True Martial World - Chapter 302: Returning to the Divine City

"I am returning to my deep slumber. This time I will go into a deeper sleep and I am unsure about when I will wake up again. Since you have entered Pure Yang Sword Palace, it means that you and I are fated. This broken sword is yours. You can leave anytime you want. You can also train within Pure Yang Sword Palace. You have a pure Yang body so you will be able to cultivate more easily here..."

After the black shadow sword spirit said this, its figure slowly turned fuzzy until it completely disappeared.

Yi Yun was left standing alone in the hall.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

With a few light sounds, the broken sword, which was originally embedded into the ground, slowly emerged before falling onto the ground.

Seeing the rusty broken sword, Yi Yun felt somewhat speechless. He had risked his life entering the burning hell, broke the board game array to enter this broken world. Yet, he could not enter the internal regions of the palace and only received this broken sword that looked to be in terrible shape.

However, Yi Yun knew that since the black shadow sword spirit gave him the broken sword, it could definitely not be something ordinary...

The question is, what is extraordinary about it...

Yi Yun picked up the broken sword and inspected it. The sword's blade was not sharp in any way and looked extremely weak.

"The swords of the ancient mighty figures would remain extremely strong, even after weathering tens of millions of years. Although the blade may no longer be sharp, it should still be stronger than the Thousand Army Saber."

Yi Yun looked at the Thousand Army Saber in his hand and sighed. The saber had accompanied for quite a while, but while battling with the Golden Crow species, it broke. Only 3 feet of the 6-foot long blade remained.

When he returned to the Tai Ah Divine City, he would have to change to another saber. This saber could be said to have made considerable contributions.

With the broken sword in hand, Yi Yun felt along the blade with his fingers. He could feel the rough texture of the short blade, making Yi Yun sense a spiritual change.

"The black sword spirit thought of me as a saber user, so it thinks I am unable to understand the sword palace owner's Sword Intent. Yet, I will attempt to do so. Even if I cannot gain any understandings, I will slowly understand it thoroughly in the future."

With the broken sword in hand, Yi Yun walked out of the Pure Yang Sword Palace.

Now he was closer, in one aspect, to the sword palace's owner. They both cultivated the pure Yang laws. It was also because of this reason that this fragmented world smashed open Meteorite Abyss, a pure Yang land.

As for the differences between a sword and a saber, Yi Yun was not too particular about them. Sword and sabers were the world's most common weapons. Back when Yi Yun first chose the Thousand Army Saber, it was because the Thousand Army Saber looked extremely powerful, not because he had any special connection with the saber.

A saber would do, so would a sword. To Yi Yun, they were equivalent.

After Yi Yun read the 'Truth of the Laws', he knew that regardless of saber truths or sword truths, they were all branches of the Dao of weapons. And the Dao of weapons was just one major category amongst the 3000 Great Dao of martial arts.

To cultivate to the peak of martial arts, just following one Great Dao was too narrow.

If he had the ability, the more Great Dao he learned, the closer he would approach the Heavenly Dao of Origins. When he later becomes a Great Emperor, his strength would become even stronger.

"Even if I learned sword truths together with my saber truths, there's no harm to that."

With his mind set, Yi Yun walked to the front of the Seven Kills Pillar left behind by the sword palace's owner.

As he looked ahead, the large sword scar looked as if it was going to split the world apart.

Yi Yun held the rusty sword diagonally, tracing the sword scar in the air with the broken blade.

At the same time, Yi Yun opened the Purple Crystal's energy vision.

In the energy vision, Yi Yun was able to directly see the origin of the energy flows within.

Back in the saber tomb, Yi Yun had used the energy vision to see the ‘Saber Truth's 32 Words’ origin saber truths. Today, Yi Yun was doing the same thing.

The Purple Crystal was too magical. In Yi Yun's opinion, although the black sword spirit had extraordinary insight, it clearly could not detect the Purple Crystal's existence.

The level of this kind of divine artifact exceeded Yi Yun's imagination.

In the Purple Crystal's vision, all appearances disappeared.

On the Seven Kills Pillar, each 'Kill' word looked the same with the naked eye, but with the Purple Crystal's energy vision, they were completely different.

The sword palace's owner had written his Sword Intent into the Seven Kills Pillar when he engraved it.

Every "Kill" word embodied a different Sword Intent, engraved with different Great Dao law!

Although Yi Yun was unable to enter the pure Yang Palace and obtain the heritage of the palace's owner, the Seven Kills Pillar alone was a treasure!

However, the sword palace's realm was far beyond Yi Yun's imagination. The Sword Intent left behind in the Seven Kills Pillar was too difficult for Yi Yun, even with him looking straight at its origins.

This was probably a Sword Intent which reached the highest realms of the sword truths.

Yi Yun stood before the Seven Kills Pillar and the shocking sword scar for a day and night without moving, pondering over the origins of sword truths.

However, his level was too low. He was only able to figure out an extremely small part of it.

Only when Yi Yun's Yuan Qi was depleted did he open his eyes and leave the Seven Kills Pillar. Standing in front of Seven Kills Pillar was a test of his perseverance. Yi Yun had to constantly circulate his pure Yang Qi to withstand the pressure emitted by the Sword Intent.

At that moment, Yi Yun was exhausted, and what he understood from pondering over the Seven Kills Pillar's sword truth till now was extremely limited.

This was a Great Dao that reached the extreme realms. It was extremely difficult to climb it.

Even so, Yi Yun was not discouraged.

He knew that the path of martial arts was fraught with difficulties.

Practicing martial arts needed one to endure unimaginable loneliness. Many experts could go into reclusive training for decades at a go.

Such long periods of time where a person had to sit alone in a chamber would drive a person crazy from the loneliness.

However, the pursuit of martial arts can ease this loneliness. What was supporting Yi Yun was the sword truths in the Seven Kills Pillar.

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Yi Yun returned to the Pure Yang Sword Palace. There were only two places in the sword palace he could go. One was the hall and the other was a cultivating room.

When Yi Yun entered the cultivating room, he gained a greater level of understanding of why the black sword spirit said that this Pure Yang Sword Palace was a cultivating treasure land for him.

The pure Yang array within the cultivating room had not broken down, even after tens of millions of years. It was still able to gather Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

The chamber's Yang Qi was shockingly pure. It would be half the work with double the results to cultivate here.

Besides, the stone platform within the cultivating room for mediating was also a treasure. While sitting on it, Yi Yun could feel his mind getting clearer and his body's Yuan Qi could be circulated even faster.

This cultivating ground was even better than the central divine tower.

Yi Yun decided to stay within the Pure Yang Sword Palace for a long period of time. He had temporarily checked out of his residence in the central divine tower's 69th floor right before he came out to train.

The central divine tower's residences were like inns. They were charged by the day. Even if one paid dragon scale runes in advance, as long as one was not staying in it, the dragon scale runes could be refunded.

Now, Yi Yun felt that he should come to Pure Yang Sword Palace often in the future. He did not need the central divine tower much anymore. The 6 months he had reserved might be enough for his 6 years in the Tai Ah Divine City.

This broken world also had night and day. Everyday, Yi Yun would stand before the Seven Kills Pillar, pondering over the Sword Intent. At night, he would meditate in the palace's chamber.

When he was hungry, he would eat the food and water in his interspatial ring. When he traveled the Divine Wilderness, he had gathered plenty of desolate beast meat. It was enough for him to eat.

As such, Yi Yun began his first, long term, reclusive training of his martial arts career.

He wanted to consolidate his cultivation level and lay a foundation for his sword and saber dual cultivation during this reclusive training. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Spring passed as autumn came. Time passed with Yi Yun no longer knowing how much time had passed. He only knew his hair was constantly growing. His height had also rapidly shot up.

A child between the age of 13 and 14 was in his growth spurt. Due to malnutrition while in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun's physical development had been slow. Now however, consuming desolate beast meat and bone relics greatly nourished him, so his height grew by the day.

Yi Yun suddenly realized that the clothes he had brought with him were all one size too small.

He had unconsciously grown to the height of an adult male, he would even be above average amongst adults. His body became more and more stout, and his muscles were toned but not exaggerated. Besides his face having a tinge of childishness, he looked no different from an adult when one looked at him from the back.

