Chaotic Sword God

The change in Xing Caijian’s expression made Lan Caidie’s heart sink slightly. She could clearly sense that Xing Caijian’s concern and care for Yang Yutian had completely exceeded her expectations.

Lan Caidie was a Second Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt, an ancestor even among peak organisations. However, she still seemed to show respect from the bottom of her heart towards Xing Caijian who was only a Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperor.

As a result, she immediately confessed the reason for her conflict with Jian Chen.

“You actually developed a feud with him over a Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit?” Xing Caijian stared at Lan Caidie like she was staring at an idiot. “If I recall correctly, there were experts publicly selling Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit outside the Skyscraping World. Since your Ghost Immortal cult is in need of it, why didn’t you exchange for it there instead of going through such great lengths here?”

“Your Ghost Immortal cult has some heritage after all. You haven’t declined to the point where you can’t even afford that.”

When she heard that, Lan Caidie let out a sigh and said, “You may not be aware, your highness, but there are also people from the Myriad Ways cult among those who have entered the Skyscraping World this time. The Myriad Ways cult has always been on terrible terms with our Ghost Immortal cult, so we do not want to express any interest in the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit at all when the people of the Myriad Ways cult are around, just in case they decide to make trouble.”

“At the same time, it is to stop the Myriad Ways cult from noticing any secrets that they cannot be permitted to know when we compete for the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit.”

“Enough, you don’t have to say anything more. That’s not what I actually care about. Tell me, what is Yang Yutian’s situation right now? Is he still alive? You better pray he’s still alive. If he were to die, even if I spare you, my father will never spare you. As for my mother, she’ll personally carve you to pieces,” Xing Caijian said rather impatiently. Her tone became more and more harsh.

“What? The Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor would actually… for Yang Yutian…” Lan Caidie was completely stunned. Her sheet-white face seemed to become even paler now.

The Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor had shown the Ghost Immortal cult tremendous kindness in the past. During that age filled with darkness and despair, if it were not for the Heavenly Star Palace’s protection, the Ghost Immortal cult would have perished a long time ago, vanishing from the Immortals’ World completely.

Even for a very long time after that, whenever the Ghost Immortal cult faced devastation, the Heavenly Star Palace would always stand forward in the final moments and preserve the Ghost Immortal cult.

As a result, all of the upper echelon of the Ghost Immortal cult were highly grateful towards the Heavenly Star Palace.

The master of the Heavenly Star Palace, the Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor, was a god-like figure in the eyes of the upper echelon of the Ghost Immortal cult. They all looked up to him.

Yet at this moment, Xing Caijian actually said that the Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor and his wife would carve her to pieces if Yang Yutian died.

This conversation had a startling impact on Lan Caidie. She felt like she had let down her saviour; she felt like had committed a heinous crime.

“Then who exactly is Yang Yutian, your highness?” Lan Caidie asked wryly.

“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask. Tell me about Yang Yutian’s condition,” Xing Caijian said with a frown.

“Yang Yutian is fine,” Lan Caidie said wryly, “He possesses a spatial god artifact of extremely high quality, allowing him to avoid the detection of all of the formations in the Skyscraping World. He brought in several tens of thousand Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals, as well as a handful of Immortal Monarchs and Immortal Emperors, coupled with an Immortal Exalt. They instantly assembled a formation of startling power. The formation was so powerful that even when I used the power from the Remains of the Ghost Immortal, I failed to gain the upper hand.”

“What did you say? Yang Yutian brought several tens of thousand Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals in here?” Xing Caijian was shocked. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

She only knew that Jian Chen possessed the twin swords, but the twin swords were not capable of carrying several tens of thousand immortals around.

“That’s right. Your highness, I know this is rather difficult to believe, but it is what I saw with my own eyes after all.”

“Every single formation in the Skyscraping World is of rather high quality. They’ve all been personally cast by Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalts. No one can fool these formations and sneak in several tens of thousand cultivators, yet Yang Yutian achieved that. This can only mean that he possesses a spatial god artifact that surpasses the formations of the Skyscraping World in quality…”

Towards the end, Lan Caidie could not help but show some burning desire again, but she suppressed it very quickly as if she was afraid of showing it to Xing Caijian.

Xing Caijian stood where she was in silence as if she was digesting the information she had received from Lan Caidie.

That was because she had heard far too many unbelievable pieces of information from Lan Caidie.

Several tens of thousand Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals? And even an Immortal Exalt?

She never thought that the successor of the twin swords would actually be hiding such a formidable force.

The fact that he managed to fend off Lan Caidie’s power from the Remains of the Ghost Immortal through a powerful formation left her even more startled.

She understood exactly how powerful the Lan Caidie’s Remains of the Ghost Immortal were. That was a terrifying power that even many Immortal Exalt ancestors of the Heavenly Star Palace were wary of.

There were only a handful of experts among all the Immortal Exalt ancestors of the Heavenly Star Palace that could stop this power.

“So I’ve underestimated you slightly,” Xing Caijian murmured to herself. She was very surprised by Jian Chen’s trump cards.

