Myriad Paths Returning Immortal Art, Godslaying Sword Intent

"Come, I'll show you your cultivation grounds. You need to raise your cultivation first."

Ancestor Po Jun said earnestly, "Otherwise, the other Holy Sons may refuse to accept this."

"Changge obeys."

Su Changge cupped his hands.

Ancestor Po Jun stroked his beard as he looked at Su Changge with satisfaction. He was deeply gratified.

The Great Dao was difficult to attain. Even after awakening such a physique, he remained neither arrogant nor impatient. Only with such a disposition could one attain the Great Dao.

"Condense."

Ancestor Po Jun waved his hand.

A golden avenue extended through the void, golden runes suffusing it, its far end leading deep into the holy land.

"Come, Changge. I'll show you your cultivation grounds."

When Su Changge stepped onto the golden avenue, it actually began moving on its own, remarkably smoothly.

The scenery beneath his feet kept changing, immortal light drifting amid billowing clouds and mist.

Many divine mountains hung suspended within the holy land, magnificent golden palaces standing upon them, wreathed in rosy light.

Immortal cranes soared through the clouds and mist, like a dreamlike immortal paradise.

"Our Returning Origin Holy Land has a total of one hundred and eighty-two floating Divine Islands, with more towers and palaces than one could count."

"There is also an Ancestral Land within Returning Origin Holy Land. That is where old fellows like us usually cultivate."

"Changge, the Dao Palace where you'll cultivate is called Returning Origin Holy Hall. It has the densest spiritual energy in our holy land. Cultivating there will yield twice the results with half the effort."

"Look, it's just ahead." Ancestor Po Jun pointed in a direction as he introduced it.

Divine light swirled there, and the Great Dao Laws permeated the air, filling it with a sacred aura.

Numerous palaces and towers stood within, with carved beams and painted rafters, billowing white mist and rich spiritual energy. From the Martial Arts Arena to little scenic pavilions, it had everything.

After Ancestor Po Jun finished showing Su Changge around.

Ancestor Po Jun took out a cultivation art and handed it to Su Changge. "This art is called the Myriad Paths Returning Immortal Art. It is the most central cultivation art of our Returning Origin Holy Land, and its origins are too ancient to trace."

"But for a thousand years, no one has cultivated it to great mastery again. I believe you will certainly break that record, Changge."

Ancestor Po Jun reminded him once more to cultivate diligently, then left.

"No one in a thousand years? Then there were people before that?"

Su Changge was somewhat puzzled, unsure what riddle Ancestor Po Jun was posing.

Returning Origin Holy Hall was enormous inside, yet it had no furnishings at all, giving it a somewhat desolate appearance.

He called up the system again.

"Use the beginner's gift pack."

As Su Changge's words fell, an ornate treasure chest suddenly appeared in the void, radiating seven-colored divine light.

With a click, the treasure chest slowly opened, dazzling divine radiance shining within.

[The host's luck is off the charts. Congratulations on obtaining the World Tree Seed, Azure Heaven Sword, Godslaying Sword Intent, and Immortal Spirit Treasure Armor.]

"Luck is off the charts?" Su Changge guessed these were random rewards, like a prize draw.

Looking at the four items, he was delighted. Each had its own merits.

"Extract the Azure Heaven Sword."

As Su Changge murmured softly, faint ripples appeared in the void before him, and a longsword broke through space and descended.

With a clear sword chime, the entire sword appeared before his eyes. It was about three feet long.

The blade shone like a mirror, cold light flowing over its tip. Merely looking at it involuntarily chilled the heart.

Its hilt was carved from an unknown divine wood, with the words "High Heaven" engraved upon it, as though it held the intent to rule heaven and earth.

[Azure Heaven Sword: A derivative weapon of the Heavenly Dao Authority Sword. It can draw upon the Power of Heavenly Dao to cleave through all falsehood in the world. It is the sharpest sword in the world.]

"Azure Heaven Sword? Heavenly Dao Authority Sword Branch? Perhaps this sword has an extraordinary origin."

Grasping the longsword, Su Changge walked toward the diamond in the Martial Arts Arena. He wanted to test just how sharp this sword was.

Swish!

Sword light flashed as he delivered a diagonal slash.

The diamond was instantly cleaved in two across its middle.

Even the Protective Formation within the Martial Arts Arena was caught by the slash and split apart with a crack.

"Hiss..." Su Changge sucked in a cold breath. This Protective Formation could withstand Venerable Realm experts, yet it had actually been destroyed so easily!

"This sword truly is extraordinary."

"If I raise my cultivation in the future, a slash from it will probably be terrifying beyond compare."

"Will drawing something this good use up all my luck?"

Su Changge murmured under his breath.

Luck was hard to pin down. Whoever used it up first would be the first to go.

As long as he wasn't the first to go, that was enough.

Then Su Changge continued looking at the system interface.

"Extract Godslaying Sword Intent."

Hum-

An obscure, immense aura poured into his mind. At that moment, he was like a divine sword piercing heaven and earth.

Thanks to the system, Godslaying Sword Intent had already been born within him.

[Godslaying Sword Intent: Legend has it that during an ancient war, a Sword Dao Genius of the Immortal Realm attained the Dao through the sword and became a Sword Dao Immortal Emperor. This was the signature sword intent he comprehended through everything he had learned in his lifetime and countless years of effort. One Thought of Gods and Devils, sword intent reaching the divine, slaying the gods of the myriad paths in the world with sword intent that towered above heaven.]

"The Immortal Realm? An ancient war? Slaying the gods of the world?"

"It even has terrifying sword intent like this. Could it have things from the primordial age too? Something like the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus or the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda?"

