The sword and cauldron rang as one; Emperor's Fall left its people wounded.
No, wait. Wrong scene.
The bell shook the void; Chu Feng fell, wounded.
Beneath the Wushi Bell, Chu Feng's flesh rippled like water. Blood streamed from all seven orifices, and cracks covered his body. He was a terrifying sight.
But Chu Feng did not give up. He fought to hold on, and the fruits of the previous forty-eight passes showed themselves now.
Strangely enough, of all those forty-eight passes, the greatest gain he had made now appeared to be the incomplete scripture he had received from the Chaotic Ancient Era.
That scripture had allowed Chu Feng to draw together everything he had gained so far on the Human Race Heavenly Road and nurture it into a seed.
It could be called a Demon Seed.
Having a Demon Seed did not mean Chu Feng was about to become a demon or follow the path of the Chaotic Ancient Era.
To Chu Feng, it was disposable, something produced during this journey on the Human Race Heavenly Road.
Once this mission ended, the Demon Seed would mature, flower, and bear fruit, bestowing all its gains upon Chu Feng.
Next came the insights into parts of the Nine Secrets from Yuchen, Changsheng, Wuliang, and Emperor Zun. Chu Feng had gained a great deal from them.
His mastery of the Nine Secrets had leaped forward.
Chu Feng had no idea how much time passed. His senses were a blur of chaos. Only the bell's toll and seemingly endless waves kept surging into his body.
Then, at a certain moment, Heaven and Earth fell silent. The bell ceased tolling, and the ripples faded.
"Not bad." Wushi still had his back to Chu Feng, but he had given him his approval.
"I hope that