After a pause, Xing Caijian looked at Lan Caidie and said with absolute authority, “I don’t care about what happened between you and Yang Yutian. From this moment onwards, your Ghost Immortal cult is not to oppose Yang Yutian. Do you understand?”

“If you become enemies, then I can tell you with absolute certainty that our Heavenly Star palace will only stand by Yang Yutian.”

Lan Caidie’s expression changed slightly. She was filled with anguish. “Yes, your highness. I understand.”

“However, I do have an unreasonable request, your highness. The Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit is truly extremely important to our Ghost Immortal cult.”

Xing Caijian’s eyes shone. She stared at Lan Caidie in interest and said, “The Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit is for recovering the memory of past lives for people who have reincarnated. It has no other uses apart from that. Don’t tell me a major figure of your Ghost Immortal cult has reincarnated?”

After hesitating for a moment, Lan Caidie seemed to make some kind of decision. She gritted her teeth. “This is the greatest secret of our Ghost Immortal cult. Apart from the cult leader and me, no one else in the Ghost Immortal cult knows about this. Even the other vice cult leaders have no right to know about this. But since you want to know, I’ll tell you. I hope you can keep this a secret for us, your highness.”

Xing Caijian nodded sternly.

Lan Caidie quickly set up a formation before stifling her voice. “The cult leader believes he’s found the reincarnation of the previous cult leader, which is why we need the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit.”

“The previous cult leader of the Ghost Immortal cult perished during the war between the two worlds three million years ago. Are you certain that’s the senior?” Xing Caijian’s eyes shone.

“The cult leader sensed it through the supreme secret technique passed down through the cult. He’s not completely certain, but he’s mostly sure,” Lan Caidie whispered.

“But even if it really is that senior’s reincarnation, it has been over three million years. Who knows how many reincarnations he has already been through. The Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit can only awaken memories from the past three lives.” Xing Caijian furrowed her brows.

“Even if it’s only the memories from the past three lives, it’s all we can do, as Reincarnation Fruits are just too rare in the Immortals’ World. Finding any stronger Reincarnation Fruits is very difficult.” Lan Caidie sighed gently.

It had already been over three million years since the old cult leader died. During this lengthy period, the old cult leader might have reincarnated once, or he might have reincarnated countless times already.

Xing Caijian hesitated. After a moment of silence, she said, “If the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit was in the hands of others, there would be many ways to retrieve it, but it’s with Yang Yutian now.”

“Since it’s in his hands, your Ghost Immortal cult can only find a way yourself…”

Lan Caidie glanced at the sword that Xing Caijian carried in her arms. Through the Remains of the Ghost Immortal inside her, she could vaguely sense a devastating power hiding inside the sword. The power was so great that it even petrified the Remains of the Ghost Immortal inside her.

She was clearly aware that Xing Caijian was unstoppable in the Skyscraping World if she used the sword, but she refused to help, purely because she did not want to offend the Immortal Emperor called Yang Yutian.

“Also, you are not to mention a single word about the secrets regarding Yang Yutian. Do you understand…” Xing Caijian said that in the end before leaving with the sword in her arms.

Lan Caidie sat in the bushes feebly. By now, she had temporarily set aside the matter of the Three Lives Reincarnation Fruit. Her mind was filled with thoughts about Jian Chen’s origins, as well as why the Heavenly Star Palace would treat him like that.

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Elsewhere, Jian Chen continued to search through the Skyscraping World for medicinal gardens. He did not wear the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, having handed it over to the Source of Life already for purification.

Over thirty thousand Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal disciples sat in an empty area inside the Primeval Divine Hall. Each one of them ingested supreme grade Immortal Tier pills to recover their expended energy.

Who knew when Jian Chen would need to use the Divine Formation of the Heavens in the Skyscraping World again, so these disciples who exhausted all of their energy were recovering as quickly as they could under Jian Chen’s orders.

Even if these Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals only ingested a supreme grade Immortal Tier pill each, that would be over thirty thousand consumed all at once. Just supplying the pills alone was not something that regular organisations could sustain.

Fortunately, Jian Chen possessed a tremendous amount of resources. Coupled with the Hall of Alchemy, he could easily make up for the consumption.

In the blink of an eye, three days had already passed. Purified by the Source of Life, the Divine Armour of Heavenflight had finally returned to normal. All of the external energy and presence had been eliminated.

Jian Chen let out a sigh of relief. With the return of the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, he no longer had to worry about the old woman from the Ghost Immortal cult tracking him down.

“Yang Yutian, so I’ve underestimated you slightly.” At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Jian Chen.

Jian Chen froze slightly. His expression changed, as he had failed to sense anyone approaching him from behind.

He turned around slowly. All he saw was Xing Caijian with the ancient sword in her arms, standing thirty metres away silently.

Jian Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. He never thought that Xing Caijian would be so close to him, which made him feel a sense of danger from her for the first time.

This sense of danger did not come from the Divine Sword of the Heavenly Star but Xing Caijian herself!