Su Changge shook his head with a wry smile. If a Primordial Supreme Treasure really came along in the future, wouldn't he soar straight into the sky?

"Right, there's also Yin Yang Sword Qi." Su Changge looked at the system mail and clicked to claim it.

"Extract Yin Yang Sword Qi."

Two streaks of light entered his body, one red and one blue, like the cycling of yin and yang.

[Yin-Yang Sword Qi: Ultimate yin and ultimate yang, transforming at any moment. Eternal frost, a blazing sun. Yin and yang in a single thought, sword qi at its pinnacle.]

"Yin Yang Sword Qi, Godslaying Sword Intent, and a sword. Is this making me a sword cultivator?"

Su Changge did not dwell on it. Combined with his physique, it would simply be terrifying beyond bounds.

"Throughout the ages, there has never been word of a sword cultivator with an Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo."

"With my talent and physique, perhaps I can become the greatest sword cultivator of all time."

He had already pictured the future.

His Sacred Body Phenomenon would descend upon the Nine Heavens, his Godslaying Sword Intent would span the vast sky, and amid casual conversation and laughter, everything would turn to ash and smoke!

He looked at the next item.

"Extract the Immortal Spirit Treasure Armor."

The phantom of a suit of armor slowly coalesced in the void, then turned into a stream of light and entered Su Changge's body.

He felt his perception of spiritual energy become even more sensitive.

[Immortal Spirit Treasure Armor: Gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into immortal qi to protect the body. It can withstand a Holy Master's full-powered strike.]

Su Changge nodded in satisfaction. The Immortal Spirit Treasure Armor did not even feel heavy on him. With such formidable defense, he feared no attack!

"The last one is the World Tree Seed." Su Changge looked at the system interface. The World Tree sounded like an unparalleled existence.

"Extract the World Tree Seed."

As his words fell, five-colored divine light appeared in Su Changge's dantian, radiating an aura full of sanctity, as though chaos had just first opened.

As his consciousness gradually entered the five-colored divine light, the scene before him suddenly opened up.

What greeted his eyes was a boundless expanse of heaven and earth.

A tender sprout had already grown at its center. It was like the sovereign of heaven and earth, as though everything had been born because of it.

Though it looked like a tender sprout, it supported a small world that had yet to develop fully.

One could imagine that once this World Tree grew, its countless branches and leaves would each be a world. The World Tree was the source that unfolded everything in existence.

"So that's how it works. The World Tree Seed, the legendary tree of heaven and earth, can evolve all the Great Daos in the world."

"One leaf, one world; one branch can reach heaven. I need to provide enough Five Elements Power for it to grow. If it grows successfully, I can command the World Power of three thousand worlds, breaking through All Heavens and Myriad Worlds with a single force!"

"Five Elements Power... I'll look for it later."

With a slight stir of his will, Su Changge tossed the Azure Heaven Sword into the World Tree Seed.

The World Tree Seed could serve as a storage space.

That boundless expanse of heaven and earth could even accommodate hundreds of millions upon billions of living beings.

[Ding! New task detected. Option one: I'm strong, and I know it.

Set out immediately to subdue the other Holy Sons and establish the Divine Son's might. Reward: Nine Heavens Reincarnation Dao Art.

Option two: Continue cultivating and raise your cultivation. Reward: Spirit Gathering Sky Dome Formation.]

Su Changge could not help feeling speechless.

Though his strength had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation, there was no need for option one.

"Continue cultivating."

[The host has completed the selection. The reward has been delivered.]

Su Changge looked at the system page again.

[Spirit Gathering Sky Dome Formation: A cultivation formation from the age of immortals. It gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use. The greater the cultivator's talent, the more spiritual energy it gathers.]

"Good stuff. A pillow delivered just when I'm sleepy!"

"The Spirit Gathering Sky Dome Formation combined with the Myriad Paths Returning Immortal Art might bring me gains beyond imagination."

After extracting and activating the Spirit Gathering Sky Dome Formation.

Su Changge sank into sudden enlightenment once more. The Ancestors had also thoughtfully left him tips for quickly comprehending the Myriad Paths Returning Immortal Art.

A short while later.

After comprehending the Myriad Paths Returning Immortal Art, Su Changge mobilized the spiritual energy laws within his body.

Suddenly.

Runes appeared in the space surrounding him, centered on his body. Divine light flowed, emanating an abstruse Dao resonance.

At that moment, all the spiritual energy in Returning Origin Holy Hall seemed to receive some unseen summons, surging madly toward Su Changge!

The spiritual energy turned into brilliant light that wreathed him, making him look like a deity descended from the Nine Heavens.

Had anyone seen him, they would surely have been astonished, taking him for a celestial being.

Above Returning Origin Holy Hall.

It was as though the winds and clouds of the Nine Heavens were being stirred by this immense spiritual energy, whirling rapidly like a vortex.

This terrifying Manifestations phenomenon also drew countless gazes.

"Is the Divine Son cultivating? Such terrifying spiritual energy is truly unheard of!"

"I suppose he must be. The Divine Son is the only person in Returning Origin Holy Hall now. Presumably, it couldn't be anyone else."

"The Divine Son possesses the Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo, unmatched throughout the ages. Such Manifestations aren't impossible, but causing such an exaggerated commotion just by cultivating is too much!"

The many disciples of Returning Origin Holy Land could not help filling in the details in their minds.

The spiritual energy within the holy hall was incomparably dense, to the point that it was almost taking solid form!

In such an environment, with his talent, saying he could advance ten thousand miles in a day would be no exaggeration.

Su Changge had immersed himself completely in cultivation and knew nothing at all of the discussions outside.