The Sword Palace: Book 5 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

by Fat Bread

"You... after entering the Sky Tower... use my identity… go to… 100 successive victories… get the Soul Jade… heal your body…" Due to some unknown reason, Casina's voice became blurry and intermittent at this time.

  "So... this is the door leading to the real Sky Tower... she... is the guardian of the door..." Yun Xi looked at the familiar and strange figure in the front of the door.

  For a long time, he thought that she was just his imagination in his dreams, but now, he understood that she was a real person, the forever guardian of the Sky Tower.

  "You are not my dream... you are real..."

  In the Water God's world, his body was possessed by her, announcing the words of sanction to Hydra and Shaya Longnis.

  However, when she possessed his body, he couldn't remember everything clearly. For a long time, he only remembered her absolute will in her cold sword light.

  Till now, he finally remembered the whole thing.

  She was the last order of the Sky Sword God's Domain. Anyone who infringed the order would be penalized by her sharp, cold sword.

  Maybe only Casina, who was at the same rank with her, could resist her cold, absolute will.

  Chapter 390: The Real Sky Tower

  Looking at the figure with mixed feelings, Yun Xi understood what a wide gap was between them.

  However, when he looked at the figure who had stood at that place for countless years, he could only feel a word - "loneliness".

  How long has she stayed in front of this door? Since when has her time been frozen?

  As the Guardian of the Door, did she dream of leaving the golden seashore and take a rest?

  "What's your name?" Walking to the girl, Yun Xi asked.

  Even he himself didn't know why he was so bold to ask a Sky Sword's name.

  "..."

  "..."

  "..."

  The scene fell into silence. After a long while, the girl, the oldest Sky Sword looked at Yun Xi with a meaningful look.

  "You... are not Casina."

  "Yes, I'm my teacher's disciple."

  "She gave you her mark of the Sky Tower."

  "Yes, I think so."

  "Then, you should get into the door."

  After confirming his identity, the girl closed her eyes again.

  Even though she thought that it was misbehaving to pass on the mark of the Sky Tower to others, since it was allowed by the rules of the Sky Tower, she wouldn't say anything.

  "Please, tell me your name. Tell me, please!" Like a child who wanted candy, Yun Xi walked around the Sky Sword who had closed her eyes in silence.

  This was his first time to be so proactive. Is it because his dream came true? Although she was standing there, he still felt that she was unreal and fantastic, as if she would disappear if she didn't tell him her name.

  "You talk too much." The Sky Sword opened her eyes and held her sword.

  She brandished the sword, and instantly, Yun Xi was blown into the door.

  "Target disappeared." After driving Yun Xi into the door of the Sky Tower, the girl closed her eyes and continued to guard the door.

  Her silver blue pony tail blew in the wind, as if nothing had happened just now.

  ...

  "Whooa!" Yun Xi dropped to the ground at a high speed from the sky, and finally landed safely.

  In fact, it wasn't ground but was just a stone plate like thing in the sky. If I were an ordinary person, the person would be too nervous to feel the existence of their legs.

  The stone plate was connected with a tall tower in the void, which was surrounded by endless rune words.

  Countless scenes of different worlds were reflected on the body of the tower.

  The White Lotus Sword Domain, the Great Yuan Sword Domain, the Great Qin Sword Domain, the Great Zhou Sword Domain, the Great Han Sword Domain, the Great Tang Sword Domain, the Great Xia Sword Domain...

  All the sword domains in the Sky Sword God's Domain, as long as there were projections of the Sky Tower in the domains, were all appearing on the body of the tall tower. And their reflections just occupied a small area of the tower's body.

  The entire Sky Tower was connected with countless worlds, which was impossible to figure out the total. And from time to time, there would be a brand new scene of a world appearing on the tower's body, which meant that a new world just joined the web system of the Sky Tower.

  This was the nature of the Sky Tower, the core connecting endless god's domains. And there were six towers who had the same function like the Sky Tower in the universe.

  The seven towers were the foundation that the endless god domain world could form.

  Through the star bridge system connecting the seven towers, the god domains which were over thousands of light years away could be an equal member of the same world system.

  Arguably, the endless god domain world was a civilization building on the seven towers.

  The Sky Tower, the God Tower, the Dragon Tower... if they didn't exist, there would only be countless small worlds scattered around the universe, the current "god domain world" would never form.

  "Is this the real Sky Tower?" Looking around, Yun Xi found that he was at the lower part of the upper part of the tower, the location belonged to Sky Sword God's Domain on the Sky Tower. There were only a few god's domains nearby.

  In fact, the sword-shaped sword domains only existed in the Sky Sword God's Domain, in other god’s domains, their worlds weren’t called sword domain, neither in the shape of sword. They were formed in different shapes.

