“Aiyoyo, do you want to shoot your Lord Rabbit to death?!” Rabbit hurriedly scrambled away. However, there was Sword Qi everywhere in here, so it could only circulate Origin Power and form a shield to take these flashes of Sword Qi head on. Still, Ling Han’s battle prowess was really too terrifying; even if these flashes of Sword Qi had merely been flicked out by his fingers, their destructive power was shocking, causing it to yowl loudly as a result.
Thankfully, it was a monster in its own right, and that hide of his was something that not even Hu Niu could bite through, so taking a few flashes of Sword Qi from Ling Han was still all right, though the resulting pain was still inevitable.
Hu Niu, meanwhile, giggled daintily, and danced easily around the Sword Qi. Her body flipped and twisted, and could even change shape in an inconceivable way. She would instantly flash to a different spot, which looked very bizarre.
Rabbit could not help but stare with wide eyes, and mumbled, “Major accomplishment in body of lightning? How shocking; she can actually transform into lightning and freely change her body, and even flash like lightning and shrink space to form a kind of short-distance teleportation!
“If this girl really has an ancestor in the realm of immortals, what kind of level would he be? The king of immortals?”
Ling Han entered into an unconscious state. In the depths of anger, it actually allowed him to obtain a breakthrough.
The great door to thirty flashes of Sword Qi was slowly opening in front of him.
He had stayed on the level of twenty-nine flashes of Sword Qi for a very long time. This was a genuine barrier, and since long ago, it has been thought to be the maximum number of flashes of Qi. Naturally, it was incredibly difficult to breach this barrier. Even if he was an especially gifted genius, he had still been jammed in by this barrier.
But after so many days, he had already obtained a vague comprehension, and it seemed as if there was only a paper window blocking his way forwards. Yet he always seemed to be just that bit away from success.
It wasn’t until this moment that, in the throes of rage, he managed to burst through that paper window.
Weng, weng, weng. Ling Han’s whole body instead of merely his fingers was exuding Sword Qi.
Thirty flashes of Sword Qi really was the limit; this was a transformation.
“He’s succeeded!” Rabbit exclaimed in shock. This brat was a freak too. Comprehending Qi actually seemed to be as easy as drinking water to him. Although comprehension of Qi was not that amazing, and merely a very small hill on the path of martial arts, and there were more and higher mountains that had to be overcome, it was enough to see how much of a monster Ling Han was.
Ling Han suddenly opened his eyes, and looked faintly pleased. He had never thought that he would be able to reach thirty flashes of Qi under such conditions. Now, he could finally form Ray, and no longer needed to battle with pseudo-Ray. His battle prowess would naturally experience another upgrade yet again.
However, the pleasant surprise could not erase his fury. The five great sects were really demented. They obviously treated the whole world as farm animals to raise for slaughter, yet through these ten thousand years, they put out an image that said, ‘I am your savior’, and had everyone in the world revere their presence.
No wonder the Thunder Empress said that they had all been living in a colossal lie.
After the destruction of the world, someone would definitely have left behind the truth of the matter, but the five great sects had ten thousand years to brainwash the people and destroy all evidence of their crimes. As a result, they still remained seated high on the pedestal.
No wonder the five great sects guarded ancient maps so closely. They were afraid that some clues might have been left behind on the ancient maps that would reveal the secrets of ten thousand years ago, or even twenty, fifty, a hundred thousand years ago—the shady business that they had been doing all this while.
Ling Han’s emotions stabilized. Emotions could not solve the problem. Instead, letting his emotions affect his decisions could bring him ruin. For example, if he now loudly announced the real faces of the five great sects, how many would actually believe his words?
‘Aren’t you just simply smearing the good names of the five ancient great sects? Slandering the great people who have done such outstanding service ten thousand years ago? Such a thing should be punishable by death!’
No wonder the Small Saber King was so indifferent to life. That was because, in his eyes, all living things were merely the dregs of conconction later, so what would the deaths of a few harm?
“I swear that I not only will flatten the five great sects here, but I will also charge up into the realm of immortals in the future, and those so-called five great immortal sects will not be able to escape the fate of being eliminated, either!” Ling Han exclaimed, gripping his fists.
“Brat, Lord Rabbit will support you in spirit!” Rabbit said very undependably.
“Ling Han, Niu supports you. Beat everyone down, and you become Emperor, and Niu becomes Empress!” Hu Niu, on the other hand, was very loyal, and had no idea what the word ’embarassed’ actually meant.
Ling Han laughed loudly, but when Hu Niu mentioned Emperor and Empress, his heart moved.
Zi Xue Xian not only left behind the truth, but also mentioned how to solve the current dilemma.
That was simple; split open the skies!
Bring the whole lower realm and soar into the realm of immortals so that the whole lower realm would become a part of the realm of immortals. The realm of immortals had its own regulations, and the five great immortal sects would definitely not harm the citizens of the realm of immortals. Otherwise, they would really be overthrown and suppressed by the whole realm of immortals.
Even if the five great immortal sects were very powerful, they would definitely not be able to stand against that.
