I Cheated While Cultivating

This furious roar, like thunder, was deafening. The energy between heaven and earth stirred into tumult. The figure moved with extreme speed and, in the blink of an eye, had already charged towards Zhou Heng.

The person appeared to be in his fifties, with a long beard and a dignified face. He wore a dark-colored brocade robe embroidered with golden dragon patterns and brandished a long spear as he thrust it at Zhou Heng.

As he launched the spear, the energy of heaven and earth converged toward him, coalescing into a golden dragon-shaped aura on the spear, even emitting the roars of a dragon, its might shaking the heavens.

Zhou Heng could feel that all the energy pathways in his body were locked.

This meant that the man’s spear had sealed off all his available movements—there was no escape, no avoidance. He had to face this seemingly boundless attack head-on.

Yet Zhou Heng remained calm and composed, even though he was heavily encircled and facing an attack from a Celestial Man Great Grandmaster. He appeared unfazed, only slightly puzzled in his mind.

“This person is almost at the Peak of the Seventh Rank, yet can mobilize the energy of heaven and earth on such a massive scale. If this were Da Qi, such a thing would be impossible.”

Zhou Heng had fought with many at the Peak of the Seventh Rank, including some of the top ten on the power rankings, yet none could harness the energy of heaven and earth at this scale.

Could it be that the rules and principles in the Cave Sky world are not perfect, hence the restrictions are lesser?

In this Cave Sky world, by cultivating one’s inner vista and reflecting heaven and earth, one could mobilize more of the world’s energy, with even greater power than the more formidable of the Peak of the Seventh Rank?

Indeed, that was a possibility.

Zhou Heng nodded slightly, for before this, he had attempted to minutely adjust his inner vista and sense the surrounding heavenly rules and principles, discovering that it was extremely smooth.

With just a bit of cultivation, he would be able to utilize these principles for himself within half a month, thereby enhancing his control over the energy of heaven and earth.

As a result, he would obtain strength far surpassing his current level.

This meant, in this world, touching upon the laws and controlling the energy was much easier than in the world of Da Qi.

However, such strength could only be exhibited within this Cave Sky world; once he left, everything would revert to its original state.

Nonetheless, it could be confirmed that the Celestial Man Great Grandmasters in this world possessed a might far surpassing many at the Peak of the Seventh Rank in Da Qi.

Roar, roar, roar!!

The sound of dragon chants rushed forward, the golden dragon-shaped light exceedingly brilliant, even surpassing the moonlight that had just broken through the clouds, intending a fatal blow on Zhou Heng.

“To daydream while battling me, you’re asking for death!” the man roared, “Die!!”

His spear, with its dragon-shaped golden light, was about to pierce Zhou Heng. In his view, should his spear strike true, even a Celestial Man Great Grandmaster would be struck cold through the heart.

But at that moment, Zhou Heng lifted his head, the corners of his mouth slightly curling up. He raised his palm, spread his fingers—within which a deep and obscure darkness seemed to ignore the spear attack—and slapped toward the man.

Boom!

The sound like an explosion in the void invaded the man’s mind, making him feel as if the sound had directly flung open his skull and brutally rushed in.

Immediately, he felt dizzy to the point of nearly fainting.

The hand holding the spear couldn’t help but tremble, the spearhead deviating off course and failing to truly hit Zhou Heng, with only the layer of dragon-shaped golden light grazing past him.

However, as the dragon-shaped golden light touched Zhou Heng, a bell-shaped golden light suddenly shone on his body, blocking all the assault of the dragon-shaped light.

Zhou Heng emerged unscathed.

The man, while feeling dizzy, also felt an immense pressure. He forced himself to regain focus and saw a palm that seemed to cover the sky descending upon him.

This palm, dark and ominous as if falling from the highest heavens, contained limitless might, threatening to crush the firmament, to overturn heaven and earth!

Overturning Heaven Three Palms!

Heaven and Earth Overturned!

This was a Fourth Rank supreme martial art that could reach the realm of Celestial Man, also one of the foundational martial arts of the Supreme Divine Skill “Primordial Golden Chapter,” far beyond the comprehension of any martial artist within this Cave Sky world.