Although Yi Yun was unable to understand the Sword Intent contained within Seven Kills Pillar, after a long period of time, Yi Yun experienced the baptism of the Seven Kills Pillar's Sword Intent. Slowly, Yi Yun no longer needed to circulate the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' to withstand the Sword Intent.

Unconsciously, the charm of this shocking sword attack left behind by the sword palace's owner, merged with the Purple Crystal and subtly branded itself within Yi Yun's spiritual sea...

This was an indescribable feeling.

Now, although Yi Yun was unable to slash out such a Sword Intent, he had deeply remembered all the structures of the laws contained within the Sword Intent.

He felt that now, it was time for him to leave.

He planned on returning to the Tai Ah Divine City.

Below the Tai Ah Divine City's central divine tower, there was a sword tomb other than the saber tomb!

Yi Yun was now sure that the level of the sword and saber tomb's were lower than that of the Pure Yang Sword Palace. Relatively speaking, the laws within the sword tomb should be easier to understand than the Pure Yang Sword Palace's.

By entering the sword tomb he could lay down the sword foundation before returned to the Pure Yang Sword Palace to understand the Sword Intent left there. Then he might be able to use his Sword Intent to enter the Pure Yang Sword Palace. He might even be able to refine the Pure Yang Sword Palace, making it his own!

Just thinking of this made Yi Yun's blood boil.

The treasure level of this palace far exceeded his imagination.

He could even enlarge or contract it, keeping it within his body. It could fly and also tunnel through the ground. It could be used as a spiritual vessel.

If he really gained control over such a palace, it would be extremely easy to traverse the Divine Wilderness.

One had to know, to cross the Divine Wilderness, the airships used by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom needed the cooperation of more than ten Human Lords to power the aerial fortress!

On the day Yi Yun left, the black sword spirit still remained asleep. It was in a deep slumber. It was not bothered by, nor did it question, whatever Yi Yun did during this period. It might not even know. To the black sword spirit, a youth like Yi Yun was not worth its effort to care for. After all, it did not have much of its lifespan left.

Yi Yun packed his things and leaped down the sword palace's mountain. As he approached the big bronze door, the door would open. As such, Yi Yun successfully returned to the burning hell.

After such a long period of time, the Yi Yun who entered and exited the burning hell were completely different.

Whether it was his strength or his psyche!

It could be said that Yi Yun had been reborn!

True Martial World - Chapter 301: Pure Yang Sword Palace

Yi Yun took out a set of clothes from his interspatial ring, after putting them on he rapidly moved towards the palace.

This sword-like mountain did not look high, but when he tried climbing it, Yi Yun could feel that the mountain seemed to possess some sort of magical power. The distance up the mountain seemed to have lengthened. He climbed for 2 hours before reaching the peak.

On the mountain peak, the winds howled. Yi Yun overlooked the land beneath him, but he felt that everything he saw seemed to be shrouded in a hazy mist, making it all look lifeless.

And at the entrance of the palace, the large bronze door had been sealed shut. This world was once again isolated.

This unknown fragment of a world contained powers far beyond the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's, but the only thing it contained which was still intact was this palace. Everything else had faded away with time.

Yi Yun turned around and looked at the palace.

The shape of the palace was like a divine sword pierced through the sky.

Around the palace, there were four thick columns with engravings carved on them.

Yi Yun quietly walked to the columns and looked at the engravings.

The engravings were all connected together as a whole. Some of the scenes in the engravings startled Yi Yun.

He saw a divine dragon, locked up in chains. He saw all-powerful human Great Emperors being suppressed and a peerless expert shattering a world.

Amongst this, there was a great war scene where two sides were battling out. They were clearly of different races. One side was riding on primordial desolate beasts, while the other side was riding on powerful magical weapons.

"Could this world fragment's downfall have anything to do with the great war recorded in these engravings...?"

Yi Yun looked at each scene carefully, marveling at at the grand scene. It was hard to imagine how wide this world was.

He felt that the world he had seen was just a drop in a sea.

Even sages in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, how much of this world have they managed to explore?

After passing the huge pillars, Yi Yun came before the palace. He raised his head and saw that, at the top of the palace, there was a golden plaque. There were words on the plaque that seemed to have been erased. There were only a few intermittent strokes left, emitting an aggressive aura.

As he approached the palace, Yi Yun started to feel an indescribable sense of oppression. This pressure on his senses was not only on his flesh, but also on his mental facilities.

It seemed like this invisible strength was suppressing Yi Yun's energy circulation and all his life-bearing activities.

His heart, breaths, blood flow, and even his thoughts had all slowed down.

A black stone statue stood about a thousand feet in front of the palace's entrance. The statue was about a hundred feet tall and was that of a tall and large middle-aged man. His face was covered by a black-red helmet and his eyes looked as deep as the star-filled universe. He had a sword behind his back.

Although there was only a statue there, it emitted an ancient wild aura that belonged to that of a peerless expert. The aura spread out in all directions, as well as up into the sky. For some reason, it left Yi Yun especially shaken.

Behind the statue, there was a fragmented black stone pillar. The words on the stone pillar looked as if they had been carved out using a sword. They were written in a crisp and powerful manner, as if the energy would seep out from the stone pillar.

As he read these words, it was as if an image of a refined person holding a sword had appeared before him.

Was this stone pillar carved by the middle-aged man the statue depicted?

Yi Yun looked at the words on the stone pillar. The way the words were written was different from how words were written in the present, but Yi Yun had read ancient books, like the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and the 'Myriad Beast Totem', so he was able to understand these words.

On the stone pillar were the words, "Establishing the Seven Kills Stone Pillar, announcing my will! Waiting for the future, when the heavens collapse, the non-existence of the universe, me as the world, control over life and death, destroying the cycle of reincarnation, obtaining the souls of everything, casting my sword, spilling my immortal blood, to slaughter all evil demons! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

There were seven "kill" words, each more shocking than the other!

Seven Kills Stone Pillar!

Yi Yun took a deep breath of air. Just reading these few lines of words made him experience a monstrous murderous intent. It seemed like this person had infinite amounts of hate which pushed him to destroy all of existence.

"What sort of person was this? To think that he wrote on the stone pillar that he was waiting for the day when the heavens collapsed, leading to the universe ceasing to exist and then become a world himself, taking control over life and death… This formidable intent..."

Yi Yun was secretly horrified. The person who made this pillar was amazing.

Yi Yun looked at the top of the stone pillar. The stone pillar was about 9 meters thick, and its top had been shaved off by a sword, leaving an extremely smooth, flat surface.

When Yi Yun walked to the back of the stone pillar, he was even more appalled. The attack that had shaved off the stone pillar continued on down its back. There was a long, black gap that became wider as it went deeper.

As he looked down towards this ravine, Yi Yun became even more shocked.

This attack had extended to the rear of the sword-like mountain all the way down the mountain’s base. It had been split all the way down.

A gap had been cleanly cut through the mountain, which was thousands of meters tall, spreading into the land. A canyon had been cut out in the lifeless land by that sword attack. The canyon was unfathomably deep, reaching all the way to the limits of one's vision. Midway, there was a river that had also been cut apart and a path through a forest which had been sliced open.

Yi Yun turned silent for a long time after seeing this. It was as if this broken world had been divided in two by this attack. What sort of power was this!?

Could it be that after the person carved the words on stone pillar, he sent out such a slash due to his hate and loathing? Resulting in such a stunning sword scar?

Waiting for me as the world, to slaughter all evil demons...

Who were the evil demons? Was the person, who left behind this sword scar, defeated in that huge war?

Looking at the sword scar he could subtly feel that, besides containing a terrifying killing intent within it, there was also an air of tranquility to it.

Yi Yun felt pain in his eyes after looking at it for too long. Even his skin could feel prickling pain. His muscles tensed up involuntarily.

The longer he looked at it, the more the Sword Intent within the sword scar became obvious. It made Yi Yun not dare to move away from his spot. His breaths became heavier as if he was facing a huge enemy. It was as if this sword attack was about to pierce through space-time and slash at this head.

It was unbelievable that such a Sword Intent still existed in this sword scar, even after tens of millions of years!

Yi Yun conjured up his pure Yang Qi to ease that feeling.

"To have such power, after such a long period of time. Back then, this attack's power would likely slash apart the entire Divine Wilderness..."

Yi Yun sighed. If this was tens of millions ago, the remnant sword Qi was enough to kill him, considering how hard it was for him to endure the Sword Intent left behind by the sword scar.

