Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 637 - 614: Broken Rune (3/3)

Hum!

Zhou Heng only felt his vision blur as he entered a blood-red world.

This was not his physical body entering this realm, but his consciousness. This was the interior of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture, and where the mysteries of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture were concealed.

With no distinction of east, west, north, or south, and devoid of up, down, left, or right, it was a blood-colored world, an empty expanse with nothing but endless blood-red.

Zhou Heng was not in a hurry; his physical body held the Blood River Heavenly Scripture as he quickly positioned his consciousness. With a slight smile, he flew off in one direction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bloody qi transformed into long waterfalls, rushing towards Zhou Heng to strike him.

Zhou Heng executed the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, navigating freely amongst the bloody waterfalls. But the further he advanced, the faster the waterfalls surged until even Zhou Heng was somewhat at a loss.

"You little brat, you’re too early to pry into the secrets of heaven and earth!" a bloody waterfall suddenly transformed into a face, a child no more than four or five years old, speaking very haughtily to Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng’s eyes narrowed; this was the Artifact Spirit of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture!

"Don’t be so stingy, what’s the harm in letting me have a look?" he said with a laugh.

"Hmph, you think you’re coaxing a child!" The child disappeared from that waterfall and emerged from another, ruling this Inner World with its consciousness as the king.

Zhou Heng inwardly sighed; judging from the sensations of his physical body outside, he was still nine-tenths away from the center of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture! Yet the pressure here was already so great that he was forced to stop. If he couldn’t persuade the Artifact Spirit, he had no chance of glimpsing the mysteries of this scripture.

Heavenly Scriptures, being cultivation techniques nurtured by heaven and earth, were naturally not something one could learn simply by wishing to.

"Let’s be friends," he suggested.

"Pfft, you’re too weak to be my friend!" The child switched to another bloody waterfall. As its gaze shifted, two waterfalls charged at Zhou Heng at once.

Zhou Heng quickly dodged, but though he evaded one, he couldn’t dodge the other; his left leg was struck and the pain made his physical body shudder.

Consciousness affects the body.

If the consciousness dies, the body becomes a walking corpse!

"Don’t worry, I won’t kill you!" While the child seemed innocent, its bloody face was far from pure as it said in an aged tone, "That person told me not to harm you, and I dare not disobey him, but I can give you a hard time!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh - following its words, ten bloody waterfalls crashed down towards Zhou Heng all at once.

Damn!

Zhou Heng wanted to curse aloud, for he was now merely the Emperor Moonlight. How could he possibly compete against a Heavenly Scripture nurtured by the Immortal Realm? Even Old Blood River Ancestor hadn’t managed to subdue this Artifact Spirit, so how could he possibly outfight it?

But if there was truly no hope, why would Huo Tian have handed the Blood River Heavenly Scripture to him?

Right, Bone Talisman!

Zhou Heng’s thoughts shifted. He pointed at his forehead and boldly moved towards a blood river.

Boom!

As the blood river collided with him, Zhou Heng connected through his Divine Sense, his physical body trembling simultaneously. Golden Light shone brightly on the top of his head; his consciousness too was enveloped in golden light, as if he were a Heavenly God unmatched in this world.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

All the blood rivers instantly shattered, and the child fragmented into countless bloody pieces. But in the blink of an eye, it reassembled. It looked at Zhou Heng, undisguised fear on its face.

"How could you possess such terrifying pressure?" it asked tremulously.

Zhou Heng chuckled, replying, "So, can we be friends now?"

"It’s that person’s pressure!" the child suddenly exclaimed, as if just remembering.

Zhou Heng smiled without saying a word, just folding his arms and watching the child.

"Fine, I’ll let you glimpse the mysteries of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture, but with your current strength, you’re nowhere near subduing me! Hmph, don’t even think about it!" The child said indignantly, growing a body and limbs below its face.

With a gesture of its hands, Zhou Heng was instantly relocated to another part of this blood-colored world.

The central position.

Zhou Heng’s physical body outside could sense it.

There was no blood river here, only a blood-colored silk ribbon less than a foot long. Zhou Heng gazed intently at it, noticing countless runes flowing within the blood-colored silk ribbon!

Runes!

Zhou Heng had once seen 206 runes within Huo Tian’s body, and even now, there was a fragment of a rune on his top of the head, its power already witnessed by him.

But on closer inspection, he found that these runes were not complete; their fragmented state was even more severe than the piece on his top of the head. That was why the runes on his body had been able to suppress the Artifact Spirit.

So it seemed, the Blood River Heavenly Scripture was indeed not as advanced as the Yunyun Heavenly Scripture!

Perhaps if several Heavenly Scriptures were merged together, these runes could be made whole, their fragments restored.

But for Zhou Heng now, these broken runes were more suitable for him. Because he was not sufficiently advanced, he couldn’t practice complete runes at all, but he had a better chance to comprehend these fragmented ones.

