Chapter 31: Disrupting Heaven and Earth, the Forbidden Gather

"We common folk, we're truly happy today!"

Humming a little tune with a carefree heart, Zhang Xuan's face was written with joy.

Walking down the street, he felt his steps were three parts lighter.

Everything he saw felt quite fresh; his eyes gazed everywhere, filled with the bustle of life and unique scenery everywhere he looked.

In an alley two streets away, young women in tattered clothes were softly soliciting customers; in the distance, young elites in suits held wine glasses in high-rise buildings, looking down upon the earth, gesturing freely and pointing out the landscape; not far away, dust kicked up by cars danced in the air, outlining all sorts of shapes...

After resting at home for two full days and nights and opening his Eye Aperture, Ear Aperture, Mouth Aperture, and Nose Aperture, Zhang Xuan finally couldn't endure the loneliness of cultivation and turned to walk about outside.

It was both a rest and a way to experience his brand-new abilities.

Opening the Nine Apertures was not much different from cultivation in the Martial Arts world, just more refined.

Eyes, ears, mouth, nose, tongue...

The most subtle six senses were all being strengthened in sequence, which was more refined than the cultivation in the Yitian World.

Zhang Xuan gauged it himself; as he cultivated, his six senses would become sharper, and at the same time, hiding himself would become easier and less difficult.

If he didn't want people to know, any special points within his body would be hidden, instantly returning to the state of an ordinary person.

Of course, this was the mystery of the Eight/Nine Mysterious Technique, which was still different from normal martial path cultivation.

Zhang Xuan knew the uniqueness of it and felt joy in his heart.

The streets and alleys were full of the bustle of life, and Zhang Xuan didn't feel annoyed; instead, he felt comfortable.

Isn't the purpose of cultivation to enjoy life and better savor the taste of living?

Now that his cultivation had reached a higher level, savoring it carefully brought an even more distinct flavor.

In his spare time, he took a moment to check the Chat Group.

After all, he had been busy for so many days and hadn't really popped up in the Chat Group, so he actually missed those members a bit.

Zhang Sanfeng was popping up in the group as usual.

Zhang Sanfeng: 【This old Daoist has been studying the Seven Devil Blades Defying Heaven these past few days and has tasted something quite different. Only if my fate is determined by me can I Planting Golden Lotus in Fire... These Seven Devil Blades Defying Heaven are truly extraordinary...】

As soon as Zhang Xuan opened the Chat Group and saw Zhang Sanfeng introducing the technique he had newly created, his brows twitched.

By now, Zhang Xuan had at least seen the Supreme Forgetting Emotions Record and the Eight/Nine Mysterious Technique; his knowledge could be said to be quite broad.

Although in terms of the refinement of knowledge he still couldn't compare to Zhang Sanfeng, in terms of high-end vision, he could at least say he had seen the world.

This technique that Zhang Sanfeng had created made Zhang Xuan's brows twitch wildly.

Zhang Xuan could see in it some of the ingenuity of Refining Essence into Qi from the Shenmu World, and it also drew upon some of the spirit of fighting against heaven and earth from the Seven Devil Blades Defying Heaven.

The improved technique was also a life-risking method, but unlike the Seven Devil Blades Defying Heaven which directly used all the life energy in the body to risk one's life, Planting Golden Lotus in Fire still left a large portion of life energy in the body; after the life-risking act, it was both a gestation and a rebirth.

Relatively speaking, the lethality was reduced a lot, but at the same time, it was relatively gentle and not overly violent.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but exclaim after just one look.

"I thought the Grandmaster of the Martial Arts world couldn't keep up with the version, but I didn't expect Zhang Sanfeng to be this top-tier."

For a moment, Zhang Xuan even felt a sense of regret; such talent and such ideas as Zhang Sanfeng's were truly too wasted in a low-martial world like Yitian Tulong.

The world was magnificent and vast, yet while Zhang Sanfeng could see higher and broader scenery, he had no way to reach it; it was truly too much of a pity.

"Since there is a Chat Group, does he still need to be subject to these restrictions?"

"Since I set up the Chat Group to be about mutual help, unity, and friendship, then I should give other members some opportunities too!"

Zhang Xuan fell into thought.

He did indeed have this consideration, mainly because cultivation in a great Universe like Zhetian was too difficult.

The fighting in the Cultivation World was too cruel, and the growth environment was not stable enough.

There were big bosses everywhere, and they didn't follow martial ethics; these big bosses would attack as soon as they said so.

Even someone as strong as Ye Tiandi, with his heaven-reaching background, was often chased with no way to heaven and no door to earth.

Zhang Xuan felt that cultivating in the Zhetian Universe was too dangerous; if possible, he should cultivate in some relatively lower-level worlds, advancing steadily; although it might be a bit slower, it would be stable.

Plus, he could get a good reputation, flying the banner of doing it for the members' own good; a group of people whose current strength and realm weren't high, cultivating together—how great!

Going to the Shenmu World to cultivate was even more reliable than cultivating in the Zhetian Universe.

At the very least, in the Shenmu World, as long as one didn't run into those once-in-ten-thousand-years Heavenly Dao extinction events, there wouldn't be any major crises during the cultivation process.

As for the Zhetian Universe, in the process Zhang Xuan remembered, Ye Fan was either fleeing for his life or on the road to fleeing for his life.

Even after fighting through the Human Race Ancient Road, he only shone for a very short time before soon facing the Dark Turmoil again.

