Misguided practice of sinister cultivation techniques: Slander! The problem lies with you all, not me!-Chapter 989 - 516: How Daring! Who Else Is Rushing to Get Their Whole Family Killed?

On the way back to Yuzhu Manor, Duan Yun did not speed up. It wasn't because he wanted a leisurely journey, but because he was studying the usage of the Unparalleled Sword all along.

He had already mastered the ability to gather thunder into a sword through the Unparalleled Sword, but now, an even more crucial secret needed to be understood, which was "opening the gate."

The Great Heavenly Dog used this Divine Sword to open the portal to the Heavenly Court, thereby learning the method of "creating humans." The place where she was later torn apart, White Jade City, should also be a place similar to the Heavenly Court, only accessible through the Unparalleled Sword.

According to Duan Yun's understanding, the Heavenly Court, White Jade City, and the mortal realm should have a thick barrier that separates humans from immortals.

This would prevent a scenario where immortals roam the mortal world casually.

The Great Heavenly Dog's claim was that when she went to the Heavenly Court, there were no immortals left, and in the place where she was torn apart, there were clearly non-human entities.

Duan Yun had witnessed how the Great Heavenly Dog was torn to pieces with his own eyes.

The things in there were sinister and terrifying.

Presumably, those things were also affected by the barrier, unable to keep the portal open for too long; otherwise, if those indescribable things came to the mortal realm, they'd be hard to handle.

After all, those things were so strong that Duan Yun, rarely, considered retreating and developing himself further.

From the information left by the Great Heavenly Dog, even the Unparalleled Sword cannot open the passage to the Heavenly Court indefinitely.

Each time the passage is opened, the Unparalleled Sword consumes "energy."

This energy is referred to as "Spiritual Energy" by the Great Heavenly Dog.

The place where the Source Palace is located was found by her in Fusang as the area richest in Spiritual Energy.

In total, she opened the portal to the Heavenly Court four times, and the Unparalleled Sword absorbed years' worth of Spiritual Energy.

This is also why she buried the Unparalleled Sword under the Iron Throne, as the Spiritual Energy there is the most abundant.

Finding the Heavenly Court's portal is simpler than imagined; once the Unparalleled Sword has absorbed enough Spiritual Energy, it will sense the portal.

By following this sense, the portal to the Heavenly Court can be found.

The Heavenly Court's portal isn't always in one place, but it has common characteristics.

These portals are either shaped like a bun or a butterfly, which the Great Heavenly Dog referred to as the "Bun Portal" and "Butterfly Portal."

Once the bun or butterfly portal is found, one can use the Unparalleled Sword to slice it open directly, thus entering the Heavenly Court.

"Spiritual Energy?"

Listening to Duan Yun's explanation, Ziyu wondered.

She pondered for a moment and said, "Why do I feel it's more like Dragon Energy?"

Dragon Energy refers to the Dragon Vein's aura, a term from feng shui.

Duan Yun asked curiously, "You know feng shui?"

Ziyu replied, "I know a bit."

After Ziyu's explanation, Duan Yun learned that in order to write, Ziyu had studied many things, including hydraulic engineering, to accurately depict the myriad aspects of life.

Feng shui was also something she learned through her writing journey.

"The feng shui of the Source Palace isn't ordinary, with the presence of nine flood dragons gathering, it's naturally abundant in Dragon Energy."

She then added, "But after all, flood dragons aren't true dragons, and they can't compare to the Dragon Vein of Jiu Zhou. If the sword needs to absorb energy in the future, I could try my dragon-seeking method."

Duan Yun couldn't help but exclaim, "Ziyu, you really know a lot."

Ziyu softly said, "If you delve deeper, you'll find this is just the tip of the iceberg of what I know."

Duan Yun had to marvel at how versatile Ziyu was, unlike the writers in his past life, who would end up abandoning their novels and claiming they couldn't continue when they wrote nonsense online novels.

In comparison, they truly didn't measure up.

One could only say, Ziyu was a top-notch writer.

Beautiful, with ample talents, and knowledgeable in so many fields.

At that moment, Duan Yun genuinely appreciated Ziyu, completely forgetting the ordeal her "The Fall of the Goddess Constable" put him through.

With the matter of the Unparalleled Sword "absorbing energy" having a direction, Duan Yun no longer felt anxious.

Back then, he was worried that if he couldn't find a place in Jiu Zhou to absorb energy, he'd have to fetch the sword back to recharge, which seemed quite troublesome.

Now it seemed he had been overthinking.

The Spiritual Energy of Fusang's small island couldn't compare with that of the vast land of Jiu Zhou.

Afterwards, Duan Yun was eager to return.

Along the way back, he found himself missing Little Yin and Lei Ying, as riding them was faster.

That afternoon, Duan Yun and Ziyu finally arrived in the vicinity of Wangchun City.

The two were initially quite happy, but for some reason, they felt the atmosphere wasn't quite right.

Heroic Land was supposed to be peaceful, with people living in harmony, which was Duan Yun and his companions' vision and had been almost realized.

Yet at this moment, they felt that the people here had hurried expressions, with a vague sense of anxiety and unease.

Duan Yun felt a sense of foreboding, but upon entering the city, he found that Wangchun City hadn't changed much.

At least, it didn't seem like anything major had happened.

Until he heard people discussing Yuzhu Manor.

"Have you been to Yuzhu Manor?"

"No, it's the place where the group of heroes stays. Something strange happened again, who would dare to go there?"

"I went, it was really tragic."

"Damn, who would actually dare to mess with Yuzhu Manor?"

...

Hearing this, Duan Yun and Ziyu no longer hesitated and immediately flew up into the sky.

The people discussing were shocked upon seeing this: "Damn, an immortal? A monster?"

Before Duan Yun and Ziyu even reached Yuzhu Manor, they could smell something.

An odor akin to burned corpses.

Duan Yun and Ziyu eventually returned to Yuzhu Manor.