The Sovereign's Ascension

Not even two Quasi-Profound Martial Realm experts could last in the black hole. Did that mean that Lin Yun, who had also fallen into the black hole, died?

Lin Yun naturally wasn’t dead. When the earth below the stone coffin cracked, Lin Yun was caught by complete surprise and fell. After recovering from the shock, Lin Yun found out that he had fallen into the black hole, and he could feel himself falling.

At the same time, the demonic miasma surged into his body from the surrounding. He could sense the violent tendencies trying to overwhelm his mind, eating into his soul. It was painful, which felt like his soul being torn apart.

Simultaneously, his skin was slowly being corrupted by the demonic miasma, manifesting into black spots. Lin Yun began to panic when he realized that he couldn’t do anything about it.

But the second before death reaches him, sword flashes swept out from the token in his hand.

Fwoosh!

The sword flashes dazzled, dancing around him, forming into a barrier. When the surrounding demonic miasma approached Lin Yun, they were torn into pieces by the sword flashes. When the barrier was created, the surrounding demonic miasma could no longer eat into his body.

Meanwhile, violent magenta lightning and fire coursed throughout his body to erase the demonic miasma. When the process went on, the black spots on his skin swiftly disappeared.

“Where is this place?” Lin Yun opened his eyes when the splitting headache settled down. It didn’t take long for Lin Yun to figure out his current position. He remembered that earth began to collapse beneath the stone coffin, which he fell into.

“The demonic miasma here is terrifying.” Lin Yun had fear lingering in his eyes, recalling what he had just experienced. He also tightened his grasp on the token, which protected him.

As Lin Yun continued to fall, he could sense that the surrounding demonic miasma had weakened, and the demons manifested from the black mist had decreased.

There seems to be a massive space under the black hole. The demonic miasma came from the surrounding, and the density of demonic miasma would increase closer to the entrance.

Is this the Iris Sword Saint’s inheritance with so much demonic miasma here? Lin Yun was curious after he calmed down.

To Lin Yun, the Iris Sword Saint’s inheritance was more valuable than this unknown token. As he gradually descended, a massive platform appeared in his view.

“I’m finally at the bottom now?”

Lin Yun rejoiced when he saw the bottom. Circulating the spiritual energy within his body, he descended towards the platform. When he landed on the platform, the surrounding sword flashes returned to the token.

The surrounding demonic miasma had also thinned out, to the point of non-existent. It could no longer pose any threat to him. But when Lin Yun glanced at the token in his heart, he did not dare to be careless and held onto it tightly.

The platform beneath his feet was white, which flickered with cold luster. The purple runes on the platform had formed into a Violet Ice Sparrow.

Lin Yun’s face changed. He knew that he had reached the Iris Sword Saint’s inheritance. When he looked at the purple runes, the ancient sword box that he was carrying began to tremble once more.

“I was right!” Lin Yun rejoiced and flashed out. 

After several leaps, he reached the platform’s center. The platform seemed to be made with white jade, and there was a notch. Lin Yun turned to look at the token in his hand. The notch’s shape had perfectly fitted the token in his hand.

When Lin Yun inserted the token into the notch, the platform trembled and began to glow. In the next second, the platform had crystallized, which seemed transparent. The Violet Ice Sparrow runes also started to manifest and enveloped the entire platform.

Boom!

Three pillars slowly rose before Lin Yun. Every pillar had a box on it, and those boxes seemed to have undergone the passage of time.

“The Violet Ice Sparrow’s core inheritance must be in the three boxes…”

Lin Yun had staggered along his way in the secret realm, and he never imagined that he would come this far. He boiled with excitement briefly before he calmed himself down. He went up and opened the box in the middle, but there was nothing in it.

Locking his brows together, Lin Yun went to open the two other boxes as well, but the result was the same, just like the first box. It looked like someone had beaten him to it and took the inheritance, leaving three empty boxes for him.