"If we calculate by time, shouldn't Ye Fan be thrown into a cauldron to be boiled by now?"

In the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, Ye Fan, who was cultivating with Pang Bo, couldn't help but shiver, and above the Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, in an area Ye Fan couldn't see.

An old man, skin and bones, with ghostly green fire flickering in his eyes, stared at Pang Bo and Ye Fan with shifting gaze.

"Even such a character can eat Saint Medicine, but he definitely can't digest it. Once I get his physical body in my hands and refine the medicinal effect, it will definitely extend my life by ten years."

Zhang Xuan felt that steady and secure cultivation was more suitable for him; he didn't like fighting and killing.

"Wealth, Law, Companion, Land... the four most important points for cultivation. I already have the Law (technique), and Companion... actually, it doesn't just mean a Dao companion, it also means fellow Daoists, meaning having someone to provide pointers and guidance on the path of cultivation; being both a master and a fellow traveler, in that case, I actually have that too..."

The top-tier techniques were all personally guided by someone, and the guidance was quite detailed; as for the Companion aspect, Zhang Xuan was not lacking at all.

As for wealth in terms of cultivation, he was slightly lacking, but in reality, not that lacking.

At the very least, he could go to different worlds anytime and anywhere, and he could also use the members in the Chat Group to obtain relevant cultivation resources.

The members were basically either protagonists or important supporting characters; the resources they obtained were often super abundant, and getting a little from them was enough for Zhang Xuan to cultivate.

Zhang Xuan calculated in his heart and had already made a certain decision.

Zhang Xuan: 【True Person is truly brilliant; to think you could actually modify the Seven Devil Blades Defying Heaven into such a form—amazing, amazing!】

Zhang Xuan was praising him sincerely, but Zhang Sanfeng on Wudang Mountain felt his old face flush red.

Zhang Sanfeng: "Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. After my modifications, the attack power of the Seven Devilish Blades Defying the Heavens has dropped significantly; it has merely become a simple method of risking one's life, making me a laughingstock."

"At most, it just allows the Seven Devilish Blades Defying the Heavens to be used in this world of mine; whether this modification is good or bad is hard to say."

"It is a pity; having witnessed the grandeur of the world and the vastness of the Universe, this world now restricts this old Daoist."

On Wudang Mountain, Zhang Sanfeng was indeed sighing somewhat.

If he had never witnessed a broader world, it would be one thing, but having truly seen it, and knowing his own talent and aptitude could indeed go further, yet being unable to advance due to the restrictions of this world—this is what makes one feel uncomfortable.

Sometimes, regret is not because one cannot do something, but because one clearly could, yet lacks the opportunity to do it, to try.

I Slept for Ten Thousand Years: 【The True Person's talent is indeed remarkable. Hmm, in my view, the True Person's modification of the Seven Devilish Blades Defying the Heavens can also be considered quite effective; it allows the Seven Devilish Blades Defying the Heavens to be used in daily life, which is quite unique!】

Chen Nan, who was in the Chu Kingdom Imperial Capital, playing and joking with Nalan Ruoshui every day, also jumped out to praise it upon seeing the modified version of the Seven Devilish Blades Defying the Heavens.

Chen Nan knew he could not stay in the Chu Kingdom Imperial Capital for too long, and he also knew that an old monster in the Chu Kingdom had been plotting against his body, so he did not want to stay here for long at all.

If not for the existence named Great Demon within the underground imperial palace of the Chu Kingdom, Chen Nan would not want to stay here and would run away immediately.

Chen Nan felt that recent days had become strange; the Taiji God and Demon Map inside his body, which should have taken a very long time to recover, suddenly jumped out, wandered around outside for a while, and then returned.

Since then, he has often had dreams at night.

Often, strange figures would teach him martial arts in his mind, and what they taught was not the Demon Summoning Scripture, nor the method to open an Inner Heaven and Earth, but a strange and peculiar technique.

Opening the so-called Nine Apertures could allow one's original spiritual perception to advance further; Chen Nan was quite curious about this technique and tried practicing it.

Currently, he is still in the state of Tier 2 Great Perfection, but he has already opened five of the relevant Nine Apertures; his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue have all been opened, and his six senses are far sharper than before.

Although he was unclear about the origin of the technique and still had many doubts in his heart, Chen Nan, having some understanding of Divine Tomb: Human Realm Chapter, still slowly accepted these changes.

And in an area that Chen Nan could not perceive, in the most mysterious place in the Immortal Realm known as the death place of the Demon Lord, simply because the Demon Lord died and was buried in the Immortal Realm, the rules of that area were in chaos, and the barrier between the Human Realm and the Immortal Realm was thus broken.

And this area, which had been the quietest in the past, had its quietude broken today.

In the deepest part of the Demon Lord's tomb, on a Bone Bed crafted from the skulls of countless gods, a youth with a handsome face but a full head of white hair lay horizontally.

The youth's gaze was listless and full of emptiness; he should have only awakened after an extremely long passage of time, but today, a demonic shadow walked into it.

Amidst the surging, endless demonic Qi, a shadowy figure appeared before that god's Bone Bed.

The Demon Lord's previously listless eyes lit up with a light in an instant; within his eyes was endless exhaustion, but also excitement.

"You have come, my friend!"

"I have come!"

A body that looked as if it were cast from copper and iron appeared before the Demon Lord's eyes.

(End of this chapter)