Yi Yun took a deep breath. This level of existence was far beyond his understanding.

He turned around and left the sword scar, walking towards the palace's entrance.

The ancient large door did not have any ornaments. As Yi Yun approached the door, he could feel sword Qi surging towards him, as if it was about to cut through his body.

He held his breath and walked to the door with great difficulty.

Before Yi Yun could reach out his hand to push open the door, a brilliant flash sucked Yi Yun in. With that, Yi Yun was already inside the palace.

The hall was dimly lit. The ground was covered in black unknown rocks. The first thing that entered Yi Yun's eyes was a sword stuck in the ground!

This sword was extremely old. The sword’s edge was covered in rust and there were cracks in the sword's blade.

"It's broken?"

Yi Yun sighed. It was definitely a peerless sword, but unfortunately… the sword's blade had cracks, making it lose a great deal of its spirituality. After such a long time, it probably was extremely fragile!

Yi Yun silently walked over and slowly grabbed the sword's hilt.

At that moment, Yi Yun suddenly saw a black shadow standing not far from him. With a startle, he leaped backward and unsheathed the Thousand Army Saber!

Focusing his eyes, the black shadow remained motionless. It did not have a physical body, but seemed like a burning flame.

It was wrapped in a black cloak, only its two red eyes underneath the cloak were bright. They were like jewels in the night.

"You are..."

Yi Yun originally thought that it was some unknown lifeform, such as the 'evil demons' mentioned on the Seven Kills Pillar.

However, he quickly realized that the black shadow had no intention of killing him.

If it really had killing intent, any existence that could stay in this palace would easily annihilate him with just a thought.

"How long has it been… Someone has actually entered..."

The black shadow’s bleak words seemed to contain an indescribable loneliness.

"Senior, are you this palace's guardian?" Yi Yun ventured a guess.

The black shadow said, "I'm a sword spirit… I accompanied my master through countless battles for an unknown period of time. Now, my body has been destroyed, leaving behind a residual soul. I've been sleeping in this Pure Yang Sword Palace. By doing so, I have slowed down the time it takes for me to completely dissipate. Now, with you entering, I have awakened. However, such a long period of sleep has made me reach the end of my life..."

The black shadow's voice was very weak. Yi Yun had a thought upon hearing this, "Senior, have you been sleeping for tens of millions of years?"

"I don't remember… I've been wandering in space for too long before landing in this world. I originally thought that no one would ever pass through that door. Yet, you actually had such a fortuitous opportunity..."

Wandering in space?

Yes, the tens of millions of years was the time since this world crashed into the Divine Wilderness. Before that, this world fragment had been drifting for an even longer period of time.

Yi Yun had many questions in his mind. The black shadow could see through his thoughts and said, "You do not need to ask anymore about things of the past. In comparison to this world, you are not bad. You have a low-grade pure Yang body. If you can become one of the best in this world, that alone is already not an easy feat, but that is not enough. The things you want to ask will be pointless. You will not be able to enter the deep levels of this sword palace unless you gain insight into the Sword Intent left behind in the sword palace by my master. When that happens, you might be able to refine the sword palace and obtain the items left behind by my master. However, for you to do that, it will be too difficult, too difficult..."

Yi Yun stayed silent. He knew that in the eyes of the black shadow, he was just a very lucky ordinary youth in this wilderness world. His qualifications barely made it.

Just him alone could gain insight on the Sword Intent in the sword palace?

The sword spirit clearly did not hold any hope for that.

For a person who wanted to learn the way of the sword, he needed extremely high talent. Clearly, Yi Yun did not have any talent in the way of the sword. Besides, his weapon was a saber.

By entering into such a world, the sword spirit probably did not believe his master's heritage would ever be inherited.

True Martial World - Chapter 300: Yi Yun’s Aspect Totem

In the surging golden light, Yi Yun could feel thick, pure Yang Qi, as if the Sun itself was gushing it out. Holding his breath, he used the Purple Crystal to control the beast mark before slowly merging it into his body.

"Chi!"

The pure Yang energy burned and Yi Yun felt as if he had been thrown into a furnace, where the flames in the furnace were from those of the scorching Sun!

The seven-colored pure Yang energy was like a surging wave, recklessly passing through Yi Yun's body, making him feel as if his meridians were burning with fire!

Yi Yun could feel every meridian and pore of his body gush out pure Yang Qi.

It's too painful!

To be placed in a furnace, allowing himself to be burnt was a pain that did not need describing!

Yi Yun gritted his teeth as he expected the pain. With his body and cultivation level, how could it not be painful to experience the primordial strain's beast mark's surge through his meridians?

Yi Yun sat down with his legs crossed. All of his muscles were trembling and convulsing. Behind him, a seven colored radiance arose, condensing into the image of a Golden Crow with reddish-gold feathers. Slowly it was merged with Yi Yun's body bit by bit.

Suddenly, Yi Yun felt a burning pain coming from his blood and bone marrow.

It was like his blood, flowing within his blood vessels, had been replaced by magma.

This is…

In his energy vision, Yi Yun could clearly see that it came from the Golden Crow species's pure Yang energy. It was continuously absorbed by his blood and marrow.

After his purplish-red blood absorbed a large amount of the Golden Crow species's pure Yang energy, it slowly started to turn a little golden in color.

His bone marrow also began to emit a golden sheen.

Could this be…

Yi Yun's mind flashed.

Pure Yang body!

This was the pure Yang body Elder Cang Yan mentioned!

The pure Yang spirit could allow a person's body to transform, towards the final outcome of a pure Yang body.

And after Yi Yun swallowed the Golden Crow species's beast mark, with the two compounded together, he was now slowly starting to gain the property of a pure Yang body.

Yi Yun recalled that when Cang Yan introduced the cultivation record of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', he mentioned Pure Yang Immortal. Although he did not have the Purple Crystal, he only took 20 days to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

The only reason for this was because he had a pure Yang body, allowing him to learn the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' with ease.

That person later created the Pure Yang Palace, becoming one of the mightiest figures in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

Pure Yang bodies had different grades. The purer the body, the higher one's cultivation level talent would be.

Yi Yun knew that he was at the beginning stages of the pure Yang body. Compared to Pure Yang Immortal's body, he was still a good distance away.

However, this was enough to make Yi Yun become extremely excited.

Everything was difficult in the beginning. With these early beginnings of a pure Yang body, as long as his cultivation level increased over time, and as long as he could find even more pure Yang treasures in the future, then his body would become purer, eventually reaching an extreme.

Lin Xintong's pure Yin body was at an extreme.

Yi Yun believed that in the future, he too would become an extreme, with a pure Yang body.

And what was most important was that, after successfully obtaining a pure Yang body, Yi Yun's talent would slowly change.

Yi Yun had tunneled through to this world into a vast wilderness' youth's body. This youth was too normal, be it his bones or physique.

With the Purple Crystal helping him, Yi Yun had no lack of energy. However, his constitution was severely limited. There was a limit to how much one could handle, despite having all the energy in the world. Now, with Yi Yun gaining a pure Yang body, he would slowly feel the tremendous pace of cultivating in the future.

As time passed, the pure Yang body gave Yi Yun joy. The pain from the pure Yang flames burning his meridians had weakened. Without realizing it, the pure Yang energy within his dantian had reached its maximum capacity. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Pacha!"

Yi Yun heard a soft sound. His dantian suddenly quivered, as if it had suddenly enlarged in size in an instant. The pure Yang energy became part of Yi Yun's original energy.

His strength broke through the middle stages of Purple Blood, directly into the late stages of Purple Blood!

And that was not the end. Yi Yun could feel his energy surging, all the way to the peak of the late stages of Purple Blood, before it slowly lost its momentum.

This could be said to due to his well-grounded foundation. Yi Yun had stayed in the mid-stages of Purple Blood for too long, so when he broke through, he went straight to the peak of Purple Blood.

At the moment Yi Yun's cultivation level reached the peak of the late stages of Purple Blood, a foggy, burning image appeared behind him. This foggy image was that of a Golden Crow. It became clearer and clearer as it grew in size, its body grew to the size of more than 10 meters, while its wingspan was nearly 30 meters long!

And this Golden Crow image had a third leg, its head was that of a crow's and its beak was that of a hawk's. It was the same as the legendary Golden Crow!

