Chapter 189: Blood Sea Cultivation, Profound Heaven Absolute Sword

"The Heavenly Court Imperial Order is conceived from a Heavenly Court Fragment mastered by the Heavenly Palace. One who holds the Imperial Order may step into that Heavenly Court Secret Realm for training."

Seeing Chen Mo's confusion, the Ancestor Spirit spoke up to explain.

"That Heavenly Court Secret Realm is a remnant of the Ancient Heavenly Court, containing countless treasures and even opportunities left behind by the ancient Heavenly Court.

Everyone who enters gains something, which is why every Imperial Order that grants entry to the Ancient Heavenly Court Secret Realm is quite rare."

As the Ancestor Spirit spoke, they produced a bracelet from somewhere.

"This is the Five Directions Fire Control Chain, a treasure refined by a Qi Refiner of the previous era, with a grade reaching the fifth rank.

Although it has lost some spirituality due to being stored for a long time, as long as it is nurtured with sufficient time, its power will eventually recover. If you must engage in a wager, I recommend using this as the stake."

Although there are many other treasures within the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate that can rival this weapon, this treasure has very harsh requirements for use.

That is, the wielder must have at least Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, and currently, there is not a single Nascent Soul in the Cangxuan World.

And even if a Nascent Soul were to obtain it, it would be impossible for them to go out and fight frequently.

Using this as a stake is the best choice for now.

"Fine, then I shall follow your advice, Senior." Chen Mo had no objections to this.

"How much chance of winning do you have in this arena match? With my strength, if I cultivate with all my might within this year, I should be able to defeat one top-tier Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artist.

But I fear I could only manage one; facing a second, I would have no strength left to fight. If you can take down another, we might have a chance to win this competition."

The Lord of the Blood Sea spoke with great certainty, looking toward Chen Mo.

With her cultivation and strength, as long as she cultivated, she would absolutely be a top-tier existence in the Heavenly Human Realm.

And because she was not of the Human Race, but a Shape Transformation of the Blood Sea, many secret techniques that burned Qi and Blood caused her no harm at all, and could be used almost infinitely.

Even if she truly exhausted her Qi and Blood power, she could return to the Netherworld to replenish it; Fengdu Niangniang would surely not stop her.

Therefore, when she said she had the ability to win, she truly had the confidence to defeat one top-tier Heavenly Human Realm Martial Artist a year from now.

But the time was ultimately too short; one year was not enough for her to polish her cultivation to perfection.

Moreover, she had never underestimated the top experts of the other world, which was why she said she could only win against one.

After all, if this world could give birth to a top-tier prodigy like Chen Mo, the other world might be capable of the same.

There might even be prodigies who cultivate both internally and externally, and have achieved extremely high attainments in both.

Facing such outstanding figures, even she only dared to say she could steadily win against one.

She was, after all, only the Lord of the Blood Sea, not Fengdu Niangniang.

If Fengdu Niangniang were to take action, only then could it be called true invincibility within the same realm, or even a clean sweep.

As one of the most top-tier figures in the world's history, even using only Heavenly Human Realm cultivation, the power she could unleash would far exceed that of other martial artists in the same realm.

Furthermore, now that the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was wide open, her cultivation always remained at the same realm as the strongest in this world.

Whatever realm Chen Mo was at, she was at the same realm.

"I have ten parts certainty; it is impossible for me to lose." Chen Mo revealed a smile, his tone very confident.

The Lord of the Blood Sea was just about to retort, to advise him not to be too arrogant and conceited.

But on second thought, the combat power Chen Mo displayed back when he was in the Innate Realm, while certainly aided by Fengdu Niangniang, was enough to prove his strength.

It was only natural for him to have such confidence.

For those lacking strength, big talk is arrogance; but for those with sufficient strength, it is confidence.

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At this very moment, tens of thousands of miles away, in a place of towering mountains, auspicious clouds gathered, auspicious beasts rested, and immortal birds soared.

No matter who saw it, they would have to sigh at what a fine blessed land of the immortals it was.

"Great Elder, everything has been prepared. Which Ancestor Son shall we awaken?"

An elderly-looking Heavenly Human Martial Artist looked toward the young martial artist before him and spoke respectfully.

