True Martial World - Chapter 306: The Birthday Banquet Begins

As people gathered in Tai Ah Divine City, Yi Yun was in the sword tomb trying to gain some understanding of the sword truths without knowing the time of the day.

Originally, Yi Yun thought that having experienced the saber tomb, which came from the same origins as the sword tomb, it would be extremely easy for him to understand the sword truths with his entry into the sword tomb.

However, it was only when Yi Yun entered the sword tomb did he realize that it was completely different from the saber tomb.

In the saber tomb, there were saber scar marks and the Saber Truth's 32 Words. Each word contained a saber truth.

But, the sword tomb did not have those things. In there, there was a fascinating stone wall. Closing one's eyes and meditating in front the stone wall would envelope someone in illusions.

In these illusions, there were rushing rivers, cascading waterfalls, the virtual images of mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, and there were also flying sword beams.

It seemed like the person who left behind the sword tomb had cast all the scenes he had seen in his life into the stone wall. As such, people of the future would sense these scenes while meditating in front of the stone wall.

"These are the things that the sword tomb owner saw when comprehending the way of the sword!"

Yi Yun opened the Purple Crystal's energy vision and a light flashed across his mind.

The sword tomb owner had seen all these images that allowed him to comprehend his Sword Intent, hence, he had left his own Sword Intent within those scenes, allowing people of the future to ponder over them.

Yi Yun had spent 10 months in the Pure Yang Sword Palace and he failed to understand the Pure Yang Sword Palace's owner's Sword Intent. However, it still allowed Yi Yun to have a deep understanding of the sword truths.

After trying out the hardest sword truths that were closest to its origins, and then trying to gain insight on a relatively easier sword truth, this was much easier.

If it was said that the Sword Intent left behind in the Pure Yang Sword Palace was a tall mountain that was very difficult to scale, then the sword truths left behind in the sword tomb were like stone steps used to scale that tall mountain.

Yi Yun went up a step at a time...

Time passed. Yi Yun did not know how long had passed as he meditated in the sword tomb. He had entered a completely ethereal state, being one with nature in a spiritual sense.

The shocking sword scars from the Pure Yang Sword Palace kept resonating in Yi Yun's mind.

It was as if those huge sword scars were carved in Yi Yun's mind, slowly overlapping with the images from within the sword tomb...

It was unknown when a rusty broken sword appeared in Yi Yun's hands. The broken sword emitted a cold frosty feeling, making Yi Yun's mind even clearer...

He gently waved the sword slowly, as if he was slashing at invisible spider webs.

Slash after slash seemed to be completely random, but in the illusionary world, Yi Yun seemed to have slashed apart a waterfall, splitting a river, and the fantasy-like saber beam and sword shadows seemed to interweave with each other.

While Yi Yun was in a trance like state of trying to comprehend the sword, the Tai Ah Divine City was already bustling with activity.

In the central divine tower, there was a place for welcoming guests, named Splendid Room. The Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord's birthday banquet was to be held here.

Although the Splendid Room was in the central divine tower's hall, one would see flowers and bamboo upon entering. These plants were treasures, and between the plants, there was emerald-green water that quietly flowed around, as if it was a jade belt.

If any guest wanted to drink in this green bamboo forest, they could simply put wine glasses into the flowing water and drink from it, and it could be described as "drinking water from a winding canal".

Beyond the bamboo forest, there were exquisite little tables. The tables were about one foot tall and they only allowed people to sit kneeling on the ground. There were all sort of exquisite spiritual foods placed on the tables. They were all treasures amongst treasures and extremely expensive. The foods contained rich amounts of Yuan Qi, allowing one's cultivation level to benefit from eating it.

People who were qualified to sit at those tiny tables for the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord's birthday banquet were all important figures from various large factions.

And for VIPs like the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord and the Seven Star Pagoda Owner, they were seated near the flowing water at the center of the entire hall.

Around the table, there were pavilions.

Each pavilion had one large table and all the young elites from each country would sit here.

Except for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, who was the host, all the other factions were only allocated one pavilion.

Those who could sit in the pavilions were the strongest youths from each faction.

And for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's pavilion, the relatively outstanding Tai Ah Divine City cultivators were selected. For example, the top 30 geniuses from the Heaven, Earth, Man rolls of honor, and the leaders of other age groups.

For example, the third-year cultivators' Li Hong, the second-year cultivators' Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu and the top three rookies of this year’s batch, Lu Jie, Wen Yu and a short fat youth.

"Oh? Why isn't Yi Yun here?"

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's younger generation was split amongst 6 pavilions. Wen Yu, Lu Jie, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran were sitting together. Lu Jie scanned the surroundings and noticed that Yi Yun was not around. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

This surprised Lu Jie. With Yi Yun's stature, he was definitely qualified to sit here.

"I don't know, maybe he's in reclusive training..." Chu Xiaoran casually said and did not bother about it.

In fact, it was pretty pointless for her to join such a banquet. She was not a person who liked the noise and excitement. She was only here to gain an understanding of the young elites from the various factions.

"Oh? It's the people from the Yun Long Divine Kingdom!"

At that moment, the most important figures from the various factions had not arrived. Only the younger generation of the various factions were in the hall.

Chu Xiaoran saw about a dozen youths walk over. Leading them was a fatty in yellow. His face had a friendly smile, but his eyes contained arrogance.

He scanned over the crowd and skipped over Chu Xiaoran without pausing and looked to the pavilion besides Chu Xiaoran's.

In that pavilion sat two of Tai Ah Divine City's most influential figures, Yao Dao and Yang Qian!

Back when Yi Yun first entered the Tai Ah Divine City, Yao Dao and Yang Qian were fifteen years old. Back then, they were ranked in the top 100 of the Earth roll.

Now, after a year, Yao Dao and Yang Qian had spent 4 years in the Tai Ah Divine City, and they were now fifth year cultivators. Their cultivation level had reached the mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm about half a year ago.

