War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens
chapter-1917

Everyone knew that cultivating would only get more difficult the further one progressed.

If Duan Ling Tian was still restricted by his Innate Spiritual Root and his cultivation environment, he would not be able to break through to the Intermediate Divine Saint Stage from the Early Divine Saint Stage without at least taking eight to ten years. However, because he had raised the level of his Innate Spiritual Root and the amazing cultivation environment he had, it would only take him two years to break through to the Intermediate Divine Saint Stage from the Early Divine Saint Stage!

‘If I have a green Innate Spiritual Root now, my cultivation speed would be much faster. If I have an indigo Innate Spiritual Root, it’ll only take me a few months to break through to the Intermediate Divine Saint Stage from the Early Divine Saint Stage in this cultivation environment!’ Duan Ling Tian’s breathing quickened when he thought of this.

He could not wait to find a genius with an indigo Innate Spiritual Root so he could devour his Innate Spiritual Root!

‘Even in the Fire Worship Sect, I don’t think there are many geniuses who have indigo Innate Spiritual Roots. I wonder if there are any geniuses with violet Innate Spiritual Roots in the Fire Worship Sect? I’m certain if I devour a violet Innate Spiritual Root, my Innate Spiritual Root will turn dark indigo even if half of the energy is wasted!’ A dark indigo Innate Spiritual Root was just a step below the violet Innate Spiritual Roots. Duan Ling Tian became excited when he thought of this and found it hard to concentrate on cultivating.

At this moment, all he wanted to do was to look for people so he could devour their Innate Spiritual Roots to strengthen his Innate Spiritual Root.

Naturally, Duan Ling Tian only thought about it. He had no intention of casually devouring people’s Innate Spiritual Roots. He was not a cold-blooded animal so he would not devour other people’s Innate Spiritual Roots for no reason if they did not look for trouble with him.

“Since I can’t calm down, I might as well go and take a look at the altar. I can also familiarize myself with the palaces around the altar and try to comprehend the high-grade defensive Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier!” Duan Ling Tian muttered to himself as he left the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda with just a thought. He left the Tertius house after he put the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda away.

When he walked out of the Tertius house, he discovered the people gathered outside had already left. Only a few Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciples were standing there discussing something.

The people did not notice him at all since he had appeared quietly.

‘I wonder how long it’ll take my heart that has been tempered by the Sovereign Heart Sword to comprehend the number one defensive Divine Ability in the Fire Worship Sect, the Black Turtle’s Barrier? It won’t be longer than the time I took to comprehend the Divine Ability, the Elementary Devouring Tactic, right?’ As Duan Ling Tian made his way to the altar, his mind was completely focused on the high-grade defensive Divine Ability Black, the Turtle’s Barrier, in the Black Turtle Sanctum.

Although he had already become famous in the Black Turtle Sanctum and many disciples from the Black Turtle Sanctum had heard of him, they did not recognize him since he had just entered the Sanctum.

“Hey, did you hear about it? There’s a rebel in our Black Turtle Sanctum!”

“You mean Duan Ling Tian?”

“You’ve heard about it?”

“Apart from outsiders and disciples who haven’t come out of their closed-door cultivation, I think everyone in the Black Turtle Sanctum has heard of him, right?”

“I’ve been in the Black Turtle Sanctum for six years now, but this is my first time hearing about a disciple bold enough to oppose Elder Li An in public! Elder Li An is the First Silver Flame Elder in the Black Turtle Sanctum! Even the other four Silver Flame Elder don’t dare to offend him for no reason!”

“That’s right! Elder Li An is only inferior to one person as he ruled over 10,000 people in the Black Turtle Sanctum! Duan Ling Tian wouldn’t have a happy ending for opposing him!”

“Well, it’ll be okay if he has a blue or indigo Innate Spiritual Root… But, I heard he only has a yellow Innate Spiritual Root!”

“A yellow Innate Spiritual Root? Someone with a yellow Innate Spiritual Root dares to openly oppose Elder Li An? He’s seeking death!”

As Duan Ling Tian made his way to the altar, he heard many similar discussions. Not only that, but news of him torturing Gu Chun, Li An’s new disciple, had spread out as well.

Most of the Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciples felt that Duan Ling Tian would at least be flayed, if not killed, for offending Li An!

Duan Ling Tian merely shook his head with a calm expression on his face when he heard the discussion. He was not bothered by it at all.