The youth appeared young, but in reality, he was already over five hundred years old; if the Old Ancestor was not present, he was the one in charge of the entire Heavenly Palace Sacred Ground.

"The match is set for one year from now, so awaken the Little Ancestor who is closest to this era first; that way, they can recover their cultivation and strength as quickly as possible," Mo Bicheng instructed.

Although there was no limit to the time they could be sealed, records left by predecessors showed that the shorter the time an Ancestor Son was sealed, the shorter the time required to recover their cultivation and strength after being awakened.

The agreed-upon arena match was in one year, so naturally, the awakened Ancestor Son had to recover their cultivation as much as possible.

That Chen Mo was very strong; judging by the combat power he displayed that day, even he would not find it easy to deal with him.

Even if he could defeat him by unleashing his full power, he feared he would have no strength left for another fight.

Although, according to current knowledge, the Cangxuan World only had this one Heavenly Human Martial Artist, plus two Demonic Path Heavenly Humans he had captured.

But who could guarantee the opponent had no hidden cards? He was currently fighting against an entire world, so being cautious was never a mistake.

Moreover, now that the new world had just opened and the Golden Age had arrived once more, it was only fitting to awaken an Ancestor Son.

"Understood. Then we shall go and prepare the Memory Spirit Crystal for that Ancestor Son," the white-haired elder said, bowing in salute.

To survive the Mirage Sea Calamity, when sealing those Ancestor Sons, not only did they have to disperse their entire cultivation, but their memories also had to be wiped, leaving only a very small portion of important memories.

But if the vast majority of memories were wiped clean, even if they were awakened, they would only be a genius with good aptitude and could not recover their combat power in a short time.

So, to solve this problem, many eras ago, the top experts of the Human Race in this world developed a Secret Technique.

They sealed a person's memories and a portion of their Divine Sense into a spirit crystal, then used a Secret Technique to embed it into a Heavenly Court Fragment, allowing these memories to safely survive the Mirage Sea Calamity.

Even so, some relatively important memories still had to be deleted.

But regardless, it was still far better than forgetting everything completely.

Of course, doing this would inevitably have flaws; the awakened Ancestor Son might fall into doubt regarding their own memories.

After all, their memories had clearly been tampered with, and there were many gaps within them.

Some might even suspect that they were not themselves, but had been infused with the memory and Divine Sense of another person.

However, this situation rarely occurred; most Ancestor Sons had an incomparably firm heart toward the Dao.

Mo Bicheng set off, walking into the towering mountains, which continuously drew upon the boundless Heaven and Earth Power, reaching up to the blue sky and down to the yellow springs.

In this place where Yin and Yang converge, the Qi of Yin and Yang flows, and the laws of life and death intertwine.

Only by entering this place as a living being, half-alive and half-dead, can one cross the Mirage Sea Calamity.

Inside the valley were placed nine Bronze Ancient Coffins, each extremely simple and dull, showing not a shred of the extraordinary.

Divine objects conceal their own brilliance; if no one triggers the profound mystery of the Bronze Ancient Coffin, it will not waste its power to reveal even a hint of abnormality.

Mo Bicheng's gaze shifted, finding among these nine Bronze Ancient Coffins one that had been sealed for a relatively shorter time.

Stepping forward, he used the power of connecting the Array, and the Bronze Ancient Coffin was slowly opened.

Power originating from the ancient times seemed to be unsealed today; the scenes of those ancient Human Kings and Great Sages chanting the words of Heaven and Earth were as if they were right before his eyes.

The white-haired elder returned, holding a fist-sized, perfectly round pearl that was as crystalline and transparent as glaze.

Mo Bicheng reached out to take it and once again activated the Secret Technique; the Bronze Ancient Coffin resonated with the two glazed pearls.

The glazed pearls transformed into specks of rosy light, slowly merging into the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

The Ancestor Son sealed within the ancient coffin was now slowly reviving, digesting and absorbing those memories.

This process was extremely slow, requiring at least ten or more days of effort.

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"Senior, you may cultivate here for the time being. Since there is to be a duel, the coming year should be relatively stable; you should strive to improve your strength before the duel."

