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Chapter 846: Heavenly Secret Divination Disk

If Xiao Chen wanted to refine a King Grade Secret Treasure completely, he had to raise his cultivation realm further. He could not rush it.

Soon, the maidservant brought the Astral Cores over. Xiao Chen opened his eyes and thought for a while. Then he prepared to leave this place.

Many people had their eyes on this Dragon's Gate's warship. Someone might be planning to make a move on him.

So, Xiao Chen made his preparations. Just when he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed the auction item below. It was an extremely rare Saber Monarch Grass, which could improve a bladesman's saber intent.

Xiao Chen immediately stopped walking and decided to bid for this Saber Monarch Grass before leaving.

Unbeknown to him, this last-minute decision opened him to some trouble that he could not get out off.

In booth 10, the white-clad old man whom Xiao Chen won the Dragon's Gate's warship from at the last second held a nine-colored disk as he continuously formed hand seals.

Nine different colors continuously spun around on the disk as mysterious energy poured endlessly into it.

The white-clad old man's expression turned grave. He frowned very heavily, his wrinkles appearing quite pronounced.

"Ka ca! Ka ca!" Spots of light came out from the disk. Then, a scene appeared on it; it was the booth where Xiao Chen was.

The disk showed the pretty maidservant bringing Astral Cores to Xiao Chen. Then, he put away the Astral Cores, and she left.

"Ka!" The old man stretched his hand out and pointed. The lights on the disk gathered together and encased Xiao Chen. When the lights vanished, a green spot appeared on the disk, flashing continuously.

The white-clad old man relaxed his tense expression and released his bated breath. He said, "It's done. I planted a strand of fate with my Heavenly Secret Divination Disk. Now, no matter where he goes, he cannot escape me."

The old man on the left side, who looked rather sinister, asked, "How come it took so long? Could it be that the other party noticed the strand of fate from the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk and guarded against it?"

The white-clad old man shook his head and replied, "That's not it. The cloak he is wearing is rather strange. It seemed ethereal and slippery like a fish. I had to exert a lot of effort before I caught hold of him."

The old man on the right side said, "This fellow has a lot of good things on him. I wonder, which sect's old monster is he?"

These three were inner sect elders of the Heaven and Earth Sect. The Heaven and Earth Sect did not have any racial prejudice and was very famous in the Profound Domain. They were a rather large faction, just slightly smaller than the sects and clans with Sovereign Martial Emperors.

The white-clad old man had an air of elegance and looked very righteous. As he gazed at the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk in his palm, he smiled coldly and said, "He is traveling alone. Even if he is some old monster of another sect, he can only die when he meets with the three of us."

In booth 28, Xiao Chen frowned slightly. He felt strangely restless, so he used his Spiritual Sense and checked. However, his expression did not change as he continued to bid for the Saber Monarch Grass.

The saber was a relatively unconventional path for cultivators, so Xiao Chen did not have many competitors. Spending two million Astral Coins, he successfully obtained the Saber Monarch Grass.

After Xiao Chen obtained the Saber Monarch Grass from the maidservant, he no longer lingered but quickly left the place. Although he had not detected anything with his Spiritual Sense, he kept feeling that something was off.

After leaving the Flourishing Heaven Pavilion, Xiao Chen looked around before following the crowd into the bustling street and out of the city.

"Young Master Huang, that person left from the side door of the Flourishing Heaven Pavilion. He left before the auction ended."

Sitting in an restaurant across the Flourishing Heaven Pavilion, a youth wearing embroidered clothes listened to the report from his two subordinates.

This youth was called Huang Bo. He was the son of one of the Medicine God Valley's three grandmaster Alchemists. His talent for Alchemy was very good.

This time, Huang Bo came out of the sect with an elder to conduct a transaction with Ying Qiong. When he secretly sent someone to investigate, he discovered that Xiao Chen was just an Inferior Grade Martial Sage. Hence, wicked thoughts popped up in his head.

He intended to make a fortune in ill-gotten gains, behind the back of the sect elder he accompanied. Regardless of whether it was twenty-five million Astral Coins, a perfect Lunar Cassia Tree, or even the potential existence of a Peak Grade Immortal Spirit Ring, they were all things that could tempt him.

