The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2341: Chapter 2341: The Deadline Has Arrived

After using the Soul Technique, Jing Yan’s Divine Thought penetration power increased significantly.

"If I use the High-level Soul Technique Cave Clear Wave for penetration, the speed should be even faster. However, Cave Clear Wave consumes too much soul power and cannot be maintained for a long time," Jing Yan shook his head.

To gain further mastery over the Moon God Bell, it certainly won’t happen overnight. So Jing Yan decided that instead of using Cave Clear Wave, it would be better to use the Low-level Soul Skill Shadow Soul Kill to maintain prolonged penetration.

As Jing Yan’s soul power was continuously consumed, his Divine Thought penetrated deeper into the Emperor Weapon Moon God Bell.

The astonishing resistance remained, but at least it was not as overwhelming as initially.

"These laws..." Jing Yan felt the Divine Pattern of interwoven laws within the Moon God Bell and couldn’t help but marvel.

He saw many Low-level laws, which outside could be easily mastered even by the weakest cultivators. However, inside the Emperor Weapon, these Low-level laws, after being recombined, are extraordinarily difficult to master.

Jing Yan explored bit by bit.

Jing Yan believed that if he continued to study this Emperor Weapon, it would lead to unexpected gains in his own law mastery. He seemed to understand somewhat why Night Moon Immortal Emperor wanted to give him the Moon God Bell, as Night Moon Immortal Emperor likely hoped from the start that Jing Yan would improve his abilities through comprehending the Moon God Bell.

At present, Jing Yan’s combat power was exceedingly formidable, but he had a long path ahead to become an Immortal Emperor.

No matter how powerful the Immortal Venerable, in the eyes of an Immortal Emperor, they are still mortal.

In the eyes of an Immortal Emperor, the struggles between Immortal Venerables are merely the biting of two relatively strong ants. If idle and bored, one might take a glance, but most of the time, they might not even bother to look.

Time gradually passed.

The three-hundred-year deadline set by Jing Yan was drawing closer and closer.

And as this deadline approached, Faro Heaven’s cultivators became agitated once more.

These three hundred years had passed, and although all parties were relatively silent, even Min Lan Immortal Venerable’s mentor, Fire Cloud Immortal Venerable, remained silent. However, no one forgot one thing—the message Jing Yan released three hundred years ago, stating he would venture to the Slaughter God Hall in three hundred years and destroy it.

"Three hundred years have passed. Has Immortal Venerable Jing Yan forgotten his original ambitious statements?"

"Such lofty aspirations. If Immortal Venerable Jing Yan isn’t foolish, he certainly won’t go to the Slaughter God Hall to court death."

"I think so too."

"The Slaughter God Hall... in Faro Heaven, who dares to challenge the Slaughter God Hall alone? Even Fire Cloud Immortal Venerable and Yangshan Master wouldn’t dare claim they could destroy the Slaughter God Hall."

"If the Slaughter God Hall was so easily destroyed, it wouldn’t have lasted until now. Lord Wu Guo Heavenly Master has opposed the Slaughter God Hall since he became the Heavenly Lord of Faro Heaven, yet the Slaughter God Hall remains intact to this day."

"Do you think Lord Heavenly Master might gather a group of powerful Immortal Venerables to assist Jing Yan?" someone speculated that Wu Guo Heavenly Lord would aid Jing Yan.

"You’re oversimplifying this. If Wu Guo Heavenly Lord truly gathered his Immortal Venerable forces to help Jing Yan, he wouldn’t have remained silent when Wuxia Immortal Venerable was captured. I’ll bet that if Wu Guo Heavenly Lord did so, Fire Cloud Immortal Venerable definitely wouldn’t stand idly by," someone immediately scoffed.

"What about Mystic Moon Trading House? Mystic Moon Trading House is very close to Immortal Venerable Jing Yan. When Wuxia Immortal Venerable was captured, Mystic Moon Trading House even went to war with the Slaughter God Hall. This war still hasn’t ended," someone turned the conversation.

