Chapter 1589 - 157: Demon Extermination (Part 2)

Chapter 1589: Chapter 157: Demon Extermination (Part 2)

Xie Xuanyi’s eyes revealed a look of sudden enlightenment upon hearing this.

After obtaining the Bronze Sword, he had been pondering deeply.

The obscure ancient text on the Bronze Sword, its origin unknown, left him perplexed despite his efforts to find a reason.

Now, with the Holy Emperor’s words, this puzzle was finally answered.

The Bronze Sword was a Heavy Weapon used one thousand years ago to slay Shadows.

However...

The Bronze Immortal Gold alone is not sufficient; the Ancient Array Text is also required!

"Next, I will bring out the ancient text from the Fighting Holy Peak. You merely need to summon the Bronze Sword, combine it with the Undying Spring, and launch a full-force strike... Then the slaying can be completed."

The Holy Emperor spoke in a low voice, "How about it?"

"Alright."

Xie Xuanyi nodded.

...

...

Green Moss Cliff.

Master Ni Yu sat cross-legged in the crevices of the rocks, touching the inscriptions on the cliff and falling into a profound epiphany, oblivious to the external world shaking and quaking.

Mountain Shifting Venerable and Venerable Sea Overturning exchanged glances, silent.

According to the Holy Emperor’s decree.

The mission to deliver Master Ni Yu to this location was complete.

Next, the sole task they had was to protect.

"It seems like a fierce battle outside."

Mountain Shifting Venerable lifted his head, his face full of worry.

He faintly sensed unease.

The Sky Vault seemed to be torn apart.

If his guess was right, the Ancient World of Battle Saint Peak should have been breached, with a mass of dark, ominous clouds roaming overhead... This was a sign of the Ten Thousand Demon Array invading the ancient realm.

"What foolish imaginations?"

Venerable Sea Overturning shook his head, reprimanding in a deep voice, "Do you still not trust His Majesty...? We merely need to stay here."

With those words.

Mountain Shifting Venerable’s heart settled down.

"Indeed."

He expelled a breath of turbid air, gazing toward Master Ni Yu, unable to resist asking again, "Why did His Majesty have her come here?"

Master Ni Yu is the current Artifact Refining Master.

But this Green Moss Cliff seems devoid of anything to refine...

If a Great Array is to be condensed.

Surely it wouldn’t be her.

"Highly likely, it is related to these ancient texts."

Venerable Sea Overturning remarked earnestly, "The ancient texts on the Green Moss Cliff seem to be pulsating..."

Since Master Ni Yu began sitting quietly.

The entire Green Moss Cliff was enveloped in a subtle atmosphere.

No matter how intense the outside battle became.

It seemed unrelated to this place.

"These ancient texts were personally left by His Majesty."

Mountain Shifting Venerable murmured, "Is there a Formation concealed here? If it can come in handy, why doesn’t His Majesty activate it himself?"

"Idiot."

Venerable Sea Overturning sighed helplessly.

"His Majesty... though some Divine Thought remains, Divine Travel will never be false."

Today’s strategic setup.

Their roles as key strategists were clear.

His Majesty’s intentions.

Could not be more explicit.

Using the overwhelming waves to raise the Saint Prince to the peak of Corpse Mountain.

If His Majesty were still vigorous and could stand tall atop the peak, why expend such effort to find the next king for Great Ape Mountain?

Clearly.

His Majesty... has little strength left.

In these past three hundred years.

The most precious throne of Great Ape Mountain was due to be entrusted to the Holy Prince.

As for the rest.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Arrangements in His Majesty’s heart had long been set.

The Primordial Saint received release from the Lifebound Soul Oath, his days no longer burdened with guarding the mountain.

Both he and his brother received His Majesty’s trust; upon the conclusion of this battle, rewards await.

As for the ancient texts of "Green Moss Cliff"...

His Majesty intended for these to be passed to Master Ni Yu, though she as a female Great Venerable wasn’t part of Great Ape Mountain, she was the destined person chosen by His Majesty, deserving of this opportunity.

As the two conversed.

The Green Moss Cliff began to gently quake.

The female Great Venerable, seated at the seam where heaven and earth met, had her eyes closed, her hands and fingers trembling along with the rocks.

At this moment, Master Ni Yu was in an extremely profound state.

Much like Xie Xuanyi’s enlightenment.

She touched Green Moss Cliff, and then received the Divine Thought of the Holy Emperor.

