World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  The six shen glyphs revolved around Chief Elder and Wei Sheng immediately knew the other's intentions.

  His heart was calm, even while the furious power of the blood sword in his hand battered at his mind. The God-Killing Blood Sword was like a beast that just tasted blood. It became frantic, and tried to break free of all restraints.

  Yet Wei Sheng's mind did not have any weakness. The blood sword shaped pupils calmly gazed at Chief Elder.

  Wei sheng's calm caused Chief Elder to feel a thread of trepidation.

  Wei Sheng did not recognize the six shen glyphs but he knew that something that Chief Elder who had summoned such a vast sea of glyphs was keeping back as a killing move, it definitely was not normal.

  Without any hesitation, he swung his sword releasing sword essence like usual.

  The void sword essence was like hair blown into disarray by the wind, floating towards Chief Elder.

  Suddenly, a black shen glyph among the six lit up. Then a black whirlpool appeared in the center of the shen glyph.

  The void sword essence was sucked into the black whirlpool.

  That familiar feeling.

  Wei Sheng narrowed his eyes. The center of the whirlpool was the endless void! No wonder he felt it was so familiar!

  Wei Sheng was right. Chief Elder's shen glyph was called the [Endless Whirlpool]. Its greatest ability was to consume everything.

  While he knew the ability of the whirlpool, Wei Sheng did not have a good solution. His void sword essence was powerful but the two were from the same source. He could not defeat the whirlpool.

  Also the smaller grey spinning whirlpools in the larger whirlpool were clearly not so simple.

  Wei Sheng was not shocked. He raised the blood sword in his hand. His face suddenly turned pale. Threads of blood appeared on the sword. The sword moved as though it was alive. An indescribable pressure immediately pressed on the battlefield.

  Wei Sheng did not seem to see. His sword flickered and a drop of blood was thrown off the tip of the sword. It slowly flew towards the whirlpool.

  The blood bead contained an indescribable pressure. The speed of the black whirlpool was affected and its revolutions slowed.

  Chief Elder's expression became grave as he stared closely at the bad of blood.

  The blood bead flew to the center of the whirlpool and suddenly exploded.

  A spray of bloody mist landed on the whirlpool.

  The whirlpool was dyed with an imperceptible tinge of blood. The thin blood color did not seem to affect the whirlpool but Wei Sheng perceptively felt that the power of the whirlpool was slightly weaker than before. But before Wei Sheng could celebrate, the color was quickly dragged into the grey spinning scripts.

  The whirlpool recovered.

  Those grey whirlpools were as strange as expected.

  Seeing this, a tinge of an imperceptible smile appeared on Chief Elder's mouth. He turned his gaze to another direction.

  The chains around A Gui became even more tangible and tighter. They were tightly embedded into the bone armor. The purple flames burned. Her face was pale, and her eyes flashed with bright purple flame.

  The [Undying Ghost] had slightly changed. The chains that had bit into the bone armor started to gradually merge into one with the bone armor.

  The bone armor that looked like grey crystal had a few marks of crisscrossing flames. A Gui's purple flames on the armor gradually receded but the bone dagger in A Gui's hands were still covered in a layer of purple.

  A Gui's body suddenly disappeared. Almost at the same time, a blue shen glyph lit up.

  A ray of blue light came from the shen glyph and covered A Gui.

  Hiss!

  A thread of blue smoke came out of A Gui's [Undying Ghost].

  A faint layer of grey mist floated out of the surface of the [Undying Ghost]. This seemingly thin layer actually stopped the blue light.

  Chief Edler was astounded. Such thick and pure yin energy!

  It was the first time he closely examined A Gui's bone armor. When he looked, he jumped in fright, shen device raiment!

  It was a shen device raiment!

  The bone armor seemed to have been soaked in yin energy for a long time to the point it didn't have any impurity. It seemed as clear as grey crystal. However, how many years would it take to gain such purity and clarity?

  Forgers always pursued the clearest and purest materials. The purer the material, the higher the grade it was. This bone armor was so high in grade, so pure, that Chief Elder had never seen something like it before.

