Challenge the High God

When that dazzling sword light of Seven-colored Glazed Color left Ascension City, tore through the Sky Curtain in one stroke, and departed this world altogether, the entire city fell silent for a moment. Then an uproar swept its streets. Countless lamps flared to life, and sword cultivators hurried out of their homes to look up. Had Ning Yao broken through and ascended?!

At the Chen residence on Taixiang Street, Chen Xi—the old Sword Immortal who had changed his name to Chen Ji—now wore the face of a youth. He had been strolling through a corridor at night and happened to be among the first to notice the strange sight. Chen Ji still concealed his true identity and cultivation, so a personal maidservant followed him as a bodyguard, a dispensable Illusion Technique. In truth, with every passing year in Ascension City, Chen Ji drew a step closer to the Chen Xi who had once carved his name into the Sword Qi Great Wall. Thus the sword-cultivator maidservant serving as the "youth's" deathsworn guard moved further from death and closer to the heights of the sword.

Chen Ji sighed. Ning Yao had brought out that Immortal Sword a little too soon; hidden dangers would follow. It would have been best to finish refining it, then use it to break through the Immortal Realm bottleneck and enter the Ascension Realm. Chen Ji did not know why Ning Yao had taken this risk, but he trusted she had her reasons. He certainly would not presume to lecture her on behalf of Ascension City while she was merely serving as acting Yin Guan. For one thing, as the former Chen Clan family head and the most important bearer of Chen Qingdu's lineage, he was not so petty. Besides, his current cultivation was too low. Seek