Li Shen's hair was filled with dirt and grime, and he hadn’t showered for an unknown period so he stank so much he could be smelled from a mile away.Li Shen willed it and the realistic-looking saber transformed to Metal Qi before disseminating into the surroundings. Afterward, Li Shen jumped into the pond. Immediately as he, did a patch of dirt spread in the pond water.After a couple of minutes, Li Shen resurfaced in a clear area of the pond.He had returned to his regular size of just under six feet. His golden hair glisten as the sun above shone down on him.Li Shen swept it back from his face and looked up at the sky.“I wonder how long it’s been since I was conscious.”After mumbling that he looked down at his clothed-less figure and frowned at the many scars on his body.Letting out a sigh, he couldn’t be bothered so he didn’t think about it and simply fall back into the water. His figure soon rose once again and he allowed the pond’s current to carry him about while he floated
“Huff... Huff...”Mu Fan breathed heavily as he lay on his back while Li Shen stood over him.Placing the Saber Qi on his shoulder, Li Shen said.“Alright, that should be enough for me, let’s go find the others.”Mu Fan groaned at Li Shen’s change in behavior as he was just doing what he wanted. However, he was too exhausted to say anything.Li Shen push his palm towards a tired Mu Fan and a platform made of Wind Qi was created under him.As it lifted Mu Fan Li Shen couldn't help but realize something strange. He looked down at his hand in slight surprise.Li Shen realized this when conjuring his Qi weapons while fighting Mu Fan, but this just confirms it.His Heavenly Comprehension had made progress.But Li Shen was sure from his fragmented memories that he was training it during his daze state.After thinking for a moment, Li Shen without looking raised his hand to his side and grasped the air.His fingers seemed to pull on something in the void as it clench into a fist.At one mome
At Li Shen’s current speed, he was able to reach the Guardian Tree in under an hour with Mu Fan.Seeing the massive tree for the first time Mu Fan was shocked, but he was relatively calm. He was previously in the Eastern Territory which had stone golems the size of skyscrapers. He was already used to the oversize nature of the Dimension.What Mu Fan mostly focused on was meeting Jun.His legs trembled, though not from nervousness but eagerness and impatience. His eyes zoned in on the base of the tree looking for any signs of a silhouette as he slowly stood up.As Li Shen got closer, Mu Fan spotted a figure and without hesitation, his standing figure moved. His body blurred, leaving an afterimage on the platform as he appear on a large trunk of the tree.Mu Fan was heading directly for the person several meters away from him, but he stopped.His face then showed a confused expression.With their back turned to him, he saw someone carrying a little girl on his back.Mu Fan thought he se
Mu Fan wasn’t stupid, he had immediately realized Qiang's connection with this tree. From Li Shen's shout, both he and Jun knew Fei Yin's condition had something to do with her. And considering the sheer anger in Li Shen's voice, they also knew Fei Yin was about to die because of her.Mu Fan continue to threaten her, but when he saw that she wasn’t responding to him he stopped.He immediately spun on his heels and floated from the tree trunk. His saber in his hand began to tremble and the Blade Will in his dantian began to become restless.He was dead set on chopping this tree down.“Mu Fan!”Jun seeing this called out to him, but Mu Fan completely ignored him.Jun with a worried expression turn to Li Shen but saw that he was focused on Fei Yin and wasn’t paying attention to the outside world.Turning his head slightly he said to Qiang.“Little sister Qiang, can you please stop what you’re doing to our friend?”Jun felt her small hands tighten around his neck, but she continued to rem
Battle Intent permeated the surroundings as Jun and Mu Fan faced each other. Li Shen was watching on from his position, he could clearly see despite them being far out on Qiang’s trunks.Jun’s shoulders were slumped as if he was too relaxed to have this tense atmosphere affect him. Looking at Mu Fan he said.“I see that your Blade Intent has improved a lot more than before.”He was referring to Mu Fan going all out to sever Qiang’s trunk.Mu Fan was annoyed at how calm Jun was being, as if he was looking down on his strength. He snorted before retorting.“Jun, you had never been able to beat me before you lost your cultivation, so what makes you think you beat me after regaining it?”Mu Fan released the tight grip on his saber with one of his hands and shrugged his shoulders before saying.“I don’t know how you manage to reach the late Foundation Realm so fast, but that fast cultivation won’t make up for the gap that was already between us.”Mu Fan’s eyes then shot Jun a steely glare
Li Shen smiled bitterly before he formed a hand seal and pointed in Mu Fan’s direction.The weights around both of Mu Fan’s wrists slowly began dissipating, it was transforming into Metal Qi.Mu Fan look at his wrists and said in shock.“Wait, they were made from Qi?!”Mu Fan had not known, despite Li Shen being able to change their states of properties, he thought it was just some metal with that characteristic, not Qi.Li Shen had been experimenting with combining different aspects of his abilities, and one of the things he discovered was that when shaping Qi he could use his Spiritual Physique that was changed by Chaos Qi to increase its mass way beyond what was possible. It was similar to how he could increase and decrease his own weight.And add on the effects of the Five Principles of Transmutation and he could change the state of the Qi from its original air-like state, to liquid, or solid.That was one feature he had discovered about his Spiritual Physique, or should he call i
