Old Man whispered to the Heaveness, “I can’t whisper to everyone like you. You are not helping me?”
Lingfeng whispered with a soft chuckle, “I don’t want to. This is also my wedding day today and I don’t want to dirty my hands or waste my stamina for this.”
The Universal Old Man whispered, “You…! Alas! We have been friends for so long and you are leaving me in a lurch…”
Lingfeng whispered unhappily, “This is nothing that you cannot handle yourself. I haven’t settled my score with you yet. How long have you been peeking at me all this while?”
The Universal Old Man panicky whispered, “This…no wait. I can explain. I did come to you when you have return to the Celestial Realm, am I right…wait…let me settle this first…”
The Universal Old Man cleared his throat as he looked intently at all the visiting celestials, “Oh well…”
All of a sudden, Lingfeng rose from the throne seat as she rose quietly. “Careful everyone…”
Even the Ascension Goddess was trembling as she muttered, “Such strong energy aura. It is as though the entire air is being electrified by this type of sword energy aura…”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage laughed, “It seems that our protégé patriarch is here.”
The Deadly Wanderer stammered, “The Immortal Saint of Swords is here?!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords was also one of the seven most powerful celestials of past antiquity and was the contemporary of the Universal Old Man!
The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly, “Since you are here, why don’t you come in?”
There was a rumbling as the entire floor began to shake as though there was an earthquake!
A thunderous yet gentle voice was reverberating, “I am not deaf or senile. Why should I want to enter the hall knowing that there is a Celestial Star Annihilating Formation that is waiting for me? Moreover, I don’t want to waste my strength fighting two difficult to handle opponents, am I right?”
Everyone was startled at his powerful Thousand Mile Resonant Skill!
This Immortal Saint of Swords was a legendary swordsman in the Celestial Realm and an Ancient Celestial of antiquity. There was a reason why he was ranked among the seven most powerful celestials of past antiquity.
Yi Ping asked, “Senior, may I know what brings you here? Surely you are not here to attend my wedding?”
The Universal Old Man remarked coldly, “He is just too free. If you are a hero, then you should show yourself.”
But the Immortal Saint of Swords ignored the remarks and instead answered, “Why am I here? I am here to retrieve the Blue Heavens Divine Sword. This divine sword is my companion sword for a long time before I have ascended. Therefore you should hand over quietly to the rightful owner.”
Shen Xingyue said quietly, “I have already become one with the Blue Heavens and my future attainment will be severely impaired if I surrender it to you. Moreover, it is I who has brought the Blue Heavens to the Celestial Realm. Who is the undisputed owner is quite obvious. As a highly attain celestial, why don’t you let go of the past? The Blue Heavens don’t belong to you now.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords voice reverberated with thunderous rage, “I have endured countless heavenly tribulations without finding a breakthrough to the Gods’ Realm. Only those that had been that endless cycle understands how frustrating it can be! How many of the original Ancient Celestials are left now? It is just a handful of us! Universal Old Man, Heaveness, do you understand my frustrations?”
The Universal Old Man and the Heaveness had a sudden sorrow in their eyes. How could they not know his frustrations? They had reached the limits of their divinity and would be destroyed by their heavenly tribulations if they could not find a way to ascend soon.
The Heaveness had chosen to end her celestial divinity in the past rather than experienced the deadly heavenly wrath again.
While the Universal Old Man and the Heaveness were lamenting over their failures to overcome their present state of divinity, the visiting celestials were gasping with shock. It was because the Heaveness was also one of the seven most powerful celestials of past antiquity!
The Northern Tyrant, the Deadly Wanderer, the three Immortal Sword Sages and the Four Reverend Elders of the Holy Ascension Sect were also shocked beyond belief; the alluring maiden that was standing so elegantly was actually the Heaveness!
This was the second time that they were stunned consecutively. Knowing that this old man was actually the Universal Old Man was the first stunner and knowing that this alluring maiden was the Heaveness was the seconder stunner!
Many of the visiting celestials were smiling bitterly now and wished that they had not come after all. It seemed that they were all caught in a titanic battle between two major factions now!
Lingfeng the Heaveness said quietly, “I am sure that you will not give up so easily on the Blue Heavens but at the same time even though you may have the ability to break the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation, you are reluctant to waste your martial strength to do so.”
The Immortal Sword of Saints reverberated, “That’s right. I don’t wish to waste my martial strength to break a celestial formation as formidable as the Celestial Star Annihilation unless it is to save my clan protégés and at the same time, I don’t wish to fight the two of you yet. I am sure you don’t wish to either. It is because the Stellar Sanctuary is descending soon and we are hoping to conserve as much strength as possible for it.”
The visiting celestials that did not know that the Stellar Sanctuary was descending were startled and were gasping in astonishment!
Only the most powerful celestials were able to divine the next coming of the Stellar Sanctuary. And if the Immortal Sword of Saints had proclaimed it then it must surely be true! That was what the visiting celestials were thinking!
The Heaveness said quietly, “So if you don’t wish to fight us but at the same time you want the Blue Heavens, so what are you proposing?”
There was a loud thunderous laughter as the Immortal Sword of Saints laughed aloud, sending shockwaves of his martial force throughout the hall.
After a while, his voice reverberated, “Easy. The affairs of the martial fraternity should be settled only by the rules of the martial fraternity, am I right?”
The Heaveness sighed softly, “You are suggesting that we settle it with a duel? You are the Immortal Saint of Swords. How many in the Celestial Realm is your match?”
That was the truth and not any flattering.
The Immortal Saint of Swords laughed aloud, “I don’t intend to waste my divine strength yet I don’t intend to give up the Blue Heavens. And the elder protégés of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan are not willing to give it up either. How about this? If you can defeat the three Immortal Sword Sages then I will give up the Blue Heavens. But if your side loses, then you must surrender the Blue Heavens Divine Sword willingly. What do you say?”
The Heaveness said, “That’s all? Will it be a three versus three fight or we have three duels to determine the outcome?”
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed, “We have three duels to determine the outcome but the Universal Old Man, you and that Yi Ping must not get involved at all.”
The Universal Old Man interrupted aloud, “I can understand for the Heaveness and I but Yi Ping?! Don’t tell me you fear my protégé Yi Ping or the Immortal Sword Sages are only capable of fighting against the fairer sex?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage muttered, “This…”
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed aloud, “There is no fairer sex or weaker sex in the martial fraternity and in the celestial fraternity. Only strong and weak opponents. If you underestimate your opponents then death awaits you.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage quickly said solemnly, “Junior I, awaits grand patriarch instructions!”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said at the same time, “Junior I too, will awaits further for grand patriarch instructions!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords laughed aloud and his echoes shook the grand hall, “Good! Good! Life and death is predestined. If anyone falls in battle today, then it is his or her fate!”
Yi Ping exclaimed angrily, “There are no reasons why I cannot join in the duel! I will rather fight in all three duels than watch my love ones get hurt in front of me!”
Immediately, almost all the maidens were either clenching their hands to their bosoms or were gasping, touched deeply by Yi Ping.
Yu’Er said aloud, “Master Yi Ping, we will take care. Moreover, we only need to win two out of three times for a complete victory. We do have some strong exponents on our side!”
Mei’Er smiled tenderly, “That’s right. Don’t we have Sister Qing’Er, the Ascension Goddess and our protégés mistress the Celestial Fairy here? I really don’t believe that they can gain much advantage over us!”
The Ascension Goddess smiled bitterly as she thought, “These three Immortal Sword Sages aren’t as easy to deal with even if we are all armed with divine swords…”
Yi Ping shouted defiantly and his eyes were burning with the fire of righteousness, “What is the reason why I cannot be involved in the duel? Unless I am given a good reason, I am not convinced at all!”
Lingfeng muttered, “Yi Ping…”
Lele asked, “Yes, I am curious to know why too!”
Dugu Yunzi asked quietly, “The Universal Old Man and the Heaveness I can understand why. But why is Ping’Er being excluded from the duels?”
All the visiting celestials were curious as well!
Xuan Kong said, “We need some enlightenment as well!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed solemnly, “That is because he is an epitome celestial exponent. If he joins, then this fight won’t be fair at all.”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “This is the first time that someone calls me an epitome celestial exponent. This is something that I don’t even know myself!”
The Universal Old Man laughed, “My protégé is an epitome celestial exponent? How can’t I am not aware of it at all?”
The Ascension Goddess was secretly startled…
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed coldly, “Eyes can be deceiving but there are certain things that cannot be hidden. Earlier, his martial shout can actually dissipated the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Auras. Do you have any idea how refine the negative sword energies of the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Auras is? That is not something a mere celestial can dissipate at any time!”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “Maybe I was just being lucky…”
The Immortal Saint of Swords laughed and the entire hall shook again, “Lucky?! That is true divine strength! If you have exercised your martial power, the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Auras won’t be able to harm you at all. Moreover much earlier you have displayed the Asper Continuum Horizon Hands, not once, not twice but five times! I am afraid that even the most powerful celestial is unable to display this technique more than three times consecutively!”
Yi Ping was startled, “You know the name of my Asper Continuum Horizon Hands?!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed regretfully, “The techniques of the Horizon Heaven Clan. How do I not know? I am acquainted with your clan patriarch in the past. He is an Ancient Celestial too but he had perished in the Stellar Sanctuary a long time ago. All the secret epitome techniques of the Horizon Hands are extremely draining. That is its weakness. If you met an opponent that is on par with you and if you are unable to overcome him with the Divine Horizon Hands, then death only awaits you!”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “Since I have such a weakness, then you shouldn’t have forbid me to join in the duels.”
Lele agreed and she said coldly, “That’s right! Don’t tell me you have a merciful heart. I don’t believe it.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords was humming coldly and his chilling aura could be felt, “Anyone that exerts their martial strength won’t recover this quick. Moreover, exertion of martial strength takes a far longer time to recuperate. But this Yi Ping, look at him. He doesn’t seem to be exerted at all and is looking as fresh and spirited as before!”
Yi Ping was startled as he thought, “That’s right. Earlier, after I have used the Asper Continuum, I really felt so exhausted. But now, it seems as though that I have never used the Asper Continuum at all…”
All the maidens were all startled! They had all failed to notice it!
The Universal Old Man was muttering, “That’s right…”
Yi Ping’s martial force had long evolved into the Absolute Equilibrium Force which had the effect of replenishing his martial power and vital energies at a rapid rate! However, most high level celestials like the Universal Old Man, the Heaveness, the Immortal Sword Sages, the Immortal Saint of Swords, the Northern Tyrant, Shen Xingyue etc. all possessed the ability to replenish their martial power fairly quickly.
However, the very act of replenishing the martial strength of the practitioner would consume a great deal of mental energies and tired the practitioner. So between replenishing of martial strength, fighting against physical exhaustion and fighting against mental exhaustion were itself a delicate balance between these three conditions!
The skill of the Heaveness, the Divine Invigorate was a martial skill that could regain the mental strength of the practitioner, lessening the effects of physical exhaustion. However without rest and time to recuperate, there could only slow down mental exhaustion.
But Yi Ping was still looking spirited as though he had just been rested!
What were his limits?
The Ascension Goddess had a sudden thought and she was gasping, “Can it be…”
A thought had struck her, “Can it be the Forget Affection Wine?”
Yi Ping had an overdose of the deadly Forget Affection Wine. While it was true that the Forget Affection Wine could boost the practitioner’s vital energies, only a moderate consumption was to be recommended for an overdose would not only bring harm, it could also burn out the vital energies of the practitioner and crippled the practitioner martial skills permanently!
When Yi Ping had an overdose of the deadly Forget Affection Wine, his life was in mortal danger. It was only with the intervention of both the Ascension Goddess and the Celestial Fairy that they were able to save him!
It so happened that the Icy Heavenly Tears of the Celestial Fairy and the Despairing Aura of the Ascension Goddess were both extremely pure negative energies skill that they could neutralize the burning fires of the pure fiery positive energies of the Forget Affection Wine. If Yi Ping only had the aid of one, then he would still be in mortal danger. Even if he survives the ordeal, his martial skills would be impaired permanently.
Because the Celestial Fairy and the Ascension Goddess were also chaste maidens, they not only managed to save Yi Ping, they had also received the benefits of the Forget Affection Wine as well! However, at this moment of time they did not know of it yet. They only did what they could do to save Yi Ping and did not know of it. Moreover, there was no precedent in what Yi Ping did!
A combination of factors and a combination of epitome skills like the Absolute Spirits Heart Intricacy Formula and the Forget Affection Wine had transformed Yi Ping’s potential and the pureness of his vital Absolute Equilibrium Force to a completely new level of attainment that even Yi Ping was not aware of!
The Immortal Saint of Swords echoed again, “Moreover, have you ever seen anyone like him that can wield two divine swords at the same time?”
Everyone was startled and were all looking at Yi Ping curiously…
But Yi Ping quickly said, “Divine swords are rare. It doesn’t mean others can’t wield two divine swords if just a few practitioners had tried and could not.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords seemed to be losing his patient as he thundered aloud, “So shall we proceed with the duels then?”
YI Ping protested, “I didn’t say I agree…”
Lingfeng interrupted, “Yi Ping, this may be the only peaceful way out. We may not lose.”
Shen Xingyue smiled, “Ping’Er, I am the cause of this and I should be the one ending it. Say no more.”
Yi Ping muttered, “Xingyue…”
Yixian said gently, “Ping’Er, don’t worry for us. I am content to be with you no matter how brief. I…”
She was suddenly flushing and Lie Qing was laughing softly, “Oh my sister, you…!”
But she quickly added, “Ping’Er, have you no confident in us?”
Yi Ping was suddenly flustered when he noticed that Lie Qing was smiling tenderly at him as he stammered, “No, no…”
Lie Qing smiled coyly, “Let’s us settle in this manner then!”
Yi Ping sighed softly, “That not what I mean…”
Lele said gently, “Yi Ping, don’t worry alright? Or else we can’t concentrate on the strong foes.”
Yi Ping sighed as he realized the seriousness of his hesitation, “Be careful then…”
But he was secretly determined to intervene in the duels!
Lie Qing laughed softly, “So who among us will go first?”
Dugu Yunzi had suddenly stepped forward, “I will be the first then!”
Yi Ping was startled and so were the rest!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had already stepped forward as he said coldly, “I will be your opponent then!”
Lie Qing was stunned as she quickly said, “Sister Yun, I will take your place. Go back please!”
But Dugu Yunzi said quietly, “There is no turning back. Moreover, I don’t wish to stay in the shadows of everyone. There is no room for the weak in the Stellar Sanctuary.”
Yi Ping stammered, “Yunzi wait please! I don’t want to lose you…”
Dugu Yunzi smiled as she drawn out her precious sword, “Ping’Er if you honor me, you have to respect my choice…”
Yi Ping was trembling nonstop and his face was wetted with his hot tears, “Yunzi…”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:42:55 GMT
Chapter 97: The Infinity Swordplay vs. the Virtuous Swordplay
All the visiting celestials were looking at this lovely and demure maiden now who had stepped quietly forward. It was as though they had noticed her for the first time.
She had dull expressionless eyes but there was unfathomable intelligence within her eyes as well.
They could scarcely believe their ears and eyes when they heard her quiet firm proclamations to duel with the Immortal Sword Sages!
The Immortal Sword Sages were not only Golden Celestials but they were all ancient as well and were all at least a seventh tier celestial while this lovely maiden who carried herself with an air of magnificent dignity was only a celestial practitioner that had only reached the Emotion Level.
By all accounts, she was just an insignificant practicing celestial that possessed no threat to these mighty Golden Celestials! Even if she had a divine sword, it did not matter to these Golden Celestials. The level and power difference between them were simply too vast!
But at the same time, Yunzi was the type that could attract the attention of all the others if she made any slight move. It did not matter if she was surrounded by other extraordinary beauties! If she was alone, her extraordinary beauty would surely radiate like a rainbow!
All of a sudden, the visiting celestials were all looking at her with an extraordinary appraisal. They had suddenly noticed that this maiden had a virtuous air around her, instantly attracting their attention. They began to notice that even though she was dressed in ordinary gray attire which was devoid of any jewelries, the arrangements of her dress was extremely particular and tidy. Even her long hair was tied into many beautiful knots and with an elegant design.
Keen observers would notice that this arrangement was not simply an artistic design or arrangement and it was not easy to be loosened during a battle!
Many of the visiting celestials were highly attained and were not interested in any Dual Celestial Practice. But somehow the elegant quiet Yunzi had the effect of making them had that second thought as they stared blankly at her delicate features and every single small movement!
Even the Northern Tyrant who was not interested in any Dual Celestial Practice was secretly thinking of bedding her and ruining this virtuous maiden. Maybe that was why Yunzi had always been attracting the wrong attentions but it was also precisely for the same reason that Yi Ping had been attracted to her quiet yet compelling air!
Yunzi blinked at Yi Ping as she said gently, “Ping’Er, don’t cry. Knowing you is the happiest day of my life and moreover, the outcome is still undetermined.”
Yi Ping muttered, “Yunzi...please reconsider…”
Even the Deadly Wanderer was saying, “Maiden, maybe you can reconsider. I am sure that the three Immortal Sword Sages are all eminent practitioners. They surely will not mind if you back off of your words!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were still recovering from the startled shock. They tried to reach to her with their Dual Inertness Intricacy but it was a complete blank.
They always had difficulty deciphering Yunzi’s emotions. Yunzi was very quiet and her state of divinity was as tranquil as the Celestial Fairy, who was their protégé mistress. Even in the direst of situations, Yunzi was able to maintain her level-headed.
Lingfeng was secretly trembling but she quickly recovered her composure before anyone had noticed her. She had a sudden frightening thought, “Is Yunzi planning to sacrifice herself for our sake?”
She had been through many battles with Yunzi. Among all the maidens, Yunzi was perhaps the most virtuous among them all. She was cool, well-liked, intelligent and self-sacrificing. There were many key battles that without Yunzi to make the first decisive move, they would have either lost or would have completely lost their courage!
In short, they had grown to be dependent for her support and she was certainly not the weakest among them!
Yunzi was a quiet maiden but in a fight, she was the most analytical and the most observant. She was the type that was willing to sacrifice for her friends and using herself as their shields to unravel the opponents’ loopholes and weakness.
This had happened too many times and Yi Ping was trembling nonstop silently, “Yunzi, are you planning to sacrifice yourself so that the others can witness the sword strokes of the Immortal Sword Sages?!”
Xiao Youxue was gasping, “Sister!”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage hummed coldly to Yunzi, “Maiden, you are simply overrating yourself!”
Yunzi lifted her eyes and looked sharply at the Immortal Sword Blitz, “Senior, I know that your finger stance is particular powerful and is more than a match for my precious sword.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was secretly startled at her unwavering pose. It was because she was just a lowly celestial practitioner; even for most Golden Celestials, it was hard for them to maintain an unwavering pose under his watchful gaze.
So he waited for her to finish first as he was suddenly interested to hear what she was going to say.
When Yunzi saw that the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was quiet, she took it as a signal for her to continue, “Your Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Aura is already so overwhelming and your internal strength is also superior to me. Is that so?”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage nodded quietly.
Yunzi had correctly pointed out their martial differences!
All the visiting celestials were completely allured by Yunzi’s captivating voice. It was as though she had a mesmerizing hold on everyone!
Yi Ping had suddenly remembered the scene when he had first met her. She also had the same similar mesmerizing hold on everyone back then!
Yunzi added, “This is a duel and there are rules to state what type of challenges it will be right?”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage smiled bitterly, “Maiden, if you want to challenge me to poetry or an art contest then will it be considered a martial contest?”
Yunzi replied assuring, “It will be a martial contest of course. After all, affairs of the martial fraternity are best to settle with the strength of our martial arts. If Senior does not mind at all, shall we have a contest on who has the superior swordplay? What do you think?
All the visiting celestials, Yi Ping, the Universal Old Man and the other maidens were all stunned. Swordplay was the undisrupted strength of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was renowned for his epitome swordplay!
He was known as the Immortal Sword Blitz Sword because of his extremely fast swordplay that could end the lives of his opponents in a blink of an eye. Unless the celestial practitioner had at least reached the Transverse Level, it was impossible to catch the slightest movement of his first stroke!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage asked coldly, “You are sure?”
Yunzi asked, “You dare not?”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage roared with laughter, “Young maiden, I accept your challenge. But remember, swords are blind and I cannot promise you that I may restraint myself. I will treat you as an equally respectable opponent and don’t expect me to give any leeway to you.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was not someone who would underestimate his opponents or treat his opponents lightly. Or else, he would not be able to survive this long and became a Sword Sage!
In short, there was no chance that Yunzi would be able to exploit his momentarily carelessness!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage asked, “Your name and clan?”
Yunzi replied, “Your junior name is Dugu Yunzi. I am from the Sacred Divine Clan. It is but a lowly status clan in the lower realm and is not worth mentioning.”
Indeed, no one here had heard of the Sacred Divine Clan!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage raised his fingers forward as he said, “Good! I will remember your name. I will give you the benefit of the first move!”
Yunzi nodded as she unsheathed her long precious sword and displayed a sword stance, “Then I shall not decline then!”
She inhaled a deep breath of vital energies and immediately four wisps of bluish spheres could be seen around her!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage said coldly, “The Invincible Divine Force! Unfortunately, your attainment of this divine skill is too slowly to threaten me. At most, you will be able to protect yourself from my sword energies…”
All of a sudden, Yunzi had raised her long beaming sword into danced into a zigzag display on him!
