Chapter 420

Hearing Ying Zheng listened to his swordsmanship teacher, Gai Nie's explanation on the sword body, and could not help feeling bewildered.

Great Qin had existed for ten million years, and was the strongest of all.

Yet even though he was the august Emperor of Great Qin, Ying Zheng had never heard the term "Sword Realm."

"That's right! This is the Sword Realm."

"As for why it is called the Sword Realm, and what exactly it is, I truly do not know."

Gai Nie thought it over for a while, and could only give up in dejection.

The term "Sword Realm" had, after this strange sight appeared in the heavens, been inexplicably imprinted in his mind.

As for what the Sword Realm actually was, and what it contained, he truly did not know.

"Fine! Just from this aura alone, it's obvious this Sword Realm holds quite a few treasures."

"Gai Nie, since you have sensed the Sword Realm, how about you lead Great Qin's men on a trip there?"

Ying Zheng appeared to be consulting, but in fact was giving an order.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

In truth, deep within his heart, the Sword Realm exerted an invisible pull on Gai Nie; even if Ying Zheng had not spoken, he would have gone alone to explore it.

……

Tianxia Hui, the World's Number One Tower.

"You mean to say, this is the legendary Sword Realm?"

Xiongba's eyes were filled with greed; looking at the Fire Qilin Sword he had collected beside him, he could not help wanting to enter the Sword Realm for a trip.

"That's right! But I advise you not to set your sights on the Sword Realm!"

The leader in purple had a deep color on his face,

"The Sword Realm is the holy domain of the Sword Dao. Rumor has it that within it are all the sword arts and Sword Daos under heaven, as well as every treasured sword in the world."

"But the Sword Realm is also extremely dangerous."

"Many a Sword Dao master has broken open the Sword Realm and entered it, only to never come out again."

"If you wish to go, you had better think it through clearly."

"You don't know what dangers lie within either?"

Xiongba's face darkened; having a mountain of treasure before him yet unable to explore it truly made him miserable.

"To enter the Sword Realm, one's realm of the Sword Dao must be sufficient."

"You primarily cultivate the Three Origins Return to One, and have also learned my Returning Origin Blood Hand; long ago you have drifted further and further from the Sword Dao."

"Therefore I suggest you give up the notion of going to the Sword Realm."

"Fine! Damn it—if Bu Jingyun and Duan Lang had not betrayed me, I could have sent those two in."

Xiongba sighed, thinking of the two who had been turned by the Qinglong Society.

Among his subordinates, those well-versed in the Sword Dao were only Bu Jingyun and Duan Lang.

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Yunzhou, within the China Pavilion.

Having avenged his beloved wife, Wuming had thus fulfilled his wish, and brought Jianchen back to the China Pavilion.

The moment the Sword Realm opened, both Wuming and Jianchen reacted.

"Eh? The Sword Realm? Judging by my calculations, this opening of the Sword Realm is far too early…"

"Master? Do you know what this is?"

Although Jianchen's cultivation was ordinary, he had after all been raised and trained by Wuming, so his realm of the Sword Dao was not low either.

Wuming nodded, slowly explained the Sword Realm for a moment, and only then said,

"The Sword Realm is the holy land of Sword Dao cultivators, but the opening of the Sword Realm follows its own fixed pattern."

"This opening of the Sword Realm has clearly come early…"

256-Watching beauties requires quiet!

"Wuming, the Sword Realm has already opened—can you really still wait any longer?"

Just as Wuming and Jianchen were preparing to explain, a person suddenly appeared beside them.

This person was tall and imposing; even though he held no sword in his hand, his entire being seemed to be a sword itself.

The Hero Sword held in Jianchen's hand, the moment this person appeared, immediately transformed into a streak of flowing light and flew into his hand.

"Hero Sword, my old friend, hello."

"Yingxiong, the dangers within the Sword Realm—you know them well enough."

"Now I have heard from Senior Xiao Sanxiao that the Qiuqiu Great Tribulation is about to arrive."

"This is truly a moment of peril for survival! How could I abandon the common folk of the world for my own selfish gain and enter this Sword Realm."