This was Yi Yun's Aspect Totem, the ancient three-legged Golden Crow!

Yi Yun stood up. As he did not use the Purple Crystal to control energy while all of this was happening, all of his clothes had been burned clean from his body.

He now stood naked in the dead forest and the Golden Crow image behind him spread its wings as it was about to begin flying!

Such a lifelike Aspect Totem was as if a real Golden Crow was standing there. It gave off a great sense of oppression!

The Golden Crow stood behind Yi Yun as its eyes flashed. Its body was burning with flames like surging waves. This shocking scene was impossible to describe!

In contrast, back when Chu Xiaoran condensed a Glacier Snow Wolf image, it was about 4-5 meters tall, and its body was also much fuzzier. It was a shadowy image, nothing like a real desolate beast.

If the Glacier Snow Wolf was to be placed in front of this Golden Crow, the contrast in body size would be like that of a field mouse against a goshawk.

"This is my Aspect Totem, the Aspect Totem formed from the 'Myriad Beast Totem'!"

Yi Yun looked up at the large three-legged Golden Crow and a sense of pride surged through him.

With this Golden Crow aspect totem, he could fly freely in the sky!

"The 'Myriad Beast Totem' is indeed a top grade totem mystic technique. I only killed one primordial strain and I was able to condense such a strong Aspect Totem. Of course, to have such an effect has a lot to do with the Purple Crystal. Besides, I also managed to absorb a lot of the essence of the pure Yang spirit, that is also part of the reason."

Back when Cang Yan showed the three totem mystic techniques to Yi Yun, the 'Myriad Beast Totem' was likely the most powerful one.

"Right, the pure Yang spirit!"

Yi Yun only formed the beast mark just now. Although he had absorbed a large portion of the pure Yang spirit's essence, Yi Yun did not absorb the pure Yang spirit's body.

Yi Yun opened his energy vision and looked around.

He quickly discovered the pure Yang spirit hidden in the Golden Crow species's corpse. It seemed to have already lost its life force.

After being nurtured in the pure Yang burning hell for tens of thousands of years it slowly formed a sentience, but now, it was nearly wiped away.

Yi Yun injected his spiritual energy into the Purple Crystal, sucking out the pure Yang spirit. Slowly, it flew towards Yi Yun.

At that moment, the pure Yang spirit had completely lost its ability to resist.

"Whew!"

The pure Yang spirit entered Yi Yun's body, going straight into the Purple Crystal. Finally, it was sealed inside the interior of the Purple Crystal.

"Oh? This is…"

Seeing the pure Yang spirit fly into the Purple Crystal, Yi Yun was shocked. He noticed that on the Purple Crystal, there was a mark that had mysteriously appeared.

This mark was that of a Golden Crow!

"I have absorbed the Golden Crow beast mark, and there's a Golden Crow mark on the Purple Crystal. There's actually such a thing…"

Yi Yun found it fascinating. It seems like the Purple Crystal still had many secrets which were just waiting for him to uncover them.

When the pure Yang spirit was absorbed into the Purple Crystal, it began to get nourished by the Purple Crystal's energy, allowing it recover some Yuan Qi. As such, it began to slowly burn yet again.

This feeling was weird. Yi Yun felt like there was an additional flame within his body.

"The pure Yang spirit has been sealed within the Purple Crystal…" Seeing this situation, Yi Yun was overjoyed. With the pure Yang spirit within the Purple Crystal, he could continuously draw strength from the pure Yang spirit.

Also, the Purple Crystal would slowly nourish the pure Yang spirit, allowing it grow stronger.

With this, he had another trump card.

With his cultivation level reaching the late stages of Purple Blood, condensing a Golden Crow Aspect Totem, and now, the additional energy from a pure Yang spirit, this trip made into the burning hell increased Yi Yun's strength by several times.

"I wonder what my ranking will be if I were to attempt challenging the Earth roll."

Yi Yun was looking forward to it. But now was not the time for him to return to the Tai Ah Divine City. He still had to explore this mysterious world.

Yi Yun turned his head around and looked at the mountain’s towering peak. There, a palace stood proudly. The mystery hanging around it made him feel like it contained truths that were equal to Heaven.

True Martial World - Chapter 299: The counter-attack while in extreme danger

Back when Yi Yun first met Su Jie, he had sparred with Lin Xintong. Lin Xintong had suppressed her strength and although she beat Yi Yun, she admitted defeat because she had used her 'Fairy Maiden Heart Sutra'.

And because of that, Su Jie had left Yi Yun two items. One was the Chi Lin beast's head and the other was a yellow toilet-paper-like talisman.

Su Jie had previously said that the talisman could save Yi Yun's life at a critical moment.

This was Yi Yun's last trump card in the Divine Wilderness. It was also one of the crutches he relied on to risk entering the burning hell.

At that moment, Yi Yun's only glimmer of hope while facing against the Golden Crow species was Su Jie's talisman!

"Old Man Su, Old Man Su, you love to take advantage of people, and you have taken advantage of me. Please do not take advantage of me this time!"

Yi Yun prayed in his heart as he injected all his strength into the sachet according to Su Jie's instructions. He was activating the energy within the talisman!

In the dark and lifeless forest, the sachet floated in the air as a yellow talisman paper flew out of the sachet. It was like an old moth flying right into the burning pure Yang flames!

The flying moth entering the fire was a collision that was out of proportions. It was as if time had suddenly stopped.

The Golden Crow species's sharp claws, Yi Yun's frozen facial expression and the flying yellow piece of paper seemed to freeze in their spots…

"Phew–"

With a light sound, the talisman paper burned.

As the talisman paper was not eye-catching, the Golden Crow species completely ignored it as it sent its claw attack at Yi Yun.

But at that moment, a golden sword beam came out from the flames of the talisman.

It was a half-foot long sword beam that thrust itself at the Golden Crow species at an incredible speed!

The Golden Crow species's pupils constricted because of its desolate beast instincts, it sensed the impending danger. But at that moment, it was already a spent force. It could not respond in time.

The sword beam was too fast!

"Cha!"

The beam sword went through a gap in the Golden Crow species's sharp claws as it mercilessly pierced the Golden Crow species's, heart!

"Puah!"

Blood splattered!

The Golden Crow species's body trembled. Its heart had been penetrated by the sword beam!

Although the sword beam's force was expended, the energy within continued to enter the Golden Crow species's body like a maggot!

If the Golden Crow species was in its optimum state, it was still able to suppress this strength.

However, at that moment, this energy together with the pure Yang spirit's energy became the straw that broke the camel's back!

"Xiao!"

The Golden Crow species gave out a shrill cry of pain that soared up into the skies! Its body was about to explode!

The first to bear the brunt of it was Yi Yun. He was affected by the sound waves as his eardrums broke, and they were spraying blood!

The pain from both his ears did not affect Yi Yun one bit. At that moment, Yi Yun was extremely calm. With the Thousand Army Saber in hand, his body's Yuan Qi exploded!

The saber tomb's 32 words flashed through Yi Yun's mind. The ultimate saber truths that he had eventually gained insight on merged with his killing intent burst out!

Boom!

Behind Yi Yun, Radiant Sun Qi condensed to form a ghostly image of the Tang valley. There was the faint light of the sun spilling out from it!

At the same moment the beautiful picture was born, the Thousand Army Saber in Yi Yun's hand gave out a roar. The Thousand Army Saber almost seemed to merge with Yi Yun as one!

The saber was a man, and the man was a saber!

"Saber Truth's 32 Words–One With the Saber!"

Yi Yun and the Thousand Army Saber became a dazzling pure Yang beam as it flew right at the Golden Crow species's chest!

Although the Golden Crow species was not noted for its defense amongst all the desolate beasts, its feathers were still as tough as blades. It was not something that Yi Yun could break through, and in fact, he would be far from capable in doing so.

Yi Yun's attack was injected with all his energy. The spot he had chosen to attack was where the beam sword had split it apart. It was also the Golden Crow species's heart which had been seriously injured!

"Cha!"

Yi Yun's attack followed through the Golden Crow species's wound and stabbed right into its flesh. More than half the six-foot-long saber had penetrated into it!

"Peng!"

The strong impact and the explosive power broke the Thousand Army Saber!