This type of swordplay attack was called the Darting Swallow Attack and was an extremely difficult maneuver to execute but Yunzi had executed it flawlessly!
Yunzi’s first attack had missed the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage of course but she responded by displaying the Darting Swallow Attack again, realigning her attacks on the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage instantly!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was impressed by her swordplay to say, “Good attack!”
But this type of attack had too many weaknesses and exposed her vulnerability. While he was praising her attack moves, he had raised his fingers to stab her with his sword fingers!
In a blink of an eye, the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage sword fingers were on her!
Yi Ping, many of the maidens and many of the visiting celestials were gasping anxiously for Yunzi! It was because the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage attacking moves were too fast that they could not even see clearly!
Yi Ping had to focus with his Absolute Spirit and the highest level of his Emptiness Translucent to get the slightest sight of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage’s attacks!
Yunzi had imbued the Invincible Divine Force on her left palm and had blocked off the sword fingers of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage!
Not once, but twice, thrice!
As Yunzi blocked the attacks of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage, her vital energies were starting to reverse; it was because the sword energies and martial power of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage were really too powerful!
As the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and Yunzi began to exchange their sword and fingers furiously, the entire flooring beneath them were completely ripped off and flying in all directions!
But many of the visiting celestials, Yi Ping, the Universal Old Man and the other maidens were not willing to step back as they were mesmerized by their attacking swordplay! But at the same time, they were startled how Yunzi could be able to predict the moves of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage with such uncanny accuracy, with many of the defensive stances readied before the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had even made his actually attacks!
The Ascension Goddess was startled as she thought, “She has also my superior energy sense? That is impossible. My energy sense skill is the result of centuries of energy practice and is extremely gruesome to perfect….but she seems to be able to predict all the attacking moves of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage!?”
But nevertheless, Yi Ping and the rest were all watching intently! It was because Yunzi was showing them ways of countering the Infinity Swordplay of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan!
Yi Ping, the Universal Old Man and the rest of the maidens were startled that Yunzi could counter the swordplay of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage, even though it was obviously that if Yunzi could not find a way soon, she would eventually be defeated.
Yunzi and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had exchange another dozen strokes when Yunzi had suddenly coughed out blood and exposed a momentum weakness as she staggered weakly backward!
But the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage did not exploit this moment of weakness. Instead he asked coldly, “How did you know Infinity Swordplay!? Can you take my Ten Thousands Blitzing Swords?!”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage were startled that the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had actually used his secret killing technique, the Ten Thousands Blitzing Swords!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage were suddenly very solemn. What were they thinking?
As the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage shouted his secret technique name, he had raised his hands forward and flicker his fingers. Immediately, dozens of sword energy bursts shot towards Yunzi!
The air around him burst forth with deadly sword energies and many of the celestials quickly moved backward for fear of getting injured by the sword energies!
Yi Ping shouted panicky, “Yunzi!”
But Yunzi raised her precious long sword and suddenly executed her flying sword technique!
Her sword arm had flipped and rotated her long precious sword and immediately her sword had spin forth into a flying sword that was imbued entirely with deadly martial power! But this flying sword was different from usual; it was because she had imbued the martial power of the Invincible Divine Force into it!
In one instant, her flying sword had dispersed all the sword bursts of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and had flown directly at the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage!
The visiting celestials were startled for they had never seen such a flying sword technique before!
But the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had simply raised his fingers forward and knocked the flying sword aside with his martial power!
As the flying sword was knocked aside and crushed into the ground with a thunderous impact, the flying sword had suddenly rebound with an even more powerful martial force as it absorbed the martial force of the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and redirected back at him again!
At the same time, Yunzi had taken out a hidden wrist foldable sword and had executed another flying sword at the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage. But that was not the end; she had thrown her scabbard forward into a martial power imbued flying scabbard that sped ahead of her flying sword!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was startled that he was suddenly faced with three different attacks from three different directions!
He immediately drawn out a precious sword from his back, while deflecting the two flying swords and the flying scabbard, he had also counter attack with a powerful sword energy directed at Yunzi!
This sword energy directly struck Yunzi, who saw it coming. She struggled to raise her martial power again and displayed both the Holy Amalgamate Force to neutralize the offensive force and the Invincible Divine Force as a protective shield at the same time. However, she had exhausted much of her martial power in her offensive and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage’s sword energy was simply too overwhelming; she coughed out blood and was flung to the air!
Yi Ping, Yixian, Lingfeng and Youxue immediately got into action and caught hold of her!
Yi Ping was shouting, “Yunzi, are you alright?!”
Yunzi smiled weakly, “I am sorry, I…I have done everything that I can but I guess, I am still unable to defeat him…”
Yi Ping said gently to her as he channeled his internal strength to her to expel the sword energies from her, “No Yunzi, you did good. Close your eyes and rest first. There are still two duels left and we may not lose. Don’t say anymore.
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was also besides Yunzi in an instant.
Yixian said coldly, “What do you want? You have won already. Are you thinking of weeding your opponent completely?”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage sighed softly, “Don’t get me wrong. She has been afflicted by my Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energy. Only I can save her now.”
Without waiting for Yi Ping and the rest of the maidens, he had already reached out and in a blink of an eye had struck Yunzi on several of her accupoints!
His finger attacking skills were simply too astonishing!
Immediately, Yunzi coughed out black blood and at the same time, she had opened her eyes as she stared blankly at the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage.
She got up and said weakly, “Thank you Senior for showing mercy on me. You have won and I concede willingly.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage said solemnly, “Maiden, you have won. It is a contest on swordplay. You have the superior swordplay and this flying sword technique is unique. I have never seen anything like this before. Given time, this technique of yours will surely be one of the divine sword techniques of the Celestial Realm.”
Yunzi murmured weakly, “I have won? Really?”
The visiting celestials were all startled that the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had actually conceded on his own accord!
Yi Ping, the Universal Old Man, the other maidens and all the visiting celestials were looking at the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage. They were expressionless and did not seem to protest either.
Even Lingfeng was smiling bitterly. She could not eavesdrop on their Great Whispering Skill anymore now that the Immortal Saint of Swords was here. They seemed to be aware of her ability now and were exchanging their thoughts with their sword intentions instead!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage stroked his long white beard as he said softly, “You have forced me to use my sword. For a junior to be able to push me to that extreme, that is proof that you have indeed possessed the superior swordplay. The result actually did not matter. However, I have a question…”
All of a sudden, the hall was shaking as the Immortal Saint of Swords asked in a rumbling and earthshaking resonance, “Junior, how did you know the Infinity Swordplay? Who impart you the Infinitude Skill?! Aren’t you from the Sacred Divine Clan? Is the Infinity Sword Clan still existing in the lower realm?”
Many of the maidens were startled that Yunzi had actually known of the Infinity Swordplay! No wonder she had volunteered to be the first one to duel with the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage in order to show them the weakness of the Infinity Swordplay!
Yi Ping had suddenly remembered that Zuo Tianyi had mentioned to him before that Yunzi was actually his cousin!
Yunzi said with a quiet demeanor, “I only know the basic Infinitude Skill. However, I do know the Infinity Swordplay intimately.”
She paused for a while before her eyes turned sorrowful, “My grandfather is actually the Old Sword Saint of the Infinity Sword Clan!”
Yi Ping was stunned and so were Youxue, Lingfeng and Yixian who had known her for a long time! They had never heard her telling them about it but now that she had mentioned it, everything made sense!
Yunzi said weakly, “The Infinity Sword Clan is still doing good and is one of the seven major orthodox clan in the martial fraternity. As for why I know the Infinity Swordplay. My mother, Dugu Zhen…Zuo Zhen was expelled by her father, the Old Sword Saint for falling in love with a member of the heretic clan. She has imparted the Infinity Swordplay and the basic infinitude skill to me. That is all I have to say.”
Yi Ping had suddenly remembered that it was Yunzi that had carefully instructed Zuo Tianyi in the Infinity Swordplay and she was a frequent visitor to the Infinity Sword Clan in the past!
No wonder until today, he still could not beat Yunzi in swordplay!
The origin of Yunzi’s swordplay had come from the Infinity Swordplay, the Virtuous Swordplay and the Sacred Divine Swordplay, three of the major clans in the martial fraternity!
Also, the sources of her martial strength were the Invincible Divine Force, the Holy Amalgamate Force and the Infinitude Skill!
The Immortal Saint of Swords sighed softly and the rumbling shaking ceased immediately, “Good! It has been a long time since the Zuo Clan has a member in the Celestial Realm and I have thought that the Infinity Sword Clan has ceased to exist now that the Blue Heavens Divine Sword has fallen into the hands of the others.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage said quietly, “Maiden Yunzi, you should very well know how important this Blue Heavens Divine Sword is to the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan and to our clan patriarch, the Immortal Saint of Swords. If you still consider yourself as a bloodline of the Infinity Sword Clan, you shouldn’t have opposed us.”
Shen Xingyue sighed softly…
But Yunzi replied as she took a quick glance at Shen Xingyue and Yi Ping, “There are still two more duels left. Let fate determines the outcome…”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage immediately stepped forward, “I will be the next in line for the duel but don’t expect me to show any mercies or accept any other challenges!”
Yixian, Shen Xingyue, Lie Qing and the Ascension Goddess had all stepped forward at the same time!
But Yixian the Celestial Fairy had pushed Shen Xingyue and the Ascension Goddess back with her Divine Emerald Force as she stepped forward, “I will be your next opponent then!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were gasping, “Protégé mistress!”
Yi Ping was startled, “Xian’Er!”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:44:02 GMT
Chapter 98: The Eternal Heavenly Tears
Shui Yixian had displayed the Divine Emerald Skill to gain a head start over Shen Xingyue, the Ascension Goddess and Lie Qing as she stood gracefully in the middle of the hall.
The second challenger was also another celestial practitioner and not a Golden Celestial! She was marked by her crimson eyes but her dignified air was that of a superior celestial practitioner!
The three Immortal Sword Sages smiled bitterly. It was because these juniors did not seem to know their limitations and were challenging the titans of the Celestial Realm!
The reason why Yunzi was spared from the worst was because right from the very start, all three of the Immortal Sword Sages and the Immortal Saint of the Swords were aware that she was related to the Infinity Sword Clan!
The Immortal Saint of the Swords had secretly used his Great Whispering Skill via his sword intentions to the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage, “This maiden seems to know our sword arts. Be lenient on her. Also, don’t communicate with your Great Whispering Skill. The Heaveness has a Great Listening Divine Skill. We shall communicate via our sect Infinitude Sword Intentions instead.”
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage had conceded because they were still confident of a victory. Moreover, this Maiden Yunzi was destined to carry on their mantle and they were secretly aiding her.
The Immortal Saint of the Swords willed through his epitome sword intentions, “She is the one! The one that will succeed us! Our Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energy is still incomplete. Our Infinitude Divine Skill seems to be missing something. That’s it! The Celestial Force and the Invincible Divine Force! The Celestial Force is a divine skill that can absorb energies while the Invincible Divine Force is an external martial force skill that can expulse energies! Our Infinitude Divine Skill is the energy core. Only a practitioner that could absorb and expulse energies will be able to reach the highest level of the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energy; the Six Extreme Energy Pulses!”
He paused for a while and added solemnly, “…She is more precious than the Blue Heavens Divine Sword!”
The three Immortal Sword Sages were excited as well! If Yunzi could join them, then they would have someone to explain to them the mysteries of the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies!
In the meantime, the attentions of the visiting celestials were now on Yixian as they observed this heavenly maiden with interest. Since the visiting celestials had entered the hall, they had already noticed her; her graceful beauty and stunning porcelain beauty had already made many curious.
Even though she may be just a lowly celestial practitioner as indicated by her crimson eyes, she held her own with her mesmerizing grace and some of the Golden Celestials felt that she was an even more superior celestial than them!
Now that she had volunteered to take the second challenge, some of the visiting celestials took this as an opportunity to get her attention!
The Deadly Wanderer mustered his courage to say aloud, “Maiden, you ought to consider first. You have seen the sword arts of the Immortal Sword Sages…”
Yixian smiled gently and her eyes were full of appreciation for this warning.
Immediately, the Deadly Wanderer could feel his heart warming and he was smiling at her.
But Yixian said firmly, “Thank you but I have already made up my mind.”
The Northern Tyrant sighed softly, “This is really not a laughing matter. The three Immortal Sword Sages have already restraint themselves.”
Even Lie Qing was worried for her as she said quietly from behind, “Sister, let me battle on your behalf. My sword skills aren’t that bad.”
That was true. Among all the maidens, only the Ascension Goddess and Lie Qing had attained to the sword energies level. There was no doubt that Lie Qing was an expert in swordplay!
But Yixian said quietly, “Qing’Er, the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies is a pure internal energies art and is one of the highest levels of the Infinitude Divine Skill. Even though your external martial force is powerful, it is not advisable for you to put on a prolong fight against it. And…”
She gazed at the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage before adding gently, “He is not an opponent to be treated lightly.”
Lie Qing shuddered lightly as she looked away. Yixian had correctly pointed out her weakness. If she could not break down her opponent’s defenses then she would have exhausted her martial power trying to defend against the deadly Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies! But that was not all, she had no confident against the attacking speed of the Immortal Sword Sages even though Yunzi had already shown them a number of possible ways to defend against their sword attacks!
Yi Ping was clenching his divine swords and he was trembling while thinking miserably, “Xian’Er, you must win…”
Yunzi was still clinging to Yi Ping and she had noticed his anxiety. She whispered softly, “Ping’Er, Sister Xian’Er will surely be alright. I am sure that she will be able to absorb fifty percent of the strokes that I have deliberately displayed.”
All of a sudden, Yi Ping recalled that Yixian was the one that had caught him the Listening Rhythm!
The Listening Rhythm was a secret skill of the Eternal Ice Palace developed to follow the attacking strokes of the opponents. It was because the skills of the Eternal Ice Palace emphasis more on defense than offense!
But as Yi Ping looked at Yixian, he was stunned!
He seemed to see a white shimmering halo around her and this shimmering glow reminded him of his dear mother!
Yi Ping blinked his eyes several times…
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was solemn as he said, “I am the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan. I am also the seventh protégé grandmaster of the Infinity Sword Clan in the lower realm. I was also a Celestial Sword Sage of the Infinity Swordplay.”
The visiting celestials were gasping. The duel would start as soon as the opponents had formally introduced themselves!
Yixian said softly, “I am the Celestial Fairy and also the Emerald Mistress of the Eternal Ice Palace. I also have an affinity with the Melody Palace in the past.”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said coldly, “I have never heard of the Eternal Ice Palace. However, that does not mean that I will treat my opponents lightly.”
He paused for a while, “The divine sword that is with you is really the Heavenly Earth Sword?”
Yixian nodded gently.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said coldly, “Maiden, you are advised to use your divine sword.”
Yixian smiled gently, “What if I refuse to?”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage replied coldly, “Then you will die!”
Yixian answered coldly, “We see.”
The Heavenly Earth Sword was a divine sword that contained the universal force within its sheath. Yixian was aware of it but these celestials were not aware of it. It was a secret that she was not willing to reveal in their presence or else the results would be disastrous!
The Heavenly Earth Sword was the heritage artifact of the Melody Palace. It was not only the mover of the powerful Celestial Star Annihilation Formation, this divine sword was also able to aid the practitioner in overcoming their divine tribulations.
In other words, if the other celestial practitioners had this divine sword then they would not need to fear the worst of their heavenly tribulations, they would also be able to advance their celestial divinity!
All of a sudden, a terrifying aura burst forth from the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage; his killing malevolent aura was extremely intensifying.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said coldly, “Then maiden, don’t blame me.”
The visiting celestials were all gasping, “So this is the real power of the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies!”
However, Yixian maintained her composure and did not panic. Instead, she lifted her finger and neutralized the deadly malevolent energies with the martial force of her Jade Icy Fingers!
Immediately, the entire hall was filled with electrifying cold malevolent airs that creep into the hearts of all the onlookers!
No one could tell which malevolent air had come from whom. The atmosphere was extremely tense and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Celestial Fairy were both surrounded continuously by an icy cold wind that spiraled upward!
Yixian’s long skirt and long hair were fluttering into the air; she was like a Heavenly Goddess that did not belong anywhere else. Her expressions were serene and for a moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten that she was now involved in a life and death battle!
Both the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Celestial Fairy had displayed a finger stance each and their air was filled with their invisible sword intentions!
Even though they were both motionless but they were both in a precarious situation. Any false move or weakness would be fatal! They were both engaging in a mental duel which was even more grueling than a physical duel!
Their internal energies were on a par!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage could not believe his eyes! This maiden’s internal energies were on the same level as him!
Yixian had displayed the tenth level of her Icy Heavenly Tears with her tenth level of her Jade Icy Fingers!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage asked solemnly, “What is the name of your internal martial art?”
Yixian replied gently, “This is the Icy Heavenly Tears.”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “Good! This extreme cold negative energy of yours is able to rival my Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies. Then I shall not withhold anymore.”
When he had said that, he had suddenly flickered his fingers!
Immediately, dozens of bursts of sword energies particles sped towards the Celestial Fairy!
The Celestial Fairy immediately raised her hands and raised her fingers in rapid successions as she displayed the Divine Emerald Skill and the Jade Icy Fingers at the same time!
Immediately, there were several implosions caused by the martial power between the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Celestial Fairy. As the implosions were created, the energy bursts were turned into icicles and chilling cold waves exploded in all directions!
All the onlookers immediately displayed a defensive stance or stepped backward as the cold energy waves were charged with deadly sword energies.
Yi Ping immediately raised his martial power and displayed the Asper Horizon Hand to protect Yunzi but he too, was forced to take three steps backward!
He gasped, “This sword energies…I have never seen anything like this!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er had already taken out their divine swords and displayed a defensive stance to protect the rest!
The other visiting celestials were all startled as well!
Two of the Golden Celestials were accidentally caught in the aftermath of the cold energy shockwaves and had suffered grievous injuries. They would have been killed if Xuan Kong had not used his martial force to send them flying backward in time!
As everyone was scurrying backward, exercising their martial powers or raising their weapons to deflect the cold piercing sword energies, Yixian and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage had already engaged in close melee; they were already exchanging blows furiously!
Yi Ping raised his hands in front of him to block the speeding icicles and pebbles that were flying in all directions while anxiously trying his best to observe the duel.
The visiting celestials were startled that this Celestial Fairy was able to exchange more than a hundred blows with the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage. It was something that they had not expected!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was startled that the Celestial Fairy had ingeniously materialized his invisible sword energies into icicles before deflecting it harmlessly aside. It was because there was no force in the entire world that could absorb or neutralize the deadly piercing invisible sword energies, the exception being another equal powerful burst of sword energies.
The numbers of sword energies bursts were too much even for the Celestial Fairy to evade. Therefore she had used her Jade Icy Fingers to halt the speeding sword energies bursts and through her Icy Heavenly Tears, had materialized the invisible sword energies into icicles before deflecting it from her with her Divine Emerald Skill. The martial strength of the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was even more startling and astonishing than the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage lifted his entire internal strength and lifted his fingers, “Ley Negative Sword First Stroke!”
Immediately, a powerful sword energies burst forth from his second and middle fingers as it struck against the fingers of the Celestial Fairy!
The Celestial Fairy felt a powerful sword energies bursting through her Divine Emerald Skill and shattering her Divine Emerald Force. Immediately, she coughed out blood as she evaded backward!
Yi Ping was startled, “Yixian!”
But the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage did not stop there as he said coldly, “That is just the first stroke of the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies, the Ley Negative Sword First Stroke. This is the Ley Negative Sword Second Stroke…”
When he had said that, he had drawn two circular waves of blue hues in the air and these blue hues burst forth into two deadly sword energies towards Yixian!
The entire flooring was completely ripped apart as the two bluish sword energies attacks sped towards Yixian who barely recovered just in time to evade the attacks!
The Immortal Zealot Sage was not about to give up as he attacked relentlessly with the Ley Negative Second Stroke, sending a dozen bluish sword energies flying towards her!
Yixian gasped softly. It was because she had never encountered such a powerful sword energies practitioner before. Moreover, his martial level was completely differently from Lie Qing who needed to pause between her energy attacks.
With difficulty, she mustered her vital energies and barely managed to evade again!
She was startled that there were now eight bluish sword energies flying in circular motion around the hall with startling speed, ripping apart everything in its path and not dissipating!
Lie Qing was stunned as she panicked said, “Sister Yixian needs help. Someone help her please…”
The middle of the hall was filled with deadly sword energies flying in a circular motion. To barge into the middle of the duel now, was suicide!
Yi Ping had already stepped forward as he gasped his divine swords tightly while muttering, “Why didn’t these sword energies dissipated? It is impossible…”
The Ascension Goddess tapped Yi Ping gently on his shoulder, “Wait a little longer please…if you intervene in the duel, Yixian will surely lose her focus and her life for sure.”
Yi Ping sighed exasperatingly…
Yi Ping’s question was soon answered as the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “As long as I maintain the Six Negative Ley Infinitude Sword Energies with my internal power, my Ley Negative Sword Energies will never dissipate! I must admit that your swiftness skill is really extraordinary but can you handle my Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke?”
As he said that, he had leapt next to the Celestial Fairy and had brought down his sword fingers onto her in a beaming golden stroke!
