Chapter 564 - 518: Qing Si Sword Spirit

Chapter 564: Chapter 518: Qing Si Sword Spirit

’The Ascension Platform is not a product of this realm. Even if you gathered all the Divinity Transformation Cultivators and Artifact Refining Grandmasters in the world, they couldn’t replicate it... Not even a Void Refining Great Power who has performed a Descent Realm like Venerable Lou Lan could recreate it.’

Bai Zichen stepped onto the Heaven-Reaching Platform. Rings of light spread out from where his foot landed, causing the carved reliefs of Auspicious Beasts to stick their heads out, neighing and roaring.

’In the Earth Immortal Realm, only the most powerful factions have the ability to create and deploy them to the Lower Realms. This Heaven-Reaching Platform has only one percent of the Ascension Platform’s effectiveness. It can’t establish a stable spatial channel and is still subject to the turbulence of the void.’

The details of the Heaven-Reaching Platform were flawless. Its entire body was crafted from a single, complete piece of Bixiu Jade, making it hard to imagine how massive the original jade stone must have been.

They must have discovered a Jade Mountain, stripped away its outer layers, dug it up by the roots, and then used the Mountain Shifting Divine Power to move it here.

With every step forward, ethereal images of Auspicious Beasts formed a resistance, as if an invisible pair of large hands were pulling at him.

Bai Zichen’s brow furrowed. With a stomp of his feet, the Platinum Radiant Flame flared up. The moment the Auspicious Beasts touched even a speck of it, they melted like candles meeting a flame, instantly turning into puddles.

Wielding his Lifebound Flying Sword, he could have ascended the platform even faster.

But the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword was far too famous now. The moment he brought it out, the other Star Lords would surely recognize it.

Then his identity as the Ziwei Star Star Monarch would no longer be a secret.

Until he had the strength to brandish his sword and roam the world unchallenged, Bai Zichen needed to keep a low profile and show his face as little as possible.

He even suspected that if the Demon Race had a kill list, his name would be above all the Great True Monarchs.

If he didn’t know that the Demon Race was unskilled in Divine Calculation and lacked a heritage similar to the Evil Fate Sect’s, he wouldn’t have dared to appear this close to the front lines.

Besides, he could tell from the words of the Evil Fate Sect’s Shan Zhi that his Destiny Plate was special and couldn’t be calculated.

Any Divine Techniques for inference would have the Celestial Secrets muddled when used on him, resulting in nothing but Chaos.

He didn’t know if it was because of his special Sacred Body or one of the Supreme Treasures he possessed.

Regardless, this gave him an added layer of security.

The Platinum Radiant Flame derived from his Five Crystal Glaze Body was formless and intangible; even a piece of straw paper thrown into it wouldn’t burn.

But any creature with a Divine Soul would be unable to shake it off once tainted.

It used Divine Sense as fuel, directly igniting a great fire within their Sea of Consciousness.

Unless the afflicted Cultivator had an Exotic Treasure to protect their Sea of Consciousness, they would watch in excruciating pain as their Divine Sense burned away.

The only other option was to have the courage to sever a limb to save the body—to split off a part of their Divine Sense to survive.

Doing so would lead to a severe illness and leave behind incurable aftereffects, but at least they could preserve their life.

And after cultivating the Fire Dragon Returning Essence Scripture to the Perfect Realm, the supremely firm and yang Pure Yang True Flame had become his Lifebound True Flame.

With a single thought, the Pure Yang True Flame could become a sea of fire, incinerating all things.

Above his Sea of Consciousness floated a single wisp of flame, illuminating a corner of that world.

Even if he invested no more effort into the Fire Element Path, on the day he reached Divinity Transformation, this flame would naturally advance to become Pure Yang Celestial Fire.

However, as he broke through to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul realm, the Pure Yang True Flame began to continuously merge with the Platinum Radiant Flame, becoming one.

As the two flames combined, they took on the strengths of both and underwent some subtle changes.

Using the Platinum Radiant Flame, his speed ascending the platform was not the least bit slower than Po Jun Star Monarch, who was going all out. On the other side, the Taiyin Star Monarch also began to destroy the Defense Restrictions.

She extended her slender, jade-like fingers. A chilling light flared, and five streams of Sword Light, each several inches long, danced on her fingertips, slashing through one Auspicious Beast after another.

It wasn’t that she was wielding five Flying Swords simultaneously, but rather an extremely rare set of Flying Swords. It looked like multiple swords, but was in fact a single Flying Sword refined into several components.

The remaining four Star Lords were a step too slow and there was no more room to climb the Heaven-Reaching Platform, so they could only guard the four directions to prevent any accidents.

After half an hour, it was the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator, the Taiyin Star Monarch, who was the first to fall behind.

Without a Void Spiritual Treasure, it was difficult to simultaneously break the restrictions and guard against sudden incidents.

It hadn’t reached the level of true void turbulence, but the obscure dark lights that streaked past from time to time and the sudden stellar explosions would cause the void to tremble.

Even Nascent Soul True Monarchs had to devote a great deal of energy to deal with it all carefully.

’This place is just at the entrance to a spatial node. In Po Jun’s words, it’s the "surface layer of the void." The dangers here don’t even have one-thousandth, or even one-ten-thousandth, the power of the void turbulence one encounters during Ascension... But even seeing this small part, I can already imagine how terrifying Ascension must be.’

Bai Zichen appeared unhurried, but after becoming proficient in wielding the Platinum Radiant Flame, his efficiency surpassed even that of Po Jun Star Monarch.

He took on the section the Taiyin Star Monarch had fallen behind on, and finally, after more than an hour, they reached the top of the Heaven-Reaching Platform.

In the center was a sunken seat, and in front of it, a simple, ancient sword rest. Upon it rested a cyan Flying Sword.

Its Sword Form was strange and ancient, unlike a normal Flying Sword. It was about three feet long, with a slightly curved pommel and a wide hilt.

It somewhat resembled a variant of a Flying Sword, like a hook-type Divine Weapon, or perhaps a single horn exuding a savage, ferocious aura.

’The Qing Si Sword?’

Bai Zichen’s heart stirred. He did not look down on the sword just because of its unremarkable appearance.

’To be able to appear on the Heaven-Reaching Platform, and to exude a faint might comparable to the Abi Heavenly Prison Demon Sword... besides True Monarch Lou Lan’s personal sword, what else could it be?’

Only now could he finally feel at ease.

Even with all the corroborating evidence, he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes. Who could have guaranteed that the Tier Five Flying Sword was truly here?

"Good, very good!"

Po Jun Star Monarch, a step behind, looked down at it, his expression one of extreme excitement.

"I will awaken the Sword Spirit shortly to communicate with it. If I cannot gain the Qing Si Sword Spirit’s approval, I must ask for Fellow Daoist Ziwei’s assistance."

"Please proceed, Fellow Daoist. I will stand guard."