No matter how strong the Golden Crow species was, there was a limit to its flesh's defenses. The Golden Crow species let out a deathly cry after the saber penetrated it!

Yi Yun felt the weight in his hands disappear. Seeing that the Thousand Army Saber had been broken, he did not hesitate and he used the Minute Subtlety large success stage to retreat!

At the same time, the Golden Crow species's angry claw had swiped down.

It was the moment of the Golden Crow species's death, so the attack had slowed down tremendously. It rubbed across Yi Yun's chest!

But even so, the force wind that came from that attack cut through Yi Yun's body!

Just the force wind was sufficient to cut through Yi Yun's protective Yuan Qi like paper!

Three deep blood marks appeared from Yi Yun's shoulder to his waist. It had nearly cut Yi Yun apart!

Blood splattered.

Yi Yun flew out as he tumbled roughly on the ground several times. The pain and the loss of blood nearly made Yi Yun faint.

He bit the tip of his tongue to keep himself awake. He knew that fainting here was no different than death.

Yi Yun maintained his energy vision and from it, he saw that the energy within the Golden Crow species was becoming increasingly chaotic.

The pure Yang spirit was still indignant about it as it tried to break through the Golden Crow species's body!

But the Golden Crow species had already burnt its pure Yang blood and it had lost control at that moment. It was a final confrontation with the pure Yang spirit where the consequences did not matter.

Yi Yun's continuous attack had pushed the primordial strain’s life to the brink. And the chaotic energy within its body was no longer constrained, it was about to break out!

"No good!"

Yi Yun endured the pain as he gritted his teeth. He rolled on the ground to the back of a large tree that was seven to eight meters in diameter.

Almost at the same moment, Yi Yun rolled to the back of the large tree, he heard a loud bang.

The pure Yang energy within the Golden Crow species's body had exploded!

Blood and flesh splattered with its innards completely burnt. The Golden Crow species's body exploded from the inside!

Its body was extremely tough, so even such an explosion did not blow it to pieces. A large portion of its body was left behind, but it had still been blown into two pieces!

The flesh and blood fragments shot out in all directions together with the shockwave. Yi Yun felt that tree behind him tremble as its tree bark was torn off, its roots breaking and the tree collapsing.

"Ka-cha!"

With a snap, the large tree that needed about 10 people hugging it to encircle it, broke from the middle as the upper end of the ancient tree crashed to the ground.

Yi Yun hid in the space between the stump and the collapsed trunk, avoiding the crashing down of the tree trunk.

"Puah Puah Puah!"

Wood and flesh dropped to the ground. Everything around Yi Yun was covered in the rain of blood.

It has ended…

In his energy vision, the Golden Crow species was completely dead. Even the pure Yang spirit imprisoned within its body had lost its lifeforce. It seemed like its body was now a candle in the wind, about to extinguish any moment.

Yi Yun was currently seriously injured. His eardrums were broken and there were three gruesome wounds across his chest. His organs had been slashed and he was bleeding internally!

If not for the large tree behind him, Yi Yun would have died from the final explosion.

"This tree…"

Yi Yun touched the withered wood that was old and strong. He was extremely shocked.

What sort of tree was this? Even though it was dead, it could still stand for thousands of years. Even though it had withered, it was able to endure the primordial strain’s explosive shockwave!

Although it had eventually snapped, it had saved him from doom.

Yi Yun leaned on the stump. He really did not want to move even a finger. He wanted to just sleep.

But this was not the time to sleep. He still had more important things to do.

Yi Yun's fingers trembled as he took out a healing relic from his interspatial ring.

This was an expensive healing medicine that he had bought. It could heal the wounds in his organs and the injury to his ear drums.

After swallowing the healing relic with difficulty, Yi Yun felt a warmth flow permeating his body. It flowed from his dantian to every end of his body, rejuvenating his broken body.

With the healing relic, Yi Yun managed to recover some Yuan Qi.

After that, Yi Yun took out some expensive herbs to smear on his wounds.

Yi Yun was using the best herbs within his interspatial ring, regardless of cost.

He wanted to recover quickly. He needed to be in a relatively good state to complete his next task.

After about ten seconds, Yi Yun stood up while holding on to the trunk. He walked to the Golden Crow species's corpse.

Taking a deep breath, Yi Yun clenched his fists.

This was an extremely critical moment!

'Myriad Beast Totem' was a totem mystic technique that Yi Yun nearly wanted to give up on, but now, he saw a glimmer of hope!

To condense an Aspect Totem with the 'Myriad Beast Totem', the requirement was to kill a primordial strain. Previously, Yi Yun had killed all sorts of pure Yang desolate beasts and absorbed their energies, but they were a fraction of what was needed to condense an Aspect Totem.

But now, Yi Yun finally had a chance!

Closing his eyes as he focused, Yi Yun sent his perception into the Purple Crystal Origins.

The sutras of the 'Myriad Beast Totem' flowed across Yi Yun's mind, and with the Purple Crystal Origins, Yi Yun was able to achieve the stringent requirements of the 'Myriad Beast Totem'.

Yi Yun's hands started to form seals as the pure Yang energy within the Golden Crow species's corpse was extracted bit by bit. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Condensing a primordial strain’s beast mark was easier said than done.

But with the Purple Crystal's help, as long as it was energy without an owner, there were no problems and even if the energy was difficult to control, he could control it.

Within the quiet dead forest, a golden light appeared as if a phoenix was consuming itself in death.

At the same moment, the pure Yang energy contained within the pure Yang spirit that was almost dispersing was also sucked out by the Purple Crystal. It merged into the beast mark that was almost formed. It was an unexpected combination.

The pure Yang spirit danced around in the golden light like a flame.

The golden light within the forest become richer as if there was a heavenly treasure about to be born.

If this scene was seen by others, it would have been shocking. Because even when Sages advanced their Aspect Totem, it would not have such divine light!

From within the golden light, a firebird flew out. It had a hawk's beak as its mouth, a crow's eyes, red wings and three legs!

Three-legged Golden Crow!

Maybe it was due to its ancestral bloodline, or because of the pure Yang spirit's injection, it was surprising that the Golden Crow species's beast mark was actually in the form of a three-legged Golden Crow!

This made Yi Yun pleasantly surprised. A three-legged Golden Crow's beast mark was enough to allow him to condense his own Aspect Totem!

True Martial World - Chapter 298: Dead Path

Yi Yun's movement skills had reached the large success stage of Minute Subtlety, so his speed exceeded everyone else amongst the warriors at the same level as him. But, compared to the Golden Crow species, it was nothing worth mentioning.

With the absolute power gap between them, their speeds were not even on the same order of magnitude.

No matter how fast Yi Yun went, he was as slow as a tortoise when compared to the Golden Crow species.

"Xiao!"

The Golden Crow species cried out as it stretched out its wings to charge at Yi Yun. It reached out with its sharp claws, wanting to claw Yi Yun to death. But, just at that moment, the flying Golden Crow species suddenly stopped as a lump, the size of a face basin, appeared on its back. At the same time, the Golden Crow species coughed out blood, as if it was in extreme pain.

"Peng!"

The Golden Crow species slammed itself heavily onto the ground, crumbling large pieces of rocks, stirring up a storm!

"Oh?"

Yi Yun was shocked. Why did the Golden Crow species suddenly smash itself to the ground?

A thought flashed through his mind as he opened up his energy vision. In the energy vision, the Golden Crow species's entire body was burning with energy. And within its body, there was another lump of energy which was even brighter.

It was the pure Yang spirit!

Yes, the Golden Crow species had yet to completely overcome the pure Yang spirit. Despite forcefully swallowing the pure Yang spirit, the two were still in a life and death battle!

The only difference was that the battlefield had now changed to a venue inside the Golden Crow species's own body!

One side wanted to refine the pure Yang spirit, while the other side's energy was injected into the Golden Crow species' meridians, attempting to burn the Golden Crow species to death!

Neither of the two pure Yang elemental creatures were something Yi Yun could handle!

Although a large portion of the Golden Crow species' strength was used to deal with the pure Yang spirit, it still just needed a single attack to behead Yi Yun.

Yi Yun felt that he would not make it, seeing that the palace was still a dozen kilometers away. He turned around and charged towards the dried up lake!

Below the huge lake were bones of unknown creatures!

These bones had undergone the passing of an unknown period of time. Although they looked like they were nearly decayed, the bones still shone in a jade-like luster.

