CHAPTER 350: CHAPTER 47: PLAYING ALONG, WHY ARE YOU TAKING IT SERIOUSLY?

"Master, please speak."

Ling Yue Sword Immortal looked at the Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor.

"In my early years, I created a secret technique called ’Sword Nurturing Technique.’"

"This Sword Nurturing Technique is a healing secret technique. After casting the Sword Nurturing Technique, I will transform into a sword soul and fall asleep within my life-bound Spirit Sword!

During this time, I will lose all consciousness. However, my injuries... will recover rapidly during this process!"

"Besides this characteristic, the Sword Nurturing Technique also has a divine technique!"

"That is, during the period when I transform into a sword soul, those who cultivate the same technique as me can wield my dormant sword and temporarily acquire my sword dao power, realm, and insights! This realm... is not affected by my injuries and depends on my peak state!"

"I created this Sword Nurturing Technique out of concern that I might suffer severe injuries or that the Celestial Sword Sect would encounter a crisis. With this technique, even if I am grievously injured and my strength is reduced to one-tenth, as long as I use the Sword Nurturing Technique to transform into a sword soul, my successor can still exert power similar to mine."

"At the same time, in this state, I can quickly recover from my injuries and regain my peak strength sooner."

"Therefore, the plan I mentioned is to transform into a sword soul, rest to heal, and let you... temporarily inherit the master’s power to capture that artifact ghost. With this power and realm, even if you encounter the Netherworld Hall Master, you might not be unable to fight. Moreover, it might not take long for me to fully recover from my injuries."

"This..." Ling Yue Sword Immortal was taken aback. To think the master had such a secret technique. A trace of worry appeared on her cold face, concerned that she might not be able to shoulder the responsibility well.

"This divine technique..." Beside her, Lin Jing and Gao Sheng both had an expression as if they’d seen a ghost. This secret technique was too abnormal. This Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor... truly deserves to be the number one Inquiry Sword Cultivator of the present age.

"Then it’s decided." The Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor gave Ling Yue Sword Immortal no chance to refuse, saying: "The matter of the artifact ghost is of great importance, you must succeed, wield the sword until my wounds are healed."

"Yes... Master." Ling Yue Sword Immortal nodded helplessly.

Hearing this, Lin Jing and Gao Sheng exchanged glances. Though this was not what they initially expected, it should count as gaining an Inquiry-level combat strength, right?

...

Meanwhile.

Beyond the heavens.

After finishing communication with Ling Yue Sword Immortal, the Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor squinted her eyes, looking toward a group of supreme powerhouses also outside the heavens.

Second Ancient Emperor!

Demon Court Demon Emperor!

Buddha Lord!

The City Lord of Martial Emperor City!

And some other supreme powerhouses of Inquiry forces.

Just now, she had told Lin Jing and others that the Celestial Essence powerhouses had met with a fierce battle and were injured.

But none of these powerhouses showed any signs of being wounded, each one’s aura was incredibly full and vigorous.

"Heaven-Sundering, my Demon Court Saint Child seems to be with your disciple?"

"Did you tell him that I was severely injured and missing?" The round-faced Demon Court Emperor traversed the boundless void to stand in front of the Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor and inquired.

"I informed them."

"Very good." The Demon Emperor licked his lips, saying, "You old geezers are full of cunning, hope these young ones won’t be screwed over by you all."

The Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor smiled and said, "Didn’t His Majesty the Demon Emperor also agree to this plan?"

A while ago, the Second Ancient Emperor proposed that the environment of the Celestial Essence Continent was too mild for these top geniuses.

After venturing into the source realm, who knows what unknown dangers they will face.

He believed that these top geniuses should experience much greater pressure while still in the Celestial Essence Realm.

Let these top geniuses encounter some fatal crises without their protection!

Only this way, they could survive better after going to the source realm.

Many Inquiry powerhouses agreed to this proposal, so they cooperated and decided to enact a play where everyone pretended to be severely injured.

"With this method, some potential threats from the Celestial Essence Continent can be lured out and eliminated one by one." The words of the Second Ancient Emperor hovered around everyone’s ears.

