Chapter 644: The Eye

Chapter 644: Chapter 344: The Eye

In this vast desert, a barren mountain stood, like a pillar between heaven and earth, connecting and separating them.

Four figures stood at the mountain’s peak.

These four were the leading figures of their time, the heads of the Four Major Side Sects, and the individuals with the highest cultivation in the world, having reached the legendary Kouxian Sect realm, one step away from becoming True Immortals, living as long as heaven and earth.

These four were Sect Leader Ming Zhishou of Shushan Sword Sect, Sect Leader Yan Qingshan of Talisman Sect, Valley Master Zhang Wentian of Jingshen Valley, and Tower Master Chen Xuantong of Pill Tower.

Among them, Yan Qingshan and Ming Zhishou appeared as elders with an immortal demeanor, while Zhang Wentian had the appearance of a refined middle-aged man. The only female cultivator was Tower Master Chen Xuantong, who still had an air of charm as a matron.

At this moment, the four of them looked somewhat solemn.

Sect Leader Ming Zhishou looked towards Yan Qingshan, who had arrived last, and asked, “Fellow Daoist Qing Shan, you’re adept at divination. What are our odds if we battle the heavens?”

Yan Qingshan smiled wryly and said, “No matter when, if we battle the heavens, even with the Ninth Transformations Golden Core, defeat is certain.”

Chen Xuantong asked, “What if the battle takes place on the ground?”

Yan Qingshan still shook his head and said, “If we lead ‘it’ into the human world three thousand years later, we might have a five percent chance. But now, there’s no chance at all. After all, though the Grand Array in the human world is complete, the Divine Artifact Red Dust Intent is not yet perfected, and our Talisman Sect only has the Half-Path Divine Talisman.”

Chen Xuantong slightly furrowed her beautiful brows and said, “Our Pill Tower’s Ninth Transformations Golden Core is complete. If anyone needs it, they can break through to the Immortal Realm at any time.”

Ming Zhishou also said, “Our Sword of the Human World is also complete, but once the Sword of the Human World ascends, how much power it retains, I cannot say.”

Zhang Wentian said solemnly, “So, we can only fight ‘it’ in the human world, but now we still have three thousand years to go…”

At this moment, Chen Xuantong suddenly pointed upwards and asked, “What if we include that mysterious ally?”

The group looked up in unison,

In their sights, they saw a divine light reaching towards the firmament, seemingly about to pierce the heavens’ barrier.

Yan Qingshan sighed and said, “Without having met that mysterious ally, considering the current strength in the human world, it’s probable they are merely a fellow daoist at the Kouxian Sect. Even with a Ninth Transformations Golden Core, it just means there’s one more True Immortal. To battle the heavens, one more True Immortal may not be much help.”

Chen Xuantong raised an eyebrow and said, “Don’t see it that way. The three ancestral lands cut off the human path to Kouxian Sect, yet this mysterious ally still reached Kouxian Sect. That means they’ve forged a unique path and might surprise us.”

“What Fellow Daoist Chen says makes sense,” Ming Zhishou said. “In these rules of heaven and earth, being able to reach Kouxian Sect besides us Four Major Side Sects speaks of unparalleled talent, and now, we might as well seek out this mysterious ally. Perhaps there’s another way. But searching the vast world for this person is a daunting task.”

Yan Qingshan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, “I have an idea who this person is.”

Ming Zhishou and the others curiously looked over, Yan Qingshan slowly said, “Though the cultivation methods originated from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, they ultimately share the same destiny in the Cultivation Dao.

However, ten thousand years ago, when the three ancestral lands jointly severed the human path to immortality, besides us Four Major Side Sects, no one else could achieve Kouxian Sect. So, if this mysterious ally reached Kouxian Sect, there’s only one possibility—they took a path outside the Cultivation Dao.”

Ming Zhishou, Chen Xuantong, and Zhang Wentian suddenly understood and almost spoke in unison, “Martial Arts?”

“Indeed,” Yan Qingshan said, “After the Spiritual Qi Revival, Martial Arts stirred quite a commotion. Although it didn’t shake the foundation of the Cultivation Realm, it was no small affair. Undeniably, Martial Arts indeed presents a fundamentally different form of cultivation.

Recently, out of curiosity, I divinated the fate of the Martial Arts. It’s remarkably grand, at least equivalent to a top-tier sect, and under its leader Martial Emperor Gu Zhan’s leadership, there’s certainly potential to break the shackles of fate and achieve unimaginable heights.”

Chen Xuantong said, “So, you suspect that mysterious ally pursuing the heavens might be Martial Emperor Gu Zhan?”

Yan Qingshan nodded, “Though it’s incredible, apart from him, I can’t think of anyone else. I’ve researched his life story, it’s too legendary, legendary to the point of seeming uncanny. Too many impossibilities have occurred around him, so his chance of reaching Kouxian Sect is substantial.”

Sect Leader Ming Zhishou murmured, “Discussing this here won’t solve anything. Let’s meet him and see. Hopefully, another impossibility happens around him!”

With that, they all rose and flew into the sky.

While flying, Yan Qingshan suddenly asked Ming Zhishou, “Fellow Daoist Zhi Shou, a millennium ago, when the Confucian Saint escaped from the heavens to the human realm, he last appeared in your Sword Sect. Is the Confucian Saint senior still present now?”

Ming Zhishou said helplessly, “Who knows? The Confucian Saint senior only left messages about the heavens and then vanished, claiming someone was pursuing him and he dared not linger. After that, he never appeared again. If he were still in the Sword Sect, I wouldn’t be so anxious!”

Yan Qingshan suddenly asked, “He said someone was pursuing him? Not the heavens?”

Ming Zhishou paused and murmured, “He did indeed say ‘someone’!”

“Someone!”

…

Song Kingdom, at the gates of the Imperial City.

Gu Zhan stood quietly, he had stood there for a day and a night,

Suddenly, a look of shock crossed his calm face,

The next moment, his eyes, glowing with gold, suddenly stung, their brightness dimmed, and blood seeped from the corners.

Gu Zhan’s body trembled, his expression contorted in pain, the sky turned eerily pale, daring not to linger, he immediately used the divine technique of “Inches Away The Ends of the World” to tear open the space, retreating straight into the Imperial City, instantly activating the God-Trapping Array, sealing off the entire city’s aura.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, gently wiping the blood from his eyes, slowly looking up at the sky, whispering, “What on earth is that thing?”

Even now, though freed from the terror, he remained apprehensive,

Since yesterday, he’d been pursuing that terrifying aura, only now barely glimpsing a bit of its form,

It was an eye,

An enormous eye like a world unto itself, greater than the lands of a million miles in this human world!