Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 478 - 286: The Nameless Hall, A Day A Year, The Desire for Immortality!

It’s possible that True Monarch Thunder Sound really has perished!

Jiang Shu’s steps halted, his mind somewhat shocked. A Nirvana Realm Monarch is countless times more powerful compared to those in the Primordial Pill Realm. This gap was not just in the strength of their Divine Skills. Even with deep Cultivation in the Primordial Pill Realm, one only lived for a thousand years. Beheading would be irrecoverable, leaving one no choice but to seize a new body for rebirth.

But Nirvana Realm Monarchs, without exception, had all grasped the arcane secrets of life and death, capable of Blood Rebirth. Even if one’s body was entirely destroyed, as long as the Essence Blood remained, they could be revived indefinitely. Battles between two Nirvana Realm Cultivators typically only determined victory and loss, rarely resulting in death. An average Nirvana Realm Monarch, unless facing a great crisis, could almost always die a natural death.

Picking up the Broken Sword from the ground, Jiang Shu became even more cautious, his steps growing slower. He also understood that an island where even True Monarch Thunder Sound could fall undoubtedly held great dangers. For an average Primordial Pill Realm True Man to enter, it was almost certainly a death sentence.

But danger could also signify opportunity! To enhance one’s power at the fastest speed and enter the Star Ruins Realm, step-by-step Cultivation was simply too slow!

Ever watchful of the slightest stir in his surroundings, Jiang Shu constantly held the Great Teleportation Talisman in his hand. His mind was linked with the interface, ready to use the Two Realms Shuttle.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The further he walked, the louder the winds howled. The ground was now bare of abandoned ores or Broken Swords, leaving only a vast, ancient, and eternal suction force. Primordial Power surged around Jiang Shu, forming a protective barrier. He approached step by step, and gradually, a great Abyss appeared before him. At the edge of the black hole, some folded spaces flickered. They seemed both immensely distant and yet tantalizingly close.

According to the information Han Zhiqing investigated, although True Monarch Thunder Sound had reached the Mid-stage Nirvana Realm and survived the Wind and Fire Tribulation, the one chasing him was a Peak Transformed Demon. True Monarch Thunder Sound might have known about this deadly place from a previous trial, luring the Great Demon here. He might have intended for them to perish together or sought a slim chance of survival amidst the jaws of death. It’s just a pity he likely still perished within.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Jiang Shu halted. He looked at the Abyss before him, mustered immense courage, and stepped forward, plunging into its depths.

With the Two Realms Shuttle, even if a Nirvana Realm Monarch could fall into the Abyss, he too might have a slim chance of survival. If worst came to worst, he could simply return to Xuanxing and wait in the Star Ruins Realm. Once he reached the Sitting and Forgetting Realm, he could come back.

The world fell silent. Jiang Shu heard not a single sound. Before him, he saw not a single color. He felt as if he were in the state described by the Sitting and Forgetting Realm—dispelling all intellect, completely losing contact with the world. He knew not how much time had passed. Amidst the spinning heavens and earth, Jiang Shu’s consciousness seemed to sense an entirely new world.

Light returned!

BOOM!

His feet landed on solid ground. Jiang Shu opened his eyes to an incredibly vast and magnificent hall before him. In front of the hall stood two terrifyingly lifelike beast statues. Each scale was crafted from a Heaven Rank Secret Mine, and their pupils were taken directly from the body of a Transformed Demon. Countless pillars soared around them, each forged from Primordial Crystal. They were so extravagantly luxurious that even some Nirvana Realm Monarchs would click their tongues in awe. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Yet, this grand and magnificent Great Hall was desolate. The Primordial Crystal pillars were devoid of any trace of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, as if it had dissipated over time. The steps on the ground bore various scars, with random abandoned Treasures strewn about like worthless bricks or stones, haphazardly piled up. More intriguing to Jiang Shu than these discarded Treasures were the white bones scattered throughout.

Where... where exactly is this?!

The first thing he did was check his interface to confirm he could still use the Two Realms Shuttle. Then, Jiang Shu took a deep breath. Having descended from the Abyss, it was exceedingly clear to him. If it had not been for his mental Cultivation and his knowledge of the Sitting and Forgetting Realm, which allowed him to perceive the state of ’dispelling intellect’ in the darkness and ultimately sense a glimmer of light amidst the vast void, he would have been trapped in darkness, with the Two Realms Shuttle as his only way out. An average Primordial Pill Realm True Man would have surely met only death. Only those in the Nirvana Realm could reach a place like this.

And every Nirvana Realm individual possessed a lifespan of 3,000 years, with bodies that hardly decayed, staying well-preserved even after tens of thousands of years.

How could it be that, in this place, only piles of white bones remained?

Temporarily setting aside the doubts in his heart, Jiang Shu wandered through the Great Hall. As he passed each pile of bones, he searched for anything of value. Unfortunately, this Great Hall seemed to have endured for eons, withstanding tens of thousands of years. Every Treasure had gradually become ordinary, as if returned to its mundane state over the long course of time.

This must be True Monarch Thunder Sound’s skeleton. The Heavenly Rank Treasure Sword in his hand shares the same origin as the Broken Sword I picked up. However, the one I found outside still has the potential to be reforged. These Swords here, although intact, have lost all their spirituality. The Treasure Patterns within are completely obliterated.

Picking up a Longsword, Jiang Shu flicked it lightly, and the entire Sword crumbled into ash.

Either there is a special restriction here, a kind of ’severance of heaven and earth,’ that affects all Treasures. It would cause a Cultivator’s Cultivation to become like water without a source. Without the nourishment of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, they ultimately move towards destruction.