Purple Bamboo Hall:
The faces of Sect Master Heavenly Access and Fengbo sank.
This was especially so for Sect Master Heavenly Access. His eyes turned cold as he looked at the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon. “The White Emperor has already joined the Spirit Mountain Holy Land. Why did you call her? Don’t tell me you want to call Jiang Gautama over too?”
“Why are you worried about her? The White Emperor is just delivering something to me. Furthermore, this is because of you. Otherwise, I would not have gone to look for Jiang Gautama,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said, appearing confused.
“Me?” Sect Master Heavenly Access said.
“That’s right. Sha is your Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s disciple, right?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said gravely.
“Sha?” Sect Master Heavenly Access narrowed his eyes.
“Come, I’ll show you.” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon swiped her hand down in the air.
Buzz!
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon tore s.p.a.ce, and there seemed to be an independent world on the other side of the tear.
“White Emperor, wait outside first,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon instructed.
The White Emperor nodded.
Then the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, Fengbo, and Sect Master Heavenly Access entered the spatial tear.
“Is this an independent world you formed?” Sect Master Heavenly Access asked.
“This is an imitation of an imperfect immortal firmament made by the Unrestrained Heavenly Demon. It is called a secret realm immortal firmament. I got my hands on one by chance. It forms a complete world within; I’m not capable of forging one.” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon smiled.
“Secret realm immortal firmament?” Fengbo entered deep thought.
After the three entered, they saw that the secret realm immortal firmament was indeed like an independent world—a much smaller one than the Gu’s Immortal Firmament. Furthermore, it was devoid of life. However, an intense battle was taking place in it.
Far away, Sha wielded a bronze sword. Countless azure sword lotuses surrounded him as he walked, radiating sword qi as he fought ten sword Dao experts.
“Those are? The Sword Deity Six Paths?” Sect Master Heavenly Access’s pupils constricted.
Sect Master Heavenly Access had experienced what happened eight hundred thousand years ago. That scene had left a deep impression on his mind.
“That’s right. Those are ten replicas of the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s metal deity body. Jiang Gautama replicated them using a shaman technique. They are only at the eighth-layer Upper Heavenly Palace Realm but are not much weaker than the original. I asked the White Emperor to deliver them,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said.
“Why bring them here?” Sect Master Heavenly Access asked, frowning.
“Isn’t it because of your Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s Sha? He came to my Purple Bamboo Forest to cause trouble. Since he is your Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s disciple, I gave you face and let him live. I only used the Sword Deity Six Paths to trap him. Who knew? He initially could handle only one Sword Deity Six Paths. However, as he fought, his sword Dao grew stronger. Now, he is not even at a disadvantage against ten. He is your man. What do you say?” Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said indifferently.
Sect Master Heavenly Access showed a sullen expression as he looked at the distant Sha. Although Sha was from his line of inheritance, he felt extremely envious of Sha, as Sha’s sword Dao had surpa.s.sed his that day.
Sect Master Heavenly Access gazed into the distance, his frustration burgeoning. Cultivation aside, Sha’s sword Dao had indeed reached his height and even surpa.s.sed it.
However, Sect Master Heavenly Access’s pupils constricted as he continued watching. “This sword Dao is…”
“What’s wrong?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon asked, puzzled.
As Sect Master Heavenly Access watched Sha with narrowed eyes, he saw a shadow of himself in Sha. No, he saw a shadow of the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s eyelids twitched wildly. “So…it’s you!”
“Who?” Fengbo asked in confusion.
Could this Sha have some other ident.i.ty?
“Never you mind. This is my Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s internal matter,” Sect Master Heavenly Access immediately replied, his voice sinking.
Fengbo and the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon remained mildly confused.
“Sha, stop!” Sect Master Heavenly Access shouted.
Boom!
A loud sound from swords clas.h.i.+ng rang out in the distance as Sha knocked the ten Sword Deities away. When he turned his head and saw Sect Master Heavenly Access, his expression suddenly changed.
“Stop!” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon commanded.
“Yes!” the Sword Deities answered.
Far away, Sha and the ten Sword Deities parted and flew over.
Sha felt extremely confused as he flew to Sect Master Heavenly Access, wondering how the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon could be on friendly terms with Sect Master Heavenly Access. However, he felt more concerned over Sect Master Heavenly Access’s att.i.tude.
Sect Master Heavenly Access hated him. After all, how could such a proud person tolerate another’s sword Dao being stronger? Furthermore, he was from Sect Master Heavenly Access’s line of inheritance.
“Salutations, Sect Master!” Sha said with a worried expression.
Now that Sect Master Heavenly Access had recognized Sha as the reincarnation of the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access, the resentment he harbored in his heart dissipated. After all, the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access had died to save him back then. The Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access had even given him the Four Immortal Executioner Swords to merge into his swords. If the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access’s sword Dao was a little stronger, then so be it.