With Qin Haotian and his batch completing their training, they had left the Tai Ah Divine City. Hence, Yao Dao and Yang Qian had entered the top 5 of the Earth roll.

Without Qin Haotian, Li Xiao and company, there were not many presentable sixth-year geniuses in the Tai Ah Divine City other than Luo Huo'er.

But Luo Huo'er never challenged the Heaven or Earth rolls. No one knew how strong she was in other aspects other than her Desolate Heaven technique.

Hence, the fifth year's Yao Dao and Yang Qian were now considered the best. People believed that the two of them would replace Qin Haotian and company's position, and they would soon dominate both Heaven and Earth rolls.

As for Yang Haoran, Yang Dingkun and company, although they were outstanding, they were a lot worse than Yao Dao and Yang Qian.

The batches below, the fourth and third year cultivators were even worse.

The third year cultivators only had Li Hong. And he had been defeated by Yi Yun, a person one year younger than him, in the last rookie ranking competition.

This was definitely an embarrassment for the third-year cultivators.

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom's yellow-clothed fatty had a general idea of who were the outstanding ones amongst the Tai Ah Divine City’s cultivators before the birthday banquet began.

Hence, once he entered, he only paid attention to Yao Dao and Yang Qian.

Sensing the yellow-clothed fatty's brazen gaze of sizing them up, Yang Qian's frowned. "This fatty wants to fight!"

Yang Qian was a proud person and he had a bad temper. Feeling the yellow-clothed fatty's animosity, he was enraged.

"This fatty is not simple. He is looking at your strength. His gaze is indeed irritating, as if it is the gaze of a businessman checking out his goods."

Beside Yang Qian, Yao Dao said that calmly. His hand could not help but touch the short saber by the side of his body.

"Yang Qian, there might be some impromptu performances for the City Lord's birthday banquet. It will be the moment for all the young elites from the various factions to compete against each other. Now with Senior Qin gone, those who can handle this scene are probably the two of us. Hence, this fatty is sizing you up!"

Yao Dao quickly guessed the fatty's intentions.

Yang Qian grunted, "I see. That's also good!"

Yang Qian was not afraid of a challenge. Battling against others amongst the younger generation was all he could wish for. He especially looked forward to sparring with young elites from outside of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!

At that moment, the Splendid Room's door opened, and with some attendants guiding them, the important figures from the various factions arrived.

Amongst them were the two leaders, one of them was a stout man wearing a heavy fur cloak and bone-laced military boots. He was the Yun Long Divine Kingdom's Seven Star Pagoda Owner.

And the other person was a middle-aged men in a green gown. He looked happy, but his sword-like eyebrows revealed an extremely sharp aura.

This person did not seem to give any sense of oppression. In fact, he looked like a scholar from the mortal world. He seemed to read the books of sages, but was thoroughly weak.

He was Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord!

True Martial World - Chapter 305: Gathering of Experts

The news of Yi Yun returning to Tai Ah Divine City quickly spread in less than half a day.

Rookies did not have much concept of the name Yi Yun. However, it meant a lot to many of the second year cultivators, especially his enemies.

This name was unforgettable!

"That rascal actually didn't die!"

A this moment, in a small courtyard, there were a few people gathered with sullen faces.

The three of them, who were sitting on chairs, were Li Hong, Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng.

Yang Dingkun and Yang Yuefeng were brothers and came from the Chu royal residence. Yang Dingkun had taken the opportunity to gamble against Yi Yun in Yi Yun's battle with Li Hong and ended up losing greatly. The 'Truth of the Laws' was lost, causing him to be punished by his family clan.

As for Yang Yuefeng, who had always been proud of his Desolate Heaven technique, he had his face torn off by Yi Yun.

However, the person who hated Yi Yun the most were not amongst these people. In the corner of this courtyard stood a youth, full of scars and a missing arm.

He was Yang Haoran.

10 months ago, inside Meteorite Abyss's frost pool, he was suddenly attacked by a school of weird fishes. His body had consequently been horribly mangled by the fish, pieces of flesh had been ripped off his body!

Just recalling the experience gave him nightmares!

With the rage of being unwilling to die, he had then rushed out of the frost lake with great difficulty and managed to eventually survive.

He barely escaped death with his surface flesh and skin of his body gone. All he was left with was bloody remnant muscles. It was horrible!

One of his arms had been ripped straight off by a large fish.

Losing one arm was Yang Haoran's greatest pain. How could a warrior be left without a limb?

It was not that there were no treasures that could restore a person's arm, but they were extremely expensive. Even his Yang family could hardly obtain one.

And even if it was obtained, the arm which was regrown, would be a normal human arm. One had to train it from the beginning all over again.

It was easy to imagine what sort of hardship and suffering he had to undergo!

Yang Haoran only felt hate. He hated the strange fish and hated everything!

Originally, when Yang Haoran was bitten horribly and the calamity suddenly befell onto him, the pain prevented him from thinking about why he was suddenly attacked by the strange fishes.

However, after recovering, he recalled the terrifying nightmare. He remembered that back then in the water, he had heard an explosion and then saw a Yuan Qi beam.

Within the beam, there was an arrow flying towards him. On the arrowhead, there was something green. It looked like grass.

The arrow was not aimed at him and passed by him a short distance away from him, but accompanying that arrow was that school of terrifying strange fishes!

As Yang Haoran recalled the scenes back then, he became more and more sure of what had happened. That Yuan Qi fluctuation was definitely from a warrior, not a desolate beast.

Yang Haoran also slowly remembered that the grass on the arrowhead was the Beast Luring Grass he had previously used!

All at once, Yang Haoran figured it out.

The strange fish were deliberately being lured away from something and towards him, to purposely cause him harm. As for that arrow...

Amongst that group, only Yi Yun used a bow and arrow!

Yang Haoran's anger reached its peak at that time. He wanted Yi Yun's blood to atone for his!

However, following Yi Yun's disappearance, the point of him possibly dying in Meteorite Abyss appeased Yang Haoran's anger slightly.

He considered it as a consequence Yi Yun deserved.

Although he was unable to avenge himself, which made him unable to accept it, he knew that even if Yi Yun were to actually return, he could do nothing to him.

He did not have proof. Even if he had proof, he could not raise a complaint against Yi Yun because he was the person who initially lured that mutated Three Eyed Spider to them.

In fact, because of this event, Yang Haoran had to endure the immense pressure brought forth by Chu Xiaoran's Defender Duke family clan and Qiuniu's reclusive family clan.

The Yang family may have the royal bloodline, but it was too much for them to face two large family clans. With Yang Haoran's physical disability, there was even a chance of his family clan abandoning him.

This placed Yang Haoran into an excruciating position.

Yang Haoran was too busy with his own affairs for the past few months so he had no energy to decide on how to seek revenge on Yi Yun.

Thankfully, as time passed, the possibility of Yi Yun having died became increasingly more likely.

However… today, Yi Yun returned!

And besides looking a bit pathetic, he had no injuries at all!

Looking back at himself, he was like a dog with a broken leg!

This comparison nearly made Yang Haoran go crazy!

"Haoran, do not be rash..."

Yang Yuefeng patted Yang Haoran's shoulder.

After Yang Haoran became disabled, he became slightly insane and abnormal. Yang Yuefeng was the most senior amongst the group, hence these people all treated him as their leader.

"Everyone, we can all be considered as under one camp. With Yi Yun's return, we have no idea how strong he has become. If he were to mature in the future, then we will really lose our place in Tai Ah Divine City."

The Tai Ah Divine City's genius-rearing strategy was similar to rearing venomous worms. A competition was held to obtain anything here. Many cultivators formed groups and associations to resist the competitive pressure.

They were arch-rivals of Yi Yun, so if Yi Yun were to mature and rank among the top of the Heaven and Earth rolls, their days would no longer be smooth-sailing.

Li Hong said, "Yi Yun has gone to report to the Elders. I heard his description. He had been trapped in a place for ten months, which prevented him from returning..."

"Trapped for ten months? Heh… From his appearance after coming back, he must have experienced some huge disaster. This bastard sure has a strong life. He will definitely challenge the Earth roll. We must first see what rank he is able to achieve before we decide on how to deal with him in the future."

"Earth roll..." Yang Dingkun gritted his teeth. "If only he challenges me. Such a pity..."

After the last batch of cultivators left, Yang Dingkun's ranking on the Earth roll had entered the top 40.

This ranking was extremely far off for second year cultivators. For example, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran's ranks only ranged from 700-900.

From Yang Dingkun's point of view, Yi Yun was still far from being able to challenging the top 100 on the Earth roll. This meant he was not fated to exchange blows with Yi Yun.

...

"Rotten kid, where did you go to for the past ten months!?"

In the central divine tower, Cang Yan ruffled Yi Yun's hair, "Ah! Kid you grew taller."

Cang Yan was short so now he was shorter than Yi Yun.

Yi Yun felt helpless. He had already listened to old man Cang nag all day.

Regarding the burning hell's explanation, Yi Yun did not dare to tell him that he had entered the deepest level of the burning hell.

That place's pure Yang Qi was too rich. He had used the Purple Crystal to split the pure Yang fire in order to enter the depths of the burning hell. Even sages would need to spend a lot of Yuan Qi to enter.

Yi Yun could only say that he had been sucked into an unknown space. As such, he could explain how his identity token had lost its connection.

This sparked the interest of Cang Yan. He had already decided to form a team with Jian Ge to investigate the burning hell again.

This gave Yi Yun a headache. He felt like he was cheating the old man. This so-called "unknown space" was definitely something that Cang Yan could not find.

Cang Yan asked many questions regarding this "unknown space" and Yi Yun only gave some vague descriptions.

These sort of places tended to be vague and insubstantial and with Yi Yun's cultivation level, it was not something he could understand, so it was normal. Cang Yan would naturally not suspect a thing, nor question him.

"So how about it? When are you challenging the Earth roll? Let's see the fruits of the past ten months of cultivation." Cang Yan was looking forward to seeing Yi Yun's current strength.

"I do not have any plans on challenging the Earth roll for now."

"Not challenging the Earth roll? What are you doing?" Cang Yan pinched his beard, clearly unhappy.

"I plan on going into the sword tomb."

"Sword tomb!?" Cang Yan stared. "Aren't you doing well in the saber tomb? Why are you going to the sword tomb?"

Cang Yan was practically speechless. This Yi Yun really made one worry.

He had not fully understood the saber tomb, yet he kept having his sights on the sword tomb. "Kid, what craziness is this? You cannot be giving up on the saber and picking up the sword, right? Or… do you want to use both saber and sword?"

Thinking of this, Cang Yan really wanted to pry open Yi Yun's brain to see what messy thoughts this kid had.

Warriors who could thoroughly learn everything about one weapon were already amazing.

To master two weapons was something crazy. It was a task with no returns.

Since ancient times, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom’s sages had never done such a thing. Of course, it was common for people to pick up bows and concealed weapons as a side weapon. Bows and concealed weapons were ancillary weapons used to attack from a distance and could be put to great use during critical times.

"I'm just thinking of taking a look. Maybe I will get some inspiration from the sword tomb." Yi Yun equivocated.

Even with such an explanation, Cang Yan's face turned sullen. "Kid, back then when I let you choose a totem mystic technique, you chose the 'Myriad Beast Totem'. Now, without having completed the 'Myriad Beast Totem', you still aren't even thinking of switching to a more possible totem mystic technique. And now you are even thinking about the sword tomb. You sure are capable!"

Cang Yan was also worried that Yi Yun would end up wasting his time trying to learn too many things, with all of them being extremely profound.

