Supreme Sword God

Luo Jiutian looked at Ye Chen, a faint curve flashing at the corner of his lips, and said, "You’re reasonably quick-witted, just a bit too full of little schemes."

Ye Chen raised his head.

His face wore an honest, simple expression.

Luo Jiutian: "Drop the act."

Ye Chen: "Master, this is my genuine true feelings naturally overflowing."

Luo Jiutian let out a chuckle and said, "Do you know where the Nine Heavens Sword Manual came from?"

Ye Chen: "Master, with your peerless talent, you created it yourself!"

Luo Jiutian gave Ye Chen a sideways glance—at least he knew how to talk—and nodded, saying, "There are nine heavens in the Divine Realm, and my inheritance also has nine heavens!"

Ye Chen’s face showed shock and admiration: "Master, what a grand ambition. One man, one sword, and you intend to stand against the nine heavens of the Divine Realm!"

Flattering people—he was very practiced at it.

Luo Jiutian said, "So, the true essence of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual lies in this: after opening a domain, for others, in the Emperor Realm they can only have one domain. But by cultivating the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, at the Emperor Realm stage, you open nine great domains. Each domain is the foundation of one heaven.

And that part of the inheritance, I did not leave inside the Sword Tomb.

Seeing you helped revive me this time and formed this karma between us, I’ll pass this method to you as well."

This time, Ye Chen was truly shocked.

Opening nine domains...

He had never even heard of such a thing!

"Master, how do you open nine domains?" Ye Chen pressed down the excitement in his heart, his expression serious and earnest.

Luo Jiutian: "The fleshly body of a human cultivator can only bear one domain. That’s an unchangeable fact. But who said domains must be borne by the flesh?

You forge a few more Lifebound Swords and let the domains be borne within your Lifebound Swords. Open nine domains—doesn’t that solve it?"

Ye Chen’s eyes widened. "Is it difficult?"

Luo Jiutian smiled faintly and said, "It’s hard if you say it’s hard, easy if you say it’s easy. Back then it took me thirty years to succeed. You’ve managed to learn so many inheritances left by powerful experts, which proves your talent, even if inferior to mine, is not that far off. Spend a hundred years on it and it should be fine."

Ye Chen: "A hundred years... that’s too long. Master, is there any shortcut?"

Luo Jiutian snorted coldly: "A hundred years—forget the Emperor Realm, even for the Saint Realm it’s but the snap of a finger. Just a hundred years, and you can’t endure that? Then you don’t need to cling to cultivation anymore!"

Ye Chen: "...Master, I was wrong. Teach me the method first."

Though Luo Jiutian was displeased with Ye Chen’s attitude, he had already said this much; if he didn’t teach him now, he’d seem too petty. So he pointed with one hand, and a streak of sword light shot straight into the center of Ye Chen’s brows.

Immediately after, the Secret Technique for opening nine domains appeared in Ye Chen’s mind.

It felt... indeed very complex, but not impossibly difficult.

Once he reached the Emperor Realm, he could spend a year or so to give it a try!

What nine Lifebound Swords?

He’d just use his own flesh to bear nine domains first; if it didn’t work, he’d think of something else!

After passing the Secret Technique to Ye Chen, Luo Jiutian said, "When you fought Li Kuangzhen, you used four different methods that contained traces of Supreme Techniques. Pay attention to those things. When you get the chance to meet my bargain-basement senior brother, talk to him about it properly."

Ye Chen: "Master, is your bargain-basement senior brother the Hall Master of the Supreme Hall?"

"Mm."

Ye Chen: "..."

Luo Jiutian was his bargain-basement master.

The Hall Master of the Supreme Hall was his bargain-basement master’s bargain-basement senior brother.

So the Hall Master of the Supreme Hall was his bargain-basement martial uncle.

To the Hall Master of the Supreme Hall, Luo Jiutian was definitely a bargain-basement junior brother, and Ye Chen himself was a bargain-basement nephew...

This relationship was... quite subtle!

"Alright, I’ll remember. Master, what do you think of this thing?" As he spoke, Ye Chen took out the stone disk engraved with an Ancient Divine Array.

Luo Jiutian glanced at it and immediately said, "Made by some worthless nobody who can’t get on the stage. That person’s despicable. If you run into him, you don’t need to bother with him. If he clings to you, go find your martial uncle."

Ye Chen: "I can’t find my martial uncle!"

"He’ll be looking for you soon. You think your appearance in the Void Divine Realm was a coincidence?"

Ye Chen: "So it was my bargain-basement martial uncle who put me in there?"

Luo Jiutian gave a soft "mm" and said, "Most likely he was worried something might go wrong with my revival, so he had you come in to help guide a bit."

