I Can Fix My Talent in Hundred Lives-Chapter 225 - 189: Taiyue Divine Sword Peak
The Void Sect’s void gate at the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven still emits a gentle spirit light.
With the escape light of the last Golden Core Cultivator disappearing into the gate, the tense aura of the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Six Great Sects finally relaxed. The oppressive presence of their Nascent Souls also withdrew considerably, replaced by a feeling of reunion after a long absence.
True Monarch of the Moon Mirage raised her hand and brushed the light veil beside her temple, the Mirage Bead in her hand slowly rotating, releasing mist that outlined fragmented light and shadow. She looked at True Monarch Chong Xu, her smile radiant:
"Fellow Daoist, I just sensed the aura of Golden Roc Li Fire in your Daoist Sect’s team. A bloodline this pure is rare; it seems your sect’s expedition to the Grotto Heaven will yield considerable rewards."
True Monarch Chong Xu chuckled softly at her words:
"Mirage fellow Daoist overpraises us. The young ones still need tempering. It’s the Western Wilderness Mirage’s ’Mirage Daoist’ sent out this time, I’ve heard he can summon sea mirage phantoms, surely a strong contender for the Nascent Fruit in this competition."
"Haha, speaking of the Nascent Fruit!"
Suddenly, True Monarch Purple Sun of the Taiyi Xuan Sect spoke, the Purple Sun Mirror in his hand refracted a seven-colored glow, creating colorful patterns on the plain.
"Our sect’s youngsters were betting in the cabin last night, saying they’d seize at least two Nascent Fruits this time. They’re rather audacious, aren’t they?"
Nether River True Monarch of the Six Paths Saint Sect merely shook his head, the black flame in the Netherworld Lamp flickering uncertainly:
"It’s good for young people to be ambitious, but the Secret Realm is fraught with unpredictable dangers. The Sword Childs of Myriad Swords Sect each exude powerful Sword Intents, appearing formidable in nature, not easy to deal with. Fellow Daoist Jianchen, wouldn’t you agree?"
True Monarch Sword Dust, holding the Mountain-Slaying Sword, which emitted a subtle sword hum, spoke in a calm tone:
"The path of Sword Dao requires progress through competition. Whether they seize the Nascent Fruit is their fortune; if not, it’s a form of tempering."
In the words between the True Monarchs, there were expectations for the younger generations, as well as the silent rivalry between sects.
Amidst the conversation and laughter, True Monarch Chong Xu raised his hand and gestured lightly at the Three Elements Dao Sect’s ship, causing the hundred-meter-long ancient-looking ship to faintly glow green, as if compressed by an invisible force, slowly shrinking.
First the hull shortened, then the Spirit Wood’s texture became intricate, the Luminous Bead’s glow contracted into fragmented light points. In an instant, it shrank to the size of a palm, transformed into a green light, flew into True Monarch Chong Xu’s sleeve, and vanished from sight.
The other True Monarchs followed suit, True Monarch of the Moon Mirage pointing at the Western Wilderness’s ship, a pale purple mist enveloping the vessel, which rapidly shrank like melting snow, finally becoming a fingernail-sized Mirage Crystal that landed into her palm.
True Monarch Sword Dust simply waved the Mountain-Slaying Sword, silver-white sword light flashed, and the Myriad Swords Sect’s ship was instantly enveloped in sword light, shrinking into a miniature sword boat, casually stowed into his Storage Ring...
In just a moment, all six grand ships disappeared into the True Monarchs’ sleeves or magical treasures, as if they had never been on this plain.
"Time is getting late, my sect still has affairs to attend to, fellow Daoists, farewell!"
True Monarch Chong Xu was the first to salute, the Bamboo Jade Order in his palm emitted a green glow, the surrounding space rippled slightly, like water waves.
The other True Monarchs returned the salutation: "Farewell!"
As the words fell, True Monarch Chong Xu and Han Lou True Monarch’s figures blurred slightly, merging into the spatial ripples behind them, like water droplets into a lake surface, disappearing instantly, leaving only a faint green light that soon dissipated into the air.
True Monarch of the Moon Mirage transformed into a pale purple mist, slowly dissipating along the void, vanishing without a trace of aura. True Monarch Sword Dust was enveloped in a flash of silver-white sword light, his whole body slashed through the void like a sharp sword, leaving a thin, long space crack, which rapidly healed, leaving no trace.
True Monarch Purple Sun walked into the void on the glow refracted by the Purple Sun Mirror, with each step his figure faded a bit, until he completely merged into the void. Pearl Light True Monarch held the Glazed Bead, his entire body emitted a glazed light, like a silhouette wrapped in light, slowly faded, and ultimately disappeared from the plain...
In an instant, the ten Nascent Soul True Monarchs all departed, leaving only the large void gate in the center of the plain, along with the lingering spirit light and ancient patterns on the ground.
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The opening duration of the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven has always been precisely locked at nine months, not a day more, not a moment less. For the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Six Great Sects, expecting them to wait in this place for nine months is simply impossible.
As pillars of their sects, they need to oversee the sect, handle sect affairs, orchestrate spirit vein allocations, and mediate cultivator disputes... where do they have leisure to sit idly on this desolate plain?
More importantly, even if they stayed to wait, it would be meaningless.
The Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven’s core houses an exceedingly intricate void restriction, which not only prevents Nascent Soul Cultivators from entering, but once the time limit is reached, the restriction becomes an invisible hand, transporting all foreign cultivators out of the Secret Realm using the Void Shifting Skill.
That shifting skill is extraordinarily refined, neither damaging cultivators’ physical bodies nor their Storage Magical Treasures, yet scattering them across all corners of Yue Country.
Some may find themselves on a bustling Immortal City street, some may appear in remote mortal forests, and some might be transported to the far north ice fields or Southern Border’s miasma marshes, with locations unpredictable.
In earlier years, some loose cultivators didn’t believe in fate and tried to exploit loopholes—they laid layers of Killing Array near the entrance after the Grotto Heaven opened, intending to rob the Spiritual Objects from exiting cultivators.