  Even at a level like Chief Elder, he couldn't help but feel a hint of greed at seeing such quality. But then he smiled self-mockingly. It was not good to divide one's attention when fighting!

  He refocused and urged the blue shen glyph further. The blue ray of light started to spin slowly.

  As the ray of blue light spun, the power contained in the ray of light increased greatly. A Gui's charge slowed to a halt. The blue ray of light seemed to contain a great force. The faint layer of grey mist on her armor quickly disappeared.

  A Gui suddenly released the two bone daggers in her hands. Chief Elder now found that there was an exquisite chain connecting the hilts of the two daggers.

  The bone daggers with their purple flames were like two bolts of lightning. They dragged the long chain as they flew towards the shen glyph releasing the blue ray of light.

  Clink clink!

  The bone daggers passed through the ray of light and hit the shen glyph.

  The chain was pulled straight and they looked like two long spears.

  Woosh!

  Two waves of purple flame quickly reached towards the shen glyph from A Gui's hands along the chain. At the same time, pure yin energy that was wrapped around the chains caused the flames to erupt in power.

  The two bone daggers suddenly turned into two claws that grabbed onto the shen glyph.

  The ray of blue light seemed to be stimulated. It became extremely bright and the hissing from A Gui's armor was much stronger.

  The layer of grey mist on top of the bone armor was quickly disappearing.

  Chief Elder's gaze focused.

  He detected danger from A Gui's move. However, this [Grinding Blue Light] was one of the strongest shen glyphs he had. This blue ray of light did not look like much, but anything it shone on would be ground into dust by the power it contained.

  The [Grinding Blue Light] was not complete when he obtained it, but he saw its strength. Due to this, he had spent a great deal of energy on it. After reaching god-level, the increase in his cultivation allowed him to repair the [Grinding Blue Light] immediately. However, the shen glyph of the [Grinding Blue Light] was extremely complex. He still needed time to complete it.

  But even so, the present [Grinding Blue Light]'s power could not be underestimated.

  The Grinding Blue Light was also unique in that the longer one resisted, the stronger the blue light became.

  As expected, the Grinding Blue Light became even brighter. The grey mist on A Gui became an extremely faint layer.

  A Gui's figure started to tremble like the chains in the blue light. Because of the great force, they were trembling.

  However ,A Gui's figure did not waver. The chain in her hands grew longer. The two chains were like two nimble snakes that started to climb and coil around the shen glyph. They passed through the crevices between the shen glyph.

  The purple flame that was usually unstoppable seemed to have lost its power and couldn't do anything against the shen glyph.

  A Gui seemed to be unaffected by this. She only had the chain climb and warp around the shen glyph.

  Chief Elder looked in interest at A Gui's actions.

  He had a very limited understanding of the Undying Shen Punishment. This punishment that was called the cruelest of the ancient era had only left behind a few sparse lines. The records he had collected about this was pitifully few.

  Maybe, he could take this chance to observe the Undying
Shen punishment. He might gain something.

  The Undying Shen Punishment and the shen device raiment interested him.

  Chief Elder did not think about the other three people. The three had used up too much of their shen power just now. He only needed to use one shen glyph to restrain them.

  Up until now, his plan was successful.

  As he observed A Gui, he recalculated the time. The entire battle was in his control.

  Quickly, a smile appeared on his lips. No matter how he calculated, he had enough time.

  This eased his worries.

  At this time, he seemed to feel something. He raised his head, his expression shocked. He turned his face to look in another direction!

  In a far part of the glyph sea, in the direction of the ball of fire, a presence was furiously growing.

  The fire burned fiercely.

  The arcs of flame formed sparks of gold that permeated Zuo Mo's body. In a daze, Zuo Mo did not notice that the sun shen glyph in his body was slowly growing and forming.

  If Zuo Mo was clear minded, he would be shocked to find the growth of the shen glyph was not along his skin, but like a tree root that grew out many strands of gold and wrapped around Zuo Mo's entire body.

  As the sun shen glyph grew, the burning flames seemed much dimmer. If one could see through Zuo Mo's body, they would see the root-like sun shen glyph was drawing from the red burning sun flows to feed Zuo Mo's body, like a tree taking water from ground.

