28: Forbidden artifacts, the source of heaven and earth's energy

Xiao Ruolong's campaign against the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty also came to a perfect conclusion with the appearance of the Gu God.

The Ancient Barbarian Dynasty suffered heavy casualties; most of its Innate and Heavenly Human realm experts died the moment the Gu God appeared!

They all wanted to control the Gu God, but were instead devoured by it!

The Ancient Barbarian Dynasty was powerless to fight further and submitted.

From then on, Great Xuan received tribute from all four directions, becoming a Heavenly Dynasty in name!

Its Fortune flourished, and its military might prospered!

Xiao Ruolong entered seclusion to prepare for an attempt at forging a new path.

Many Martial Saints held high hopes for him.

After all, the legend of the Grand Ancestor of Great Xuan opening the path to the Heavenly Human realm still circulated!

You refined three more Half-Saint Divine Sword Gu!

Your Gu Dao had not yet reached the Heavenly Human standard.

You were very satisfied.

You did not specialize in this!

At thirty-six, Li Daoyi invited you to witness his master, Daoxuan Martial Saint's, attempt to forge a new path.

You gladly went.

Daoxuan Martial Saint, the highest combat power of Daozhen Academy and Li Daoyi's master, was nearing the end of his lifespan.

He had not prepared to grandly attempt to open a new martial path.

Inspired by the Maitreya Buddha Saint, he had his own ideas.

Daoxuan Martial Saint knew he would likely not succeed and had given up the idea of forging a new path to become the first person in history.

But he had a bold idea.

He wanted to sacrifice himself to become a vessel!

He wanted to show the Martial Saints what it truly meant for Heavenly Human Unity, and that the Heavenly Dao had a source!

Not many came to witness this event, but there were still about thirty Martial Saints present.

Besides the local Martial Saints of Myriad Laws Dynasty, there were also the Xiao clan of Great Xuan, Old Man Cangshan, and Buddhist Saints from the Buddhist sect...

Daoxuan took out the Martial Saint-level Heavenly Mystery Compass he had refined.

He condensed his essence, qi, and spirit to their limits, then achieved Heavenly Human Unity, converging the three bridges, burning everything, calculating heavenly mysteries, and questioning the heavens!

Heaven and earth responded! heaven and earth origin qi flowed in naturally, but unfortunately, Daoxuan was consumed.

On the verge of death, Daoxuan did not forcefully absorb the heaven and earth origin qi, but instead guided it to merge with himself and the Heavenly Mystery Compass!

Daoxuan burned himself out, ultimately channeling the heaven and earth origin qi into the Heavenly Mystery Compass!

heaven and earth origin qi officially appeared before the Saints for the first time!

Without reason, everyone felt an instinctive craving! It was a pursuit of life's evolution, a stepping stone to the Martial Saint's future path!

All those present were extraordinary individuals, forcefully suppressing their desires, knowing that this thing was not something anyone could absorb, control, or accommodate!

The Heavenly Mystery Compass did not fully integrate and fuse with this heaven and earth origin qi.

Even though this treasure was a Martial Saint's treasure, it still could not withstand the heaven and earth origin qi.

Half of it dissolved, and half dissipated into the heavens and earth.

All the Martial Saints employed their wondrous methods, but none could intercept or preserve it!

A Source Artifact, a Half-Forbidden Artifact!

The Martial Saints called it a Half-Source Artifact!

It could deduce heavenly mysteries, infer cultivation techniques, seek objects, and suppress enemies!

Although this was a Half-Forbidden Artifact not skilled in offense, it was not something an ordinary Martial Saint could resist.

Daoxuan Martial Saint, for the sake of all beings, once again unveiled a corner of this world's mysterious veil.

In just a few years, you witnessed four attempts to transcend the Heavenly Human realm!

It was a pity that the Heavenly Demon Ancestor killed you in your previous life, causing you to die young and miss out on such magnificent events.

You conversed with Li Daoyi for a long time, sitting and discussing the Dao.

Your strength had reached the peak of the Huangting Earth realm; you had broken through the Sacred Qi Sea, reaching the final step of the Heavenly Human path.

After the Sacred Qi Sea was perfected, it would be the final Heavenly Human Unity, a desperate struggle.

At thirty-seven, you returned to Divine Sword Manor. Over the years, Heavenly Human sword cultivators, known as disciples of Divine Sword Manor, had made names for themselves in various countries.

However, they didn't actually know the specific location of Divine Sword Manor.

This kept Divine Sword Manor mysterious while also giving these sword cultivators a headache.

Few could thoroughly comprehend the Half-Step Heavenly Human Sword Art you left behind.

And suffering from no one knowing, many sword cultivators were stubborn, so the sword cultivators who claimed to be disciples of Divine Sword Manor were not in very good mental states.

The most famous among them were the inheritors who formed the seven heroes, using the names of the seven heroes' swords as their aliases for traveling the jianghu.

Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit had paired up again.

Rainbow Cat Great Hero's move, 'Heaven and Earth Share Longevity, I No Longer Care About Right or Wrong!',

had earned him a chivalrous reputation in the jianghu.

His cultivation had even reached the supreme grandmaster level.

This time, returning from Daozhen Academy to Divine Sword Manor, you finally remembered the inheritors you had left in the world to fate.

You selected three and brought them back to Divine Sword Manor.

The seven heroes' cultivation methods were sufficient to cultivate to the Martial Saint level, and furthermore, they were still performing chivalrous deeds. So you still let them roam freely.

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor was dead, and the Heavenly Saint Dynasty had fallen, but demonic cultivation still circulated in this world, so Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit's path of chivalry was a long and arduous one.

You took the three you brought back as true disciples; above true disciples were personal disciples.

Of course, there weren't any yet.

They were theoretically the highest-ranking disciples at present.

One was Innate, two were Houtian, not old, but with excellent sword Dao talent.

You taught each of them a Martial Saint peerless technique, then opened the Sword Tomb for them, and then let them roam freely again.

When you returned to Divine Sword Manor, your younger brother and sister had also reached the Innate realm.

Both had reached the True Essence Realm.

Your parents' cultivation also had some achievements, though they were still in the Houtian realm, extending their lifespan and maintaining good health.

Your child, Ji'er, was now twelve years old. His family had laid a very good foundation for him, and you began to teach your child at home, resuming a leisurely life.

At thirty-nine, Yu Qingwei gave birth to your daughter. You named her Yinrou. Little Rou'er was chubby, and her talent seemed even better than her brother's.

At forty-two, Xiao Ruolong announced his intention to forge a new martial path, inviting all under heaven to witness.

You once again descended the mountain...