  Moreover, compared to other god's domains, the territory of the Sky Sword God's Domain wasn't large at all. However, it could occupy such a large area on the upper part of the Sky Tower, which proved the strong power of the Sky Swords.

  Above the Sky Sword God's Domain, there was only one god's domain, which was more vast and larger. Surrounded by endless white clouds, there were countless strange beasts flying in the sky of that domain.

  There was a beast who could turn into whale and roc.

  Its name was Kun, who was an old fantasy creature at the same rank with Hydra.

  There was a snake who flew in the Lightning Swamp with two wings, who was an old fantasy creature called Feather Snake.

  There were a group of birds whose wings covered with golden lights, who were the guardians of Buddha, eating giant snakes as their foods.

  In the entire Eastern God's Domain, only a god's domain had so many fantasy creatures.

  "It's... the Kunlun God's Domain." Looking at the scene of the domain, Yun Xi knew it was the biggest domain and the symbol of civilization worlds, the Kunlun God's Domain.

  In legend, it was the homeland of endless fantasy creatures, the strongest domain in the entire Eastern God's Domain.

  Just like the Dragon God's Domain was the only overlord in the entire Northern God's Domain, the Kunlun God's Domain stood for the civilization of the entire eastern world. The master of the Kunlun God's Domain was an old god called "West Queen", the mother of all fantasy creatures.

  Her identity in the Eastern God's Domain was equal to the master of the Western God's Domain, one of Yun Xi's ex-girlfriends, the god above all gods, Ionia. Her rank was even higher than the legend rank.

  Chapter 391: Starry Sky Chessboard

  Looking at the fantastic scene of the Kunlun God's Domain, Yun Xi finally remembered his purpose coming to the Sky Tower.

  Casina didn't lend her identity to him just to let him go sightseeing, she wished for him to find the solution for healing his body here.

  Yun Xi didn't know what was wrong with his body, however, since Casina said it, it should be true.

  "Obtain 100 successive victories and get the Soul Jade as a reward." Remembering what Casina said, his hand lightly touched the body of the tower.

  The next moment, his body was absorbed into the Sky Tower.

  It was hard to describe the feeling of touching the Sky Tower. He felt as if he was seeing the entire universe in an instant.

  He saw endles
s lights of stars flying around him, forming countless star bridges.

  Each star bridge leading to a world, a civilization.

  The entire god domain world was in the web made of the countless star bridges, and even though there were already overwhelming worlds in the web, they just occupied a small part in the starry sky.

  Outside the farthest star bridge, there were still numerous unknown, mysterious worlds, which were too far away from the endless god domain worlds, so they hadn't been caught by the web made of the star bridges. Arguably, the living beings in these worlds were still in the darkness of ignorance.

  The world is so big.

  The starry sky is so vast.

  Is this the reason why Teacher Casina gave me her identity? Is this awesome, soul-stirring scene what she wanted me to see?

  Walking along the star lights, Yun Xi found that he was standing at a place which looked very familiar.

  "This is..." Looking around, Yun Xi was surprised.

  Being surrounded by the star lights, one road after another appeared in all directions, like a mini star bridge system.

  It looked pretty similar to what Yun Xi saw at the star altar.

  "Hum? Master, does the star trial begin again?" Mei'er appeared in her soul form, looking around with curiosity.

  "No, the next star trial hasn't started. I'm in the Sky Tower." Yun Xi explained.

  "Oh, this place looks really similar to the star altar." Mei'er floated in the air and sniffed.

  "I can smell master's smell everywhere, even if it isn't your past heritage, it must have a deep relationship with you." Mei'er was sure that the Sky Tower was built by using the power of the stars.

  "Oh, if it's true... was I really a great person in my past life?" In Yun Xi's mind, his past life was just "a bad lucky guy who had four horrible ex-girlfriends".

  But now, it seemed that he did something very great in his past life. At least, he was talented when building wonders.

  "Of course, I have said that you are the greatest master in the world! Otherwise, they wouldn't launch that..." Suddenly, Mei'er covered her mouth and stopped.

  "Oh, the inner structure is so incredible..." Fortunately, Yun Xi was observing the inner structure of the Sky Tower, he didn't pay attention to what Mei'er just said.

  Standing in the front of the Sky Tower, where looked like an altar, Yun Xi saw several stairs leading into the void.

  At the entrance of each stair, there were signs indicating where the stairs led to.

  Looking up at the end of the stairs, there were several different coloured light balls, as if there were stars hanging in the Sky Tower.

  Yun Xi looked at the nearest stair, and it was tagged as "The City of Doll".

  "The City of Doll, where you can make the most perfect doll! There are countless dolls waiting for you here!"

