Terran Guardian - Chapter 3597

Chapter 3575 What is this thing?

Not long after,

the other cultivators also emerged from the blood pool one after another.

Thus,

all sixty cultivators had undergone the transformation of their acquired bloodlines, their aptitudes greatly improved.

Shen Changqing dismissed everyone, and the sect competition was now completely over.

…

Sword Peak.

Inside the main hall.

Xiao Ling stepped in, cupped his hands towards the figure above, and said respectfully, “Disciple Xiao Ling greets Peak Master!”

“Have you entered the blood pool to temper your acquired bloodline?”

Qianhen asked calmly.

Xiao Ling nodded: “As Peak Master said, disciple has entered the blood pool and has barely managed to temper my acquired bloodline.”

Upon hearing this,

Qianhen became even more satisfied.

“You’ve mastered the Great Thunder Sound Sword Technique to perfection with your cultivation at the first level of the Great Power realm, demonstrating exceptional swordsmanship talent. Looking throughout the sect, there are very few who can rival you in swordsmanship.

Now, with your acquired bloodline refined, you’re at least capable of reaching the half-step Immortal Emperor realm, and even proving yourself as an Immortal Emperor is not impossible.

I intend to take you as my personal disciple; are you willing?”

Qianhen said in a deep voice.

Since discovering Xiao Ling’s potential during the Grand Competition, he had vaguely understood that the key to Sword Peak’s great prosperity lay with this one person.

Over the years, Sword Peak had produced many outstanding disciples, but that was all.

Ordinary disciples couldn’t revitalize Sword Peak

unless…

Sword Peak could produce a genius like Shi Li of Blade Peak or Muchen of Battle Peak, then that would be a different story.

And regarding swordsmanship talent, Qianhen believed that Xiao Ling was absolutely top-tier.

Not to mention Sword Peak’s past, even within the entire Xuan Tian Dao Sect, there were very few who could rival him in swordsmanship.

His biggest problem was his poor cultivation aptitude.

But now, having entered the forbidden blood pool and forged an acquired bloodline, this problem would be easily solved.

Moreover,

Qianhen was prepared.

Even if Xiao Ling couldn’t enter the blood pool, he would still dedicate all of Sword Peak’s resources to nurturing him.

Poor cultivation aptitude can be compensated for with resources.

But such swordsmanship talent, while not impossible to improve later, would certainly be extremely difficult.

Therefore,

regardless of whether Xiao Ling obtained an acquired bloodline, Qianhen intended to take him as his personal disciple.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling didn’t hesitate and immediately bowed, saying, “Disciple greets Master!”

“Very good, very good. From today onwards, you will be my thirteenth personal disciple. Ahead of you are twelve senior brothers, the highest of whom has already entered the Ancient Immortal Realm, and the lowest, not including you, has reached the peak of the Immortal King Realm.

However, your senior brothers are not currently in the sect; we will find an opportunity to meet them later.”

Qianhen smiled with satisfaction, then flicked his finger, and a storage ring landed in front of Xiao Ling.

“Inside are the cultivation resources I have prepared for you. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be enough for you to cultivate to the Ancient Immortal Realm without any problem.

In addition, all the inheritances of Sword Peak will be unlocked for you from today onwards, without any restrictions.

If you have any questions about cultivation, you may come and ask me, and I will answer them for you!”

“Thank you for your generous gift, Master!”

Xiao Ling’s expression was grateful. He hadn’t expected his master to be so accommodating.

Although Qianhen’s actions stemmed from Xiao Ling’s demonstrated swordsmanship talent, Xiao Ling’s gratitude remained undiminished.

Ultimately,

resources at Yifeng were limited.

If he didn’t demonstrate sufficient value, no one would invest significant resources, which would be unfair to the other disciples.

Xiao Ling had envisioned that even if he became Qianhen’s personal disciple, he would only receive a slight elevation in status and some preferential treatment in cultivation resources—that would be considered quite good.

He hadn’t expected

Qianhen to have gone this far.

Resources sufficient to cultivate to the Ancient Immortal Realm—even without looking, Xiao Ling could sense the immense weight contained within the storage ring before him.

At this moment…

Qianhen continued, “I know you possess your own inheritance, which is your personal destiny, and I will not interfere too much.

Currently, the most powerful inheritance of our Sword Peak is the wordless immortal stele left by our former sect leader.

This stele carries a top-tier inheritance called the Celestial Phenomenon Sword Scripture. Unfortunately, over the years, many cultivators on Sword Peak have struggled to comprehend much from this wordless stele.

But with your swordsmanship talent, you will one day be qualified to comprehend the stele’s mysteries and wield such a supreme inheritance!”

“However—”

“No one knows that, in fact, long before this stele appeared, Sword Peak already possessed the inheritance of the Celestial Phenomenon Sword Scripture.”

Qianhen paused here, then flipped his hand, and an immortal sword appeared out of thin air.

The moment the immortal sword appeared, Xiao Ling’s gaze was drawn to it, instantly landing on the sword.

With just one glance,

Xiao Ling sensed the vast and profound sword intent within it.

The sword intent he himself had comprehended was like a firefly compared to the moon before the sword intent of such a celestial sword.