  The sun shen glyph quickly became tinged with red, and became brighter.

  Soon, the root-like sun shen glyph became the same color as the burning sun flows.

  Zuo Mo's face showed an expression of pain.

  In Zuo Mo's sea of consciousness.

  Pu Yao floated in the air, the eerie black fire dancing in the air.

  "Are you prepared?" His voice was as sharp as a knife, so cold there was no emotion.

  "Yes."

  A muffled voice came from the armor below. Wei was completely dressed, the armor covered in marks of age and battle. He held a sword and stood next to the black stele, his figure straight like a spear.

  Looking at the stele below, Pu Yao expressionlessly pulled aside the hair that covered his left eye.

  Translator Ramblings: You guys do not know how relieved I was to get to this chapter. About 800 chapters of having to remember "Pu Yao's eye" "Pu Yao's eye" "don't type Pu Yao's eyes because one of them is always covered” as plural and singluar “eye” is the same in Chinese. Talking about Pu Yao’s eyes for a few hundred chapters and then suddenly saying one eye was covered this whole entire time would have been embarrassing.

  Chapter 849: Are You Willing?

  A ball of black mist floated in Pu Yao's left eye. There seemed to be tens of thousands of ghosts giving ear-splitting wails within the mist. Yet both Pu Yao and Wei were unaffected by the wailing.

  The black mist flew and entered the stele.

  The stele trembled violently. Threads of black mist emerged from under the stele and wrapped around Pu Yao and Wei. The stele slowly rose and revealed an ancient altar.

  At this time, Wei who was dressed in armor raised the thick sword in his hand and swung down.

  Boom!

  Wei split the stele in two.

  A ball of black mist slowly rose out of the bisected stele. The roiling mist seemed to show indistinct faces. In this moment, a strange field of power spread.

  An ancient voice came out of the mist, as though it had existed forever, with indescribable age and power.

  "To abide by my ceremony, to execute my desires, to swear my oath, will thou?"

  "Will thou?"

  "Will thou?"

  The last two words were like thunder.

  Yet Pu Yao and Wei seemed to ignore the voice with practice.

  Wei lamented, "I don't know when this boy will be able to get us out? I hadn't thought that a guy as emotionless as you will sacrifice yourself to save others. Tsk tsk, never thought of it, never thought of it … …"

  Pu Yao said coldly, "I have owed rent for too long, and still have to repay it."

  "That's true," Wei nodded and said. "This boy isn't in a good state this time. In any case, it is just death. I feel that it is better to die in there. Not so painful, I always feared pain."

  "Don't waste words, work," Pu Yao said coldly.

  "Alright!" Wei did not waste words and stood next to Pu Yao.

  The two stood gravely next to the ball of mist, the sound of "Will thou" echoing in their eyes.

  The two exchanged a look and said at the same time. "Willing!"

  The sound of "will thou" suddenly stopped.

  Two black lights suddenly flew out of the black mist and entered the body of the pair.

  Wei's damaged armor was suddenly restored. A set of armor appeared on Pu Yao's body. The armor on Pu Yao's body was slender and exquisite. Threads of flame appeared from the armor.

  There were many red triangle glyphs on the duo's armor. If it was someone knowledgeable about ancient ceremonies, they would recognize that these triangle glyphs appeared on sacrificial items.

  Pu Yao and Wei had made themselves into sacrifices.

  Great power field their bodies. Of all the sacrificial ceremonies, the power obtained from the one that used the person as the sacrifice was the strongest. The two both wore gravestone armor. Because the two were just souls, and did not have a body, once they sacrificed themselves, they would be imprisoned in the gravestone and forever stay there.

  Unless someone of the greatest power could break through the gravestone to save them.

  "Come!" Wei shouted. He raised the large sword in his hand.

  "Come!" Pu Yao's cold voice was like a blade. A black line of fire extended from his hand.

  The black line of fire hit Wei's raised sword.

  The fire immediately adhered itself to the sword and in a flash, shrouded the sword.

