Legend of Swordsman

First Layer: One breath.

Second Layer: Also, one breath.

At this moment, the crowd outside had fallen silent. Each of them had their mouths wide open, staring at the third ancient tower. They had become numb.

When she passed through the second layer, the three Immortal Kings and Lord Long remained quiet. This was what they had anticipated. The only unexpected part was that Jian Ni progressed just as quickly as she did through the second tower. It felt like there was barely any difference in speed.

Whoosh!

She cleared the third layer as well, although there was a slight pause—it took her two breaths!

Fourth Layer: Three breaths.

Fifth Layer…

Seventh Layer!

In the space of the seventh layer, there were ten thousand ferocious beasts with Tier 6 combat power. Jian Ni’s swordsmanship was fierce; one after another, the beasts fell. It ultimately took her a quarter of an hour to reach the eighth layer.

In the eighth layer, Jian Ni spent the longest time, consuming an entire day.

“The eighth layer! Jian Ni has cleared the eighth layer!”

The numb crowd continued to wait.

They were waiting for Jian Ni to completely clear the tower.

Ninth Layer: Ten thousand beasts with supreme combat power.

At this point, Jian Ni unleashed her full strength. The brilliance of the Sword of Life illuminated the entire ancient tower, and in the end, the burst of green light covered the entire Ancient Star Domain.

For the ninth layer, Jian Ni took three days to clear it completely.

At the top of the third ancient tower, Jian Ni bathed in holy light. At this moment, the Ancient Star Domain itself was shaking.

The most mysterious dungeon of the Ancient Star Domain had been fully opened.

A surge of overwhelming power erupted from the dungeon. This ferocious force poured forth, and in the eyes of the spectators, the plaza split open, revealing a massive fissure that connected to the dungeon. This was linked to the strongest force within the Ancient Star Domain.

However, even the three Immortal Kings of the Ancient Court had never been able to open this force.

Today, it had been opened because of Jian Ni.

From within the violent golden light, a black statue began to rise slowly.

It was a black-scaled beast, and wisps of dark energy circled above the statue.

At the moment the statue appeared, the entire Ancient Star Domain trembled. Countless people gazed up at the statue, feeling a deep urge to kneel.

Even though it was merely a lifeless object, a simple statue, it was enough to suppress all the strongest experts.

The key was that, when staring at the statue, one could comprehend Origin Source from the scales of the statue.

It contained the complete Origin Source of the universe, and encompassed many universes.

This was by no means something the Origin Source of a Universe Master could compare to.

Among the crowd, Jian Wushuang and the others were equally astonished!

“This statue’s aura is terrifying, a hundred times stronger than the Lord of Divine Flame. Each scale contains the essence of a complete universe’s Origin Source. This is definitely a supreme treasure of enlightenment!” Immortal Jiu Chen couldn’t help but exclaim.

Xiang Yang trembled and said, “This statue gives me such a strange feeling—it’s too oppressive!”

Suddenly, Xiang Yang gasped, “I remember now, this is the oppressive feeling of a Universe God!” He exclaimed, “The owner of this statue was a Universe God!”

A Universe God?

Everyone around them thought Xiang Yang was speaking nonsense.

Aside from Immortal Jiu Chen, no one else knew about the existence of a Universe God.

Even Immortal Jiu Chen had only heard of a Universe God.

After all, aside from meeting Brother Ghost Eye, even the Lord of Divine Flame had never seen a Universe God in person.

It was only through exploring certain secret realms that he had learned of the existence of Universe Gods.

This memory was extremely valuable to the Lord of Divine Flame, and he would never share it with Immortal Jiu Chen.

Therefore, even Jiu Chen knew very little.

But when he heard Xiang Yang say that the statue belonged to a Universe God, his mind was shaken.

“I never expected that the Ancient Star Domain contained the legacy of a Universe God! If this spreads, the entire chaotic universe, and even nearby chaotic universes, will stop at nothing to seize such a treasure!”