Huang Bo nodded and said to the two people beside him, "He is only an Inferior Grade Martial Sage. Given your cultivation as Medial Grade Martial Sages, you should be more than enough to deal with him. Make your move after he leaves the city. I'll wait for your good news here."

The two left in accordance with their instructions. They each swallowed a Medicinal Pill, and their auras immediately vanished. When scanned with Mental Energy, they appeared like ordinary people.

What they took was the rarely seen Aura Restraining Pill. After consuming it, it could hide a person's cultivation for two hours. Even if the person they were following discovered them, that person would not pay them too much attention.

After Xiao Chen left Leisure Feather City, he gently floated down and landed on the ground below. After getting his bearings, he started to make his way towards the Tianwu Domain's Supreme Sky Sect.

Many cultivators were traveling on the broad road. Xiao Chen did not stop moving. However, he kept heading towards more desolate places. This made the two people cautiously following him reveal joy on their faces.

Once there were fewer people, they would be able to take action.

Suddenly, the two's expressions turned stunned. They raised their heads and discovered that Xiao Chen, who was previously just right in front of them, had vanished.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The two no longer hid cautiously. They rushed over to where Xiao Chen disappeared and looked all around.

"Strange, how did he disappear so fast?"

The two exchanged glances, feeling doubts in their hearts.

"Are the two of you looking for me?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind the two. Their figures flashed as they quickly turned around. When they saw Xiao Chen, who seemed to have appeared from nowhere, wearing the Heavenly Sea Cloak, they were extremely shocked.

Under the hood, Xiao Chen revealed a faint smile. The two's instantaneous movement exposed their auras, betraying their cultivation.

Just two Medial Grade Martial Sages and they want to make a move on me? How naive. All of Xiao Chen's worries vanished without a trace.

While Xiao Chen was in the booth, he already felt that something was wrong. However, he simply could not detect what it was.

He only realized what it was after he checked with his Spiritual Sense, upon leaving the city, and saw these two "ordinary people."

It turned out that he had experts who had taken Medicinal Pills to hide their cultivation on his tail.

Seeing that they were exposed, the two Medial Grade Martial Sages did not say anything. They both drew their weapons and charged towards Xiao Chen.

If this had happened right after Xiao Chen advanced to Martial Sage, he would have felt some pressure from facing two Medial Grade Martial Sages and would not have dared to be rash.

Now, as long as it was not a Medial Grade Martial Sage that had been stuck there for a long time, Xiao Chen had nothing to fear from regular Medial Grade Martial Sages. He had too many trump cards he could use.

He activated the sovereign's bloodline in his body, which he had upgraded using the Rising Dragon Overlord Pill. A horrifying aura surged out. Instantly, a formless dragon roar resounded endlessly behind him.

Xiao Chen's aura soared, and the two Medial Grade Martial Sages immediately felt tremendous pressure bearing down on them—as if Xiao Chen was an ancient sovereign overlord and not an Inferior Grade Martial Sage.

Instantly, the moves of the two faltered. Xiao Chen stepped forward, and the mountain-like aura pressed down further.

Vital Qi immediately surged, and Xiao Chen used the quickest speed possible to catch hold of the two's openings.

"Bang!"

The sound of bones cracking rang out repeatedly as Xiao Chen punched both Medial Grade Martial Sages in the chest. They flew back in the air, blood spewing continuously from between their lips.

"How can this be? We have Rank 1 Sage Bodies. A casual punch from him shattered our ribs!"

The two crashed into the ground, and a trace of horror appeared in their eyes. Xiao Chen was clearly only an Inferior Grade Martial Sage, yet his aura instantly pressured them.

Xiao Chen's casual punch contained close to one thousand tons of force. Just hearing about it sounded terrifying.

Xiao Chen did not give the two any time to think. He pushed off the ground, and two small wings appeared around his shoulders, each of them leaving a slipstream in the air.

He was so fast that only a vague afterimage and two long slipstreams were visible.

All of Xiao Chen's Vital Qi surged out like a flood, gushing endlessly. A casual punch achieved one thousand three hundred tons of force. Occasionally, he burst forth with a force that came infinitely close to one thousand five hundred tons.

The sound of his fists tearing through the air was like startling explosions in the ears of the two. Their ears buzzed as ripples formed in the air. It even affected their movement.

