Chapter 61
Chapter 61 The Forebears of Swords Gate
“The Croc Dragon is dead, so is the Zhong Shan Clan’s member.”
In the empty hall, ‘Shui Qingyan’ laughed and asked curiously, “However, no matter how discreet you were, their absences will be discovered quickly. If someone entered the cliff bottom and investigated about this matter, they would easily discover the remains of the Croc Dragon and Zhong Shan Clan’s disciple, leading them to identify the murderer from the wound on the croc dragon.”
“Tian Myriad, you still don’t understand those things that were sealed under the Swords Gate, and the seal of gods.”
The man hidden in the dark laughed and said, “That is the seal of all gods, whoever falls in would never be able to get out again and no one would dare to go down to have a look. Besides, if someone actually went down, they would not be able to find the remains of the croc dragon and Zhong Yue, because….”
He smirked and said, “Because they would have been eaten completely, leaving no trace behind. Therefore, no one would ever be able to find out I am the one behind all this. Hahaha!”
The man hidden in the dark then slowly disappeared before saying carefreely, “Don’t dwell too deeply in this matter, Tian Myriad Mother. All you need to know is that through working with me, you will not lose anything but instead, you will be able to get your revenge after all these years by enslaving the humans in the Great Wilderness. Not only that, your demon race will also be even stronger than before. As for me, all I want is just the thing being sealed under the mountain of Swords Gate….”
‘Shui Qingyan’ humphed and walked towards the outside while saying, “Trickster!”
Meanwhile, under the cliff bottom, Zhong Yue frowned and thought, “With the seal of gods, I’m afraid that I would not be able to get out of here, what should I do now… Hmmm, Xin Huo, did the Devil Soul Yin Effluvium erupt outside of the Swords Gate?”
Xin Huo looked around curiously and excitedly while he murmured something quietly and he replied, “That’s right, the Devil Soul Yin Effluvium erupted outside the mountain of Swords Gate, just a hundred miles away from Swords Gate. What are you trying to say?”
Zhong Yue inhaled deeply and said, “The seal of gods in the cliff bottom is extremely strong, but the seal around the place where the Devil Soul Yin Effluvium erupted should be very weak as compared to the seal here. That might be our way out of here. If we want to get out alive, we would have to pass through there, but I have no idea about the dangers lurking in this forbidden place….”
Xin Huo jumped and said excitingly, “I’ve been wanting to explore the forbidden area of the devil souls! Let’s go, let’s go! We have got to head inside and see what is in there!”
Zhong Yue nodded as he looked towards the top of the cliff before walking towards the deeper part of this forbidden land.
“The Great Wilderness belongs to the humans, those from the other races should not simply be allowed to meddle with our land, not to mention us colluding with the other races to bring harm to our people!”
Zhong Yue’s footsteps were very heavy as he walked atop the flesh. He then thought, “My strength is not enough currently but this won’t last long! The Swords Gate’s headmaster might be old, but I'm definitely not old yet!’
Flesh could be seen everywhere in this valley. Some of them had incredibly huge blood veins interconnected with each other and these blood veins branched off into smaller blood veins. They looked exactly like a heart pumping blood all over the body as the blood veins would keep on moving from time to time.
Not only that, these blood veins also extended all over to the walls of the cliff. For an instant, Zhong Yue felt like he had entered into the body of a giant as he looked around.
As he traveled deeper and deeper, he could see enormous amounts of godly carvings everywhere. These carvings were left behind by the gods and they did not disappear at all even after such a long time.
Moreover, the seals of the gods were still very effective even after so long. These carvings appeared in a very abstract pattern and they were so strong that Zhong Yue felt an immense sense of danger from them even with just a cursory glance at a fragment of the seals,
The seals here presented incredibly vast and complicated carvings that were veiled in obscurity. Imagine the number of gods that were involved when the sealing ritual took place!
Zhong Yue was sure that the purpose of such a vast number of seals being left behind by those gods was more than just sealing the Devil Soul Yin Effluvium.
“They are hiding something, a secret that is very deep…,” said Zhong Yue and Xin Huo as they looked at each other.
“Brat Yue, take out the bronze lamp.”
Xin Huo’s tone suddenly became serious as he said, “The demonic Qi is even stronger here, I’m afraid that it will give birth to something nefarious….”
“Something evil?”
Zhong Yue became slightly nervous and he took out the lamp. Xin Huo flew towards the lamp and as he landed on the lamp pith, the lamp became even brighter. Xin Huo then murmured, “If those things that were spawned by the demonic Qi were just soul forms, I would be able to fend them off as they could not penetrate my radiant protection. However, if the demonic Qi spawned a corporeal form, they would become living beings and I would be helpless to fend them off. It will be up to you by then.”
The lamp was Xin Huo’s sanctuary, which meant that it was more than just an old weathered lamp. However, Xin Huo did not mention anything about the significance of the lamp at all.
Zhong Yue looked around and all he saw was just an incredibly spacious and barren path made of flesh. He felt confused and asked, “Xin Huo, what are these bad things that you were talking about?”
“The gods and devils are very strong, even if they are just the low-class gods, they are still not easily messed around with and their bodies possess immense vitalities. Since they were all killed here instead of dying in a natural way, the vitalities in their bodies would not be completely dispersed.”
Xin Huo stood on the lamp pith and looked around while saying, “With the number of gods and devils buried here with the resilient vitalities that have yet to completely disperse ... just imagine the horrifying scene that these factors would beget. The amalgamation of their enduring vitality, demonic Qi and animosity that was wrought from their deaths could only lead to the spawning of something especially malicious. Other than that, with this much flesh around here, corpse demons would probably be walking everywhere in this forbidden area … Brat Yue, visualize the Sui Sovereign now. The Sui Sovereign is a holy divinity and he will be able to repel any evil around you!”