  Oh, it sounds interesting! Yun Xi was itching for a try. However, when he sat his foot on the stair, he heard an ear-piercing warning.

  "Warning! Warning! You have no privilege to enter the City of Doll. This is the paradise of puppeteers, please start from making your first doll."

  "Well..." Yun Xi remembered that he was using his teacher, Casina's identity. Of course, Casina wouldn't hold the permission to enter the City of Doll.

  If so... Yun Xi looked at the other stairs carefully.

  "The Door of Heaven." The stair leading to the paradise of angels. Only angels can enter this door.

  "The Door of Hell." The lost paradise of demons. Only demons can enter this door.

  Undoubtedly, they won't open to Yun Xi.

  From the beginning, he shouldn't come here. It was too early for him to come to the realm of the legend rank.

  "By the way, Teacher Casina told me to obtain 100 successive victories, but... where should I go?" Yun Xi looked around in confusion.

  "The City of Doll", "The Door of Heaven", "The Door of Hell", "The Paradise of Elves"... apparently, judging from their styles, there were the areas of the Western God's Domain.

  "Wait, master, the stairs here will change periodically!" Mei'er finally figured out the operational principle of the star altar.

  Just like the orbit of the stars, the areas connecting to the stairs would change from time to time. What Yun Xi just saw was the "Mystery Place Theme Pack" series.

  After a while, three new stairs appeared in front of him.

  "Heaven Book World", "Five Elements World" and "Starry Sky Chessboard", three Eastern style stairs appeared.

  In the "Heaven Book World", there were countless books, where was used to decide the candidates of the inheritor of the Heaven Book.

  In the "Five Elements World", people could study the mystery of five elements.

  Looking at the "Starry Sky Chessboard", Yun Xi's eyes brightened up. He was sure that this was the world Casina wanted him to go!

  Because the stair of this world opened to him!

  "Mei'er, let's go!" Yun Xi stepped on the stair with expectations.

  After about 15 minutes, the connecting areas of the stairs changed again.

  This time, the world of "Battle God's Championship Contest" finally appeared, but there was already nobody on the altar.

  Chapter 392: When the Legend Starts

  At the same time.

  In the Western God's Domain, the God Tower.

  In the Eastern God's Domain, the Sky Tower.

  In the Dragon God's Domain, the Dragon Tower.

  "Starry Sky Chessboard" appeared in the three towers at the same time.

  The hero ranked people and legend ranked people who saw it in the three towers instantly fell into ecstasy.

  Unlike most mystery worlds in the seven towers, "Starry Sky Chessboard" was a pretty rare mystery world even to legend ranked beings.

  In the legend, "Starry Sky Chessboard" stood for one of the highest secrets of the seven towers, it was a challenge of wisdom. The people who were chosen by it were all the smartest people in their god's domains.

  It would be great luck to the people who could play chess in the Starry Sky Chessboard world, it was a miracle that countless strong living beings were eager for.

  "What? The Starry Sky Chessboard just appeared?"

  "Go, go, go! Every who can set foot on the stair, get into this mystery world quickly!"

  "It's already been a thousand years! After a thousand years, the Starry Sky Chessboard appears again!"

  "Don't push! Get in line!"

  ...

  In the Dragon God's Domain, Orfina, the old Ruby Dragon left the Emerald Dream. As she slowly opened her eyes, the countless crystals around her all broke.

  She was the most excellent sophist in the Dragon God's Domain, the Ruby Dragon who was called "Morning Glory", the strongest chess player who achieved 50 successive victories the last time the Starry Sky Chessboard appeared. She only achieved 50 successive victories because she lost to the God of Wisdom.

  "Oh, finally, this mystery world opens again... how long have I slept?"

  "Oh, a thousand years? I'm really happy to play chess again."

  ...

  In the Western God's Domain, Norn, the God of Wisdom, the only living being who achieved 60 successive victories last time, looked at the light ball in the God Tower with joy.

  The Starry Sky Chessboard, one of the ultimate secrets of the God Tower. It was said that the person who successfully passed its test could see one of the ultimate truths of the universe.

  Nobody knew what the truth was. However, as the well-known God of Wisdom, he was so eager for any truth of the universe.

  This time, he was confident enough to challenge all the chess players in the endless god's domains, achieving 100 successive victories, because it was the requirement to face the ultimate challenge of the Starry Sky Chessboard.

  Even though he was the God of Wisdom, after defeating Orfina the Ruby Dragon, he was exhausted and finally stopped after he achieved 60 successive victories.

  In the mystery world of the Starry Sky Chessboard, no
matter how long you were there and what your identity was, everything depended on your chess strength. The people who achieved 50 successive victories would be marked "5 star points" automatically by the Starry Sky Chessboard. Norn, the God of Wisdom was the only "6 star points" chess player.