The war between Mystic Moon Trading House and Slaughter God Hall indeed hadn’t ended, and to this day, fierce fights between members of these two superpowers still occurred. However, compared to the beginning, the frequency of battles between these two superpower members had greatly decreased. This was inevitable; neither side could overpower the other, and both suffered significant losses through prolonged warfare.

If no unforeseen circumstances occurred, the war between these two superpowers would gradually vanish.

"This is hard to say, but Mystic Moon Trading House is quite special. Would they really risk the destruction of Mystic Moon Trading House to help Immortal Venerable Jing Yan?" someone was not optimistic about this view.

In these discussions and speculations, three hundred years finally fully elapsed.

And during this time, Elder Kuo Lian of Mystic Moon Trading House publicly announced that Mystic Moon Trading House would fully assist Jing Yan.

Before Mystic Moon Trading House released this surprising news, Elder Kuo Lian did not communicate with Jing Yan beforehand. This decision by Mystic Moon Trading House indeed came after long deliberation. Some elders within the trading house opposed it, but ultimately they reached this decision.

Jing Yan in Wuxia City quickly heard the news.

"Although Mystic Moon Trading House focuses on commerce, they have proved loyal. Wuxia was taken by Slaughter God Hall, which isn’t necessarily Mystic Moon Trading House’s fault," Jing Yan remarked softly.

However, shortly after Mystic Moon Trading House released the news intending to help Jing Yan, Heavenly Gate Dao Sect also released a statement: If Mystic Moon Trading House dispatched people to the Slaughter God Hall, Heavenly Gate Dao Sect would fully obstruct Mystic Moon Trading House’s actions.

Heavenly Gate Dao Sect’s reason was not wanting Faro Heaven to fall into chaos and war. As one of Faro Heaven’s strongest forces, Heavenly Gate Dao Sect had an obligation to assist Wu Guo Heavenly Lord in maintaining Faro Heaven’s stability and prosperity.

These reasons, of course, were all excuses. Heavenly Gate Dao Sect’s intention was straightforward—they didn’t want Mystic Moon Trading House to help Jing Yan against Slaughter God Hall.

There hadn’t been direct conflicts between Heavenly Gate Dao Sect and Jing Yan, until Heavenly Gate Dao Sect aided Slaughter God Hall by distracting Wu Guo Heavenly Lord; their relations thus became strained. However, this enmity wasn’t extremely direct. Now, Heavenly Gate Dao Sect’s resolute stance against Slaughter God Hall aiding Jing Yan came as a surprise to many, wondering why Heavenly Gate Dao Sect Master Wan Lunhai chose to interfere.

The reason was simple; Heavenly Gate Dao Sect wanted Immortal Charm Level Virtualization Technique.

Although Min Lan Immortal Venerable was dead, the agreement between Slaughter God Hall and Heavenly Gate Dao Sect hadn’t been nullified. Right after Min Lan Immortal Venerable was killed by Jing Yan, Slaughter God Hall quickly appointed a representative to inform Wan Lunhai that as long as they obtained the Immortal Charm Level Virtualization Technique from Jing Yan, it would be prioritized for Heavenly Gate Dao Sect’s use.

For the Immortal Charm Level Virtualization Technique, Heavenly Gate Dao Sect intended to pursue this dark path.

"Heavenly Gate Dao Sect, Wan Lunhai!" Jing Yan gently clenched his fist.

When he had just returned from Nightmare City to Faro Heaven, he heard Elder Kuo Lian recount how Slaughter God Hall managed to capture Wuxia Immortal Venerable so easily, having ties to Heavenly Gate Dao Sect. If not for Heavenly Gate Dao Sect inviting Wu Guo Heavenly Lord over at that time, Wu Guo Heavenly Lord should have had time to rescue Wuxia Immortal Venerable.