Chapter 479 - 420: The Secret of Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root

The system notification sound made Chu Huaixu pause for a moment.

"The Ultimate BOSS of the first Chapter?"

He didn’t expect that the Ancestor Emperor would be positioned like this by the system.

But somehow, it also seemed logical.

Chu Huaixu always felt that, among the four major protagonists, although Qin Xuexiao wasn’t the strongest in terms of combat power, ranking only third, his character positioning was always the backbone of the protagonist group.

In other words, it was based on his guidance.

And the Ancestor Emperor was initially regarded as his "grandfather," but he was intent on possessing Qin Xuexiao at the perfect opportunity, making him a villain character with a mid to late plot reversal.

According to typical popular plots, the protagonist is certainly not going to be successfully possessed.

Therefore, it makes sense for the system to mark the Ancestor Emperor as the Ultimate BOSS of the first Chapter.

After all, the Ancestor Emperor was so powerful and had made so many preparations.

As for what the second Chapter is about, there’s no need to say much more.

With the internal threat of the Profound Yellow Realm resolved, the second Chapter is definitely the great calamity of heaven and earth, which is the invasion of Kunlun.

Before Chu Huaixu traversed, in the plot of "Borrowed Sword" that he played, the first Chapter probably had not even ended.

"In other words, I killed the BOSS early?"

Of course, he also killed the protagonist along the way.

In fact, if Qin Xuexiao didn’t have the "heroic bearing," ignoring him as "Huo Dingyi" within the [organization], allowing the Ancestor Emperor to target him, he probably wouldn’t have this ending.

No way, "Borrowed Sword" also didn’t plan to create a protagonist who was entirely "upstanding and noble."

The only thing that surprised Chu Huaixu was that the system said the reward was being settled, and it really took quite a while to settle.

After a good ten seconds, the rewards had not yet been announced.

Instead, the [Blade Holder] in the room shouted:

"Chu Huaixu, is this how you handle things when His Majesty sends you to do something!?"

This made Nangong Yue and others frown.

This tone sounded somewhat accusatory.

Chu Huaixu slowly turned around, his expression calm, but the joy of receiving a reward in his eyes disappeared instantly, turning a few degrees colder.

He could roughly understand what this [Blade Holder] meant.

After all, everything happened too quickly, and Chu Huaixu’s actions also felt quite rough and casual.

This felt like he was being careless.

The National Guardian beside him quickly gave the Blade Holder a look and then shook his head.

"Everyone, please return. We still need to watch over His Majesty." He promptly tried to smooth things over.

Chu Huaixu glanced at them, nodded, and then turned to leave.

He needed to stay another night in the Moon Country.

As agreed, tomorrow he could still select any treasure from the national treasury.

As to what to choose, he’d already made up his mind.

"Naturally, it’s to get more Holy Water."

After the Daoist Sect people left, the Blade Holder turned to the National Guardian and said:

"General Xiahou, why did you stop me!"

"Look at the way he did things, His Majesty’s Sea of Consciousness foundation is half destroyed!"

"How dare this Chu Huaixu act with such recklessness!"

Xiahou Yue snorted coldly and said, "What makes you say he is reckless, just because he does things quickly?"

"Let me tell you, when he initially destroyed the Snow Venerable’s Primordial Spirit, how many swords do you think he used?"

The National Guardian held up one finger and said coldly, "Just one! Only one sword!"

The Blade Holder opened his mouth but found himself at a loss for words.

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After returning to his residence, Chu Huaixu went inside alone.

The system’s rewards had been completely settled on the way back.

This made him somewhat impatient.

"The rewards are even more generous than the Origin Spirit Realm mission!"

"Well done, Ancestor Emperor."

"I underestimated you."

In fact, if he didn’t have the Heart Sword, the level of difficulty would indeed be much higher than Wen Shiyu and others.

After all, in the thousand years since the Dao Ancestor’s passing, he was the only one who reached Ninth Realm Great Perfection.

He was the strongest in the world after the Dao Ancestor!