Too strong!

For the man, this palm was overwhelmingly powerful!

Facing such a force, he couldn’t even muster the thought to resist.

Despite his strength in commanding the energy of heaven and earth, it was useless.

Facing such an exceptional martial arts technique and the tremendous power of this palm strike, his soul was captivated, naturally leaving him without any chance of winning.

He could only stand there, stupefied, watching as Zhou Heng’s palm print landed on his head.

Bang!!

With only a muffled sound, the gunman’s head burst like a rotten watermelon under the force of Zhou Heng’s palm, scattering blood everywhere, staining the moonlight red.

Moreover, because the strength of Zhou Heng’s palm was so intense that it didn’t diminish in the slightest after crushing the man’s head, it continued through the headless corpse, sending it flying and crashing into the distant Hongyang Hall.

Zhou Heng’s steps didn’t stop; he paid no attention to what happened at Hongyang Hall but instead continued forward at maximum speed towards Tai Chi Lake.

Escaping with the State-guarding Imperial Seal was the most pressing matter. Who knew if an Earthly Immortal would suddenly appear?

Fleeing was the best strategy!

…

Meanwhile, inside the Hongyang Hall, Yang Yun’s face broke into a smile, his eyes cold and mocking as he gazed upon the six paper effigies before him.

“Did you hear it? That dragon’s roar signifies my father executing the Golden Dragon Spear Technique. He is a peak Great Grandmaster of the Heavenly and Earthly Realm, the closest being to an Earthly Immortal in this world!

“No matter who made you puppets or whether you can convey my words to that audacious thief, you will not escape the Imperial Palace.

“In front of my father, a peak Great Grandmaster, you have no chance of resisting. You are doomed. Tell me…”

Boom!!

Just then, a loud crash resounded from above Hongyang Hall, followed by Yang Yun witnessing a headless corpse breaking through the roof, bringing down shattered tiles as it fell.

Thud!!

It landed right in front of him.

“How, how is this possible?!” Yang Yun could not help but cry out, his face showing an extreme shock that was almost twisted in disbelief.

He was all too familiar with the dark brocade robe and the golden dragon embroidery—it was unmistakably the attire of the previous Hongyang Emperor, his father, a strong peak Great Grandmaster of the Heavenly and Earthly Realm.

To think he was killed!

How could this be?

He couldn’t believe it.

He wanted to go outside the Hongyang Hall to check, but with the six paper effigies being unmanageable and impossible to bypass.

However, just at this moment, the six paper effigies suddenly began to tremble lightly and rapidly shrank to normal size, then floated to the ground, lifeless and without any sign of the strange.

Yang Yun tried to step forward to take a look, but just as he had this thought, everything froze as if the river of time ceased to flow, and the world had hit the “pause” button.

Five out of the six paper effigies had already fallen to the ground. As the fifth was about to touch the ground, Zhou Heng resisted at Tai Chi Lake and left this Cave Sky world.

And he took with him the most fortune-condensed treasure of this world—the State-guarding Imperial Seal.

…

Huangtong Mansion City, the great residence.

Suddenly, the Golden Crow on the screen wall began to ooze bright red blood, radiating golden light, and a will filled with intense resentment emanated from within.

“Yan Shouyi! How cruelly vicious you are to covet my Cave Sky, may you not die a good death, may your body and soul be annihilated!”

At this moment, a beam of green light burst forth from the stone wall, immediately overpowering the golden light that had pervaded it.

Soon after, Zhou Heng emerged from the green light.

He was still holding the State-guarding Imperial Seal in his hand.

“Senior Brother, this is the most fortune-condensed treasure from within the Cave Sky world,” Zhou Heng said with a light chuckle, holding the seal, “What should we do next?”

“Ah, ah! You all go die!!”

But just then, a roaring fury erupted from the screen wall.

At the same time, the Golden Crow seemed to come to life, its wings vibrating as it broke free from the chains in the carving, bursting through the screen wall, and into reality, lifting its claws to strike at Zhou Heng.