Breakthrough to Ascension Emperor (1/3)

Zhou Heng's eyes immediately lit up. First, he had suffered a crushing disappointment, and now he had actually come across a sacred medicine. Was this ice and fire in two extremes?

He immediately reached out to pluck it, but when his hand neared the sacred medicine, it encountered an invisible barrier and could not advance even the slightest fraction.

If not for that, how could this sacred medicine have survived here for so long?

Not to mention the Holy Water event that took place once every thousand years, half of this jade talisman was in the hands of the Holy Immortal Hall. They could naturally come up here whenever they wished, so why had they never taken it? Could Zhou Heng really have happened upon the day it matured by sheer coincidence?

Of course not. This sacred medicine was protected by an inexplicable force, making it impossible for anyone to touch!

Zhou Heng tested it and discovered that he could not touch any of the plants here, whether they were sacred medicines or not. All were guarded by a mysterious power.

But then how had he been able to collect the spring water?

This force... seemed to protect only living things.

After giving it some thought, Zhou Heng summoned the Black Sword and shoveled it toward the sacred medicine's roots. Yet the broken blade soon struck an invisible wall of air, preventing it from cutting down.

—Though the Black Sword could cut through anything, it still needed its wielder to drive it with immense power. Otherwise, it could never possibly break through the seal of the Creation Realm, much less one of an even higher level.

Zhou Heng increased his power and even activated the Nebula Sword Art, but it was utterly useless. That barrier was incomparably solid.

Damn it!