“Why are you here?” Sect Master Heavenly Access asked.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s att.i.tude mildly startled Sha. However, Sha replied respectfully, “Previously, this disciple answered Gu Hai’s call and fought the Sword Deity Six Paths in Borderless Heavenly Capital. I found that the Sword Deity Six Paths was nearly identical to the Six Paths Veritable Lord, so I came to investigate. When I arrived in the Purple Bamboo Forest, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon tricked me and trapped me here. Since then, I have been fighting a group of Sword Deity Six Pathses.”
“You sneaked into my land, yet you blame me for trapping you?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon sneered.
Sha looked at the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon coldly. Then he turned to Sect Master Heavenly Access. “Sect Master, Purple Jade Heavenly Demon trapped me for some time but did not kill me. This disciple guesses she is scheming something. Sect Master, do be careful of this woman.”
“Humph! Sect Master Heavenly Access, look. I gave you face and spared him, but he tried to sow discord between us. This is your Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s disciple?” Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said coldly.
“Alright, Sha. Don’t say anything more,” Sect Master Heavenly Access said seriously.
“Yes!” Sha stood to the side respectfully.
“Alright, the past is the past. Let’s begin now,” Fengbo said.
“Should we send this outsider out of my secret realm immortal firmament first?” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon looked at Sha indifferently.
“There’s no need. He is my disciple. There’s no problem with him following by my side.” Sect Master Heavenly Access shook his head.
Sha looked at Sect Master Heavenly Access in shock. Then he remained standing at the side, feeling grateful.
“Since Sect Master Heavenly Access said that, then never mind. As for the ten Sword Deity Six Pathses, they obey me, so there’s no problem there. Fengbo, where’s the stuff?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said.
Fengbo extended his hand and took out a book emanating surging black energy.
“The Divine Dao Shaman Canon?” Sect Master Heavenly Access’s eyes lit up.
“Sect Master Heavenly Access, Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, let’s be clear about this. The three of us will share this Divine Dao Shaman Canon. If anyone breaks this agreement, may heaven smite and destroy that person,” Fengbo said coldly.
“Alright!” Sect Master Heavenly Access and the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon answered.
Sect Master Heavenly Access extended his hand, taking out the Taiji Diagram.
Buzz!
After Sect Master Heavenly Access activated the Taiji Diagram, Fengbo placed the Divine Dao Shaman Canon on it. Wisps of Yinyang energy poured into the Divine Dao Shaman Canon from the Taiji Diagram. The Divine Dao Shaman Canon started trembling slowly.
Whoos.h.!.+
Densely packed characters rushed out of the Divine Dao Shaman Canon, filling the sky.
The three recorded the shaman characters, quickly jotting them down.
“What is this first shaman cultivation technique?” Fengbo looked at the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon.
“Sword Dao Merger Technique?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said while frowning.
“Sword Dao Merger Technique?” Sect Master Heavenly Access parroted in bewilderment.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon quickly translated the text. During the translation, Sect Master Heavenly Access’s eyes lit up as he recorded it.
“This is…plundering another’s sword conception to merge into one’s sword Dao? To think the shaman race comprehended such a cultivation technique?” Sha exclaimed.
“A sword soul as the seventh physical soul? What an incredible cultivation technique!” Sect Master Heavenly Access said with narrowed eyes.
“Sect Master Heavenly Access, how about you give it a try?” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon looked at Sect Master Heavenly Access.
“Try? How?” Sect Master Heavenly Access asked in confusion.
“These ten Sword Deity Six Pathses have sword conceptions. Furthermore, they are from the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s sword Dao. Although their sword conceptions are somewhat weaker, you should still gain something by merging ten.” Purple Jade Heavenly Demon smiled.
“You are willing to give me these ten Sword Deity Six Pathses? According to the cultivation technique, if I plunder their sword conception, they will be crippled!” Sect Master Heavenly Access said in shock.
“If they get crippled, so be it. Are you going to try or not?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon asked.
“I’ll try! Why not?!” Sect Master Heavenly Access replied.
As Sect Master Heavenly Access spoke, he extended his hand to grab a Sword Deity Six Paths. That Sword Deity Six Paths wanted to resist, but the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon shouted, “You are not to resist. The ten of you will obey Sect Master Heavenly Access for now.”
“Yes!”
Sect Master Heavenly Access suddenly grabbed that Sword Deity Six Path’s head.
“Sha, protect me!” Sect Master Heavenly Access shouted.
“Yes!” Sha answered.
Buzz!
Intense black energy came out of Sect Master Heavenly Access’s palm and rushed to that Sword Deity Six Path’s head.
“Argh!” that Sword Deity Six Paths shouted in pain.
Whoos.h.!.+
Millions of sword qi erupted from Sect Master Heavenly Access’s body. Then the image of a purple sword came out of his back. That sword image grew increasingly larger and sharper. The sword qi it released strengthened.
“You can really plunder sword conception? How is this possible?” Sha exclaimed in shock.