The arrival turned out to be Wuming's sworn elder brother, the "Sword Emperor" Mu Yingxiong.

Mu Yingxiong's innate talent and cultivation in the Sword Dao were in no way inferior to Wuming's.

It was just that the path he walked differed from Wuming's Heaven Sword path; instead, he walked the path of the Emperor among swords.

"Nonsense! Would the world really turn to dust and ashes without the two of us?"

"You! In every way you are good, but in the end the Heaven Sword has affected your temperament, made you a bit too sorrowful for the world and compassionate toward mankind."

"I had thought that when you displayed your might earlier, slaying Pojun within the Dayuan Imperial Court, you would have woken up a little, but I see you are still the same."

Mu Yingxiong casually tossed the Hero Sword into Jianchen's scabbard, his face extremely impatient.

"Yingxiong, no matter what, it is not convenient for me to enter the Sword Realm at this moment."

Wuming's mind was made up; there was one thing he had yet to say.

Xiao Sanxiao had never shown himself again—if the Qiuqiu Great Tribulation truly involved the Qinglong Society and Ximen Wudi.

If Xiao Sanxiao could remain behind, it shows just how terrifying this tribulation is.

At this moment, he could not leave no matter what.

"Sigh! So stubborn! Since that's the case, I'll take your disciple to head to the Sword Realm."

Mu Yingxiong saw that Wuming's resolve was firm and unchangeable, so he could only turn to Jian Chen,

"Are you willing to go in your master's place, and accompany this old man to head to the Sword Realm?"

"This... Master?"

Jian Chen did not yet know Mu Yingxiong, so naturally he looked to Wuming for instruction.

"Go! Although the Sword Realm is perilous, as long as you uphold the righteous path, you should gain something from it!"

With Wuming's approval, Mu Yingxiong took Jian Chen and headed to the Sword Realm together.

With the Sword Realm flung wide open this time, countless sword-path prodigies across the lands of the Nine Provinces all felt a resonance.

As long as one had cultivation above Earth Immortal and specialized in the sword path, they all rose at once to head to the Sword Realm.

Lu Xueqi, personally cultivated by Ximen Wudi, and one whose sword path had been deliberately opened.

After the Sword Realm flung wide open, she bypassed Prince Zichu's blood-colored Great Qin dragon qi at once, soaring upward toward the Sword Realm.

Ximen Wudi had taught her some knowledge of the Sword Realm, as well as the many benefits obtainable within it.

After the Sword Realm opened, it also immediately imprinted quite a bit of Sword Realm knowledge upon her, this sword-path prodigy.

"So it turns out he used This Lonely One's He Shi Bi, together with the Dao-rhyme Jade Pendant, and added her sword-path talent to open this Sword Realm..."

With Lu Xueqi's departure, countless treasured swords lost control and were swept clean away by the Great Qin dragon qi.

On the surface, it looked like Prince Zichu had won, but everyone knew the Great Qin had lost!

Wu Zetian was secretly laughing even more,

"Fortunately I did not deploy the Great Tang dragon qi, or else I would have benefited the Qinglong Society and Great Qin for nothing!"

Shangguan Wan also covered her mouth with a light laugh,

"Your Majesty is wise. I see this Ximen Wudi is not only invincible in strength, his methods of scheming against people are also quite something."

Indeed, no one knew that Ximen Wudi sending Lord Chuan Ying to snatch Xie Tiao's manual was only a purpose on the surface.

The true purpose was actually to borrow the dragon qi of the three great dynasties to open the Sword Realm ahead of time.

The chosen venue was the Great Tang's Great Ming Palace.

Yet the one who suffered the loss and fell into the trap was unexpectedly the Great Qin, the strongest in power.

One must know that this dragon qi is the very lifeblood and root of a dynasty; when deployed, it certainly sweeps all before it.

Apart from a monster like Ximen Wudi, others are invincible with it; even a top expert like the "Heavenly Demon" Cang Xiang cannot stand against it.

But though the dragon qi is fearsome, its consumption is also real and solid.