Yi Yun ran through the bones.

Some of the bones were as large as mountains, so big that even a near-horn beast could run between the cracks of the bones, but there were also some that were similar to human bones. They blocked the path but Yi Yun squeezed through the cracks while pushing his Minute Subtlety movement technique to its extremes!

In the bone forest, Yi Yun obtained the greatest cover; while the large Golden Crow, with a wingspan of more than ten meters, would be greatly hampered.

"Ah!"

The Golden Crow species behind him shouted a hoarse cry. It tumbled around as it flew up, chasing after Yi Yun once again.

Seeing the bone forest blocking its path, the Golden Crow species simply ignored it and charged through it like a missile.

"Puah Puah Puah!"

Bones after bones were knocked over by the Golden Crow species, turning to powdery white dust in an instant. The Golden Crow species had an unstoppable momentum!

But after flying for a few second, it suddenly stopped and let out a scream!

A white bone had pierced through the Golden Crow species' wing like a spear!

"Peng!"

The Golden Crow species fell from the sky, slamming into the bone pile.

One broken bone still looked shiny on the surface, even after thousands of years.

It was this bone that was extremely sharp. Even the Golden Crow species' wings, which were as strong as black iron, could not defend against its piercing.

The Golden Crow's body went into violent convulsions as its wounded wing became covered in blood. It took a great effort from it to pull out the truncated bone with its beak.

A small stream of blood sprayed out from the wound, covering the Golden Crow species' face.

The Golden Crow species had grown up in Fallen Star Gate since it was young. It had never encountered such a strong bone before. It looked like it had decayed, yet it was still this strong and sharp. Even without Yuan Qi injected into it, it could actually break through its defense! This exceeded whatever it knew.

It struggled once again to climb up. Within its body, the pure Yang spirit was still burning as it invaded the Golden Crow species' blood veins and meridians.

The battle between the two pure Yang creatures had reached the ultimate life and death stage.

Seeing the human running further away again, the Golden Crow species' feathers stood up due to its anger.

Such a tiny creature, which seemed like an ant in its eyes, could have easily been finished off by it, that was why it swallowed the pure Yang spirit, to chase after Yi Yun to kill him.

But, it never expected that the situation would drag out for so long!

The longer the pure Yang spirit was in its body, the more the Golden Crow species felt like it was approaching Death.

It did not have much time left. If it chased after that human again, it could very well be burnt to death by the pure Yang spirit!

Although the Golden Crow species felt that it could easily kill Yi Yun if it chased him and gave him one more attack, it decided not to take the risk.

It was not worth risking its valuable life for a puny human.

Besides, the Golden Crow species had previously burnt its pure Yang blood. It was destined to go all out in its battle with the pure Yang spirit!

It hesitated for a while and decided to focus on dealing with the pure Yang spirit. It wanted to completely devour the pure Yang spirit before it would chase after that cursed human being again.

To the Golden Crow species, swallowing the pure Yang spirit was the most important thing right now. Doing so could allow its body's blood and veins to become purer, maybe even allowing its body to grow an additional limb.

Then, it would be able to manifest the form of an ancient three-legged Golden Crow!

For this pure Yang spirit, the Golden Crow species had put in a lot of effort over many years. It did not want to fail at the last moment!

But at that moment, the Golden Crow species noticed that the human had run out of the dried up lake and was rushing towards a mountain.

The mountain was like a divine sword that seemed to emerge out of the ground. It was extremely steep, and at the top of the mountain was a palace!

The Golden Crow species did not recognize palaces, but it could vaguely feel the strong presence of the palace. It seemed like there were great opportunities contained within the palace!

If the human entered it and managed to seal the door to the palace, it would not be able to enter! It would miss out on that opportunity!

Upon thinking of this, the Golden Crow species spread out its wings. It was worth it to risk another hundred seconds to first kill the human and secure the opportunities within the palace.

It gave a long cry before flying up into the sky, enduring the wanton destruction in its body by the pure Yang spirit!

One of its wings had been pierced through by the bone, injuring its meridians and bones. This severely affected its speed, but even so, it was still much faster than Yi Yun.

The Golden Crow species used about twenty seconds to easily catch up to Yi Yun.

But at that moment, Yi Yun had rushed into a forest!

The forest was completely dead, full of withered ancient trees. They seemed like broken halberds, piercing into the blue skies.

After thousands of years, any wood would rot, but these ancient trees still remained in this broken world. Even though they had withered, they still stood proudly!

With a once bitten, twice shy attitude, the Golden Crow species did not dare to charge into the forest, despite the wood being rotten. Instead, it hovered above the forest.

As such, it was not able to catch Yi Yun.

Yi Yun used the dead forest as cover as it charged towards the palace. However, the Golden Crow species overtook Yi Yun in the air. It circled in the air twice before opening its eagle-like mouth.

"Phew–"

A golden fireball shot out from the Golden Crow species without warning. It was like a meteor falling straight down!

Oh!?

Yi Yun was greatly alarmed. He did not expect the firebird to have such a move. Naturally, the dead forest was unable to withstand the fireball.

Yi Yun gritted his teeth and pushed his Minute Subtlety large success stage to his limits and changed directions and sidestepped.

"Boom!"

The fireball exploded, sending out a powerful shockwave.

Although Yi Yun dodged the frontal assault, he was still affected by the aftermath. He felt an irresistible force hitting him, his body flying out like a piece of straw.

"Peng!"

Yi Yun crashed into a large tree. The tree trunk quivered and Yi Yun felt pain at his back. His fall had nearly caused his organs to twist.

He used the Thousand Army Saber as a support to stand up. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

What a terrible force!

Although the Golden Crow species was a spent force, it was still able to launch a fireball attack that left him in such a pathetic state, despite him dodging and only being affected by the aftermath. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Phew–"

The Golden Crow species folded its wings as it entered the forest, landing in a clearing about nine meters in front of Yi Yun.

The Golden Crow species' wings were completely covered in blood and its life force was in chaos. Its eyes were not focused and no longer looked as sharp as a hawk. It was clearly near its limits.

In his energy vision, Yi Yun could see that there were two violent energies within the Golden Crow species body, crashing against each other, making its body nearly explode!

This Golden Crow species was not going to be able to endure this any further!

But even in such a state, the Golden Crow species was still not something Yi Yun could handle. A casual strike from it would turn Yi Yun into smithereens.

Conversely, if Yi Yun were to attack the Golden Crow species, even if it stayed motionless, Yi Yun might still not be able to break through the Golden Crow species' defenses, no matter how he attacked.

This was the hopeless difference in strength.

At that moment, the Golden Crow species' amber-colored eyes seemed to burn with a flame. It flared up as it stared at Yi Yun!

Two metallic claws, as sharp as blades, grabbed at Yi Yun!

The pure Yang energy that the claw brought along formed a strong cage, locking Yi Yun within. In his current situation, he was unable to dodge!

A simple scratch would rip Yi Yun's body apart like tofu!

In that split second, Yi Yun became extremely calm. He took out a sachet he always held close to his body.

On this sachet, there was a "Rou" word embroidered on it. There were well wishes the people of the vast wilderness believed in sewn on the back.

Within the safety sachet was the life-protecting talisman left behind by Su Jie!

True Martial World - Chapter 297: The Broken World

"Boom!"

As Yi Yun approached the bronze door, the door opened with a rumble!

Suddenly, a forceful presence that seemed to contain the universe’s great Dao origins surged forward.

At the same time, a seven-colored whirlpool was forming in the pure Yang burning hell, sucking the seven-colored radiance towards the large door!

Bathed in this surging energy, Yi Yun did not hesitate and quickly rushed into the bronze doorway.

Not far away, the Golden Crow species, who was battling the pure Yang spirit, was alarmed by the bronze door.

It looked in disbelief at the scene in front of its eyes. It had stayed in the burning hell for tens of thousands of years, and it never knew that there was such a door in the deep ends of the burning hell!

In the split second the Golden Crow species was slightly distracted, the pure Yang spirit's attack burnt a large patch of its feathers.

The Golden Crow species let out an alarming scream as it retreated.

The pure Yang spirit may have been sentient, but it was all instinct and no wisdom. It did not know what the sudden opening of the bronze door meant.

It had been attacked by the Golden Crow species and it had instinctively counter-attacked. Other than that, everything else that happened in its surroundings had no significant meaning to it.

