Chapter 984: Joining Forces
Translator: Yukidaruma Translations Editor: Yukidaruma Translations
When he started to struggle, wanting to use his powers at tier one of the Divine level to regenerate his body, a series of light and shadow flashed before his eyes. He was sent out of the Sword light and arrived in a small courtyard in the palace.
Fang Xingjian’s voice rang out in his mind, “Your words have reminded me about something. I’ll invite you over to watch a good show.”
A hint of nonchalance flashed in Duan Tianhao’s eyes like he was unafraid of Fang Xingjian doing anything.
However, at the next moment, he heard moaning sounds coming from the room before him, and his eyes popped wide open.
He stared in the direction of the room. Then his mouth—which had completed regenerating—tensed up fiercely, gritting his teeth as he forced out the words, “Fang… Xing… Jian…”
However, his body started to float up slowly and move to the room’s window. At the next moment, the sight he saw caused him to fly into a rage as if his eyes were going to split apart. He felt like blood was going to drip out from his eyes.
Duan Ziyan was embraced in Fang Xingjian’s arms, and her clothes were removed slowly, piece by piece. Duan Ziyan’s face was flushed red, and her tongue reached out as she hugged, kissed, and touched Fang Xingjian. It was like she was admiring the most beautiful treasure.
The scenes that followed caused Duan Tianhao to clench his teeth so hard like he was going to shatter them. Wanting to prevent the things before him from happening, he struggled only to realize that his body was unable to move at all.
He opened his mouth to bellow loudly. Yet he discovered that he was unable to speak a single word.
He struggled for very long, wanting to turn his head away. However, he could only watch as everything happened. He listened to the voices that caused him to feel so infuriated that he was driven crazy.
Fang Xingjian stood behind Duan Tianhao, watching the other party’s face turning from red to purple, from purple to green, and eventually into ashen white. Duan Tianhao’s feelings were extremely chaotic at the moment.
He then threw a glance to the bed in the room. There was nothing there at all, let alone Duan Ziyan and Fang Xingjian.
The entire room, palace, and even world were still within his Sword Realm.
How could he have possibly released Duan Tianhao to Miracle World? Wouldn’t that make it easy for the Plenary Foundation Septet to discover him?
‘Although Duan Tianhao’s consciousness has been protected by the Plenary Foundation Septet’s powers, he himself is too weak and is unable to unleash this power.
‘As long as there is a flaw in his heart, his entire consciousness will start trembling intensely…’
Right now, Duan Tianhao’s consciousness seemed to have turned into a raging tempest. However, the power that was in his brain that protected his consciousness, especially his memories, was not activated. The power merely watched as everything took place, and it was clearly not going to attack Duan Tianhao’s consciousness.
Concurrently, as Duan Tianhao’s body was moved to and fro by countless s.p.a.ces as if he had been broken up, Fang Xingjian’s voice rang out in his mind.
“I reached tier six of the Divine level a long time ago. Even the Plenary Foundation Septet won’t be able to avenge you.”
This voice seemed to be the final straw that crushed the camel’s back. A loudrumble seemed to ring in Duan Tianhao’s consciousness, and his mind went into a state of chaos.
Just then, Fang Xingjian tapped out a finger, and a stream of gloomy sword light cut across void s.p.a.ce. Wherever it pa.s.sed by, there seemed to be countless mysterious existences whispering amongst themselves, demonstrating an unrivaled magical charm.
Just as Duan Tianhao’s mind was in a state of raging chaos and filled with weaknesses, the sword seed from Fang Xingjian’s Heart Sword Path invaded Duan Tianhao’s heart without a sound. In the blink of an eye, it went through several tens of changes as if it had become a part of the powers in Duan Tianhao’s consciousness. It then headed toward the depth of Duan Tianhao’s memories.
Fang Xingjian’s gaze lit up. ‘It’s a success.’
At the next moment, the countless memories in Duan Tianhao’s mind started appearing. They were all the memories and information from when he was young and could remember things.
Fang Xingjian started to read through Duan Tianhao’s memories patiently, incessantly searching for information concerning the Plenary Foundation Septet.
…
Elsewhere, in the Church of Universal Truth’s Scriptures Bureau.
In a secret room, Ulpian, the Immortality Saint, and Fang Xingjian were seated on the ground.
The Immortality Saint said, “Combining each of our expertise to create an unrivaled and unprecedented Virtual Image?”
