Lu Changsheng had refined the third layer, but as for the fourth layer, with his current realm, he was not yet able to cultivate it, or else he would likely perish.
“Ding, your sixth disciple ‘Chen Yao’ has advanced from the Quasi-Emperor Realm to the Immortal Emperor Realm, you have received the disciple realm advancement reward: Sword Dao Divine Fruit.”
Suddenly, the system notification informed Lu Changsheng that he had obtained a divine fruit.
Sword Dao Divine Fruit?!
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath.
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This was a twenty-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, grown in chaos, containing fragments of Sword Dao, for sword cultivators, it was an incomparably valuable treasure!
Just by consuming one, one’s Great Dao Comprehension could be greatly enhanced.
In Lu Changsheng’s Inner World, there appeared a crimson fruit, somewhat resembling the apples of Blue Star.
Such a small fruit, no bigger than a fist, yet it had the power to transform a Sword Dao fool into a Sword Dao genius.
And a Sword Dao genius who consumed the Sword Dao Divine Fruit would immediately enhance their Sword Dao Comprehension.
At the moment, the prospect of bestowing a twenty-grade treasure upon a disciple seemed like a distant dream.
Lu Changsheng decided to use the divine fruit himself.
Lu Changsheng took out the Sword Dao Divine Fruit from his Inner World and took a bite, finding the taste sweet.
Boom!
Suddenly, Lu Changsheng’s Sea of Consciousness exploded as if detonated, instantly entering the Path Comprehension state.
Lu Changsheng’s comprehension of the Sword Dao accelerated rapidly, advancing at an incredible pace.
He had fully understood all the content of the “One Sword Across Ages” Third Sword Realm.
In the Qianyuan Cave Heaven, having used the Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill, Lu Changsheng temporarily elevated his realm to the rank of a Sixth Divine King and in that state, he gained a deeper understanding of the Great Dao.
Now, having consumed the Sword Dao Divine Fruit, Lu Changsheng’s understanding of the Sword Dao became even more profound.
Lu Changsheng had not only mastered the Third Sword Realm completely but also, with the help of the Sword Dao Divine Fruit’s effects, attempted to comprehend the Fourth Sword Realm.
The Third Sword Realm, capable of severing Qi Destiny.
The Fourth Sword Realm, Severing Causality.
The difficulty of the Fourth Sword Realm was a hundred times that of the Third Sword Realm.
Under normal circumstances, only a Great Accomplished Immortal Emperor had the possibility of getting a glimpse into it.
And that Great Accomplished Immortal Emperor had to be a Sword Dao genius.
Geniuses like Lin Xuantong, at such high realms, could master the Fourth Sword Realm.
The Fifth Sword Realm was even more difficult.
Lin Xuantong would have had to pay the price of injury just to barely unleash the mere surface of the Fifth Sword Realm.
“The heart moves with the thought, the sword follows the Qi, Qi and thought communicate, man and sword merge as one…”
Lu Changsheng softly recited the mnemonic verse for the Fourth Sword Realm, attempting to comprehend it across stages.
“I actually understood it!”
Lu Changsheng, with the help of the Sword Dao Divine Fruit’s effects, had truly grasped the initial part of the Fourth Sword Realm’s mnemonic verse.
Lu Changsheng was overjoyed and used the state of comprehension brought about by the Sword Dao Divine Fruit to attempt to grasp more of the Fourth Sword Realm.
The mnemonic verse of the Fourth Sword Realm had twelve thousand characters, comprising eight sections; Lu Changsheng had comprehended up to the third section when the state of sudden enlightenment from the Sword Dao Divine Fruit faded away.
Lu Changsheng felt a bit disappointed.
If he had ten or eight Sword Dao Divine Fruits, Lu Changsheng could potentially comprehend all eight sections of the Fourth Sword Realm’s mnemonic verse and completely master the Fourth Sword Realm at the fifth level of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Unfortunately, the Sword Dao Divine Fruit was a treasure awarded by the system for his disciple Chen Yao’s breakthrough in a major realm; Lu Changsheng still didn’t know what kind of treasure he should bestow upon his disciple for the system to return another Sword Dao Divine Fruit.
In the Heavenly Court, at Mysterious Lady Palace, amidst thunder and lightning, the Great Dao Gold Thunder faded, and Chen Yao, clad in a pale green gown, successfully passed the tribulation and stepped into the Immortal Emperor Realm.
She sheathed the Zhanlan Immortal Sword at her waist, her eyes carrying a hint of bewilderment.
During the tribulation, she had once again seen that figure deep within her heart.
After so many years, she still could not forget him.
“Junior brother…”
Chen Yao stood tall and graceful, with an ethereal presence, yet yearning for a person of the past.
In the place where Chen Yao was undergoing her Tribulation, twelve breathtakingly beautiful women, each carrying an Immortal Sword, stood atop twelve mountains as Chen Yao’s protectors.
The twelve Sword Maidens, twelve peerless experts of the Mysterious Lady Palace, secretly communicated with each other through transmissions.
“This woman is a reincarnation of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, hence she possesses the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique. The potential of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique is boundless.”
“If this woman can become the consort of the Emperor, our Mysterious Lady Palace’s status would rise to first among the three hundred and sixty-five palaces of the Heavenly Court.”
