The Heaven-Cut Mountain Range lived up to its name.
Its terrain looked as though it had been cleaved apart by a god's sword, forming countless steep, perilous peaks and bottomless ravines.
Sword-Burial Valley was one such deadly place.
Legend had it that an ancient divine weapon had fallen here. Its sword qi had lingered for ages, and over time, it had formed a natural forbidden zone that ordinary cultivators found difficult to enter.
However, such a forbidden zone was nothing to the top cultivators of the Mystic Heaven Realm.
Jiang Fan directly passed through space and entered its depths.
Looking up, he saw two objects quietly floating above a stone platform at the center of Sword-Burial Valley, a platform that had been shaved flat by sword qi.
One was a transparent vial the size of an egg, neither metal nor jade.
Inside the vial flowed a crystalline, hazy mass of liquid, slowly swirling. It was Law Source Liquid.
The other was an ancient-looking bronze token the size of a palm.
An ancient character for "battle" was engraved on the front of the token, while its back bore intricate patterns of the starry sky, faintly corresponding to the thirty-six realms. It was presumably the Battle Token.
Jiang Fan raised a hand.
The Battle Token immediately flew into his palm. It felt slightly cool to the touch, and a strange Spatial Fluctuation emanated from it.
"Correct!"
"It is the Battle Token!"
After confirming it, he looked at the Law Source Liquid and gave a deep command.
"Set up the defenses at once!"
At this time, Zixiao Zhenren and the other experts had already arrived.
Upon hearing Jiang Fan's order, they immediately sprang into action.
More than a dozen Grand Elders each took up their duties. Surrounding the floating Law Source Liquid, they