Chapter 491: Chapter 328: Sword Discussion Concludes, Rewarding Merits! [Volume 2 ’Sword Discussion’ Completed!]
"Like smoke yet not smoke, like clouds yet not clouds, lush and scattered, desolate and cyclical, this is called Qingyun."
"Qingyun floats, representing joy."
"Sweet dew descends, symbolizing creation."
"Chen Ze wants to prove Innate Dao?!"
Heaven and earth stunned everyone.
Early in the Sword Discussion, the 20th ’Instantly Create Mountains’ from ’Hidden Dragon’, Shi Qingke, attempted to prove Dao, aiming for Innate. Unfortunately, lacking depth and fortune, it ended in failure, cultivation fell, becoming a laughingstock.
Since then, with Shi Qingke as a cautionary tale, the Heavenly Prides and peaks became exceedingly cautious in trying to reach Innate.
The result of such caution was that people originally aimed to try breakthroughs after the late-stage Sword Discussion, but from five-seven onwards—
Evil Qi!
Demon Barrier!
Constant erosion, causing the Heavenly Prides to decline in status, and with the arenas fierce attacks, they had neither the time nor energy nor state of mind to prove Dao.
Delay! Delay! Delay!
Until the last day today, no one dared to try breaking through, even Ying Jifeng at the Absolute level, even those further along like Peng Fannian, Jing Bao, and other top Heavenly Prides, on the last day, had no intention to break through, to attempt Innate.
All were likely waiting for the Sword Discussion to end, for the status to recover, even for the court’s rewards to be distributed, to then diligently attack Innate in full strength.
Heavenly Prides!
Hesitant and retreating!
But unexpectedly, Chen Ze, who at the start was only Postnatal Second Layer or First Layer, wasn’t clear, such a small fry, even after Yan Chuan taught him ’Double-Handed Sword’, improving greatly, his power catching up to the Absolute, but after Four-Seven ’Forbidden Treasure, Absolute Weapons’, reverted to his original form, this is a joke!
But it is he!
Such a weakling without ’Double-Handed Sword’ whose strength plummeted, did he prove Dao at this moment?!
Situ Fei!
Ban Xianfu!
Wei Lingshan!
Peng Fannian!
Ding Xiang!
Jing Bao!
Lu Yuru!
These people, each with foundation, with power, with depth, with background!
Yet none of them broke through.
Chen Ze!
Chen Ze?
On what merit?!
...
"On what merit?"
Tan Dou widened his eyes, full of dissatisfaction.
Even Yan Chuan, that brat, proving Innate would be better than this Chen Ze, at least Yan Chuan is well-versed, skilled in Hundred Schools Martial Arts, his depth presented there.
But this Chen Ze!
Truly unfathomable!
Tan Dou was not convinced.
However, under the Hai Character Arena, several people realized, and Sun Gui Fen even screamed—
"Chen Ze!"
"Male!"
"Twenty-five years old!"
"It’s the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele]!"
"It’s the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele]!!!"
Sun Gui Fen’s voice was shrill, breaking the sound on the spot.
She realized that Chen Ze must have comprehended the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], or that the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele] in the ’2821’, ’men and women’ pattern, selectively chose Chen Ze!
But why!
"I was the first to resonate with the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele]!"
"Why!"
"Why did Chen Ze break through!"
"Why was Chen Ze chosen!"
"Why not me?"
Sun Gui Fen stared with bloodshot eyes, since the first day of seven-seven when she resonated with the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], she was convinced she was ’Chosen Son’, convinced she had an extraordinary fate with the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], for six-seven days she sat beneath the platform, wholeheartedly observing the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], hoping to resonate again, to unravel the mysteries within the Mist Rain Stele.
Yet, she gained nothing.
The mind was strained to the extreme, supported only by one breath of spirit.
However!
Now!
With Chen Ze’s breakthrough, with Chen Ze seemingly chosen by the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], Sun Gui Fen’s disbelief, Sun Gui Fen’s inability to accept, Sun Gui Fen’s mental collapse.
"Ah ah ah!"
"Why not me!"
"Why him!"
"Heaven is unjust!"
"This isn’t right!"
"I refuse!"
Sun Gui Fen went mad!
...
"Chen Ze!"
"Male!"
"Twenty-five years old!"
"After me, it really is him!"
Ying He stared intently at the Hai Character Arena, her fists clenched.
She figured out—
She was the second to last to resonate with the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], after her, a year older, was Chen Ze, Chen Ze ’resonated’, Chen Ze broke through!
"Just short of one!"
"Just short of a year!"
"Just missing a bit!"
Ying He stared hard at Chen Ze, her mindset was initially fine, after all, resonated with the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], though not gaining much, other resonators were similar, so it wasn’t an issue.
But now, knowing she was almost instead the chosen one by the [Jiangguan Misty Rain Stele], just barely, the breakthrough should have been hers and not Chen Ze’s!
Even—
"If I hadn’t taken the stage!"
"Without a twenty-four-year-old woman paving the way, it wouldn’t have been Chen Ze’s turn!"
"If I had been slower to the stage!"
"If I were—"
"If I were—"
"If I were—"
Ying He was agitated, falling into endless regret, doubt, and other negative emotions.
Chen Ze obtained creation, proved Innate Dao—
The first to go mad was Sun Gui Fen!
The second, about to go mad, was Ying He!
"Go!"
Ying Jifeng already occupied a Xu Character Arena. Seeing his sister Ying He falling into Demon Barrier, he couldn’t be bothered to guard the arena, leaping down and abandoning the arena, scooping Ying He up and carrying her outside the arena area.
As long as there’s no Evil Qi erosion, as long as there’s no Demon Barrier intrusion, Ying He should quickly pull through this.
But no one expected, while Ying He was in Demon Barrier, this pair of sibling’s relationship usually like enemies, now the sister pressed her cheek to her brother’s chest, muttering unconsciously—