Yixian could feel that this Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke was even more powerful than the two previous strokes as she thought, “It is impossible that he can maintain these sword energies so effortlessly. If I persist, can I emerge out of this? Or our martial level differences are really too vast? I have already extended my Icy Heavenly Tears, my Divine Emerald Force and my Jade Icy Fingers to its zenith…”
She dared not be careless. She quickly raised her sword scabbard to receive the incoming attack with her entire martial power. It was because she knew that she had been out maneuvered by him and were surrounded by his deadly sword energies and could not evade anymore.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “It is useless. The Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke is unstoppable and unblockable…”
All of a sudden when the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage had struck her sword scabbard, there was powerful thunderous shockwave that burst forth in all directions thunderously, shattering all the sword energies that were in the middle of the hall throughout the entire hall!
The solid walls of this entire hall were made of White Celestium, the hardest stone in the Celestial Realm. But even that, cracks began to splinter all over as the entire hall began to shake violently!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage immediately surrounded themselves with their powerful Ley Negative Sword Energies to neutralize the raging outbursts of sword energies while the visiting celestials were all taking immediate action to avoid or neutralizing it!
Yi Ping, Lele, the Ascension Goddess, the Universal Old Man, Lingfeng and the other maidens had all displayed all their martial skills in order to avoid injuries!
Lingfeng said panicky, “There is no time to be wasted. Behind me!”
She had immediately sprung forward and had executed the Divine Invigorate Force to dissipate the hundreds of speeding sword energies that were flying in all directions!
When the dust and debris had cleared, dozens of the visiting celestials were on the ground!
Some were moaning while some were no longer breathing!
It was a terrible catastrophe!
In the middle of the hall, the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was clenching his chest and there was tickle of blood at the side of his lips! He was startled of the sudden backlash. When he had struck the Heavenly Earth Sword with his Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke, there was a rebound force so powerful that it shattered his Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke in all directions. At the same time because of this reversal, all the sword energies that were swirling in circular motion around the hall were also dispersed in all directions!
Yixian was still breathing feebly and was gripping the Heavenly Earth Sword tightly. She had been wounded by multiple bursts of sword energies. It was a miraculous that she was still alive!
It was a lucky thing that that the Icy Heavenly Tears internal skill was a martial skill that could neutralize external energies force or else Yixian would have been killed instantly when she was caught in the middle of the dispersing sword energies shockwaves. This had to do with the fact that she had also received the essence of the Divine Dragon Pill from Yi Ping or else in her current martial state, she would not have survived!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was stunned as he looked blankly at the Celestial Fairy. He was still trying to figure out what was actually happening!
The Immortal Saint of Swords willed his sword intentions solemnly to the Immortal Sword Sages, “There is only one force that can counteract the Six Extreme Energy Pulses and that is the Universal Force! Now I finally understand why the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation is so deadly. When the Universal Force is in motion, there is no force that is able to stop it. No wonder, so many celestial practitioners had fallen to it in the past. I have thought that it is because their celestial practice isn’t good enough. Now I know better. We must seize the Heavenly Earth Sword!”
The Immortal Zealot Sage willed in agreement but he was soon aware that Yi Ping was staring at him coldly!
But he ignored Yi Ping’s stares and his own injuries as he attacked Yixian again with the intention of seizing the Heavenly Earth Sword!
Yixian could barely stand but she still maintained her graceful posture as she lifted her entire internal strength despites her injuries, meeting the attacks of the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage with dozens of defensive strokes and counter strokes!
Everyone had barely recovered from the initial shockwave before the entire hall begun to shake violently again!
It was because when the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Celestial Fairy had clashed again, there were ripples of exploding burst of violent shockwaves exploding each time their fingers had struck against one another!
With every clash, Yixian had found herself on the retreat. It was because her martial strength could not meet the martial strength of the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage! Moreover, she had already over-exerted herself and her internal injuries were not light!
It was only sheer luck and because of her quick movements that she could persist this far. But she was already perspiring and thinking, “Is this the end of me?”
She took a momentarily glance at Yi Ping and noticed his anxiety immediately. He was shaking all over and looked like he could dash into the duel at any time!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage interrupted her thoughts with a martial shout, “How about receiving my Ley Negative Sword Second Stroke again?”
Immediately, two beaming sword energies had burst forth from his fingers and flew with astonishing speed towards the Celestial Fairy!
Yixian’s martial strength was faltering. She raised her Heavenly Earth Sword to deflect the two bursts of sword energies with her Divine Emerald Force, worsening her internal injuries!
She coughed out more blood as she evaded backward but the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was on her again!
Yixian thought, “I have already lost half of my internal strength and can no longer neutralize his sword energies with my Jade Icy Fingers. If I draw out the Heavenly Earth Sword, I may hold on a little longer but that will automatically trigger the Celestial Star Annihilated Formation and many innocent lives will be lost…”
“If Sister Yichi is here, what will she do?”
All of a sudden, the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage shouted. “Ley Negative Sword Sixth Stroke! Wavering Energy Attack!”
A powerful burst of sword burst had erupted from his sword fingers and erupted from the ground into a sword energy wave that sped towards the Celestial Fairy!
Yi Ping was startled and he had dashed in front of Yixian with his body!
All the maidens were gasping!
Judging from the strength of this sword energies, it was definitely powerful enough to rip any opponent into halve and Yi Ping had just dashed in front of Yixian!
All of a sudden, Yixian had turned Yi Ping around and had shattered the fatal sword wave energies into icicles with her fingers, stunning all the onlookers!
Even Yi Ping was stunned as he muttered, “We are alive?” and he could suddenly feel an extremely cold aura around them which was vaguely familiar to him!
His heart was suddenly pounding. It was because this aura had reminded him of the Eternal Heavenly Tears, a consummated internal art skill that his mother Yichi had once utilized!
To Yixian, it was a gambit and she was unsure if it would work. When she saw that Yi Ping was alright, she smiled gently at him before fainting from sheer exhaustion in his embrace.
What had actually happened?
When Yixian saw that Yi Ping was in mortal danger, she was panicky. All of a sudden, she had displayed more than the internal heart intricacy of the Icy Heavenly Tears. Her opponent was too strong and she needed something more. And in that crucial moment, she had pushed her Icy Heavenly Tears to an entire new level, the Eternal Heavenly Tears!
Yichi had once left behind the Ultimate Icy Heavenly Tears intricacy theories in a cave that was in the Heavenly Mountains; it so happened that Yi Ping and Yixian had accidentally discovered that cave!
Needless to say, she had also left behind the intricate heart formula of the Eternal Heavenly Tears. The Eternal Heavenly Tears was a skill that was beyond her reach. But when she was struck by multiple sword energies and was in Yi Ping’s embrace, she felt a familiar feeling. It was as though her Sister Yichi was in her presence. She had suddenly remembered the intricacy heart formulas of the Ultimate Heavenly Tears in the cave.
However, with her current practice she was still unable to divine the mysteries of the Ultimate Heavenly Tears yet. The Ultimate Heavenly Tears required the practitioner to have extremely pure and refined negative internal strength. Even the Eternal Heavenly Tears had the same requirements. So when Yixian was in a semi-conscious state, the intricate heart formula had come naturally to her as she had already memorized all of Yichi’s martial theories in the cave.
She had received a boost to her internal strength when Yi Ping had transferred the essence of the Divine Dragon Pill to her. Also, when she had given up her chastity to Yi Ping, she had accidentally absorbed the essence of the Forget Affections Wine and this Forget Affection Wine had the effect of further refining the internal energy of the practitioner!
That final act was what made the Eternal Heavenly Tears possible!
Yi Ping was embracing her tearfully, “Xian’Er, Xian’Er. Rest first. I will take your place…”
Yi Ping was holding Yixian in his arms and his eyes were bloodshot!
Two other maidens had also walked quietly beside Yi Ping and they appeared to be equally upset! They were Lele and Lie Qing! Their eyes were equally bloodshot as they stared at the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage!
The Immortal Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “Have you forgotten about our agreement? This is a fair duel. It is a life and death duel that is undertaken by the willing. You shouldn’t have reacted in this uncultivated manner.”
Yi Ping was trembling as he held Yixian tightly while transferring his internal strength to aid her. She had completely turned ashen and was extremely feeble.
Lingfeng walked next to Yi Ping as she said gently. “Leave Sister Yixian to me. I will take care of her…”
Yi Ping interrupted bitterly, “If I don’t use my divine swords, can I be the challenger instead?”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “Can but you have to surrender the Heavenly Earth Sword.”
Yi Ping hummed coldly.
Lingfeng hummed coldly, “So that is your true intentions?”
Lele was not happy and she wanted to pull up the Heavenly Earth Sword to set the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation in motion. However Lie Qing gently shook her head and stopped her with a sharp look.
Not only Lele, both Shen Xingyue and the Ascension Goddess were also agitated at the same time. They were saying at the same time, “Let me be your challenger then!”
Shen Xingyue said, “I am the root of this. You shouldn’t meddle in this.”
The Ascension Goddess said melancholy, “Xingyue, you have witnesses their strength. You still lack the experience to fight them. Let me challenge them alright?”
The Stellar Heavenly Fairy said softly, “I am a Golden Celestial. Surely I have the right to duel too.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “Let’s don’t waste any more time. We have won this round. You can choose to concede if you want to if you are afraid. Lowly celestials simply do not stand a chance against us so don’t overrate yourself. So which of you will be the next challenger? Why don’t we raise the stake a little higher for the next fight?”
Yi Ping asked, “What do you mean?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “If you lose in the third duel, then surrender the Heavenly Earth Sword to us for safekeeping for ten years. If we lose to you, then we will be your temporary allies when the Stellar Sanctuary has descended. What do you say?”
Youxue said coldly, “Why did you want the Heavenly Earth Sword for?”
Almost no one could hide their ulterior motives from Youxue!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said, “If we have won, we have to be sure that you will surrender the Blue Heavens Divine Sword willingly and not go back on your words by initiating the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation. With the Heavenly Earth Sword in our hands, we will feel much secure. The Infinity Sword Celestial Clan is a reputable celestial clan. Surely you don’t doubt us? Moreover, there are so many celestials today as witnesses. Ten years later, we will surely return you the Heavenly Earth Sword!”
Youxue hummed coldly, “I am sure there is more, am I right?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage refused to answer her.
The visiting celestials were all smiling bitterly. It was because many of them were already grievously injured and many of them feared that they may not be able to get out of the hall alive. Yet, none of them wanted to be the first to leave; that would mean the loss of their honor and standing in the Celestial Realm!
The Northern Tyrant had already regretted coming. He was a powerful domain lord in the Celestial Realm and not many celestials had dared to affront him. But today, there were simply too many powerful secular celestials around!
He wanted to teach Yi Ping a lesson but he had suddenly discovered that he was also not someone that he could cross too.
Meanwhile, Yi Ping had said coldly, “We don’t have to up any stakes…”
The Ascension Goddess had already sped towards the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage as she raised her Despairing Heavenly Divine Sword, saying coldly. “That’s right. I will be your next opponent! If I won, every time you see me you will have to address me as your grand protégé mistress too!””
Shen Xingyue gasped softly, “You…wait!”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:44:53 GMT
Chapter 99: The Inverting Eternal Occurrence
Yixian gasped weakly as she regained her conscious after Lingfeng had used her Divine Invigorate Force to resuscitate her.
Shen Xingyue was thinking as she looked at her, “Even though Yixian has not cultivated as a Golden Celestial yet but her martial attainment is already so high. She is really a martial prodigy. There are different tiers even for Golden Celestials and she is on par with the Ascension Goddess and I…”
Her thoughts were quickly interrupted by the Ascension Goddess who had suddenly attacked the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage!
Shen Xingyue gasped softly, “You…wait!”
The Ascension Goddess had barely attacked the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage when she was forcibly swept aside by her opponent’s sword fingers attacks. As she stumbled several steps backward, the ground beneath her cracked and sunk into splitting fragments!
Everyone was gasping and was holding their breath!
When they saw the solid white celestium stone slabs giving way at her mere steps, everyone was secretly startled at her martial power display!
It suddenly dawned to many of the celestials that the Ascension Goddess was after all one of the new seven most powerful celestials!
And they were now witnessing a duel between one of the most powerful elder secular celestials and one of the most powerful new generation celestials. It was a duel that no one wanted to miss now, even at the risk of their life!
How powerful were they? Their martial strengths, their secret strokes, their weaknesses and how far were they from these two top celestial exponents?
Of course, part of the reasons was that the Holy Ascension Sect and the Ascension Goddess had become a common enemy to many. The more they could know about the martial origins of the Ascension Goddess, they could eventually find a way to defeat or counter her in the future!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage was a little startled with the martial strength of the Ascension Goddess even though he was unconcerned with her as a threat. There were many powerful challengers in the past. They had even more powerful dominating aura than her and he had defeated them all.
He thought, “That is the strength of her divine sword? Or that is the strength of the Supreme Celestial of the Holy Ascension Sect?”
The Ascension Goddess was secretly alarmed of the martial strength of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage as well. But when she secretly saw the anxiety on Yi Ping as she battled the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, she was secretly pleased.
She forced a smile as she said coldly to the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, “Is that what you got? Can you get much better than that?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage hummed coldly, “You call yourself an elder of the Holy Ascension Sect and yet you have attacked without giving any warning. What an uncultivated celestial practitioner!”
The Ascension Goddess swung her divine sword backward as she stood casually, “I didn’t give you a warning? I just issue you a formal challenge. Or are you deaf?”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “A formal challenge requires both sides to give a formal introduction…”
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “Formal Introduction? Everyone knows you are the most eminent celestial in the entire celestial realm and everyone knows who I am. As an eminent celestial, you will surely want to give me the benefit of a first strike. Moreover, I am an uncultivated celestial.”
She had admitted that she was an uncultivated celestial and that immediately invited several amusements from the visiting celestials.
Far from being an unsophisticated celestial, the Ascension Goddess in her white gold celestial long dress outfit was the most refined and sophisticated celestial maiden that most of the celestials had ever seen. Her spectacular beauty, beautiful igniting golden eyes and long braided flowing hair was so stunning that she was simply a delight to watch.
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage said coldly, “I have three martial principles. One, I won’t duel with the opposite gender. Two, I won’t duel with someone beneath me. Three, I won’t duel with an uncultivated person.”
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly, “I see. That’s interesting.”
Yi Ping was smiling unwittingly. It was because she had suddenly made light of an otherwise solemn atmosphere. He began to see a side of her that he had never noticed before.
Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lele, Lie Qing and Lingfeng were giggling!
That was because the Ascension Goddess had just broken all three of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage’s martial code and her only remark was that it was interesting!
It was obviously she was mocking the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage!
Even though all the other maidens were all smiling but they were also consciously wary of the intentions of the Ascension Goddess who was a complete enigma to them. Would she lose intentionally or she had another intention in mind by challenging the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage? But then, none of them had any confident against him and even the Heaveness had not recovered her true martial strength yet and was using an empty scheme known as the ‘Vacant City Strategy’ to disguise her martial weakness by feigning an essential loftiness.
Lingfeng was secretly afraid that the Ascension Goddess and Shen Xingyue would see through her feint given their state of divinity…
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage continued coldly, “But today, I am going to make an exception of my martial code to duel with you.”
The Ascension Goddess smiled, “You are welcome!”
There were many visiting celestials that wished for the death of the Ascension Goddess for various reasons. But today after witnessing so many of their compatriots that were killed, their alignments began to shift towards Yi Ping’s faction instead. It was because the Three Immortal Sword Sages were simply too insolent!
Another reason was that the Ascension Goddess looked so affable in real life and not the demoness that they had imagined. But of course the main reason was that no one was expecting that the Ascension Goddess was able to defeat the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage hummed coldly, “I see how you are going to laugh when I have stripped you naked and parade you in the streets.”
The Ascension Goddess causally laughed softly, “I see how you are going to react when I do the same to you too but then, it won’t be a slightly.”
Yi Ping was afraid that the Ascension Goddess might provoke the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage too much and that would result in a ruthless retaliation so he called out panicky to her, “Be careful!”
The Ascension Goddess beamed back with a smile, gesturing empathically. “I…I will! Ping’Er, you haven’t asked me for my name yet!”
Yi Ping was flustering awkwardly all of a sudden at her sudden flirt as everyone was looking at him in envy!
The Ascension Goddess was secretly flushing too as she recalled the night with Yi Ping. She distracted herself by calling aloud to the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, “What are we waiting for?”
She had lurched herself at the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, almost giving Yi Ping a heart attack!
Almost immediately, the sword energies aura of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and the despairing aura of the Ascension Goddess could be felt in all corners of the grand hall!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage had raised his sword fingers against the divine sword of the Ascension Goddess as they began to exchange hundreds of furious shadowy flurry strokes!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage was striking with dozens of sword energies bursts against the Ascension Goddess, mixing his attacks with tens of intricate sword energies like the Ley Negative Sword Energies which was also known as the Six Extreme Energy Pulses!
His Ley Negative Sword Second Stroke was even more intricate and powerful than the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage, releasing four blue energy bursts at a time until there were now a dozen of these bluish sword energies circulating around them, lashing and destroying everything in its path!
These twelve blue sword energies were his limits as he used in combination with his other Ley Negative Sword Energies.
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage seized an attack opportunity as he shouted, “Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke!”
Immediately, a golden arc burst forth from his sword fingers. The Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke was unblockable and no martial force in the entire fraternity could defend against it!
But the Ascension Goddess did the unthinkable!
She had actually evaded it at such close proximity!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage strafed her a dozen of short energy bursts even as she evaded the Ley Negative Sword Third Stroke. Again, she did the impossible again as she evaded every single of the sword energy bursts once again even when two returning blue sword energies flux from the Ley Negative Sword Second Stroke flew suddenly towards her and missing her narrowly! It was as though she had eyes on her back!
Dozens of attacks simply just simply went past her for no apparent reason!
Everyone was stunned and their expressions turned to disbelief, including the Universal Old Man, Lingfeng, the other two Immortal Sword Sages and the four Elder Priests of the Holy Ascension Sect!
It was because the Ascension Goddess did not evade with her swiftness movement skill and all her movements could be seen clearly! In fact, she looked like she did not even attempt to evade at all even as dozens sword energies bursts simply went past her, most of it were extremely precariously close!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage raised his sword fingers as he shouted, “Ley Negative Sword Six Stroke, Ley Negative Fifth Stroke!”
But again, all his epitome attacks were futile! His attacks all had the illusion of going through to the Ascension Goddess and simply missed! It was as though he was fighting against a solid defensive wall!
Yi Ping was still recovering from his stunned look as he thought, “When I have fought against her, I also have the impression that I am fighting against a non-entity. It is like I am fighting a shadow. What is going on?”
Actually the Ascension Goddess was not having an easy time and facing the same situation too. She was defending more rather than attacking. No matter at which directions that she had initiated her attacks, the Immortal Aegis Sword Sage would always block her sword attacks with his sword fingers or his martial force. That caused her to be very much troubled and she had already lurched more than three hundreds epitome strokes at him but he was like an impassable wall with no martial weakness!
In another blink of an eye, the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and the Ascension Goddess had exchanged dozens of strokes at point blank, exchanging their entire martial force and power as they clashed furiously!
Altogether, the Ascension Goddess had evaded more than three hundred energy strokes and intercepted another three hundred melee strokes!
That finally forced the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage to consider the use of his most secretive and most powerful killing technique, the Inverting Eternal Occurrence!
He shouted aloud, “Are you able to intercept my next attack? The Inverting Eternal Occurrence?”
When he had mentioned the Inverting Eternal Occurrence, many of the visiting celestials including the Universal Old Man and Lingfeng were startled and stunned; it was because the Inverting Eternal Occurrence was known as the most powerful sword technique in the Celestial Realm!
The Inverting Eternal Occurrence was a powerful sword technique of the Immortal Saint of Swords. In the past, there were many Ancient Celestials that had fallen victim to it and that was what had propelled the Immortal Saint of Swords to the top seven fighters list. Even though no one had never really witnessed it before, they had long heard of this mysterious swordplay! It was because those that had seen this swordplay were no longer living!
Lingfeng and the Stellar Heaven Fairy panicky called out to the Ascension Goddess, “Be careful!”
The air around the grand hall was suddenly electrifying as all the Ley Negative Sword Aura of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage intensified all of a sudden. Immediately, there was a circular speeding mirage with intrinsic arrays hovering on the ground and in the air!
As soon as it had appeared, the entire grand hall began to shake violently again!
And before anyone could react to the mirage and what was going on, beams of intrinsic sword energies numbering hundreds shot up from the ground and from the top, pulverizing everything in its path and the Ascension Goddess was caught in the middle of the crossfire!
Yi Ping was stunned as he shouted panicky, “Wait!”
Even Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You were all shouting the same!
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:46:10 GMT
Chapter 100: The Immortal Saint of Swords
“Yin’Er, from today onward you will be known as the Ascension Goddess. That will be your honorific name in the Ascension Sect.” An old man who was her grand protégé master said slowly.
Ye Yin was startled as she stammered, “Master! Are you serious? In the entire Ascension Sect, only the Axis and Eclipse Heaven Goddess are known as ‘Goddess’! Moreover, I have just been initiated into the sect and…”
Her grand protégé master interrupted with a smile as he placed a finely engraved long sword in front of her, “This is a divine sword and its name is the Despairing Heavenly Divine Sword. From now on, this divine sword and you are one. Never, never lose it or your future attainment will surely be greatly affected.”
Ye Yin was stunned, “Master, this is a divine sword? I do not deserve such grace! There will surely be many that will want to take it from me. I don’t have the strength to safeguard such a precious gift…”
Her grand protégé master was solemn, “Then you will surely perish and unable to ascend to the Celestial Realm. That will be your destiny. On the other hand, if you able to keep this divine sword with you all the way, then you will be able to ascend to the Celestial Realm and a greater destiny awaits you!”
Ye Yin gasped softly and she was almost in tears, “Master, please advise me what to do. I am really at a loss. What is going on? What is my greater destiny?”
Her grand protégé master replied slowly, “Yin’Er, you will undergo the most gruesome celestial trainings ever, even more than what the Axis and Eclipse Heaven Goddess had gone through. It is because the Despairing Heaven Divine Sword is one of the two most difficult divine swords to gain mastery over. We are placing all our future hopes on you.”
Ye Yin was once again startled, “Master, what do you mean? Why is everyone placing their hopes on me? I am really afraid…”
Her grand protégé master said, “You must tell no one about this. It is only known to the patriarchs of the Ascension Sect. The divine swords of the Axis and Eclipse Goddess had been completely shattered and they can no longer ascend to the Celestial Realm. We have searched for you for over a thousand years. Unfortunately, we have only found you and still did not find a suitable celestial practitioner for the Perpetual Darkness Divine Sword. These two divine swords are a pair and cannot exist without the other but at the same time, cannot co-exist without destroying each other. Therefore you should be wary when that day comes.”
Ye Yin murmured, “So that means in the future, I may be killed by the owner of the Perpetual Darkness?”
Her grand protégé master nodded, “I do not know yet but these two divine swords are bonded to each other. Today, I am going to instruct upon you the Divine Harmony Skill. That will unite the divine sword and you into one entity. In the future when you are able to ascend, you will be able to transmigrate together with your divine sword to the Celestial Realm! When that time comes, you will be omnipotent and you will give the Ascension Sect a head-start among the many celestial clans!”
Ye Yin gasped softly, “I can ascend together with my divine sword!?”
Her grand protégé master nodded, “The Ascension Sect has a secret celestial art that is passed down by an Ancient Celestial. But your celestial training will be tens of times more arduous than the others. Are you willing to take in the hardship?”
Ye Yin nodded, “I have not repaid grand protégé master for taking me in yet. I am more than willing…”
Her grand protégé master said, “Even if it means abstinence from all worldly emotions, indulgences, desires and affections? Even if it means devoting your entire self to the cause of the Ascension Sect?”
Ye Yin pondered silently for a while before she gave a determined reply as she pledged, “I will! I will dedicate my cause to the Ascension Sect. My mortal body, my spirit to the Ascension Fire!”
Her grand protégé master was pleased with her reply as he continued, “You must understand that this is for your own good that I am asking you to do so. The Despairing Heaven Divine Sword encompasses several epitome divine skills that only you may be able to interpret one day…”
Ye Yin was stunned, “Master, you are not teaching any celestial skills to me?”
Her grand protégé master replied weakly for he was very old, “Only the basic and the Divine Harmony Skill. If I teach you the more advance celestial skills, it will only distract you from the divining the mysteries of the Despairing Heaven Divine Sword. And it will take you a very, very long time and your heavenly tribulations will be more severe than the rest the longer that you will stay here. Remember, you are picked because of your inherent potential and we have waited thousands of years for your coming.”
She had strong innate energy sense. In time to come, she had realized that why she was the destined one for the Despairing Heavenly Divine Sword. Her divine art was the immaterial and was defensive in nature while her opponent was the material divine art which was offensive in nature.
She had often smiled bitterly to herself, “My divine martial skill is the weakest. Almost everyone can defeat me…”
One day, her grand protégé master said to her, “You seem trouble? You have been practicing for the past five hundred years and yet you have not been progressing as fast as we hope. Why is that so?”
She finally vented, “Why didn’t the elders teach me any of the epitome martial divine arts? Is it fair to me? The Ascension Sect has dozens of such epitome divine arts and hundreds of celestial practitioners. Yet none of these epitome skills are being taught to me…”
Her grand protégé master said solemnly, “You are right. However, how many of these epitome skills are able to aid the celestial practitioner to ascend to the heavens?”
She said tearfully, “Yet, there are many of our predecessors that have already ascended to the heavens. Among these divine skills, is your Divine Rejuvenation Force…”
Her grand protégé master said, “While I do know this divine skill but it is destined for someone else to succeed my mantle. Yin’Er, you don’t need to feel sad. Your destiny isn’t as unfortunate as me.”
She asked puzzled, “Oh?”
Her grand protégé master said, “Despite all my martial learning and practice, I can never ascend to join my grand protégé masters before me. My destiny is to aid you and the others to ascend to the Celestial Realm. That is the destiny of most of the elders in the Ascension Sect. For us, death awaits but for you, a new beginning will start for you.”
She was silent. It was because she knew that her grand protégé master was using a divine skill known as the Divine Ascension Sight to reveal the mysteries of the Celestial Realm. But this skill had a heavy price to pay for and destroys the celestial practice of the user!
She protested weakly after a while, “But I am the weakest now. Surely you can see it…”
Her grand protégé master said firmly, “Who says you are the weakest? Your innate energy sense is already the strongest here. In time to come, you will surely reach the highest level of the energy stratosphere. When that time comes, you will be the nemesis of the sword energies practitioners and you will be able to turn their strengths into their weaknesses! When that time comes, all the other divine arts of the Ascension Sect won’t matter to you. Why didn’t you have faith in yourself and your divine sword?”
Ye Yin saw the disappointment in her benevolent grand protégé master’s eyes and knew that he had restrained from saying his disappointments aloud. This conversation also revealed something that she had never realized before; she saw the sadness in her grand protégé master’s eyes for the first time when he had mentioned that he could never be able to ascend. To the majority of the celestial practitioners, to be able to ascend was their ultimate goal and not able to do so was as good as death itself.
Therefore from that day onward, she further refined her energy sense and energy reading ability to the point of perfection.
In time to come, her martial strength and level begun to improve rapidly. In less than a thousand years, she had successful ascended to the Celestial Realm to the astonishment of the elders of the Ascension Sect. It was because most celestial practitioners required a thousand years or more before they could ascend and her celestial ascension was supposedly to be several times more arduous!
In the Celestial Realm, she had quickly established her position as a Supreme Celestial and had quickly risen in the ranks of the Celestial Ascension Sect. In a hundred years’ time, she had already defeated many of the top celestials and was quickly ranked as one of the newly seven most powerful celestials!
She had never forgotten about Shen Xingyue who she thought would be her eternal foe. She had met Shen Xingyue who had just been initiated into the Ascension Sect to be the successor of the Perpetual Darkness.
She had disliked Shen Xingyue the Dark Enchantress from the very start for several reasons. First, her grand protégé master had showered her with much care and had taught her several epitome divine skills like the Big Dipper Hands and the Divine Rejuvenation Force. Secondly, it was because a duel between them was inevitable in the future! That was the destiny of their awakened divine swords!
Her stance towards Shen Xingyue was softened only when she realized that she had lost the Perpetual Darkness Divine Sword and her attention was shifted immediately to Lie Qing the Heavenly Temptress as she thought, “Is she my destined opponent?”
It was because she had almost lost her life in the duel against Lie Qing when the Ultimate Dragon Vortex phenomenon had suddenly occurred.
Her grand protégé master had reminded her, “In time to come, you will encounter a most difficult heavenly tribulation that may take away your life. No matter what you do, be wary of the wielder of the Perpetual Darkness. The Perpetual Darkness Divine Sword and your Despairing Heavenly Divine Sword have the same origin but this same origin is also your bane in the future. Both divine swords will attempt to destroy each other.”
She had asked her master for advice to avert this deadly heavenly tribulation of hers but he had simply told her to seek a righteous man, “These two dark divine swords are once used by the most powerful of the Dark Celestials. There is darkness in the recess of these two divine swords. The divine swords by itself aren’t dark in nature but they are destined to clash again. Only through the will of a righteous man can the darkness of these two divine swords be dispelled.”
And that righteous man was Yi Ping! She knew it the instant when she had seen him and her doubts were completely dispelled when he had destroyed the Ultimate Dragon Vortex phenomenon!
That was not the end. She was completely captivated by him and was suddenly interested to know everything about him!
She had secretly decided that he was the man that she wanted to be with!
And today it was going to be her wedding to him but today she was also facing one of the most difficult foes that she had ever met!
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage was considering the use of his most powerful sword technique, the Inverting Eternal Occurrence because he had realized that this Ascension Goddess was nullifying all his energy attacks one way or another!
He was actually reluctant to use this secret divine sword technique in the presence of so many but the Immortal Saint of Swords had willed to him, “It is alright. Use the Inverting Eternal Occurrence. Her Denunciation Force is the nemesis of our sword energies. However, it is not omnipotent.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage willed back, “But Esteem Master, if I use it she will surely die! I am not afraid of killing her but that will cause us to be at odds with the Holy Ascension Sect!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords willed, “I know that you are unwilling to use it on a junior and in the presence of the others but if we lose this duel then we got more to lose.”
The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage nodded and executed the Inverting Eternal Occurrence sword technique immediately!
When the Ascension Goddess saw the Inverting Eternal Occurrence, she was immediately alarmed as she thought, “Is this the end of me?”
She was immediately met with exploding beams of sword energies shooting from the ground and from the top as she cried aloud with her eyes full of defiance, “Yi Ping!”
Yi Ping had heard her as he rushed forward but he was soon met with multiple explosive shockwaves that rippled in all directions that sent him flying backward!
The Ascension Goddess and the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage both became a small blur and the sword energies halo was so bright and disparaging that all the celestials felt their life forces was being drained away!
All of a sudden, the exploding sword energies were exploding upward in all directions!
Yi Ping raised his martial power and displayed the Asper Continuum Horizon Hands, dissipating and imploding the incoming sword energies as he shouted in anguish, “Don’t die please. I haven’t got to know your real name yet!”
He immediately coughed out blood for he was too near to the center.
All the maidens had all rushed forward at the same time!
Yu’Er and Mei’Er gasped aloud, “Master!”
Lie Qing had already drawn out her divine sword and stepped in front of Yi Ping as she deflected the sword energies bursts one after another, shouting with concern. “Ping’Er, it is far too dangerous! I am sure the Ascension Goddess will be alright. Wait and see…”
Despite his best efforts, he was once again thrown backward. He was immediately caught by the Universal Old Man and Shen Xingyue.
Shen Xingyue panicky asked, “Ping’Er, are you alright?”
Yi Ping shook his head and he could only grit his teeth and waited for the energies diaspora to be cleared while Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lingfeng, Yixian, Lele and Youxue were all deflecting the energy bursts one after the other!
An energy burst struck Lele as she coughed out blood but the harmful sword energies was quickly purged out by Yixian who had quickly hit her on her vital channels, “Lele, step back!”
But she herself had coughed out blood; she had not recovered from her internal injuries yet and had used the Divine Emerald Skill forcefully…
Shen Xingyue immediately lifted her Divine Rejuvenation Force as she dissipated the sword energies burst directly in front of Lele and Yixian, “Leave it to me…step back!”
Lingfeng, Youxue, Yunzi and the Stellar Heaven Fairy were forced to take evasive actions for the sword energies bursts were simply too much for them to bear.
Lingfeng thought, “I hope that no one sees this…”
Everyone, it seemed was so caught out in battling this sword energies storm and for their own survival to take notice of anyone else except for their own group who was extremely protective of one another. For that, she was secretly appreciative as she thought. “This is…real friendship?”
As the debris slowly cleared, she looked up to see Yu’Er, Mei’Er and Lie Qing were still battling the unabated martial force; they were breathless and were looking extremely drained.
From the time the Inverting Eternal Occurrence had occurred, only ten blinks of an eye had gone by and it seemed to be a long eternal for everyone!
For Yi Ping, it seemed like eternality!
Yi Ping rushed forward once again, displaying his martial force to clear the dusty remnants aside while muttering nonsensical to himself. “I didn’t even get to know your name and today is supposed to be our wedding day…”
As he staggered forward, the Ascension Goddess was lying on the ground motionlessly and she was covered in a blood bath; her entire white golden garment was soaked with her blood!
As for the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage, he was also lying on the ground but he was feeble for the Ascension Goddess had run through him with her Despairing Heavenly Divine Sword. Other than that, he was still breathing.
When Yi Ping witnessed the scene he exploded in anger as he yelled aloud; there was a thunderous martial force that instantly exploded outward and the ground beneath him collapsed one foot underneath!
He rushed forward to cling to the Ascension Goddess and he was weeping uncontrollably aloud!
Yi Ping began to reminiscent the times when he was with the Ascension Goddess, however brief it had been. He was muttering, “You didn’t say goodbye…I still want to drink with you…”
Xuan Wei and Xuan You were seriously wounded in the aftermath of the Inverting Eternal Occurrence but that did not stop them from rushing forward with Xuan Kong and Xuan Qian as well. Their golden eyes were mixes of red and they were trembling with shock.
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage rushed to his fallen protégé brethren as he shook his head while saying, “This is a fair duel and no one is to be blame. We have won…”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage had quickly rushed forward as well but before he could do so, Shen Xingyue had raised her divine sword to attack him!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said angrily, “Maiden, have you forgotten that we have an agreement and that you must surrender the Blue Heavens Divine Sword to us!”
Shen Xingyue flew towards him in an instant, “I have never heard of such a laudable and thick skin request. I have only seen the two of them lying on the ground and you have the audacity to proclaim your side as the victor? It is really the most laudable thing that I have ever heard!”
With that, she raised her fingers and displayed the Starlight Divine Fingers. Five beaming flashes of light appeared in front of the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage but it was quickly parried by his sword fingers!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly, “Don’t blame me from being merciless. You have attacked me first. You deserve it. I shall seize the Blue Heavens Divine Sword from you and teach you a hard lesson…”
Shen Xingyue changed her offensive stance to a sword stance, displaying dozens of quick lethal sword strokes as she said coldly. “You have to ask my Starlight Divine Strokes first!”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was startled as he quickly moved back, drawing his precious sword at the same time to parry the attacks! It was because he could feel that her martial power had suddenly increased and that all the strokes had been imbued with sword energies!
There were dozens of brilliant blue lights as Shen Xingyue attacked nonstop in three different directions!
Even Lie Qing was startled at her martial display as she had never seen Shen Xingyue displayed her Starlight Divine Strokes before, “She is never serious in the past?!”
The attacking speed of her sword strokes was insanely fast!
Even the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage who was renowned for his speed attacks were in awe as he thought, “I have never seen such speed attacks before. Did she really calculate all her attacking steps beforehand? Because this attacking speed is too wanton, it can also be broken very easily by any super exponents…”
But his attention quickly returned to the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage as he panicky tried to save his life.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage parried steadily as he released one sword energies after another at Shen Xingyue, “I will let you have a taste of my Negative Ley Sword Energies…”
Shen Xingyue had raised her other hand at the same time as she exploded the air thunderously in front of her, “Exploding Big Dipper Hand!”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was taken off guard at her startling martial power. He quickly raised his hands to accept her blow.
There was an explosive thunderclap that reverberated aloud many times when they exchanged their blows.
To the astonishment of all the onlookers, the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage coughed out blood and he was flung backward!
The martial power of the Big Dipper Hand exceeded the martial power of the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage!
Almost immediately, the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was caught by a celestial with a hegemony air!
This celestial looked ancient with long white hair and beard but he was also youthful looking. Behind his back was a white and black long sword. There was no doubt about it that he was the Immortal Saint of Swords!
He said coldly, “You shouldn’t have done that. If the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage isn’t injured, you don’t have a chance. Maiden, don’t force my hand and surrender the Blue Heavens and the Heavenly Earth Celestial Sword quietly.”
Many of the surviving celestials were gasping, “So he is the Immortal Saint of Swords…so that is what he looks like…”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage coughed weakly, “Grand Patriarch, I have disgraced you…alas…”
Shen Xingyue replied coldly, “I don’t care who you are. You have not won and the Heavenly Earth Celestial Sword isn’t part of the agreement.”
Lie Qing had also stepped forward and her eyes were extremely red, “I may be a lowly celestial but if you want to bully one of my sisters then you have to fight me first!”
Shen Xingyue muttered, “Lie Qing…”
Yu’Er had also stepped forward with her sister Mei’Er as she said coldly, “And us too!”
Lingfeng and Youxue were also staring coldly at the Immortal Saint of Swords!
Lingfeng smiled coldly, “You are not the only Ancient Celestial here. Who says you have won?”
She secretly stole a glance at Yi Ping who was inconsolable as he wept aloud while clasping the Ascension Goddess tightly.
The Universal Old Man said coldly, “Don’t forget there is still an old man around here.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords answered coldly, “Are you sure about this? You may not win. Surely you know that my martial skills are above you. And…”
He took a look at Lingfeng before saying, “And the Heaveness seems to be weaker now. Recovering from your heavenly tribulations perhaps?”
He was suggesting that everyone else in this grand hall was not his match and that he was the supreme here!
No one, nothing could stop him!
Not even the Celestial Star Annihilation Formation! The power of the Inverting Eternal Occurrence alone could break it!
All of a sudden, the Immortal Sword Aegis Sword coughed out more blood and he was gasping to say something. But before he could say a word, his pupils had turned white and his breath had expired!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage was clasping his fists and beating his chest, “Protégé Brother! You have passed on! You have passed on! Your destiny is supposed to be in the Gods’ Realm and not here!”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was equally stunned as he stammered speechlessly, “Protégé Brother has passed away…?!”
Even the Immortal Saint of Swords was startled but that only lasted briefly for his eyes had suddenly turned murderous!
Yi Ping laughed aloud hysterically, “So who is the victor now? All this for a meaningless fight? Can a life be returned from the dead?”
He was trembling and looking at everyone, pointing at the numerous fallen celestials. “Half of the people in this hall are alive earlier but they are now all gone…at what price? At what cost? Is it for honor or for personal gains? Can anyone answer me?”
The Deadly Wanderer had barely survived the aftermath of the Inverting Eternal Occurrence and he was severely injured. He could be one of the dead here today and if another fight were to break out, he really had no confidence of surviving another battle …
Not only him, the surviving celestials were all quiet…
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:47:36 GMT
Chapter 101: The Celestial Alice Divine Sword
The hegemony air of the Immortal Saint of Swords was all too overwhelming. Even powerful celestials like Xuan Kong, Xuan Wei, Xuan Qian, Xuan You, the Northern Tyrant and the Universal Old Man felt uneasy in his presence.
Only Yi Ping, the Heaveness and Lele were not affected by his hegemony air and they were staring defiantly at him!
The Immortal Saint of Swords stared back coldly at Yi Ping, Lele and the Heaveness to unnerve them. His cold stares were like piercing daggers but still they did not budge and their stares were equally chilling!
With his celestial state of divinity, a lesser opponent would have become uneasy or became awkward but not them!
Yi Ping was enveloped in an air of righteousness. Everyone seemed to be looking in his direction for answers or leadership. He was like a beacon of steady light, full of courage and was like a towering tree.
The Immortal Saint of Swords secretly groaned. It was because he had thought that this Yi Ping was an Ancient Celestial in disguise. But after looking at him up close, he dispelled that notion. It was because all the Ancient Celestials had a way to identify one another and he was definitely not one of the original celestials.
As for this lofty maiden in white dress, she was a lowly celestial practitioner like Yi Ping but there was something in her that was different and he could not place a finger yet. Unlike the Heaveness and Yi Ping who seemed to be defying his powerful hegemony air, she seemed to be able to disregard him completely!
The Heaveness he could understand. Her Great Emptiness Translucence was said to embodiment the highest state of mediation. Her imperturbability was renowned throughout the Celestial Realm; her indifference and apathy were known to all the Ancient Celestials. Her heart was like a solid rock. He could scarcely believe that she was going to marry this Yi Ping today…
The Heaveness smiled coldly, “You haven’t changed at all, still as disdainful of others as ever. You seem to have made a remarkable progression.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords sighed softly, “It has been a long time…”
The Universal Old Man interrupted coldly, “We have always stayed steered of one another. You know very well that we are here and yet you still come knocking. If you really want to pick a fight with us, we may not lose to you!”
Yi Ping held the Ascension Goddess in his arms and there were hot tears in his downcast expression. He said coldly, “I may be an oaf but I understand what is honor. It is obviously that both have fallen at the same time. Yet you have shamelessly declared your side to be the victor. And when we tried to protest, you decide to intervene. Now that the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage is dead, do you still want to shamelessly declare that you are the victor now?”
Lele added coldly, “That’s right! It is obviously that both have fallen at the same time. Now that the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage is dead, can you still say that your side is the victor? Are all the celestial practitioners of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan this shameless? ”
All the visiting celestials were startled that Lele would dare to be so disrespectful to the Immortal Saint of Swords. It was because in the Celestial Realm, there was a power pecking order. Only those who were in positions of powers were able to have their own voice. Those who dared to go against this pecking order would only bring forth their own destruction!
But Lele seemed to have completely disregarded the cold piercing stares of the Immortal Saint of Swords as though he was not there.
Unknown to everyone, that was actually Lele innate aptitude. That was the reason why she was able to approach her grandpa seemingly without any sign of fear or awe when they met for the very first time.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage interrupted angrily, “Young maiden, mind your manners! The Infinity Sword Celestial Clan is an orthodox celestial clan. You have killed our protégé brother and leader. Yet you have the cheek to lecture us. A duel is a fight to the finish. Unless one side is dead or admit to losing then the duel will not ended! That is the unbroken rule of the martial fraternity!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords hummed coldly and the entire air began to reverberate with his martial force, “This is the rule of the martial fraternity, who dares to go against this unbroken rule? The Ascension Goddess is the first to die, yes or no?”
