Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 607 - 584: One Step Behind (3/3)

The Immortal Realm had experienced a near-total disaster a million years ago, which is said to have claimed vast numbers of lives. Even the Creation Emperor only possessed a lifespan of up to 300,000 years and no one from that era has survived to the present day.

Exactly how that disaster came about, who was fighting whom in that great battle, has become completely untraceable!

It seems that Huo Tian and the original owner of the Black Sword never appeared in the Immortal Realm, and the same goes for Huo Tian’s mortal enemy. A million years ago, her Daoist sanctuary existed within the Immortal Realm, but now it’s nowhere to be found!

Even if several Peerless Experts perished together in that great battle a million years ago, how could such powerful beings disappear without a trace? The Great Eternal Emperor disappeared for a hundred thousand years and yet his illustrious name lives on. The lifespan of Immortal Realm cultivators is long, and even for someone as long-lived as the Creation Emperor, a million years is merely three or four generations passed on. How is it then that they could vanish so completely?

Could it be that this particular Chapter of history is taboo, known only to a select few?

Indeed, a million years isn’t too long for the lifespan of the Creation Emperor, but for the cultivators of Xihai City, a million years represent the passage of thirty to forty generations. It’s quite normal for many secrets to be lost. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

To uncover information about Huo Tian and the original owner of the Black Sword, one must go to high-tier Immortal Cities, perhaps even to Juexian City, and furthermore, to the few families that have a continuous lineage from the Creation Emperor.

Zhou Heng set aside the whirlwind of thoughts in his heart and flew southward with the others. As the gravity had decreased several folds here, their speed had naturally increased greatly. According to Yang Lanxin’s estimate, they would reach Nine Beasts Valley, where the Moonlight Lotus grows, in a day’s time.

Nine Beasts Valley is home to nine peak Moonlight Emperor level Demon Beasts, which is why it’s called Nine Beasts Valley. To obtain the Moonlight Lotus, one must pass through the territories of these nine peak Moonlight Emperor Demon Beasts!

Although all nine Demon Beasts are at the peak Moonlight Emperor level, Realm does not equate to Battle Power. The last guarding Demon Beast has a strength that is at least ten times, perhaps even a hundred times, greater than the first!

They are unable to leave Nine Beasts Valley because their purpose is to stand guard, to watch, and to complicate matters for treasure-seeking cultivators. It doesn’t matter if the cultivators die; there will be more after a hundred years.

Nor does it matter if the Demon Beasts die. The Big Shots of Juexian City will catch new Demon Beasts to replace them!

In the eyes of higher-level cultivators, this is just a trial, but to lower-level cultivators, it’s a life-risking quest.

Just one day later, they arrived at Nine Beasts Valley.

Nine Beasts Valley is located in the central area of the continent. Despite the Nine Great Cities entering through different teleportation gates, the time required to reach here is the same, and this Moonlight Lotus is the most valuable thing in the Starwind Space!

Of course, because the Moonlight Lotus matures once every 30,000 years, this place is usually devoid of people. Only when the Moonlight Lotus is ripe does it attract various parties.

Another reason is that the nine peak Moonlight Emperor Demon Beasts represent the highest level of challenge, so even without the lure of the Moonlight Lotus, the place would occasionally attract individuals seeking to test themselves.

But this time, a multitude of heroes has surged forth!

Zhou Heng is a Fourteen Wheels Moonlight Sovereign, and even against a Seven Wheels Moonlight Emperor, he has the power to fight. But it’s not just about Seven Wheels Moonlight Emperors, even against Four or Five Wheels Moonlight Emperors, he has no certainty of victory!

This isn’t a matter of single combat, where he only needs to defeat one person. Instead, he has to face hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of challengers!

He has his trump cards; the Sky-soaring Nine Forms and some Spiritual Fire within the Fire Divine Furnace can kill peak level Moonlight Emperors. But wouldn’t others who have come to vie for the Moonlight Lotus be prepared as well?

If his predictions are correct, there will certainly be a few people from high-tier Immortal Cities. They will undoubtedly possess high-tier Immortal Artifacts which pose a real threat to Zhou Heng!

The only thing Zhou Heng is confident about is that he has Huo Tian by his side!

With the Peerless Heavenly Maiden present, who dares to contend?

Zhou Heng doesn’t like relying on others, but occasionally it’s not a bad idea, especially when it comes to treasure hunting.

Nine Beasts Valley is vast, essentially a long and narrow gorge divided into nine sections, with a peak level Moonlight Emperor Demon Beast commanding each. They can’t encroach upon one another’s territory because each section of the gorge is separated by Formations, and one can only pass through them with an Order.

Moreover, every hundred years, at the start of a new Starwind Trial, the nine Restrictions must be first unlocked with a special Order before all other Orders can be used to pass through.

This special Order is guarded by each of the nine Demon Beasts, and one must kill them to obtain it!

Zhou Heng and the party, including their donkey, immediately entered the valley, but upon reaching the end of the first section, they found no sign of the guarding Demon Beast - only two empty, blood-stained chains. Blood stained the ground, which was littered with countless pieces of flesh and White Bone.

"That Demon Beast has been killed!" Yang Lanxin immediately said, "It was originally chained here to guard the passage. Judging by the scene here, it seems it was overpowered and killed!"

Zhou Heng nodded. The cliff walls all around were full of cracks, the ground pitted with holes. The traces were fresh; a great battle had clearly taken place not long ago.

