I Can Traverse Multiple Worlds-Chapter 64: Martial Ancestor, an Otherworldly Being Appears
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A vast, overwhelming pressure swept out, blanketing everything.
Everyone felt their vision go white, their minds dazed and bewildered.
However, the sensation only lasted for a few breaths.
When they came to their senses,
the summit had already returned to normal, as if nothing had changed.
Wang Xiao was still standing on the stone steps.
But now, he was only a single step away from the stone platform.
Nangong Shuang’s pupils contracted violently as she stared at Wang Xiao, who was now just within arm’s reach.
Not since inheriting the Celestial Sword had her emotions been in such turmoil!
She couldn’t help but exclaim:
"The Twenty-Third Sword... How do you know it? And you... you’ve actually reached the realm of Spiritual Emergence!"
She was certain that Xu Muying had never taught Wu Chen the cultivation technique for the Twenty-Third Sword.
After all, when she brought Xu Muying back to Celestial Sword Mountain, Xu Muying didn’t know the Twenty-Third Sword at all!
In fact, in the last fifty years, she herself had only used the Twenty-Third Sword once—five years ago, to sever one of the Demon Lord’s arms.
’Could it be? Did Wu Chen grasp the essence of the Twenty-Third Sword just from seeing it that one time?’
’But... how is that possible?!’
’To comprehend the Twenty-Third Sword after a single viewing... what kind of monstrous talent would that require?!’
But that wasn’t the only thing that shocked Nangong Shuang.
There was also Wu Chen’s spiritual realm!
It was on par with her own—no, it was even slightly stronger.
She clearly remembered that five years ago, this Wu Chen hadn’t even broken through the Celestial Gate!
In just five short years, he had surpassed her century of arduous cultivation.
’Is he even human?!’
’He’s a monster born for the Martial Arts!’
Wang Xiao retracted his spirit and took a final step, at last standing face-to-face with Nangong Shuang on the stone platform. He spoke:
"Sect Leader Nangong, what do you say? May I give my gift to Xu Muying now?"
Nangong Shuang closed her eyes slightly, a trace of regret in her voice.
"If you had reached this level sooner, we might have been able to join forces to eliminate the Demon Lord and end this five-hundred-year war between the righteous and the demonic."
"But now... I am no longer able to accompany you to the Wilderness."
She could feel that the day of her death was not far off.
In the time she had left,
she needed to arrange for the future to prevent Celestial Sword Mountain from falling into chaos after she was gone.
Wang Xiao said,
"There’s no need for Sect Leader Nangong to act. After today, I will make a trip to the Wilderness myself."
Nangong Shuang looked at Wang Xiao, a complex expression in her eyes.
After a moment of silence,
she let out a soft sigh. "The younger generation is truly formidable."
Without another word, she turned and walked off the stone platform.
This meant she had agreed to let Xu Muying practice the Celestial Human Temple and give up inheriting the Celestial Sword.
WHOOSH!
In the square, the leaders of the various sects watched this scene, their shock beyond measure.
He won!
Wu Chen actually defeated Nangong Shuang, the Sword Holder of Celestial Sword Mountain!
They couldn’t possibly imagine how Wu Chen had done it.
There was a full century’s difference between when they had broken through to the Celestial Human Realm!
The successive shocks left them completely dumbfounded.
At the same time, their desire for this cultivation technique that led directly to the Celestial Human Realm grew even more fervent!
This was the path forward that every Refining Acupoints Human Immortal had dreamed of for five hundred years!
If not for the imposing might of Celestial Sword Mountain,
they would have likely rushed forward right then and there to beg Wang Xiao to teach them the cultivation technique!
At that moment, Wang Xiao looked at the somewhat apathetic Xu Muying before him and sighed softly.
"Roasted Fish, I was too late."
If he had broken through sooner, perhaps Xu Muying would not have had to practice the Twenty-Third Sword and become so emotionless!
Now, even if Xu Muying cultivated his Celestial Human Temple, there was no telling how long it would take for her to recover.
Xu Muying tilted her head, her delicate brows raised.
"Roasted Fish... that name sounds familiar. Are you calling me?"
Wang Xiao smiled faintly.
"Yes. I hope that one day, we can sit together and eat roasted fish again."
He took a prepared Secret Manual of the Celestial Human Temple from his robes and handed it to Xu Muying.
"This is the gift I promised to give you five years ago."
"Cultivate the magic technique within it diligently. One day, you will once again become the girl who loved to eat roasted fish."
He said no more. He turned, looked down at the leaders of the various sects below, and his clear voice rang out:
"I know you are all very interested in my Celestial Human Temple cultivation technique. I have prepared a copy for all of you to share."
"I hope this will help you all advance further in your Martial Arts and break through to the Celestial Human Realm soon."
He walked over to Li Jiuyan and handed him another prepared Secret Manual of the Celestial Human Temple.
"Priest Li, I’ll trouble you to pass this technique on to the sect leaders and high-ranking members of the sects below."
He was closest with Li Jiuyan. Plus, Li Jiuyan was a steady and reliable man, and a Priest of Celestial Sword Mountain. Entrusting the distribution of the technique to him was the most suitable choice.
It would prevent any trouble from breaking out later.
After all, the Celestial Human Temple cultivation technique was truly unprecedented.
If handled poorly, it could easily incite bloody conflict throughout the Jianghu.
Li Jiuyan accepted it with great solemnity, looking at the young man before him with a sigh of admiration.
’I always knew Wang Xiao’s future achievements would be great,’ he thought, ’but I never imagined they would be *this* great!’
’To create a new technique and forge a path forward for all the world’s Martial Artists...’
’He is worthy of the title ’Martial Ancestor’!’
