Heaven and Earth Without Bounds, Primal Chaos Greatsword

"Help me. Use your blood—it is an ancient bloodline. I can feel that it can suppress this aura."

The Wind Dragon began pleading with Lu Chen for help.

Lu Chen understood that if the Wind Dragon were devoured, he would never escape either. He hurriedly spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood, scattering it over the greatsword.

The greatsword's berserk aura began to burn away and dissipate the moment it touched Lu Chen's blood, as though the Azure Emperor Bloodline was innately capable of restraining that berserk aura.

Seeing this, Lu Chen directly sliced open his wrist. An unending stream of blood surged toward the greatsword, and the berserk aura in the sky instantly contracted back. The greatsword crashed to the ground.

The formation began reconnecting the greatsword and the Wind Dragon. The Wind Dragon sent its aura into the greatsword, where it tangled with the berserk aura.

With Lu Chen's blood empowering it this time, the Wind Dragon became an Artifact Spirit at astonishing speed.

An hour passed, and the formation vanished.

Lu Chen's blood, the Wind Dragon, and the berserk aura had already fused into one, becoming an enormous azure-green dragon streaked with black and crimson.

The Wind Dragon occupied the dominant position and became the Artifact Spirit, allowing him to control the greatsword. The berserk aura also filled the Wind Dragon's body, imbuing him with a savage attacking presence.

Looking at the completed formation, Lu Chen could feel that a connection had formed between himself and the greatsword.

Lu Chen stepped forward and easily lifted the greatsword. With a casual swing toward a distant mountain, the greatsword flew out and cleaved the massive mountain before him in half.

The Wind Dragon flew out from the greatsword and gathered the surrounding wind elements. Looking at the split mountain, he said, "I never expected this greatsword to be so sharp."

"Wind Dragon, do you know who this sword belonged to?" Lu Chen examined the greatsword. The words Primal Chaos were engraved upon its hilt, and apart from that, it had no decorations whatsoever.

Its aura was ancient and simple, without the slightest trace of its former majesty. Even if it were thrown onto the ground, no one would imagine it was a peerless divine sword.

"I do not know either. This sword fell from the sky more than ten years ago and passed straight through the barrier. I have never seen material like this anywhere on the continent."

"I had been resting at the time when this sword plunged straight into my head. I could sense that the greatsword was filled with berserk aura, yet it did not devour me outright. Instead, it slowly wore away at my mind, as though it wanted to seize my body to do something."

"Only because of your blood did the berserk aura merge with me. I have now become the Artifact Spirit and can control the greatsword, but I can still feel the berserk aura continuously growing."

"It seems this sword fell here for some purpose, but it has failed now." Lu Chen no longer pursued the greatsword's origins.

After some thought, Lu Chen handed the Primal Chaos Greatsword to the Wind Dragon and said, "What do you plan to do now? In any case, you no longer need to be controlled by the greatsword, and the Secret Realm has already opened. You can leave. Do you want to go out and search for the Sixth Ancestor's incarnation?"

The Wind Dragon did not take the sword. "No. Have you not noticed yet? This sword has already acknowledged you as its master through your blood. Only you can wield it so easily. Otherwise, under the suppression of the greatsword's berserk aura, no one could lift it."

"I have become its Artifact Spirit, so naturally I cannot leave you either. Keep this sword. Lord Sixth Ancestor is only an incarnation; he will not truly vanish. From today onward, you are the master of both me and this sword."

Listening to the Wind Dragon, Lu Chen recalled that he had already sensed his connection with the greatsword. Yet since the Wind Dragon was the greatsword's Artifact Spirit, he had not said anything.

Lu Chen put away the greatsword.

"Then I'll accept this sword. In the future, I will also help you find the Sixth Ancestor's incarnation."

