Chapter 354

"When the princess returns, your surprise will only be greater!"

"The Earth Immortal Xuan Du said with a smile."

"I wonder which of these four will be fortunate enough to receive your guidance, fellow Daoist?"

"The Penglai Earth Immortal asked softly."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Earth Immortal Xuan Du hurriedly said, "Young friend Lin is already my successor, Fellow Daoist Wei, don't try to take him from me!"

That's all.

The Wei Clan Old Ancestor finally understood what the others meant.

Aside from the fifth person whom he had never met before, he was introduced to the other four people one by one. This was not only to deepen his trust, but also to allow him to choose a successor and carefully teach him until he became an Earth Immortal.

"This..."

The Wei Clan Old Ancestor sighed, realizing he had fallen into a trap.

He had no intention of accepting the invitation from Innate Osmanthus and the others. After all, he didn't know how much benefit he would gain from winning against the Eastern Pole Emperor, but he might not even be able to save his life if he lost.

473. The fusion of swordsmanship, the Nameless Sword Talisman.

The Wei Clan Old Ancestor knew that the current confrontation was due to the impending Epochal Annihilation. Both the Emperor and the people of the Innate Osmanthus wanted to benefit the most from it, but their starting points and core interests were different.

As an Earth Immortal, if he didn't want to benefit from this, he didn't actually need to care about the Epochal Annihilation. Even if this world were to perish, he would be protected by Immortal Qi and wouldn't suffer much damage. He would only need to find another world and recuperate to recover to his full strength.

But under Princess Xiao's renowned reputation and the unparalleled talent of these four young girls, he wavered, surprised to find that his chances of winning were very high. If he could participate in the continuation and development of a world, what he could gain might be far more than he had imagined...

He pondered for a long time before slowly speaking:

"I wonder what the background is of this fifth young friend whom I have never met before?"

"Before going to the Southern Wilderness, she possessed the Heavenly Desire Sacred Body. As for whether that will change there, I don't know."

The Innate Osmanthus answered truthfully.

Upon hearing this, the Wei Clan Old Ancestor nodded and said, "Very well, I choose the young friend I met first. Her name, I remember, is... Sheng Bailan."

Southern Wilderness.

Fallen Phoenix Pond.

"Is this the Supreme Being..."

Xiao Minghuang slowly opened her beautiful eyes. In an instant, an invisible ripple spread out, and wherever it passed, the void shattered, and patches of pitch-black nothingness emerged.

She stretched out her left hand, gently raised it, and with a flick of her fingers, the void vanished, a wisp of energy spread out, mountains crumbled, and rivers flowed backward!

"This... is this the power of the Supreme Realm?"

This power is so vast and powerful that it's simply unimaginable.

Looking at her slender, fair hands and feeling the surging power within her body, a look of joy appeared in her eyes.

As the Star Dao evolved and the Supreme Realm was achieved naturally, astonishing changes also occurred within her Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven.

Within Xiao Minghuang's Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven, streams of profound and obscure Daoist rules emerged, intertwining to form an extremely complex array diagram, with wisps of Daoist rhyme swirling around, making it incredibly mysterious.

This array diagram appears to be constructed from countless stars, each representing a complete law of the Great Dao. They intertwine and outline a magnificent and beautiful scene.

Around the array diagram, runes formed from the Three Thousand Great Daos Laws flickered, like nebulae swirling around, containing countless principles and boundless grandeur.

At its center is a dazzling gem, like a star, shimmering with a light beyond description. Around it are dense, spiderweb-like patterns, each line containing terrifying power, as if capable of destroying the world!

This is precisely the path that Xiao Minghuang has chosen.

The Way of Stars in the heavens.

That is, the sum of all the dead in the world, and the countless stars in the universe that have returned to oblivion.

It is also the sum of all things that have existed in the world, yet have returned to silence.

This is not the Great Dao that describes all tangible things, like the Great Dao of Chaos; nor is it the Great Dao that describes intangible things, like destiny or cause and effect; nor is it the Great Dao that describes one moment after another, like reincarnation or the end.

He is real.

It's really there.

Those desolate, silent, yet eternal stars in the universe rest there quietly, visible to the eye and touchable to the hand. When they gather, they become an endless, dazzling light; when they disperse, they become pale, gray, cold, and lifeless dead worlds!

Xiao Minghuang's Dao was born from those stars that had returned to nothingness.

"With my current strength, I shouldn't be afraid of the likes of True Martial Earth Immortal..."

Xiao Minghuang muttered to herself.

Her foundation was extremely profound, and when she entered the Supreme Realm, she contained an extremely rich array of Great Daos within her own Great Dao. Therefore, as soon as she entered the Supreme Realm, she far surpassed ordinary Supremes.

Xiao Minghuang knew that, starting from the Supreme Realm, cultivators no longer judged their level based on the conventional sense of realm.

Instead, they use their own lifespan as the standard of measurement.

Each time one survives a certain number of years, it means that one's foundation has become deeper, making one stronger than other supreme beings with shorter lifespans.

A quasi-emperor breaking through to the supreme level is usually referred to as a first-tribulation supreme being.

The so-called "one tribulation" refers to the lifespan limit of a Saint Realm cultivator, which is 129,600 years.

Upon breaking through to the Supreme Realm, Xiao Minghuang immediately possessed cultivation comparable to a Twelve Tribulation Supreme!

It should be understood that twelve kalpas is the limit of a supreme being's lifespan!

She had just broken through to the next level and had already reached the pinnacle of what others could achieve in a lifetime of cultivation!

Xiao Minghuang knew that she no longer needed to regard True Martial Earth Immortal as an opponent worthy of serious consideration. In the Five Directions One Realm, perhaps only the Eastern Pole Emperor was worthy of being her match.