Splitting open the skies… easier said than done.
Feng Po Yun said that shattering the empty void and becoming immortal was a very dangerous thing to do now—that was because the five great immortal sects had sealed the path to become immortal for this lower realm, and have laid out a deadly array that could kill any Shattering Void Tier cultivator.
In this realm, Shattering Void Tier was the strongest. Even when immortals descended into the lower realm, they would be suppressed and restricted by the Dao of the world, but the moment one left here, then Shattering Void Tier cultivators would still be Shattering Void Tier cultivators, whereas immortals would have recovered their status as immortals.
It was as easy as turning over one’s hand for immortals to kill Shattering Void Tier cultivators.
Thus, only the members of the five great sects could shatter the empty void and enter into the realm of immortals, but if any other person made the attempt, they would only be seeking their own death.
However, now was also the best time.
Because the development of the lower realm had been changed by the five great immortal sects, practically all the accumulation that had gone on for these ten thousand years would be released in this short period of a few hundred years. This would allow them to maximize the effects of the Realm Pill that they would concoct, and for the cultivators in this realm, that was also a fated opportunity that would allow them to grow extremely fast.
If not, how would there have been so many geniuses?
Ling Han could not help but think: what about those four disciples of his?
If they, too, had become immortals, had they then sold off their pride as well?
Ling Han’s expression darkened. In future, if he could manage to meet Jiang Yue Feng and the others, he would definitely ask them clearly. Otherwise, he would definitely act on the rules of their school, and root out any disciples with bad moral character.
Now, the problem had come back to the matter of splitting open the skies.
Splitting open the skies definitely had to be done through the form of a country. That was because an indi
vidual had limited power, but it one wanted to bring the whole lower realm into the realm of immortals, the power needed would exceed even a few hundred or a few thousand Shattering Void Tier cultivators.
As a result, one could only borrow the power of the nation to be able to pierce through the nine skies and enter into the realm of immortals, transforming the whole lower realm into a part of the realm of immortals, wherein everyone had the hope of becoming an immortal.
“Yi, Ma Duo Bao!” Ling Han suddenly remembered, Ma Duo Bao had mentioned to him a few times the notion of splitting open the skies, and pointed directly at the realm of immortals as their greatest enemy. Could it be that he had long since known the truth of the matter?
If not, why would he have established the Purple Moon Empire?
Chapter 652 - Plans
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
“I have to go see Ma Duo Bao!” Ling Han declared.
Actually, this so-called truth was only Zi Xue Xian’s side of the story, but Ling Han had seen the Memory Crystal that she had left behind. Additionally, it could logically clear up all the doubts he had had in his mind for all this while, which made him choose to believe that it was the truth without any hesitation.
‘Splitting open the skies is the only way, but first, we have to establish a country,’ Ling Han thought, and could not help but smile bitterly. He was a man that enjoyed being free, and to be an emperor was really too much torment for him.
‘For the sake of my parents, my friend, Xuan Er, and the others, no matter what, I have to do it!’
Ling Han soon found his resolution.
‘However, if I rashly establish my own country, that would only attract full suppression from the five great sects. Even if I have the Black Tower, I cannot possibly take a whole country with all citizens inside it in an instant. In that case, how could a nation’s leader that keeps running away win the hearts of his people, and be strengthened by power of the nation?
‘Collect resources widely, and slowly become king!
‘I can go first to the Restore Heaven Academy. That is a place that has gathered at least ninety percent of the geniuses of the world, and if I could gather them all by my side, then as long as my power reaches the standard, I would become capable of moving this whole world overnight.
‘That’s right, that’s right. Not only are those people highly talented themselves, they are also the cream of the crop from various parties. Gaining their support would be equivalent to gaining the support of the parties standing behind them, and this would be of great benefit to establishing my own nation.
‘Hence, the first step is that I must once again use my identity as a Heaven Grade alchemist, and secondly, like a peacock stretching its tail feathers, I must keep a high profile on the path of martial arts to increase the odds in my favor.
‘Young people, right? To gain their backing, you’d either have to give them enough benefits, or dominate them thoroughly in terms of pure power. I am capable of doing both.
‘I can still make an attempt for some parties, but there are some parties that may or may not be the dogs of the five great sects… En, before I reach major accomplishment level in my individual power, I definitely must not mention the matter about establishing my own nation. Neither can I reveal the evil plans of the five great sects. I can only allow those that I trust absolutely to paticipate in this matter.
‘The Rain Emperor and Mu Rong Qing are fine, Big Brother Feng is fine too—I hope Big Brother Feng would not be too hot-tempered. Though he is an ultimate elite of the Shattering Void Tier, he is, after all, only in the second layer of the tier. If he were really to stand alone against the might of the five great sects, the results would be unthinkable!
‘The five great sects, lasting for dozens of millenia, have never experienced a lapse in their inheritance. Having hold of all the resources in this land, who knows what kind of power they possess. It may even be possible that for insurance, the five sects of the realm of immortals have secretly placed a few immortals here. If they encounter a Shattering Void Tier cultivator that is too strong, they would directly regain their cultivation as immortals and kill him off immediately, just like what they had done to Zi Xue Xian years ago.