All the visiting celestials were silent.
It was because the Immortal Saint of Swords was right. No one could go against this martial rule!
The Immortal Saint of Swords turned to look coldly at Yixian all of a sudden, “I have never expected to see a force deflection skill as refine as yours. You are able to attack and defend simultaneous at the same time. I wonder what will happen if you have drawn out your divine sword? How about this. I will give your group another chance. If you duel with me, I won’t use my swords or my Inverting Eternal Occurrence. In fact, if you are able to exchange thirty strokes with me, I will consider your group to have won. For an opponent like you, it will be a fair duel and thirty strokes will pass by in a blink of an eye.”
He raised his voice and his martial force resonated throughout the grand hall, “However if you are unable to exchange thirty strokes with me, I will take your Heavenly Earth Celestial Sword for safekeeping for ten years!”
Everyone was startled that the Immortal Saint of Swords would offer the Celestial Fairy a second chance and were looking at her.
Yixian was now in a tight spot as she stood quietly as everyone was looking at this epitome beauty as they awaited her reply.
Her delicate features were without any expressions as she pondered quietly and with much unease. It was because if she refused to accept this challenge then it was as good as admitting defeat. But if she had lost, she would have lost the Heavenly Earth Sword!
She was really tempted for she was thinking, “Thirty strokes will pass very soon. If I can evade his attacks, perhaps…”
Shen Xingyue murmured softly to her, “Xian’Er, please don’t. Don’t ever try. You are not his match. Moreover, you are serious injured and your martial strength is impaired. I will surrender the Blue Heavens…”
Yunzi added quietly, “This is a trick. He simply wants you to accept his terms and take the Heavenly Earth Celestial Sword.”
The Immortal Saint of Swords interrupted coldly, “For ten years. I will surely keep my word and return the Heavenly Earth Sword to you after ten years. If you do not try, then how do you know you will not win?”
Everyone was smiling bitterly at his humorless cold joke. Even though it seemed that thirty strokes were not a lot but an epitome super celestial opponent like him was capable of utilizing multiple strokes within a stroke.
But to Yixian and those who was in a similar shoe, it was the most tempting offer ever!
Even the Heaveness was shaking her head as she said softly, “Yixian, no please. Don’t ever consider it!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were already freaked out! They had almost lost their protégé mistress earlier and they were really afraid of losing her. The death of the Ascension Goddess delivered a deep gap in their hearts.
When the Ascension Goddess was killed earlier and when they saw her crumbled body, they were so badly shaken that they were actually shaking uncontrollably.
Yu’Er found herself sobbing uncontrollably until she could cry no more. Even her divine sword was discreetly trembling nonstop as though it was trying to comfort her.
Mei’Er had a blank expression on her face. She was thinking to herself, “I don’t even know the Ascension Goddess but why am I feeling so grief? It is as though I have known her for a long time…is it because my previous self has known her? I am not the Axis Heaven Goddess…”
They were reminded that they were the First Celestials of the Celestial Fraternity and the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect by Shen Xingyue.
Shen Xingyue had said to them in secret shortly after they had overcome the Divine Calamity after the battle at the Holy Amalgamate Mountains, “If Yu’Er is not the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and Mei’Er is not the Axis Heaven Goddess, why do you think that the two of you are able to overcome the Divine Calamity in such a short period of time? And two golden divine swords are also ordained to you at the onset of your Divine Calamity. All these can’t be coincidences.”
Yu’Er tried to protest but Shen Xingyue said firmly, “The Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess are highly attained celestial practitioners. They cannot ascend because they have shattered their divine swords.”
Mei’Er replied, “Even though we have overcome the Divine Calamity earlier than our protégé mistress and our master, this is not what we want. We are content just to be with our protégé mistress and master forever…”
Shen Xingyue sighed softly and her angelic voice tried to sound them out, “I don’t know if I am able to ascend to the Celestial Realm in the future but the two of you will surely be able to. Unlike the other celestial clans, each of the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect has their own unique skills. The fact that the two of you have overcome your Divine Calamity earlier than the Celestial Fairy and the fact that you have not used any of the martial skills of the Eternal Ice Palace to do so is a strong indication that your inherent celestial abilities are re-awakening.”
Mei’Er smiled weakly, “What are the inherent abilities of the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess?! We don’t even know a thing!”
Shen Xingyue said solemnly, “The Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess are one and two body at the same time. During my time, even without any divine swords in their hands they are already extremely powerful. If you think I am already a super opponent, think again. Their martial strength is equaled to a true Celestial! I have heard that if they can ascend, then they will be in the pinnacles of the Celestial Realm almost immediately. That’s how strong they are!”
Yu’Er laughed softly, “Sister! I am flattered but we are not any Heaven Goddess! Moreover, the Eclipse and Axis have their own unique divine skills to be able to go that far. But we don’t have and they have thousands of years to refine their divine arts. And that is something that we don’t have too. I am not foolish enough to believe that there is a martial shortcut. Everything has to be earned or else it won’t take you a thousand years to ponder the next stage of divinity.”
Mei’Er nodded, “That’s right. That is a freak accident that the Divine Calamity has descended on us all of a sudden. I still have nightmares over the hundreds of exponents that were killed by us on that day. But still, I am curious. What are the divine arts of the two Heaven Goddesses?”
Shen Xingyue raised her fingers to do a rapid divine calculation before she said quietly, “It is not a freak accident. That is your destiny. Do you know that the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess are also twins? The divine art of the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess is the Midheaven Epiphanies, an intricacy heart formula of the Significant Insight through the Divine and the Enlightening Realization. It is not a martial art that anyone can pick up and practice. Not even in a thousand years! It is a natural inherent ability and I can already see that the natural abilities of the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess is already manifesting in you. Do you think that it is a mere coincidence that you are able to pick up the Dual Inertness Intricacy Skill so quickly? It is the latent Midheaven Epiphanies that is in you that is at work here!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er reacted with silence to her assertions.
Shen Xingyue looked at them for a while before saying quietly, “Unless you are able to reawaken to your true self, you will find the Celestial Realm to be a not so pleasant place. When Yi Ping or your protégé mistress is in great need then, will you want to be able to help him?”
At this moment, Yu’Er and Mei’Er had recalled what Shen Xingyue had told them and they were feeling totally powerless…
They were not the only ones who were feeling powerless.
Lele, Youxue, Yunzi, the Stellar Heaven Fairy, Shen Xingyue, Lingfeng and Lie Qing too, were feeling powerless for Yixian. It was because the gambit was for her Heavenly Earth Sword and it was not their decision to make!
Everyone was waiting for Yixian to reply to the Immortal Saint of Swords while she was still pondering regally…
Yi Ping was pleading, “Xian’Er, quickly reject the duel!”
Shen Xingyue emphasized again, “I don’t mind losing my divine sword, really!”
Lele brushed her long pony hair aside as she stepped forward as she said coldly, “I’m completely and utterly outrage! I am the Joyful Goddess, the Prime Celestial of the Celestial Palace.”
Yi Ping interrupted hurriedly, “Lele! You are not his match. I should be the one that is challenging him!”
But Lele raised her long scythe and pointed coldly at the Immortal Saint of Swords, “I don’t think he is as powerful as he looks. Do you dare to accept my…”
Lie Qing too, interrupted panicky, “Sister, wait!”
Lele was about to say something more when Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue and Yixian gave a startled cry!
Even the Immortal Saint of Swords, the Universal Old Man and the other two Immortal Sword Sages had suddenly turned ashen!
What could have caused them all the super celestial exponents to undergo such a sudden change!?
It was because their paranormal hearings and senses had picked up a faint heartbeat!
Yixian, Shen Xingyue and Lingfeng had immediately flew to the startled Yi Ping and said to him with a trembling voice, “Ping’Er, the Ascension Goddess…”
Almost immediately, the Ascension Goddess coughed out more blood as she gasped weakly, “Ping’Er, is that you…I can’t see anymore…I thought that I would die before I could say my last words to you. You are holding me…now?”
Yi Ping and everyone were stunned!
Yixian, Shen Xingyue and the Heaveness immediately examined her pulses!
It was because the Ascension Goddess had no more vital pulses anymore. It was already a miracle that she was able to talk!
Xuan Wei and Xuan You wanted to rush to the Ascension Goddess immediately but Xuan Kong halted them as he said quietly, “Alas brothers…leave them alone…”
Everyone could see that Xuan Kong was trembling.
Xuan Qian muttered, “Protégé brother…”
He had never seen his protégé brother in such a sorrowful state before…
Yi Ping sobbed uncontrollably and his entire body was trembling, “Don’t say anymore! You will surely live…I haven’t got to know your name yet…”
The Ascension Goddess smiled weakly, “I know my own limits…I can hear your voice just now…Ping’Er, my name is Ye Yin…that’s my name…”
Yi Ping wept aloud, “Ye Yin! Ye Yin…”
The Heaveness was suddenly trembling and she was clasping her mouth, trying extremely hard to withhold her tears.
The Immortal Saint of Swords was secretly startled as he thought, “The Heaveness actually has emotional attachments?”
The Heaveness was not the only one who was weeping; all the other maidens including Shen Xingyue were all trying to hold back their tears…
Shen Xingyue was shivering as she muttered softly, “Protégé Sister Yin…”
It was because they had all recognized that this was the sign of an impending death, a phenomenon when death was imminent, a person would suddenly be awake.
Lingfeng was startled that the Ascension Goddess was not killed instantly. Even though she was still grievous injured and was at death’s door but granted the startling power of the Inverting Eternal Occurrence, anyone will surely be torn apart!
She immediately gasped to herself, “The Celestium Silk! She is wearing the Celestium Silk underneath her. No wonder!”
The Ascension Goddess was about to say something when Yixian the Celestial Fairy seized her from Yi Ping’s arms, startling Yi Ping!
Yi Ping gasped tearfully, “Xian’Er, what are you doing. Return her to me…”
But Yixian ignored him as she struck the Ascension Goddess in her heart pulse and immediately, the Ascension Goddess was knocked out cold!
Yi Ping had turned completely ashen!
His expressions became stone as he called out hurriedly, “Xian’Er…”
But Xian’Er said gently, “Ping’Er, if I don’t do anything now she will surely die.”
Yi Ping and the rest of the maidens were startled!
Yi Ping asked panicky, “The Ascension Goddess has a hope?”
Yixian said solemnly, “I am using the Eternal Heavenly Tears Energy on her now to protect her heart. Yichi once told me that the Eternal Heavenly Tears is able to stall the inevitable. I don’t know if it works but it is worth a try.”
All of a sudden, Yi Ping froze in his tracks. It was because he had suddenly recalled that his mother had once saved his life with the Eternal Heavenly Tears when he was little!
Yixian stole a glance at Shen Xingyue and the Heaveness before she said gravely, “My internal strength alone is insufficient. I need the Divine Rejuvenation Force and the Divine Invigorate Force at the same time too.”
Shen Xingyue and Lingfeng said together without hesitation even though they were reluctant to leave the rest here, “Let’s take her to the inner chamber first.”
Lingfeng took a glance at Yi Ping, “Ping’Er, stay calm please.”
Yi Ping smiled awkwardly, “I will…”
She flashed a look at the Universal Old Man, “Old friend, be careful…”
The Universal Old Man knew that she was worried for them all so he forced a smile, “Not to worry. I still have several tricks up my sleeves.”
Shen Xingyue took a forlorn look at Yi Ping as she said melancholy, “Ping’Er, it takes us a thousand years to be together. I want to fight alongside with you but if the Ascension Goddess were to die, I know that you will never forgive yourself.”
She looked hatefully at the Immortal Saint of Swords before saying angelic, “The Ascension Goddess has the last breath. So that means we have won the duel. Don’t forget what you have just said earlier!”
Immediately there were many mutterings among the visiting celestials!
Xuan Kong mustered his courage to say coldly, “The Immortal Sword Aegis Sage has died before the Ascension Goddess so there is no doubt that the young hero Yi Ping’s group has won.”
Even the Deadly Wanderer stammered out nervously, “That’s right!”
Yixian quickly interrupted, “Protégé Mistress, Qing’Er, Lele, Youxue, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Yunzi, I am leaving Ping’Er in your hands…”
Without waiting for anyone of them to reply, Yixian was gone in an instant! She was immediately followed by Shen Xingyue and Lingfeng at the same time!
All of a sudden, Yi Ping called out. “Xian’Er, wait!”
Even the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was shouting, “Where do you think you are going?!”
But Yixian, Shen Xingyue and Lingfeng had already taken the Ascension Goddess to the inner chamber. Given their epitome swiftness movement skills, few could stop them from coming and leaving freely.
Yi Ping was exasperated!
It was because he had suddenly recalled that his mother had lost her life by attempting the Eternal Heavenly Tears to save his life but it was already too late to stop them!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage asked the Immortal Saint of Swords, “Grand Patriarch, you are not stopping them?”
The Immortal Saint of Swords simply said, “Let’s us go.”
He had immediately turned around, much to the relief of the visiting celestials!
If another fight broke out, then more of them would surely perish! Most of them were now too severely injured to take any evasive action!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage clenched their fists in anguish. How could they not be upset? They had known of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage for a long time and moreover he was the protégé leader of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage said coldly, “The Infinity Sword Celestial Clan won’t forget this slight…”
Lele immediately scoffed after him, “We see about that first.”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage hummed coldly before he turned around.
All of a sudden Yi Ping shouted coldly, “Wait! Immortal Saint of Swords, do you dare to accept my challenge?”
The Universal Old Man was stunned at his request that he panicky said, “That is only a joke! Don’t mind an ignorant fellow like him…”
But the Immortal Saint of Swords had already turned around, “No one jokes to me in my presence. Young fellow, I will make an exception for you and accept your challenge but I won’t stop until you are dead!”
Lie Qing, Youxue, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Yunzi, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and Lele almost fainted on the spot as they looked panicky at Yi Ping!
Yi Ping looked coldly at the Immortal Saint of Swords and he was trembling. It was not fear that caused him to tremble but a deep throttling distress! He was anxious for the Ascension Goddess. He wanted her to pull through. He wanted her to live. But there was something that he got to do first...
The maidens were panicky! Knowing Yi Ping, they had already known his intentions!
Lie Qing came to his side and tugged him, “Ping’Er, no please! If you die, do you still I will be able to live alone?”
Yunzi nodded disquietly, “Ping’Er…”
Youxue said melancholy, “That’s right…”
Lele pleaded at the same time, “Ping’Er, at least allow me to fight along with you. I am sure that given the martial skills of the Immortal Saint of Swords, he doesn’t mind us fighting him at the same time!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said firmly to Yi Ping, “My life is saved by you. If you die, I will surely follow you. Just do what you think is right.”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were trembling nonstop.
All of a sudden, Yu’Er had already drawn out her divine sword the Harp Whisperer and she was immediately surrounded by multiple golden halos!
She said despondently, “Master, at least allow me to join you too!”
Her voice was soft but it could be heard clearly by everyone. In fact, it seemed to be reverberating in everyone’s ears!
Mei’Er did the same and had displayed her Lyrical Whisperer and a golden light was also enveloping her!
She seemed to be muttering, “I remember now…”
Even Yi Ping was a little startled by Yu’Er and Mei’Er. The golden lights of their divine swords were stunning. It seemed that Yu’Er and Mei’Er had been transformed!
The Universal Old Man immediately said and there were surprise in his eyes, “The Divine Harmony! They had divine harmonized with their divine swords!”
All the visiting celestials could felt a powerful martial force that was in motion and it seemed to be pulling them gently towards the identical sisters.
Yunzi was the first to notice as she stammered, “Yu’Er, Mei’Er…their crimson eyes have turned golden!”
Everyone was stunned. These two lowly celestial practitioners had suddenly turned into Golden Celestials and judging by their reverent divine auras, they were in the echelons of the Golden Celestials!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage were also exchanging stunned looks with each other. Given their celestial attainment, they could easily have gauged their lesser opponents’ state of divinity. These two maidens had suddenly skipped five states of divinity, transforming them instantly!
The most bewildered thing was that there seemed to be no divine calamities!
Even the Immortal Saint of the Swords was taken aback as evidenced by his startled expressions. He was actually thinking, “Only Ancient Ancients like us can conceal our own state of divinity and there are so few of us left now but these two maidens are not Ancient Celestials. They can overcome their own state of divinity without going through the cleansing fire of the Divine Wrath? How is it possible?”
The Immortal Saint of the Swords turned ashen immediately as he said coldly to Yu’Er and Mei’Er, “Just who are you?”
The Universal Old Man quickly did some rapid calculations but he was quickly distracted by two freaks of brilliant light that imploded thunderously across the entire grand hall!
It was Yi Ping!
He was oblivious to the celestial transformation of Yu’Er and Mei’Er. All his attentions were on the Immortal Saint of Swords. He was troubled by the motionless stance of the Immortal Saint of Swords which was like an impervious giant with no weakness…
All of a sudden when he had seen a slight change of state in his opponent stance, he had seized the opportunity to attack! It was because Yi Ping knew that this little initiative was extremely precious!
Indeed, the Immortal Saint of the Swords was momentarily distracted by Yu’Er and Mei’Er. When Yi Ping had suddenly attacked him, he quickly regained his composure. An epitome super opponent like him was difficult to be caught off-guarded.
But Yi Ping’s sudden attacks combined with his Horizon Swordplay and the two divine swords, Divine Echo and the White Phoenix were so hasty and powerful that the Immortal Saint of the Swords was forced to drawn out his white precious sword to counter Yi Ping!
That was what caused the two freaks of imploding brilliant lights that had resonated thunderous throughout the grand hall!
The Immortal Saint of Swords shouted mightily, “Good! You are a worthy opponent! You have actually forced me to draw my sword for the first time in centuries!”
Even as he had said that, he had already displayed the Infinity-Zero Swordplay and his Ley Negative Sword Energy Aura, sending forth bursts of martial energies swirling in all directions and sending everyone to scurry backward in a hurry; that included the two Immortal Sword Sages!
Yi Ping was not an energy practitioner. Therefore he could only suppressed his agonizing pain when the aftershock of the Immortal Saint of Swords piercing cold sword energies struck him as he used his martial force to dissipate as much of the sword energies onslaught as possible while maintaining his attacks!
Yi Ping had displayed his divine swords with a roaring fury as he swung the Divine Echo and White Phoenix in the same direction, arcing from left first and right!
The golden eyes of the Immortal Saint of Swords were burning furiously and there were a faint blue and red tears diaspora at the side of his eyes as he displayed the intricate stroke of the Negative One Infinity Sword Art towards Yi Ping!
Many of the celestials began to gasp aloud and exchanged mutterings even before the sword stroke of the Immortal Saint of Swords had landed on Yi Ping! It was because while they had heard that the most powerful Ancient Celestials were able to reach the divine state of the Blue and Red Eyes Level, even long time celestials of the Celestial Realm had never seen it before!
The Northern Tyrant and Xuan Kong upon seeing the red and blue hint at the corners of the Immortal Saint of Swords’ eyes were astonished, “So that is what it meant by the Blue and Red Eyes Level!”
Ancient Celestials were undistinguished from the other Golden Celestials. Only their superior state of divinity marked them differently from the rest but only a superior Golden Celestial who had similar state of divinity was able to tell them apart!
There was a titanic burst of martial energy and force shattering in all directions as Yi Ping caught his Negative One Infinity Sword Technique by crossing his divine swords one over the other!
Immediately, Yi Ping coughed out blood and he was bended over, inundated by the titan martial energies of the conflicting martial forces but at the same time the Immortal Saint of Swords was also repulsed from Yi Ping!
The Immortal Saint of Swords was startled, “You can actually take a blow from my Negative One Infinity Sword Technique?!”
He looked up to see that Yi Ping was enveloped by two bright halos! One from the Divine Echo and one from the White Phoenix!
He hummed coldly, “The Boundless Martial Force! The Divine Harmonies! You can actually harmonize with the two divine swords at the same time!”
In less than a blink of an eye, Yi Ping had mustered his martial strength again as he attacked with his sword arcs, displaying his Horizon Swordplay together with the sword techniques taught by Dugu Yunzi and Lele, sending furious strokes one after another at the Immortal Saint of Swords!
But even Lele and Yunzi were stunned at his ambidextrous display which seemed to defy conventions!
Yi Ping was shouting weakly, “This is…for Yunzi. This is for Yixian…and this is for Ye Yin!”
It was because the Immortal Saint of Swords was simply too strong and every stroke that was parried or blocked by the Immortal Saint of Swords was causing Yi Ping to cough out blood and was sapping his martial strength!
The Immortal Saint of Swords was startled that Yi Ping had continued to persist. He began to execute the Ley Negative Sword Energies, the Negative Two and Three Infinity Sword one after another!
In a few blinks of an eye, more than a hundred strokes had been exchanged and the destructive furies of the martial exchanges were ripping everything that was near them apart!
All the celestial practitioners had already steered clear of the two duelists where the martial exchange had started!
The Universal Old Man was shaking his head and he had displayed his martial force with an explosive force to shield the maidens from the onslaught of the furious martial forces as the ground beneath him cracked wider and wider, “Get back quickly!”
Even Yu’Er, Mei’Er and the Stellar Heaven Fairy were stunned at the onslaught of the martial forces as all their martial forces were nullified, forcing them to take several steps backward!
