Chapter 397: A Straw Cutting Stars

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Several years ago, he already knew that the wasteland region was going to become chaotic. Was it finally going to start now?

The willow tree was verdant, and the scorched black spots on its trunk were all gone. Eighty-one sparkling green willow branches drooped down, and chaotic energy pervaded the air. There was a type of indescribable aura.

“Willow Deity, when exactly is it going to start?” Shi Hao asked.

“It can happen at any time, no more than a year,” Willow Deity calmly replied. The tall tree was verdant, and the green light was full of exuberant vitality.

Shi Hao sucked in a cold breath of air. In the past, he felt like it would be a long time away, but now, chaos was suddenly about to arrive, making him feel extremely uncomfortable and shocked. This meant that many people were going to die.

He remained silent for a moment, and then asked the Willow Deity for guidance. They talked for a long time.

From that day forth, Shi Hao began to cultivate even more seriously and strived to increase his strength. Several precious techniques were deduced to the extreme, and he then opened up another path.

Shi Hao sat under the willow tree, bathed in the hazy radiance. He comprehended the great path and that beast skin. He tried several times, trying to figure it out in every way possible. The sword intent entered his mind.

“What a powerful sword intent!” Shi Hao didn’t open the small world within the beast skin, so he calmed down and began to study it step by step, pondering over the saint’s sword intent.

No wonder this sword intent could contend against him at the same cultivation realm. The creator was astonishingly talented and was definitely an ancient great power whose divine might shook the world. This sword intent contained too much grand and profound knowledge.

Shi Hao felt more and more alarmed. He vaguely saw the scene of heaven and earth opening and closing. Such an astonishing inheritance was rare after all.

“What kind of sword technique is this?” His mind was shaken. He felt the supreme expert who lost the beast skin would have been so frustrated. This was an unmatched inheritance.

Shi Hao became more and more focused. He immersed himself in the spiritual world, deducing it again and again. In the end, heaven and earth appeared, hazy mists swirling within.

It was only sword intent, but in the end, it revealed a world. Heaven and earth seemed to have just separated, which was why it was extremely blurry and dusky.

Whoosh.

Then, a thick streak of sword energy rushed out from the ground, entering the clouds and mists before piercing into the sky. This sword energy shook heaven and earth!

“It’s so powerful. It’s able to pierce through the heavens above and earth below. Is this the embodiment of extreme power? If it struck a creature’s body, what would it be like? The power would be unimaginable…” Shi Hao said softly.

The battle in the Void God Realm was worthwhile after obtaining this beast skin. It exceeded Shi Hao’s imagination. It was such a rarely-seen killing inheritance.

Shi Hao carefully deduced and kept pondering over it. He wanted to completely comprehend it and gradually became engrossed. This was a precious technique that had seized the attacking methods of various clans before combining them to establish a new method.

“A sword formation!”

After experiencing it, Shi Hao was shocked. This was definitely something established by an ancient great power. He saw the traces of many precious techniques. Someone had collected the most oppressive symbols and merged them together.

“I underestimated this sword intent. It’s even stronger than I imagined.”

This was especially the case when he was currently in the Formation Arrangement Realm. If he engraved formations within his body, this would be a good choice. It was to the extent where Shi Hao believed that he could leave behind one of his ten heavenly passages for this sword intent to nurture.

Shi Hao was immersed in it. After several dozen days, he understood it better, and the sword intent changed again, forming new symbols and profound mysteries.

Heaven and earth were still hazy as if they had just separated. Mist curled about, but stars appeared within one after another. Apart from this, the sun also hung in the sky.

Indistinctly, a stalk of grass was plucked from the ground, and it released symbols and powerful sword energy before hacking toward those sun, moon, and stars.

“This is…” Shi Hao was shocked. His pupils contracted, and then they erupted with radiance. He carefully watched, fearing that he might miss something.

When the sword energy streaked across the sky, a few great stars trembled. They were sliced by the sword intent as if they were going to fall down. Just how shocking of a scene was this?

Then, the sword intent appeared again. That stalk of grass rose, and with a single strike, it passed through a great star, slicing it open. Mysterious symbols blossomed, filling the sky.

“Is this a type of extreme evolution, or is it a theoretical realm that can be achieved?” Shi Hao said to himself in shock, his heart continuously pounding.

In the end, all of the sword energy disappeared. Heaven and earth separated, and clouds scattered. The beast skin began to grow dim. Symbols condensed together, turning into a stalk of grass.

Everything disappeared. In the end, only a stalk of grass was left on the beast skin. Symbols flickered about, gradually becoming dim.

“A stalk of grass has produced such sword intent?” Shi Hao was shocked.

In the end, he carefully studied it again. He saw a line of words on that stalk of grass, and he couldn’t help but feel greatly shaken. The owner of the ancient sword intent was a stalk of grass!

“Even a stalk of grass can cut down the sun, moon, and stars…” At this moment, Shi Hao was completely silent. He sat there without moving.

This ancient great figure’s original form was a stalk of grass, but his cultivation methods were profound and had reached an inconceivable level. It allowed Shi Hao to gain enlightenment, entering a wondrous state.

He sat there just like a clay doll. Everyone in Stone Village had long gotten used to this. No one came to disturb him under the willow tree and let him cultivate and comprehend on his own.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed. Shi Hao finally slowly revived. Then, the ten heavenly passages appeared at the same time, flickering with multicolored light and flowing with hazy auspicious colors.

This was especially the case in one of them. Symbols were densely packed, ultimately condensing into a stalk of grass, which was rising and falling. The heavenly passage could nurture spirits, and now, there was another stalk of grass.

Apart from this, he was engraving formations in his flesh and continuously evolving them. Symbols and sword intent that could cut through the sun, moon, and stars were produced in his flesh like blades of grass.

In the end, this sword formation began to shrink, turning into a speck of light. Multicolored light surged with Shi Hao’s breathing, flowing through his blood.

Shi Hao was rather satisfied. Cultivating in the Formation Arrangement realm was precisely to carve and create formations. Now, he had mastered this killing formation. His strength has greatly increased.

It was a clear type of cultivation. On this path, he was advancing.

After Shi Hao mastered this type of sword intent, the more he experienced it, the more profound he felt it was. He carefully studied it. Even though it was the primitive symbol of a stalk of grass, he still felt that it was formidable.

“Even pure-blooded creatures’ inheritances might not necessarily be able to reach this level. Perhaps it can kill them!”

In the end, Shi Hao tried to open the small world again. With a boom, a crack was opened. The inside was hazy, and he saw the two words “six paths” again.

Unfortunately, he still couldn’t open it.

“Willow Deity, what is this?” Shi Hao asked for guidance. When comprehending under the tree, he could ask the Willow Deity at any time.

“Keep the beast skin safe. When your cultivation realm reaches a certain level, it’ll automatically open,” the Willow Deity replied.

Shi Hao immediately thought of many things. This beast skin recorded the method of a stalk of grass, and within it was a small world of its own. It was definitely astonishing.

Shi Hao continued to cultivate, using another month to consolidate his foundation. In the end, he stood up.

At this time, he recalled that the Willow Deity had said that it was going to teach him a method, but because he felt that his cultivation realm was still insufficient, he didn’t mention it.

Time passed. Shi Hao was already fifteen years old. He had cultivated in the village for more than a year, so he felt like it was time to go out and take a walk. It wasn’t good to always cultivate in seclusion.

Cultivation emphasized that one’s mind had to remain calm. If one was too stubborn and deliberate, they would often not be able to achieve what they wanted. Cultivation needed to come naturally, and many people understood it, but sometimes, they would overlook it.

“Can we still go out now?” Shi Hao was worried. This region was going to become chaotic. If he left, who knew what would happen in the future.

“Go. The creatures from outside this region have arrived. Go out more often and exchange pointers with others. It’ll do you good,” said the Willow Deity. In addition, it told him that once chaos broke out, if it truly affected him, he could bring out that sparkling willow branch, and it would immediately bring him back to Stone Village.

Back then, before heading to the Northern Sea, the Willow Deity gave him a piece of willow branch. It was still dark green like jade, and he kept it at his side. He had never used it in the Kun Peng nest.

Shi Hao left Stone Village. This time, he brought the big red bird with him, promising to find a master for it. He gifted it the scarlet feather that Little Red gave Stone Village.

“Are you serious? Fire Clan’s Guardian Spirit? Can you teach me?” Along the way, the big red bird chattered non-stop because it was extremely excited.

The Vermillion Bird’s descendant might very well become its master. Just thinking about it made the bird grin foolishly.

“Brat, what are you trying to do?” Halfway through, the big red bird cried out miserably. Shi Hao splashed a special type of black pigment all over its body, making its entire body pitch-black, covering up the scarlet multicolored light.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a crow. When it carried Shi Hao across the great wastelands, a few creatures cried out loudly.

“How unlucky! It’s a crow!”

“What bad luck! Why do I see such a jinx?”

The big red bird was frustrated, and it didn’t like this. It carried Shi Hao out of this boundless mountain range, entering the region with towns.

A month later, the big red bird brought Shi Hao to the Fire Nation Capital. During this period of time, they kept flying, and that was how far away the place was. The great earth was boundless.

When they were still quite far from that capital city, they descended. The big red bird shrunk in size and stood on Shi Hao’s shoulder.

Even the big red bird became pitch-black, so Shi Hao changed his appearance as well because the battle in the Void God Realm shook the world. People were still talking about him.

This was especially the case after he killed several supreme experts. If he swaggered into the city and was recognized, it would easily trigger chaos. At the very least, there would be quite a few people watching.

“Hairy Ball’s precious technique is so nice!” Shi Hao successfully entered the city. The general guarding the city gate only gave him a glance and didn’t linger on his face for too long.

The Seventy-Two Transformations technique was astonishing. Unfortunately, Shi Hao had only obtained a portion of the inheritance.

The main street was full of traffic, and people were everywhere. There were shops on both sides of the street, and vendors were promoting their goods. It was quite a lively scene.

After entering the bustling city from the peaceful Stone Village, the feeling was completely different. Shi Hao felt he had entered a new world.

Fire Nation Capital was extremely large and was one of the wasteland region’s largest cities. All types of creatures could be seen here. Shi Hao was shocked. He discovered a few experts as soon as he arrived, and they were all quite young. There were all types of races here.

“What kind of race is that? Why haven’t I seen them before?” After becoming smaller, the big red bird stood on Shi Hao’s shoulder and stared at the young ladies with pure white wings on their backs. Its eyes shone.

Shi Hao was also a bit confused. They didn’t seem like a normal Feather Race, because there were divine rings on their heads. They were quite special, and all of them were beautiful.

Apart from them, they also saw a few other races, but they didn’t recognize any of them. Only after asking around did they find out that these were all young experts from outside this region.

“The battle between the two Shi brothers shocked the world. Even the cultivators outside this region knew about it. A few young experts were attracted here,” someone said.

The great sects outside this region were already making preparations to enter the wasteland region.

“Shi Hao won that battle back then, making some of his peers from outside this region discontent. They came here to find him.”

Soon after, Shi Hao heard some rumors. Quite a few people knew that he was close to the Fire Clan’s princess. The young experts from outside this region wanted to find him through this path.

The dual-pupiled individual’s might shook the ancient era, yet in the end, he was cut down in this era. The disturbance reached other regions.

“I refuse to believe that Shi Hao is that powerful!” Creatures from outside this region walked together, discussing among themselves. There were some who were extremely arrogant.

When Shi Hao heard this, his expression remained calm.

“Are the two Shi brothers really that powerful? I really want to take a look and see what they’re like,” said a young lady softly. She was extremely beautiful, dazzling to the point where one couldn’t open their eyes. At her side were several young experts.

“Hey, that’s one of the Mysterious Region’s Ten Beauties.” In the distance, someone stared at the young lady and said in amazement.

“Are the two Shi brothers that powerful? I don’t think so. I really hope to meet them.” Another group of people walked over.

“Shi Hao is rising. Who can contend against him? If you really met him, you wouldn’t say this,” someone said with a sigh.

In the city, there were quite a few foreign cultivators, all of them extremely strong.

“Unfortunately, after that battle, Shi Hao never came out. Some people said that he was suppressed by the Void God Realm’s domain lord, while others said that after his battle with Shi Yi, he was already half-crippled and lost his power. I don’t know which pieces of information are true.”

Shi Hao was shocked. It had already been more than a year, yet so many people were still talking about him.

“I can wait. I want to see what the so-called Shi Hao is like. If he really dares to appear, I have to size him up and see just how strong he is!” Someone sneered.

No one knew that an unbelievably young king was already standing not far from them. He had entered this magnificent imperial capital.