Lin Yun looked at the three boxes and was lost in his thoughts. But a long time later, he shook his head and sighed. He had resigned himself to life, “It looked like someone had beaten me to it.”

Who knew how many times the Azure Sun Realm was opened over the tens of thousands of years, and it wasn’t surprising that the inheritance had already been taken by someone else.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The ancient sword box behind him trembled once more just when Lin Yun wanted to leave.

“Again?” Lin Yun was baffled. It made no sense for the sword box to tremble since the inheritance had already been taken...unless he had missed out something.

Lin Yun’s eyes glowed, and he began to search around, going a few rounds on the spacious platform. He searched every nook and cranny, but he still couldn’t find anything.

Suddenly, Lin Yun turned to look at the Violet Ice Sparrow that enveloped the entire platform. The Violet Ice Sparrow was an illusion. It might look gorgeous, but there was no spiritual energy fluctuation coming from it.

Holding onto his chin, Lin Yun fell into deep thoughts, “This illusion can’t be related to the Violet Ice Sparrow on my sword box, right?”

Lin Yun immediately gave it a try and sat down with his eyes closed. He circulated the spiritual energy in his body, which looked like golden flames, into the ancient sword box.

When his spiritual energy entered the sword box, the Violet Ice Sparrow manifested, flapping its wings. When it appeared, the massive Violet Ice Sparrow that enveloped the entire platform flapped its wings, as if it had come to life and soared into the sky.

The Violet Ice Sparrow began to fly around the underground palace, and the space around Lin Yun began to twist and distort, manifesting into a vortex and pulled the platform in.

Whoosh!

When Lin Yun could see his surroundings, he realized that he was in a boundless black ocean.

“Demonic ocean!” This black ocean was purely created from demonic miasma, and the density here was a thousand times stronger than the demonic miasma by the entrance.

Carrying the platform, the Violet Ice Sparrow flew to the center of the demonic ocean and descended. When it descended, the sea level of the demonic ocean would be seen swiftly dropping.

In the end, all the demonic miasma was suppressed, forming into ten corpses in Lin Yun’s sight.

“This…” Lin Yun widened his mouth, but he was too shocked to speak. So the torrential demonic ocean that made him feel suffocating came from ten corpses. The ten corpses were so powerful even after their death. So how powerful were they when they were alive?

Could it be that these corpses were the reason for the golden era of cultivators to end?

Lin Yun was still bewildered when the massive Violet Ice Sparrow that enveloped the entire platform manifested into an old man, seated in the sky.

Boom!

The old man turned around, his eyes were like starry skies, seeming vast and boundless. There was a sword gleam in the depth of his eyes, which shined greater than the starry sky.

When Lin Yun looked at the sword gleam, it felt like his soul was pierced. With shock overwhelming his face, Lin Yun immediately turned his gaze away.

“Junior Lin Yun pays his respect to Senior Iris. I have no idea that you’re still alive, and I did not intend to disturb you on purpose. So please forgive me.” Lin Yun had already guessed that this man must be the famous Iris Sword Saint.

At the same time, he was deeply shocked by the fact that the Iris Sword Saint. Was still alive…

“Still alive? I can’t even remember how many years have passed since I died...what you’re seeing is just a wisp of my soul that still exists in the world. But even this wisp of my soul will soon dissipate into the air.” The Iris Sword Saint smiled, “You don’t have to fear me. I was only looking at your aptitude and Martial Soul.”

Lin Yun was relieved by the Iris Sword Saint’s words, and at the same time, his face changed. Since the Iris Sword Saint was examining his talent, it meant that the Iris Sword Saint was choosing his successor. But...could his aptitude catch the eye of the Iris Sword Saint?

In the end, Lin Yun spoke out, helplessly, “I’m afraid that my aptitude isn’t even one ten-thousandth compared to Senior.”

However, the Iris Sword Saint replied, “Your aptitude is poor, but the surprise is greater than disappointment.”

The surprise was greater than disappointment?

“So much so that not even I can fully read all the secrets in your body.”