Yesterday, Yang Wu, the son of the fifth elder of Northern Plethora Sect, had looked for trouble with him, and the Black Turtle Sanctum’s Silver Flame Elder, Teng Shan, had acted fairly when he meted out punishment. The incident would have had a happy ending if it had ended there. However, Li An had appeared and wanted to kill him without thinking about what was right or wrong. He had said that it took two people to quarrel and accused Duan Ling Tian of being at fault as well.

If Elder Teng Shan did not intervene in time, and if he was not physically strong, he would have been killed by Li An’s strike! For this reason, he had regarded Li An as his enemy and did not care about Li An’s threat when he killed Yang Wu.

He had killed Yang Wu domineeringly under everyone’s watchful gaze. By doing that, he was clearly opposing Li An.

Since both he and Li An would not rest until one of them died, it was no loss for him even if he further offended Li An.

“The Black Turtle Altar!” Soon after, the altar on the vast field appeared before Duan Ling Tian’s eyes. The huge and life-like Black Turtle statue caught his attention immediately.

‘The high-grade defensive Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier, is recorded in the Black Turtle statue?’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself as he flew to the Black Turtle statue.

At this moment, many people were comprehending the high-grade defensive Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier, around the Black Turtle statue… Most of them were standing or sitting on air. Some of them closed their eyes as though they were deep in thoughts while some of them stared at the Black Turtle statue as though they were in a daze.

‘I’ll take a look at the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier, recorded in the Black Turtle statue…” Duan Ling Tian felt confident when he remembered that his heart had been tempered by the Sovereign Heart Sword. “I can memorize the high-grade defensive Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier, first and slowly comprehend it when I return to the Tertius house and enter the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda. I’ll be able to save a lot of time by doing that. After all, the flow of time is really slow in the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda!’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself as he looked at the Black Turtle statue.

As he extended his Divine Consciousness into the Black Turtle statue, a wave of information began to slowly appear in his mind. It was information regarding the high-grade defensive Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

Duan Ling Tian could clearly sense that at that instant when he extended his Divine Consciousness into the Black Turtle statue, a heavy aura suddenly swept out of the Black Turtle statue.

This aura pressured him as it shrouded him. He instinctively used his Sun Saint Energy to cover the surface of his body.

“It’s the same with the others!” Previously, Duan Ling Tian did not notice that most of the Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciples around the Black Turtle Altar had a layer of defensive Saint Energy that covered their bodies.

“If I’m not mistaken, this aura must help one in comprehending the Black Turtle’s Barrier. No wonder so many of them stay here and didn’t return to their own residence to comprehend the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier… Even so, this aura doesn’t feel special to me…” After standing near the Black Turtle statue for some time, Duan Ling Tian discovered the aura from the Black Turtle statue did not help him at all. He made up his mind to leave as soon as he memorized the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

‘I’ll go back and slowly comprehend it. As long as I can successfully comprehend the Black Turtle’s Barrier, I can leave the Black Turtle Sanctum and enter the Fire Worship Sect’s Saint Land!’ Duan Ling Tian no longer had the mood to stay near the altar when he thought about this. He turned around and left.

His wife and daughter were still imprisoned in the Fire Worship Sect’s Saint Land and were knee-deep in trouble!

After Duan Ling Tian returned to the Tertius house, he entered the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda again and began to comprehend the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

One must admit that as the most precious treasure in the Black Turtle Sanctum and the number one defensive Divine Ability in the Fire Worship Sect, it was indeed difficult to comprehend.

At the very least, after Duan Ling Tian tried to comprehend it in the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda for six months, he had only managed to scratch the surface of the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier. He was still far from fully comprehending the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

“It’s actually much more difficult to comprehend than the Elementary Devouring Tactic?” Duan Ling Tian was shocked when he discovered this. He felt baffled as well. However, soon after, he discovered the cause.

‘When I was in the Divine Ability Relic that contained the Divine Ability Elementary Devouring Tactic, I saw someone using the Elementary Devouring Tactic and even experienced the effect of the Elementary Devouring Tactic. For this reason, apart from the help of the Sovereign Heart Sword, I manage to quickly comprehend the Elementary Devouring Tactic. Whether it’s the Divine Ability, the Elementary Devouring Tactic, or the Divine Ability, the Otherworldly Celestial, I saw how they were cast. That’s why I have some advantage when I comprehended the two high-grade Divine Abilities!’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself and sighed.

“Half a year… About 18 days have gone by outside.” Duan Ling Tian closed his eyes again to comprehend the Divine Ability, the Black Turtle’s Barrier.

