The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2205: Chapter 2205: Early Closure

The Seven Luminaries Technique is at the same magic level as the Chaos Sword. However, the damage dealt by Jing Yan when he uses the Chaos Sword is greater because he himself created this spell.

Nonetheless, after Jing Yan returned to the Immortal Rhythm level, the power of his Seven Luminaries Technique also increased significantly.

“Void Technique!”

As the Void Technique was cast, the surrounding space became distorted and virtualized, and Jing Yan’s figure seemed to disappear into that space.

“Divine Soul Wind Blade!” Jing Yan used another Divine Soul Attack.

The Divine Soul Wind Blade appeared somewhat rough. It could instantly kill cultivators with a weaker Divine Soul Body, but against those with a strong Divine Soul Body, it would only have a certain deterrence. This was unavoidable as Jing Yan had not mastered a true Divine Soul Attack Technique. Both the Divine Soul Storm and the Divine Soul Wind Blade were just basic applications of Divine Soul Attack. Even the relatively powerful Divine Soul Wind Blade couldn’t be considered a true Divine Soul Technique.

After all, Jing Yan’s cultivation time was short and his energy limited. Creating a Divine Soul Attack Technique wasn’t something he could accomplish in a short time.

Sitting cross-legged on the Netherworld Road, Jing Yan performed all his techniques one by one. After recovering to the Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm level, he tested the effects of the spells to become familiar with them and to verify the power enhancement of his techniques.

“With my current strength, facing the Black River Heavenly Monarch, I should be able to keep my life, right?” Jing Yan stood up, eyes half-closed.

He could certainly continue cultivating in the Netherworld Map.

With the Netherworld Heart and the Netherworld Crystal Stones, his deduction of the Virtualization Technique and cultivation of the Fifth Level of the Great Demon Seal Suppression Technique would accelerate. However, if he chose to cultivate, he couldn’t search for the Netherworld Heart.

The Netherworld Map would only exist for ten to twenty years. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to have another chance.

So the choice was simple. Jing Yan definitely needed to continue unraveling the laws of the Netherworld Road and search for more Netherworld Hearts. Now that he had reached the Immortal Rhythm level, unraveling the laws of the Netherworld Road would be somewhat easier.

As Jing Yan had anticipated, after returning to the Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm level, he arrived before a stone platform in less than a month. Unfortunately, there was still no Netherworld Heart on this platform.

Keep searching.

In the following time, about once a month, Jing Yan could find a stone platform. However, most of these platforms had no Netherworld Heart.

Jing Yan wasn’t discouraged, as he was unraveling the Netherworld Road laws quickly now and would sooner or later find a second or third Netherworld Crystal Stone.

On this day, Jing Yan reached the end of another Netherworld Road. It was the eighth time since he recovered to the Immortal Rhythm Netherworld Realm level and broke another Netherworld Road law.

“Got it!” Jing Yan’s eyes lit up.

On the stone platform ahead was a Netherworld Heart emitting a milky yellow light halo, placed openly. Jing Yan stepped forward, reached out, and took the Netherworld Heart.

This was the second Netherworld Heart Jing Yan gathered within the Netherworld Map.

And if he counted the time, Jing Yan had been in the Netherworld Map for almost three years.

“Continue!” Jing Yan packed away the second Netherworld Heart and stepped on the Netherworld Road behind the stone platform, continuing his search for the next Netherworld Heart.

A year later, Jing Yan obtained the third Netherworld Heart. Another year passed, and Jing Yan collected the fourth Netherworld Heart.

…

“Hahahaha…”

Clad in a black robe, the Black River Heavenly Monarch arrived once again at a stone platform. Seeing the Netherworld Heart on the platform, he burst out in hearty laughter.

He had been in the Netherworld Map for five years, and this was the first time he found a Netherworld Heart. It took him a full five years to find one Netherworld Heart. He found several platforms, but not every platform had a Netherworld Heart.

Feeling thrilled, the Black River Heavenly Monarch carefully reached out and held the Netherworld Heart in his palm.

The Black River Heavenly Monarch stared at the Netherworld Heart for quite a while before finally storing it away.

“There’s still time! This time within the Netherworld Road, I should be able to collect two to three Netherworld Hearts,” the Black River Heavenly Monarch whispered.

Although he was at the Immortal Charm Realm, he was not an ordinary Immortal Rhythm Cultivator. His speed at unraveling the Netherworld Road laws was indeed swift.

“Buzz!”

Just as the Black River Heavenly Monarch was about to bypass the platform to continue searching for Netherworld Hearts, a mighty power descended. The Netherworld Road beneath him also started shaking.

With his Divine Thought, he could sense countless laws that comprised the Netherworld Road had started to move rather than remain static. The laws rolled, and an immense power spread out.

“What’s going on?” The Black River Heavenly Monarch was somewhat bewildered.

“Is the Netherworld Map closing? No, how could it close now? According to past examples of the Netherworld Map appearing in the Yellow Spring Cave, the shortest duration it existed was ten years. But it has been merely five years since the Netherworld Map appeared this time. How could it suddenly close?” The Black River Heavenly Monarch frowned deeply.

In his contemplation, the Black River Heavenly Monarch suddenly focused his gaze, his entire aura surging.

“Could it be… is it because of that brat?”

“The intelligence I have mentions that if a cultivator inside the Netherworld Map acquires a certain number of Netherworld Hearts, the map will immediately close,” the Black River Heavenly Monarch pondered.

He entered the Yellow Spring Cave this time with a very clear goal—to obtain the Netherworld Hearts within the Netherworld Map. He had paid a significant price for the intelligence on the Netherworld Map. From the information, the Black River Heavenly Monarch knew that this time the probability of the Netherworld paths manifesting within the Yellow Spring Cave exceeded seventy percent.

The intelligence, which he obtained at great cost, did not disappoint him. As expected, the Netherworld Map manifested within the cave, and he entered it immediately. To stop other cultivators who entered the Yellow Spring Cave from entering the Netherworld Map and competing for the Netherworld Heart, he deliberately left a clone outside the Netherworld Map to guard against those cultivators. Yet, despite all his calculations, a brat named Jing Yan still managed to storm into the Netherworld Map.

“Impossible! The only ones who entered the Netherworld Map besides me are that brat Jing Yan. I’ve only obtained one Netherworld Heart, and even if that brat got lucky, he could only have one Netherworld Heart at most, right? With only two Netherworld Hearts taken, how could the Netherworld Map be closing?” The Black River Heavenly Monarch couldn’t figure it out for the moment.

While the Black River Heavenly Monarch was acquiring the Netherworld Heart, Jing Yan was unraveling the laws on a Netherworld Road when he abruptly felt those laws violently tremble, disrupting his rhythm.

Jing Yan frowned and looked around.

“What is happening?” Jing Yan sensed that the previously calm Netherworld Road had completely changed at this moment, as the path beneath him began to warp.

Jing Yan didn’t know much about the Netherworld Road and hadn’t realized that it was about to close.