Xiao Chen fought against two by himself and held an absolute advantage. They could not see his movements clearly and could only see two slipstreams zigzagging in the air.

He turned into a series of afterimages. As he attacked, his fist flickered. A few times, he forced back the two when they tried to flee.

Before the two reached a hundred moves, they were already vomiting liters of blood. They suffered grievous injuries and were so debilitated that they fell to the ground, never to get up again.

Xiao Chen stopped moving, and all the afterimages slowly vanished. He revealed his true self and said coldly, "With just your insignificant cultivation, you dare to have thoughts about my Dragon's Gate's warship? I really don't know how to evaluate you two."

"What Dragon's Gate's warship? We are the Medicine God Valley's people. You best let the two of us go. Otherwise, with the power of our Medicine God Valley, there will be no place left for you in the world."

The two people on the ground spoke endlessly, trying to use the Medicine God Valley's name to pressure Xiao Chen.

When Xiao Chen heard this, his expression changed greatly. This bad feeling was not due to the Medicine God Valley; they did not know about the Dragon's Gate's warship. Their ignorance meant the enemy that made him feel restless was someone else.

"Haha! I did not expect that the one who won the bid for the Dragon's Gate's warship is actually a youngster."

A voice resounded in the air. Xiao Chen looked up and saw a white-clad old man slowly descending from the sky. He quickly looked around and saw two other old men sealing off his paths of exit.

Xiao Chen made a quick check of the three old men's cultivation, and his heart immediately sank. Unexpectedly, they were all bona fide Superior Grade Martial Sages.

The white-clad old man looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Hand over the Dragon's Gate's warship and the cloak you are wearing, and I can spare you from death."

Xiao Chen carefully sized up the white-clad old man in front and then looked at the two old men in the other directions.

One looked sinister and wore black. He had a vaguely maniacal smile on his face. The other wore green and looked skinny; this person had a small goatee on his chin.

Xiao Chen memorized the appearances of the three and mentally evaluated their respective strengths. Now, he gained a rough idea of how to deal with this.

Chapter 847: One versus Three

Xiao Chen raised his head and looked calmly at the other party. Concealing something in his right hand, he asked, "Have the three of you heard of these sayings before? 'It is better to bully a white-haired old man than to offend a youth'? 'The river flows in the east for thirty years, then in the west for thirty years'? Today, you rely on your age and cultivation to pressure me and even gang up on me. Have you ever thought of the consequences of doing so?"

The three old men could not help being stunned. They had not expected Xiao Chen not to panic upon seeing the three of them. Instead, he was strangely calm and even said such things.

The white-clad old man snorted coldly and said, "You, as a junior, are overestimating yourself. You might frighten regular people, but this old man is an inner sect elder of the Heaven and Earth Sect, which has a Martial Emperor protecting it. Even if you really become a Martial Emperor in the future, what can you do to me?!

"Cut the crap and hand over the Dragon's Gate's warship as well as your cloak. Then, I will let you flee with your life. Otherwise, you can forget about leaving this place today."

Xiao Chen's eyes turned cold as he answered, "In that case, I shall just stand right here and see how you try to kill me."

He projected his aura without any fear. With the sovereign overlord's aura, he did not feel any pressure even when facing three people.

The clash in auras kicked up wild, intense winds, causing eardrums to tremble.

When the white-clad old man saw the fearless and sharp Xiao Chen, he felt doubt in his heart. He did not know why Xiao Chen was so confident and dared to be so calm.

"This is just an empty show of power. Let's see how long you can continue pretending."

After thinking about it, the white-clad old man still felt that with three Superior Grade Martial Sages here, they would definitely be able to deal with an insignificant Inferior Grade Martial Sage. If they could not, it would be a great joke.

The white-clad old man's figure wavered, and two lights flashed around his body—one black and one light. Then, he charged over to Xiao Chen, as quick as a meteor.

This was the moment Xiao Chen was waiting for!

He squinted and relaxed his tightly clenched right hand. Then, he performed an action akin to that of a pretty girl tossing out flowers. A bunch of Superior Grade Astral Cores released dazzling lights, bracketing the white-clad old man.

"Bang!"

Twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores burst forth with blinding radiance. With the excitation of Xiao Chen's energy, they promptly exploded.