Zhong Yue shivered and he continued walking while holding the lamp, but at a much slower pace.
With the protection of Xin Huo, the demonic Qi and seals of the gods were blocked outside of his radiant barrier while Zhong Yue was constantly maintaining the state of visualization, forming the Sui Sovereign behind his back.
This Sui Sovereign was twelve feet tall, with the head of a dragon, body of a human and tail of a dragon. He looked marvelous and dignified as it repelled the evil around him.
Zheee——
A Sword Qi flew out and landed on the ground before turning into a tiny and exquisite Xiang Dragon that was running wildly on the ground. Another Wood Sword Qi flew out and became a sapling as it landed on the ground. Both the Xiang Dragon and the sapling were incredibly small and they were running everywhere on the ground.
Zhong Yue armed himself to teeth and he continued walking carefully while he thought, ‘It would have been better if I have a soul weapon such as the ten malefic weapons….’
The ten malefic weapons were all incredibly strong, but they were also very hard to be controlled at the same time, making them a double-edged sword.
As they slowly walked deeper into the forbidden place, the flesh on their path gradually decreased and Xin Huo said with a serious tone, “The amount of flesh here has decreased, which means that I was right, something evil has been spawned. Huh? There’s a corpse here, what kind of people would have their flesh siphoned away upon walking all the way here? No… this man died of exhaustion before having his flesh siphoned away! Strange, strange!”
Zhong Yue also noticed the corpse kneeling in front of the wall of flesh with a broken sword held in its hands. The corpse also appeared to be a human.
Other than that, even though the sword was broken, its length still reached a shocking five feet long!
Judging from the corpse, the man should be a very burly man and all sorts of totem carvings covered his bones. Zhong Yue was stunned after he took a look at the bones as this man branded the totem carvings on his bones in order to increase his bodily strength!
The totem carvings on his bones included dragons, phoenixes and other magical creatures, suggesting it to be one of the most valuable heritages from Swords Gate!
Under the corpse, the ground was completely devoid of flesh and the rocky grounds were exposed to the air while carvings were visible on the rocks.
“I am the Swords Gate’s fourteenth headmaster, Yu Tianya from the Yu Clan. After knowing that I have not much time left, I took my sword and entered this forbidden place, cutting down a total of eighteen thousand demons before depleting my remaining life force.”
Zhong Yue read the words carved on the rocks and he said shockingly, “This is the fourteenth headmaster of Swords Gate! Why did he enter this place and die here?”
Xin Huo shook his flaming head and replied, “He must have known that this forbidden place was a spawning ground for these corpse demons and that if too many of them were spawned, the seals of the gods would eventually be destroyed by them, causing the devil souls to completely erupt and wash the entire Great Wilderness with blood. He came here to end his life with a noble purpose after knowing he had little time left, which was to cull the demons here. He did not die in vain as the demons he killed must have been incredibly strong or he would not even die of exhaustion otherwise. Pick up the broken sword and let’s go. The sword of a Swords Gate’s headmaster must be extraordinary….”
Zhong Yue bowed and paid his respects to the corpse before he reached his hands towards the sword hilt. Out of his expectations, just as he touched the sword hilt, the broken sword immediately shattered into pieces.
“The sword lives as the man lives, the sword dies as the man dies. The sword must have already shattered into dust as Yu Tianya from the Yu Clan died after the battle.”
Xin Huo shook his head and said, “A respectable man. Let’s go.”
Zhong Yue looked at the corpse again with respect and continued walking.
Not long later, he encountered with another corpse on his path again, also a corpse of a human.
“Eighth headmaster of the Swords Gate, Lei Xu Clan’s Lei Qianqiu, knowing that I am dying soon, I entered this place to kill these demons and use my remaining time left in exchange for another peaceful five hundred years for my people. I felt only peace and serenity before I died.”
Zhong Yue was stunned again as this was another headmaster of the Swords Gate that died fighting in this abyss.
He continued walking and he came across the third corpse.
“I am the nineteenth headmaster of Swords Gate, Tao Qingxuan from the Tao Lin Clan. I followed my ancestors' path by entering this abyss after knowing my life was ending soon. I am honored to see my ancestors’ corpse and die fighting with them here….”
“Fifth headmaster of Swords Gate, Feng Xingtian from Da Feng Clan, knowing I have little time left, I entered this abyss and used my remaining life to secure five hundred peaceful years for my people in the Great Wilderness. I hope that the new headmasters will follow my footsteps and become the guardians of everyone in the wilderness.”
Zhong Yue then continued his journey and saw the corpses of one headmaster of Swords Gate after another. These decrepit headmasters walked into the demonic forbidden place and fought to their deaths in their withered bodies in order to secure an ephemeral period of peace for their people.
These corpses and the departing words left behind by them affected Zhong Yue greatly, making him feel a whirlwind of emotions ranging from sadness, amazement, and pride.
These were the headmasters of the Swords Gates, the glorious unsung figures of the Great Wilderness, the people who sacrificed their lives for the future of humanity!
“Brat Yue, be careful, there’s something ahead!”
Xin Huo suddenly said, “Focus, something big is coming!”
Zhong Yue quickly recovered and he flicked his finger. As he flicked his finger, the Xiang Dragon Sword Qi flew out and at the same time, the ground shook vigorously as if portending to the awakening of something incredible!