The Golden Crow species had no way of making an agreement with the pure Yang spirit to probe the bronze door together.

Seeing the puny human being enter the bronze door to explore the secrets within, the Golden Crow species was in a rage!

In its mind, this part of pure Yang burning hell was its territory. Everything within this territory belonged to it. This bronze door that suddenly appeared was its, including everything within.

How could it allow a puny human to plunder its items?

The Golden Crow roared as it tried to break away from the pure Yang spirit and kill that puny human first.

But the pure Yang spirit was like a maggot that latched on. It continuously burnt the Golden Crow species's feathers and flesh!

If the Golden Crow retreated ever so slightly, it would launch a fierce attack, preventing the Golden Crow species from escaping.

The Golden Crow species may be strong, but the pure Yang spirit was not something easy to handle either. It was an existence that even human Sages had difficulty refining!

The Golden Crow species was both anxious and furious. It was unable to break away from the pure Yang spirit completely. It was also afraid that the benefits past the bronze door would be taken away by Yi Yun.

It gave out a sharp scream as it burnt a bit of its pure Yang blood.

Burning pure Yang blood would temporarily give the Golden Crow species a burst of immense strength, but the after-effects would make it extremely weak and exhausted for a long period of time!

At that moment, the Golden Crow species could not care less.

The flames burning on its body burned more fiercely as its strength rose to an extreme in an instant.

"Xiao!"

The Golden Crow species let out a shrill cry as it extended its sharp claw and swiped at the pure Yang spirit without any regard.

It used this attack method of harming a 1000 enemies, while sacrificing 800 to quickly end the match!

Chi! Chi! Chi!

The pure Yang spirit charred a large portion of the Golden Crow species's flesh and blood, but the Golden Crow species ignored its injuries as it grabbed the pure Yang spirit and swallowed it!

Previously, it had used the same method to swallow the pure Yang spirit, but as it did not deplete the pure Yang spirit of its energy, the pure Yang spirit was able to burn a hole through its body.

It had learnt from its mistakes. The Golden Crow species knew that using this method to kill the pure Yang spirit was extremely difficult.

But it had no other choice. It had gone all out burning its blood and with the burning flame that came out of it, it managed to temporarily suppress the pure Yang spirit.

It had to take this opportunity to kill that human first!

The human was weak and it could kill him in an instant. Following that, it could slowly deal with the pure Yang spirit within its stomach.

In this way, it could swallow the pure Yang spirit and also kill that human, obtaining the exclusive opportunities within the bronze door!

"Xiao!"

The Golden Crow species let out a sharp cry as it flew towards the bronze door!

...

At that moment, Yi Yun had rushed into the world behind the bronze door.

Phew–

A misty light flashed as Yi Yun felt he had passed through a transparent membrane. His eyes lit up and what he saw in front of him was shocking!

What was within the door was not some immortal cave that Yi Yun was expecting.

This was a real world. It had mountains, rivers, lakes and forests.

The only thing was that the mountains had collapsed, the rivers were broken, the lakes were dry and the forests withered...

Everything he saw was shocking!

This was a broken world!

Yi Yun ran on the ground. There was ancient but pure Yuan Qi in the air. It made Yi Yun feel like his body was going through a cleansing baptism.

It was not hard to imagine that this world was once a tremendous place, but now, there was nothing here.

Yi Yun could not be bothered with exploring this broken world in detail. He used all his strength to run, hoping to find a glimmer of hope in this world!

The bronze door had opened, but it did not close. Yi Yun did not know when it would close, but it meant that the Golden Crow species would chase after him at any time.

Without touching the ground, Yi Yun jumped across a dried up lake. On the edge of the dried up lake, there was a collapsed celestial palace.

The ancient stone walls had already cracked but it still gave off a luster that was like jade. It seemed like infinite time was not enough to leave a mark on these stone walls.

Even a celestial palace had collapsed...

Yi Yun was greatly shocked seeing this. Seeing the remnants of the building, it was as if there were still lingering sentiments, experiencing thousands of years without dispersing. Even after becoming a ruin, it still gave one a feeling of greatness and a forbidding presence.

It was hard to imagine how grand this place was in its past.

It could even be the palace of a Great Emperor.

Yi Yun did not dare to stay put. He went around the collapsed site, and behind it, there was a dried up river bed.

This river was tens of kilometers wide, and had been dried up for an unknown number of years. According to Yi Yun's understanding, once a river dried up, it would slowly be filled by dust and sand, eventually completely losing any trace of it.

But this river was not like that.

As he looked down at the river bed, Yi Yun felt his heart go cold.

There were bones piled in this river.

The bones were mostly from unknown creatures. Some of the bones were extremely huge, as if they were the size of mountain ridges as they laid in the river bed.

There were also bones the size of dogs and cats that were half-buried in the ground.

Amongst them, there were human bones. Some of the bones even sparkled. There was pure Yang Qi seeping out from the bone, slowly dispersing into the environment...

If a bone could still shine after experiencing thousands of years, it showed how strong the person was while they were alive.

But such a person and all these powerful creatures were now all dead...

Even the world was on the brink of destruction!

Yi Yun did not know what this world had experienced or how big it was.

According to the books, the history behind Meteorite Abyss was that a huge star had fallen into the Divine Wilderness, smashing Meteorite Abyss open.

If so, this world could not be too big, or the entire Divine Wilderness would also disappear.

Maybe what crashed down was just an edge of a broken world...

Then, what had happened to the original world? Why would a fragment of that world pass through the vast universe and finally crash into the Divine Wilderness?

Yi Yun found it hard to believe, but he was sure that the past residents of this world were all extraordinary existences!

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was nothing compared to them.

Although there were many such thoughts flying through Yi Yun's mind, he did not slow down at all.

Oh? That is...

Yi Yun's eyes lit up. He saw a mountain far in the distance.

The mountain peak protruded like a divine sword piercing through the blue sky.

And at the top of the snow-capped mountain, there was a palace!

It was a complete palace that had not collapsed!

The entire palace gave off a faint glow, making one feel relaxed and happy.

"A mountain that has not crumbled and it is a complete palace on the mountain!"

Yi Yun held his breath. Could there be inheritance left behind by mighty figures in the palace?

Yi Yun increased his speed as he hurtled towards the palace.

At that moment, Yi Yun suddenly heard a sharp shrill behind him.

Turning his head, he saw the Golden Crow species spreading its wings as it flew towards him while screaming.

Its body was in flames as it traveled at a shocking speed!

The Golden Crow species had rage in its eyes. It seemed like it wanted to tear Yi Yun to pieces!

"Trouble!"

Yi Yun felt his skin go numb. At that moment, the Golden Crow species was chasing him. With its speed, it might catch up to him before he reached the celestial palace!

Yi Yun gritted his teeth and raised his speed to an extreme.

The Golden Crow species was in hot pursuit behind him.

True Martial World - Chapter 296: Breaking the Array! Nine Nine Returns to One

Yi Yun's palm was covered in cold sweat. It was like he had been dropped into an ice pit!

What do I do now?

He did not know how long the battle between the firebird and the pure Yang spirit would last. And no matter whether it won or it was defeated, this place would become his burial ground if he carried on staying here!

Escape!

This was Yi Yun's first thought, but where could he escape to?

This burning hell was extremely deep and it was fraught with dangers. When Yi Yun descended into this place, he used the Purple Crystal's vision to avoid all the desolate beasts and proceeded bit by bit.

If he tried to escape out of here and use the turtle speed he used to avoid desolate beasts, then no matter how far he ran, he would be chased by the firebird to his death.

If his speed was too fast, then he would very likely rush into danger and be killed by other desolate beasts!

Yi Yun quickly thought of the possibilities. This was the biggest crisis he had encountered ever since he came into this world!

The firebird's murderous intent locked on to Yi Yun without fail. Yi Yun stopped hiding as it was pointless at this point in time.

Taking advantage of the battle between the firebird and the pure Yang spirit, Yi Yun leaped up and no matter what, he had to first open a gap between him and the firebird. At least this would give him the opportunity to respond.

"Phew–Phew–Phew–"

Below the burning hell, there were tumultuous winds blowing wantonly. The battle between the firebird and the pure Yang spirit became more intense. If Yi Yun was to be embroiled in this storm, he would be pulverized!