“The legacy of a Universe God… It’s countless times stronger than that of a Universe Master!”

Previously, the most powerful legacy in the Ancient Star Domain had been the Holy Land.

That was the legacy of a Universe Master.

It contained the inheritance of the first five turns.

But that Holy Land was merely left behind by a Universe Master below the Sixth Tribulation Realm.

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It couldn’t even be considered a top-tier inheritance.

In the chaotic universe, the most powerful inheritances were left behind by Universe Masters of the Ninth Tribulation realm.

Those even stronger had generally crossed the sea and ascended to the heavens.

For example, Zhao Qing had received the inheritance of the Lord of Divine Fire, thanks to the Prophet, Senior Brother Ghost Eye, and Teacher Xuan Yi’s plans.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have placed the Realm Beast’s body in the hall of the Lord of Divine Fire’s inheritance!

The inheritance of the Lord of Divine Fire was already considered the highest level of inheritance within the chaotic universe.

But now, a sculpture of a Universe God had appeared on Ancient Domain Star, so there might be more inheritances hidden in the underground vault.

Even if there wasn’t, just the presence of this Universe God’s sculpture alone would be enough to incite Universe Masters to slaughter one another.

After all, in this chaotic universe, there had never been a Universe God’s inheritance before.

This was the path to ultimate power!

And the owner of this sculpture was no ordinary Universe God.

Jian Wushuang gazed at the sculpture, his heart calm.

There was a time when he was much stronger than the being this sculpture represented, so naturally, there wasn’t much respect in his eyes.

He was simply curious as to how this sculpture had come to be on Ancient Domain Star.

From his investigation, Ancient Domain Star was just average.

It could be considered a higher-level inheritance among Universe Masters, but it had nothing to do with Universe Gods!

“Strange, a sculpture of a Universe God has appeared. Could it be that there’s really a Universe God’s inheritance or treasure in the underground vault?” Jian Wushuang stroked his chin.

He needed to go down and investigate.

However, this was Jiang Ni’s moment of glory, so he didn’t rush to move but instead looked over at Jiang Ni.

The sculpture had appeared due to Jiang Ni’s defiance of fate.

Now, it depended on what was happening on Jiang Ni’s side.

At the top of the ancient building, Jiang Ni, faced with the sculpture, was also filled with excitement. This was the strongest existence she had ever encountered.

Just a single sculpture rendered her immobile.

The overwhelming aura pressed down on her spirit.

Unfortunately, she didn’t know that Jian Wushuang, at his peak, had been countless times stronger than this sculpture.

She looked up at the ancient building with immense reverence in her heart.

It was the respect of the weak toward the strong.

The aura of the sculpture seemed to also be watching Jiang Ni.

At the center of the forehead of the scaled beast, a massive vortex began to form.

From the vortex, black mist condensed into a humanoid figure.

Buzz!

“Mortal, kneel before me!”

With just these few words from the black mist figure, every strong individual in the Ancient Domain Star world dropped to their knees.

Whether Emperor or a three-year-old child, none could resist—they all knelt.

Billions of cultivators on the plaza of Ancient Domain Star also knelt in unison.

The three great Immortal Kings of the ancient court and Lord Long tried to resist, but within moments, they, too, had no choice but to kneel.

They barely managed to lift their heads and gaze at the sky.

The black mist figure appeared very satisfied.

At that moment, however, there were still those who hadn’t knelt.

Jiang Ni, atop the ancient building, remained standing.

Jian Wushuang, Xue Yang, and the others also did not kneel.

Jiu Chen was the first who couldn’t resist and knelt down.

Xue Yang struggled, gritting his teeth, and roared, “I won’t kneel!”

“You are a fallen Universe God, not worthy of my kneeling!”

“I, at least, am a proud scion of a Universe God family. My ancestors were all Universe Gods. I am also a demigod. How could I kneel to a dead being like you, an alien beast? You’re not worthy of my respect!”

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