masters-orleans Chapter 357 - 306: Level 14 Shu Mountain 3000 Swords (Part 2)
Chapter 357 - 306: Level 14 Shu Mountain 3000 Swords (Part 2)
[Upgrade Successful!]
[Three Thousand Swords of Shushan Level 10: 14,852 trillion / 512 trillion (Upgradeable!) (Mastered 365 Law Marks, reached Soul Law Realm Perfection.)]
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BOOM!
Xu Qing’s aura surged. All kinds of Law Marks materialized around him, 365 in total. Each Law Mark transformed into something like a Sword Rune, hovering in the air about him.
"Soul Law Realm Perfection."
Xu Qing murmured, opening his eyes. He took a deep breath and said calmly, "After forty-two years, the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan has reached Level 10."
"With this,"
"my cultivation is restored to Soul Law Realm Perfection once more."
"Next..."
"it’s time to break through to the Perfect Law Realm."
"Continue upgrading!"
Xu Qing said.
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[Upgrade Successful!]
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[Upgrade Successful!]
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[Upgrade Successful!]
[Three Thousand Swords of Shushan Level 14: 7,172 trillion / 8,192 trillion (Mastered 900 Law Marks, only one step away from the Perfect Law Realm.)]
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The four upgrades had heavily depleted the Experience Points Xu Qing had accumulated over forty-two years. He was still short over a thousand trillion Experience Points to raise the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan to Level 15 and break through to the Perfect Law Realm.
After all,
to reach the Perfect Law Realm, one had to master one thousand Laws, comprehend their mysteries, and condense them into Law Marks.
Now,
having raised the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan to Level 14, Xu Qing had mastered a total of nine hundred Law Marks. Each one manifested physically, like Sword Runes materializing around him, releasing an incredibly terrifying Sword Dao pressure.
"This..."
「One month later.」
Xu Qing had become proficient with the Level 14 Three Thousand Swords of Shushan, and his power had grown even stronger. However, because he lacked Low-grade Law Stones, the amount of Experience Points he gained daily had dropped sharply.
"It’s about time."
Xu Qing stood up, his eyes glinting. "It’s time to leave."
CLANG!
With the ring of a sword, Xu Qing waved his right hand and a beam of Sword Light shot through the air. He stepped onto his Level 10 Celestial Law Sword and vanished in an instant.
He had left Chixia Peak.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Qing was soaring through the clouds, using Sword Flight to travel at incredible speed. He passed one mountain peak after another, where countless other Shushan Outer Disciples resided.
Soon, Xu Qing arrived at the Shushan Task Tower.
"I’m here."
Xu Qing came to a stop. He took a deep breath. Before him stood a supremely majestic tower. Its entire body was a rustic gray, built from some unknown material, and it pierced the heavens like a pillar supporting the sky.
"This is the place."
Xu Qing murmured softly.
The Shushan Task Tower.
Inside this tower, Xu Qing could accept missions issued by Shu Mountain. Upon completion, he would receive corresponding rewards based on the specifics and content of the task.
’Without Low-grade Law Stones, I can only gain a hundred billion Experience Points per day at most. That’s a tenfold decrease.’
Xu Qing thought to himself, ’At this rate, saving up over a thousand trillion Experience Points will be far too slow. Even with the monthly subsidy of one hundred Low-grade Law Stones, it’s just not enough. It’s far, far too slow. It would take at least thirty years to accumulate that much.’
"So," Xu Qing said aloud, "I have to find a way to get enough Low-grade Law Stones. The Shushan Task Tower is the best option."
SWOOSH!
Xu Qing transformed into a streak of light and entered the Shushan Task Tower. Given his current status in Shu Mountain, as well as his Cultivation and Realm, the highest he could go was the 9th Layer of the Shushan Task Tower.
The 9th Layer of the Shushan Task Tower.
VMM!
Xu Qing’s figure appeared as if out of thin air.
Soon, Xu Qing found the relevant mission board.
"This..."
Xu Qing looked slightly startled. The mission board was filled with all sorts of tasks spanning the entire Human Realm, and even included some in the Earth Realm and Celestial Realm.