His tone was grave as he said,
"Rest assured, I will handle it properly."
Down below, when the sect leaders and high-ranking members of the various sects heard Wang Xiao, their faces flushed with excitement, their gratitude overflowing.
A thousand words of gratitude ultimately coalesced into a single phrase: "May Martial Arts flourish forever!"
Wang Xiao glanced at Xu Muying behind him, said, "Roasted Fish, take care," and then his figure blurred into an afterimage and vanished.
After Wang Xiao had left,
Xu Muying stood in a daze, staring in the direction he had disappeared. For reasons she didn’t understand, two streams of clear tears flowed down her cheeks, and her lips trembled as she murmured:
"Broken Monk..."
...
Five hundred years ago, a meteor fell from the sky.
Martial Artists were affected by the meteor, degenerating into demons.
Thus, the great war between the righteous and the demonic erupted.
The Wilderness was transformed into a Demon Realm, a place where Demon Cultivators raised "Vegetable People."
However, deep within the Wilderness, there was a place that was a forbidden ground even for many Demon Cultivators.
A massive, blood-red palace stood here, covering over ten thousand mu.
The surface of the palace was paved with human skins and adorned with the heads of men and women.
They were packed so densely that one could not see the end of them!
An overwhelming stench of blood emanated from it.
At this moment, in one of the palace’s grand halls, the sky-shaking sounds of battle rang out amidst a sea of severed limbs.
"Kill him! GYEHEHEHE, he can’t hold on much longer!"
"Oh, Demon Lord, Demon Lord, stop struggling and let us eat you!"
"The Blood Pool! I’ll kill anyone who dares to stop me from soaking in the Blood Pool!"
One after another, Demon Cultivators at the Refining Acupoints Human Immortal and Half-Step Celestial Human Realm charged forward like madmen.
Before them lay a massive, circular pit, dozens of zhang deep and hundreds of zhang wide.
The pit was filled with blood, forming a vast Blood Pool!
Legend had it that soaking in the Blood Pool offered a chance to break through the Heaven-Breaking Pass and achieve the Celestial Human Realm!
A bloody mist swirled around the Blood Pool, churning and coalescing as if to form a hideous face.
Linghu Yu stood before the Blood Pool, drenched in blood, looking utterly crazed as he sneered:
"Come on, you worthless insects! Come and kill me! Let’s see how many lives you have to spare!"
Despite his words, he was in terrible shape.
His hair was disheveled, his body was covered in wounds, and the blood mist surrounding him had grown extremely thin.
Blood flowed ceaselessly from the stump of his severed arm.
Anyone could see he was a spent force.
Ever since Nangong Shuang had severed his arm five years ago, his state and cultivation had been in constant decline.
Now, he had even fallen below the Celestial Human Realm.
The Demon Cultivators who normally feared him like a tiger had now gathered like starving jackals that had scented blood.
And so, a great battle had erupted between them!
Linghu Yu knew it was the Blood Pool behind him that had summoned these Demon Cultivators. Its purpose was to select one from among them to replace him and become the new Demon Lord.
Years ago, he had become the Demon Lord in the very same way.
Now, two hundred years later, it was his turn to be replaced!
’But how could he be willing to accept this?!’
’How could he be willing to simply vanish into the river of history!’
’As long as I kill all these Demon Cultivators, the Blood Pool will choose me again! It will restore my cultivation and let me continue as the Demon Lord!’
At this thought, he roared. The blood mist around him churned, instantly tearing apart several of the nearest Refining Acupoints Human Immortals!
However, the remaining Refining Acupoints Human Immortals did not retreat. Instead, they charged forward with even greater excitement!
After eight or nine more Refining Acupoints Human Immortals had died,
Linghu Yu finally reached his limit and was blasted to the ground!
Glowing with bloody light, the Demon Cultivators shrieked and surged forward, about to tear Linghu Yu to pieces!
But just at that moment,
a vast golden radiance flashed through the hall.
All the Demon Cultivators screamed as they were pinned to the ground, unable to move.
TAP. TAP. TAP.
As the sound of footsteps echoed,
a figure walked over the bodies of the Demon Cultivators and stopped before Linghu Yu.
A calm voice reached Linghu Yu’s ears:
"So this is the Blood Pool that caused the five-hundred-year war between the righteous and demonic in this world?"
Linghu Yu stared up blankly and saw a face he would never forget for the rest of his life.
His body trembled violently as he shrieked:
"Wu Chen! What are you doing here?!"
Wang Xiao ignored Linghu Yu. This man no longer even had the cultivation of the Celestial Human Realm; he was no longer worthy of Wang Xiao’s attention.
He had originally expected a fierce battle with Linghu Yu.
He hadn’t expected to find the Demon Cultivators already slaughtering each other.
Still, it wasn’t surprising.
Demon Cultivators were inherently inhuman, living by the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
With Linghu Yu’s cultivation regressing, it was only natural that other Demon Cultivators would try to take his place.
Wang Xiao’s eyes glinted. He looked at the Blood Pool before him, about to use his Analyze All Things talent.
But at that very moment,
the Blood Pool began to churn violently.
A vast wave of Spiritual Energy erupted from it.
Above the Blood Pool, the eyes of the face formed by the blood mist suddenly shot out beams of red light that swept toward Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao’s eyes narrowed. The Forehead Mud Ball Palace between his brows vibrated, and a white light flashed, blocking the red beams.
He narrowed his eyes. "You’re a being from the Blood River Race?"
The face twisted, morphing into a thousand different visages that flickered and changed as a puzzled voice emerged:
"Oh? You know of our Blood River Race? It seems you are not a native of this world, either. Who in the heavens are you?!"