He tried striking the ground with five percent of his strength and immediately created a deep pit. However, it was at least two-thirds smaller than the original pits.

The strength of those who fought the wicked battle was greater than his!

While strength does not define absolute Battle Power, it is the most important part of Battle Power. All Immortal Law becomes useless without the support of strength!

Zhou Heng’s brow furrowed. He could kill a peak Moonlight Emperor using the Sky-soaring Nine Forms or the Exotic Fire from the Fire Divine Furnace, but the Fire Divine Furnace could only be used once, and he would need a long time to recover after using the Sky-soaring Nine Forms.

Additionally, he could use the Swift Cloud Radiant Step for elusive combat, grinding his opponent to death with the Hundred Ghosts Sword.

But everyone entered the Starwind Space at the same time, how much faster could the others be? Just this little bit of extra time was enough to kill a peak Moonlight Emperor level Demon Beast? Such strength really was extraordinary!

It seemed like they had encountered a worthy opponent!

Zhou Heng began to get excited, the person who killed the first level Demon Beast was definitely a formidable rival!

"The Order for starting must have already been taken by those before us, let’s go back and look for another one!" Yang Lanxin said, her years of leading the Yang family had naturally endowed her with considerable intellect and adaptability.

The others all nodded in agreement. An Order was necessary to activate the Formation where the Demon Beasts were stationed, and as long as the Formation was activated once, all the Orders could be used to pass through within that month. However, ordinary Orders were distributed randomly, and finding one would require a bit of luck, unlike places guarded by Demon Beasts which were sure to have both the Order to start and many ordinary Orders.

After all, the rewards were proportionate to the risks.

"Turns out you guys got there one step ahead!" Amid a long howl, a figure shot toward them. It was a young man who appeared to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his face was filled with wildness and a thirst for killing, as if he had grown up among a myriad of beasts.

He was unmistakably a Moonlight Emperor!

"Hand over the Order, then get lost!" the young man said coldly, not taking Zhou Heng and his companions seriously at all.

"You little runt, who do you think you are talking to your Donkey Master like that?" Black Donkey wasn’t one to suffer a slight and immediately shouted back at the young man.

Noticing a donkey speaking, the young man showed a hint of surprise, which quickly vanished as a murderous intent filled his eyes, turning blood-red and making him seem like a primordial Ferocious Beast, radiating a terrifying presence.

But his murderous intent came quickly and left just as swiftly, and he disdainfully said, "A few Moonlight Sovereigns and Moonlight Kings dare to come here. I suppose that Demon Beast wasn’t something you could kill!"

He muttered, "Someone has already beaten me to it... Hmph, the first few Demon Beasts were just trash; even if he got ahead of me, what of it! The final victor will certainly be me!"

Whoosh, he turned and left, the Four Wheels Moon pure and bright on his back, disappearing into the distance in an instant.

Needless to say, he was undoubtedly off to look for an Order. Since the Black Donkey had incited his killing intent, he was even less inclined to waste time here.

"This person... is impressive!" Lin Caijun’s face was already pale. He was drenched in cold sweat under the other’s murderous intent, nearly collapsing to his knees.

"He is definitely not Yuan Shaohuang, I’ve seen Yuan Shaohuang’s portrait!" Liu Hanye wasn’t faring much better, with beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down his forehead.

"It was I who scared him off!" Black Donkey claimed boastfully.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but laugh heartily, this shameless donkey really had no shame!

He had almost swung his fist just now, but thinking about it, their first goal in this journey was the Moonlight Lotus and fighting with others at this point would show a lack of priorities. It was equivalent to handing the Moonlight Lotus to someone else!

"We should leave!" Liu Hanye started to signal a strategic retreat.

Indeed, what right did they have to compete for the Moonlight Lotus? Without even a Moonlight Emperor level expert among them, what use would finding an Order be if they couldn’t defeat the remaining Demon Beasts or the formidable rival who had just dispatched a peak Moonlight Emperor?

They might even lose their lives!

They had come to seek fortune, not court death. Such reckless actions without any hope of success were not courage; they were merely sending themselves to death!

"Let’s try our luck elsewhere!" Lin Caijun also spoke up, even more fearful of death.

Yang Lanxin had full confidence in Zhou Heng, and her disdain for these two men had peaked due to their previous mockery and sarcasm directed at Zhou Heng, especially despising Lin Caijun. Upon hearing him, she showed no intention of persuading them otherwise, instead saying, "If that’s the case, the two of you should leave!"

She knew that Zhou Heng didn’t want to see these two either.

"Cousin!" "Lanxin!" Lin Caijun and the other man exclaimed simultaneously. They didn’t want to see their enchanting cousin perish there.

Zhou Heng didn’t actually want to part ways with the two because he was looking for an opportunity to kill them; however, with them around, he couldn’t have Huo Tian release the women. After thinking it over, Zhou Heng smiled, realizing how easy it would be to kill the two without anyone noticing.

Why bother with such complicated schemes?

He was just complicating what was otherwise simple!

He made up his mind and immediately shouted coldly, "I told you to scram, what are you dawdling for?"

"Zhou Heng, don’t go too far!" Although Liu Hanye and Lin Caijun knew Zhou Heng was now a Three Stars Pharmacist with a noble status, they had known him before he "made good" and found it difficult to feel a sense of awe towards him.

"Get out!" Zhou Heng was too lazy for more words and kicked both Liu Hanye and Lin Caijun away with two swift kicks. They weren’t dead, but they definitely sustained serious injuries. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)