For all these years, since joining Shu Mountain, Xu Qing had mostly stayed on Chixia Peak, practicing the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan every day to accumulate Experience Points. He had never taken the time to truly understand Shu Mountain, let alone the real world outside.
First of all,
the Profound Yellow Realm was one of the strongholds of the Human Race.
It was divided into the Earth Realm, the Human Realm, and the Celestial Realm.
Among them,
the focus was primarily on the Human Realm.
This was because Xu Qing himself was in the Human Realm.
The Human Realm was divided into the Three Thousand Realms. The size of each realm was comparable to Earth from Xu Qing’s past life, with some of the larger realms being even bigger.
Furthermore,
the place where the Central Tang Dynasty was located was called the Central Earth Realm.
The place where the Great Zhou Martial Country was located, on the other hand, was the Great Border Wilderness.
As for the Earth Realm and the Celestial Realm,
long ago, the Profound Yellow Realm had no Earth Realm or Celestial Realm—only the Three Thousand Realms of the Human World. But through the brutal wars between the Human Race and the All Heavens and Myriad Races, the Earth Realm and the Celestial Realm were gradually formed.
You could say that the Earth Realm and the Celestial Realm were essentially "outposts" established by the All Heavens and Myriad Races.
In fact, the war had never stopped.
"Haaaah..."
Xu Qing took a deep breath. As he slowly processed this information, magnificent and vast scenes began to form in his mind.
As his gaze swept across the listings, Xu Qing noticed one particular mission.
"This is the one."
Xu Qing made his decision.
Next,
Xu Qing accepted the mission. A brilliant radiance enveloped him, and he was instantly teleported away, vanishing from the Shushan Task Tower.
Evidently, he had been sent directly to the mission location.
VMM!
Xu Qing felt an extremely intense spatiotemporal fluctuation that surpassed the concept of Law. By the time he came to his senses, his perception and vision had returned to normal.
He had arrived at the mission location.
"This is the place."
Xu Qing stood in the Void, roughly ten thousand meters above the ground. He looked down upon the land below, where countless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits were running rampant.
Villages, cities, Prefecture Mansions, and even the Imperial Capital were all being ravaged by Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits.
"The Celestial North Ice Realm, one of the Human Realm Three Thousand Realms."
Xu Qing pondered, murmuring, "According to the mission details, within the Celestial North Ice Realm, there was a Human Race Dynasty called the Ice Moon Dynasty."
"The Ice Moon Dynasty was roughly comparable to the Great Zhou Martial Country."
"One hundred years ago,"
"the Emperor of the Ice Moon Dynasty was fatuous and incompetent. He, too, deluded himself with thoughts of Cultivation and eternal Longevity, which led to a backlash from the Emperor Dragon Qi. This, in turn, allowed Demon Fiends to throw the world into chaos and monsters to run amok, leaving the common people in misery."
"A hundred years have passed."
"The Ice Moon Dynasty has fallen, but no new Human Race Dynasty has risen from its ashes. This has led to the appearance of countless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits, which have begun to invade the former dynasty’s lands."
"If things continue like this,"
"in just ten years,"
"the lands of the Ice Moon Dynasty will be utterly devastated. It will be completely overrun by mindless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits, becoming a deadland that will then be pulled into the Earth Realm or the Celestial Realm."
That’s right.
The mindless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits originated from the Celestial and Earth Realms. These creatures were essentially weapons, refined by hostile forces within those realms for the purpose of invading the Human Realm.
In other words,
the establishment of a Human Race Dynasty, which condenses Emperor Dragon Qi that suppresses all worldly laws, has a true purpose: to block the invasion from the Earth and Celestial Realms.
This is because Emperor Dragon Qi can prevent the mindless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits from invading the Human Realm.
If a place falls and is completely occupied by mindless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits, it will be pulled into either the Earth Realm or the Celestial Realm, becoming a part of them.
Xu Qing’s mission was not simple.
He needed to eradicate the mindless Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits within the borders of the former Ice Moon Dynasty, while also finding a way to support a truly capable emperor to establish a new Dynasty upon its ruins.