At the summit of the Ancestral Realm, Chen Mo said with a gentle smile, giving careful instructions.

Since there is a duel in one year, the righteous path of the Xuantian World should not make any major moves in the near future.

And the Demonic Path of the other world, even if they take action, cannot produce much influence.

The Master of the Blood Sea has exceptional vision, but her strength is still too low, having only just broken through to the Heavenly Human Realm.

Naturally, she must be allowed to cultivate wholeheartedly within this year to improve her cultivation as much as possible.

"Understood. Since I am now a member of the Cangxuan Alliance, I am subject to the orders of you, the Alliance Leader. If there is anything, you may contact me," the Master of the Blood Sea said.

After speaking, she wasted no more time, walking alone to a corner of the mountain peak to open a cave dwelling for cultivation.

"As for the specific details of the arena duel, I hope the Ancestral Spirit Senior can negotiate well with the Ancestral Spirit of the other world. I have some items on hand that I wish to trade with the Martial Artists of the other world; I wonder if that is possible," Chen Mo said, looking at the Ancestral Spirit.

"Good, I shall handle and communicate these matters," the Ancestral Spirit agreed quite readily; this was, after all, his duty.

If the Human Race of the two worlds were left to talk, there would inevitably be buck-passing, bickering, or even fighting.

It is possible that the two worlds might not even be able to unify their opinions, as there are countless factions within a single world.

Chen Mo's side is fine, as he is the only Heavenly Human Martial Artist, and he can make the decision.

And although the other world also has a top-tier Great Ability, that Great Ability cannot easily take action, so the deterrence is much smaller.

Therefore, letting the Ancestral Spirits of the two worlds negotiate means neither side will be influenced by too many factors, and they can reach a solution in the fastest time possible.

The Ancestral Spirit was crafted by the human ancestors of various worlds and is absolutely trustworthy.

While its primary interest is the Human Race, after the interests of the Human Race come the interests of its own world.

"Then this junior will take his leave and go to cultivate." Chen Mo bowed and flew away from the Ancestral Realm at high speed.

Arriving outside the Ancestral Realm, he activated the Underworld Mansion Token, and in an instant, the world before his eyes changed.

He could feel that the Netherworld had also expanded somewhat compared to before.

But the overall change was not great; the Heavenly Laws of the Netherworld are quite different from those of the mortal world.

The moment Chen Mo appeared here, Fengdu Niangniang appeared as well.

"You met the Blood Sea?" She asked with a gentle smile on her face, her voice focused.

"Yes, this junior went to the Ancestral Temple and met Senior Blood Sea there; she is currently cultivating in the Ancestral Temple," Chen Mo answered honestly, then proceeded to tell her about the arena duel.

He did not hide the many matters concerning the Xuantian World from Fengdu Niangniang, telling her the general gist of everything.

This senior has experienced the Mirage Sea Calamity eight times; what she knows must far exceed his own knowledge.

"Although I have never heard of the name Xuantian World, since the other party has seen you exert your full strength and still chose an arena duel,

then it means they believe they have the ability to defeat you, or at the very least, they have top-tier Heavenly Human experts in their world, and more than one."

Fengdu Niangniang pondered for a moment, gave her assessment, and took out a very bright tail feather.

This feather was about a foot long, entirely fiery red, with intense precious light flowing within; looking closely, several Dao Patterns connected with Heaven and Earth, emitting an inexplicable power.

"This is a Vermilion Bird Tail Feather. To preserve it, I placed many seals on it, but its power still far exceeds the vast majority of fifth-tier artifacts.

You should give it to the Blood Sea later; with her strength plus this artifact, it will be absolutely enough to win a match."

"This junior understands." Chen Mo reached out with a smile to accept the Vermilion Bird Tail Feather, then stated his primary purpose, "This junior wishes to cultivate in the Blood Sea for a period of time to strengthen my own power as quickly as possible."

Although pure Blood Qi is not enough to recharge the Transformation Pearl for his own refinement, the Blood Sea is vast and still contains much Heaven and Earth Essence.

Furthermore, there are many Heavenly Laws flowing within it; although absorption is restricted, even if he can only absorb a portion, it is enough to allow him to trigger his next Mortal Transformation faster.