However, no matter what Cang Yan said, Yi Yun did not budge. He wanted to go into the sword tomb to gain greater experience and inspiration from within.

Finally, Cang Yan gave in. He demanded, "Alright! I will let you enter the sword tomb once! However, I will say the unpleasantries first. Once you exit the sword tomb, you are to challenge the Earth roll and enter the top 500. No! Top 400! No! 300! If you cannot enter the top 300, you are to focus on cultivating your saber skills without any other distractions. You are also to choose another totem mystic technique. And stop thinking of this and that for me in the future!"

Cang Yan indignantly said. He could tell that Yi Yun's cultivation level was still at the peak of Purple Blood, a bit worse than Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu’s.

Even if Yi Yun's talent was greater than Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu, and had strength that exceeded Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran combined, it would be impossible for him to enter the top 500.

One had to know that all cultivators who ranked in the top 500 of the Earth roll were at the peak of the beginning stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. There was a huge gap between the Purple Blood realm and the Yuan Foundation realm. It was extremely difficult for a person at the peak of the Purple Blood realm to battle against a person at the peak of the beginning stages of the Yuan Foundation realm.

Still, the top 500 was not enough.

Cang Yan was afraid that Yi Yun had some fortuitous opportunities while he was missing, and could now enter the top 400. That would make the kid feel smug once again.

Hence, Cang Yan purposely set the goal to be the top 300. This was to ensure that he could rid Yi Yun of all his unrealistic ideas, preventing him from being overly ambitious.

Cang Yan never expected that Yi Yun would immediately agree with a "Sure!" after setting such a difficult objective.

"Eh?" Cang Yan had expected Yi Yun to go in a rage, he never expected him to immediately agree to it.

He was that confident?

Cang Yan was a bit dumbfounded. He clicked his tongue twice as a malicious smile formed on his lips.

This kid must still not know how strong the top 300 of the Earth roll is. Even plenty of mid-stage Yuan Foundation realm cultivators are unable to enter the top 300. Underestimating it will only lead to misery!

Upon thinking of this, Cang Yan felt assured. It was good to let Yi Yun suffer some setbacks, to prevent him from thinking he can do everything everyday.

...

The day of the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord's birthday banquet was quickly approaching.

That afternoon, a huge airship flew above the Tai Ah Divine City. This airship was about 2000 feet long and was completely covered in black scales. It was like a huge flying monster.

When it passed by Tai Ah Divine City, it cast a huge shadow.

This is...

The Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators looked up at the airship and were stunned. This airship was different from the Tai Ah Divine City airships and it was much larger.

Seeing this flying monster, many people could not help but feel a sense of awe and a feeling of being small.

Some people noticed that there was a strange symbol on the side of the huge airship. It was a blob of dark clouds, with a Black Dragon flying within the clouds.

"Yun Long (Cloud Dragon) Divine Kingdom!"

Some more knowledgeable people said after seeing this symbol.

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom shared a border with the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was in the east while the Yun Long Divine Kingdom was in the west. To the north of both countries' northern borders was the vast Divine Wilderness.

Be it comparing the countries' power, their heritage, areas or population, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom was almost on par with the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

With two great nations together, there was bound to be some conflict over resources, land and other reasons. However, with the threat of the Divine Wilderness, the two countries had to maintain the peace. They could not have any large scale wars or they wouldn’t be able to resist the occasional large-scale beast hordes coming from the Divine Wilderness.

Hence the Yun Long Divine Kingdom and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom could be said to coexist in a cooperative and competitive state.

No one expected that the Yun Long Divine Kingdom's large airship would fly to the Tai Ah Divine City.

This airship was definitely a royal airship of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom. The appearance of the ambassadors of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom arriving in the Tai Ah Divine City in such an airship was a show of their country's strength. At the same time, it also meant that whoever was riding the airship was a great figure in the Yun Long Divine Kingdom!

"The distance between the Yun Long Divine Kingdom and Tai Ah Divine City is not short. Why would their ambassadors come to the Tai Ah Divine City?" Someone asked subconsciously.

"Oh? Could it be that they are here for the City Lord's birthday banquet!?"

Someone had a flash of brilliance. Everyone felt it was possible upon hearing it.

It had to be so. The only big matter in recent times in the Tai Ah Divine City was the City Lord's birthday banquet.

"Strange, the ties our Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has with the Yun Long Divine Kingdom isn't that great. Why would they especially send an ambassador to send their birthday wishes for our City Lord's birthday banquet?"

Some more thoughtful people felt something amiss...

At that moment, within the large airship, in a luxurious hall.

A fat man in a yellow clothes was holding a meter-long roasted desolate beast leg. He was tearing off the meat with his mouth. The thin leg was not completely roasted to well-done, so it still contained some blood.

As the fat man in yellow ate the meat, he stood high above, looking condescendingly down at the Tai Ah Divine City cultivators through his airship window.

From his angle, the throngs of people below him were no different from ants that he could crush with his feet.

"These are the Tai Ah Divine City cultivators!? They don't seem like anything special to me."

As the fatty in yellow laughed, he licked the desolate beast blood from around his mouth with his excessively long tongue. A sardonic look of contempt flashed in his eyes.

Behind the fatty in yellow was a princess-like girl, dressed in a purple palace gown.

She held a wine glass in her hand as she tasted the red liquid inside it. She emitted a charming smile, "His Highness had previously said that the Tai Ah Divine City's place in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is equivalent to our Yun Long Divine Kingdom's Yun Long 72 Pagodas. Do not look down on them."

"Haha, whatever. We are here to give our birthday wishes, not here to fight. Of course, if necessary, it is basic courtesy to see what they are capable of."

The yellow-robed fatty casually said as the girl in the gown shook her head gently. "It is not an ordinary celebration. This time, Lord Seven Star Pagoda Owner wanted to come personally and discuss something with the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord. Reports say that it has something to do with the mysterious person who suddenly appeared..."