"I must thank you for today, Master. Now that I have become an Artifact Spirit, my body has dispersed, and I will essentially need to cultivate from the beginning again. However, the various techniques for spiritual beasts that I learned while following Lord Sixth Ancestor remain, and I can still use them. In the future, I can help you raise spiritual beasts and analyze their weaknesses in battle."

Lu Chen looked at the Wind Dragon. Although he possessed Feng Tiancheng's memories, Feng Tiancheng had only conducted deep research into magical artifacts and formations. His research into spiritual beasts was comparatively shallow.

What he lacked now was experience with demonic beasts. The Wind Dragon had arrived at precisely the right time, but Lu Chen truly could not accept being called Master.

"You do not need to call me Master. Since you know Grandpa Feng, you are also my elder. Just call me Little Lu."

The Wind Dragon looked at Lu Chen. He had originally decided to follow Lu Chen only because Lu Chen was the greatsword's master and the Seventh Ancestor's disciple. Otherwise, as a high-level spiritual beast, the Wind Dragon would never have acknowledged Lu Chen as his master. Hearing Lu Chen say this, the Wind Dragon felt that following him might actually be quite good. At the very least, Lu Chen was a kind-hearted person.

"Master is so kind and filial. No wonder Lord Seventh Ancestor accepted you as his disciple. Then I shall presume upon my age and call Master Little Lu."

Lu Chen said to the Wind Dragon, "By the way, can you shrink yourself or turn into human form? You are far too huge like this. It is truly too troublesome to communicate."

"I can."

As he spoke, the Wind Dragon shrank his body and coiled atop Lu Chen's head, while explaining to him the knowledge of how demonic beasts took human form.

Maintaining a human body consumed less energy than maintaining a demonic beast's body. After demonic beasts crossed into the Chongtian Realm, they would generally choose to shed their beast bodies and transform into human form.

However, some demonic beasts cultivated quickly due to their bloodlines and still retained their beast bodies. Over time, these demonic beasts gradually preserved some secret arts for transforming into human form as well.

As he listened to the Wind Dragon, Lu Chen stored the greatsword in the Heavenly Pool within his body, where it floated west of the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

The instant Lu Chen stored the Primal Chaos Greatsword within his body, he vaguely heard a voice echoing between heaven and earth: "Heaven and Earth Without Bounds, Primal Chaos Opens Heaven. Young man, we await you at the end of the heavens."

When Lu Chen came back to his senses, that memory seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Then the Wind Dragon's shocked voice rang in his ear.

"Little Lu, such changes actually exist within your body! The Azure Emperor Divine Vine has already mutated to such an extent, and it even possesses the three attributes of water, fire, and wood. This is truly unprecedented. No wonder Lord Seventh Ancestor accepted you as his disciple."

The Wind Dragon was extremely shocked upon sensing Lu Chen's Heavenly Pool. In his heart, even the Azure Emperor did not possess such a Heavenly Pool.

"This Heavenly Pool has likely already begun to take on the embryonic form of a world."

Seeing the Wind Dragon's astonished expression, Lu Chen led him into the space within the Twin Fish Plate. At this moment, the water, fire, and wood elements in the Twin Fish Plate's space were exceptionally dense. The lingzhi and medicinal herbs had ripened batch after batch, and as Lu Chen's strength increased, a plain for raising spiritual beasts had also been revealed.

"This... this is the Small World of the Primal Yang Twin Fish Plate? This was Lord Azure Emperor's natal magical artifact."

"The Primal Yang Twin Fish Compass has fused with my Heavenly Pool. The changes you just saw were caused by the Twin Fish Plate, but the Primal Yang Twin Fish Compass has already shattered into four pieces, and my current Heavenly Pool has also become extremely unstable. I need to find the other fragments as soon as possible."

Looking over the Small World, the Wind Dragon said, "Little Lu, open up a passage for me. Earlier, I was still considering how I could help you. That plain can be used to raise spiritual beasts. Now that we have this space, raising spiritual beasts will no longer be a problem."