Yu’Er gasped as she raised her sword fingers in front of her with her divine sword, “The sword energies of the Immortal Saint of Swords are tens of times more powerful than the Immortal Aegis Sword Sage…”
Mei’Er was parrying off volley after volley of the incoming sword energies with her Lyrical Whisperer as she smiled weakly, “At this rate, we cannot get to the center!”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy smiled weakly, “Trust me, there is no way you can get to the center without getting killed. The Ley Negative Sword Energies Aura of the Immortal Saint of Swords is too overpowering. Our martial differences are simply too great. We can only pray…”
Youxue had displayed the Divine Emerald Force with her entire martial power but she too could not persist longer than a few seconds before she too, was forced backward!
Lie Qing took the hands of Yunzi and Lele as she displayed her Invincible Divine Force while whispering gently to them. “Sisters, behind me!”
She had raised her Perpetual Darkness and a dark halo could be seen. Together with her nine hovering bluish spheres around her, her dark halo had a spatial ring of bright light that instantly dissipate all the incoming sword energies!
That was immediately noticed by the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage amidst the destructions and the confusions; they were secret startled at her martial level!
But even though Lie Qing was able to nullify the martial energies that were ripping everything apart in all directions, she was not at the center of the martial exchange which was ten times more dangerous! Even then, she was secretly trembling, not knowing if she could be able to hold on much longer.
It was because in a few blinks of an eye, the Immortal Saint of the Swords had already attacked Yi Ping with the Ley Negative Second Sword and there were now twenty bluish sword energies hovering and flying all over at an alarming speed. Even the white celestium walls were ripped and exploded into smithereens by the speeding sword energies!
That was something that Lie Qing was not confident in as she asked herself, “Can my Invincible Divine Force protect me from these sword energies?”
Even Youxue was sighing melancholy, “Can my swiftness skill evade and my Golden Impervious Body protects me from these sword energies?”
Like Lie Qing, she wanted to barge into the middle to lend Yi Ping a helping hand!
Yunzi was disquiet and she was clenching her mouth. She was actually crying as she sobbed, “I am just too weak. Ping’Er, do you know I am willing to take your place? Heavens…”
Even Yu’Er, Mei’Er and Lele were holding back tears as they tried to battle their way to the middle but each time the destructive energies forced them backward once again!
The Universal Old Man was shouting exasperating to the maidens as he stumbled backward, “I say step back! You will surely die if you intervene in the fight!”
The Universal Old Man had guessed what were in their minds already!
The Immortal Sword Blitz Sage used his Thousand Mile Resonant Skill as he echoed with his martial shout, “If anyone dares to intervene in this duel, don’t blame the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and I for stepping in too to avenge our protégé brother the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage!”
In the meantime…
In a blink of an eye, Yi Ping and the Immortal Saint of Swords had already exchanged dozens of strokes as evidenced by the speeding globes of light that were blurring in the middle of the grand hall!
Yi Ping had coughed out more blood as he willed with his Absolute Spirits intrinsic heart formula to continue fighting as he attacked the Immortal Saint of Swords faster and faster while repeating, “This is for…Yunzi, this is for Yixian and this is…for Ye Yin!”
The faster he swung his divine swords, the faster his vital energies reversed onto himself and that only worsened his internal injuries. But Yi Ping did not care anymore as he launched one frenzy stroke after the other!
Even the Immortal Saint of Swords was startled by Yi Ping’s resolute. He had expected that Yi Ping’s attacks would be weakened by now but instead, Yi Ping had continued to empower his sword strength and speed!
Their reflexes and attacking speed was so fast and were getting faster all the time that the onlookers could not follow their sword strokes anymore!
The Immortal Saint of Swords was shouting while executing one intricate stroke and technique one after another, “Ley Negative Fifth Stroke, the Inception Hit! Ley Negative First Stroke! Sixth Infinity Swordplay, Bursting Forces! Negative One Infinity Swordplay, Piercing Sword Energies! Second Infinity Stroke, Returning Strokes!”
Yi Ping was not slowed to make his returning attacking strokes as he synchronized his two divine swords as one to display his sword techniques but asynchronous his attacking strokes when required!
The Immortal Saint of Swords had not gotten even a single scratch or injury yet while Yi Ping was almost at his breaking point but he was still startled that his opponent was able to block his epitome strokes with such martial strength.
He secretly exclaimed, “This is the divine strength of his two divine swords?!”
In between his thoughts, he had knocked back Yi Ping again but Yi Ping had quickly steadied his footings as he lurched himself at the Immortal Saint of Swords in a blink of an eye while shouting, “This is for Yunzi!”
But he was quickly knocked back again as a cold sword energies pierced right through his chest!
But Yi Ping did not fall as he sped towards the Immortal Saint of Swords, striking at the Immortal Saint of Swords with half a dozen of strokes while muttering weakly, “This is for Yixian!”
Immediately, dozens of deafening powerful martial energies shockwaves rippled throughout the grand hall as several thunderous implosions took place!
In just a few blinks of an eye, they had exchanged dozens of rapid strokes!
Many of the onlookers, including the Immortal Sword Sages, Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei, Xuan You, the Northern Tyrant and the Deadly Wanderer were stunned at Yi Ping’s persistent as they thought, “Why didn’t he fall down yet? He has already taken so many fatal direct hits…and what this ambidextrous sword technique style that he is using? I have never seen anything like that before…”
They had already observed that while Yi Ping had an opportunity to attack, he could attack the Immortal Saint of Swords with the Divine Echo followed by the White Phoenix. But that was not the intricate part! After the White Phoenix had attacked, it was immediately followed by the Divine Echo! To the naked eyes and to the majority of the onlookers, it seemed that Yi Ping was attacking with a flurry of sword strokes!
As the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix were being enveloped by a bright halo; it seemed to everyone that while Yi Ping was attacking furiously, there was a great multitude of dazzling globe of lights which were extremely blinding to the eyes of the onlookers!
Yi Ping coughed out more blood as he continued to murmur to himself, “This is for…Ye Yin!”
As the Immortal Saint of Swords raised his long sword coolly in a furious defense to his right, Yi Ping had incorporated the power of his most powerful technique, the Asper Divinity Horizon Hands into his attacking strokes as the entire air imploded thunderous with the martial power of this technique as six rings of martial force burst around him!
There was a thunderous thunderclap and immediately the precious sword of the Immortal Saint of Swords was shattered into a thousand fragments, flying in all directions!
Both the Immortal Saint of Swords and Yi Ping was both caught in this thunderous mishap, flying backward and sustaining severe injuries at the same time!
All the maidens shouted panicky for his name at the same time as Yi Ping crumbled onto the ground! He was very pale, his mouth was full of blood and there were multiple sword wounds and injuries all over his body!
Lele and the Stellar Heaven Fairy covered their mouth in shock while Lie Qing was so stunned that she had nearly fainted in Lele’s embrace!
Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Yunzi and Youxue cried his name aloud!
The Immortal Saint of Swords had taken several steps backward as he parried most of the shattered fragments. But there were some visible wounds on him.
He clenched his chest and he was looking at his hand that was full of blood. He was extremely pale. That was because it was taboo for energy practitioners to be injured while they were channeling the sword energies. The backlash to himself was not light!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage reacted with stunned shock too!
The Immortal Saint of Swords was trembling as he stared at his broken precious sword in his hands. He was muttering, “My Egress, my precious sword…you have been with me for the past thousand years…imagine my joy when I have first forged you but now you are broken…”
The visiting celestials understood his pain. That was because precious metal was extremely rare in the Celestial Realm and even harder to forge into precious swords…
The Immortal Saint of Swords stared angrily at the fallen Yi Ping as he took a step forward, “I will cut you to pieces!”
His Ley Negative Sword Energies Aura had suddenly turned malevolent and his murderous intent was evidenced. Almost immediately, the martial windforce that was generating unabated around the grand hall grew in intensive and the sword energies in the area were speeding like lightning bolts pacing up and down, exploding the ground and everywhere that it contacted!
To the astonishment of everyone, a trembling Yi Ping had picked himself up as he supported himself with the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix. What was even more astonishing was that the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix were reverberating on its own accord, forming a large divine rainbow halo in front of Yi Ping!
Yi Ping’s face was not visible but he could be heard muttering, “…This is for Yixian…and for Ye Yin…”
The Immortal Saint of Swords hummed coldly, “So you are still able to stand. Good! I don’t want to kill a fallen man lest I am ridiculed by the others for bullying a junior. But I will give you a rare honor…”
All of a sudden, he had reached for the black sword on his back and had drawn it in front of him. “This sword is also a divine sword, the Celestial Alice. You have depended on the two divine swords to carry you this far. This is really a surprise to me but the differences in our martial levels are simply too vast. You have been lucky. I don’t want anyone to know that I have a divine sword but today, I am going to execute you with the Celestial Alice…”
The Universal Old Man was startled! He had not expected that the Immortal Saint of Swords would have a divine sword in his possession. Moreover he had recognized this divine sword that was in his hand as a divine sword that had come from the Stellar Sanctuary!
Unlike the other divine swords, there was no evidence that the Celestial Alice was a divine sword saved for its extreme sharpness!
Long ago, the Ancient Celestials had fought over this divine sword and many had perished. He had never expected that the Celestial Alice was actually in the hands of the Immortal Saint of Swords!
As the Immortal Saint of Swords raised his divine sword towards Yi Ping, all the maidens had made use of the lull of the dissipating sword energies to gather all around Yi Ping, showering him with concerns…
Lele was appalled at the sight of the bloodied Yi Ping and her silent tears fell uncontrollable as she gasped, “Ping’Er…”
Yu’Er cried, “Master Yi Ping, are…you alright?”
Yi Ping face was covered with his blood but he was muttering weakly, “Yu’Er, Lele...leave quickly. The duel isn’t over…”
Lie Qing interrupted melancholy, “Good! Then we shall fight this demon together…”
Mei’Er, Youxue and Yunzi nodded at the same time as they said resolutely, “That’s right!”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy added gently, “Don’t forget me as well!”
Even the Universal Old Man had stepped in front of Yi Ping as he shouted angrily at the Immortal Saint of Swords, “That is enough isn’t it? My protégé Yi Ping has already lost. Can you give me a little face and quit the duel? You don‘t think that I cannot break your Ley Negative Sword Energies Field? I am just simply conserving my strength!”
The Immortal Saint of Swords said coldly, “You know my rules. Anyone that interrupts my duel is fair game to me. No one can break my rules or bend my rules!”
He laughed coldly at Yu’Er, Mei’Er and Lie Qing, “It seems that I will have three more divine swords to my collection…”
All of a sudden, the Immortal Saint of Swords swung the Celestial Alice at the Universal Old Man as he thundered. “Get lost!”
The Universal Old Man retaliated with his Ultrapowerful Force as the air broke into a series of several thunderclaps but still, he was flung off aside by the martial energies of the Immortal Saint of Swords!
At the same time, the Immortal Saint of Swords had already raised the Celestial Alice to display the Ley Negative Third Stroke to cut down the Universal Old Man!
But a bloodied Yi Ping had dashed forth and intercepted the Ley Negative Third Stroke with his double divine swords, resulting in a thunderous brilliant light that imploded with such a powerful energies shockwave that Yi Ping immediately coughed out more blood on the spot!
Because all the maidens were too near to the martial implosions, they were all knocked back with varying degrees of internal injuries despite their best efforts to deflect the energies shockwaves!
The Immortal Saint of Swords hummed coldly, “It is useless to resist…”
Yi Ping was muttering, “This is for…Yunzi, Yixian, Ye Yin!”
All of a sudden, the Immortal Saint of Swords was stumbling backward in disbelief as he dropped the Celestial Alice!
It was because there was a cross that was slashed across his chest and his blood was dripping on the ground nonstop!
Yi Ping had actually successfully slashed at the Immortal Saint of Swords!
He was looking at the Celestial Alice that was thrust into the ground in utter disbelief!
He was muttering in shock and disbelief, “Impossible…Why did you betray me…”
He was not the only one that was stunned too!
All the others were stunned by this sudden change of event! It was because given the sword skills of the Immortal Saint of Swords, it was extremely easy for him to block Yi Ping’s attacks.
But they had seen Yi Ping slashed at the Immortal Saint of Swords who seemed to react with a retarded reflex at the very last moment!
No one seemed to know what was happening as they shared the disbeliefs in their eyes!
As for Yi Ping, he was not able to savor this moment of victory; he had fallen on his knees and was gripping the two divine swords for support but he had completely lost his consciousness!
He was not even aware that right now he was now being surrounded by Yunzi, Youxue, Lele, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, the Stellar Heaven Fairy and Lie Qing as they sought to resuscitate him…
Even the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix seemed to turn dull and had lost their luster!
The Immortal Saint of Swords turned around as he staggered forward while muttering incoherently to himself, “Let’s go…I have lost…”
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage and Immortal Sword Blitz Sage were stunned as they looked at the fallen Yi Ping and the Celestial Alice that was still being left behind!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage panicky called out, “Grand Patriarch, you have not lost. That Yi Ping has fallen! And the Celestial Alice is still here!”
But the Immortal Saint of Swords did not seem to hear him as he staggered to the entrance…
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was stunned at his grand patriarch’s reaction. He took a look at the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage who was also looking at him with a stunned look while carrying the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage on his back.
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage finally said as he reached out for the divine sword, “The Celestial Alice is a divine sword of the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan…”
But to his utter surprise, the Celestial Alice refused to budge from the original spot!
He proceeded to use his entire martial power to lift the Celestial Alice. All of a sudden, he began to cough out blood and went wobbly backward!
The Celestial Alice did not even budge at all and his vital energies had even reversed when he tried to his entire martial strength to lift it!
The Immortal Sword Zealot Sage was stunned and was in disbelief!
It was as though the Celestial Alice had a will of its own!
When the Immortal Saint of Swords reached the entrance, he coughed weakly. “Leave it. The Celestial Alice has found its true master…we have utterly lost…”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:48:28 GMT
Chapter 102: Celestial Antonym Alice, Celestial Synonym Alice
The Immortal Saint of Swords and the Immortal Sword Sages had left.
The once beautiful white celestium hall of the Tranquil City was in an appalling mess, with cracks and splinters everywhere.
Only a handful of the most powerful celestial clans could afford such splendor.
The Tranquil City was once the headquarter of the Dominating Aura Clan, an aggressive celestial clan that had quickly expanded in their dominations.
The entire hall was extremely dusty and many of the visiting celestials were coughing weakly.
There were more than a hundred visiting celestials at the start. Some had come to disrupt the wedding and some had come here to be acquainted with the new Domain Lord of the Tranquil City. But now there were only fifty of them now!
More than fifty celestials were scattered around the hall, unable to move ever again.
The surviving celestials were worn up and many of them were had sustained serious internal injuries. A few of them were even wailing aloud for the dead.
But most of the celestials were looking at the Celestial Alice and Yi Ping’s group in the middle of the hall…
Yi Ping had fallen and his breathing was extremely weak.
Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Youxue, Yunzi, the Shishi the Stellar Heaven Fairy, Lele and Lie Qing were surrounding him and were trying to resuscitate him while the Universal Old Man was popping several pills in his mouth…
The Universal Old Man struck Yi Ping’s chest with a heavy pounding blow after another, causing the unconscious Yi Ping to quiver and foaming blood each time!
Lele said exasperating, “Dirty old man, what are you doing? You are killing him! I have never seen anyone hitting a person to save a person!”
Youxue was also saying exasperating and she was close to tears, “Stop please. You are killing him…”
The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly, “Why should I kill my own protégé? I am saving him…”
Yunzi was also staring at the Universal Old Man in disbelief, “I…I think I go get the Heaveness…”
The Universal Old Man wiped away his beads of perspiration as he stammered, “Trust me, trust me. Even if you get the Heaveness to be here, it is futile. Moreover, she cannot be distracted now. My pills may not be miracle pills but it is better than nothing…”
It was true that it was futile to get the Heaveness here. Or even Shen Xingyue or Yixian. It was because right now, they were expending their internal strength to save the Ascension Goddess. Internal strength energies were extremely precious to the martial practitioners and would take them a long time to recover. Moreover, recklessly expending their internal energies carried a mortal risk too. That was why martial practitioners were reluctant to expend their precious internal energies for anyone.
But Yixian did not hesitated at all when she had used the Eternal Heavenly Tear internal energies in an attempt to save the Ascension Goddess. Either did Shen Xingyue and Lingfeng!
At this moment, the Universal Old Man and the other maidens were also expending their internal energies to aid Yi Ping without any hesitation even though they were still being surrounded by hostilities!
The Stellar Heaven Fairy whispered to Yu’Er and Mei’Er, “You are Golden Celestials now. Are you really the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess? Is there anything you can do?” She was tearful. She had not expected that her wedding would be ruined because the bridegroom had been met with a mishap. She lamented silently, “There is nothing but tragedies that awaits me in the Celestial Realm…”
Mei’Er looked at Yu’Er melancholy as she channeled pulses of golden light into Yi Ping, “Sister, have you remember?”
Yu’Er nodded gently as she struck Yi Ping in his life channels with her fingers, “Yes I have remembered but Master Yi Ping is too grievously injured. We can only try with our Midheaven Epiphanies intricate energies…”
Mei’Er said gently to the other maidens, “Sisters. Don’t expend your internal energies futility. Leave it to the Universal Old Man, Yu’Er and I. If the three of us are unable to save Master Yi Ping’s life, then no one else is able to…”
Lie Qing, Lele, Yunzi, Youxue and the Stellar Heaven Fairy were startled by their transformation. They reluctantly complied. Mei’Er voice may be gentle but it had a mystifying commanding pull in it.
Yu’Er said softly, “There are six different intrinsic sword energies in his body. The best we can do now is to suppress the six conflicting sword energies first and then think of a way to save his life…”
All of a sudden, her voice became extremely tender as she was heard murmuring. “Yi Ping…the White Sage…I have thought that I won't be able to see you again…but when I did, why is that it have to be in this situation…”
Most of the visiting celestials were only paying scant attentions to them except for Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You. Instead, their eyes were on the black relic that was impaled in the middle of the grand, the Celestial Alice!
A divine sword was impaled in the middle of the grand hall and no one was claiming it!
Xuan Kong, Xuan Wei, Xuan Qian, Xuan You, the Northern Tyrant, the Deadly Wanderer and many others were now staring at the Celestial Alice nervously!
But no one wanted to be first to go to the middle of the grand hall to pick up the Celestial Alice while the Universal Old Man was there. It was because the only celestial that had survived the ordeal unscathed was the Universal Old Man. He was not only an Ancient Celestial but he was one of the seven super celestials in the past ranking together with the Immortal Saint of Swords!
Having witnessing the epic duels of the Immortal Sword Sages and the Immortal Saint of Swords, the surviving celestials were dumbfounded by their sword practice as well as their energy practice. They had never expected that their martial differences would be this vast!
Even Yi Ping and the Ascension Goddess were leagues above them!
They could not understand how a celestial practitioner like Yi Ping who had not successfully attained as a Golden Celestial would be able to exchange so many strokes with the Immortal Saint of Swords!
The secret verdict among the visiting celestials was, “They are too exaggerating!”
The conclusion of that secret verdict was, “Is it because of the divine swords that are in their hands?”
Divine swords were divine swords because unlike ordinary swords, it was able to absorb and dissipate the powerful sword energies shockwaves that were being generated by internal energy practitioners.
And of course, martial energies and forces were easier to channel and amplified through the use of a divine sword.
In the Martial Fraternity and in the Celestial Realm, internal energy practitioners were commonplace but sword energies practitioners were extremely rare. It was a martial path that was fraught with dangers and difficulties, with just one or two in every few generations that could attain the immaterial energy level and even harder to ascend to the Celestial Realm. While energy practitioners were all martial exponents that everyone wanted to avoid, they were not invincible. Any injuries or disruption to their vital energies channels could be fatal to them.
Therefore, the reason why they were all staring at the Celestial Alice was not because they dared to dream of challenging the Immortal Saint of Swords or the Immortal Sword Sages.
It was because the divine swords not only offered them an advantage over their closest opponent but it was because divine swords were known to aid the celestial practitioners in overcoming the dreadful Heavenly Tribulations!
Therefore many of the visiting celestials were now staring at the Celestial Alice and were pondering over their next move.
The Immortal Saint of Swords had said that this sword here was a divine sword and it was christened the Celestial Alice. But was the Celestial Alice really a divine sword? But where was its divine air? All the celestials were not able to feel it…
But even though they were not able to feel it, they knew that the Celestial Alice was not an ordinary divine sword. It was because when the Immortal Saint of Swords had casually dropped it, it had impaled deep into the white celestial marble stabs which were nearly impervious to most forces and cuts!
Could it be that the Celestial Alice was a True Divine Sword, an immortal sword from the Gods’ Realm? Given their current state of divinity, maybe that was why they were not able to recognize it?
Most of the visiting celestials were not able to recognize a divine weapon unless it had been unsheathed in the first place. Only the epitome celestials were able to recognize the auras of the divine weapons from afar.
The Northern Tyrant was a friend of Ximen Nanqing the protégé master of the Dominating Aura Clan. Together, they had forged an unlikely alliance to dominate the Celestial Realm.
Imagine the horror of the Northern Tyrant when he had heard that Ximen Nanqing had been killed and the Dominating Aura Clan had been disbanded!
He quickly regrouped the celestial practitioners of the Dominating Aura Clan that had come to defect to his clan. He had come to confront the new master of the Tranquil City who had the audacity to rename the domain of the Dominating Aura Clan and cast out all the celestial practitioners that had survived.
His initial surprise was that of absurdity when he had heard of the first report, “A small group of unknown celestial practitioners has taken over the Dominating Aura City?! Ximen Nanqing has been defeated and his whereabouts are unknown?”
