Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

With a thrust of his sword, all of Chen Yu's strength was absorbed into the sword.    

    

Kacha    

    

The True Artifact longsword did not even manage to pierce through. The sword aura surged and power erupted. The rock wall was penetrated, and then it cracked open, turning into fragments that continuously fell down.    

    

A biting cold chill rushed out from the point of the hole. Caught off guard, Chen Yu's body stiffened for a moment and then fell to the ground.    

    

Chen Yu circulated his Blood Flame Tyrant Spell and his blood felt like it was on fire. Under the effects of his Qi and blood, his entire body became warm and he once again jumped out.    

    

He saw that there was a passageway inside. There were faint flashes of spiritual light on both sides of the passageway. It was a series of runes. The inside of the tunnel was cold and the water energy was several times stronger than outside.    

    

Chen Yu pushed the ice fish into the tunnel. He grabbed the entrance of the cave and jumped in.    

    

The coldness seeped into his bones, causing Chen Yu to have no choice but to activate the [Burning Blood Technique] in the Blood Flame Tyrant Spell in order to block it.    

    

On the other hand, the ice fish Spiritual Soul were like fish in water as they went straight into the passage.    

    

Soon, Chen Yu was sure that the cold air came from the walls on both sides of the passage. The walls were as smooth as a mirror, and Chen Yu saw some patterns in the flashing lights. The cold air was emitted from these patterns.    

    

After sizing him up for a while, Chen Yu walked along the passage. The deeper he went, the colder it became. The Ice Spirit Formation on the two sides of the cliff also became denser.    

    

After about two hundred feet, Chen Yu suddenly felt enlightened and a space of about a hundred feet appeared in front of him.    

    

Inside the space, the cold air was extremely cold. Apart from the cold air, the water energy was also very dense, interweaving with the cold air.    

    

Chen Yu looked towards the center of the space and saw a table sized crystal stone platform. On the stone platform, a dense cold mist was floating above it. In the cold mist, the silhouette of a Ice Sparrow could be vaguely seen.    

    

Every part of the stone platform was covered with runes. Looking down along the stone platform, Chen Yu saw a small ditch on the ground below the stone platform that was connected to the hole below the rock wall.    

    

The water spirit energy continuously flowed into this place through the holes, flowing into the stone platform through the small ditches. It was absorbed by the stone platform, turning into the cold spirit light above the stone platform, which then floated into the cold mist …    

    

After understanding the whole process, Chen Yu was surprised, "Is this the nurturing of an ice attribute Spiritual Soul?"    

    

Chen Yu looked at the Ice Fish Spiritual Soul, and saw that it was floating close to the side of the stone platform. From the stone platform, there were traces of cold light that seeped out and entered its body.    

    

Chen Yu looked at the stone platform again and suddenly closed his eyes to concentrate. He felt that the inside of the stone platform was filled with a cold Qi that was a hundred times more profound than the air.    

    

This stone platform was obviously built by Ice Spirit Crystal, moreover, this Ice Spirit Crystal's rank was not ordinary as well. It was at least a high-grade Ice Spirit Crystal, and it was extremely likely that this stone platform was a top-grade Spirit Crystal that was rarely seen in this world!    

    

Chen Yu couldn't help but be shocked.    

    

"The sect has such a great background?" Chen Yu was in disbelief. Before this, he had always felt that the sect did not have enough resources, but this high rank Spirit Crystal stone platform had completely overturned his knowledge.    

    

Spirit Crystal were not rare, but they were rare. According to Chen Yu's understanding, in the Ruling Spirit Sect Shrine, there were only low ranked Spirit Crystal that circulated, and there weren't many of them.    

    

One of the paths of Spirit Crystal was for spirit beasts, to be formed by the condensation of their blood essence and demonic energy. Spirit Crystal like this could only be used to set up formations, and although its uses were great, there were many limitations.    

    

The other source of Spirit Crystal came from the mines, their spirit veins had been precipitated over countless years to form the mines, and normally, they contained a huge amount of Spirit Crystal. However, this type of vein was extremely rare. The moment it was discovered, it would lead to a bloody battle between sects!    

