Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao

Chapter 1468 - 205: Heavenly Court

On his way to the Elf Domain, Zhou Yan did not continue his Enlightenment, but instead constantly refined Jiang Tianling and Jiu Que, using their primordial evil spirit aura to restore his Eternal Spirit’s primordial damage.

Other energies might be somewhat lacking, but the energy of these evil spirits has an excellent restorative effect on Zhou Yan’s Eternal Spirit.

And Zhou Yan is not entirely unfamiliar with the energy of evil spirits; on the contrary, he is quite proficient. Therefore, Jiang Tianling and Jiu Que’s energy greatly benefited Zhou Yan’s recovery.

This process is not complex, but the journey that would originally take about half a month to return to the Elf Domain took Zhou Yan nearly two months.

During these two months, Zhou Yan refined Jiang Tianling and Jiu Que, using most of their energy to heal the wounds of his Eternal Spirit, while a small portion was used to proliferate Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain.

Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain had suffered permanent damage, so a new world had to be created. Zhou Yan established a continent, renaming it Lei Yan Continent.

The form of Lei Yan Continent was modeled after the layout of Sword Burial Ancestor Star, with an uncanny similarity in almost every aspect.

Perhaps, subconsciously, Zhou Yan harbored the idea of rebuilding the Sword Burial Ancestor Star; hence he did so.

During this process, Hong Jun Ancestor did not inquire about the reason but instead imparted his experience of creating the Chaotic Primordial World to Zhou Yan, which Zhou Yan was very grateful for.

Upon learning of Zhou Yan’s ultimate wish, Hong Jun Ancestor knew it was impossible to stop him, so he could only offer more help.

Of course, to achieve this grand future goal, he must first take down the Heavenly Court.

And the Heavenly Court is actually the core land of all the factions’ divisions.

Currently, Hua Qiudao is nearly enamored with Bi Shui Fairy. To intervene in this is quite difficult, but the groundwork for this point has long been laid out. After sensing that Elixir, Zhou Yan’s mental state stabilized a bit more.

When Zhou Yan returned to the Elf Domain, although he did not display anything unusual, Jiang Yuning and others remained somewhat suspicious.

What worried them was that after the previous abnormality, Zhou Yan had used the Thunder Seal to communicate with them, causing them to exhibit some unique changes and instructed them not to panic — even though the number of people he communicated with was very few. However, in retaliation, Jiang Yuning had to worry about the potential outcomes if Zhou Yan were to be manipulated instead.

So when Zhou Yan appeared this time, Jiang Yuning cautiously dealt with him while secretly sensing and probing.

Regarding this, Zhou Yan felt even better. He did not act out of line towards Jiang Yuning and the other women. Instead, after surveying around and finding everything to be quite normal, and noting that Jiang Yuning and the others’ cultivation state was excellent and not affected by the Thunder Seal’s collapse, he directly said goodbye and left the Elf Domain.

This process rather left Jiang Yuning, Qian Xi, and others somewhat unclear about the facts, but it did indeed verify Zhou Yan’s identity.

Zhou Yan left for a long time, and upon sensing that Zhou Yan had truly departed without playing any tricks, Jiang Yuning and the others finally relaxed a bit.

"Fei Ya, do you think the husband is really him, or is it Jiang Tianling in disguise? In this current situation, we have to be cautious, because the husband previously mentioned that if we develop, the fruits of victory might be taken by others, leaving us to become someone’s wedding dress," Jiang Yuning asked Fei Ya.

Among the group of women, Ping’er rarely pondered matters, while Gu Xi, though exceptionally smart, was no longer around. Long Xianyin never bothered with such thoughts, remaining detached and transcendent as always. It was Fei Ya and Qian Xi who could help Jiang Yuning share some burdens.

At present, Qian Xi seemed to be pondering something, so Jiang Yuning could only ask Fei Ya.

Upon hearing this, Fei Ya pondered for a long time before saying, "Judging by our sensing abilities and inner feelings, he is certainly the husband, but there seems to be some change this time."

"If he isn’t the husband, then why didn’t he just leave like before? If Jiang Tianling truly replaced him, he wouldn’t deliberately show such a flaw, right?" Qian Xi said.

"Any imitation looks deliberate, and we can discern based on the ultimate goal. I think that is the husband because he is constantly progressing and changing. This time, he didn’t enjoy himself with us, partly because the journey to the Heavenly Court is imminent, and partly because something in the Netherworld Ancient City agitated him. Thinking of it this way, apart from Jiang Tianling and the old acquaintances of the Netherworld Ancient City, there are no other explanations," Long Xianyin suddenly interjected.

Jiang Yuning, Qian Xi, and Fei Ya looked at Long Xianyin in surprise.

Long Xianyin sighed gently, saying, "I have always hoped to be free and unrestrained, disliking conspiracies and schemes, not wanting to engage in them. But now, even if I don’t like it, I must think carefully and consider it for the husband. He is the husband, no doubt."