"Very well, follow me." Fengdu Niangniang smiled, turned, opened a portal, and stepped into it.

In this Netherworld, she is the absolute controller, and all kinds of spatial Dao techniques are utilized by her.

Although her strength is limited, even an expert one major realm higher than her would find it difficult to defeat her within this Netherworld.

Chen Mo followed closely behind, passed through the portal, and arrived at the center of the Blood Sea.

The Blood Sea surged with waves, and within this seawater, some unique Netherworld creatures could be vaguely seen.

At the very center of the Blood Sea was a lotus platform one zhang square; that was the sea eye of this Blood Sea.

The boundless Blood Qi and the essence of the Great Tiandi of the entire Blood Sea gathered there.

"This junior will go to cultivate first." Chen Mo bowed and stepped onto the lotus platform.

The Blood Qi from all ten directions gathered here, and within this Blood Qi, there were even more countless powers of Heavenly Laws.

It is a pity that he is not a creature of the Netherworld and cannot absorb these powers without limit, only a portion.

He sat cross-legged here, and the power of the entire Blood Sea was being frantically inhaled and exhaled by him; wisps of Blood Qi merged into his physical body, finally melting into the Transformation Pearl.

The Blood Qi power and Dao Pattern laws accumulated within the Transformation Pearl were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Mo focused on this, unaware of how much time had passed in the outside world, only watching bit by bit as the Transformation Pearl accumulated, while carefully observing his own condition.

When the Transformation Pearl reached about forty percent charge, Chen Mo could clearly perceive changes in himself and felt it was not suitable to continue absorbing.

He immediately stopped his movements and closed his myriad pores to regulate himself.

When he opened his eyes, he discovered that Fengdu Niangniang was still in the distance.

"How does the cultivation feel?" she asked softly.

She had discovered just a moment ago that the speed at which Chen Mo inhaled the power of the Blood Sea was truly a bit too fast.

So fast that even she felt somewhat surprised; Chen Mo's physical body seemed incomparably famished, as if no amount of power could fill it.

That was why she did not leave immediately, but chose to stay here to watch, so that if Chen Mo ran into trouble, she could provide rescue in time.

"Many thanks for your concern, Niangniang, this junior is unharmed," Chen Mo said with a smile, bowing with cupped hands.

"No matter. If you have the heart to thank me, then help me look after the Blood Sea more. She may seem to have lived for thousands of years, but most of that time was spent either in cultivation or in a state of ignorance.

She is completely clueless about human affairs; you have sufficient strength, so help me keep an eye on her," Fengdu Niangniang smiled slightly.

Although Chen Mo's age was much younger than the Master of the Blood Sea, in her eyes, this time gap could almost be ignored.

Furthermore, Chen Mo's strength was sufficiently strong, and no matter how one looked at it, he was much more steady in his actions than the Master of the Blood Sea.

"Rest assured, Niangniang, Senior Blood Sea is now also a member of my Cangxuan Alliance; as Alliance Leader, I will naturally look after her," Chen Mo promised with a smile.

"This junior has other matters to attend to, so I will not disturb you further, Niangniang." Chen Mo bowed with cupped hands to take his leave and activated the Underworld Mansion Token to depart.

In the blink of an eye, he returned to the previous world.

The Alliance Leader Token emitted a precious light, and Chen Mo sank his consciousness into it to check the message sent to him by the Ancestral Spirit.

Previously, because the Netherworld and the human world did not belong to the same space, he could not receive this information.

Now that he had returned to the human world, these messages were naturally transmitted into the token one after another.

The Ancestral Spirits of both worlds had already agreed to hold a martial arts tournament one year later at the border where their territories met.

The arena was to be built by the Human Race of the other world, and Chen Mo's side could send people to inspect it.

The Martial Artists sent by both sides could not exceed the Heavenly Human Realm perfection, but they could be dual-cultivators.

Those like Chen Mo, who cultivated both the physical body and True Qi, could also enter the arena, but neither of these two realms could exceed Heavenly Human Realm perfection.

Both sides were allowed to use various means, with no restrictions on Secret Skills or treasures.