Meanwhile, in another Tertius house, Gu Chun who had recovered also began to cultivate.

“Duan Ling Tian, after I break through to the Intermediate Exemplary Saint Stage, I’ll definitely make you regret what you did to me that day!” Gu Chun began to cultivate in earnest for the sake of revenge.

However, when he tried to resonate with and absorb the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy, horror dawned on his face. “W-What’s going on? W-Why can’t I sense the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy?”

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“Impossible! Impossible! I’ll try again! Try again! I can do it! I can definitely do it! I have a green Innate Spiritual Root. It’s impossible that I can’t sense the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy!” Gu Chun took a deep breath and suppressed the rising panic within him. He felt as though he was going crazy as he tried to calm himself down so he could try and sense the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy in the Tertius house.

Due to the reason there were three Spirit Gathering Formations in the Tertius house, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy in there was richer than it was outside. Even then, Gu Chun could not sense any Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy no matter how hard he tried. It felt as though he was in a room devoid of Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy.

“Something must be wrong! Continue! Continue!” Gu Chun began to panic again. He gritted his teeth and continued trying to sense the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy.

Although he could not be considered as a genius, he was still above ordinary people since he possessed a green Innate Spiritual Root. With that, he had a high chance of breaking through to the Saint Celestial Stage in the future!

At that time, if he was willing to stay in the Fire Worship Sect, he might even become a Bronze Flame Elder. Gu Chun did not doubt that his future was bright prior to this. However, at this moment, despair began to rise in his heart.

“Found it!” At the moment when Gu Chun was about to give up in despair, he sensed the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy and tried to guide it into his body.

After a while, he was shocked. Not only was the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy that he sensed extremely weak, but his speed when he guided the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy into his body was extremely slow as well. It was slower than a tortoise!

“Impossible! Impossible! I’m a Martial Cultivator with a green Innate Spiritual Root. This can’t be my speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy! Even someone with a red Innate Spiritual Root wouldn’t be so slow when sensing and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy!” Gu Chun began to panic again.

He continued to struggle with detecting and the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy. However, a day went by, two days went by…. After three days and three nights had gone by, he discovered his speed of detecting and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy was still so slow.

Bang!

A loud bang resonated in the air as Gu Chun destroyed the door of the Tertius house when he went out.

He seemed to have gone crazy, and it naturally attracted many people’s attention.

“What’s wrong with Gu Chun? Look at him! He looks crazy! He didn’t go crazy, did he?”

“It does seem like he has gone crazy.”

“Huh? Why is he going to the pool?”

Soon after, the Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciples discovered Gu Chun who seemed like he had gone crazy was making his way to the pool nearby. He stopped by the side of the pool and lied on the ground. Then he lifted his head to look in the pool as though there was a treasure in there.

Naturally, everyone knew there was no treasure in the pool. Even if there was, it would have been taken away by other people a long time ago. It would not stay there, waiting for Gu Chun to pick it up.

Upon seeing the familiar face reflected in the pool, Gu Chun became agitated again. He looked like he had gone crazy as he muttered to himself, “I’m still me! That’s right! I’m still me! But why is my speed in sensing and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy so slow? Even someone with a red Innate Spiritual Root wouldn’t be so slow! What happened? Why is this happening to me?”

Initially, he had thought his soul had entered the body of someone with low innate talent. However, when he looked into the pool, he saw that he was in his body.

After a moment, Gu Chun finally managed to calm himself down. After he calmed down, the figure of a handsome young man with dashing brows and bright eyes appeared in his mind.

“It’s him! It must be him!”

The figure that appeared in his mind was none other than Duan Ling Tian!

‘After he knocked me out, I didn’t cultivate for more than twenty days in order to recover. When I began to cultivate today, I discovered my speed in sensing and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy is ridiculously slow!’ Gu Chun thought to himself as he gritted his teeth.

Then, he looked for some of the new disciples who were present on the day he was knocked out. He was desperate to find out and understand what had happened that day!

Although the new disciples disliked Gu Chun, they did not dare to protest since he was First Silver Flame Elder Li An’s disciple. They told him everything they knew.

“Duan Ling Tian consolidated his Territory and blocked everyone’s sights before I was knocked out?” Gu Chun narrowed his eyes as he began to recall some of the things that had happened after listening to the new disciples.

‘Based on what I remember, I passed out as soon as I saw a flash of golden light… In other words, Duan Ling Tian blocked everyone’s sights and knocked me out when he consolidated his Territory. It’s unnecessary for him to knock me out just to consolidate his Territory. I’m sure he planned to do something objectionable that’s why he blocked everyone’s sights. He must have something to do with my cultivation speed becoming so slow!’ Gu Chun thought to himself as a chill ran up his spine.

