Primordial Star Scripture

"Ye Chen!"

"Jiang Yao!"

Seeing Ye Chen and Jiang Yao rising from the Sword Pool, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape greeted them with a laugh, "Congratulations to the both of you for successfully opening up the Flying Sword Palace!"

"This time, you've set a record for the Inner Mansion; I've never seen anyone open a Sword Palace upon just entering the Sword Pool, let alone absorbing so much Sword Qi Spirit Liquid."

"Do you know, if it weren't for the replenishment of Sword Qi Spirit Liquid in the pool on the second day, I'm afraid all the Spiritual Liquid in the lake would have been completely drained by you!"

Just thinking about the rapidly declining water level in the Sword Pool as Ye Chen and Jiang Yao absorbed the Spiritual Liquid, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape couldn't help but express his amazement.

"The Sword Qi Spirit Liquid was replenished? I was so immersed in opening the Sword Palace that I didn't notice it. What about you, Ye Chen?" Jiang Yao said, slightly startled.

Ye Chen also smiled, "I didn't pay attention to that either, just focused on absorbing the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid."

The sensation of opening up the Sword Palace Acupoint was incredibly marvelous; both the influx of Sword Qi Spirit Liquid into the Sword Palace and the constantly expanding Sword Palace World had completely captivated Ye Chen.

Likewise, Jiang Yao had not noticed the changes happening outside.

"How big is your Sword Palace now?" At this moment, the voice of the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow came through.

Although the voice was still faint, it had shed some of its detachment, betraying a hint of concern.

"How big?"

Ye Chen looked inwardly at his Sword Palace Acupoint and saw that it had already formed a vast space of thousands of zhang in circumference, with the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid even forming a huge lake!

"The space is over one thousand zhang in length and width, and it's about three thousand zhang tall," Ye Chen reported to the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow.

"That big!" Although the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow had expected the space within the Sword Palace Acupoints opened by the two to be vast, it was still deeply shocked when Ye Chen described it.

"What about you?" the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow then asked Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao closed her eyes and looked inside the Flying Sword Palace between her eyebrows. To her surprise, she found that her Sword Palace Acupoint had also become about the same size as Ye Chen's without her realizing it.

"Mine is about the same as Ye Chen's."

"Senior, we should have met the requirements for this first challenge, right?" Jiang Yao asked.

"Of course!"

"If you couldn't meet the requirements, then no one would have ever completed it!" the Three-Eyed Giant Ape interjected.

The Gigantic Feathered Sparrow, unusually, did not retort but nodded lightly, "You've done it. You've done very well in this first challenge of opening the Sword Palace Acupoint."

They had done it!

They had passed the first challenge of the Inner Mansion!

Hearing the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow announce the result, both Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were excited. This meant that they were one step closer to the Flying Sword Heritage!

"The Flying Sword Heritage!"

The thought of Qian Jizi demonstrating the Flying Sword techniques filled Ye Chen with an intense excitement.

He was desperate to enhance his strength.

The Flying Sword Heritage, he certainly had to strive for it! The more cards he had up his sleeve, the better!

Martial Arts cultivation was filled with unpredictable dangers.

In his battle with Zhou Hai in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, Ye Chen came to realize this fact.

Zhou Hai, relying on his seventh level of the True Qi Realm, had dared to chase after him to kill and seize his treasure; if Ye Chen didn't have the broken sword shard as his trump card, he might have already died at Zhou Hai's hands!

If he had really died, even having a heaven-reaching treasure like the "Primordial Star Scripture" would be useless.

Not to mention entering the Thousand Lotus Cave Abode again.

"To confront the dangers of Martial Arts cultivation, one must prepare more trump cards," Ye Chen thought.

"Otherwise, one can only be at the mercy of others!"

Now, Ye Chen faced a major dilemma.

Having killed Zhou Hai, Zhou Hai's father, Zhou Yuntian, a mid-stage Spirit Sea Realm powerhouse, would certainly not let him off easily.

Ye Chen had anticipated this at the time he killed Zhou Hai.

However, if he were to return to that moment, he would still choose to kill Zhou Hai. Zhou Hai, for the sake of a treasure, had pursued him relentlessly; if Ye Chen had spared Zhou Hai, the latter might have devised new and more sinister plans to harm him.

Such a treacherous person must be eliminated completely to prevent future troubles!

As for the dilemma with Zhou Yuntian, it was because Ye Chen did not have enough strength. If he had been powerful enough, Zhou Hai would not have dared to provoke him, and if he had been more powerful than Zhou Yuntian, then Zhou Yuntian would have been even less likely to do anything to him!

In the Barbarian Wilderness World, Martial Arts were supreme, strength was king!

Everything comes down to strength.

Now, faced with the Flying Sword Heritage and the rare opportunity to enhance his strength, how could Ye Chen let it slip away?

He, of course, would strive with all his might!

Ye Chen's thoughts raced. At this moment, the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow continued to speak to him and Jiang Yao, "To open up the Flying Sword Palace and absorb the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid into the Sword Palace is to prepare for the future cultivation of flying swords. The Spirit Liquid that the two of you have absorbed is enough for cultivating flying swords in the future."

