"Fate Defiant Master?"
"Yes. Actually, it's not one but a group of people. They are the enemy of the Divine Destiny Temple, and their purpose is to kill the Temple Lord before he or she grows into power. Whenever the Temple Lord's ident.i.ty is exposed, they will murder him…" the Temple Spirit said.
"Where did they come from?" "Not sure, but they should be related to the first-generation Master of Destiny." Chu Kuangren pondered.
The Divine Destiny Temple seemed to hold some secrets of the Infiniverse.
The temple was powerful, and the Temple Lord was almost almighty, but it had its own enemy as well.
Based on Chu Kuangren's speculation, the first-generation Temple Lord could be the one who ascended above the Monarch Realm or stronger.
He might be on the same level as the likes of Human Ancestor and the Primal Infernal Dragon. If so, how powerful would the Fate Defiant Masters be?
He had never heard of them before.
Could there be someone beyond the Monarch Realm among them?
Chu Kuangren rubbed his temples as he continued to ponder. He felt like he was surrounded by invisible enemies.
"This is interesting."
He might have a lot of enemies, but it excited him.
It was rare for him to feel nervous.
With his current power, he could obliterate common Monarchs with ease. If there were no powerful opponents, he would not be able to grow as fast.
It was also the main reason why he was able to improve so fast.
He always converted pressure into motivation.
"Can you locate the people who have signed contracts with the temple?" Chu Kuangren asked. He needed more help, not just to prepare himself against the Fate Defiant Masters but also to strengthen himself.
"We can locate them using the contract. Most of them are in the Great Hongmeng Universe, except for one — the s.p.a.ce Emperor. His location is ever-changing. I believe he is in the void between universes…"
The universal void was the empty s.p.a.ce between universes. That place was full of mysteries. What would the s.p.a.ce Emperor be doing there?
However, it was not a question he must have answers to at the moment.
He planned to cultivate for a while to refine the harvest he got from the Human Ancestral Land, especially the Human Ancestor's Blood.
He tried to send his consciousness into the drop of blood. He had been trying to refine it for a while now, trying to merge it with his own blood, but the drop of blood showed strong resistance.
It baffled him.
If it resisted him, why would the drop of blood choose him from the start?
Was it because of the Sword Progenitor?
"Master, the a.n.a.lysis is out. This drop of Human Ancestor's Blood is not rejecting you, but it's rejecting the Infernal Dragon energy, the Radiant Seed, the Devil's Pupils, the Doomsday Darkness, and other powers."
Even Lil Ai felt speechless after she listed down all the powers Chu Kuangren possessed.
Her master's body was in a messy state. "Is there any way to overcome it?"
"I have to a.n.a.lyze further."
"I understand."
Chu Kuangren put the drop of blood aside and took the Creation Daoist Law Pearl.
He had gotten the pearl from the Human Empress. The power contained inside it could boost his cultivation higher.
With that, he started to refine the pearl.
His consciousness arrived in a s.p.a.cious void with countless Great Dao energies zipping around.
It was a beautiful and colorful place.
"This is… the s.p.a.ce between Daos?"
The s.p.a.ce between Daos was a magical place; it was the place where all Great Dao met. It was not easy for a Great Dao to enter the palace.
With the guide from the pearl, he easily entered the place and saw many beautiful Great Daos intertwined together.
There was also a river flowing with sword qi.
It was the Sword Great Dao.
Chu Kuangren looked at the Great Dao and somehow gained insights from it.
"Swoos.h.!.+"
The scenery before his eyes changed.
He then found himself standing on a ma.s.sive river with endless sword qi flowing. There was no start or end in sight.
He was standing on the Sword Great Dao!
Just being there gained him a lot of insights.
As he walked, a projection of a swordsman suddenly appeared before him.
The swordsman's face was blurred out. When he sensed Chu Kuangren's arrival, he bowed and said, "Greetings, fellow cultivator."
Chu Kuangren nodded.
He knew it was a projection of a swordsman cultivating somewhere in the Infiniverse.
The projection was the swordsman's consciousness.
The Great Dao energy around him was dense, and his Daoist law energy was on the verge of materializing.
He must also be a Grand Dao Supreme Honorable. Chu Kuangren continued on the Sword Great Dao.
All Grand Dao cultivators should have visited the s.p.a.ce between Daos during their cultivation to search for their own Dao and gain insights from it.
However, it was Chu Kuangren's first time because he had improved too fast.
When other cultivators broke through to the Grand Dao Realm, it would take them at least a few million years to enter the s.p.a.ce between Daos.
Chu Kuangren, on the other hand, ascended from a common Grand Dao Realm to the Grand Dao Supreme Honorable Realm, yet he had not visited the s.p.a.ce between Daos.
He was probably the only one who skipped the orthodox way of cultivation.
As he continued walking, his insights into the Sword Dao increased. Before he knew it, the Great Dao energy around him started to manifest into Sword Daoist law energy.
Compared to the other swordsmen who came to the s.p.a.ce between Daos after countless years of cultivation, his improvement was astonis.h.i.+ngly fast.
Even with the help of the Creation Daoist Law Pearl, it was still astonis.h.i.+ng.
Once he manifested the Sword Daoist law energy, his sword technique, like Sword Twenty-three and Sword Twenty-four, would receive a boost in power.
Intrigued, Chu Kuangren raised his hand, channeled the Daoist laws, and cast the Sword Twenty-three.
The rampant sword qi punched holes across the Sword Great Dao.
"Kabaam!"
The sword qi traveled quite a distance.
Suddenly, Chu Kuangren's expression s.h.i.+fted.
He sensed a figure standing in the direction where his sword qi flew.
He was also a Grand Dao Realm swordsman.
Right before he could cancel his sword qi, the figure released a familiar aura. It was as if he had seen it somewhere before.
The Daoist law energy the swordsman channeled was dense as well, countless times denser than his.
Only a Monarch could possess such a dense Daoist law energy.
At the thought of a Sword Dao Monarch with a familiar aura, Chu Kuangren had a hunch about who the figure was.
He grinned, and instead of canceling his sword qi, he increased the power.
"Bang!"
The sword qi hit the swordsman.
The powerful energy destroyed the man on the spot, and the sword qi punctured the Sword Great Dao.
…
Back in the Great Hongmeng Universe, the Divine Sword Palace Ruler opened his eyes.
He was furious. "Who the h.e.l.l disrupted me in my cultivation on the Sword Great Dao?"