Subsequent reports by the surviving celestial practitioners of the Dominating Aura Clan that had defected to him revealed further information, “The Holy Ascension Sect has made their move against the Dominating Aura Clan, annihilating all other resistances. So this Yi Ping is just a lucky fellow that happen to be in the right place at the right time and is just picking up the remnants of that battle. But as long as Ximen Nanqing is still alive, then that Yi Ping won’t last long and he will be in for a surprise.”
That was because he knew what a powerful exponent Ximen Nanqing was. His martial strength, his intellect and his cunningness made him a foe not to be underestimated!
Then the death of Nanqing Ximen was suddenly announced and that the new Domain Lord of the Tranquil City had buried him decently!
He was stunned!
He quickly gathered some of his best fighters and contacted some of his celestial allies to seek vendetta for Ximen Nanqing!
Of course that was not his only purpose. Everyone knew that the Dominating Aura Clan was fabulous wealthy, with a large store of white celestium stones and precious celestium metals. So very naturally, he had the intention of seizing the Tranquil City for himself. But of course, the martial secrets of Ximen Nanqing must not be allowed to fall into the hands of others!
But now when he had witnessed the epitome skills of Yi Ping’s group and the pathetic state that they were in, he was more than startled!
He was thinking, “This Yi Ping can actually fight the Immortal Saint of Swords one to one. Even though the Immortal Saint of Swords has conceded but he has not really lost. Even though this Yi Ping has fallen but there is still the Universal Old Man…”
Quite a few of the visiting celestials were secretly looking at him and from their eyes, they were hinting. “They are just a few. We are many. If we all make our moves at the same time, surely we can overpower the Universal Old Man?”
Another was nodding as he looked at the fallen celestials, seeming to hint. “With so many dead here, our actions will surely be justified. After all, we are just seeking justice for the fallen and there are fallen celestials from more than twenty celestial clans here…”
Another celestial shook his head as though he was hinting as he looked at the Deadly Wanderer. “That will really depend on the cooperation of everyone but not all the other celestials want to fight or have the martial strength left now.”
All of a sudden, Xuan Kong had stepped forward towards the middle of the grand hall, towards the Celestial Alice followed by Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You!
The hearts of many of the visiting celestials were pounding hard as they were afraid that Xuan Kong would seize the Celestial Alice first!
Even Lele and Lie Qing were provoked by their approach that they had quickly stepped in front of the Universal Old Man and the Celestial Alice!
Lele said coldly, “What do you want?”
Xuan Kong appeared to be humbled this time as he bowed respectfully, “We…we want to ascertain something.”
Xuan Wei stammered, “Yes, that’s right.”
Lele asked coldly, “Oh? What is it?”
Xuan Kong looked past them as he looked at Yu’Er and Mei’Er, stammering to answer. “Is that the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess?”
Mei’Er paused briefly while Yu’Er continued to use her intrinsic internal energies to stabilize the conflicting sword energies within Yi Ping’s body. She turned around to say, “Yes? I am the Axis Heaven Goddess.”
Xuan Kong began looked at his protégé brothers...
It was because even though they were the elders of the Ascension Sect in the lower realm and in the Celestial Realm, they had never seen the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess before. The Ascension Sect is a major celestial clan in the lower realm and many of the celestial practitioners of the Ascension Sect had actually meditated alone in their lofty mountains. Therefore they had never met them before.
However, they did know that the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddess were among the first celestial practitioners of the Ascension Sect. In terms of seniority and ranking, they were their elders even though they had ascended first. The first to ascend was accorded a superior rank than those that was later except for the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect. And the Eclipse and Heaven Goddess were the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect!
It was because the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect had a different celestial practice than the others, requiring a far longer time than anyone else! Therefore they had a special position within the Ascension Sect!
Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You immediately bowed their hands to say respectfully, “My respects to the…”
But Mei’Er interrupted softly but her voice was awe-inspiring, “Forget it. You didn’t believe us at the start. You should leave immediately.”
Xuan Kong stammered, “But…you are our…”
Mei’Er said expressionlessly and her golden eyes were a bright golden, “Supreme Celestial, am I right? My divine soul, my holy body belongs to the Ascension Sect and to the Ascension Supreme. My mortal body, my spirit to the Ascension Fire. You can tell that to the Lord Supreme. Now leave. We will pay a visit to the Holy Ascension Sect very soon.”
Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You gave a respectful bow before they made their way to the entrance.
The other visiting celestials were startled.
Xuan Kong, Xuan Qian, Xuan Wei and Xuan You were probably the best fighters that could possibly be on their side and now they had left!
The four ascendant priests were the elders of the Holy Ascension Sect and they were extremely respectfully to the maiden in the middle. They had been in the Celestial Realm long enough to know that the Supreme Celestials were not Golden Celestials to be trifled with even if injured. Moreover, quite a few of the celestials here had already sworn fealty to the Holy Ascension Sect and those celestial clans that did not, was not willingly to make enemies of the Holy Ascension Sect.
Therefore, twenty of the celestials immediately gathered their dead and walked off quietly!
The remaining thirty celestials were all hesitating and thinking of their next step!
Lele saw them and she said coldly, “You have not come here in goodwill and definitely not to attend our wedding. Why are you all still here? Are you trying to pick up a fight?”
Yunzi looked at the Celestial Alice as she said coldly, “They are thinking that since this Celestial Alice is being left behind then they may have a chance to obtain this divine sword.”
Yunzi had spoken their minds and immediately, several of the visiting celestials were flustering!
Lie Qing said coldly as she pointed her divine sword at them, “But it seems that they can’t do their math properly. If you want to seize the Celestial Alice and our divine swords, I am more than willing to fight with you.”
The Stellar Heaven Fairy said coldly, “And me as well!”
Youxue added coldly, “You can try me as well. Maybe I will actually drink their blood and their beating hearts to further my attainment.”
She was joking of course but it was a threat that was real. The dark celestial practitioners were forced to drink the blood of the other celestial practitioners to prolong their lives.
Normally, these Golden Celestials were disdainful of the half-celestial practitioners who had not attained to their levels. Their golden eyes marked them as true celestials over the numerous half-celestial practitioners who had crimson eyes. But today, they were all smiling bitterly…
While they were still smiling awkwardly, Lele had reached out for the Celestial Alice to pull it up from the ground when she too, coughed out blood as she stepped back with a stunned look!
Lie Qing was startled, “Lele, what is happening?!”
Everyone was startled too!
Lele coughed weakly as she immediately circulated her internal strength. She answered quickly, “I…I can’t pull the sword up. When I tried to do so, my internal energies immediately reverse upon myself!”
All of a sudden, everyone had a sudden realization. That was the reason why the Immortal Saint of Swords had dropped the Alice Celestial! Given the sword practice of the Immortal Saint of Swords, how was it possible for someone as highly attained as him to drop his own sword?!
That was the real reason why the Immortal Saint of Swords’ fighting movements had become awkward all of a sudden!
That was what he meant by, “Impossible…Why did you betray me…”
And when the Immortal Sword Zealot Sage tried to pick up the Celestial Alice, he too had suffered internal injuries!
No wonder, the Immortal Saint of Swords and the Immortal Sword Sages had left without taking the Celestial Alice!
That was something that was improbable and out of the world even for everyone to understand!
The Universal Old Man was also staring at the Celestial Alice and trying to figure out…
The Deadly Wanderer offered a help, “If we cannot pull up the sword, then why don’t we start by digging around it first?”
Immediately, there was some exciting muttering among the visiting celestials.
Even the Northern Tyrant was nodding and stroking his long beard in approval.
He was happily applauding his bright idea when Yu’Er got up and stared coldly at the visiting celestials in a not so amused manner. That was because judging by what Lele had said and piecing it together with what she had seen earlier, she knew that the Celestial Alice had already bound itself to the ground with the Universal Force. Even if they had used this method, it was completely futile.
She said exasperatedly as a powerful wave of malevolent air swept through the entire hall, “We need some quiet moments. Please leave or I won’t be polite anymore.”
The visiting celestials knew that she was serious.
Since they had no wish to offend the Holy Ascension Sect and they had no confident that they could defeat the Universal Old Man given their injuries and smaller numbers now, they reluctantly made their way to the entrance.
The Deadly Wanderer was reluctant to leave. Before he left, he actually had the audacity to say, “Maidens, if your bridegroom dies you can always look for me for comfort…”
But he quickly shut his mouth up when the maidens’ cold stares and cold demeanors turned him to flight as he hastily made his exit!
Lele had already raised her long scythe to attack him but he was one step ahead of her!
It was not long before all the visiting celestials had left the place but Yi Ping’s situation was still extremely critical!
Lele voice was coarse from weeping, “How is he?”
Yu’Er replied softly, “No good. We can only hope to stabilize the conflicting six intrinsic energies in him but while the six intrinsic energies remained in him, we cannot treat any of his internal injuries…”
The Universal Old Man added as he gave Yi Ping another forceful push of his martial force on his heart, “No good. It is already a miracle that I can prolong his heart pulse this long…”
Lele was so upset upon hearing that she gave the Celestial Alice a kick, “Stupid Sword!” as she dropped a few tears on the sword. She was about to give the Celestial Alice a slice of her long wicked scythe when she was startled to see that Yi Ping was coughing out aloud!
All of a sudden, he had suddenly got up and startling everyone!
All the maidens were crying aloud, “Ping’Er, Yi Ping, Master Yi Ping!”
But Yi Ping did not seem to hear them as he staggered to the Celestial Alice which was next to him. As soon as he touched the metallic hilt of the Celestial Alice, it split into two different intricate black swords and there was a bright rainbow halo enveloping both swords!
As Yi Ping grabbed the Celestial Alice, he yelled aloud. Immediately, the six conflicting sword energies of the Ley Negative Sword Energies were expelled from him in a ring of spatial energies!
Yu’Er and Mei’Er immediately cried out, “Watch out!” as they deflected the deadly sword energies with Lie Qing and the Universal Old Man!
As Yi Ping fell onto the ground again, he was grasping both swords while muttering. “Celestial Antonym Alice…Celestial Synonym Alice…”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:49:11 GMT
Chapter 103: Destinies Reunited
The white blue lofty view of the hundreds of mountain peaks, misty clouds and celestial birds was breathtaking, if not awe-inspiring. The inspiring picturesque scenery was as though it had come straight from a scroll painting!
Yi Ping was lying on the grassy meadows on one of the lofty mountains. Beside him were eleven enchanting maidens who were chatting excitedly and there was one old man…
Lele tapped the Universal Old Man on his shoulder, “What did you come here for? You are spoiling our wedding ceremonial!”
The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly as he looked at the Heaveness, “It is you maidens that want me to be your witness here today…”
Lele waved her fingers, “It is them, not I. Why, you are thinking of barging into the bridal room later?”
When Yi Ping heard that, he began to cough aloud and he was suddenly flustered but he was not the only ones; all the other maidens were all flushing!
Lie Qing quickly said, “Sister, you....you are the one that has suggested it…”
The Universal Old Man was smiling bitterly…
Youxue said shyly, “This place seems deserted enough and far from prying eyes. I hope that this time there is no one else to disrupt our wedding.”
Yu’Er and Yunzi nodded quietly, followed by the Stellar Heaven Fairy.
The Stellar Heaven Fairy took the hands of Youxue, “Little Sister, this place is remote enough. Don’t worry.”
Yi Ping got up and glanced at Lingfeng, Yixian, Shen Xingyue and the Ascension Goddess. The last battle had taken a toll from them and their internal strength was spent. They would not be able to fully recovery in short notice.
The Ascension Goddess smiled weakly, “Why the look? You don’t trust me? Have I not proven my loyalty to the group…”
Yi Ping panicky said, “More than enough. You have nearly lost your life for us all. You shouldn’t have done so…”
The Ascension Goddess lowered her head shyly as she said weakly, “As long as you understand, that is enough for me!”
Yi Ping looked tenderly at her for a while before he said, “I don’t really understand. How did you manage to evade all the attacks of the Immortal Sword Aegis Sage and how did you manage to break through his defenses at the final moment?”
Shen Xingyue broke into an angelic smile, followed by several of the maidens that began to giggle. “Finally! We are all wondering when you will ask me this! Of all time, you have chosen to ask on our wedding day? Such spoiler!”
Yi Ping protested weakly, “I…You know that since that last battle, we are all injured and we haven’t got the time to talk. I am sure that you are all curious as well, right?”
All the other maidens broke into giggles and Mei’Er exclaimed aloud, “Why should we? We already know…”
Yi Ping was startled, “You have already queried Ye Yin?”
Yu’Er laughed softly, “That is right!”
When Yi Ping saw the transformation that was in Yu’Er and Mei’Er, he could hardly believe his eyes. He had only noticed a comforting golden glow when he had launched himself at the Immortal Saint of Swords but he had failed to notice that they had transfigured into Golden Celestials!
Their transfiguration was not just their eyes and state of divinity, Yi Ping could feel a comforting and soothing feeling when he was near them. It was this reassuring feeling that pulled him back from the brink of death!
He could scarcely believe that they were highly attained Heaven Goddesses of the Ascension Sect even though they were still calling him, “Master Yi Ping.” But sometimes they were heard calling him the, “White Sage.”
The Ascension Goddess gave a playful look before she said teasingly, “What is in for me if I tell you? Will I be the first one to enter the bridal chamber tonight?”
Yi Ping began to have a deep flush as he rubbed his nose with a sniff and a trickle of blood could be seen as he remembered her sensual body.
He began to stammer, “I…I…” but in the end, his mind was in a blank!
The Ascension Goddess laughed softly as she ended her tease, “The Inverting Eternal Occurrence may be a most epitome sword art but it also demands the full focus of the practitioner. That is the opening that I need to place my stroke!”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly.
That was because the way that she had phrased it was simply too casual and easy but in practice, it was almost impossible to execute!
Before anyone could do that, they would have been killed by the near impossible to evade sword energies of the Inverting Eternal Occurrence. If even the Ascension Goddess could not evade it, could anyone else have possibly evaded it?
Yi Ping muttered, “That is really too difficult.”
But the Ascension Goddess said solemnly, “If you have met the Immortal Saint of Swords again and you have to face his Inverting Eternal Occurrence, what are you doing to do about it?”
Yi Ping was momentarily stunned.
When the Universal Old Man saw that Yi Ping was stunned for words, he quickly said. “My protégé, don’t you worry too much. That old freak has suffered serious internal injuries. I say, he will need ten years to fully recover and I doubt that he will be able to use his Inverting Eternal Occurrence at any time soon!”
Lingfeng nodded as she gave Yi Ping an alluring smile, “You are already very impressive. I wish that I can witness your duel with the Immortal Saint of Swords.”
Yi Ping sighed softly to himself, “What if the Immortal Saint of Swords has a miracle pill or have powerful martial practitioners to aid him?” He knew that this would not be the last time that he had heard of him…
The Ascension Goddess knew that Yi Ping was troubled and she tried to cheer him up, “That’s right. I heard that…”
She gave him a smile, “That when you are challenging the Immortal Saint of Swords, you are calling my name?”
Yi Ping was suddenly very flustered.
The Ascension Goddess reprimanded him lightly, “That is so foolish of you to challenge the Immortal Saint of Swords alone. He is someone above our league.”
She looked at the Celestial Alice on his back quietly before saying, “I still don’t understand how you manage to overcome an opponent such as the Immortal Saint of Swords…”
The Ascension Goddess and Lingfeng were not the only ones feeling pitiful on missing the duel. Even Yixian and Shen Xingyue were secretly sighing softly!
They would not understand how a martial practitioner was able to withstand a powerful energy practitioner like the Immortal Saint of Swords, one fatal hit after another!
While Lie Qing had witnessed the duel, she felt regretful that she was not the one that had challenged the Immortal Sword Sages or else her name would be one of the three that Yi Ping would call out!
Yi Ping had taken out the Celestial Alice to examine it. This divine sword felt amazing light in his hands. He swung the Celestial Alice casually in his hand and immediately a powerful windforce flurried through the air, duplicating the effects of his Horizon Swordplay and Divine Horizon Hands except that he did not use much of an effort!
Yixian smiled gently at Yi Ping. In her eyes, there was only him!
As Yi Ping swung the Celestial Alice, he switched to hold it with both his hands before splitting the Celestial Alice effortlessly into the Celestial Antonym Alice and the Celestial Synonym Alice; at the split there were two rainbow halos enveloping the two divine swords!
The Celestial Synonym Alice was as light as the Celestial Alice in its original form. It did not become lighter while the Celestial Antonym Alice was surprising twice as heavier than the Celestial Alice and also twice as powerful!
As Yi Ping swung the Celestial Antonym Alice, the windforce that was generated had suddenly increased tremendously!
Lingfeng looked quietly at the Universal Old Man before saying, “I have heard of the Celestial Alice in the past. It was found in the thirty level of the Stellar Sanctuary. However, I didn’t know that it is actually two divine swords in one. Only you are able to divide the Celestial Alice and wield it.”
It was true.
When Yi Ping had shown them the Celestial Alice, none of the maidens and the Universal Old Man were able to separate the Celestial Alice, mystifying everyone!
But somehow Yi Ping was able to separate the Celestial Alice effortlessly!
The Universal Old Man laughed, “That is because Ping’Er has already divine harmonized with the Celestial Alice. Even the Immortal Saint of Swords did not have that level of attainment to divine harmonize with the Celestial Alice.”
He seemed particular happy that the Immortal Saint of Swords was not able to utilize the full potential of the Celestial Alice. That was because he was a powerful opponent that they did not want to encounter in the Stellar Sanctuary. Also, the Immortal Saint of Swords and the Lord Supreme had made the full use of their powerful positions in the Celestial Realm to seize the most number of artifacts from the Stellar Sanctuary each time while he was miserably picking up the pieces!
However, he had secretly taken a glance at the Heaveness. It was because there were still many things that they did not understand. For example, when Yi Ping had lent them the Celestial Alice and when they used it to duel with him, the Celestial Alice would become extremely heavy and would drop to the ground!
That was not the weird part if Yi Ping had divine harmonized with the Celestial Alice beforehand. But the same thing had happened exactly to the Immortal Saint of Swords! It was as though the Celestial Alice had recognized Yi Ping. But how was that possible? The Celestial Alice was a divine artifact of the Stellar Sanctuary and neither Yi Ping nor his previous incarnation, the White Sage had been to the Stellar Sanctuary or the Celestial Realm before!
Even the Heaveness had also told him, “I cannot enter his Emptiness Translucence anymore. His level of attainment seems to have been elevated and has shut me out.”
But that was not the most mystifying part!
The Celestial Alice was truly an Immortal Weapon!
When the Celestial Alice was split, the Universal Old Man and the Heaveness had recognized the true divine aura of the Celestial Alice as that of the Universal Force!
Other than the Heavenly Earth Sword, there existed an Immortal Weapon in the Celestial Realm!
The Universal Old Man was lamenting, “So we have sacrificed so many divine artifacts and our dear friend for nothing. All along, the key to the Gods‘ Realm may be still in the Stellar Sanctuary…”
But the Heaveness had pointed out, “So what if you know that the Celestial Alice is the key? Are you able to divide the Celestial Alice? Are you able to divine harmonized with the Celestial Alice? If we had not gone down to the lower realm, would we have met Yi Ping and found the Heavenly Earth Sword?”
Back to the present…
The Universal Old Man had proceeded to ask, “My protégé, do you know that each divine weapon have their own special characteristics and unique traits?”
Yi Ping nodded but he was not able to give a firm answer.
The Universal Old Man explained, “Take the Divine Echo, this divine sword is able to counter piercing sound waves. And the White Phoenix, this divine sword epitomized speed…”
Lie Qing interrupted of a sudden as she smiled, “I almost forget.”
She took a look at the Heaven Stellar Fairy who nodded in return before walking towards Yunzi, “Sister Yunzi, I have discussed with my ex-protégé mistress…”
She took out the White Phoenix, “You are also a protégé of the Virtuous Palace. So sister, therefore I have decided to pass the White Phoenix to my successor. It is a pity that given your high attainment in swordplay, you do not have any worthy swords to aid you.”
Lie Qing was the founder and grand patriarch of the Virtuous Palace! And she had picked Yunzi as the inheritor of her Invincible Divine Force too!
Yunzi gave a startled surprise, “This is too precious a gift…”
Lie Qing smiled gently, “We are not outsiders but close sisters. The next battle will be tough and we are going to need plenty of luck and help.”
Yunzi hugged Lie Qing tearfully…
The Ascension Goddess interrupted curiously, “Sister Yunzi, some of us have noticed that the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage is quite lenient towards you. Can you tell us the reasons?”
Since the Ascension Goddess had already asked, Shen Xingyue asked as well. “That’s right. Is it possible for you to tell us the reasons?”
Yunzi said quietly, “Actually I do not know too.”
She raised the White Phoenix and glanced at herself through the reflective blade before saying disquietly, “They…the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage have actually imparted to me the full intrinsic formula of the Infinitude Divine Skill and the energy practice of the Infinity Swordplay…via the will of their Sword Intentions. I still got much to go before I can reach the energy level though.”
Yi Ping and the rest were startled. They had never expected that the Immortal Sword Blitz Sage and Infinity Sword Celestial Clan would do such a thing!
The Universal Old Man was full of disbelief, “That crafty fox must have a purpose for sure.”
He turned to look at the Heaveness to affirm his suspicious but all of a sudden, he gave a long sigh. It was because the Heaveness was not even paying any scant attention to him but was looking dreamily at Yi Ping!