"Haha, those are matters for the higher ups. I cannot care less. I'll just eat all the meat I want at this birthday banquet. Of course, if there's a fight, call on me!"

As the fatty said that, he tore off another piece of meat the size of a chicken and swallowed it down after a few chews. A meter long beast leg was quickly completely finished. He casually wiped his oily hands on his clothes and glanced at the corner of the hall. "What say you, Bai?"

In the corner of the hall sat a black-clothed youth with a pale face. His legs were opened up with his knees bent. Both his hands were resting on his knees and a black sword leaned diagonally by his legs.

His head was slightly bowed. His hanging hair covering his eyes, preventing others from seeing his face.

In the hall, he was strangely quiet. It was so quiet that it made people oblivious to his existence.

"Uh..." Facing the quiet black-clothed youth, the yellow-robed fatty gulped a mouthful of saliva and nearly choked. It was really asking to be rebuffed trying to speak to this rascal...

At that moment, the door to the hall was pushed open. A stout man walked in with a deadpan expression. He was wearing a thick fur cloak, with the collar standing up. His feet was covered in long rigid boots with desolate bones as their base. His steps emitted the bone ringing sounds of "Pa Da, Pa Da".

"We are here. Let's go down!"

Facing this male, the yellow-robed fatty and the girl in the gown became respectful.

"Yes, Lord Pagoda Owner."

The pale youth sitting by the corner also slowly stood up.

With the airship's door opened, the four of them flew towards the central divine tower in a light beam.

"Someone flew out!"

Many from the Tai Ah Divine City were straining their eyes, they did not know who the people were, but guessed that they were mighty figures of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom...

With these thoughts in mind, they never expected that a few days later, there would be airships from unknown factions flying to the Tai Ah Divine City. A large number of people disembarked and entered the central divine tower over the passing days.

These factions hung their own symbols, some were easily recognized by others. Other than the Yun Long Divine Kingdom, there was also the Tian Guang Royal Dynasty. It was a country about half the size of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom, but it was not to be underestimated.

Besides them, there were also ambassadors from other independent family clans.

These independent family clans did not belong to any country, but they had great heritage. A family clan was able to compare with a country!

The existence of some of these family clans was not shorter than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's. They controlled terrifying powers that could not to be ignored.

There were more and more people coming. It was really like an assembly of heroes!

This made the Tai Ah Divine City cultivators shocked. How resounding was this City Lord birthday banquet?

A day later, another mighty figure appeared. This person's identity made many of the Tai Ah Divine City cultivators hold their breaths.

He was the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Crown Prince!

There were countless numbers of children from the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family. Just in the Tai Ah Divine City, there were plenty of cultivators with the surname Yang.

These elites, who had Yang as a surname, would have blood relations with the royal household if their bloodline was traced.

However, compared to the current Crown Prince, they were nothing.

Not only in status and identity, but also in strength!

The Crown Prince was about 3000 years old. He was chosen amongst the thousands of children from the royal household and possessed extraordinary talent. With the royal household's efforts to nurture him, he was now just a step away from being labeled a human Sage.

Once he became a sage, the current Divine Emperor would hand over the throne to him.

Hence, the Crown Prince's position in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was obvious!

"The Crown Prince is here. This celebration is going to be amazing!"

People knew that this celebration would be the greatest celebration they would ever experience in their lives!

True Martial World - Chapter 304: The new crop has yet to come in to replace the old

The highly anticipated rookie-ranking competition had come to an end. At the end, Lu Jie had a slight edge and defeated Wen Yu, becoming the champion amongst the rookies.

As the crowd in the rookie ranking competition dispersed, everyone discussed the final battle with great excitement. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The arena was connected to all the major residences, so it was extremely crowded.

It was at that moment that Yi Yun returned to the Tai Ah Divine City. On the way through, he noticed throngs of people and became slightly stunned, "Oh? Why are there so many people?"

As Yi Yun looked at the rookies with a dumbfounded expression, the rookies were also stunned upon seeing Yi Yun.

This was because Yi Yun's appearance was too extreme.

The rookie ranking competition was a significant occasion, thus many people were very well-dressed. In contrast, Yi Yun was wearing ragged clothes that were obviously one size too small. Not only was he unkempt, his saber was even half-broken, all of this made him look like a beggar. It was severely out of place within the Tai Ah Divine City.

Who is this person?

This thought appeared in many people's minds. If the Tai Ah Divine City did not forbid unauthorized people from entering, there might have been people throwing money at Yi Yun.

At that moment, not far away, a group with Wen Yu, Lu Jie, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran amongst them were walking over.

The world of warriors respected those who were strong, so the four of them were treated like idols as they came over.

Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu were especially respected. No matter how crowded the streets were, everyone would make way for them.

Seeing Yi Yun suddenly appear, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran became stunned.

This was because, in nearly a year's time, Yi Yun had undergone too many changes. They were unable to recognize him with just a single glance.

After staring at Yi Yun's face for a long while, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran looked at each other in the eye with an incredulous look.

It's really him!

"Haha! Yi Yun! " Qiuniu laughed boisterously. Qiuniu and Yi Yun had only been ordinary friends, but they could be considered as having experienced life and death together in Meteorite Abyss. Besides, Yi Yun had also saved Qiuniu’s life.

Their friendship naturally was no longer the same.

Qiuniu squeezed out of the crowd and quickly strode towards Yi Yun, slapping him heavily on his shoulders.

"I knew you wouldn't die so easily. Haha!"

Yi Yun coming back alive was something that made Qiuniu happy from the bottom of his heart.

Yi Yun also gave a hearty laugh and said, "I was lucky...I went in a cursory circle around death's gate."

After experiencing a year of loneliness, Yi Yun was overcome with emotion upon seeing a familiar face again. He had indeed nearly lost his life after being chased by the Golden Crow species.

