Chapter 602 - 467: Testing the Waters - King of Assassins - NovelsTime

King of Assassins

Chapter 602 - 467: Testing the Waters

Author: Master Stepping on Snow
updatedAt: 2026-01-22

The Celestial Battle Realm is interwoven with various laws, and the primordial Qi is dense yet chaotic. Various broken space fragments layer together, making the environment of the battle realm extremely dangerous.

Even with Gao Xuan's abilities, he must be careful to avoid these space fragments.

There is naturally no light computer signal within the Celestial Battle Realm.

In the maze-like space, the only coordinate is the World Tree located at the center of the space.

This dead World Tree is actually also the pillar of the enormous space that is the Celestial Battle Realm.

Various scattered and chaotic space fragments can only exist by relying on the World Tree.

Before entering the Celestial Battle Realm, Gao Xuan checked the Book of All-Knowing and found the coordinates of the Sea Emperor's Halberd.

The Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada's trial took three months, so Gao Xuan calculated that he still had plenty of time to conveniently help Helen retrieve the Sea Emperor's Halberd.

Whether or not he can achieve virtual godhood, the upcoming chaos is unavoidable.

At times like these, having a little more power means a little more safety.

Among Gao Xuan's many women, Yun Qingshang and Helen hold the most special status. Because these two were friends from his past life, their relationship is different.

It can be said that Hercules was also good to him. It's just unknown if after he leaves, the Qin Family will trouble Hercules.

Normally, the Twelve Golden Bloodlines give each other basic respect and won't push too hard.

Even though the bloodline of Zeus is increasingly in decline, they can still occupy a star system and act as a local emperor behind closed doors. This is also due to the accommodation of other Golden Bloodline Families.

On the other hand, Hercules is not so easy to bully. He should have Zeus' Staff. With this divine artifact in hand, Hercules can fight against top-tier golden warriors.

Gao Xuan also doesn't worry about Hercules, as he is one of the Twelve Sages, it won't be a small matter like this that causes him to collapse.

With the coordinates from the Book of All-Knowing, Gao Xuan quickly found the location. He learned quite a few spells in the Cultivator World and upon returning, found many of them useful.

Whether it's spells or source power secret techniques, they are actually techniques for using source power primordial Qi.

In essence, they are the same. It's just that subtle differences due to different universes lead to some variations in approach.

Additionally, the history of the Human Alliance is ultimately too short.

In the field of source power exploration, humans have only had about three thousand years of history.

Even though technology is advanced, in terms of source power exploration, humans can't rely on external devices. The most powerful light computers can only provide unreliable simulations and calculations.

In contrast, the Cultivator World has existed for millions of years, perhaps even longer. The human society's levels in this world are fragmented, upper-level cultivators firmly grasp all resources, and society remains in a state of extreme backwardness, unable to progress.

This backward society, however, has allowed the cultivator civilization to be passed down for millions of years.

The most outstanding and intelligent people in humanity have all invested in the cultivator class. Billions of cultivators have created a magnificent cultivator civilization.

In terms of cultivation level, the cultivator civilization surpasses the Human Alliance by far too much.

Their understanding and application of spells, their insights into cultivation, whether in regards to level or technical detail, are beyond what the Human Alliance can reach.

Gao Xuan traveled around the Cultivator World for a short time but learned a lot. The Five Elements Magic, some secret techniques from the Xuanzhen Sect, and so on.

The complex spatial environment of the Celestial Battle Realm actually serves to better test the effect of spells.

Gao Xuan cast the Cyan Wood Wind Manipulation Technique, increasing his flight speed by at least 50%. The Qiankun Shift technique allowed Gao Xuan to perform space jumps at will.

As a golden powerhouse, Gao Xuan could also shuttle through space jumps, but it was far less exquisite than the Qiankun Shift. The practice was smooth, even smoother than silk.

The positioning within space was accurate, not off by a millimeter. When activated, the source power operation was obscure and deep, hard for others to detect.

Gao Xuan used Qiankun Shift, penetrating layers of space fragments and law domains, arriving at his destination.

A huge deep blue vortex floated in the air, rotating slowly.

Using the World Tree as a reference to judge left, right, up, and down, this enormous deep blue vortex was above Gao Xuan, with deep blue seawater roaring and churning into a massive vortex.

To analogize, it was like an especially large drum washing machine.

Standing beneath the vortex, Gao Xuan had a very poor impression of it now.

The Twelve Profound City Celestial Demons had used a God-slaying Vortex, almost tearing his divine soul apart.

Though it allowed Gao Xuan to comprehend the Soul Chain, reflecting on it was still not a very pleasant memory.

Of course, Gao Xuan also learned the God-slaying Vortex. But he wasn't a celestial demon, so the power of this divine soul secret technique was much lesser when he used it.

In the depths of the deep blue vortex, there was an exceptionally dense water elemental source power reaction.

Gao Xuan studied it from the outside but couldn't discern much. After all, it was a half-sealed law domain, with an energy level much higher than his.

It might have been left by Zeus, or perhaps by otherworld deities.

In such a place, there was no need for showiness.