  Endless flame came from Pu Yao's hand. When the last wisp of flame left Pu Yao's hand, Pu Yao stumbled before he steadied himself. The armor he wore was dim and covered in cracks.

  Pu Yao was fixed on Wei's sword.

  Wei's armor gave off great light, the light flowing towards the sword in his hand.

  Crack crack crack!

  The sound of cracking started from Wei's armor at his feet and spread upwards. Calf, knee, thigh, waist … … until it reached his wrists that held the sword.

  The armor he wore was white and without any light.

  Wei gave a great bellow, swinging that great sword flowing with light and fire to shove it into the ground!

  Boom!

  Zuo Mo's sea of consciousness immediately split apart.

  The sun shen glyph that had struggled to absorb the burning sun flow seemed to break free of its last restraints. It started to grow into Zuo Mo's head.

  The threads of sun shen glyph were like roots in soil. They reached into Zuo Mo's head, and the swollen power caused them to rapidly change.

  A golden seedling rapidly grew at a visible rate at the spot where Zuo Mo's consciousness had been before.

  The infant seedling that was growing was a vent for the burning sun flow, the slows rushing into the root system. It caused the burning sun flows that rampaged through Zuo Mo's body to be sucked up by the shen glyph that covered his body and was transported into Zuo Mo's mind.

  A golden seedling quickly grew.

  Under the seedling, a lone gravestone stood silently.

  Zuo Mo felt the pressure around him quickly decrease. His mind immediately became clear.

  An unknown amount of time later, he opened his eyes.

  His body that had been about to erupt had finally calmed down. When Zuo Mo inspected his body, he was astounded. Almost half of the burning sun flows in his body had gone away.

  When Zuo Mo saw the golden tree sprout, he was dumbstruck. Sun Tree, wasn't this the sun tree?

  What happened?

  Where was his sea of consciousness?

  Pu Yao
and Wei?

  Zuo Mo quickly found the gravestone under the Sun Tree. Two figures appeared on the flat and glossy gravestone, one covered in flames, one dressed in armor.

  Zuo Mo was struck by lightning.

  Pu Yao and Wei!

  He was so familiar with those two people that even if they burnt into ash, he would recognize them. The two figures on the gravestone were not clear but Zuo Mo recognized it was Pu Yao and Wei at a glance.

  In a blink, he understood what had happened.

  Tears uncontrollably streamed down.

  Yet when the tears left his eyes, they turned into steam. They only left behind marks on his face.

  Zuo Mo suddenly saw a small ball of fire under the sun tree.

  A hint of joy flashed through his eyes. He was familiar with this fire. Pu Yao's black fire! Pu Yao had left this!

  Was this … …

  He suppressed the joy he felt and beckoned to the black fire.

  When the fire entered his body, his body shook.

  "After you become stronger, come save us."

  A few short words, but Zuo Mo was in ecstasy. Pu Yao was not dead, Wei was not dead!

  In this moment, hope filled his heart. He balled his fists. He swore, I will save you!

  Zuo Mo suddenly turned his head. Over there!

  He sprinted in the direction of the battle.

  The abundant burning sun flows in his body allowed the sun tree to furiously grow from a seedling into maturity until its branches grew heavy with little tiny suns. It finally stopped absorbing the burning sun flows because it reached its limit.

  There was about half of the burning sun flows still in Zuo Mo's body.

  With the sun tree stopping its absorption, Zuo Mo's body increased in temperature again. The great pain once again came from his body.

  Zuo Mo did not lose clarity. He could withstand pain of this level. Even half of the burning sun flows was not something that Zuo Mo could endure. Zuo Mo felt as though his body would explode.

  But Zuo Mo still detected a difference. While the pain was still maddening and the feeling of being full was the same as before, Zuo Mo found that there was a portion of power under his control.

  This power came from the shen glyph.

  Maybe, or more accurately, it came from the little suns on the sun tree. The sun tree was now in the position that had belonged to Zuo Mo's sea of consciousness. The rampaging burning sun flows had passed through the root-like shen glyph to the sun shen tree to those little suns.