At that, Ye Chen immediately said, "Master, what exactly happened?"

Luo Jiutian: "Back then, after that battle in the Divine Realm, I returned to the Celestial Essence Continent.

Then I fought the Outer Celestial Demons that invaded the Celestial Essence Continent, and in the end I even battled the power of the Celestial Essence Continent’s Heavenly Dao.

After those successive wars, my wounds were grievous, and I was further schemed against by beings from several forbidden zones and the Heaven-Burying Coffin.

With no other choice, your martial uncle racked his brains to procure a corpse of a Dao Body from the Divine Race. The last wisp of my consciousness then sank into this Dao Body’s corpse, silently recovering.

This time, thanks to your sword essence guiding me, my consciousness passed through the crisis of being eroded by the divinity within this body.

Then, the Heavenly Dao Traces on that sword of yours helped me restore my memories.

Now, I’ve completely fused with this Dao Body.

In body I’m of the Divine Race, in heart I’m of the Human Race. Then it’s fine; there’s no need to mind such things."

Though Luo Jiutian spoke lightly,

Ye Chen could already imagine how perilous that must have been.

"Master..." Ye Chen still had questions he wanted to ask.

Luo Jiutian: "From here on, don’t ask. I’ll ask, you answer."

Ye Chen: "Master, ask away..."

Luo Jiutian: "What’s with your method of collecting Divine Race divine roots?"

Ye Chen: "I completely comprehended a World-Suppressing Celestial Stele, and that stele fused into my body."

Luo Jiutian’s face showed shock. "Divinities dwelling in your acupoints—I suspect those divinities will, sooner or later, return one day, and the key to their return is energy. If you keep drawing divine-level power into your acupoints, there’s a high chance they’ll fully revive. Before you figure out whether that’s a blessing or a curse, don’t mess around!"

Ye Chen: "Mm!"

He’d already had similar suspicions for a long time.

Luo Jiutian continued, "You’ve had contact with Yi Xiaoyao. Did he teach you anything?"

Ye Chen nodded. "At the time he said my aptitude was lacking, but I looked good enough, which met his criteria for picking a successor."

He remembered back then, Yi Xiaoyao had disliked his looks.

No taste, that Mad Old Man!

"If you meet Yi Xiaoyao again, have him teach you Celestial Dao Secret Techniques. Only by understanding the Heavenly Dao can you oppose the Heavenly Dao!"

Ye Chen nodded again, etching those words into his heart.

Luo Jiutian: "You’ve also learned Spiritual-Martial Unity. The guy who pioneered Spiritual-Martial Unity is an out-and-out paranoid lunatic. If he comes looking for you in the future, whatever it is, agree to it first, then go find your bargain-basement martial uncle!"

Ye Chen: "Alright, I’ll remember. Master, anything else?"

Luo Jiutian said, "Nothing for now."

Ye Chen: "The Enlightenment Tea Tree... Martial Uncle, do you know about it?"

Luo Jiutian gave a soft "mm." "What about it?"

Ye Chen: "I moved the Enlightenment Tea Tree into the Sword Tomb... that won’t cause trouble, will it?"

Luo Jiutian was speechless for a moment. "Kid, the things you get yourself into aren’t ordinary. But it’s fine. The owner of the Enlightenment Tea Tree is a close friend of your bargain-basement martial uncle. He won’t make things hard for you."

Ye Chen let out a sigh of relief. "Master, and also..."

Luo Jiutian: "I’m out of time. I have to go!"

As he spoke, a layer of Dao Divine Light surfaced over Luo Jiutian’s body, and the aura of his power directly pierced through the barrier of the Chaotic Battlefield...

"Master, I have one last question. Miss Qing really misses you. Aren’t you going to see her?" Ye Chen shouted.

Luo Jiutian: "The time has not yet come!"

Leaving those words behind,

Luo Jiutian’s figure vanished completely.

In the instant after Luo Jiutian disappeared,

A thunderous boom resounded.

The Celestial Net Devouring Divine Array completely shattered.

This grand array used eighteen divine cores as its heart.

Of those divine cores, Luo Jiutian had split one apart, and the remaining seventeen were all taken by Ye Chen.

With no divine cores powering it, a fierce assault from the Emperor Realm Human Race cultivators outside the array finally broke the formation as they charged in.

One figure after another flew toward Ye Chen.

Everyone wore a look of shock.

According to Ye Chen’s instructions, all those Divine Race members they’d let in... were gone.

Li Kuangzhen was gone as well.

That Dao Body’s corpse was gone too.

Only... Asura remained!

"Asura... what happened?" someone asked, expression tense, his voice even stuttering a bit.

Ye Chen looked utterly calm and unconcerned, his tone light as clouds and wind. "All taken care of."