This continued for an entire day.
Whoos.h.!.+
The entire sword conception rushed into Sect Master Heavenly Access’s body. He now seemed like a sword, radiating a powerful sword Dao aura into the surroundings.
“How was it?” Fengbo asked.
“What an incredible cultivation technique! It merges the new sword conception. My sword Dao is stronger now,” Sect Master Heavenly Access said with pleasant surprise in his eyes. “However, it is insufficient.”
“There are nine more Sword Deity Six Pathses. You can have them all.” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon smiled.
“Many thanks, Purple Jade Heavenly Demon. Sorry for the misunderstandings from earlier,” Sect Master Heavenly Access said in a good mood.
“Take your time in refining them first. We will wait for you outside. After you have refined these sword conceptions, we will continue translating this Divine Dao Shaman Canon.” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon smiled.
“Oh? You are taking the Divine Dao Shaman Canon away?” Sect Master Heavenly Access said coldly.
“If Sect Master Heavenly Access is worried, we can leave the Divine Dao Shaman Canon here. Remember our earlier alliance,” Fengbo said.
“I measured the heart of the great by the yardstick of a knave!” Sect Master Heavenly Access said, somewhat embarra.s.sed.
Fengbo and the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon smiled as they stepped out of the secret realm immortal firmament.
With Sha protecting him in the secret realm immortal firmament, Sect Master Heavenly Access refined the Sword Deity Six Pathses’ sword conceptions.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon and Fengbo reappeared in the Purple Bamboo Hall. The White Emperor had already left.
Whoos.h.!.+
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon waved her hand, and the entrance disappeared.
Purple Jade Heavenly Demon and Fengbo immediately showed cold smiles.
“Fengbo, how excellent of your side, creating a fake Divine Dao Shaman Canon to lure Sect Master Heavenly Access over,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon sneered.
“Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, your Sword Dao Merger Technique is quite incredible. I thought you would just casually find a random cultivation technique to fool him. To think you provided such a powerful cultivation technique? Such techniques are rare even in the Heavenly Demon Holy Land, right? What do you want?” Fengbo asked with a frown.
“It is not what I want but what Ji Dihong wants. Why is he using me to kill Sect Master Heavenly Access?” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon coldly eyed Fengbo.
“Sect Master Heavenly Access has been monitoring His Holy Eminence. His Holy Eminence finds him a nuisance, so he gave you this opportunity. If you help His Holy Eminence get rid of this eyesore, His Holy Eminence will remove you from the Huang Heavenly Dynasty’s Divine Continent blacklist.” Fengbo smiled.
“A nuisance? Why doesn’t he take action himself, letting me do it instead?” Purple Jade Heavenly Demon asked coldly.
“So, are you doing it or not?” Fengbo did not explain.
“We have already reached this point. Why would I not do it? Sect Master Heavenly Access is not even in the consummation of the Upper Heavenly Palace Realm. What is difficult about killing him? However, I hope the Huang Heavenly Dynasty will not go back on its word,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said coldly.
“Don’t worry. Back then, it was the three heavenly dynasties and three holy lands that signed the Divine Continent’s blacklist. The Qian Heavenly Dynasty, the Yan Heavenly Dynasty, and the Solar Divine Palace are already destroyed. Only the Huang Heavenly Dynasty, the Myriad Age Daoist Sect, and the Spirit Mountain Holy Land remain. His Holy Eminence said he would not interfere with your swallowing up the Myriad Age Daoist Sect if you kill Sect Master Heavenly Access. The Huang Heavenly Dynasty will remove you from the Divine Continent blacklist. Given Jiang Gautama’s relations.h.i.+p with you, he will only support you. You won’t have to wait two thousand years to enter the Divine Continent.” Fengbo smiled.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon looked at Fengbo with slightly narrowed eyes. “Alright. Sect Master Heavenly Access will die for sure. I trapped Sha and asked Jiang Gautama for ten Sword Deity Six Pathses to let Sect Master Heavenly Access plunder their sword conceptions. After he plunders all their sword conceptions, his sword Dao will be the strongest in the world. At that time, I will turn him into a puppet, making him a sword in my hand.”
“If so, then the rest is up to you. I’ll take my leave first!” Fengbo bowed politely.
“Are you not going to wait for Sect Master Heavenly Access to die?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon asked.
“I won’t. If Heavenly Access dies, the Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s blessings will scatter, and we will know. Goodbye,” Fengbo said with a smile.
Fengbo stepped out of the hall, ignoring the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon as he took to the sky.
After leaving Purple Bamboo Island, Fengbo looked back coldly and revealed a sneer.
“Purple Jade Heavenly Demon? You shall test the Myriad Age Daoist Sect on His Holy Eminence’s behalf. Hah!” Fengbo sneered.
Whoos.h.!.+
Fengbo turned into a strong gust of wind, instantly disappearing into the horizon.