The energy within an Inferior Grade Astral Core could already injure an Inferior Grade Martial Sage. With this, one could easily imagine the might of twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores exploding simultaneously.

The intense explosions merged. The sky shook and the ground trembled. Surging shock waves spread out, rushing rapidly towards the white-clad old man. He simply could not dodge in time, and the shock waves struck him, catching him in the crossfire.

The white-clad old man came quickly and left even more quickly. This blast blew away all the clothes on him, leaving only a Sage Grade inner vest.

The old man's hair frizzled, and his skin was a mess of wounds. He now looked very horrifying with none of his previous elegance.

Just a second ago, this old man had been standing proudly and magnificently. In the next second, he had fallen into an extremely sorry state. Although his internal and external injuries were not fatal, they would lower his combat prowess by at least fifty percent temporarily.

The other two old men startled violently. They clearly had not expected Xiao Chen to use the highly precious Superior Grade Astral Cores as a one-time consumable.

Furthermore, Xiao Chen had not used just one or two but twenty in one go.

"Whoosh!"

The three old men only saw a flash of light. Right after the explosion, electric light burst forth from under Xiao Chen's feet. His figure flashed, and he kicked the half-naked old man, who had just landed on the ground, another kilometer away.

Xiao Chen had actually kicked away a bona fide Superior Grade Martial Sage.

"After him!"

The two old men reacted and waved their hands to summon a flying Spirit Beast. Then, they picked up the half-naked old man before madly giving chase to Xiao Chen.

The half-naked old man coughed intensely a few times and then put on a fresh set of clothes. After circulating his energy for a long time, his wound-riddled face recovered some color.

The sinister-looking black-clad old man could not help but ask, "Old Bai, are you alright?"

Twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores had exploded in the face of the white-clad old man. Just thinking about it made the black-clad old man tremble in fear. Fortunately, the white-clad old man wore a defensive peak Sage Grade inner vest.

Furthermore, the white-clad old man had cultivated his physical body to Rank 2 Sage Body. If it were another person or even the black-clad old man, they would be lucky if they still had any breath left.

The white-clad old man's face sank, and he did not reply to the black-clad old man's question. He took out the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk and carefully observed it. Then he looked up and said, "Turn around. This brat is very crafty. He actually circled back and is moving in the opposite direction.

"If not for my Heavenly Secret Divination Disk, we would have fallen for his trick and ended up moving even farther away, letting that fellow escape."

The green-clad old man controlling the Spirit Beast waved his hand. The gigantic bird they sat on spread its wings, and a strong wind blew, banishing all the white clouds. Then, it quickly gave chase in the direction of the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk's light.

This bird was known as the White Roc. It carried the bloodline of the mystical Kun Peng of legend. It flew extremely fast. In the entire Heaven and Earth Sect, there were only two—one male and one female.

Xiao Chen executed Thunder Dragon Steps to the limit. By relying on the speed augmentation of the Heavenly Sea Cloak, he left the three old men far behind. However, when he slowed down, they immediately closed the distance.

Xiao Chen felt it was strange. He carefully examined himself, but he could not find anything on him that had been tampered with.

Left with no other choice, he consulted Ao Jiao. "Ao Jiao, are there any Secret Treasures that can determine the position of other people, or leave an indelible mark?"

She answered quickly, There are many. I myself know a few: Divine Disk Ghostly Calculator, Eight Trigram Deducing Diagram, Heavenly Secret Divination Disk…

Xiao Chen could not help but stop moving. He looked back and saw a black dot reappear once again. He frowned automatically and said, "It looks like I fell for their tricks. No wonder I felt that something was wrong while I was in the Flourishing Heaven Pavilion."

Actually, there is no need to worry. You have the Supreme Sky Emperor's will clone. That can instantly kill these people, Ao Jiao said nonchalantly.

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "That won't do. I can only use the Supreme Sky Emperor's will clone when I'm in a desperate situation. These are just Superior Grade Martial Sages. I already wasted twenty Superior Grade Astral Cores. How can I waste the will clone?"

Then what do you intend to do? You can't run away.

"That might not necessarily be so!" Xiao Chen looked up at the vast sky. Then, he summoned out the Dragon's Gate's warship and made it grow larger quickly. He said, "Let's go to the starry heavens and head straight for the Supreme Sky Star. I don't believe that three Superior Grade Martial Sages would dare to breach the barrier of the sky together with me."