Lu Chen nodded at the Wind Dragon's suggestion and granted him permission to enter and leave the Twin Fish Plate world. "This method will work, but we must hurry to the center of the Secret Realm. Wind Dragon, do you know how we can get there quickly?"

"Entering this Secret Realm results in random teleportation. We are still at the outermost edge of the Secret Realm. If you wish to go to its center, you must travel on foot through a winding passage. There is no other way."

"During this journey, we will also pass through five regions of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. My side is the Wind Valley, and because of the earlier upheaval, there are no resources left here. But the other places are filled with large numbers of spiritual beasts, demonic beasts, and medicinal herbs. We can gather some when we pass through."

"The other regions also have several leaders, all of whom are Lord Sixth Ancestor's spiritual beasts. I think you should meet them, but earning their recognition will require your own efforts."

"Then where should I go now?" Lu Chen asked, looking at the Wind Dragon.

"We should proceed forward now. After crossing this area, we will reach the Fire Prison. Its leader is the Flame Demon. His temper is extremely violent, so you must be especially careful."

"Fine. Then let us set out for the Fire Prison."

Two hours later, Lu Chen appeared on the main road. Cultivators who had not appeared before because the Wind Valley was sealed off began to emerge around him. Scattered cultivators hunted spiritual beasts and gathered herbs.

The spiritual energy in the Secret Realm was denser than outside, and its spiritual beasts, demonic beasts, and medicinal herbs were of much higher quality as well. A four-man team by the roadside was hunting a demonic beast in the Breath Regulation Realm. Seeing Lu Chen appear, they all became cautious.

"Big Brother, someone has appeared over there. He seems to be only in the Qi Gathering Realm. Should we kill him first?"

"Seizing resources comes first. Those sects certainly will not be kind enough to let us obtain resources for nothing. Once they acquire what they need, they will surely return to seize the resources on us as well. We need to hurry. A mere Qi Gathering Realm cultivator cannot stir up any great waves. Quickly kill this demonic beast so we can head to the next region." One man from the four-man team replied without even turning his head.

"Yes, Big Brother..."

Lu Chen paid no attention to these people. He only wanted to reach the next region as quickly as possible. This area was already at the border between the Wind Valley and the Fire Prison, and small Qi Gathering Realm Flame Monsters and wind-attributed flying insects had begun to appear.

The Wind Dragon explained from atop Lu Chen's head, "Beyond this region lies the Flame Demon's territory. You must be extra careful. You are already at the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm, and your spiritual energy has liquefied. You can try channeling it outside your body and attaching it to the tendrils of the Azure Emperor Divine Tree or to your weapons for spiritual-energy attacks."

Listening to the Wind Dragon, Lu Chen searched through his memories for how to release spiritual energy. Slowly, he gathered a wisp of spiritual energy in his hand, but it vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Not bad. You are much faster than Lord Sixth Ancestor was back then. Lord Sixth Ancestor spent two whole days before he could mobilize even a thread of spiritual energy."

"As long as you practice more, you will certainly be able to release it for longer periods. Fire-attributed demonic beasts fear water, so you can try using water-attributed spiritual energy."

Lu Chen summoned the Primal Chaos Greatsword and experimented along the way until he finally covered its blade in spiritual energy.

Lu Chen looked at the Flame Monster before him, which was at the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm. He did not know any sword techniques, so he merely swung his sword lightly, striking the Flame Monster and splitting it directly into two.

"That is truly powerful."

Looking at the Flame Monster that had been cut in half, Lu Chen recalled how he had previously needed to expend considerable effort to hunt even a single demonic beast. Yet now, with spiritual energy added to the greatsword, a casual strike was enough to kill one.

Lu Chen put away his greatsword and continued onward, constantly experimenting with adding spiritual energy to various attacks as he fought demonic beasts along the way.

Gradually, the fire-attributed elements grew denser and denser. There were no longer any trees around him, only volcanoes and lava, while Lu Chen's Heavenly Pool slowly began to stir.