Great Immortal With Boundless Mana

Chapter 358: Heavenly Sword Palace

On September 30th, in the Liangxiang Valley.

Cliffs and precipices lined both sides of the valley, with a narrow entrance but a spacious interior.

At the innermost part of the valley was a smooth, mirror-like black rock wall, devoid of any vegetation.

Tens of thousands of disciples from the Heavenly Sword Sect were arranged in the valley, occupying a large area.

The Azure Cloud Sect, with five hundred disciples in blue robes, occupied a small corner nearby.

Yun Qiushui sighed in amazement, "I never expected there would be so many people participating in the secret realm trial."

He had heard of the famous Heavenly Sword Palace, but was not clear on the specifics.

Seeing tens of thousands of Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators gathered here, Yun Qiushui finally realized that the so-called trial of the Heavenly Sword Palace was not as valuable as he had imagined...

No wonder Gui Wuqi was so generous, giving five hundred spots at once.

Gao Xian also didn't expect there to be so many people. They had come here on the Green Wood Flying Ship and arrived to see a crowded scene.

He casually remarked, "It seems there's not much danger, which is why so many people came for the trial."

Lu Jingxu looked worriedly at the disciples behind him. All five hundred of them had attended lectures at the Scripture Hall, and he could name quite a few of them.

Those who could participate in the trial of the Heavenly Sword Palace were all elites of the sect. If too many of them were injured or killed, it would be a huge blow to the sect.

He whispered, "The Heavenly Sword Palace may not be dangerous, but I'm afraid of the Heavenly Sword Sect making a move. There are just too many of them..."

Tens of thousands of Heavenly Sword Sect disciples against twenty of them. If the other side had malicious intentions, not a single one of the five hundred would survive.

Gao Xian smiled and reassured him, "It's unlikely. The Heavenly Sword Sect is actively showing goodwill this time, so they wouldn't do such a thing. My personal grudge with Gui Wuqi won't involve ordinary disciples."

As he spoke, he glanced at Gui Wuqi in the distance. They hadn't seen each other for over a year, and Gui Wuqi seemed even more sinister. His Sword Intent had become even purer.

Clearly, his Sword Technique had improved unexpectedly, which was beyond Gao Xian's expectations.

Gui Wuqi seemed to sense Gao Xian's gaze and turned his head to give him a deep, emotionless look.

Gao Xian smiled slightly and nodded, as if he had seen an old friend.

Gui Wuqi withdrew his gaze. He detested Gao Xian's smiling and polite demeanor, finding it extremely hypocritical.

But it was also very deceptive. Those who didn't know Gao Xian's true nature would easily think he was gentle and courteous.

Gui Wuqi glanced at Xiao Hongye beside him. If this woman got close to Gao Xian and they ended up together in the Heavenly Sword Palace, it would be quite troublesome...

Xiao Hongye didn't even glance sideways, seemingly indifferent to Gui Wuqi's gaze.

Last time, she defeated Gao Xian with a single move, which pleased their ancestor greatly. As a result, he gave her the ancient Sword Heart that had been passed down.

(Note: The translation provided is a faithful representation of the original Chinese text. However, it is important to note that the context and meaning of certain phrases may vary depending on the overall story and plot.)

After several tens of days of tempering, Sword Heart has merged with the Red Leaf Sword. With several tens of years of tempering, perhaps the Red Leaf Sword can be elevated to Rank Four.

What's more important is that with the blessing of this Sword Heart, it will be easier to obtain the inheritance of the ancient Sword intent.

As for Gao Xian, Xiao Hongye really wanted to get rid of him. But she couldn't bear to do it, and on the other hand, she was also somewhat wary of Gao Xian.

From what she knew, Gao Xian's enemies didn't end up well.

After careful consideration, Xiao Hongye decided to fulfill her promise. Befriending Gao Xian could also suppress Guiwuqi, killing two birds with one stone. There was no need to act like a villain.

Besides, she quite liked Gao Xian.

At noon, when the Yang energy was at its peak, golden runes appeared on the black stone wall.

Vast amounts of Spiritual Qi continuously gathered, and the golden runes grew stronger, emitting a light that soared into the sky.

After a while, a wide golden passage appeared on the black stone wall.

With a wave of Zhong Ziqi's hand, tens of thousands of disciples from the Heavenly Sword Sect entered the golden passage in an orderly manner according to their respective departments.

Only after all the cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Sect had entered did Zhong Ziqi wave his hand at Lu Jingxu, "Fellow Daoist, you can go in now. Remember, the trial lasts for thirty days. After thirty days, the Tianxiang Sword Palace will be closed. It can only be opened again after sixty years..."

Zhong Ziqi reminded, "In the past, there were people who wanted to stay in the Tianxiang Sword Palace to cultivate their sword skills. The fact is, even a Gold Core Perfected Being couldn't withstand the restrictions inside the Tianxiang Sword Palace. No one can hold on until the next opening of the Tianxiang Sword Palace."

Lu Jingxu cupped his hands, "Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist."

Five hundred disciples from the Azure Cloud Sect orderly passed through the golden passage and saw the ancient green city wall on the outermost periphery.

The city wall seemed to be built of some kind of giant stones, with an extremely ancient style and a simple structure, filled with a sense of historical vicissitudes.

The giant stone wall was riddled with holes, full of weathered traces.

Yun Qiushui sighed, "Is this the Wind Palace? I wonder how many ten thousand years it has been preserved. It's almost a miracle to be able to maintain it so intact..."

According to the simple map given by the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Tianxiang Sword Palace is divided into nine palaces, with one palace nested within another, forming a nine-ring structure.

The outermost palace is the Wind Palace, where there are thousands of wind-type sword spirits in the huge palace. They look like blue phantoms and are roughly equivalent to Qi Refining cultivators in level.

The sword spirits in the Wind Palace are very weak. As long as two or three Qi Refining cultivators team up, they can easily kill the wind-type sword spirits.

Generally speaking, Qi Refining cultivators would undergo trials in the Wind Palace.

Lu Jingxu didn't have time to sigh. As the team leader, he had a heavy responsibility.

He said to the many disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect, "Qi Refining disciples, form groups of three and don't scatter. And don't venture too deep into the Sword Palace..."

The trial in the Tianxiang Sword Palace is extremely low in danger, but it is not without danger. Especially for Qi Refining cultivators, it is dangerous everywhere except the Wind Palace.

The disciples responded with a loud roar, quite orderly.

Gao Xian glanced at Li Feihuang behind Lu Jingxu and transmitted his voice with Divine Sense, "You shouldn't venture too deep into the Sword Palace either. Wind, cloud, rain, snow, thunder, lightning, stars, moon, sun, the nine palaces correspond to the nine Celestial Phenomena. The other eight palaces are very different from your Wind and Fire True Scripture. Even if you obtain the Sword intent inheritance, it won't be of much benefit to you."

Li Fei Huang didn't look at Gao Xian, nor did she reply using Divine Sense. In the past few days at Heaven-Connecting Peak, Gao Xian didn't come to find her, which made her a little angry.

The main reason was that Gao Xian and Xiao Hongye seemed to have something going on, and based on a woman's intuition, she felt that something was going on between them.

Gao Xian also didn't pay any attention to Li Fei Huang. This woman had a strange temper. If you treated her well, she would act aloof, but if you treated her poorly, she would turn around and coax you.

As they were about to enter Tianxiang Sword Palace, Gao Xian had no interest in playing house with Li Fei Huang.

Gao Xian said to Yun Qiushui, "The Sun, Moon, and Star Palaces are extremely dangerous, and they completely suppress cultivation bases above the Gold Core level. Brother Yun, you must not go inside..."

The Heavenly Sword Sect only provided a simple map and emphasized that each level of Tianxiang Sword Palace was more dangerous than the previous one. As for how dangerous it was, they were vague.

It was Xiao Hongye who gave him a detailed introduction to the Sword Palace.

Outside, there were six palaces of wind, cloud, rain, snow, thunder, and lightning, but the restrictions were not too severe. A Gold Core Perfected Being could barely reach the Thunder Palace, but the Lightning Palace was extremely dangerous.

The Sun, Moon, and Star Palaces had exceptionally strong restrictions. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would have their cultivation base suppressed by the restrictions. The sword spirits inside were also particularly powerful.

Moreover, in such a dangerous place, there was no inheritance of a powerful Sword Intent. The highest level was only at the Nascent Soul stage.

Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch had the ability to go deep inside, but they were not interested in taking risks.

Yun Qiushui's Taiwei Feixian Sword and various Tianxiang Sword Intents were not very compatible. There was no need for him to take the risk of going deep inside.

"You know all this, did your good friend tell you?" Yun Qiushui teased.

"Hehehe, I just like making friends," Gao Xian didn't deny it and smiled ambiguously.

Yun Qiushui didn't ask further. He nodded and said, "I will go as far as the fourth palace, and I won't go any deeper."

Lu Jingxu said, "I don't have much talent in Sword Technique, so I'll just take a look at the Wind and Cloud Palaces. My main task is to take care of the sect disciples."

"Senior Brother, Brother Yun, I'll go ahead," Gao Xian nodded at Yun Qiushui again. He urged his Yin & Yang Heavenly Wheel to fly into the sky, directly crossing over the Wind Palace's walls.

The Spiritual Qi inside Tianxiang Sword Palace was quite abundant, but the restrictions were extremely powerful. There were strong restrictions a hundred zhang above, like transparent walls, completely covering the upper levels of Tianxiang Sword Palace.

The restrictions in the sky turned the vast Sword Palace into a sealed box, making Gao Xian feel extremely oppressed.

Gao Xian preferred the open sky. With the Yin & Yang Heavenly Wheel's extreme speed, he could fully exert his advantages.

After crossing the ancient and heavy walls, one could see thick city walls below, forming countless square spaces, resembling a huge circular maze.

In these divided spaces, several blue phantoms often gathered, floating around like ghosts.

There were even more blue phantoms floating in the air. As soon as Gao Xian flew in, seven or eight blue phantoms surrounded him.

Gao Xian didn't need to make a move. Just by swiftly rotating his Yin & Yang Heavenly Wheel behind him, he could crush the blue phantoms that approached him.

After these blue phantoms shattered, they would turn into specks of blue light, drifting like rain.

Gao Xian took a few points of green spiritual light, indeed containing some pure Wind-type Spirit Power, and a very subtle trace of Sword intent.

The Azure Cloud Sword can transform into the Cloud Sword Scripture because he comprehended the Sword intent of the Wind Gate, knowing that wind and clouds are the foundation of the Sword intents of rain, snow, thunder, and lightning.

The Sword intent contained in the Wind-type Sword Spirit is too shallow for Gao Xian.

Nevertheless, Gao Xian still quickly circled around the circular wall of the Wind Palace.

The outermost Wind Palace is very large. Gao Xian roughly calculated that the circular Wind Palace is about two hundred li long.

Even if tens of thousands of cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Sect were thrown in there, they would only be able to explore a very small part.

The Sword Spirits in the Wind Palace are too low-level. After one round, Gao Xian killed thousands of Sword Spirits and gained some Sword intent spiritual light, but it had no effect on him.

However, he still summoned his Primordial Spirit clone and left it here. He would let the clone slowly explore the Low Level Sword Palace.

Gao Xian quickly entered the second Cloud Palace.

The Cloud Palace, as its name suggests, is a huge circular formation of dense white clouds.

The dense and cold clouds can obscure a person's vision and Divine Sense.

Sword Spirits condensed from white mist would emerge from within the clouds. Compared to the Wind-type Sword Spirits, the Cloud-type Sword Spirits are obviously more solid and have a higher combat power.

Gao Xian killed hundreds of Cloud-type Sword Spirits and quickly transmigrated through the cloud-formed Cloud Palace, entering the third Rain Palace.

The fine rain condensed from Spiritual Qi is like silk and mist, and within the fine rain, there are translucent Sword Spirits formed by condensed rainwater.

The Rain-type Sword Spirits are quite powerful. Their Sword Techniques have already undergone some subtle changes, and there are even Sword Spirits at the Foundation Establishment level.

However, the Sword intent spiritual light left behind by the Rain-type Sword Spirits is still too low-level.

The Snow Palace is a huge palace built with pure white snow. The snowmen holding swords have bodies as hard as steel and are fast. Their icy Sword Qi penetrates bone marrow. They are already comparable to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

After trying it out, Gao Xian quickly entered the fifth stage, the Thunder Palace.

The blue city walls are as crystal clear as blue crystals, with blue and white electric lights wandering like countless giant snakes.

Standing outside the Thunder Palace, Gao Xian could already feel the powerful Thunder-type Spirit Power pressure inside the palace.

At this moment, a golden light flashed from his sleeve. Following the induction of the golden light, Gao Xian flew around the wall of the Thunder Palace for half a circle before finding Xiao Hongye.

Xiao Hongye whispered, "Why did you come so late? Did you encounter any trouble?"

"No, I just wandered around," Gao Xian honestly replied.

His principle was to tell as few lies as possible so that when he needed to lie, it would be easier for others to believe him.

Xiao Hongye understood this very well. She was also curious about the several Sword Palaces outside, but she would have the opportunity to come back in the future. There was no need to waste time outside.

She said, "It will be very dangerous once we enter the Thunder Palace. It will be difficult to deal with any Thunder-type Sword Spirits. We should be careful of Gui Wuqi and try to pass through the Thunder Palace as quickly as possible..."

(End of this chapter)