Although Gao Xuan was confident, he never took unnecessary risks. He armed himself with the Mechanical Combat Body, with the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon arranged in a wing formation behind him, and held the Infinite Godslaying Spear in his right hand, charging heroically into the deep blue vortex.

As soon as Gao Xuan entered, he felt something was amiss; the dark blue seawater was in fact water elemental Source Power manifested in a liquid form.

Every drop of seawater contained a thick, powerful water elemental Source Power.

If not for holding the Infinite Godslaying Spear, he would have been swept away by the force of the vortex.

Feeling something was wrong, Gao Xuan directly activated the Infinite Godslaying Spear. Triggered by Thick Earth Source Power, along with the weight of twelve billion eight hundred and sixty million pounds of the Godslaying Bell, not even the strongest water elemental Source Power could shake his stance.

The Infinite Godslaying Spear thrust fiercely towards the front of the vortex, forcefully piercing a path through the swirling water elemental Source Power.

Gao Xuan followed the passage straight into the deepest part of the vortex.

It was a dilapidated Crystal Palace. Walls, floors, huge columns, dome, the palace was entirely constructed of deep blue crystal.

The overall style was not Oriental, especially the thick giant columns and the circular dome, with a large throne on the high steps.

The palace was magnificently grand, even in ruins, one could see its former majestic state.

This main hall of the palace was exceptionally large, with columns hundreds of meters high. Gao Xuan standing inside appeared as insignificant as an ant.

Gao Xuan was a bit curious when he observed the throne's design and size, suggesting that whoever sat there was at least twenty meters tall or more.

The most eye-catching thing was, of course, the trident standing in front of the throne. The deep blue shaft was covered with water patterns, and the blue and white three-bladed halberd shone bright and sharp.

The trident was fierce yet splendid in appearance, exuding an aura of power and authority.

The only problem was that the trident was too large and too tall, standing over forty meters high and almost a meter in thickness.

Gao Xuan approached the trident, reaching out to measure it; it was undeniably huge.

He turned to look behind the trident and saw no inscription that read 'Ruyi Golden Cudgel, weighs thirteen thousand five hundred pounds.'

Gao Xuan felt a bit disappointed but after thinking, he still reached out and placed his hand on the trident's massive shaft: "Small, small, small."

The trident did change, but it wasn't getting smaller; rather, it suddenly transformed into a towering warrior.

The warrior, with blue hair and blue eyes, wore a loose blue robe, exposing his exceptionally muscular chest.

This warrior stood over twenty meters tall and grasped the gigantic trident, swinging it directly at Gao Xuan.

The forty-meter-long trident descending was intimidating due to its size alone.

Not to mention it drove an endless amount of water elemental Source Power. As the long halberd fell, it seemed to gather the infinite strength of the Seven Seas.

Though it was a simple overhead strike, it bore the majesty of dominating the Seven Seas, sweeping across the heavens and earth.

Before undergoing the Nine Revolutions Trial, Gao Xuan could only avoid the sharp edge facing a thrust like this.

Neither the Hongyi Sword nor the Godslaying Sword could stand a chance under the Sea Emperor Trident, which ruled the Seven Seas.

But now Gao Xuan was entirely different. He saw clearly that the opponent was merely a fragment of the soul of the Sea Emperor Trident, naturally emerging when activated by external forces.

In its full glory, he might have had to avoid confrontation. But now, he was fearless.

With a lift of the Infinite Godslaying Spear in his hand, Gao Xuan faced the Sea God Trident with a fierce stab.

Gao Xuan, with 44 points of spiritual power, wielded formidable might, and the dominance condensed by his Divine Soul power was tremendously strong.

The opponent's soul fragment, no matter how majestic it was before death, was merely instinctive after death, lacking conscious wisdom.

In the same mastery of Source Power, Gao Xuan was in a different league. Even if the Sea Emperor Trident could harness the universe's Seven Seas' power, it couldn't exert even a fraction of its force against him.

The Infinite Godslaying Spear, compared to the Sea Emperor Trident, was like a needle against a embroidered flower. Yet when the spear and trident clashed, the Sea Emperor Trident was sent flying with a colossal crash.

The rumbling sound of water reverberated as the towering warrior staggered back, struggling to hold onto the Sea Emperor Trident.

The warrior's deep blue eyes gave Gao Xuan a long look as if wanting to say something but ultimately remained silent.

His figure slowly dissipated into wisps of smoke, and the Sea Emperor Trident fell to the ground with a thud.

Gao Xuan stepped forward and touched the Sea Emperor Trident lightly, and without the drive of Divine Sense, it naturally contracted, finally turning into a two-meter-long trident.

Gao Xuan took it, swung it a bit, and as the Sea Emperor Trident moved, it stirred endless water elemental Source Power, the metallic clamor of ocean waves resounding from within.

It truly felt comfortable, and using it was so handy.

Gao Xuan thought the Sea Emperor Trident was really a good match for him, but unfortunately, it was meant for Helen.

If it had been anyone else, Gao Xuan would never give the Sea Emperor Trident away.

As Gao Xuan was about to leave after storing the Sea Emperor Trident, he noticed the massive throne suddenly move, revealing a descending passage.

What's this, a secret chamber with treasures?

Considering the pathway, Gao Xuan took a step inside.

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