He leaped up gently and landed on the deck of the Dragon's Gate's warship. Then he quickly entered the ship's hold and placed eighteen Inferior Grade Astral Cores in the indents of the formation.

Rays of light flickered, and the entire warship activated right away. It was like a massive, hibernating dragon waking up from its dreams, filled with boundless strength.

Using his Spiritual Sense, Xiao Chen could feel every part of the warship in detail, as though it was an incarnation of him; he could control it with just a thought.

Unfortunately, he had just refined the warship earlier that day. He could not bring out much of its combat prowess. Otherwise, he could have simply used this warship to wipe out the people chasing him.

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Chen went back on deck and controlled the warship to fly upwards continuously…ten kilometers…twenty kilometers…. It slowly headed for the formless barrier of the sky.

"This is bad. This fellow wants to use the Dragon's Gate's warship to break through the barrier of the sky."

The White Roc looked like it was going to catch up to Xiao Chen, slowly soaring higher, going increasingly higher. However, the sinister-looking old man had an unsightly expression.

Without a King Grade warship, only grandmaster-level Martial Sages and above could break through the barrier of the sky.

The white-clad old man holding the Heavenly Secret Divination Disk had an uncertain expression on his face. As he watched the Dragon's Gate's warship breaching the barrier of the sky bit by bit, he had a conflicted expression on his face.

The bona fide Superior Grade Martial Sages had made a move personally, but they failed to catch the other party in the end. Furthermore, the white-clad old man had suffered severe injuries at Xiao Chen's hands. Without taking half a year to recuperate, he would not be able to recover to his peak state.

"He has the strand of fate I planted on his body. I don't believe that he will never return to the Kunlun Realm," the white-clad old man said furiously when he saw that the warship had crossed the barrier of the sky. He knew he could no longer catch up to Xiao Chen.

A faint azure barrier enveloped the Dragon's Gate's warship, protecting it from space turbulence as it coursed through the starry heavens.

Chapter 848: Insignificant

Standing on the deck, Xiao Chen looked back at the formless barrier of the sky. He felt astonished in his heart as he wondered where the Immortal Epoch got the resources to set up such a thing.

For them to make such an immense barrier that enveloped the entire Kunlun Continent, what kind of enemy were they defending against? Could it just be Astral Beasts?

Xiao Chen felt that it was impossible. Even the highest rank of Astral Beast—the Destroyers—was only slightly stronger than a Sovereign Martial Emperor. Given the strength of the Immortal Epoch, it was impossible for them to be frightened of such Astral Beasts.

Thus, Xiao Chen disagreed with the prevailing opinion of the current generation. Most people believed that the barrier of the sky was intended to stop Astral Beasts. This belief was likely because the peak of the Martial Epoch was over. In their eyes, Astral Beasts were a horrifying existence that they could not deal with.

They feared that the Astral Beasts' descent onto the Kunlun Continent would be a great calamity. They judged the thinking of the ancient people of the Immortal Epoch by their own strength.

The Astral Beasts that caused Martial Cultivators such a headache might not have been a problem at all for Immortal Cultivators. The real trouble might be coming from even farther away.

Xiao Chen withdrew his gaze and now fixed it on the vast starry heavens. Now that he was in the starry heavens, he only felt insignificant and nothing else.

He now felt somewhat embarrassed. Back then, he heard that the Supreme Sky Star was just five thousand kilometers from the barrier of the sky.

Furthermore, the bases of most major sects were within this distance. Xiao Chen thought that after he broke through the barrier of the sky, even if he could not find the Supreme Sky Star, he could find the star base of another major sect. He thought that he would not be lost in space.

However, after he came out, he realized that he was badly mistaken. When he looked around, all he saw were infinite stars, uncountable and of many types and sizes. This vista completely surpassed his expectations.

Furthermore, there were other things in the starry heavens—like asteroid belts, rivers of light, black holes—that were forbidden lands. Once he entered them, he would die for sure.

Only now did Xiao Chen realize the importance of a star chart. Without a star chart, traveling in the starry heavens would be very difficult.