"Yi Yun, you have finally returned!" Chu Xiaoran also moved towards Yi Yun. When they bade farewell 10 months ago, Chu Xiaoran was a tiny bit taller than Yi Yun. Now however, she had to slightly look up at him.

She felt that Yi Yun had undergone a complete change in the time they were separated. It was not only his physical appearance, but other aspects as well. As for what was different, Chu Xiaoran was unable to tell.

"Yi Yun, you have been out training for so long. What is your cultivation level?" Qiuniu asked casually.

"Peak of Purple Blood!" Yi Yun did not conceal it.

"Haha, then you are slower than us. Xiaoran and I have already begun to condense the initial shape of the Yuan Foundation. You can think of us as being one foot through the door of the Yuan Foundation realm. In two months, we will definitely break through into the Yuan Foundation realm!"

Qiuniu's eyes lit up and he was eager to try it out just by talking about cultivation levels. In these 10 months, he had made significant progress. The huge leap from the peak of Purple Blood to a half-step within the Yuan Foundation made Qiuniu's "Divine Strength Ox King Skill" progress one more level.

There was a significant jump with every "Divine Strength Ox King Skill" level.

Qiuniu was now filled with confidence and he wanted to fight anyone he saw.

"Brother Yi, when will we train in the arena!?"

Qiuniu knew that Yi Yun was definitely strong, but he still brimmed with confidence. He couldn't help himself after seeing Yi Yun, a strong warrior peer. He felt that even if he was not Yi Yun's match, the difference would not be as great as the gap between them a year ago.

The surrounding rookies turned dumbfounded upon seeing Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran speak so happily with Yi Yun.

They never expected that this beggar-like person would be Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran's good friend.

"Yi Yun… Isn't he the champion of last year’s rookie ranking competition...?"

A portion of the rookies had heard of Yi Yun. They had some impressions of this name which was now nearly forgotten by Tai Ah Divine City cultivators.

"It should be him, but this person… actually defeated Chu Xiaoran in the last rookie ranking competition? Is that really true?"

When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded. This guy was completely different from the preconceived expert in their minds!

He did not have the air of an expert, yet, he was actually stronger than Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu?

Many rookies looked at Yi Yun with puzzlement and doubt. Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu's strength had been witnessed by many of them, and it was terrifying.

However, the person in front of them looked like he came out from a refugee camp, he didn't look like he made the mark. They found it hard to believe that this person was a super expert. Even if he was very strong a year ago, he had disappeared for too long, and no one knew what he had experienced during this period. Could he really lead Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran?

Many of them couldn't help but have thoughts like that.

At that moment, Yi Yun decided to bid Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu farewell.

"Brother Yi, when you have time, come to the arena! When you do so, inform me!"

Qiuniu still did not forget the matter of sparring with Yi Yun. In his opinion, Yi Yun's return was definitely to challenge the rankings.

Yi Yun smiled and said, "Sure!"

"Haha, don't be perfunctory with me. You may not know this but Qin Haotian, Li Xiao and the Qiao brothers have already left the Tai Ah Divine City. Now the first few spots have opened up in the area and everyone is eyeing them! Some of the senior cultivators who have hope in being first are all in an intense battle for it. Especially because of the ongoing City Lord's birthday celebrations, the arena rewards have increased by a lot!"

As Qiuniu said so, he pointed to the crowd behind him, "The arena was in a hiatus because of the rookie ranking competition. If not, there would be countless numbers of people fighting, more people than usual!"

"Oh? Qin Haotian, Li Xiao and the others have left?" Yi Yun was stunned upon hearing that. Indeed, they had stayed in the Tai Ah Divine City for a full six years, and it was time for them to leave.

A pity!

Yi Yun had known the famous names of Qin Haotian, Li Xiao and company ever since he entered the Tai Ah Divine City.

Yi Yun had always wanted to spar with Qin Haotian.

However, Yi Yun was now only at the peak of Purple Blood, and due to the difference in cultivation level, he would not be Qin Haotian's match. Only Yi Yun himself knew the difference between him and Qin Haotian.

And now, they had left Tai Ah Divine City, leaving him with no opportunity to challenge them.

This could only be described as a pity.

"Yes, with them here, it would be very difficult for us to challenge the Earth roll." Qiuniu laughed. He did not pay any attention to Yi Yun's thoughts. From his point of view, anyone who wanted to challenge Qin Haotian from their year, was wishfully thinking.

"Now, the arena's overall strength has decreased. Many of the fifth year cultivators are far weaker than Qin Haotian. Maybe in a year or two, we will be able to challenge the top 5 of the Heaven and Earth rolls!"

Qiuniu was very excited. If he could enter the Tai Ah Divine City's top 5 in his fourth year, it would be a glorious achievement to be proud of.

Yi Yun sighed. Indeed,, the Tai Ah Divine City did not give rise to extremely talented elites every year. The current Tai Ah Divine City was a bit lacking.

Yi Yun still liked to battle the peerless geniuses. With Qin Haotian gone, there was only Luo Huo'er left. However, she seldom appeared in the arena, nor did she challenge the Heaven or Earth rolls. Her strength was a question mark.

"Brother Yi, it could not have been easy for you to return. Let us go to the Divine Moon Restaurant and drink two cups!"

Qiuniu wanted to take Yi Yun drinking.

However, Yi Yun shook his head, "Let's have it at another time. I have been gone for far too long. Now that I am back in Tai Ah Divine City, I first need to greet Grandmaster Yuehua and Elder Cang Yan."

Amongst these two people, one was his quasi-master, and the other may not be his master but had taught him plenty. It was only right for Yi Yun to greet the seniors.

...

About one hour later in the central divine tower's 69th floor.

"Miss! Miss!" Dong'er ran to Luo Huo'er's training ground on her short legs.

"What's the matter this time?" Luo Huo'er said impatiently. This maidservant of hers liked to be surprised at the slightest things.

Dong'er puffed heavily as she hurriedly said, "That… That person you especially hate, he is back!"