And she was not the only maidens that were doing the same!
Yi Ping had quietly walked to the edge of the lofty mountain and he seemed to be looking at a faraway place.
He did not seem to be enjoying the cool breezes and after a while he said quietly, “We are going to the Unmoving Mountains next. The Holy Ascension Sect is a major celestial clan on par with the Infinity Sword Celestial Clan. But after the battle at the Holy Ascension Sect, do we still have the strength to enter the Stellar Sanctuary?”
The Ascension Goddess had walked quietly beside and held his hand, “The Holy Ascension Sect has more than a hundred Golden Celestials and several Supreme Celestials. Indeed, the fight won’t be easy. Ping’Er, I got something to tell you. The Astronomic Stellar…”
Lingfeng sighed softly, “Maybe we shouldn’t go to the Unmoving Mountains at all. That is as good as a suicidal undertaking…”
Yu’Er laughed softly, “Oh no, we are going to the Unmoving Mountains! Not to worry, when we are there, everything will be resolved on its own.”
Mei’Er nodded mysteriously, “That’s right. We have a plan.”
Yi Ping and the rest of the maidens were startled.
Yi Ping was astonished, “You have a plan?”
Mei’Er nodded as she held Yi Ping gently, “Yes, we have a plan but that is not the most important thing we ought to do now, isn’t it?”
Yi Ping asked curiously, “Is not?”
Lingfeng laughed as she rebuked him gently, “You dense oaf!”
Yu’Er and Mei’Er exchanged laughter as they looked at the other maidens before Yu’Er smiled shyly, “We….we have to complete our wedding ceremonial first!”
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Post by yufeng on Jul 1, 2015 14:50:22 GMT
Chapter 104: The Astronomic Stellar Formation Yi Ping pledged solemnly, “To the Heavens and the Earth I pledge!” All the other maidens exclaimed one after another, “To the Heavens and the Earth I pledge…” The Universal Old Man asked, “Yi Ping, are you willing to swear and to take them as your wives, protect them, never forsaking them and always love them?” Several of the maidens, Shen Xingyue, the Ye Yin, Lele and Lingfeng immediately exclaimed aloud. “Hey! Wait! Isn’t that a little too mushy?! That isn’t part of the ritual right?” Shen Xingyue was abandoned by the White Sage before she had become a celestial practitioner. When she was young, she was really excited to marry the White Sage and had memorized all the rites that were related to the marriage customs. Lingfeng said exasperatedly, “Old Man! You are not taking this seriously, aren’t you? Where did you learn all this stuff from?” The Universal Old Man protested, “My Heaveness! It…is my first time too. You know I didn’t know anything about mortal affairs or customs. I am just trying to make this as perfect as possible. And you know, I may look old but I am actually young so stop calling me old man all the time…” Lingfeng said coldly, “Oh really?” The Universal Old Man replied quickly, “Really. You are older than me…” All of a sudden, Lingfeng had thrown three pebbles towards the Universal Old Man which exploded in mid-air as the Universal Old Man used his martial force to display the Ultrapowerful Force to intercept the attacking projectiles! Lingfeng hummed coldly, “Don’t evade my projectiles if you dare!” The Universal Old Man panicky said, “I really dare not!” Yi Ping interrupted panicky, “Lingfeng, protégé master, my two masters! It is alright. I will recite it. It really doesn’t matter.” Lingfeng said coldly, “I only let you off just because Yi Ping says so!” The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly, “Yes, yes, yes…you haven’t married and yet you are already listening to him. Have you forgotten about our years of friendship?” For the first time, Lingfeng smiled at the Universal Old Man. “Oh? What friendship?” All the other maidens were feeling amused but they knew that they were just teasing each other. Yi Ping said his oath solemnly, “Heaven and Earth is my witness. Today, I am going to take Shui Yixian, Xiao Youxue, Shui Yujian, Shui Meijian…” He glanced at the four maidens who were all in deep flush. At this moment, they seemed to have cast off their Emotionless Rhyme Skill completely! He continued, “…Ji Lingfeng, Dugu Yunzi, Lie Qing…” The three maidens had all lowered their glances shyly and were looking at one another when they recalled how they had all first met. Yi Ping nodded tenderly at them while continuing, “…Huan Le, Shen Xingyue, Shi Shi, Ye Yin…” The four maidens were all gasping softly as they looked shyly at Yi Ping when he had called out their names… He paused for a while before raising his voice, “…as my wives, always protecting them, never forsaking them and always loving them!” Shi Shi laughed softly, “Today is really a happy occasion!” Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Yixian, Lele and Lie Qing were all smiling at the same time. Ye Yin sighed softly, “To think that Xingyue and I will actually marry the same person. This is something that is so unexpected…” Shen Xingyue laughed angelically, “If you can predict it then you must be regretting why you are not amicable to me in the past?” Ye Yin laughed softly, “Right! If I have known about this earlier, I would surely be ten times as nice to you!” Shen Xingyue turned solemn as she looked at Yi Ping quietly, “Ping’Er, we are betrothed by our families in the past but you have run away and have broken my heart…” Yi Ping was immediate flustered. He could not deny or confirm it. When he saw Shen Xingyue for the first time, he was jolted and had remembered lingering memories of the White Sage and the Dark Enchantress. On several occasions he had tried to convince himself. “There is no such thing as reincarnation.” But when he saw the look in Shen Xingyue’s eyes, the feeling of familiarity was so strong that he found it really impossible to shake it off… Shen Xingyue smiled. “You may or may not be the White Sage. But does it matter to me now?” When she had said that, Yu’Er and Mei’Er were suddenly flustered too. Yu’Er said quietly, “You may not remember the past but you are the White Sage for sure. And you have the same distinct aura as him. Every person and everything has their own distinct auras. Your aura is unmistakably to us. You are indeed the White Sage!” The Ascension Goddess was startled. She had long heard of the aura interpretation abilities of the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess. Their aura claircognizance abilities were so sharp that they could recognize insects and grass! That was their Midheaven Epiphanies Divine Skills! Mei’Er said coolly as she looked at Yixian, Lele and Lie Qing. “As a matter of fact, we know every single celestial practitioner that we have ever seen before. That includes everyone here. Even though some of you may not notice us but we had indeed spied on you in the past. Our protégé mistress is indeed Revelation Star and you are Melody Star (Lele) and Luminous Star (Lie Qing). All of you are the celestial practitioners of the Melody Palace.” Immediately, Yixian, Lele and Lie Qing were startled as they took a step backward. Mei’Er looked at Youxue with a smile, “You are the Endor Vixen Fairy, the most mesmerizing celestial maiden in the celestial practice fraternity and now in the Celestial Realm.” Youxue began to fluster as she whispered softly, “Hmph! Mei’Er, later I settle with you for teasing me!” Mei’Er laughed softly before looking at Yunzi, “And you are the Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden from the Great Quiescent Sect. Given time and with your celestial practice, you will surely be one of the strongest celestial practitioners. In fact, the Ascension Sect has specifically identified you as one of the strongest contender to ascend!” Yi Ping looked quietly at Yunzi. Through the memories of the White Sage, Yi Ping had remembered that the first time he had met the Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden, he had actually been overwhelmed by her imposing quiescent aura. In fact the Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden was a highly attained celestial practitioner that was about to ascend. But because she had taken him as her protégé, her ascension was delayed. As a matter of fact, the White Sage had caused her quiet mediation to be delayed or else she would have already ascended to the Celestial Realm long ago! The Celestial Ocean Heavenly maiden was one of the most highly attained celestial practitioners whose renowned rivaled the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess! The Ascension Goddess was startled as she gasped, “Yunzi is the Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden?!” The Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden was her senior in the celestial practice fraternity. But for unknown reasons, she had not ascended. She had been in the Celestial Realm for the past one hundred years. One hundred years in the Celestial Realm was equivalent to one thousand years in the lower realm! But she had no news of either the Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden or Shen Xingyue whom she considered her greatest rival in the Celestial Realm. It was something that had been baffling her! The Stellar Heaven Fairy sighed softly, “What a pity…” The Celestial Ocean Heavenly Maiden was her contemporary. The Melody Palace and the Great Quiescent Sect were very close and were ranked two of the three most powerful celestial clans in the lower realm but yet they had virtually no presence in the Celestial Realm… Yunzi seemed to know their thoughts as she laughed softly, “No matter. There is nothing to be pitied about.” She took a forlorn look at Yi Ping and smiled quietly at him. Yi Ping began to fluster. All of a sudden Yi Ping looked at Yu’Er and Mei’Er, asking. “Yu’Er, Mei’Er, how come you can remember your previous self?” Yu’Er looked silently at Yi Ping before she took a look at Yixian but she did not say anything while Mei’Er looked at Lele and the Heaveness… Finally Mei’Er answered softly, “We can’t be sure but we think that Revelation Star had created a new type of celestial formation to bring together three others who shared familiarities with her sisters’ destinies and to replay their lost celestial practice. Then something happened…” Yi Ping muttered incoherently to himself out of the blue as a headache seized him, “It is my entire fault. I am the one that cause the deaths of everyone…I hurt everyone…I am the one that force Yixian to suicide…the White Sage gave up his celestial practice to fulfill Revelation Star’s hopes…” Yixian quickly caught hold of him as she said gently, “No matter!” But there were tears in her eyes. “It is all in the past. We are together now…” Lie Qing said quietly, “That’s right. We are together now. It doesn’t matter who we are in the past. We are not going to live in the shadows of any others. We are ourselves.” She looked coyly at Yi Ping and smiled. She did not care for the White Sage except for Yi Ping! Seeing the solemn mood all of a sudden, the Universal Old Man interrupted with a merry laughter, “To think that today I am going to be a witness to the Heaveness wedding…” Lingfeng glanced at him with a cold smirk, “It is everyone and not just my wedding except for yours. Hurry up and finish the ceremony.” The Universal Old Man smiled bitterly, “Right, right…” “Bow to the Heavens and the Earth!” The Universal Old Man declared solemnly. Yi Ping and the eleven maidens kneeled together and bowed! The Universal Old Man said aloud, “Husband and wives bow to one another!” Yi Ping and the eleven maidens bowed to one another but they were all smiling at one another discreetly while hiding their secret thoughts that they had intended for Yi Ping later! The Universal Old Man announced, “That it! The rites are done! You are all happily married and no one, nothing is going to disturb any one of you today!” Lingfeng took a quick glance at the Universal Old Man who responded quickly, “No one is going to disturb any of you today except for me. I am going off now of course.” All the other maidens began to laugh, “Go, go, go! And don’t come back!” But all of a sudden, the Heaveness and the Universal Old Man had turned ashen at the same time; huge columns of white mists were rapidly forming and enveloping everything in all directions! At the approach of the mists, trees began to dry up and the green grasses turned to brown in an instant! The air around them had suddenly turned extremely cold! Lie Qing asked, “Why is there a fog all of a sudden and it is freezing cold now?” The Universal Old Man panicky shouted, “Everyone, be careful! Quickly exercise your vital breath!” Lingfeng quickly raised her fingers to do some quick calculations. The Universal Old Man panicky asked, “It can’t be right?” Lingfeng closed her eyes as she mediated quietly with her Heavens Eyes while moving her fingers in rapid succession to divine the outcome. Yi Ping and the rest of the maidens were startled as they exclaimed aloud in confusion! Yi Ping asked panicky as he looked at the rolling white mists that were around them, “These white mists? What is going on?” Even the Ascension Goddess did not know how to answer Yi Ping but she had already broken into cold sweats! Lingfeng said quietly and she was trembling, “These white mists are not ordinary mists. We…are now in the Astronomic Stellar Formation…” The Universal Old Man said nervously too, “Impossible…the Astronomic Stellar Formation shouldn’t possible descend at this time. To think we are so unlucky…I don’t know what is going on too but it is true that we are now in the Astronomic Stellar Formation. Unless we can find a way out soon, we are all going to die.” Yi Ping and the other maidens with the exception of Lingfeng were looking at the Universal Old Man with stunned horror. Yunzi coughed weakly as she asked, “Why is the Astronomic Stellar Formation in this place?” Lele muttered, “We are all going to die?” The Universal Old Man answered solemnly, “That is right. In the past when we had entered the Astronomic Stellar Formation, we are always careful in determining the positioning of our entrance. But this…we are in the middle of nowhere! The Astronomic Stellar Formation has actually formed in our midst…this…alas!” The entire place had turned extremely cold and Yunzi was the first to suffer from the ill effects of the cold! Yi Ping immediately tapped Yunzi gently on her shoulder and expelled the cold from her with his internal strength as he said, “Yun, I am here. I will protect you!” Yunzi nodded appreciatively and her heart was overwhelmed by his gesture! She muttered quietly, “Ping’Er, you have not recovered from your internal injuries yet. Don’t aggravate your injuries because of me.” Yi Ping said coolly, “I am alright. Don’t worry too much for me…” Lingfeng interrupted by issuing a warning, “Everyone stays close to one another! Be careful of our steps! If we miss a footing, we may plunge right off the cliff!” It was because the thick mists had reduced the visibility levels and everyone could hardly see one another! Yi Ping panicky said, “We need to find a way out!” Shen Xingyue was bemused, “Of all places, we have to pick a peak. Of all places, the Astronomic Stellar Formation has chosen to descend on us…” All of a sudden, Lingfeng gave her a curious look. “You are right. Of all places, why did the Astronomic Stellar Formation has chosen to descend on us?” Lele asked, “Is it pure coincidences?” As she had said that, there were several waves of powerful earthquakes and shockwaves! Even though everyone was almost caught off guard by the sudden earthquakes, they were quick to balance their footings. The Universal Old Man shouted, “Earth changes! Be careful! Earth changes are frequent occurrences in the Astronomic Stellar Formation. Mountains can be raised or plunged here! Because we cannot see clearly here, many of the celestials had actually plunged to their deaths in the past!” Lingfeng said solemnly, “These earthquakes won’t cease until the Astronomic Stellar Formation is lifted. Do not underestimate these earthquakes and shockwaves. It won’t be before long our hearings and senses will be affected by the endless rumblings. That will eventually impair our abilities to make proper judgments. That is not the worst yet…” Lie Qing said solemnly, “The extreme cold here will also sap our strength and martial strength slowly. We don’t have inexhaustible internal strength to keep ourselves warm as long as we are in the Astronomic Stellar Formation. Even if we don’t plunge to our deaths, we will also die from the cold…” Yu’Er looked at Shen Xingyue, Ye Yin, Shui Yixian and Yi Ping before saying, “Moreover, some of us have not fully recovered from the last recent fight…” Yi Ping smiled weakly, “I am alright. Don’t worry for me. Ye Yin, Yixian, Xingyue, Lingfeng…” Everyone could tell that Yi Ping was forcing himself. He had suffered both physical and internal injuries. His wounds were healing badly as injuries inflicted by sword energies were extremely difficult to heal. That Yi Ping was still able to stand was a miracle by itself! The Ascension Goddess was also injured by deadly sword energies and had nearly lost her life. Even after recuperating for three months, she had not recovered her internal strength yet. As for the Celestial Fairy Shui Yixian, the Heaveness Lingfeng and the Fiery Phoenix Shen Xingyue, they had expended their internal strength to save the Ascension Goddess. Even after three months had passed, they were still unable to recover fifty percent of their former martial strength! Yixian smiled gently, “This amount of cold means nothing to me. I have often meditated in the snowstorms.” All of a sudden, Yixian, Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue, Yu’Er, Mei’Er and the Ascension Goddess gave a startled cry. It was because they were the first to sense a powerful killing malevolent aura that was heading their way! The Ascension Goddess said weakly as she trembled, “This killing malevolent…is so strong…” Lingfeng quickly said aloud, “Follow me!” Everyone began to follow Lingfeng but they were all soon bewildered. Lele asked curiously, “There are so many of us here. Why are we are fleeing from a single opponent?” The Universal Old Man had completely turned ashen as he interrupted sternly, “Move! Do not engage anything in this place without the permission of the Heaveness and I. This place has now turned into the most dangerous place in the entire Celestial Realm. Quick, follow the Heaveness. We can talk while we are moving.” Yi Ping was startled. His protégé master was rarely serious but this time he was deadly serious! All of a sudden, he had heard a bellowing thunderous roar that shook the entire ground. The shockwaves of the thunderous roar had even exceeded the tremors of the continuous earthquakes! Lele gasped aloud as she asked in fright, “What is that?” Lingfeng said quietly, “That is the Kirin, a powerful mythical beast. There is no way we can win against it. You have no idea how powerful it is…we got to move fast.” The Universal Old Man was trembling as he said quietly, “Many of our friends, the Ancient Celestials were killed by the monstrous Kirin. They all thought that they have a chance given their state of divinity but the truth is not. The Kirin is covered with impervious scales and is extremely scorching to the touch. Mere flesh will simply be scorched on contact.” Yi Ping was startled, “It must be a terrifying monster…” The Universal Old Man nodded, “The Kirin is an extremely sure-footed monster with extreme agility despite its monstrous size. Once, we witnessed a battle between a Kirin and several celestial experts of the Celestial Realm. The Kirin was lured into a pre-emptive trap that plunged it down a steep mountain cliff. But before the celestial experts could celebrate, the Kirin was back to the top again and massacring everyone.” Lingfeng said softly, “No one has ever escaped from the Kirin before. Their leaps can cover a mile in just a few blinks of an eye. When the Kirin has taken notice of you, it won’t give up until you are dead. So never engage it. It will always remember your scent!” All of a sudden, earthshaking thunderous roars were heard in all directions! Lingfeng was extremely pale as she said quietly, “The Kirins have picked up our scent…” Ye Yin said softly, “They are coming in three different directions. West, Northwest and East.” Lingfeng nodded, “We must hurry but be careful. There are steep cliffs all around us.” As Lingfeng hurried along with the rest of the group following her, she took out a handful of sticks. “Everyone, draw one stick quickly.” When the Universal Old Man saw the sticks, he had immediately turned ashen as he murmured. “Do we have to do this?” All the other maidens were startled. Yi Ping asked, “What is this for?” Lingfeng said, “The shortest ones will be responsible to lure the Kirins away from the rest.” The Stellar Heaven Fairy Shi Shi picked a stick, “Who is afraid of the draws?” Yunzi laughed softly, “That’s right. Someone has to sacrifice for all of us.” And she too picked a stick. Youxue said coldly as she picked a stick, “That’s right. No matter what is the outcome of this draw, I am the willing and have no one to blame.” Lie Qing laughed softly as she picked a draw, “That’s right! It will be interesting to fight the Kirin on my own, yes?” Yixian said gently, “It is my turn!” She picked without any hesitation! Lele laughed softly as she picked her draw, “The Joyful Goddess isn’t going to be cowed by some beasts.” Shen Xingyue nodded as she draw a stick, “Life and death is predestined.” Yu’Er said nonchalantly, “We are all sisters now and married at the same time. Isn’t this the right time to show some solidarity?” Mei’Er took a longing glance at Yi Ping as she picked a draw… She had secretly draw a stick and break the hidden halve of her stick as she thought, “My stick is the shortest. I shall lure the Kirin away…” Ye Yin tapped her foot with a smile before she picked a draw, “I am not afraid either.” The Universal Old Man said solemnly, “Now it is my turn.” Yi Ping looked at Lingfeng who was quietly holding two remaining sticks as he coughed weakly, “You…Lingfeng…surely…” Lingfeng said emotionlessly, “Now it is your turn.” As soon as Yi Ping reached out to pick the stick, Lingfeng hit his fingers aside to reveal a long stick as she quickly declared the last stick that was in her fingers. “I have the shortest stick. When the Kirin comes, I will lure the beast away.” Yi Ping was startled as he protested immediately, “Lingfeng! You…” Yu’Er and Mei’Er had interrupted at the same time, “I have the shortest too!” Lingfeng said gently, “Very good. After me, Yu’Er and Mei’Er will be the next decoys.” She looked gently at Yi Ping, “I know all your little tricks. You want to break the stick after you have drawn it. Unfortunately, you have one of the longest stick.” All the other maidens were quiet. It was because they had all secretly broken their own sticks but Lingfeng, Meijian and Yujian had seized the initiative to be the decoys! The Universal Old Man sighed sadly, “What is love? Love is the most mysterious thing ever…” Lingfeng’s eyes had become very ancient as she exchanged longing glances with Yi Ping, “Love is unconditional and self-sacrificing. If…there is a next lifetime, I will want to be with you again…” All of a sudden, Lingfeng kissed Yi Ping gently on his lips… Yi Ping muttered tearfully, “Lingfeng…you are leaving me alone again? That time after the battle at the Honor Manor, you have risked your life to carry me away. You have even risked your life to draw the pursuers from us that day…” All of a sudden, something landed with a tremendous impact on the ground, sending shockwaves of martial force, dusts and debris rippling throughout the vicinity! The martial shockwaves were so powerful that Yi Ping had to muster all his entire martial power to steady himself as he raised his arms in front of his face! After he had steadied himself, he was stunned to see the shadow of a huge colossal beast that had a dragon head in the thick mists that were in front of him! And the colossal beast was breathing with a rumbling that was resonating loudly! Yi Ping who was normally fearless, had suddenly realized that his fingers were trembling lightly with fear; that was because the martial level between them were simply too vast! So startled by the suddenly appearance of this colossal beast that everyone with the exception of Lele and Lingfeng were all experiencing varying degree of fear! Lingfeng said quietly, “This is the Kirin. I will lure it away. Don’t turn back please…” Ch104 End Previous ChapterNext Chapter
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