Land of Return Ruins

"Who, who was undergoing tribulation? What was this? We were fighting over spiritual treasures, and you people were thinking about undergoing tribulation?" a cultivator roared.

"Who had so little public decency, undergoing tribulation at a time like this..." another cultivator shouted.

Yet as the cries rang out, the Thunder Tribulation condensed. It was actually a Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation.

Such a tribulation descended, striking toward that sword.

With a boom, the Thunder Tribulation fell, forcing the hidden Sword Grass to reveal itself.

Only when the Sword Grass emerged did the countless cultivators realize they had been played. So it had not been the birth of a spiritual treasure, but someone taking form. That spiritual treasure was its accompanying treasure.

The thing taking form was a blade of grass, black as jade and shaped like a sharp sword. Its hilt rooted itself in the earth, while its blade seemed to pierce the heavens.

Now that this Sword Grass was taking form, it hummed incessantly, wielding its divine sword to battle the lightning. As it fought, the many fallen cultivators gradually vanished, turning into nourishment for it.

What a ruthless thing—it had treated all those cultivators as nourishment for its transformation. Its Sword Qi severed the lightning, making the many cultivators watch with grave expressions.

"Interesting... For a Sword Grass like this to take form, its aptitude must be exceptionally high. Especially with a divine sword as its accompanying treasure—it is no ordinary thing," Zhanxin said, as though recalling something.

Shi Yi looked grave, a hint of contemplation in his eyes. "Something is wrong. That Sword Grass is black as jade and contains dense death qi. Death qi is rising from where it has rooted itself as well. Could this place be..."

Before he could finish, the Sword Grass shot into the sky.