bookandnovel Chapter 14480 Your Ideal is Great
Chapter 14480 Your Ideal is Great
Chapter 14480 Your Ideal is Great
The hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Ling Xiao sat in the main seat, his face expressionless, but his fingertips tapped lightly on the armrest.
Lu Ning and Shangguan Yue stood below the steps, not daring to even breathe loudly.
"Investigate." His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a chilling coldness. "I need to know who's behind this."
Shangguan Yue stepped forward and presented a scroll of secret information with both hands: "I just received anonymous intelligence, which lists three suspicious forces: the Sword Sect, the Realm Lord's Mansion, and the Gu Clan."
Ling Xiao paused, remaining silent as his gaze fell upon the secret letter, lost in thought.
"This intelligence comes from suspicious sources, but in terms of motives and strength, these three are indeed the most suspicious." Shangguan Yue hesitated for a moment, then added, "The waters of the Silent Realm are too deep. I urge Your Majesty to consider this carefully and think twice before acting."
She knew Ling Xiao too well. If the other party only targeted him personally, there might still be room for maneuver. But once his family and friends were involved, it would be touching the Achilles' heel of this tyrant.
The Demon Heaven Sect and the Divine Light Clan will surely pay the price this time.
Ling Xiao nodded slightly, tapping his fingertips lightly on the edge of the armrest: "I know what I'm doing, you may all leave now."
Lu Ning walked to the palace gate, then suddenly stopped and turned around with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, please do not act rashly."
"Don't worry." Ling Xiao raised his eyes, his gaze flashing with cold light, but a hard, cold smile curved his lips. "Only by staying alive can we settle the score."
"Shangguan Yue and I will continue to investigate the clues." Lü Ning said softly, then turned around and swept his wide sleeves across the candlelight below the steps. His clothes fluttered like butterflies, and he quickly disappeared outside the hall.
In the empty hall, only the flickering of candlelight could be heard. Ling Xiao sat alone for a long time before finally opening his palm. A gilded spirit fruit lay there quietly, its peel still covered with fine, shimmering patterns of light. It was given to him by Lan Jingjing when she left, who only said, "Keep it, it will be useful," without specifying what it was.
He traced the patterns on the spirit fruit with his fingertips, knowing full well that anything Lan Jingjing could casually leave behind would be extraordinary.
After a moment's hesitation, he raised his hand and put the spiritual fruit into his mouth. The moment the fruit touched his tongue, a wave of scorching heat suddenly exploded from his dantian, rushing through his meridians to his limbs and bones. He felt as if he had been thrown into a furnace, and even his breath was accompanied by sparks.
"Blood flames engulf the body..."
Ling Xiao let out a muffled groan, veins bulging on his forehead, his face contorting in agony. A pain like a thousand red-hot needles pierced his very bones; his knuckles clenched until they turned white, and even his teeth drew blood. He could clearly feel some primordial power gnawing at his internal organs. He frantically grabbed his storage bag, stuffing handfuls of spirit crystals into his mouth, and recklessly poured out bottles and jars of healing elixirs.
When the sword spirit appeared, she saw spiderweb-like cracks crawling across Ling Xiao's skin. The newly sprouted flesh was scorched by the heat from his body the moment it touched the air. Her expression changed drastically; the energy of this spiritual fruit was more than ten times stronger than she had anticipated. Even she had misjudged it!
The crimson flames burned ever brighter, and Ling Xiao's divine body gradually emitted a translucent luster, even his bones glowing red. "Activate your Martial Soul! Use the power of the Overlord Martial Soul to suppress it!" the sword spirit shouted urgently, condensing a protective shield at his fingertips but daring not to rush forward, for fear of disturbing the raging energy within his body.
Ling Xiao endured the excruciating pain and circulated his internal energy, causing his blood to boil like magma.
boom!
A powerful shockwave exploded outwards, extinguishing all the candles in the hall. The sword spirit was thrown back more than ten steps, only regaining her balance after her back hit a pillar. When she opened her eyes again, she saw that the red light surrounding Ling Xiao had not faded but had instead intertwined with the energy of the spiritual fruit, weaving a dazzling radiance. The originally unruly energy had become as gentle as a stream, gradually merging into his meridians along the patterns of his martial soul.
"This..." Ling Xiao was completely stunned as he looked inward at the strange scene within his body. His usually domineering and incomparable Overlord Martial Soul was now actively binding the energy of the external spiritual fruit, pushing it to merge with his physical body as if guiding a stream into a river.
As the last bit of energy flowed into his meridians, Ling Xiao suddenly felt every pore on his body open up, and an unprecedented transformation was taking place in his bones and blood, even his breathing carried the power of new life.
The sword spirit's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, eased slightly, but its doubts deepened: Why was this spiritual fruit, which could destroy a Star River Realm expert, so "docile" towards Ling Xiao and willing to coexist with him?
Three candles burned out in the hall, and the silence within the Demon Needle Space was finally broken by Ling Xiao's steadily rising aura. His body repeatedly reformed amidst the blood-red light, each time becoming stronger than before.
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The next day at dawn, Ling Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, and two golden rays shot out from them.
Boom!
A powerful surge of energy swept across the entire secret realm. The moment he stood up and clenched his fist, the surrounding space creaked and groaned, as if it were about to shatter at any moment. Feeling the surging power within his body, Ling Xiao smiled. He had actually condensed a Star River Realm physical body!
Although he was only at the low level of the Star River Realm, his physical strength was already top-notch in the entire Silent Extinction Realm. What surprised him even more was that his long-stagnant cultivation level jumped several levels, directly reaching the peak of the Azure Moon Realm.
He cultivates the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Demonic Art. In terms of actual combat strength, he could put up a fight even against a powerhouse at the third or fourth level of the Star River Realm. Of course, if he encountered a veteran peak powerhouse like Yun Potian or Yun Mubai, he would still have some difficulty, but at least he could keep his life and wouldn't be completely powerless.
"Sword Spirit," Ling Xiao turned to the woman standing beside him, his tone tinged with inquiry, "Is the realm division outside the Silent Realm the same as here?"
The sword spirit gently shook its head, its fingertips tracing a distorted line of light across the void: "It's different. Their cultivation philosophies and understanding of space and time will completely overturn your current ideas."
Ling Xiao pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the dark mist at the edge of the Demon Needle Space, and suddenly asked, "What would happen if I could gather all the origins of this world?"
"If both the Blade Demon and I are willing to do our utmost to assist you..." A strange light flashed in the Sword Spirit's eyes, and his voice trembled slightly, "then the only one who could possibly harm you would be someone like that woman in the moon dress."
Seeing Ling Xiao's puzzled expression, she explained, "Do you think the Origin is an ordinary treasure? Gathering all the Origins of the Bai Ze Continent is equivalent to becoming the master of this world. Even your Moon Maiden sister might not be your match at that time. However... since the birth of the Bai Ze Continent, no one has ever been able to do it, not even the Human Emperor from 100,000 years ago."
Ling Xiao smiled, a wisp of golden spiritual energy condensing at his fingertips: "Then I'll be the first. After all, I have innate advantages; the things the Human Emperor left me are not just for show."
"You really dare to dream." The sword spirit couldn't help but curve the corners of its lips, its tone becoming more sincere. "I will naturally assist you, but I am ultimately just a sword spirit, and I may dissipate one day. Unless I can find a suitable sword body, the Xuan Snake Poison Heaven Sword that my master, Sword Demon, used back then was a treasure that could be compared with the Demon Lord's Black Heaven Sword."