    

There were no mines in the Ruling Spirit Sect. If there were, Spirit Crystal s would not be so scarce, and the sect's methods of using Spirit Crystal would not be so shallow!    

    

However, even if it was a rich Spirit Crystal lode, regardless of its attribute, the number of top grade Spirit Crystal was extremely rare!    

    

This crystal platform was not big, but if it was made entirely from top quality Spirit Crystal, then its value would definitely exceed one's imagination. It could even be said that exchanging half of a Ruling Spirit Sect wouldn't be a problem!    

    

"That shouldn't be the case!" Thinking about the value of this side of the top quality ice Spirit Crystal, Chen Yu muttered: "If the sect had a side like this, why would they be willing to use it to nurture a Spiritual Soul? Instead of using it to make ice Spiritual Soul, wouldn't it be better to use it to directly make experts of the ice attribute? "    

    

On this side of the Spirit Crystal, Chen Yu reckoned that thirty to forty ice attribute warriors would not be a problem.    

    

"Unless the sect doesn't even know of this place. Is that possible?" Chen Yu suddenly thought of a possibility and felt that it was unbelievable.    

    

"This is the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm, so the sect uses this as their fundamental ground to continuously nurture and breed Spiritual Soul. There is no reason for us not to carefully explore it!" Chen Yu quickly thought about it and couldn't come up with an answer no matter how hard he tried.    

    

Although this place was hidden within the stone wall, it was not hidden very tightly.    

    

"Could it be that the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm was not created by a sect?"    

    

Chen Yu suddenly thought of the sea of fire below the Outer Sect Punishment Tower, as well as Fu Han and the other Nine Mountains Dragon Sealing Pillar that were suppressed there. That place, didn't seem like a place that the Ruling Spirit Sect could set up either!    

    

"It looks like the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm was indeed not created by the seniors of the sect!" Chen Yu muttered: "Creating a place like Illusory Spirit Secret Realm is definitely not something that can be done with Profound Dark Stage, it can't be done with Deity Entering Stage either, even Super Expert with Mixed Origin Stage might not be able to do it!"    

    

"Maybe the founder of the sect established his sect here after discovering the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm!"    

    

"Even though the sect's past generations of elders have entered the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm to harvest Spiritual Soul, because the sect views this place as too important, there are many restrictions on the disciples that enter this place and the time given is also too short. So many Ruling Spirit Sect disciples that enter the Illusory Spirit Secret Realm in the first place have forgotten something, such as the Ancient Scholartree, and this space!"    

    

"That's right, that must be the case. This is the only way to explain why no one is able to touch the top quality ice Spirit Crystal stone platform here!" Chen Yu's gaze turned brighter and brighter.    

    

"Also, if I did not possess an ice attribute Spiritual Soul, I would not have been able to discover this place!" Chen Yu changed his mind and thought, "Maybe the ice fish Spiritual Soul was born from this stone platform, that's why it knows about us. After all, this is only a place of water spirits, not ice spirits. Although water and ice share the same origin, there are still differences, which is why no one has discovered this place yet! "    

    

In other words, only a martial artist with ice attribute would be able to find this place!    

    

Chen Yu's breathing quickened.    

    

Since this place was not discovered by the sect, it meant that he had the possibility of following this side's best quality Spirit Crystal.    

    

Chen Yu immediately took out a knife and hacked towards the bottom of the crystal platform. He became greedy and wanted to take away the entire crystal platform.    

    

Tink    

    

A clear slashing sound was heard, the Spirit Crystal's spirit markings flashed, Chen Yu felt his hand lighten, he lowered his head and saw that only half of the blade was left in his hand, the other half had flown to the corner of the wall.    

    

Chen Yu couldn't help but be stunned.    

    

His long blade was also a Upper Grade True Artifact. The material and sharpness of the blade was one of the best, but it was cleanly broken just like that!    