"In total, I received two Celestial Level Treasure Chests and three Earth Level Treasure Chests."

"As well as three million Experience Points."

As usual, Experience Points were just a bonus.

Of course, now that Chu Huaixu was eager to break through to the Fifth Realm, he was still quite in need of Experience Points.

On one hand, he didn’t want to be too far outpaced by the Big Ice Cube and Xiaoxu.

On the other hand, it was because of the special nature of Han Shuangjiang’s Profound Yin Body, which made their practice quite mundane!

Additionally, there was another very important point.

"Before me, no one in the world had cultivated the ’Dao Scripture’ to the Fifth Realm."

It was previously mentioned that the ’Dao Scripture’ had been passed down for a thousand years, yet all the Daoist disciples practiced it incorrectly.

This cultivation technique follows the path of Inner and Outer Cultivation, requiring an extremely high physical strength upfront, something very few in the world could meet.

Because the path was wrong, none of the Daoist disciples achieved Great Cultivator status through the ’Dao Scripture’.

Chu Huaixu would become the first example.

As everyone knows, cultivators experience a qualitative change in strength upon reaching the Fifth Realm.

He wasn’t sure if the fifth volume of the ’Dao Scripture’ would bring him surprises.

At this moment, he calculated a bit.

"Based on my current Experience Points, I’m only a few hundred thousand away from reaching Level 50."

This amount of Experience Points was quite manageable.

He could accumulate them by consuming Spirit Pills.

Once seated cross-legged, Chu Huaixu first began opening the Earth Level Treasure Chests.

The first chest revealed an Earth Level Technique Upgrade Coupon.

He indeed now had a new need for Earth Level Techniques.

Especially in terms of Body Techniques and defensive techniques.

Although Chu Huaixu’s physical strength was quite extraordinary, he still planned to continue stacking defense.

There was no reason not to learn these techniques just because he could take a hit.

That would just make him a pure meathead with muscles in place of brains.

Apart from that, he also planned to upgrade his levitation technique to a higher grade.

In this situation, an Earth Level Technique Upgrade Coupon would be very useful for him.

Hence, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

After opening the second Earth Level Treasure Chest, his smile grew even broader.

"Another one! This hand is blessed!"

The third Earth Level Treasure Chest turned out 10 million Experience Points.

"Wow, doesn’t this mean I can unleash another [Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root]?"

According to his own rule, every time he accumulated 10 million Experience Points, he would perform Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root once.

Recently, his accumulated Experience Points were nearly 20 million, allowing him to splurge twice.

The dead fox rubbed his hands, planning to open the Celestial Level Treasure Chests.

"Celestial and Earthly are not on the same level, after all."

Every time he opened a Celestial Level chest, it yielded good items.

To be precise, there were no rubbish rewards here.

However, upon opening the chest, he was slightly stunned and then overjoyed.

"Celestial Level Technique Learning Coupon!"

"It actually gave me this item! Hahaha!"

There’s a difference between learning coupons and upgrade coupons.

The latter is much better than the former.

Because learning coupons can only be used for entry.

But upgrade coupons can be used for later stage upgrades, advancing a technique from Great Success to Great Perfection, making their use more worthwhile.

However, Chu Huaixu wasn’t picky.

"This means I can learn [Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root]!"

"No need to gamble anymore!"

Back when he saw the Sword Venerable use Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root, Chu Huaixu was insanely jealous.

Losing so many times before had frustrated him.

Therefore, he decided to use the coupon immediately without opening the second Celestial Level Treasure Chest.

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root!"

"The long-awaited Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root!"

He used the Celestial Level Technique Learning Coupon right away, his heartbeat quickening a bit, feeling excited all over.

However, he furrowed his brows soon after.

Because the system notification echoed in his ears.

"[Celestial Level Technique Learning Coupon cannot be used.]"

"[You currently do not meet the prerequisites to learn ’Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Root (Advanced Edition)’]."

"[Additionally, this skill is out of usage range.]"

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