‘I have to be very cautious. Before we split open the skies, the greatest enemy would be the five great sects, and I must first overthrow them, then take advantage of the interval when the five sects of the realm of immortals have yet to invade the lower realm to split open this sky and bring this whole land to ascend into the realm of immortals.’
A clear plan took form in Ling Han’s mind. He formed his hands into tight fists, his whole body filled with fighting spirit.
He now clearly knew who his enemy was, and whom he should aim his sword at, so his target was clear.
“Ling Han, it’s not fun here, let’s go.” Hu Niu hopped over, and rubbed against Ling Han dearly.
Ling Han laughed loudly, and picked Hu Niu up. Even if it was only for the sake of this little girl, he was willing to declare war on the whole world, and the realm of immortals. He nodded, and looked towards that stone wall from which they had entered. There was a handle on it, and now there was naturally no further need to identify Zi Xue Xian’s portrait to be able to open the mechanism.
He stored the notebook she had left behind into the Black Tower. Ling Han was filled with admiration for this woman.
For the sake of all the living beings of the world, she betrayed her own clan, and stood against the immortals, eventually dying.
What an amazing woman!
She should be remembered by every single person in the world. If he managed to successfully split open the skies, then the greatest credit would have to go to Zi Xue Xian.
Ka, ka, ka. The stone door slowly opened.
“The door’s open!”
“Grab the treasure!”
Instantly, a group of seven people rushed in. And even while they were scrambling in, they continued to move against their companions, engaged in a fierce battle.
But they immediately spotted Ling Han, Hu Niu, and the large white rabbit inside the stone chamber. They were initially confused, stopping in their tracks. They aimed their weapons at them, obviously thinking that Ling Han had obtained the treasure inside the stone chamber.
“Hand over your Spatial Ring, and I can spare your life,” a man declared coldly. He looked to be in his thirties. There was a gloom to his features, and he had a terrifying air of violence about him.
Ling Han smiled slightly, raising both his hands, and asked, “What if I don’t have a Spatial Ring?”
“No matter what kind of Spatial Spirit Tool you have, you have to leave it behind!” another spoke up. He was dressed entirely in silken robes of silk, and looked very flamboyant.
“Take off all your clothes before you can leave.” An old man who looked to be in his sixties, his eyes focused on Ling Han’s lower body, and gaze filled with maliciousness.
This old bastard, a psycho and a pervert!
Ling Han’s face instantly darkened. Xiu, with a leap, accompanied by flickering lightning, he appeared in front of that old man. Striking forth with a stab, without using any kind of martial arts technique, he pierced the heart of the old man.
Pu, blood spurted, and the old man looked at Ling Han in disbelief. He was in the Spiritual Infant Tier, and this boy was only in the Flower Blossom Tier, but the result was that he was killed with a stab that burst his heart. This was something that not even death could make him accept.
Ling Han withdrew his sword. Pa, the old man instantly flopped lifelessly onto the ground. He smiled calmly, and asked, “Anyone else wants the treasure?”
The remaining six people all shook their heads simultaneously. What a joke, all of them were inferior in power to the old man, but Ling Han was capable of dealing with him with a single strike, so wouldn’t dealing with them mean something as simple as striking six more times?
Though underestimating his opponenet playe
d a part in the old man’s instant death, Ling Han had also acted very casually. He had not used any kind of martial arts technique, yet was able to kill him with a single strike. This was something that none of them could do.
They could take risks for the sake of treasure, but if it was a matter of purely delivering themselves up to be slaughtered… then forget it.
“No! No!”
“Hehe, we were just joking. Though natural treasures have no owner, but ‘first come, first served’ is also an unofficial rule.”
“Brother, I’ll just take my leave.”
The six of them dared not stay any longer, fearing that Ling Han’s murderous nature had been incited, and he would thus kill them too. After all, he had already killed one, so what would be the harm in killing a few more?
Ling Han did not make any move to kill them, and allowed the six of them to leave freely. His mindset was now different. He had decided to make his name and reputation known as soon as possible; his reputation should at least not be inferior to the likes of Yao Hui Yue and Small Saber King.
He, too, exited the stone chamber.
Now, he had obtained the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder, and had also found out the truth that Zi Xue Xian had left behind. There was no significance in staying here any longer.
Ling Han and Hu Niu left, and after casually tapping a finger on Rabbit, he and Hu Niu directly entered into the Black Tower. Next, he planned to merge with the Heaven Cloud Purple Thunder and completely form a body of lightning; he would then form Sword Ray and cultivate Body of Diamond, and make an attempt to break through to the Spiritual Infant Tier.
As for Rabbit, who cared where it wanted to go. For the moment, Ling Han had no plans to let this rabbit know the secret of the Black Tower.
After embracing Zhu Xuan Er and sharing a few intimate words with her, Ling Han began the merging process with the Heavenly Cloud Purple Thunder.
Chapter 653 - Minor Accomplishment in the Body of Lightning
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