Chapter 394: A Sword Separates the World

No one has ever returned.

If that is truly the case, there are many possibilities for this matter.

Either those people were too weak to return, or the True Realm is simply a place one can enter but never leave, or perhaps the rumor that the lowest level is the entrance to the True Realm is wrong to begin with.

However, regardless, he must go and see for himself.

"I once had a friend who was half a step stronger than me go to the True Realm Rift, and she swore to me that she would absolutely be able to return, and then she vanished without a trace."

An Yu spoke, saying with some dejection.

Li Heng nodded.

"Then I understand; let us head to the lowest level of that Rift."

He was not interested in the treasure hunters, opportunities, or monsters within the Rift; exploring the entrance to the True Realm as soon as possible was his current priority.

If the monsters and opportunities were all flowing out from the True Realm.

Then heading to the True Realm was also the primary choice.

An Yu was stunned.

Was he unable to understand the hint in her words?

Clearly, her words had revealed that the so-called True Realm at the lowest level of the Rift and its entrance were dangerous, so why did he still want to go?

I don't want to go, she wailed in her heart.

She could guarantee that her friend, that vicious best friend of hers, had definitely died there!

But when she saw Li Heng's expression, which was not quite a smile, her heart suddenly chilled, and she immediately realized this was not something she could refuse; she could only unconditionally agree to Li Heng's request.

She immediately agreed, not daring to play any petty tricks.

The space inside the True Realm Rift is very strange.

There is no sky and no earth; it is a place of darkness, mystery, and the Unknown, where the concept of a World does not exist.

For a living being to move forward in such a place, they must first radiate their own power, becoming a light source themselves to illuminate the surrounding darkness and anchor the base point of their own existence; otherwise, they can only remain in place.

An Yu radiated a strange red light, and while leading the way for Li Heng, she continued to explain the situation inside the True Realm Rift.

The general trend is that the strong are in the deeper levels, where they can obtain more resources but will encounter more dangerous monsters. The weak, meanwhile, are in the shallow levels, where there are few opportunities, but the monsters encountered are relatively weak.

And An Yu's cultivation level is considered upper-middle within the Rift.

Therefore, her own location is relatively deep.

"How do you all search for treasures in this kind of environment?"

Li Heng asked curiously while moving forward.

The darkness here is not simple darkness, but a very vague, difficult-to-define state of the Unknown. The so-called light appears to be illuminating the darkness on the surface, but in reality, it is using one's own power to define the unknown environment as known.

An Yu hurriedly answered.

"Actually, those opportunities and treasures also radiate their own light, and they are clearly visible in this mysterious darkness; we only need to head toward those lights."

"For example... Venerable One, look at that cluster of light ahead!"

She saw a golden light suddenly appear before her and excitedly pointed forward. "Venerable One, that is an opportunity, and it is on our way; we can go over and take a look."

The golden light was not far away.

Li Heng nodded, and the two flew forward rapidly.

Soon, the two arrived before this cluster of golden light. In the center of the light, a Jade Slip was floating, emitting a dense Dao aura and intermingled with wisps of sword Qi.

"It seems to be a Jade Slip recording a sword Dao Supernatural Ability."

An Yu said thoughtfully, seemingly unfazed.

Li Heng did not speak and reached out to grab the Jade Slip.

Seeing this, An Yu hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "Venerable One, don't be so...", but the next moment, Li Heng had already grabbed the Jade Slip and was looking at her calmly.

"What is it?" Li Heng said, raising an eyebrow.

An Yu sheepishly stopped, swallowed the words "in such a rush" that were about to come out, hurriedly organized her phrasing, and spoke again, "As expected of the Venerable One, to be able to grab such an opportunity with bare hands."

"It seems there is more to this."

Li Heng said thoughtfully.

An Yu nodded, "That is correct, Venerable One."

She hurriedly told Li Heng the information related to it.

After a while, Li Heng suddenly understood.

It turned out that there were conditions to seizing these opportunities; one had to use the light radiated by one's own power to infect the light of these opportunities—a process equivalent to refining—and only after refining the opportunity's light into one's own could one obtain the opportunity.

Some special opportunities would even put people through a trial.

However, An Yu had never encountered such a special opportunity.

She had only heard others talk about it.

An Yu looked envious.

"Venerable One, the golden light signifies that this Jade Slip is of a very high grade and should have reached the Void Dao Realm; I didn't expect it to be obtained so easily."

The reason she was able to advance to the Void Dao Realm was because she had encountered a golden opportunity once, and she hadn't expected to encounter another one now. If only she had obtained this opportunity alone, how good would that be?

But when she inadvertently glanced at Li Heng.

She desperately suppressed these thoughts again.

This man was not someone she could afford to offend.

Moreover, from the perspective of Causality, if she hadn't met this man, she wouldn't have left her home now, nor would she have encountered this golden opportunity.

So there was no need to be too jealous.

It's just that, I'm really so jealous...

She cried in her heart.

Li Heng was silent for a moment.

Void Dao Realm? Is this rank very high?

He could crush a Void Dao Realm cultivator to death with a single slap right now.

If this female ghost knew he was in the Creation Realm above the Void Dao Realm, and not just an ordinary Creation Realm at that, wouldn't she go insane?

However, what this female ghost said was not wrong.

When he reached his hand into the light just now, he did indeed sense a certain resistance, but he had forcibly suppressed it with his cultivation realm; if it had been anyone else, it would not have been so easy.

After thinking for a moment, he probed his consciousness into this Jade Slip.

Li Heng discovered that this Jade Slip truly recorded a sword-based Supernatural Ability named "One Sword Separates the World," which could split open an independent Small World with a single sword strike, isolating it from the world; it could be considered a decent Supernatural Ability.

Furthermore, some of the information within it caught his attention; for instance, the Jade Slip recorded that this sword-based Supernatural Ability came from the Tianjian Sect, and the place where the Tianjian Sect was located seemed to be that so-called True Realm.

He pondered for a moment.

This Golden Opportunity came from the True Realm, so other opportunities might also come from the True Realm. Did those treasure hunters learn information about the True Realm from these opportunities, and subsequently deduce that the lowest level of the Rift might be the entrance to the True Realm?

Thinking about it this way, this rumor was not entirely without foundation?

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a roar came from the surrounding darkness.

An Yu was instantly alarmed and spoke hurriedly.

"Exalted One, treasure hunters pursue opportunities. But for some reason, monsters often exist beside these opportunities. The more precious the opportunity, the more Terror the monster beside it is!"

"Since this is a Golden Opportunity, the monster beside it should already faintly exceed the Void Dao Realm; let's run!"

But the next moment, the monster had already pounced in front of the two of them.