If possible, one should try to spare the opponent's life, but if unfortunate, one must bear the consequences of life and death.

Before the fight, all experts from both sides who had entered the Heavenly Human Realm would swear an oath that everything would be based on the outcome of the victory or defeat, and no one would be allowed to go back on their word.

These were the specific rules of the arena tournament.

In addition, if Chen Mo wished to go to the other world to trade, he was free to do so, and all major factions would welcome him.

The Heavenly Human experts of their world would never make things difficult for Chen Mo, but this was limited to him alone.

Chen Mo could see the intention of the other world; the other party was not at all afraid of him entering their world, and even intended to show their power to him.

Looking at it this way, their confidence was indeed very sufficient, believing that they would certainly not lose.

Chen Mo browsed through all the information carefully, then entered the Ancestral Realm again to hand that Vermilion Bird Tail Feather to the Master of the Blood Sea.

He then left quickly and headed toward the Xuantian World; he still had many things on hand that should be exchanged for Heaven and Earth Essence Stones to charge himself.

When he arrived at the Bian City guarded by numerous Innate Experts, he stopped his steps and announced the martial arts tournament ceremony to everyone.

Unlike the Ancestral Spirit or the Master of the Blood Sea, the many Innate Martial Artists all believed that Chen Mo could win.

Apart from Chen Mo, the only Heavenly Human Martial Artists they had ever seen were those of the Demonic Path.

And based on the strength Chen Mo had displayed, no matter how one looked at the tournament, it was impossible for him to lose.

Although some had reservations, thinking that the other world might also possess Martial Artists capable of rivaling Chen Mo, they would not say so at this time.

Chen Mo handed the Cangxuan Alliance Token to everyone, allowing them to communicate and contact him at any time.

Most importantly, he issued his first order in the name of the Alliance Leader, which was to collect resources for himself, whether it be Blood Essence Stones or Mirage Spirits, and especially heavenly treasures, all of which were to be collected first.

Although as he underwent Mortal Transformation time and again, these lower-grade cultivation resources could only provide a very small amount of energy to charge the Transformation Pearl, and some could not even function at all.

But Chen Mo could take these resources to trade with the other world in exchange for Heaven and Earth Essence Stones.

Before the tournament, he had to improve his strength as much as possible; even if his True Qi could not break through the Heavenly Human Realm, his physical strength needed to reach the Zaohua Third Heaven.

The numerous Innate Experts accepted the order and, through various means, successively instructed their own factions to go and prepare.

By preparing resources in this way, they could also obtain contribution points, which they could use to exchange for various rare techniques and Secret Skills.

After Chen Mo finished giving these instructions, he continued westward; until he stepped into the other world, he had not felt anyone spying on him.

This indicated that the top experts of the other world truly did not care about him stepping into this place, otherwise there would not have been no reaction at all.

Chen Mo took out a map and roughly determined his orientation.

The mountain range before his eyes was called the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, and crossing it would lead to Danxia Valley.

Danxia Valley had a unique terrain with clusters of Danxia clouds, and the experts within the valley were skilled in alchemy.

If he were to conduct trades, they would be a good choice.

Stepping into the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, looking into the distance, the mountain ridges rose and fell, resembling a dragon and snake in calligraphy.

Many exotic beasts inhabited this place, and the deeper one went, the stronger they were.

Chen Mo was not afraid and headed straight into the depths of the mountain range.

After traveling several thousand miles, he could feel waves of power coming from the depths of the mountains; the entire forest was shaking, sand and stones were flying, and ten thousand beasts were fleeing.

Looking ahead, a small mountain lay horizontally between heaven and earth; it was a wild bull.

It stood a thousand zhang tall, and its two horns, which pointed to the sky, were also dozens of zhang high, flashing with a cold luster.

Mysterious runes flowed on the surface of the wild bull's body, and it was currently emitting a brilliant divine light.

Countless flames flickered on the surface of this wild bull, causing the surrounding forest for hundreds of miles to burn, and even the ground it stepped upon had turned into magma.

"Moo!" The wild bull roared at the sky; just this sound alone collapsed countless rocks.

Chen Mo looked over and saw that the one fighting was a woman carrying two Dharma Swords on her back, dressed in green tight-fitting attire, with a cold and refined temperament.