However.

Her "audience" was far purer.

The Holy Emperor had left all Daoist Collection annotations regarding the Bronze Sword’s ancient text on Green Moss Cliff; just as Mountain Shifting and Sea Overturning said, the chosen "successor" was none other than Master Ni Yu. She had painstakingly pursued the secret of the Bronze Sword for decades, if not a century, and finally realized her wish today... To her, even Condensing Dao Yang God could not be more joyful than this moment.

Master Ni Yu, as a result of her purity, became the first Great Artifact Refiner of the contemporary Demon Country.

To her.

The Artifact Refining Technique was more crucial than life.

Years ago when she obtained the "Bronze Sword" from the Ancient Realm, she rose to the sky, relying on the Ancient Realm Secret Technique, opening ten Lifebound Cave Heavens, and placing ten Lifebound Treasures, yet the most important task remained unfinished; she couldn’t understand the inscriptions on the Bronze Sword nor decode the true secrets of the ancient realm.

She began exhausting her Heart Power, simulating, divining, searching.

But unfortunately, she gained nothing.

The inscriptions on this Bronze Sword.

Once became Master Ni Yu’s Heart Demon.

This was her most crucial Lifebound Treasure... She should have been intimately familiar with every detail of this Treasure.

But alas.

The most significant part of the Treasure, she couldn’t comprehend.

During the battle at Falcon Wind Gorge.

The Bronze Sword was taken by Xie Xuanyi.

After returning to Five-Colored Ridge, Master Ni Yu became despondent, her Dao Heart nearly shattered. Because of this, the Peacock deliberately sought a divination from the Great Palace Master, learning Xie Xuanyi remained in the Demon Country, giving her hope to retrieve the Bronze Sword, which gradually improved her spirits.

Now, having entered the Green Moss Cliff.

Master Ni Yu unexpectedly acquired the "Inscription Inheritance" from the Holy Emperor.

Instantly shedding new light on the situation.

The loss of the Bronze Sword... no longer mattered at this moment.

For from the start, she treasured the inscriptions, not the body of the Bronze Sword itself.

"One thousand years ago."

"Primordial Energy was abundant."

"When the Heavenly Dao becomes perfect, disaster surely follows; Evil Spirits arise taking advantage of it, hidden above the Sky Vault, below the Earth Abyss... Their lives like wildfires, their forms like shadows, extremely difficult to eradicate, the First Generation Saint Emperor of Great Ape Mountain receiving teachings in a dream, recorded ancient text. Activating this text can slay Evil Shadows, extinguish disasters from the Earth Abyss."

The Holy Emperor’s soul sound echoed within the Heart Lake.

Master Ni Yu’s spirit was shaken!

As for the ancient history from a thousand years ago, she knew little.

Regarding the existence of Shadows.

She had been utterly unaware before.

After receiving the ancient text inheritance from Green Moss Cliff, she was enlightened as if receiving a sudden revelation, comprehending the causes and consequences of today’s scenario... No wonder the previous battle at the gate of Fighting Holy Peak, Nether Sea Venerable was so peculiar, both he and Ling Chenzi were corrupted by Evil Spirits, exchanging their Flesh Bodies for the "Undying and Undying" power of evil.

"These insidious shadows, lurking in every corner of the world, are extremely hard to exterminate."

"I am aware within Great Ape Mountain resides hidden filth and Evil Spirits... specially setting this scenario to reveal the Evil Spirits."

"The holder of the Formation may activate ancient text, enveloping the entire Ancient World of Battle Saint Peak."

The soul sound within the Heart Lake gradually dissipated.

Master Ni Yu looked at those previously obscure, now incredibly familiar ancient texts.

In mere moments.

The ancient text of Green Moss Cliff no longer felt unfamiliar.

This is inheritance...

The First Generation Saint Emperor left the inheritance behind.

This inheritance is not passed down generation after generation.

Cultivators with the talent, and ability to accept the inheritance, do not appear in every generation.

The Saint Emperor was an "exception."

Master Ni Yu herself was an "exception."

Because of her purity, she was chosen.

At this moment.

Master Ni Yu opened her eyes, feeling the linkage between her Heart Lake and Green Moss Cliff.

She had a sense that, with a mere thought, the inscriptions hidden within the Ancient Sacred Mountain for many years would awaken one by one.

The Holy Emperor...

Placed the responsibility of activating the great formation of ancient text upon her?