When Luo Huo'er heard this, her mouth curled. She said without paying attention, "There are many people this missus hates! I cannot even remember all of them them. Which (not typo, she refers to them as animals) one are you talking about?"

"It's… It's that Yi Yun!" Dong'er used her chubby hands to wipe the sweat off her forehead as she panted.

"Yi Yun?"

Luo Huo'er was surprised. She subconsciously stopped practicing her family's heart sutras.

Her facial expression changed as she remained silent for ten seconds.

The rascal who had disappeared nearly a year ago had actually returned.

After thinking for a while, Luo Huo'er grunted, "Good people die young, but disasters leave a mark for a thousand years. I knew he wouldn't die so easily!"

"That's right, that's right!" Dong'er nodded her head strongly. "Miss, do you want to go meet him? He's currently greeting Grandmaster Yuehua."

Luo Huo'er's mouth twitched, "What do I need to meet him for? In a few days, that toad will move back beside us. In the future, we will meet frequently. What a pain!"

Saying this, Luo Huo'er began practicing her martial arts again.

However, she couldn't help herself from thinking about it. As she thought about it, her lips couldn't help but curl up as she revealed a sinister smile.

Although she always found Yi Yun to be a pain, she never wished for the rascal to just die like that.

"Miss, why are you smiling?" Dong'er asked curiously.

"Am I smiling?" Luo Huo'er paused for a while and then grunted, "I'm laughing because the rascal is back. I have something fun to play with again. See how I will make a fool out of him now, hur hur hur!"

Luo Huo'er began laughing happily. Dong'er cocked her head and tried to think hard. It seems that… Miss never succeeded in making a fool out of him?

Of course, she would never dare to say this out loud.

True Martial World - Chapter 303: City Lord’s Birthday Banquet

In early winter, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had its first snow. Ten months had passed since Yi Yun had left the Tai Ah Divine City.

The batch of cultivators that entered the Tai Ah Divine City with Yi Yun were now second years.

And the new batch of Tai Ah Divine City cultivators had entered the Tai Ah Divine City three months ago and they all had finished their initial jobs.

Now, it was time for these rookies to participate in the rookie ranking competition.

The rewards for this rookie ranking competition was 100% better than the last one!

The main reason was that the Tai Ah Divine City city lord's birthday was coming!

For a figure at the level of the Tai Ah Divine City city lord, they had one birthday banquet every one hundred years. And on the day of the birthday banquet, he may be in reclusive training or out exploring ruins. Due to a multitude of reasons, a birthday banquet would not be held.

In fact, the current Tai Ah Divine City city lord was a bit mysterious. In the last few centuries, he seldom appeared, not to mention holding any form of birthday banquets.

The people in charge of the Tai Ah Divine City were mainly the two elders, Jian Ge and Cang Yan.

When he suddenly announced his birthday banquet, it surprised many. Some people speculated that there were some special reasons.

Of course, these were just things that the upper echelons considered. For the rest of the Tai Ah Divine City cultivators, it was definitely good news.

Being able to attend the birthday banquet of such a legendary person and witnessing such an event was a great privilege.

And during the birthday celebrations, many of the resources within Tai Ah Divine City were discounted and many of the rewards were increased. These were the most practical benefits!

Of course, the rookies that ranked high in the rookie ranking competition would gain the most from the city lord's birthday celebrations.

In order to become first amongst the rookies, all of them used the moves all they had, showcasing their best skills.

Now, it was the battle to decide who the best rookie was!

The final battle was between a young man and a young girl.

The young man's name was Lu Jie. He did not come from a prominent background, and he could only be considered to be an above-average noble. As for the young girl, Wen Yu, she came from a prominent family and she was indeed a proud daughter of heaven.

Both of them were thirteen years old. It could be said that many paid attention to their battle, so many senior cultivators came to watch.

Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran were amongst the crowd.

They were recognized the moment they entered the arena.

Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran had both entered the top 1000 of the Heaven roll within a year!

Especially Chu Xiaoran, who had reached the ranking of 890 on the Earth ranking at the end of her first year. Her Heaven ranking was more ridiculous, at 860!

To enter the top 1000 of the Heaven and Earth rolls in the first year as a Tai Ah Divine City rookie was impressive. It was enough to stir up a storm in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

And Chu Xiaoran entered the top 900 of both rolls. It was even more astonishing!

To this batch of Tai Ah Divine City rookies, their senior sister, Chu Xiaoran was a legendary person. She had condensed an Aspect Totem before the Yuan Foundation realm, and her comprehension of the laws far exceeded warriors her own age. With so many rings of light surrounding Chu Xiaoran, this made many rookies become loyal fans of Chu Xiaoran.

The appearance of Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu stirred up quite a frenzy. Rookies quickly made way for the two of them.

Lu Jie and Wen Yu also admired the two of them. Although they were geniuses, they knew that compared to Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, they were a distance away.

They had even heard that in the last rookie ranking competition, Chu Xiaoran was not the champion. It was a youth named Yi Yun. But Yi Yun was too rash as teenager, and he went alone into the forbidden lands of Meteorite Abyss–Fallen Star Gate to train.

After that, he disappeared. It was said that Tai Ah Divine City's Elder Cang Yan even went into Fallen Star Gate to look for Yi Yun but he found nothing.

Up to now, Yi Yun had disappeared for ten months.

Originally, the cultivator's identity token not only recorded the person's identity, dragon scale runes and the points gained from killing desolate beasts, but it also provided their location.

But even by searching the spot, Yi Yun was still not to be found.

As such, it was most likely that Yi Yun's identity token had been destroyed in Fallen Star Gate.

This identity token was considered an average magical item, and it was not that strong. In the chaotic environment within Fallen Star Gate, it was not surprising for it to be destroyed by the pure Yang flames.

As such, Yi Yun's situation was not optimistic.

Some people believed that Yi Yun had died. According to the Tai Ah Divine City's regulations, people who disappeared for a year was considered dead.