The two Dharma Swords behind her emitted a mysterious precious light, with Yin and Yang Qi flowing around them.

Chen Mo watched from afar and did not intervene; whether it was this wild bull or the Martial Artist fighting it, their strength was quite extraordinary.

Since this was the other party's prey, it was not appropriate for him to intervene.

Moreover, the intelligence he had gathered contained information about this woman.

The other party should be the current valley master of Absolute Sword Valley, Bai Yuxia, who possessed a natural sword body and a clear sword heart, making her most suitable for practicing sword techniques.

She had been taken as a disciple by the old valley master of Absolute Sword Valley since childhood, after which she focused on cultivation, entering the Xiantian Realm at sixteen and the Heavenly Human Realm at thirty-five.

Such talent could be described as extremely formidable.

Not everyone was like Chen Mo, capable of cultivating and reaching the Heavenly Human Realm in a very short period of time.

Even for Bai Yuxia, a top-tier prodigy of this world with a special natural constitution, it still required decades of hard work.

And if it were a Martial Artist without a special natural constitution, being able to enter the Heavenly Human Realm before the age of one hundred would already be considered top-tier talent.

Chen Mo watched the battle from afar, inwardly assessing Bai Yuxia's strength.

As time passed, the fire between heaven and earth grew larger, and countless plants within a radius of a thousand miles were burning.

The wild bull was already stained with blood, and Bai Yuxia's condition was not very good either, but she still held a slight upper hand overall.

Suddenly, the wild bull roared toward the sky, and the flames from all directions were gathered by it, condensing into a ball between its two horns.

Bai Yuxia was clearly also gathering her strength, and the pair of treasures of Absolute Sword Valley in her hands, the Yin Yang Profound Sword, emitted a soft trembling sound.

The two precious swords were gradually merging into one, intertwining with each other to transform into a Yin Yang Fish sword.

If Chen Mo guessed correctly, what Bai Yuxia was about to unleash was the sect-protecting Secret Skill of Absolute Sword Valley, the Profound Heaven Absolute Sword.

He was quite interested in seeing it; after all, Bai Yuxia would likely appear during the tournament, and having an understanding of her in advance would do him no harm.

The ball of flames gathered by the wild bull was released, and a pillar of fire nearly ten feet wide, with thousands of heaven and earth Dao Patterns wandering through it and the boundless fire of heaven and earth gathered together, shot toward Bai Yuxia.

The power of this fire pillar was incomparably condensed; if it were truly released, even if it were not enough to destroy the entire mountain range, it could still plunge an area of ten thousand miles into a sea of fire.

Bai Yuxia had already thrown out the weapon in her hand, gathering the Yin and Yang Qi of heaven and earth to transform into a Taiji Diagram.

At first, it was extremely small, but it grew as it met the Wind.

Soon, it transformed into a vast expanse of over ten feet in radius.

The reason the Profound Heaven Absolute Sword earned the name "Absolute Sword" was that after unleashing this move, the Martial Artist would even discard their weapon.

If this strike could not achieve success, one could only immediately flee a thousand miles away.

The two forces collided, and just the diffusion of a little residual power caused countless rocks to collapse, and many trees that had already burned into charcoal were completely turned into fly ash, drifting with the Wind to a thousand miles away.

When the smoke and dust dissipated, the wild bull, which stood a thousand feet tall, had been directly split in two, and scalding blood like magma spilled across the sky.

Bai Yuxia's situation was not good either; her face was pale, and a trace of blood leaked from the corner of her mouth.

Yet at this very moment, a black flash struck toward her at an extremely fast speed.

Actually, I have always wanted to keep updates stable at 12:00 PM, but I have had a cold for the past few days, and it is truly too uncomfortable; I cannot muster any energy at all.

I don't have heating here, and if I don't turn on the air conditioner, I shiver from the cold; if I turn it on, it dries me out, my nose bleeds, and my throat hurts terribly.

My condition is not good, so I cannot keep updates stable; I am truly sorry.

Please give me some time to recover, and then I will gradually resume stable updates; I am truly sorry, I apologize to everyone.

(End of this chapter)