"Heaven-Sundering, what script did you arrange for your disciple, let me have some reference." The Demon Court Demon Emperor opened his mouth.

"Hehe..." The Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor chuckled, saying: "Nothing..."

She arranged nothing at all; her disciple encountered an excellent trial task on his own.

Competing with the Nether Hall to seize the war Artifact Spirit created by the Immortal Palace...

In this process, she will transform into a sword soul to protect her disciple at all times, allowing him to gain experience fighting high-level cultivators, and maybe even confront a veteran Inquiry figure like the Netherworld Hall Master.

"Hehe..." Seeing the other party not speaking, the Demon Emperor refrained from asking further.

Anyway, he felt that the script he designed would surely make Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao very happy.

"Maybe it’ll allow Lin Jing to successfully cultivate into his Celestial Demon Body... I must be a genius." The Demon Emperor marveled, patting his own shoulder.

He looked at the two Demon Emperors from the Sea God Palace and Mist Forest with whom he had already formed a collaboration, allowing these two to give Lin Jing and others a trial.

......

Shortly afterward.

The news of several Inquiry powerhouses being gravely injured spread rapidly.

Lin Jing’s main body direction, Immortal Burial Volcano.

Lin Jing hadn’t had time to inform Thunder Dragon Ancestor about the information he obtained from his avatar before Thunder Dragon Ancestor came running towards Lin Jing, visibly astonished.

"Your Highness the Saint Son, it’s not good, not good."

Thunder Dragon Ancestor descended with an anxious expression.

"Celestial Demon Realm powerhouses breached the boundary wall maintained by many Celestial Essence Inquiries easily, through unknown means!"

"Forget ten years, it didn’t even hold for one year."

Lin Jing feels a bit disoriented in his memory.

"Continue."

"His Majesty the Demon Emperor united with several Inquiry powerhouses to face the enemy, but they never expected the Celestial Demon Realm cultivators to be so powerful. Although they succeeded in killing them, His Majesty the Demon Emperor and several Inquiry powerhouses all sustained severe injuries. Very unfortunately, the Yin Yang Whale Emperor of Sea God Palace, and the Forest Sea Dragon Emperor of Mist Forest, were relatively lightly wounded. Now, having just repelled external enemies, they are about to engage in internal strife!!"

"The strong from the two Demon Emperor forces have already entered Qingzhou, taking advantage of the Demon Emperor’s severe injuries and drastically diminished strength, demanding that the Demon Court hand over the ’Transformation Technique.’ Also, some powerful demon beasts from the ocean and Forest Sea have left their territories and are heading toward Western Desert to find you, Your Highness the Saint Son."

"Your Highness the Saint Son, we should escape."

Lin Jing’s main body took a deep breath, frowning. He never expected that the first ones to make trouble after the Demon Emperor was seriously injured were those "allies" who had just faced off the enemy together.

However, with the Demon Emperor severely injured now, it is indeed the best time for other demon beast forces like the Sea God Palace and Mist Forest to seize the Transformation Technique.

"This time it’s real, isn’t it?"

Having been deceived once by the phantom mushroom, Lin Jing encountered a similar unfolding, feeling a slight sense of unrealness.

But having received intelligence from the Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor this time, it should be undoubtedly real. Lin Jing’s pressure surged instantly, but fortunately, now his Celestial Demon Body is complete...

"Escape, where to escape." Lin Jing slowly spoke, "Right now, I cannot leave."

"I still have unfinished matters in Western Desert."

Lin Jing doesn’t know when His Majesty the Demon Emperor can regain strength, but he is clear that to help the Demon Court through its crisis right now, there is only one way.

Artifact Spirit!

Relying on the Celestial Demon Body, sacrificing oneself is too great and requires a desperate situation to use.

But there is another way; as long as he and Feng Ning Sword Immortal can find the ultimate Artifact Spirit together, he can borrow and use it to activate the Demon Court Immortal Artifact, giving the Sea God Palace and Mist Forest a taste of Immortal Artifact deterrence...