    

Chen Yu was not directly attacking the Spirit Crystal stage, but the area below the Spirit Crystal stage.    

    

Chen Yu, who was filled with unwillingness, took out another real weapon, placed the tip of the blade horizontally under the Spirit Crystal Stage, and changed to pry, trying to pry off the entire Spirit Crystal Stage.    

    

However, when the blade entered the gap below the Spirit Crystal Stage, a shocking chill came from the blade.    

    

Chen Yu felt that his palm was bone-piercing and cold. The cold air was too much for him to bear, so he couldn't help but clench his teeth together.    

    

Ding …" Chen Yu shivered as he slightly exerted his strength. His long blade, which had been frozen and brittle by the cold air, shattered and fell to the ground.    

    

Chen Yu became depressed.    

    

Cutting the Spirit Crystal Stage down was much more difficult than he thought.    

    

"True weapons are useless in front of the hard Spirit Crystal!" Chen Yu sighed helplessly, he knew that he wouldn't be able to bring the Spirit Crystal Stage.    

    

This scene reminded him of the time when he had found that cold jade at the entrance of the underground cave in the Meteor Mountains.    

    

"It looks like there is no fate between me and this Ice Spirit Crystal Stage. I can only cut a corner and take it away!" As his mind raced, Chen Yu was able to see it clearly. He patted the Storage Bag and took it out.    

    

Holding the Angry Front Sword, Chen Yu was a little apprehensive. He only had two Profound Artifact, and that was the Wind Stabilization Blade. If the Profound Artifact could not cut through the top quality Spirit Crystal, Chen Yu would not be able to do anything about it.    

    

Compared to Wind Stabilization Blade, Angry Front Sword that was easy to kill was a level lower in Chen Yu's heart. If even Profound Artifact were injured while hacking at top-grade Spirit Crystal, Chen Yu would naturally rather be injured.    

    

Chen Yu hacked down with his sword.    

    

The Angry Front Sword Domain opened up, enveloping the entire Spirit Crystal Stage.    

    

The ball of cold mist on the Spirit Crystal stone platform started to squirm, and suddenly spread out, enveloping the entire Spirit Crystal Stage.    

    

Ding! With a crisp sound, the Angry Front Sword s hit a corner of the Spirit Crystal Stage. Chen Yu did not hold back his strength, but he could still only slash a small mark on the Spirit Crystal Stage.    

    

The best quality Spirit Crystal, it was too hard!    

    

Chen Yu quickly checked the Angry Front Sword. There was no gap on the sword blade, but it clearly left a shallow mark where it hit.    

    

On the whole, he could not tell what kind of effects the Profound Artifact had suffered, but it was hard to say if the inner parts of the Profound Artifact had been damaged.    

    

Using a Profound Artifact to exchange for a piece of the highest quality Spirit Crystal, Chen Yu didn't know if the trade would be worth it.    

    

Chen Yu raised his sword again and slashed out a second time.    

    

This time, a black sword image appeared on top of the Angry Front Sword.    

    

The Angry Front Sword bounced up again.    

    

With the black Broken Sword congealing, the sword marks on the Spirit Crystal Stage became more than an inch deep.    

    

The formless sharpness of the black Broken Sword was evidently of great use to this Spirit Crystal.    

    

Chen Yu did not hesitate any longer and slashed down again and again. Every strike accurately hit the same spot.    

    

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yu had hacked out seventeen or eighteen times, each attack using all his strength. Finally, with a crisp sound, a corner of the Spirit Crystal Stage was thrown out, tumbling to the ground.    

    

"It's finally a success!" Chen Yu finally let out a long breath, and emptied his reserve Storage Bag s. He first condensed the blood flame within his body into his palm, then grabbed the corner of the Spirit Crystal that was chopped down and looked at it.    

    

This Spirit Crystal was only the size of a fist and had an ice-blue color. It was extremely beautiful, like a gem, and the ice-attributed spiritual energy it contained was not released due to it being split apart. However, it still made Chen Yu feel a chill to the bone.