“This matter was nearly confirmed by the Emperor, yet recently there has been a change; it seems the Emperor has another candidate in mind for consort.”
“Could there be someone whose aptitude surpasses that of a reincarnated Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady? The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique is the highest grade special constitution of our Mysterious Lady Palace, second only to the Heavenly Emperor’s Supreme Emperor Body. How could there be such a genius in this world?”
“Mengchen, do you know who the Emperor’s candidate for consort is?”
“It seems to be the Holy Maiden of Guanghan Palace.”
“A mere Holy Maiden from Guanghan Palace, how could she compare to our reincarnated Mysterious Lady?”
“This Guanghan Holy Maiden seems to have something special. She has a mysterious power in her that can elevate one from the Immortal Emperor Realm to the Divine King Realm. She joined forces with the Holy Son of Tai Hua to slay the Impermanence Demon Monarch.”
“What?”
The other eleven Sword Maidens were all astonished.
The leading Sword Maiden nodded, “With such defying aptitude, no wonder she caught the Emperor’s attention. Emperor Ku aspires to control the Heavenly Court in the future; the consort must be an immortal and deathless being, the higher the aptitude, the better.”
One of the Sword Maidens asked, “Palace Master, if someone from our Mysterious Lady Palace does not become the Emperor’s consort, wouldn’t we miss out on a great opportunity?”
“If Emperor Ku controls the Heavenly Court, with his status, countless fairies in the Immortal Realm will gravitate towards him. He might not only take one consort. Our Mysterious Lady Palace still has a chance.”
After saying this, the Palace Master of the Mysterious Lady Palace glanced at Chen Yao.
As long as Chen Yao married the Emperor, the Mysterious Lady Palace’s status would rise with the tide.
The Mysterious Lady Palace was once a transcendent entity in the Heavenly Court.
The Mount Taihua Goddess, the Taiyin Goddess, and other ancient great powers all originated from the Mysterious Lady Palace.
Yet after the end of the two ancient wars, they chose to leave the Mysterious Lady Palace to establish their own sects.
The status of the Mysterious Lady Palace declined because these ancient great powers left.
To regain the transcendent status it held in ancient times, the Mysterious Lady Palace needed to establish good relations with Emperor Ku who was expected to take control of the Heavenly Court.
The relationships among the major powers in the Immortal Realm are not simple.
Wherever there are people, there is society; the Immortal Realm is no exception.
On Yuntai Peak of Mount Taihua, Lu Changsheng remained unaware of the happenings at the Mysterious Lady Palace, silently enhancing his strength.
A Sword Dao Divine Fruit enabled Lu Changsheng to fully grasp the third Sword Realm, as well as learn three-eighths of the mnemonic verse of the fourth Sword Realm.
Lu Changsheng, leveraging this comprehension, began his seclusion to officially break through to the sixth level of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Meanwhile, the twelve disciple Xu Jing, rewarded with the Dao Artifact “Cloak of the Fourth Realm” by Lu Changsheng, concealed his presence and went to places like the Sword Tomb rich in yin energy to cultivate while helping a Female Sword Immortal of Heavenly Sect to rebuild her Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
“I can break through now.”
The ninth disciple, Dugu Aotian, became the fourth direct disciple under Lu Changsheng to achieve breakthrough.
Dugu Aotian’s father was the Demon Marshal who ruled the Demon Realm, and his mother was once a Holy Maiden of the holy land of Yaochi. In terms of background, he was actually not much inferior to Emperor Ku.
Dugu Aotian had extraordinary talent and practiced fast-track Demonic Cultivation Skills, allowing him to quickly reach the cusp of Tribulation.
Once he took this step, he would become a powerhouse of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Demonic Cultivation Skills are easy to perfect rapidly but also make one more susceptible to the inner demons during Tribulation, risking deviating into madness and perishing.
However, as one with the Demonic Ancestor Body, for Dugu Aotian, surviving the Heavenly Tribulation of the Immortal Emperor Realm was not a difficult task.
If even the Heavenly Tribulation of the Immortal Emperor Realm could not be crossed, then he would not be worthy of the Demonic Ancestor Body, a Demonic Dao constitution capable of contending with the Supreme Emperor Body.
In ancient times, the Demon Lord was the number one expert in the Demonic Dao who dared to battle the Heavenly Emperor.
Dugu Aotian came to the arena specifically used for Tribulation on Mount Taihua and formally began his Tribulation.
As his master Lu Changsheng was breaking through in retreat, his senior brother Lin Qingzhi and senior sister Lu Qinglian acted as his protectors.
Dugu Aotian’s Tribulation also attracted the Great Dao Gold Thunder.
With the ancient Demon Weapon “Yuan Tu” in hand, his black hair fluttering, and Demonic Qi surging around him like a demon descending on the world, he faced the Chaos Divine Thunder and Great Dao Gold Thunder…
[Ding, your ninth disciple “Dugu Aotian” has advanced from the Quasi-Emperor Realm to the Immortal Emperor Realm. You receive a reward for your disciple’s advancement in realm: an eighth-grade Dao Artifact “Purple Lightning Clear Frost”.]