Long Xianyin said with certainty.

"Can you be certain, Xianyin sister?"

Jiang Yuning’s slender figure shuddered slightly as she asked.

"I can."

Long Xianyin’s tone was even more certain.

"Why?"

Qian Xi hesitated and asked.

"By his aura, feeling, and that unique gaze of acceptance. I know Jiang Tianling; even if I rely on my memories from Sword Burial Ancestor Star, I’m very clear; he can mimic anything, but that gaze of acceptance is something he could never possess."

Long Xianyin spoke.

"Hmm? Why can’t we see the accommodating eyes..."

Fei Ya was somewhat puzzled.

However, Jiang Yuning suddenly nodded and said, "What Xianyin said is correct, that is husband. Husband returned, sensed our vigilance, and showed an expression of accommodation and gratification. At that time, I didn’t notice it, but didn’t expect Xianyin to pay attention.

Only husband would have such a mental state. And upon husband’s return, indeed, any actions he takes, we would suspect whether they were influenced by Jiang Tianling, but he didn’t do anything and instead, he directly left.

If I were husband, I think after thorough contemplation, I would certainly do the same.

As for being affectionate with us, I’m afraid that would only make us more suspicious of him."

"And he knows, in fact, as long as he leaves, we can derive the truth. Hence, he can be more confident about his subsequent journey, after all, even when he sent messages back from the Netherworld Ancient City in such a terrible state, he won. Later, we don’t need to worry anymore."

Jiang Yuning analyzed.

"But I feel somewhat uneasy."

Fei Ya said worriedly.

"This time, maybe husband really will face danger, but all we can do is develop the Elf Domain better, and what we master can even be selflessly imparted to any talented elf spirit. Instead of keeping those resources, it’s better to quickly develop and strengthen the life of the elf race."

Long Xianyin suggested.

And this suggestion was also agreed upon by Jiang Yuning.

...

Everything in the Elf Domain was within Zhou Yan’s calculations. He knew this would be roughly the result, but as for the final result, Zhou Yan did not pay attention.

At this moment, along the way, after crossing numerous ancient heavenly roads, Zhou Yan finally arrived at the place of the ancient Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court.

Standing here, Zhou Yan could even feel the ultimate and ancient inheritance of the Ten Thousand Immortals and Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Zhou Yan restrained his own aura, then surrounded his body with the unique aura of immortals and Buddhas, and after adjusting his robe to resemble a unique Daoist robe, Zhou Yan stepped into the Heavenly Gate.

After passing through the Heavenly Gate, Zhou Yan entered the legendary Heavenly Court.

No abundant immortal energy or beautiful mist, like an ancient city floating in the sky, it is filled with dense origin energy and mighty karma.

These forces are equivalent to the energy density in the King’s Secret Realm, which is greatly beneficial for cultivation.

Within Zhou Yan’s sensing, the Heavenly Court is home to many powerful beings, with far more profound heritage than the Netherworld Ancient City. But at the moment, after walking for nearly ten minutes, Zhou Yan has not discovered any beings.

Yet, as he approached the second Heavenly Gate, Zhou Yan saw the Golden Armor Guard.

As Zhou Yan spotted the guards, those guards also noticed Zhou Yan.

Soon, their gaze turned towards Zhou Yan, and they said, "Detected suspicious life, seize him!"

"Yes!"

The Golden Armored Guard ordered, then numerous Eternal Life Spirit Warriors streamed out, some wielding giant axes, some wielding long spears, and some holding pagodas, surrounding Zhou Yan with a single glance.

Facing these attacks, Zhou Yan certainly would not be captured passively; instead, he also struck.

Affectionate Sword Dao was exhibited from Zhou Yan’s restored Thunderflame Yuan Ci Sword. In an instant, the Ten Thousand Soul Sword Dao appeared, with thousands of Sword Light scattering forth, all the warriors of the Eternal Life Seven Rules Realm enveloped by this Sword Light, hitting their Eternal Spirits and plunging them into inexplicable coma.

Zhou Yan did not deliver a lethal strike, but the emotional impact of the Affectionate Sword Dao was enough to cause their Eternal Spirits to collapse, like entering the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, completely losing themselves.

After taking action, Zhou Yan proactively stepped through the Second Layer Heaven Gate.

Beyond the Heavenly Gate, the Jade Platform, Pavilion, etc., all emerged.

Here, the origin aura is dense like mist, dispersing throughout heaven and earth, presenting a celestial scene of beauty that truly moves the heart.

Zhou Yan crossed nearly a hundred guards and arrived at a palace within the Second Layer Heaven Gate.

However, at this moment, a cold voice shouted, "Bold hooligan, how dare you strike against the Heavenly Soldiers; Treasure Tower King, Divine Lion King, seize this arrogant being and blood sacrifice him to the Reincarnation Blood Pool of the Heavenly Court."

"Yes!"

Not seeing anyone, only hearing the voice, Zhou Yan sensed two terrifying suppressive forces sweeping towards him.