Back then, when Xiao Chen followed the two Vice Palace Masters of the Heavenly Battle Palace, he had felt that the journey had gone very smoothly. They had also managed to evade the occasional trouble with ease. Now that he was piloting his own warship in the starry heavens, he did not feel that way anymore.

Don't be anxious. There should be a starry heaven relay station nearby. Since I did not object to your plan of entering the starry heavens, it is definitely feasible.

Ao Jiao's voice rang out at the right moment, helping to calm Xiao Chen enormously.

Not daring to act rashly, he only had the Dragon's Gate's warship drift in space. He asked, "What is a starry heaven relay station? I have never heard of it."

Ao Jiao smiled and replied, Given your experience, it's only natural that you've never heard of it. Grandmaster Martial Sages and above are already capable of wandering the starry heavens alone. Starry heaven relay stations are specially made for such people as layover points.

Plenty of independent cultivators establish a relay station purely for the sake of enjoying the scenery of the starry heavens or as a personal romantic pursuit. This kind of starry heaven relay station is rather simple to construct. It just needs a Star Fixing Rock and formations capable of basic defense against meteors and cosmic storms.

The other kind is more professional. Established by large factions, these relay stations dot the Kunlun Realm's entire starry heavens. They can transport people between various relay stations and also have strong defenses against all sorts of dangers in the starry heavens.

Xiao Chen gained a slightly better understanding. The starry heavens were apparently far more magnificent than he imagined. However, how was he to find these starry heaven relay stations?

Ao Jiao could tell what his doubts were. She smiled and said, Without a star chart, there is no way you can find a relay station. Just don't move rashly. Let the Dragon's Gate's warship fly along the barrier of the sky. Sooner or later, you will run into a relay station.

The vicinity of the barrier of the sky is rife with starry heaven relay stations built by independent cultivators. There is no need to fear not being able to find one.

Not having a star chart was really problematic. However, since Xiao Chen already made his decision, he should not regret it. He perked himself up and asked, "How long do we have to wait?"

Don't worry. It won't be long. These starry heaven relay stations definitely have Star Fixing Rocks; their positions in the starry heavens are fixed. As long as you keep flying around the barrier of the sky, you will run into one sooner or later. Furthermore, they are very easy to discover.

Hearing this, Xiao Chen stopped asking further. Then, he reflected on the experience of this trip.

Now that he had reached this level, he could no longer limit his sights to the younger generation. Martial Sage could be considered the top layer of the pyramid.

He would have to face an increasing number of older-generation experts. After some thought, he realized that he had to make preparations for these experts.

In the future, it would be normal for him to run into Superior Grade Martial Sage or even grandmaster-level Martial Sages.

Xiao Chen needed to think about how to deal with these experts and protect himself from them. He also had to ready some trump cards that would allow him to escape the hands of these experts easily.

After a while, he took out the Saber Monarch Grass, intending to use this time to absorb the saber intent within it.

There was a danger zone in the Kunlun Continent known as the Heavenly Lightning Peak. In the Ancient Era, a powerful Saber Emperor had comprehended his Dao there, successfully breaking through to become the Sovereign Saber Monarch.

Eventually, this person disappeared mysteriously, leaving behind many legends in the Kunlun Continent. Some said that he advanced to the legendary Martial God realm, while others said that he died long ago.

Aside from these legends, there was a story about the grass of the Heavenly Lightning Peak where he comprehended his Dao. This grass was initially just ordinary grass. However, when this Saber Emperor advanced to Sovereign Martial Emperor, it mutated and stored the saber intent that he unintentionally emitted.

Thus, this grass became very precious and, furthermore, it continued growing. Every time spring arrived, many Martial Sages would go to pick the Saber Monarch Grass.

Xiao Chen held the Saber Monarch Grass in his palm and sent out his Spiritual Sense. Then, he closed his eyes and started absorbing the saber intent it contained.

"Buzz…buzz…buzz…" Buzzing saber intent appeared in his mind. Thousands of strands of saber intent flew about everywhere, kicking up horrifying waves in his sea of consciousness.

Every strand of saber intent was very terrifying. The high waves crashing around in his sea of consciousness made him feel like his brain was shaking.

Xiao Chen painstakingly merged the saber intent in the Saber Monarch Grass with the saber intent he comprehended himself. The saber intent of the Saber Monarch Grass was overly tyrannical and berserk; thus, the process was very long.

