Inside the grand hall.
The 10 sword cultivator statues had already disappeared.
Only the golden-armored deity statue remained standing on top of the altar, staring at the two of them without saying a word.
"This formation … is a bit strange, from now on, I will be watching over you to prevent you from getting hurt" the maid said.
"Thank you" Gu Qing Shan said.
He walked step by step until he reached the golden-armored deity statue's altar, clasping his fist: "What kind of Divinity are you, sir? Why are you worshiping it here? "
The golden-armored deity statue slowly looked down at Gu Qing Shan and asked: "Do you know what this sword is?"
He raised the sword in his hand.
Gu Qing Shan carefully looked at it, then shook her head: "I've never seen this sword before"
"Did you forget?" the golden-armored deity statue asked.
"Any sword, as long as I've seen it before, I'll definitely remember it" Gu Qing Shan answered.
"Do you dare to wield this sword?" the golden-armored deity statue asked again.
"Why wouldn't I dare? But this place belongs to the Saint, how could I overstep my authority and take the sword from your hand? "Gu Qing Shan answered.
The maid slowly stepped forward, reached her hand out: "Please grant me the sword"
The golden-armored deity statue spoke: "You're not a sword cultivator"
"Only a sword cultivator?" the maid asked.
"Yes" the golden-armored deity statue looked at Gu Qing Shan.
The maid was surprised: "He's only a qi training realm, his path of cultivation hasn't been confirmed yet, how can you be so sure that he's a sword cultivator?"
"He is a sword cultivator" the golden-armored deity statue answered.
The maid was speechless, then remembered the Earth sword accepting her as its master and felt a bit relieved.
"You do it, the Saint won't blame you, don't worry" she told Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan then clasped her fist towards the deity statue: "Please grant me the sword"
The golden-armored deity statue's body slightly moved, let go and shouted: "Receive the sword!"
The sword flew through the air and lightly landed in Gu Qing Shan's hand.
The next moment.
The golden-armored statue said in a low voice, "We, the cultivators, have waited here for countless years just to reveal this matter. All of you must be extremely careful. One wrong step and you will fall into a bottomless abyss. There is no turning back!"
Bang –
His entire body scattered into bursts of light and disappeared in an instant.
The palace maid squinted at this scene and said softly,
"Another spirit … but he's stronger than the previous spirits. He's already gone to the Plane World …"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask: "May I ask your excellency, what is a Phase World?"
The palace maid glanced at him and shook her head: "Wait until you reach Golden Core realm, then you'll be able to come into contact with this kind of spell. For now, you only need to know that it's a special world"
Gu Qing Shan was shocked.
The Golden Core realm!
This was completely wrong. At this point in time, the cultivation world had not come into contact with any Plane Realms.
The highest level of cultivation in this world was Sainted.
Above Sainted were Projection, Tribulation, Grand Void, Cryptic, Chaotic Star, Origin Return, Radiant Soul, Void Beholder, 90 Void Wanderer, 800 Void Wheel, Three Thousand Worlds, Paragon realm, {Yama King}, {Mahesvara King}, Sumeru Lord realm, and finally Unfathomable realm.
I only understood the concept of worlds after I reached Unfathomable realm.
Why did Xie Dao Ling say that Golden Core realm cultivators can come into contact with Phase Worlds?
At this time, how could she directly tell him about the Phase Realm?
— — where exactly did I go wrong?
Gu Qing Shan suppressed the waves of shock in his heart and silently looked down at the sword in his hand.
Two lines of glowing text quickly appeared:
[You've obtained a unique Spirit Skill: Myriad Swords Demon Suppression Chain]
[This Spirit Skill has formed a connection with your soul, other than you, no one else can use it]
[Activating it only requires a single thought from you]
[Description: This is a Spirit Skill unleashed by the Spirit Realm's sword cultivators. Before the Great Tribulation, they came to your side, willing to fight alongside you]
[And now, they've used this method to do so]
Gu Qing Shan's emotions fluctuated as she lightly stroked the sword.
This sword was a Spirit Skill.
Spirit Skills were so powerful that they could almost transcend realms, manifesting the power of the entire world.
For example, a control-type Spirit Skill, a song and dance performer.
For example, a summoning-type Spirit Skill, [Infinite Worlds Observer].
— — -and an attack-type Spirit Skill, [Descent of Boundary Spirits].
And this [Myriad Swords Demon Suppression Chain] was a sealing-type Spirit Skill.
These Spirit Skills were extremely powerful.
Gu Qing Shan wielded the sword and shouted: "Open!"
Suddenly, countless runes scattered on the long sword. They formed a chain out of thin air and flew straight towards the mural behind the altar.
Clang clang clang clang clang!
The chains pierced into the wall, as if they were stuck to something.
The palace maid and Gu Qing Shan's expressions both changed.
There's something behind the mural!
Gu Qing Shan held the sword tightly and pulled — — -
Rumble rumble!
The entire wall broke apart.
A cage made entirely of swords appeared in front of the two of them.
Only to see a shriveled corpse curled up inside the cage.
Numerous swords pierced through the corpse, nailing it inside the cage, unable to move at all.
