Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”Success!”

It barely took any time at all.

Yang Xiao walked out of the Inheritance Tower.

Having fully comprehended the Sixth Level Time Secret Pattern, the Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship created by the Northern Wilderness Sword God no longer held any secrets for him.

In fact, each move of the swordsmanship contained less than a tenth of the profound mysteries of its corresponding Secret Pattern.

Otherwise, if it took even Yang Xiao this much time to comprehend them, how could Xuan Tianzhan possibly have succeeded?

After all, Yang Tian had said that in ten days’ time in the outside world, Xuan Tianzhan would become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.

Even with the help of a Desolate Divine Fruit and a thousand-fold time acceleration, that would have been an extremely difficult feat.

This was proof enough that Xuan Tianzhan’s talent in the Sword Dao was truly extraordinary.

Unfortunately for him, Yang Xiao was even more incredible.

He had directly comprehended the Time Secret Pattern to the Sixth Level.

He didn’t even plan to learn the Celestial Desolation Swordsmanship—the very technique Xuan Tianzhan found so profound and amazing.

And now, by his careful calculation, a little over four days had passed in the outside world—not even five.

’That punk Xuan Tianzhan is probably still trying to comprehend the fourth move, or the fifth at most, right?’

Even Yang Xiao couldn’t help but feel a little smug at the thought.

As he walked out of the valley, the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon immediately swam over, its tail wagging like an eager puppy.

”Master, you’re out! Are we leaving now?”

”Leave?”

Yang Xiao glanced at it.

”To where?”

”Outside, of course. Isn’t that the plan?”

The Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon tilted its head, but it quickly remembered something. ”Look at my memory! Master, look, here are the Hairy Roc’s wings and its Inner Core. Oh, and this! This is the Golden Roc True Blood that I went through great pains to condense. Please, have a look, Master.”

With a fawning expression, the creature presented a large pile of items.

Yang Xiao picked up the Inner Core and examined it.

He was somewhat disappointed.

”It’s just a Golden Attribute Inner Core. Even if I refined it into the Fire Attribute, most of its medicinal properties would be lost. It’s pointless. Besides, wasn’t that old Hairy Roc from the Golden Wing Clan best at Void Power?”

Yang Xiao was puzzled.

He had fought against the ancestor of the Golden Wing Clan—the one he called Old Hairy—for a lifetime. He knew his rival intimately. That creature had been able to control Void Power from birth, and it was different from the Void Power comprehended by True Gods like himself. That creature’s Void Power didn’t just tear space apart.

It could also condense Void Power into a tangible form to kill its enemies.

Its destructive power was immense.

”Is something wrong, Master?”

The Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon watched Yang Xiao, looking confused.

Yang Xiao shook his head.

He casually put the Inner Core away.

Then he took out the pair of Golden Wings.

The Golden Wings in their original form were far too large, so the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon had performed a simple refinement, turning them into a small pair of wings. With a little more work from Yang Xiao, they could be turned into a pair of Flying Treasure Wings.

They would be at the Mid-grade Magical Artifact Level, at least.

Therefore, the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon grew very nervous when it saw Yang Xiao looking at the Golden Wings.

Yang Xiao naturally noticed.

He glanced at it and said, ”It was thoughtful of you. However, a pair of Treasure Wings at the Mid-grade Magical Artifact Level isn’t of much use to me. But I’ll remember your consideration.”

Hearing this, the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon was both disappointed and a little delighted.

At the same time, it was also a bit surprised.

It was surprised that its master was so knowledgeable that he could tell the item’s grade without even touching the wings.

’Such insight is truly impressive.’

’I’m afraid my master is no simple character. But that makes sense. If he weren’t outstanding, how could he have subdued a Divine Artifact?’

Divine Artifacts all possess Artifact Spirits.

And those Artifact Spirits are exceedingly powerful.

If one failed to gain their recognition, the only way to obtain the artifact was through brute force.

Yang Xiao’s strength was too low to have used force, so he must have gained the Artifact Spirit’s recognition.