“Ugh!”Mu Fan groaned as Jun slapped him with the shaft of his spear across his face.“Bastard!!”Mu Fan couldn’t help but roar in frustration.Judging by the numerous bruises on his cheeks, it wasn’t the first time Jun had down something like this.“Are you using a spear or a staff you bastard?!”Jun came out of his stance and stood up straight before silently looking at Mu Fan.Mu Fan gritted his teeth before his figure dashed towards Jun.His sheathed saber swung down carrying with it a whistling sound as it cut through the air.Mu Fan wanted to fight at close quarters but Jun took three steps back and jab his spear out. His wrist twisted as it made contact with Mu Fan’s saber. That seemingly small action made Mu Fan’s saber steer off course.Mu Fan felt like all the power he placed into that blow had dissipated. Jun’s defensive spear technique was too strange, he always manage to accurately hit the weakest point in Mu Fan’s attack. No matter the angle or the speed of the attack he
Eyes focused on Mu Fan, Li Shen couldn’t help but mumble.“He wasn’t lying when he said he was holding back. To think he would gain control over his Blade Will like this, is it because of the saber? He’s somehow able to separate a part of his Blade will and embedded it into that saber to slowly nurture it. This is actually really scary.”If Mu Fan could nature that piece of Blade Will in his saber, it could become a fully formed Blade Will that he could use like his Saber Qi or Blade Intent without repercussions. Adding that to his original Blade Will in his body and the strength he would be capable of wielding in the future was unimaginable.“But this might be too dangerous. This isn’t a technique for sparring, it’s a technique for killing.”Li Shen frowned and wondered if he should stop the battle. But he looked at Jun and seeing his determined expression, he opted to sit back and watch.He could tell Mu Fan wasn’t the only one who had been holding back something in their spar.Down
So, that's the end of Book One."..."Are you mad?"..."Of course you are, I'm sorry."Fuck you, Author..."Wah! I'm really sorry!!*start groveling and begging for forgiveness.*For those of you who haven't seen it in the last chapter(it's not like I didn't put it in the title.) I made the decision to end Book One here, right on the edge of a massive cliff... don't kill me haha, I swear I'll write Book Two.Oh, did you see the title of Book Two? If not here it is again... BOOK TWO: War Of Continents... coming soon.I always intended to split this novel into separate books, but I never planned on stopping Book One here. At first, I made the decision to go on hiatus, but then as I read over the last few chapters I realized this was somewhat of a good place to end Book One... please don't kill me.For all the readers who have reached this point... thank you.I've been writing this book for over a year now. Arguably I haven't posted much in the last three months, but we don't talk about t
When Gu Min landed in front of him, Yang Su stood there staring at him with a blank expression while tears ran down his cheeks.“What, you won't even come running to hug me after not seeing me for so long? You always did when we were little. Or have you grown too big now? You’re almost as tall as I am.”Gu Min said this jokingly, but Yang Su could only lower his head and began wiping his tears.Gu Min walked up to him and hugged him.“It’s okay, why are you crying?”“I-I thought you died because of me. And Mom and Dad, they…”“Did they blame you?”A sad expression appeared on Gu Min’s face, but Yang Su shook his head.“No, after they thought you died they wouldn’t let me out of their sights. It's because of you that I couldn’t even set foot outside of the house.”Gu Min cracked a smile when he heard his little brother’s words.“I’m sorry I didn’t come home, I-”“It’s fine.”Yang Su suddenly said cutting off Gu Min.“As long as you’re fine I don’t care if I never see you again, I just
Ling Tian was in the sky scanning the crowd of disciples down below.His heart was filled with both anger and frustration.Soon, his gaze stopped on a figure that was trying to blend into the crowd as much as possible.But despite the hood hiding their appearance, Ling Tian knew exactly who this person was.In a fit of rage and worry, he bolted toward this person.On the ground, Li Shen looked at Yang Su and asked.“Yang Su, what do you mean, is that person your older brother?”Everyone in the group heard this and they all turned to look at Yang Su.Yang Su nodded and said.“He looks slightly different, but I’m sure that’s him.”While Xian was smiling off to the side, Mu Fan glanced at Yang Su’s brother in the air and scowled.“His hair is ever redder than yours, how revolting.”Jun frowned and elbowed Mu Fan to shut up.As Yang Su continued to look at his brother he started to become more agitated.He was skeptical of Xian’s words before but now that he saw his brother he was overcom