"However, the more Spirit Liquid you have absorbed, the more difficult it will be to face the second challenge."

Hearing the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow mentioning the second challenge, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao exchanged glances and listened attentively.

"The second challenge of the Inner Mansion takes place in Ten Thousand Swords Mountain."

"Within Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, there are more than ten thousand sharp swords. These swords were all used by martial arts experts and bear their Sword Qi and even their Sword Intents!"

"Once you start climbing Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, the Sword Qi and Sword Intents from these ten thousand sharp swords will launch attacks at you. The more Sword Qi Spirit Liquid you have in your Flying Sword Palace, the larger the number of attacks you will attract."

"Moreover, the master of the past laid a Prohibition within the mountain. As soon as you set foot inside, all your True Qi will become immobilized, unable to be used."

"Therefore, it doesn't matter whether you, Jiang Yao, are in the Spirit Sea Realm, or you, Ye Chen, are in the True Qi Realm. Once you step into Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, your True Qi Cultivation Level will be of no use.

To resist the attacks launched by those ten thousand sharp swords, you can only rely on the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid within your Flying Sword Palace and your understanding of Sword Intents!"

"Previous challengers, who absorbed less than one percent of the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid that you have, couldn't withstand the attacks of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. Not a single person was able to climb to the summit."

"Now that you have absorbed so much more Sword Qi Spirit Liquid, the attacks launched at you by Ten Thousand Swords Mountain will be tens to hundreds of times greater, and the difficulty of reaching the summit and proceeding to the third challenge will also increase by tens to hundreds of times!"

Hearing what the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow said, both Ye Chen and Jiang Yao's expressions turned grave.

Although they were confident, they had to be extremely cautious. The fact that no one had obtained the heritage of Thousand Lotus Cave Abode to date showed the difficulty of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

And they were to face difficulties tens to hundreds of times greater; they couldn't guarantee their passage either.

Seeing their grave expressions, the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow's tone changed slightly, "However, you need not worry too much. Even if you cannot reach the summit of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, your lives won't be in danger."

"Before you enter Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, I will give each of you a survival talisman. Should you face an irresistible fatal attack, this talisman will teleport you out of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain."

"Of course, if that happens, the Sword Palace Acupoint that you opened during the first challenge will be utterly shattered by the Sword Qi and Sword Intents of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, and you will no longer have the chance to cultivate flying swords. Thus, your challenge within Thousand Lotus Cave Abode will also be completely over."

"Alright, I have told you everything about the second challenge of the Inner Mansion. If you choose not to climb Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, I will erase your memories of the challenge and send you out of Thousand Lotus Cave Abode."

"It's up to you to decide whether to go to Ten Thousand Swords Mountain or not!"

After the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow finished, it quietly watched Ye Chen and Jiang Yao.

"Go, of course we will go!"

"Having come this far to the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, I certainly won't give up!"

Ye Chen said without hesitation.

"I'll go too."

"No matter how dangerous, no matter the difficulties increase a hundredfold, I will still choose to brave it!"

Jiang Yao also spoke firmly.

After speaking, they looked at each other and saw encouragement in each other's eyes.

They had joined forces to brave the Interior Mansion, and now they had chosen together to enter Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. No matter the challenges or difficulties, they still chose to continue the adventure together!

Seeing that they did not hesitate to choose to continue the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape and the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow both nodded internally.

Cultivating in martial arts requires exactly this kind of indomitable spirit!

If one shrinks back in fear, it is difficult to achieve greatness!

"Good, since that's the case, I will take you into Ten Thousand Swords Mountain for the second challenge of the Inner Mansion!"

"I hope you two will be the first ones to overcome the second challenge of the Inner Mansion!"

As the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow spoke, its mystical blue wings slowly unfolded, each azure-blue feather shining with a captivating luster.

It said to Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, "Climb onto my back. There's a Grand Formation around Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, which you can't reach on your own. I'll take you into the mountain."

"Thank you, Senior!"

Ye Chen and Jiang Yao bowed respectfully to the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow and leaped onto its back, sitting down cross-legged.

Boom!

Then, with a flap of its wings, the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow took off with Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, flying towards the towering Giant Mountain at the deepest part of the Inner Mansion.

The Three-Eyed Giant Ape followed closely behind, flying toward the Giant Mountain.

About half an hour into the flight, a torrent of Sword Qi surged forward.

This Sword Qi immediately made the newly-opened Flying Sword Palace within Ye Chen and Jiang Yao rumble, with the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid coursing fiercely inside it!

From atop the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao looked toward the source of the Sword Qi and saw a Sky-supporting Giant Mountain rising thousands of feet high.

On the mountain, swords of all kinds were densely embedded. Looking up, the number of swords on the mountain obviously exceeded ten thousand. Furthermore, the peak of the mountain was shrouded within the clouds!

Ten Thousand Swords Mountain!

This was the challenge of the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain!