Volume 1, Chapter 205 – Emergence

[Abnormal transformation detected in the host’s Dao heart. Hidden danger elimination procedure initiated.]

[Element separation in progress…]

[Separation complete…]

[Analyzing elements.]

[Analysis complete. Discovered 79 cultivation arts, including Heavenly Net Sword Scripture (nine-star), Five Spirits Embryo-Nurturing Art (eight-star), Great Sage Veiling Moon Step (eight-star), Demon-Sealing Sword Finger (eight-star)… and Feather-Chasing Sword Art (four-star).]

[Discovered star maps for 192 starfields, including the Lingyang Starfield, the Profound Thunder Starfield, the Huntian Starfield… and the Flying Immortal Starfield.]

[Discovered 39 coordinates for major worlds, 479 coordinates for middle worlds, and 1,486 coordinates for minor worlds.]

[Separated one nine-star Dao Fruit.]

[In view of the host’s current shallow cultivation, the elements will be sealed and released as appropriate.]

Listening to the string of system notifications in her ear, Shi Lan froze for a moment, then quickly came back to herself, her heart unusually calm.

Those memory fragments had greatly broadened her experience. Her emotions no longer stirred as easily as they once had.

Shi Lan slowly opened her eyes. The Sword Sovereign’s divine thought before her had become far more transparent, almost ready to disperse.

Seeing how quickly Shi Lan had accepted the inheritance, Wu Xu could not help feeling somewhat surprised.

“You should already know how to open the Guiyun Realm. I left a few little trinkets for you there.”

The Sword Sovereign’s voice had grown much weaker, sounding faint and distant.

Shi Lan remained silent and did not mention that she had not accepted the complete inheritance.

“Everything I once possessed is in the Guiyun Realm. From now on, it all belongs to you—except for Wu Xu…”

“Wu Xu is as close to me as my own brother. I already feel ashamed for having him guard this inheritance for hundreds of thousands of years, so… I hope you can understand.”

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Wu Xu’s gaze dimmed slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he did not speak.

At this point, even if he did, Guiyun would no longer be able to hear him.

“Though you have obtained my inheritance, the two of us never truly met face to face, so we cannot be considered master and disciple. Let us simply count it as making a friend. If one day you feel that my sword Dao does not suit you, and you choose to sever the Dao and start over, then I ask that you find another successor for me. At the very least, it would add one more layer of foundation to our human race.”

The Sword Sovereign’s voice grew ever lower, almost like a faint murmur.

“Little girl, may your path of Martial Dao be smooth all the way.”

“And also… Wu Xu… I’m sorry…”

As that final apology fell, the divine thought vanished from the great hall without a trace.

Upon the high platform, the Sword Sovereign’s body still radiated that dead, oppressive might, no different from before.

Shi Lan bowed deeply in salute, then looked up at Wu Xu standing nearby. “Senior, may I leave now?”

Wu Xu slowly nodded.

“I will also leave this place in half an hour. There may be some disturbance when that happens, and it could affect the surrounding area. Once you get out, leave this place as quickly as possible.”

“Understood, Senior.”

With that, Shi Lan turned without hesitation and walked toward the hall doors.

“With your bloodline, you can only deceive little demons below the Nascent Soul Realm. A Heaven Demon will be able to see through it. Leave the demon domain as soon as possible and return to the Vast Land of Shenzhou.”

“Thank you for the warning, Senior.”

Shi Lan stopped, turned around, and offered her thanks.

“Take this sword with you. If you run into trouble you cannot resolve, snap it in two. If I am free, I will come help you.”

Wu Xu raised a hand and tossed Shi Lan a gray longsword in its scabbard—the very one used during the inheritance.

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After all, this was Guiyun’s successor. There was no way he could simply wash his hands of her.

“Thank you, Senior.”

After receiving the longsword and bowing once more, Shi Lan turned and left the great hall.

The calm blood and qi within her began to stir, and her full head of black hair turned purple.

Although the Yueji Skirt had been torn open in many places, it was still a top-grade treasure after all, and there was an inner armor beneath it. With a slight adjustment using true qi, it was still enough to cover her body.

Passing through the corridor inlaid with precious pearls, Shi Lan returned to the square, stepped onto the teleportation array, and activated it.

A pillar of light suddenly flared up and slowly swallowed her figure.

When the dizzying sensation of heaven and earth spinning faded, all around her was pitch-black darkness.

Using a true qi barrier to push aside the surging river water, Shi Lan left the teleportation array and slowly felt her way around.

She vaguely remembered that before entering Guiyun Sword Sovereign’s inheritance site, she had seen several structures.

After feeling around the area, Shi Lan gained a rough understanding. This should be the ruined remains of a human sect force from ancient times.

Aside from its great age, it had no other value.

Shi Lan did not linger there. She rose toward the river’s surface.

Splash—

Just as Shi Lan broke through the river surface and rose into the air, three figures arrived at her side.

“Your Excellency, were you fighting someone?” Seeing the many torn openings in the Yueji Skirt on Shi Lan’s body, the Cangyue Demon King’s expression changed.

The other two Demon Kings also turned grave, showing a trace of tension.

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Shi Lan shook her head. “Let us return first. This place may soon undergo some kind of change.”

Cangyue did not dare delay. Raising a hand, he opened a spatial passage. After Shi Lan stepped in first, he and the other two Demon Kings followed close behind.

Bzzz—

Not long after Shi Lan stepped out of the spatial passage, she suddenly heard a sword cry that seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, accompanied by unimaginably terrifying pressure. It spread across countless tens of thousands of miles, sweeping over heaven and earth.

“What kind of disturbance is this?!”

Hearing that sword cry, the several Demon Kings at Shi Lan’s side turned pale with shock.

The sound of the sword cry carried across countless tens of thousands of miles and shook a vast stretch of the demon domain.

Countless great demons were alarmed and cast their gazes in that direction.

“This is… Sovereign’s might!”

One Heaven Demon’s expression changed drastically. A powerful divine sense burst forth and crossed through space.

“Could it be that the Demon Emperor has returned from the starry sky beyond the domain?” one great demon guessed inwardly.

“No, that is not the Demon Emperor’s aura!”

“It seems to be… human?”

“A human Sovereign has come to our demon domain?!”

Sensing the distinctive trace hidden within that pressure, the many great demons turned deathly pale, fear rising in their hearts.

The word Sovereign represented the peak, no matter which race that Sovereign belonged to.

Countless divine senses crossed space and probed toward the source of the sword cry, yet before they could even draw near, all of them were torn apart.

That made the great demons feel a long-forgotten panic.

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“Impossible. A human Sovereign could not have come here. And this pressure seems somewhat strange.”

One Heaven Demon sensed that something was off. Suddenly, his eyes grew fever-bright, and he rose into the air, shooting straight toward the source of the sword cry.

“This… is the aura of a Sovereign Weapon…”

“A human Sovereign Weapon has emerged within our demon domain!”

The news spread at lightning speed. Countless great demons moved at the rumor, racing with all their might toward the source of the sword cry.

…

“Your Excellency, just what is that…”

Cangyue finally recovered himself, suppressing his wildly pounding heart as he spoke in a dry voice.

“That has nothing to do with you. No need to ask so much.”

Shi Lan replied flatly and flew toward the cave she had been using before.

Although she had spent more than two years in the Guiyun Realm, less than three days had passed in the Lingyang Realm.

The final batch of Earth Fiend Realm demon beasts that Cangyue had delivered still lay in the valley.

Shi Lan summoned Golden Rainbow and killed those demon beasts, not even bothering to absorb their blood and qi before heading straight toward the cave.

As she walked, she instructed the three Demon Kings, “I am entering seclusion for a period of time. Do not disturb me.”

Cangyue and the others exchanged a glance and respectfully agreed.

Naturally, Shi Lan was not truly going into seclusion.

She was preparing to return to the Vast Land of Shenzhou.