Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel-Chapter 542 - 381: The Untouchable Realm
Chapter 542 -381: The Untouchable Realm
“It’s the Martial Ancestor!”
“The Martial Ancestor himself!”
Recognizing the newcomer, the eyes of the numerous Martial Saints immediately lit up, their shouts filled with the ecstasy of surviving a great calamity.
The Martial Ancestor…
A title sealed with “martial,” there was no other in the Great Universe than the Ancestor of Martial Arts.
But at this moment, Chu Zheng had no leisure to be astonished by the Martial Ancestor’s identity.
The Martial Ancestor’s words connected many threads in an instant for him.
The Martial Ancestor mistook him for Zheng Chu and was evidently surprised that Zheng Chu was still alive.
Why is this…
“So you are Chu Zheng…”
The Martial Ancestor’s eyes showed sudden understanding, and he let out a low sigh:
“So that’s how it is…”
In a flash, he looked through time and saw some of Chu Zheng’s previous experiences, understanding his origin.
Chu Zheng’s nerves were taut, and the previously calm Tribulation Qi around him began to surge.
The Martial Ancestor’s gaze became extremely complex as he stared at Chu Zheng without speaking for a long while.
“Had it been some years ago, when I was still Yan Feng under Master, you would have surely died today.”
After a while, the Martial Ancestor retracted his gaze, his voice slightly hoarse:
“No one in this world can protect you any longer, take care of yourself.”
Chu Zheng remained silent, his breath growing heavier.
Just now, he was certain that, for a moment, the Martial Ancestor had harbored the intent to kill him.
The swell of Tribulation Qi in that instant almost completely engulfed him.
Now the Tribulation Qi had once again returned to calm.
Why the Martial Ancestor ultimately gave up, Chu Zheng could neither fathom nor wished to question.
He had only one life, and he couldn’t afford to risk further angering the Martial Ancestor.
At this moment, he realized why his Tribulation Qi had no fluctuations. Given his level of cultivation, no matter how immense the Tribulation Qi accumulated, it simply couldn’t affect someone of the Ancestral Realm.
To have Tribulation Qi target a being of the Ancestral Realm, his cultivation needed to at least reach the Primordial Golden Immortal, the Realm of Ancient Myths—perhaps only then would he have a faint possibility.
All that had happened before him was mere coincidence.
Similarly, if the Martial Ancestor had intended to kill him just now, he wouldn’t have found any escape route; Tribulation Qi would have no effect against the Ancestral Realm.
As Chu Zheng’s thoughts swirled, the Martial Ancestor had already walked on the remnants of the Heaven Pass towards the man in the black robe.
With each step he took, the fragments of the Heaven Pass were drawn back, and the torn Star Domain slowly returned to its original state.
Ji Shanming hurriedly arrived, his expression filled with both surprise and joy at the sight of the Martial Ancestor, but he dared not speak for a moment.
Unlike the other Martial Saints, there was a hint of worry in his furrowed brow; the Martial Ancestor was already near his end, with little life span left. Now, forcibly fighting further would only worsen his condition, further depleting his life energy.
With a tranquil expression, the Martial Ancestor slowly approached the Ancient Ancestor and said in a calm voice:
“Your surname is Wei, given name Zhiqiu. Your father is the Sword Dragon Taoist Ancestor, and your mother is the Golden Brilliance Immortal of Taoling Realm. When you were born, you had an Innate Sword Embryo in your mouth, entering the Sixth Realm, and reached the Eighth Realm at one hundred years old.”
“At twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and sixty years old, you stepped into the Space-time Domain. At seventy-two thousand years, you became the youngest Sword Emperor in the history of the Sword Dragon Taoist Sect.”
“At four hundred and fifty-six thousand years old, you took over the reins of Heavenly Fate from the Sword Dragon Taoist Ancestor, becoming the new Sword Dragon Taoist Ancestor.”
“How do you know this?!”
The Ancient Ancestor’s composed demeanor shattered, his face showing shock: “You can deduce the past causes and effects of the beings of the Vast Universe?!”
Even for the Ancestral Realm, the past lives of Vast Universe beings were unreachable, a forbidden zone. No one, except the Master of Heavenly Fate, could know.
The Martial Ancestor’s casual recounting of such things immediately suggested terrifying possibilities.
“You’ve broken through the Ancestral Realm?”
The Ancient Ancestor’s voice trembled, filled with disbelief.
“Of course not.”
The Martial Ancestor shook his head slightly, stretching his fingers into the space fissure. His muscles bulged like an Ancient Divine Mountain, and his Blood Qi surged, almost dyeing the Great Universe red.
“I know these things because you died by my hands in your previous life. The Sword Dragon Taoist Sect was the first Ancestor Court I trampled.”
Crack—
A billion streaks of violet lightning suddenly flashed across the Star Dome. The Martial Ancestor slowly drew back his hand, holding half a staff wrapped in Chaotic Qi in his palm.
The greater part of the long staff was hidden in the chaos. Each golden pattern on the staff’s body swallowed and spewed the Star River, reflecting the universe’s shadow.
The Martial Ancestor slowly drew out the long staff, smashing the starry sky as if he were opening an unknown door. A boundless river from the depths of chaos roared down, waves surging.
“I heard you’ve been seeking the secrets of ancient times, wanting to meet the Master of Heavenly Fate. Today, I will send you to witness it with your own eyes.”
The Ancient Ancestor, his face dark, the dragon scales on his black robe rising, exuding a profound light capable of slicing through endless time and space. Sword Qi rang fiercely.
Before he could act, the long staff wrapped in Chaotic Qi swept across.
Boom!
Dragon scales and Sword Qi were shattered in an instant, the black robe on the Ancient Ancestor exploding, sending him flying into the long river, vanishing without a trace.
The long river surged with monstrous waves, almost severed waist-deep by the residual power of that staff strike.
As the long river appeared, Chu Zheng’s thoughts seemed to be abruptly cut off for a moment. When he regained his senses, the figures of the two Ancestral Realms had disappeared.
After realizing this, his expression turned extremely complex.
The aftershocks of the Ancestral Realm’s battle were enough to shatter the universe; this place simply wasn’t their battlefield.
Their battlefield lay in the unknown realms of past and future, far beyond his reach now.
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An hour later, the strong reinforcements from the Immortal Alliance finally arrived at the Qi Water Star Domain.
A Heavenly King with the title “Eternal Night” arrived, for the earlier distress message mentioned only a Ninth Order Third Layer evil demon.
The strength of the Eternal Night Heavenly King was sufficient to handle the situation.
Soon, the Eternal Night Heavenly King gathered the True Immortals and Martial Saints, and after hearing about the recent events, he was stunned for a while, barely hiding a trace of horror.
If he had arrived a bit earlier, he too would have died on the spot, narrowly escaping a disaster.
The sudden appearance of the Ancient Ancestor led to many discussions among the surviving True Immortals and Martial Saints, but many cultivators soon pointed their suspicions toward Chu Zheng.
Chu Zheng was a Qi Cultivator, and this sudden great tribulation at the Heaven Pass, which even involved an Ancient Ancestor from the Universe Realm, was indeed peculiar.
Claiming that this had nothing to do with him was hard to believe.
Chu Zheng did not argue or explain. The Tribulation Qi was invisible and intangible, only perceptible to Qi Cultivators.
In this upheaval, an Immortal Venerable died, not to mention over two hundred True Immortals and Martial Saints. These people were the comrades, even relatives and friends, of those surviving here.
Without substantial evidence, any explanation would be powerless and would not change the thoughts of others.
But this was truly just an accident.