Ulpian said calmly, “In the end, the Virtual Image is but a type of application of one’s powers. It’s just that tier six Divine level experts each have their areas of expertise and thus their Virtual Images are all different. However, we’ll able to exchange all of our martial arts and knowledge to construct the strongest Virtual Image martial art.”
Fang Xingjian spoke up, “I can contribute all of my sword techniques.” As he spoke, he opened his mouth and spewed out streams of sword intents. They gushed out and floated in midair, turning into many illuminating words.
Seeing this, the Immortality Saint also put on an open-minded expression. “Good, good, good. Haha, since that’s the case, I won’t keep anything to myself either.” As he spoke, his robes lit up and countless runes condensed to form a pure light core that floated out.
“These are all the martial arts belonging to the Church of Universal Truth that I’m aware of, as well as my three divine arts. However, I only know how to use the divine arts. I don’t actually understand the principles behind them.
“But the Church still has many more martial arts collection. I’ll bring them over at a later time.”
Ulpian nodded. The White Emperor Zenith Sword lit up slightly. It was as if there were seven light spots flas.h.i.+ng past in void s.p.a.ce. They were like densely-packed tadpoles, covering all the walls in the secret room.
“These are all the world’s universal truth that I know of as well as my comprehension of the world in the previous world.”
At the sight of their contributions, a hint of excitement flashed on the Immortality Saint’s face.
How abundant were the martial arts acc.u.mulated by the Church over a time period of more than 10,000 years? It was an extremely terrifying amount.
Additionally, Fang Xingjian was a rare genius that was hard to encounter in 1,000 years. His martial arts had even integrated Earth’s magic prints, the Empire’s martial techniques, and the essence of various major influences, including the Ancient Path of h.e.l.l and the Myriad Stars Palace. The Immortality Saint himself had also obtained the scientific knowledge from several worlds. His acc.u.mulation was voluminous, and he alone was comparable to a country.
Ulpian was even more amazing. He possessed a comprehension of the powers of the 13 demonic G.o.ds from the previous world. Moreover, it was an experience that complemented modern science and the ancient subjective experiences.
Just the thought of combining all of their cultivation experiences to create a world-shaking Virtual Image martial art made the Immortality Saint feel extremely excited.
However, Fang Xingjian, who was discussing the Virtual Image with Ulpian and the Immortality Saint, suddenly paused and said, “I’ve gotten some information. I read the memories in Duan Tianhao’s mind concerning the Plenary Foundation Septet.”
“Oh?” The Immortality Saint’s eyes lit up and he immediately asked, “How is it? Where are they hiding? What are their objectives? How much power are they left with?”
“Duan Tianhao is unable to a.s.sess how much battle prowess they have given his cultivation realm. Their current objective is to release the Plenary Foundation Septet’s leader—someone called the Crown Prince,” Fang Xingjian said slowly. “Only six of them have been released, but the most powerful Crown Prince is still sealed up.”
The Immortality Saint was slightly stunned. “But didn’t you check out the seven seal locations and discover that all of the seals had been broken?”
“It’s true that they’ve been broken, but there should be still things that we don’t understand.” Fang Xingjian shook his head. “They are still hiding in a small world—a Divine Country which they created. It’s too difficult for us to find them.
“But now that we found out about their objectives, we’ll be able to take some measures.”
Fang Xingjian raised his head and said slowly, “I’ve decided to announce a piece of news to the world. Three months later, I’ll announce the location of the Divine Sun Emperor’s treasures in the Imperial Capital.”
The Immortality Saint was slightly stunned, but he soon understood the situation. “They need one month, but you set it in three months. They fix the location at the plains, so you are holding it in the Empire.”
“Although I have no idea how they are planning to save the Crown Prince, we’ll be able to obstruct them as long as we do things contrary to what they want. Moreover, they’ve released news that I’ve obtained news about the Divine Sun Emperor’s treasures. I’ll make use of this.” Fang Xingjian nodded and said, “And three months of time is enough for us to join forces and come up with the prototype for our Virtual Image.”
“Will it be too rushed?”
“It’s enough. This time around, I won against one of the Plenary Foundation Septet’s member with my tier five Divine level powers. Although the other party only used his tier five Divine level powers as well, this goes to show that they have depleted too much of their powers over the past 1,000 years. Three months later, with our progress and with the three of us joining forces, it’ll be enough for us to kill them.”
A gleam shone in Fang Xingjian’s eyes, but the thought that flashed in his mind was, ‘Three months later, according to the deal, I’ll be left with my last year of lifespan…’