“This celestial sword contains a complete Celestial Phenomenon Sword Intent. I bestow this sword upon you, hoping you can gain some understanding from it!”

Qianhen stroked the sword’s blade, which trembled slightly. Even after millions of years, the sword intent it contained had not diminished in the slightest.

Then,

he bestowed this celestial sword upon Xiao Ling.

Since acquiring the Longevity Tower, Qianhen no longer needed to comprehend the sword intent within such celestial swords; keeping this treasure would be a waste.

Therefore,

Qianhen naturally bestowed it upon Xiao Ling.

The latter possessed exceptional sword talent and might be able to comprehend a portion of the mysteries of the Celestial Phenomenon Sword Intent at the Great Power Realm.   Even if Xiao Ling was not yet capable of comprehending it, comprehending the Celestial Phenomenon Sword Intent would definitely not be a problem when he reached the Immortal King Realm or even the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Furthermore   …

With Xiao Ling’s current acquired bloodline aptitude, breaking through to the Immortal King realm wouldn’t be difficult, and even reaching the Ancient Immortal realm would be significantly easier.

“Thank you for the treasure, Master!”

Xiao Ling didn’t refuse, respectfully accepting the immortal sword with both hands. The sword felt as heavy as a towering mountain in his hands, his arms suddenly feeling heavy, but he managed to catch it.

“Go, cultivate diligently. The Great Power realm is ultimately too weak. With the frequent calamities in Shenfeng Prefecture, this level of cultivation is nothing more than an ant in the midst of these calamities.

Even as an Ancient Immortal, you can’t play much of a role.

But the path must be taken step by step. When you one day reach the Ancient Immortal realm, I will naturally devote all the power of the Sword Peak to help you ascend to the Immortal Emperor realm!”

Qianhen waved his hand, and Xiao Ling respectfully withdrew.

The vast Immortal Palace

returned to tranquility.

A long time passed.

Qianhen murmured to himself, “After so many years, our Sword Peak has finally produced a top-tier genius. If this young man doesn’t perish unexpectedly, his future achievements in swordsmanship will undoubtedly make him the number one on Sword Peak.

It’s a pity, though; his cultivation is currently too low to truly support the foundation of Sword Peak—” With that, Qianhen

went into

seclusion again.

Although Sword Peak had a genius like Xiao Ling, his own cultivation couldn’t be neglected.

Now that he had refined his acquired bloodline, Qianhen’s aptitude had also improved, and the bottlenecks that had previously hindered him had loosened considerably.

Although Qianhen wasn’t confident of breaking through to the Immortal Emperor realm in the short term, stepping into the half-step Immortal Emperor realm was still quite achievable.

Originally,

with Qianhen’s foundation and aptitude, breaking through to the Immortal Emperor realm in the future would have been almost impossible.

But now that he had finally obtained an acquired bloodline, he naturally didn’t want to miss such an opportunity.

Ancient Immortals had a lifespan of ten billion years!

Immortal Emperors had a lifespan of ten billion years!

Although the latter hadn’t reached the pinnacle of immortality, for most cultivators, the Immortal Emperor realm was already a form of immortality.

After all, billions of years is an incredibly long time. For ancient immortals, a lifespan ten times their own is unimaginable.

Qianhen has been in the ancient immortal realm for approximately seven hundred million years. Although he still has three hundred million years of lifespan remaining, it’s not much in terms of his overall lifespan.

If he could break through to the Immortal Emperor realm, he could add nine billion years to his lifespan out of thin air.

With such a long time, he might even find an opportunity to enter the true realm of immortality one day.

…

In the calm chaotic void, a ripple suddenly appeared.

“Crack!”

Space shattered, and a withered hand tore through the barrier. The next moment, the void trembled, and even the Heavenly Dao seemed enraged. Vast tribulation clouds gathered and then transformed into heavenly punishment, crashing down fiercely.

The withered hand cracked open, and seemingly foul, turbid blood dripped down. The terrifying power polluted everything around it, giving all living beings in the universe an ominous premonition.

Many Celestial Kings looked in the direction of the Heavenly Punishment and saw the void cracking, with a massive surge of gray mist rushing in.

This scene

caused many Celestial Kings to frown.

“What is this thing?”

At this moment, the Heavenly Punishment dissipated, and a Celestial King tore through the void to arrive. He saw that the gray mist before him seemed to contain some extremely strange aura, causing him to instinctively feel a strong unease.

Therefore,

for the sake of caution,

this Celestial King did not even step into the gray mist.

However—

just then,

a hoarse roar came from within the mist, and then a cultivator with a rotting body rushed out of the mist, his eyes filled with bloodlust, charging towards the Celestial King.

The sudden scene startled this Celestial King, and almost instinctively, he struck out with a palm strike. The fierce and domineering power caused the strange cultivator’s body to explode, instantly killing him on the spot.

But…

Before the Immortal King could truly breathe a sigh of relief, even more strange cultivators emerged from the mist, densely packed and seemingly endless.

Many of these strange beings possessed extremely powerful auras, posing a great threat even to an Immortal King.

Without a doubt,

these strange beings were also at the Immortal King level.

At a glance,

there were no fewer than a hundred of these strange beings comparable to Immortal Kings, and their numbers were still growing.

Seeing this, the Immortal King’s face immediately turned to fear.