Her goals were lofty; after breaking through to the Supreme Realm, her understanding of the Great Dao also greatly increased.

In the past, we were as insignificant as dust, gazing up at mountains and unaware of their vastness. Now, as we move forward step by step, looking up at the mountains with awe and admiration, we realize how vast the world is and how insignificant we are.

"That's precisely why I must be even more determined..."

Xiao Minghuang clenched his fist. He not only wanted to transcend to the Supreme Realm and enter the Earth Immortal Realm, but he was also determined to achieve the Immortal Realm in the future, stepping into the true Immortal Dao Domain, and even becoming a Heavenly Lord, Heavenly King, or Heavenly Venerable...

However, she is currently only at the Supreme Realm, still some distance from the Earth Immortal Realm, let alone the even more distant Immortal Dao Domain.

"Don't aim too high; be down-to-earth and take it one step at a time..."

Xiao Minghuang took a deep breath, clearing her mind of many distracting thoughts.

Then, she turned her gaze to her own Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven.

There, too, lay a main road she had rejected.

This was a mysterious rune, radiating a sharp edge. Xiao Minghuang was slightly taken aback, suddenly recalling something she had witnessed long ago.

Back when she was in the Holy Academy, she had won the Holy Academy's Heavenly Dipper Assembly and was on her way to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to collect her reward. When she passed by the branch pavilion, she saw a strange rune on the wall of the branch pavilion.

The Origin Ancient Script for sword!

Xiao Minghuang remembered that the rune in front of her was exactly the same as the ancient sword script she had seen before!

She slowly raised her hand and gently touched the runes.

In an instant, Xiao Minghuang clearly felt a sharp pain coming from her fingertips, as if she had been cut by an invisible blade. Blood dripped down, and at that moment, the runes shone with brilliant light, moving as if they were alive.

"Um?"

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, filled with confusion, but the next moment, her gaze froze. From within the runes, a will seemed to emanate, as if saying...

"... Hungry..."

Xiao Minghuang remained silent for a moment, recalling that she had heard the same words when she obtained the Void Ancient Script.

She didn't know how to feed the void, but feeding a sword should be as simple as using the same type of sword, right?

"Give it a try..."

Xiao Minghuang murmured softly.

Immediately, she waved her hand, and a longsword, entirely crimson and radiating a scorching aura of flames, shot out and hovered outside the runes.

This sword is a sacred artifact, a trophy she acquired in a battle from an unknown location.

Whoosh~

In an instant, an invisible force of attraction burst forth, devouring the scalding essence contained within the crimson flame sword!

Boom!

With a flash of golden light, the crimson flame sword was completely swallowed up by the runes.

Under Xiao Minghuang's gaze, the originally dim sword-shaped runes seemed to regain a glimmer of light.

"It seems to be working."

Xiao Minghuang was slightly pleased, and then took out more sword-shaped magic treasures to feed the sword-character runes.

In an instant, she took out almost all the magical treasures of various levels that she had accumulated, piled them up in the void, and offered them to the sword talisman to devour!

She could clearly feel that the sword-shaped rune was gradually growing stronger and becoming more and more crystalline and dazzling.

After a stick of incense had burned, the sword talisman had transformed into a fist-sized ball of light. The immense sharpness contained within it caused a stinging pain in the eyes, as if pierced by a sharp blade, even with just a fleeting glimpse.

Even so, the sword talisman did not undergo any qualitative change; it simply floated there quietly without producing any unusual phenomena.

"Not enough..."

Xiao Minghuang shook her head. She had sacrificed all the sword-shaped magical artifacts in her hands, but she still couldn't change the sword talisman.

"Let's try other magical artifacts..."

She then took out other magical artifacts, but the sword talismans showed no reaction to these artifacts that could not be classified as swords.

"Looks like there's no other way..."

Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly; she actually still had a sword in her hand.

But she still hesitated. If she offered this mysterious rusty sword as a sacrifice to the sword talisman, and it still failed to produce a reaction, wouldn't she have lost both the sesame seed and the watermelon, gaining nothing in the process?

"Never mind, magical treasures aren't hard to come by; there will always be opportunities to acquire more. This rusty sword is too precious to waste easily..."

In the end, Xiao Minghuang decided not to rush things.

"However, the rust on this sword has long since faded, so calling it a rusty sword is no longer quite appropriate."

Long before she slew the Silver Gourd Demon King, the rusty sword had already lost its luster, but she had never been able to give it a suitable name.

Then, she took out the mysterious rusty sword and held it in her hand. If it weren't for this sword, many of the crises she had encountered might have been even more dangerous.

"It's been so long since I stumbled upon it at the auction."

Xiao Minghuang raised the longsword and examined it closely. It was an ordinary, simple longsword. Although it did not exude any sharpness, it did exude an ancient and steady aura.

"Since that's the case..."

Xiao Minghuang pondered for a moment...

She thought for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a suitable name.

"Fine, since I can't think of a name anyway, I'll just call you Nameless!"

"Good!"

Xiao Minghuang smiled slightly and nodded, intending to return Wuming to his Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven. However, the next moment, Wuming and the sword talisman trembled almost simultaneously, colliding rapidly like wild horses that had broken free of their reins.

"Um?"

Xiao Minghuang's expression changed, for the sword talisman and the nameless creature were actually intertwined and entangled together!

"This..."

Her beautiful eyes widened as she stared intently at the area where the sword talisman and the nameless figure intertwined.

Sizzle~

As the two intertwined and merged, Xiao Minghuang felt a sharp pain in her eyes, which spread from the area where the sword talisman and the nameless figure made contact.