Although he did know what Duan Ling Tian did to him, he could not help but shudder when he thought about it. Moreover, he had a feeling his Innate Spiritual Root had been damaged! Otherwise, why would his cultivation speed become so slow? Why did it seem like he had a very low innate talent?

Gu Chun knew this had something to do with Innate Spiritual Root because he knew one had to rely on one’s Innate Spiritual Root to sense and absorb the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy.

Now that his speed of sensing and absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy had become so slow, it meant that something was wrong with his Innate Spiritual Root!

Naturally, he did not know exactly what was wrong. Even then, he could not help but shudder.

He had never heard of a person being able to damage another person’s Innate Spiritual Root before. Although a Saint Celestial Stage powerhouse could sense the location of a person’s Innate Spiritual Root, he would not be able to mess with the person’s Innate Spiritual Root without injuring his soul.

Gu Chun could sense that his soul was in perfect condition.

‘I hope he didn’t destroy my Innate Spiritual Root and has merely put a restriction on it. Otherwise, my life is ruined!’ Gu Chun secretly prayed in his heart. His eyes gleamed coldly as he thought to himself. ‘Duan Ling Tian, when my cousin is here, I’ll make sure you die without a grave! At that time, I’ll definitely cut you into a thousand pieces and let you experience the greatest pain in this world before you die! Not only that, but I won’t let your two companions go as well. I remember how they look like even though they’re not in the Black Turtle Sanctum. I’ll make sure they die as long they remain in the Fire Worship Sect! You can only blame them for being your companions!” A burning hatred rose in Gu Chun’s heart, and it spread like wildfire.

At this moment, not only was Gu Chun not sorry he looked for trouble with Duan Ling Tian, but he kept muttering about seeking revenge from Duan Ling Tian.

As for his Innate Spiritual Root, he felt that his master, the Black Turtle Sanctum’s First Silver Flame Elder Li An, would definitely be able to help him.

“If you really destroy my Innate Spiritual Root, I won’t let your two companions die a fast and painless death! I’ll cut them up and make them watch as I feed their meat to the dogs!” It seemed as though Gu Chun had gone crazy again when he thought about how his Innate Spiritual Root might have been destroyed.

“I’ll look for Master!” After a moment, he left the residence of the Black Turtle Sanctum’s disciple and made his way east to look for his master, Li An.

“Why are you in such a state?” Li An frowned when he saw how anxious and worried Gu Chun was. A hint of unhappiness flashed across his eyes.

In all honesty, he would not have accepted a disciple with a green Innate Spiritual Root. However, this person had promised him something he could not refuse. Gu Chun had promised Li An that he would ask his cousin to become Li An’s disciple.

According to Gu Chun, his cousin had a blue Innate Spiritual Root, and his cultivation base was at the peak of the Exemplary Saint Stage. He was only a step away from breaking through to the Quintessential Saint Stage! His cousin would be coming to the Fire Worship Sect soon.

The Fire Worship Sect had a rule stating that whoever possessed blue Spiritual Roots or higher could enter the sect at any time and become a disciple of the sect! This rule had been around since ancient times. That was why there were so many powerhouses in the Fire Worship Sect.

In the Fire Worship Sect, even a Golden Flame Elder would be tempted by a genius disciple with a blue Innate Spiritual Root, let alone Li An who was only a Silver Flame Elder.

Li An had been a Fire Worship Sect’s Silver Flame Elder for thousands of years. During those years, he had only accepted three disciples whom nobody wanted with blue Innate Spiritual Roots. For this reason, when Gu Chun promised to ask his cousin to become his direct disciple, he immediately agreed to Gu Chun’s request of becoming his direct disciple.

In his opinion, he would only acknowledge Gu Chun’s cousin as his disciple. Gu Chun was merely tagging along.

“Master, can you please have a look at my Innate Spiritual Root? There seems to be a problem with it!” Gu Chun had a panicked expression on his face when he saw Li An. Anxiety filled his heart as well.

“Innate Spiritual Root? How can there be something wrong with it?!” Li An said with a frown when he heard Gu Chun’s words. He did not do as Gu Chun had requested him.

As a Saint Celestial Stage powerhouse, Li An knew very well that if something was really wrong with his Innate Spiritual Root, he would not be able to live. On the contrary, Gu Chun looked very well as he stood in front of him!