"Look! Look!" the child said on the side, then muttered softly, "Best if he goes mad from obsession!" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Zhou Heng’s mind had already been captivated by these runes. He reached out to grasp the silk ribbon, and when his right hand touched it, the ribbon drilled into his palm, circled inside his body, and then came out from his left hand, forming a loop.

As the broken runes crossed his mind, Zhou Heng seemed to have an insight.

He was immersed in them, feeling that although these runes were incredibly fragmented, they contained the ultimate true explanations!

Half an hour later, he had gained a preliminary understanding. Although there were tens of thousands of these runes, they could only be assembled into a hundred different runes, and even these assembled ones were far from the complete form by a great margin!

Zhou Heng estimated that even if all these runes were put together, they might not surpass a fraction of the rune on top of his head.

In terms of power, definitely, the rune that Huo Tian gave him was more formidable, as previously that rune could suppress Artifact Spirits, enough to prove its strength. But for Zhou Heng, the rune on his body was too complex, utterly beyond his understanding.

These tens of thousands of broken runes were instead more suitable for him.

The blood-colored silk ribbon surged through his body over and over, and with each circulation, he gained a bit of enlightenment, a faint blood-red radiance flickering upon his consciousness.

Although the child beside him remained silent, he couldn’t help revealing a look of astonishment at this scene.

In its long life, it had encountered many masters, many of whom were far stronger than Zhou Heng, but when it came to comprehension, not one could compare with this youngster!

In less than an hour, he had already touched on a strand of the mystery of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture, truly terrifying to the extreme!

Hum!

Zhou Heng felt a heaviness in his body, his vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw that his consciousness had returned to his true body.

Pain! Pain! Pain! Pain!

Zhou Heng felt a splitting headache, his whole body broke out in a cold sweat, his complexion turned pale, and his body trembled.

He had exhausted too much mental power, which even affected his physical body!

The Heavenly Scripture was indeed not so easy to comprehend!

Zhou Heng found he could no longer think about anything. The moment he tried, the pain was unbearable! He had no choice but to sit quietly, recovering from the mental exhaustion.

He sat for three days and nights.

After waking up, he specifically went to consult Huo Tian. This Peerless Heavenly Maiden had been cultivating the Heavenly Scripture for many more years than him, a true predecessor; what a waste not to seek advice from such a great mentor!

"Your comprehension is truly high!" After a moment of silence, Huo Tian nodded and said, "Even higher than mine!"

That is, I am your man!

Zhou Heng said to himself in his heart, but these words he dared not speak out loud, at least not for now.

"No harm, this is also a form of tempering for your consciousness! Sublimation in the Sublimation Realm is all about consciousness, you are now beginning to temper your will, which will greatly benefit your future development in the Sublimation Realm!" Huo Tian added.

"However, don’t try to cultivate the Blood River Heavenly Scripture again before you have recovered. Too much is as bad as too little, remember!"

Zhou Heng nodded and left, then entered the Blood River Heavenly Scripture with his consciousness once more.

An hour later, his consciousness could no longer be maintained, and he was forced to withdraw.

After he left, the Artifact Spirit was speechless, because although Zhou Heng had not noticed, it sensitively discovered that Zhou Heng had stayed a bit longer than the last time, although not even a second longer, but longer is longer!

This young man’s mental power is growing!

The Artifact Spirit was speechless, not only was this young man’s comprehension terrifying, but his will was also frighteningly robust. Should it start treating Zhou Heng better, lest he become a peerless expert in the future and beat it up?

...

After resting for another three days, Zhou Heng did not cultivate the Blood River Heavenly Scripture again. Although he was very interested in this scripture, he could not spend all his time on it, as what he urgently needed to improve now was the number of Moon Wheels.

He planned to leave Xihai City for a higher-tier Immortal City, so first, he went to bid farewell to a few old acquaintances.

Lin Caijun was dead, killed by Liu Hanye.

On the day Lin Caijun and Liu Hanye had returned to the Yang family at about the same time, but upon learning that Yang Tiehu was imprisoned while his own father was safe and sound, Liu Hanye immediately asked his father to strike and kill Lin Caijun.

—Their grudge was not a matter of just one or two days.

This left Zhou Heng with some regrets, because he had wanted to personally kill these two men, but Lin Caijun being the cousin of Yang Lanxin, perhaps it was a better outcome that he died at the hands of the Liu Family.

Zhou Heng first went to the Situ Family, had a long talk with Situ Ling, and left a large quantity of Green Brilliance Pills—after the Mo Family’s attack, the Situ Family had made several efforts to plead on behalf of Yang Tiehu, a great favor indeed.

Afterward, he went to the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, as Lian Jingxiang had also approached the Mo Family to plead on behalf, and it was said that the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion’s background was extremely powerful, indeed it was her intervention that saved Yang Tiehu’s life.

"Brother Zhou, there is now a great opportunity, I wonder if you’re interested?" Lian Jingxiang invited Zhou Heng into an elegant room, and before he could speak, she started first.

"What opportunity?" Zhou Heng was stirred by her words.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on Qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)