Historically, there were super crazy people who trained in the Divine Wilderness for nearly a year.

Some people were originally thought to be dead, but they returned safely.

But such events were rare.

Even so, they were not like Yi Yun.

According to the news brought back by Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu, Yi Yun had gone into Fallen Star Gate to train. Even the most awesome people did not dare train there for so long!

Hence, many people felt that the odds were greatly against Yi Yun.

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, only geniuses who were nurtured were paid attention to. As for geniuses who disappeared or died, they would quickly be forgotten.

As such, only Chu Xiaoran, Qiuniu and the second year cultivators deeply remembered of Yi Yun's past glories.

As for the new batch of cultivators, they did not know Yi Yun's name. Even if they had heard it, it would only be a story of novel interest.

The match had begun .

Wen Yu and Lu Jie showcased all their skills and they fought impressively.

The two of them had entered the top 4000 of the Earth roll. This match was their final battle to decide who was the champion amongst the rookies.

The battle quickly entered the most intense stage. And amongst the crowd, Chu Xiaoran was drifting off. Her mind was clearly not focused on the match.

"What's the matter Xiaoran? Thinking about Yi Yun?" Qiuniu, who was beside Chu Xiaoran, asked.

"Yes..." Chu Xiaoran nodded. She came to watch this rookie ranking competition not to focus on Wen Yu and Lu Jie. The both of them would not pose a threat to Chu Xiaoran in the future.

Chu Xiaoran came to this match to reminiscence about the battle she had with Yi Yun last year. Although she had lost in that battle, it was the battle that left the deepest impression in her life thus far. As such, she felt extremely strongly about it.

"Back then when we were training in Meteorite Abyss, if not for Yi Yun, we would have died when our path was blocked by the Blue Blood Ape in the valley, and then later besieged by the weird fish in the deep pool. It can be said that Yi Yun had saved us twice."

"Who would have thought that we returned safely, but only Yi Yun disappeared. Even though Elder Cang Yan also thinks that something happened to Yi Yun, I still think that Yi Yun would not die so easily. He has not returned because of some reason..." Chu Xiaoran said faintly.

Qiuniu nodded and said, "Yi Yun is a person with fate supporting him. He definitely won't die so easily, but...people are worried because the connection to his identity token has been lost. We can only pray that our ancestors will bless him..."

...

In a swamp about 50 kilometers away from the Tai Ah Divine City.

This swamp was not the Blackwater Swamp. It was an area very close to Tai Ah Divine City, so the desolate beasts in the swamp were very weak. Typically, only rookies would train here.

It may be training, they were only out here to really see the world. They needed to familiarize themselves on how to work in a small team to kill desolate beasts. This was to lay a foundation for them to traverse the Divine Wilderness in the future.

In the swamp, at that moment, there was a team of rookies killing desolate beasts.

As this was their first time out of the city, they were extremely tense as if they were fighting the greatest of enemies, even though it was just 50 kilometers from Tai Ah Divine City.

"Leader, look there. There's a person!" A team member in charge of alerting the team noticed that there was a youth at the end of the swamp walking over with a saber in hand.

This youth seemed to dress very specially.

He had a slender body, but the clothes on his body were clearly one size smaller. They were also greatly worn out, they could be described as rags.

It seemed as if his hair had not been cut for a very long time. It reached down to his shoulders like they were wild grass.

The saber in his hand was also halved. He seemed to have gone through a great crisis and then be robbed by someone after that.

The team members were not even sure if this person was a Tai Ah Divine City cultivator. Could he be a Divine Wilderness barbarian?

As the youth approached, the team became more alert.

"What are you?" The seven people asked with their weapons in hand.

The youth smiled and exposed his two rows of white teeth.

He had finally met some people after a long time!

Loneliness was an emotion not to be dismissed. Even Yi Yun felt extremely lonely after cultivating alone for an extended period of time.

Now when he suddenly saw people, he felt a warm feeling surging over him.

"Hello there, I want to ask, what year and month is it now?"

Upon hearing Yi Yun's question, the youths were shocked. Was this really a barbarian? The first thing he asked was the year and month...

"It's Qingfeng Year 68, 7th day of the winter month."

Qingfeng was the present divine emperor's reigning title. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom used the reigning title as a marker through the years. Typically, people would only say the last two digits as the numbers in front were too long. So they were often omitted.

"Seventh day of the winter month. That means it's 7 November. I actually spent so long cultivating in Pure Yang Sword Palace..." Yi Yun sighed. Time really did not mean anything while cultivating.

"Hey, you haven't told us what sort of person are you?" The team leader asked again.

"Me?" Yi Yun laughed. Seeing the youth that looked even younger than him, he said, "I'm a Tai Ah Divine City cultivator."

"Cultivator?" A few of the cultivators were shocked. They looked strangely at Yi Yun.

This fellow was also a cultivator? He sure was in a sorry state!

As rookies, they were already in quite a tragic state. But now seeing this youth, they were nothing. He was no different from a beggar.

"Bro, were you surrounded by desolate beasts? Even your saber is broken, and your clothes are torn. Quickly return to the city. Prepare better in the future. Bring more disk arrays, array charms, lightning beads, etc. These one-time magical items may seem to be a waste, but they can save your life at the critical moment. You should not stinge on those dragon scale runes!"

The rookie team leader seemed to looked extremely enthusiastic. He advised Yi Yun with his recently gained experience.

Yi Yun chuckled and did not mind. He said, "Thanks! I'm indeed returning to the city. See you later!"

Since he was returning to Tai Ah Divine City, Yi Yun was in a good mood.

He had been in reclusive training in the Pure Yang Sword Palace for nearly 10 months. On his way back, he had killed desolate beasts, consolidating his Aspect Totem.

Now, Yi Yun's cultivation level had officially entered the peak of the Purple Blood realm.

The next step was to begin forming the Yuan Foundation.

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.

...

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.