Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

Chapter 89: Imparting The Sword Art, Thousand Petals Hall

As soon as Tian Yongheng said these words, Lu Qingfeng showed a dumbfounded expression and tilted his head.

Wait...did I hear correctly?

Master wants to impart that ultimate Sword Art which he used in the battle against those demonic cultivators and Demon?

Immediately, he became extremely excited and enthusiastic.

The 108 Celestial Swords, after seeing an array of Celestial Sword Qi surrounding Tian Yongheng and aiding him in the last battle, Lu Qingfeng was fascinated and wanted to learn it ever since.

Now that his master had asked him if he wanted to learn it, he naturally agreed readily!

"Yes, master! I would like to learn the 108 Celestial Swords!"

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Ignoring the system prompts in front of him, Tian Yongheng nodded approvingly before placing his two fingers shaped like a sword shape on Lu Qingfeng’s forehead.

"This Sword Art requires a lot of focus and perseverance. Don’t be discouraged if you can’t see any improvement for some years. Remember, cultivating it requires Sword Intent, not Spiritual Energy. The higher your cultivation, the more Celestial Sword Qi you can condense. Combining all the Celestial Sword Qi will generate a huge Celestial Sword capable of splitting the heavens..."

After explaining some basics, Tian Yongheng finally imparted the Sword Art to Lu Qingfeng.

The reason why he chose to impart this Sword Art to Lu Qingfeng wasn’t that the Eternal Peak did not have any combat spells and techniques.

In fact, since the Sword Seeking Sect had become a subsidiary force of the Eternal Peak, all the copies of their cultivation techniques, combat techniques, spells and arts had been transferred to the Eternal Peak’s Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom.

Not just that, even the demonic cultivators Tian Yongheng defeated had good enough techniques which were also stored in the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom. Except for Tian Yongheng’s own techniques and spells, all the other scriptures that the Eternal Peak had were stored there.

Even the Yan Immortal Dynasty had sent quite a few of its combat techniques, and all the disciples cultivated those techniques and arts from the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom.

What was the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom? It was a pagoda which currently had three floors and was created by the disciples to store all the scriptures of the Eternal Peak, from cultivation techniques to combat techniques, philosophies of various members, insights of senior cultivators within the Eternal Peak to aid juniors and many more things.

Right noe, Yan Jingfei managed the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom. She had even written and added some scriptures of her past life there. Tian Yunchen also added quite a good amount of techniques he knew.

So in this aspect, Eternal Peak did not lack combat techniques, and Lu Qingfeng had even learned a few spells from the Pagoda of Heavenly Wisdom.

Of course, all of them were far inferior to the scriptures Tian Yongheng cultivated. It was one of the main reasons he imparted the 108 Celestial Swords to Lu Qingfeng.

Along with that, he wanted to see how much time would Lu Qingfeng, a Chosen One with three Connate Providences, would take in condensing a Celestial Sword or reaching his level.

He wanted to understand the limits of a Chosen One in all aspects, and how should he contend against them. He already knew that his cultivation speed was faster than any Chosen One he had encountered, and his strength was also most probably the strongest since neither Lu Qingfeng nor Yan Jingfei were able to defeat people a major realm above them.

Of course even with all that, he dared not take Chosen Ones lightly. They had the heaven and earth supporting them, after all. He didn’t know how formidable the Chosen Ones of the past were or how great the Chosen Ones of the future would be, so he couldn’t make any baseless assumptions just on the fact that the current Chosen Ones he knew were all inferior to him.

For example, the Divine Sovereign from 3 Heavenly Karmic Cycles ago. Even after more than a billion years of his sscension, he was still a mythological figure almost everyone discussed about.

To achieve that kind of status, there’s no doubt his talents were far from ordinary Chosen Ones.

Tian Yongheng did not want that kind of status, but he wanted to be strong enough to be able to protect the people around him, and most importantly, protect himself too. Fighting against a Chosen One is no less than fighting against the entire world, after all.

A couple of hours later.

Tian Yongheng successfully imparted the 108 Celestial Swords to Lu Qingfeng, who felt a bit dizzy from the overload of information about the sword art.

Instantly, he entered a state of enlightenment and started to comprehend the sword art. Tian Yongheng did not disturb him and watched over him, sitting cross-legged right in front of him.

...

Meanwhile, in a place far from the Eternal Peak.

In a huge, dimly lit hall stood multiple figures side by side, their eyes on the woman sitting in a lotus position in front of them.

She looked to be in her thirties, her hair a deep shade of black with violet eyes. She could be described as beautiful, a beauty mark below her lips. Her figure was voluptuous, but not too overbearing.

At this moment, the woman’s complexion was pale, her eyes full of regret and guilt. She looked extremely tired, as if she had been fighting continously for several months without rest and drained all of her Spiritual Energy.

"Cough!"

Suddenly, she coughed a little, making all the people present in the room look at her worriedly.

"Hall Master, don’t push yourself so much. The death of the eldest young lady had nothing to do with you. You tried your best to save her. It was all those demonic bastards’ fault!"

"Yes, Hall Master. You should try to recover in the meantime, we’ll definitely find a way out of this predicament and even rescue the young master!"

"Yes, those guys won’t do anything to the young master. He’s a Heavenly Spiritual Root, after all!"

At this moment, a girl who was standing in a corner and seemed to be in her early twenties suddenly spoke up, "Enough of this. Are you all going to act or should I go to behead those scum and save my brother? Tch, if only father was still here..." She said with clenched teeth, her anger evident in her voice.

She was Liu Ruoxue, the second daughter of the current Hall Master of the Thousand Petals Hall and the previous Hall Master. She was even more beautiful than her mother, but with a fierce aura and oppressive presence that could potentially crush anyone below the Qi Condensation Realm to death.

At her words, the entire hall fell silent. The previous Hall Master and Liu Ruoxue’s father was actually a Golden Core Realm expert, but he had sustained many injuries from his past, and he succumbed to them more than a hundred years ago, just a few years after the birth of his youngest son and Liu Ruoxue’s youngest brother, Liu Yufang.

Liu Yufang possessed the Earth Elemental Heavenly Spiritual Root, which made people have great expectations of him. At that time, their mother and the Dao Companion of the late Hall Master was the second strongest in the Thousand Petals Hall, being at the peak of the Innate Realm.

The Supreme Elder, the Golden Core Realm powerhouse who was slightly weaker than the late Hall Master refused to become the next Hall Master, and thus, she inherited the Hall Master position.

However, more than a decade ago, a group of demonic cultivators attacked the Thousand Petals Hall. They wanted the Thousand Petals Hall to submit to them and do tasks for them, which was no less than betraying the righteous path and joining the demonic path.

When the Thousand Petals Hall retaliated, those demonic cultivators not only killed Liu Ruoxue and Liu Yufang’s eldest sister, but they also killed the Supreme Elder. They even kidnapped Liu Yufang, as he was not only the young master of the Thousand Petals Hall but also a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Liu Yufang, being a Heavenly Spiritual Root, was extremely important to the Thousand Petals Hall. Having no hope left, they had no choice but to submit to them.

Right now, they were in the secret realm created by the founding ancestor of the Thousand Petals Hall which could only be entered by those permitted by the current Hall Master.

"Second young lady, calm down. What can you even do in this situation? You’re only in the Acquired Realm." An elder suddenly said, making Liu Ruoxue clench her fist, but she didn’t deny him, as he was right.

At this moment, another elder suddenly said, "We alone cannot do anything to them, as they have people in the Golden Core Realm while the strongest among us, the Hall Master, is only at the peak of the Innate Realm. Not to mention she is severely injured right now and can’t do anything.

We also have no way of contacting any Golden Core Realm faction nearby, and we can’t go to them too because we’ll be caught since they’re very far away. And I doubt they’ll help us by risking the lives of their Golden Core Realm experts. Void Refinement Realm factions are out of the question, there aren’t many in the Qingyun Region to begin with, and they won’t listen to us."

"Then, what should we do?" Someone asked.

At this point, the elder took out a Communication Jade with a solemn expression on his face, "I have a way of contacting the emperor of the Yan Immortal Dynasty.

At first, I thought it would be of no use, but after witnessing the recent celestial phenomenon above the sky of the Yan Dynasty, it’s confirmed there is a powerhouse of the Immortal Ascension Realm there, and he’s residing in a faction called the Eternal Peak!"