Mu Fan placed everyone down before they all glared at Xian.Xian shrugged his shoulders in response.Jun was about to comment on Xian being here, but Li Shen placed a hand on his shoulder.“Look after Lu Yue for me.”Hearing this, Jun turned to look at Lu Yue before hurrying over.Fei Yin hurried over as well, it looked like she had a few superficial wounds he was able to heal.Li Shen then looked at Xian and asked.“What’s the point of you joining? You seem to have a group of your own.”“Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t join yours right?”Li Shen went silent for a moment and then said.“I’ll think about it. For now, we should focus on why we were teleported here.”Xian turned to look at the front of the hall where a throne was before saying with narrowed eyes.“Isn’t it obvious my other half? Someone wants us here.”Hearing Xian’s words, everyone in the group had their expressions change.They suddenly had a bad feeling rise in their hearts. One that Mu Fan long had.“Master…?”Li She
“D-Damn it, what is happening now?!”Mu Fan cried out as he saw his fingers fading away.Li Shen looked over at him and then down at his own hand to see his fingers were fading away as well, and at a rapid pace at that.Li Shen then looked towards the sky to see that after shattering, what was revealed was a clear blue sky.The shattered fragments of the previous crimson sky were still hovering in the air, reflecting the blue sky above and the Fiery Dimension below at the same time.Looking away from this scene, Li Shen bent down to pick up Lu Yue and carry her bridal style. He then turned to Mu Fan and said.“It’s okay, we’re being teleported to the Hidden Fragmented Realm. Hold onto me.”Mu Fan hurriedly got up and place his overly large palms on Li Shen’s shoulders.Mu Fan then watched in curiosity as a strange black light with starry light in it spread from Li Shen’s body to cover both him and Lu Yue.“What kind of ability is this?”Mu Fan said looking around. It almost seemed as
“Stop being so dramatic, I barely touched you.”Li Shen said as he gave Mu Fan who was on the ground a cursory glance.Mu Fan wined.“It is you. Bastard, do you want to get hit in the head and see how it feels?”Mu Fan then glared at Li Shen, but in response, Li Shen merely rolled his eyes and then turn back to check on an unconscious Lu Yue.Mu Fan also turned to her and asked.Is she going to be alright?”“If we can get to Jun in time, then everything will be fine.”“Is that why you let those bastards get away?”Mu Fan said as he watch Gu Jin and Shiming fly away with the rest of the Fire Empire’’s disciples and Ming Clan members.Li Shen shifted his head to look in their direction before turning back to Lu Yue.“There will come a time when they can longer run away from me, but that time hasn’t come yet. Rather, you should be healing your injuries before thinking about fighting in your condition.”“It merely scratches, I’m fine!”Mu Fan said confidentially, but Li Shen suddenly saw
“You fucker, I’ll definitely kill you for this!!”Shiming’s face was deathly pale, but intense hatred was evident in his eyes.“Huh? How are you going to do that when you’re going to see King Yama?”Mu Fan kicked Shiming’s severed arm that held his saber to the side as he walked towards him.Shiming manage to stop his bleeding and he held his stump as he slowly got up.A crazed look was in his eyes that matched Mu Fan’s own.Mu Fan didn’t care and he rushed to lop off his head like he promised he would.He appeared in front of Shiming and did a horizontal slash.However, a crazed Shiming suddenly grasp the void and a red illusory blade appeared in his remaining hand.Swoosh!Shiming swung it towards Mu Fan’s incoming saber and a Blade Energy no weaker than Mu Fan’s own swept out.BANG!A loud explosion occurred that caused the ground beneath the two to form a massive crater.Shiming was seen flying out of the dust that had risen in the area.Even when he called on his own Blade Will h
Shiming wasn’t in a hurry as he flew over to where Mu Fan was.Previously when Mu Fan had reached this location and realized he had found Lu Yue, he didn’t hesitate to start hacking.Now laying around him were numerous bloody corpses of the Fire Empire Disciples. But of course, there were also disciples who came from various small Sects that were transported here with Lu Yue. A few disciples in the group Mu Fan came with had died too.Mu Fan frowned at this sight.Something didn’t feel right to him. He loved hacking these fuckers for what they were doing, but this type of massacre irked him.It’s as if it was all planned.Mu Fan didn’t know, but he could vaguely sense something was wrong.As Mu Fan was feeling repulsed by this massacre, Shiming’s voice echoed behind him.“Why do I always have to deal with you?”Mu Fan slowly turned to see Shiming land not too far away from him. His eyes narrowed.“You don’t have to worry about that for too long. Once I lop off your head then you never
Gu Jin would send out a fist or a palm strike towards Lu Yue and she would counter it with her Sword Technique.However, she would be blown back and injured every time.After a few more of this, Lu Yue realized that she was getting further away from the battle.Gu Jin had purposely brought them here.“Are you just now realizing the situation you’re in?”Gu Jin said with a laugh.Lu Yue had fallen to the ground and as she slowly got up, Gu Jin’s gaze roamed over her slightly disheveled body.It didn’t take a genius to understand what was going on.However, Lu Yue seemed unphased despite the blood at the corner of her lips and was even weak to the point where she had to lean on her sword for support.Looking at Gu Jin, she said.“And it seems you haven’t realized the situation you're in yet.”Upon hearing that, Gu Jin frowned.However, a moment later his expression changed.Inside his body, he sensed several strands of frigid energy slowly circulating in his meridians.If it weren’t for