He had climbed to a height of 300 meters, yet his body still swayed as he was blown by the strong winds.

In the process of escaping into the exterior, Yi Yun continued to use the energy vision to observe the battle between the firebird and the pure Yang spirit. He was paying attention to every detail. He wanted to see if the firebird would reveal any flaws, or maybe be killed by the pure Yang spirit.

But Yi Yun was disappointed. The firebird seemed to gradually gain the upperhand.

It pecked again and again, almost devouring the pure Yang spirit.

"Oh? That light blob..."

In Yi Yun's energy vision, not only was the firebird projected in it. The hundred light blobs on the stone wall was also projected into his vision.

Yi Yun realized that no matter how strong the wind blew, the hundred light blobs did not move. Their energy did not even fluctuate as if it was unaffected by the stormy winds.

At that moment, Yi Yun's life was on the line. Originally, he was not in the right mind to bother about these light blobs, but as he was at a distance of 300 meters away, he had changed his angle, allowing him to realize that the black and red light blobs, that did not seem to obey any rules, were scattered in a proper manner upon closer inspection. Neighboring light blobs were a fixed distance away from each other. And the distance between light blobs that were far away from each other was an integral multiplier of this shortest distance. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

This is...

With a sweep of his perception, Yi Yun realized that the number of light blobs was not 100, but 99.

50 of the light blobs were pure black in color, while 49 light blobs were dark red. There was not one more or less.

Could it be...

Yi Yun suddenly felt enlightened. As he took advantage of the firebird's preoccupation with devouring the pure Yang spirit, Yi Yun carried on going to a higher height. From a higher height, he looked at the light blob array below him from a different angle.

The 99 light blobs could be seen in its entirety with his eyes. They shimmered above the dark red rocks. Their faint glow branded deep in Yi Yun's iris.

An idea flashed like lightning in Yi Yun's mind.

He suddenly realized that these 99 light blobs that formed an array was actually...a board game!

50 black pieced and 49 red pieces. They were placed on a square lattice. They were interlaced with each other, forming some sort of pattern!

Board game...

Was this board game the secret behind Fallen Star Gate?

Yi Yun's heart raced. If he were to crack this board game, maybe the secrets of Meteorite Abyss would be revealed to him!

He glanced at the firebird who was fighting the pure Yang spirit and then at the board game. Various thoughts flashed through his mind.

Escaping further up was basically a path that led to death. If he did not get chased by the firebird, he would be killed by other desolate beasts as he haphazardly chose routes.

Then, it was better to risk it all and see if he could crack the board game!

The board game in front of him looked like Go. Although Yi Yun had some experience with Go, his skills at it was definitely not good enough to break the difficulty level of such a mysterious board setup. Besides, the way it was played in this world might be different from the Go in Yi Yun's previous life.

That was to say, it was impossible for Yi Yun to crack the Go game with his skills. He was completely at a loss as to what the next step was in this game.

"Xiao!"

At that moment, he heard a shrill call that pierced throughout the burning hell. Yi Yun turned his head and saw the firebird's body burn in golden-red flames. It seemed to be consuming itself in flames and the flames that rose behind its back formed the image of a three-legged Golden Crow!

"Three-legged Golden Crow!"

Yi Yun was shocked. The three-legged Golden Crow was a legendary primordial divine beast.

"Ten Suns from Fusang, Who Masters Pure Yang!"

This was one of the phrases in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' general principles. The so-called 'Ten Suns from Fusang' referred to the ten Suns that rose above the Fusang tree. And in each Sun, there was one three-legged Golden Crow!

The Golden Crow was a personification of a Sun, and it was a spiritual embodiment of pure Yang. This firebird could condense a Golden Crow proved that it had a trace of the ancient Golden Crow's bloodline!

This firebird was a Golden Crow species!

A Golden Crow species was able to express its greatest combat power in this burning hell because it was filled with pure Yang energy!

It had used its ancestor's blood lineage, proving that this Golden Crow species was beginning to go all out!

Yi Yun held his breath. The time he had left was reducing.

With the Golden Crow going all out, there would be an outcome in a short period of time, regardless of the outcome.

But could he break the array in such a short amount of time?

Yi Yun adjusted his thoughts as he suppressed the panic within him. He looked at the large chessboard from several hundred meters high.

Calm down... I need to calm down!

Yi Yun calmed down and realized that in the energy vision, the energy contained within the black and red pieces were distinct from each other.

The red pieces represented pure Yang energy, while the black pieces sealed within cold Yin energy!

Yin energy...

Yi Yun quickly thought over it. Although Meteorite Abyss was filled with pure Yang energy to an extreme, it also had extreme Yin energy. The ice rive and the deep pool illustrated that point.

This was also the reason why Chu Xiaoran could train in Meteorite Abyss!

There were opposing principles behind matter, and pure Yang gave rise to Yin! A pure Yang mountain valley also contained pure Yin. This created a form of balance.

Yi Yun looked at the board game below him where energy surged chaotically within. The 99 pieces and every piece's situation was reflected within Yi Yun's mind.

At the moment of life and death, humans would fall into two extremes. One was extreme panic, resulting in restlessness or to the point of a mental breakdown. Everything would fail as a result.

The other was extreme calmness. One's brain would become clearer than ever before.

And now, Yi Yun was the latter.

His mind was now so calm that he had abandoned all human emotions.

Even the surrounding environment had disappeared for Yi Yun. The strong winds and the flames of the burning hell, the intense battle between the pure Yang spirit and the Golden Crow species had been forgotten by Yi Yun.

He only had the 99 pieces and their chaotic energy flow in his mind.

After controlling the Purple Crystal for so long, Yi Yun's had extraordinary acute intuition with regards to energy!

Energy without constraints would flow in accordance to its natural laws. Its natural flow would form the most perfect and harmonious picture in the universe.

As for the board game in front of him, there was a point which was disharmonious in 99 spots of energy flow.

With the Purple Crystal's vision, Yi Yun could drill right down to the energy origins, allowing the disharmony to become ever increasingly clear!

The Yin and Yang were in an imbalance!

Yi Yun's mind flashed.

The 99 pieces, of which 50 were pure Yin, while 49 were pure Yang.

Yin flourished while Yang was declined!

And in Fallen Star Gate, the burning hell was a place where Yang flourished while Yin declined.

There was a possibility that this board game and Fallen Star Gate would form a perfect balance.

But there was an energy that was lacking, preventing this balance from being established...

Yi Yun's mind became clearer. In his vision, even his body had disappeared.

The energy that the 99 pieces and Fallen Star Gate lacked when combined was clearly understood by Yi Yun!

Yi Yun was enlightened suddenly. He roared as the Purple Crystal within him formed a huge energy swirl. All the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi gathered towards Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's eyes were like stars. After locking on in one direction, his body quickly rushed there!

The 99 pieces and their energies were lacking one. He had to use his body to fill the gap!

Yi Yun used the Purple Crystal to guide him as he brought the surging energy, finally landing on the board!

That moment, Yi Yun's body turned into a game piece.

The 100th piece!

99 plus 1 was 100.

Nine Nine returns to One!

Nine was the extreme number. And nine nine was a number of utmost importance. Adding one to nine nine returned back to one. It was the same as reincarnation.

This was a perfect balance!

Yi Yun was the most critical "one".

When Yi Yun brought this lacking energy to inject into this board array. The entire array turned silent suddenly.

The 99 light blobs suddenly darkened.

The energy circulated as the array dimmed. It was like the calm before the storm.

Yi Yun held his breath and looked at the 99 light blobs as they slowly sank into the ground.

"Boom!"

The entire stone wall began to tremor as rocks broke up, spewing pure Yang out!

A heavy bronze door slowly emerged from the ground. It emitted an old but infinitely vast presence.

Yi Yun was deeply shocked by this presence. As he looked at the door, he felt that in front of it, he was as tiny as an ant.

It was at a completely different level!

On the door, there were ancient engravings that revealed the four divine beasts. They were the;

Five-clawed Golden Dragon, Rainbow Phoenix, Fire Qilin and Three-legged Golden Crow!

The four divine beasts formed pairs. Everyone of the engraved lines contained some great Dao law to it. Just a glance at it filled one with shock.

"What is this..."

Yi Yun felt that he was standing in front of a gate to another world. If he pushed open the door, he would enter another world!