Since even a Divine Artifact Spirit had acknowledged him, the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon felt certain that its master was anything but simple.

So, after its initial reluctance, the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon was now very well-behaved.

And all of its emotions were well within Yang Xiao’s grasp.

He chuckled inwardly.

But he didn’t explain anything.

He let it guess.

Instead, his gaze fell upon the golden wings in his hands, studying them.

Gradually,

his expression became entranced.

’So the Secret Patterns for Void Power are on these wings. Although it’s only the First Layer, the more I look at it, the more profound it seems. It’s completely different from what I comprehended in my past life, yet they seem to complement each other.’

A thought flashed through Yang Xiao’s mind.

He recalled the Profound Feather Divine Technique.

As he did, he was astonished to discover something.

The Profound Feather Divine Technique, which had seemed to contain no Secret Patterns at all, was now revealing fragments of the Void Secret Pattern.

More importantly,

from this, Yang Xiao faintly perceived a possible method to fuse Secret Patterns.

However, this method was still immature.

It was barely more than a flash of inspiration.

But if he succeeded...!

’If I can merge the Time Secret Pattern into the Void Secret Pattern, then my Void Sword Manual, my One Sword Transforms Ten Thousand Realms, and even my Profound Feather Divine Technique could all become much stronger.’

The more he thought about it,

the brighter Yang Xiao’s eyes became.

In his previous life, his path had been one of fierce, explosive power. Based on Fire Elemental Power, he could fuse it with the Nine Yang Secret Pattern, the Greater Yang Secret Pattern, and even the Star Secret Pattern.

But now,

Yang Xiao had discovered another path.

It was no longer fierce and explosive, but its destructive power would be just as astonishing.

This was the Dao of combining the Void Secret Pattern and the Time Secret Pattern.

Moreover, it could not only be applied to his swordsmanship,

but also to his Flying Speed.

It would vastly improve his overall strength.

However, to achieve this,

he would need a great deal of time.

’I really want to use a Desolate Divine Fruit right now to comprehend all of this. But the most important thing at the moment is to become the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion and take out Xuan Tianzhan.’

He had to prioritize.

Although this new path looked very tempting, Yang Xiao never forgot what his greatest threat was.

’Brother Yang Tian once said that guy holds eight Northern Wilderness Sword Orders, which will teleport him directly to the Nine-Layered Inheritance Tower—the only inheritance tower on the third layer. As for me, even if I enter the third layer now, I’ll still have to search all over for it.’

Compared to Xuan Tianzhan,

Yang Xiao was at a huge disadvantage.

Therefore, until he became the master of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion,

Yang Xiao didn’t want to use up his remaining Desolate Divine Fruits.

After all, he didn’t have many left.

’I had four left before. I got four more for clearing the 4th Floor, five for the fifth, and six for the sixth. That gave me a total of nineteen. But I already used ten of them to comprehend the Sixth Level Time Secret Pattern. What about the Seventh Layer?’

Yang Xiao felt

that his Desolate Divine Fruits were far from enough.

It seemed he couldn’t delay any longer.

”Little Purple, we’re going to the next layer.”

Yang Xiao put away the wings and the Golden Roc True Blood he hadn’t even glanced at. He then took the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon and activated the Inheritance Sword Order in his hand.

He didn’t notice the dumbfounded look on the Purple-scaled Blood Horned Flood Dragon’s face.

It had assumed that since Yang Xiao had come out so quickly, he must have failed the trial and was planning to leave.

It never expected

that its master was actually going to the third layer.

Just as it was reeling in shock and confusion,

the two of them appeared on the third layer.

But the moment they appeared in the space of the third layer, before their presences had even stabilized, a terrifying aura erupted instantly.

”You finally deigned to show up! Hmph! You killed my brother! Die!”

A furious roar filled his ears.

Yang Xiao saw

a flash of gold shooting toward him.

That aura.

It was so strong it made him tremble all over.

He couldn’t even move.

Strong!

Too strong!