However, he gained many benefits. He could feel his saber intent improving with each additional strand of saber intent he assimilated from the Saber Monarch Grass.

When Xiao Chen collected all the scattered saber intent, his eighty-percent-comprehended saber intent reached peak ninety-percent comprehended saber intent.

Now, the originally formless saber intent in his sea of consciousness was vaguely visible as small indistinct sabers flying around.

This should be the rough appearance of a saber soul. When Xiao Chen's saber intent reached one hundred percent comprehension, there would be a qualitative change, and a "soul" would be born.

Swordsmen had sword souls, bladesmen had saber souls. Cultivators who comprehended a "soul" would be especially sharp when they used their weapons to execute Martial Techniques, able to kill instantly, evoking fear in others.

Their Saber Techniques would be much sharper. However, it was not that simple to condense a "soul."

Out of ten thousand bladesmen, only one would be able to comprehend saber intent. Likewise, out of ten thousand of those who comprehended saber intent, only one would be able to condense a saber soul.

Just from this, one could imagine how difficult it was to condense a saber soul.

After Xiao Chen drained the saber intent in the Saber Monarch Grass, the blade of grass withered and disintegrated. He opened his eyes, and it felt like his gaze could pierce through the infinite starry heavens. Its sharpness was unparalleled; others would not dare to underestimate him.

He raised his head and looked around. Then he asked, "Ao Jiao, how long did I spend absorbing the saber intent?"

Ao Jiao counted on her fingers for a while and then replied, About half a month. Hehe! During this time, we even passed by a starry heaven relay station.

Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's turn back, then. I don't want to keep drifting anymore. You remember how to get back to that starry heaven relay station, right?"

Naturally. I remembered it for you.

Xiao Chen turned the Dragon's Gate's warship around and controlled its eighteen sails to head in the direction Ao Jiao indicated. Then, he set off at full speed. Eight exhaust pipes at the stern of the warship released a dark red tail of flames.

The Dragon's Gate's warship moved like an Azure Dragon soaring through the clouds, looking very mighty.

In less than half a day, a bright bluish-green spot of light appeared in his vision. That was the characteristic light of a Star Fixing Rock. It was unique in this boundless universe.

Xiao Chen's face lit up in joy. He could not help but increase his speed. The talisman scripts in the ship's sails flickered with light as they hummed.

The Star Fixing Rock was one of the top one hundred rocks on the starry heavens' Unusual Rock Ranking. Actually, it did not provide cultivators with any practical help. Its usage hinged on the word "fix."

A Star Fixing Rock already had a spatial connection. Hence, it could serve as a space anchor, preventing anything bound to it from getting blown away, no matter how strong a cosmic storm was.

It was the foundation of a starry heaven relay station. Without a Star Fixing Rock, there would not be any starry heaven relay station. A relay station that always drifted about in the starry heavens would not be of any help to a cultivator on an adventure.

The price of a Star Fixing Rock depended on its size. A palm-sized Star Fixing Rock would typically cost a Superior Grade Martial Sage about ten years of his earnings. The larger the rock, the more expensive it was.

That spot of bright bluish-green light slowly drew closer to Xiao Chen. When he arrived within five kilometers of it, he could make out the details of the relay station.

Although it was called a relay station, it was actually the chopped-off top half of a mountain peak that had then been flipped upside down with many buildings erected on the flat surface.

The bluish-green light came from the tip of the mountain peak below. That had to be where the Star Fixing Rock was inlaid.

The size of this starry heaven relay station was extremely small, only about one kilometer wide. With Xiao Chen's cultivation, he could circle it four to five times in one breath.

The buildings on the flat surface were extremely simple—a shop, a few wooden houses, and a large courtyard. Aside from these, there were just some plants and trees around.

Two old men sat leisurely at a stone table in the courtyard, playing a game of chess. Not far away, a seven- or eight-year-old girl was practicing the saber alone. The entire scene looked very peaceful.

Xiao Chen carefully put away the Dragon's Gate's warship. Then two clumps of electric light appeared under his feet. In a flash, he arrived at the flat surface and found himself blocked by a formless restriction.

The two old men glanced casually at Xiao Chen but did not pay any more attention to him. However, the girl practicing the saber shouted with a young and tender voice, "Daddy, Daddy, there is a guest. We have business."

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