— — -from the looks of it, this corpse was only a normal cultivator.
"What is this?" Gu Qing Shan muttered.
Hearing their voices, the corpse suddenly moved and looked up at Gu Qing Shan and the palace maid.
"It's … a cultivator!"
The corpse's eyes lit up and shouted: "Hurry! Save me, as long as you save me, I'll definitely teach you unparalleled techniques and make you the strongest existences in the world! "
"Who are you?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I am a Saint of the Age of Desolation, heavily wounded during a Great Tribulation countless years ago, I wasn't paying attention and was taken advantage of by a small fry, falling to this state — — save me! I'll definitely repay you! "the corpse shouted.
Gu Qing Shan didn't move.
Staring at the corpse, the palace maid's expression slowly turned serious.
"Saint of the Age of Desolation … so that's what it was, those sword cultivator spirits wanted us to see an evil creature like you" the palace maid muttered.
"How dare you! I am a great Saint of the Age of Desolation, one of the strongest people in the world, and you dare to call me an evil creature!? "the corpse shouted.
The palace maid's expression was cold as she scoffed: "You give off an evil scent, where is the presence of a cultivator? Not to mention — — I've finally seen a living one "
"What do you mean?" the corpse asked in a low voice.
"You're only a corpse, not the original owner of this body, so why do you need to know so much?"
The palace maid shook her head and told Gu Qing Shan: "Let it go"
Gu Qing Shan hesitantly said: "It seems to be very fierce"
"It's fine"
"… Alright"
Gu Qing Shan thought that even if she undid the seal, she could still use the Chain of Ten Thousand Swords Demon Suppression at any time, so she gritted her teeth and undid the seal.
The numerous swords all disappeared. The corpse staggered and fell to the ground.
The corpse stood up and laughed maniacally: "Ahahaha, I've finally — — -"
Before he finished, the palace maid rolled up her sleeve.
The corpse disappeared.
It was now that the palace maid turned to Gu Qing Shan and gently told her: "You've done very well, you've completely unlocked the secret of this place, the Saint will surely be happy to hear about it"
Gu Qing Shan hesitantly asked: "That guy just now was quite powerful, there won't be any issues, will there?"
"There won't be, it's only a corpse, not the Saint of the Age of Desolation" the palace maid replied.
She thought for a bit, then explained: "Corpses aren't that powerful, but in our hands, we can reverse engineer a lot of information about the corpse when it was alive. This is all extremely valuable information that can't be bought with money"
Gu Qing Shan finally calmed down.
Xie Dao Ling has always been a very steady person, never arrogant or conceited.
If she says there won't be any issues, then there definitely won't be.
— — -but she's only a Sainted realm cultivator, how is she going to deal with the corpse of a Saint of Desolation?
The palace maid looked at him and sighed: "I've never thought that a Qi Training realm young man would be able to gain the favor of an ancient sword cultivator — — right, why did you come to see the Saint?"
Gu Qing Shan suppressed her doubts and clasped her fist: "It's about the frontline. Gongsun Zhi and Ning Yuechan are still surrounded by the demons, so I was asked by the two of them to sneak here to report something important to the Saint, please allow me to see the Saint"
"You're already on the Sword list, so of course you should go see her" the palace maid replied.
She casually formed a hand seal.
The scenery around her instantly disappeared.
After a moment of dizziness, Gu Qing Shan's feet landed on the ground.
Only to see that she and the palace maid were still standing in front of the large green jade screen.
"Come, follow me to see the Immortal"
"Yes"
The two of them went through a long corridor, passing through layers of palaces to reach the main hall of Bai Hua Palace.
"Report that the Sword list was taken today, let's see what the Immortal has to say" the palace maid said.
"Yes"
Hearing that, one of the two palace maids quickly went into the main hall and came out a few moments later.
"The Immortal has some time right now, so she wants to see the person who took the list"
The palace maid looked at Gu Qing Shan and gestured with her hand: "Go see the Immortal"
"Then I'll be going now" Gu Qing Shan clasped her fist and said.
The palace maid smiled and said: "I need to remind you, you can't say a single lie in front of the Immortal, if there's anything you want to say, say it, or you'll have to bear the consequences"
"Thank you for your advice" Gu Qing Shan said.
The palace maid nodded, then turned around to let him pass.
Gu Qing Shan walked up the stairs step by step, slowly making her way into the main hall.
Bai Hua Palace was just as cold and empty as before.
A light breeze brought with it a faint fragrance.
— — just like back then.
Gu Qing Shan looked around.
Anyone who came to this palace would have to be careful, afraid of being rude.
But how would they know — — -
This was just a place where Bai Hua sect's disciples ate their breakfast.
Gu Qing Shan temporarily put aside her memories and followed the faint fragrance into the main hall.
On top of a tall platform, there were hundreds of thousands of flowers and plants of various shapes and sizes carved out of divine jade.
In the middle of these flowers and plants, a single large flower was in full bloom, revealing a throne inside the stamen.
The Ten Thousand Flowers Throne.
A woman sat on the throne, wearing a bright green feather dress with a thin veil over her face.
"Did you take the Sword list?"
The woman asked with a voice as clear as the chirping of birds.
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