Sword Master, He’s Stealing All My Lines

Dongfang Shuo told Chen Yi about the Time Chamber.

Chen Yi had already known all of this information long ago.

"So does that mean he's unreachable now?"

"Exactly."

"Not even for his own son?"

"Not even for his own grandson."

Chen Yi had no choice but to extend an invitation to Dongfang Shuo to participate in the battle for the Immortal Ascension Path.

He made it clear that this campaign would require substantial manpower and resources, along with an expedition to the Northern Sea, and the potential dangers and losses involved.

Dongfang Shuo showed hesitation on his face.

"This is a matter of great importance. Please allow me to think it over..."

Dongfang Shuo wasn't about to believe everything just because of a few words from Chen Yi.

The Immortal Ascension Path had been lost for far too long. To claim it was suddenly appearing again—no reasonable person would buy that.

Only someone like Old Shen, who absolutely had to go to the Material Realm, would choose to take the gamble.

Chen Yi figured the Holy Land probably wouldn't get on board, and he didn't have time to wait for them to deliberate slowly.

As the saying goes, a thief never returns empty-handed. Since he was already here, Chen Yi intended to take something away.

"I wonder if the Grand Steward could lend me a few Free Order tokens?"

These tokens could function like telephones, which would come in handy when coordinating multiple forces.

Seeing Dongfang Shuo hesitate again, Xie Guihong directly urged him.

"What's so hard about giving away a few Free Order tokens? If the Grand Steward won't give them, I'll just hand over my own Free Order tokens and swallow my pride to beg the other island masters to give up theirs!"

With Xie Guihong putting it that way, Dongfang Shuo had no choice but to force a bitter smile and agree to lend Chen Yi five Free Order tokens.

As he was leaving, Chen Yi walked over to Zhao Hanzhou and gave him a few words of advice.

"Elder Zhao, while the art of formations is beautiful, don't neglect your cultivation. With a higher realm comes a longer lifespan, and you'll be able to go further on the path of formations as well, won't you?"

Zhao Hanzhou was a bit taken aback by the sudden concern from a Martial God, and could only say,

"That's true enough, but you can't have your cake and eat it too..."

Chen Yi smiled and nodded, said no more, and with a single leap, vanished beyond the horizon.

After Chen Yi left, Dongfang Shuo finally let out a long sigh.

"How did a Martial God suddenly appear in the Human Realm? I wonder who his master is..."

Xie Guihong was astonished.

"He's a Martial God?"

"Yes, and very young at that. Not the kind of youth maintained by preserving one's appearance—truly young. It's utterly baffling."

The old formation masters present found it even more baffling.

They knew better than anyone how difficult it was to study formations.

A Celestial-level formation master who was also a Martial God, and so young to boot.

Even if he had started cultivating in his mother's womb, it wouldn't have been enough time!

"Absolutely incredible..."

...

Five Domains, Eastern Wasteland, the Limitless Sword Sect.

"Boom!"

Chen Yi suddenly appeared, and his abrupt stop caused the air around him, unable to react in time, to explode with a thunderous crack.

"Old Shen's Immortal Shuttle really comes in handy!"

Chen Yi had made another trip to the Star Domain. Tired of the slow travel, he had asked Old Shen for a tool.

A Celestial-grade Star Shuttle, or Immortal Shuttle for short!

When activated, its flight speed was faster than a Martial God at full throttle!

The only drawback was that it could only be used by one person at a time.

Chen Yi put away the Star Shuttle and stood in midair. Ahead of him, nestled against the mountains, stood the majestic and imposing mountain gate of the Sword Sect.

Chen Yi's divine sense quickly swept across the entire sect and located the Sword Master.

The Sword Master was in the Sword Graveyard, contemplating the Way of the Sword. As if sensing something, his gaze shifted from the direction of the Sword Graveyard toward Chen Yi.

At the same time, the spiritual swords hanging on the walls of the Sword Graveyard all began to tremble, feeling the pressure from Chen Yi, the Martial God.

The Sword Master spoke words of reassurance.

"No need to be nervous. The visitor is not an enemy."

The Sword Master took a single step out of the Sword Graveyard, his figure moving like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he stood before Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled and clasped his fists.

"It's been a while, Sword Master."

The Sword Master stared at Chen Yi for a moment and quickly recognized him as the one who had impersonated his own disciple, Yi Qianjun, and participated in the Star Conference at the Star Domain the year before.

"You're a Martial God?"

"That's right."

"With cultivation at this level, you could have easily obtained whatever you wanted from the Star Domain. Why go to the trouble of impersonating Yi Qianjun and making a detour through the Star Conference?"

"Well... it's just that I only recently broke through..."

Chen Yi was telling the truth, but from the Sword Master's perspective, it was still hard to understand.

Even if you'd just broken through to Martial God, you were still at the peak of Martial Saint last year!

Across the entire Human Realm, someone at the peak of Martial Saint could walk sideways without too much trouble, right?

If you really needed Star Essence, the Shen family would probably have given you some face.

The Sword Master didn't dwell on the Shen family matter and asked Chen Yi about his purpose for coming today.

"Sword Master, have you realized for a long time that you can comprehend forces of a higher order than techniques or the Way of the Sword? But whenever you try to grasp them, you get a dangerous intuition, and ominous phenomena appear all around you, forcing you to give up?"

The Sword Master had a feeling that every word was something he would have said himself.

"How do you know that?"

"That's not important. What I want to tell you is that you may not belong to this world..."

The vast, boundless Material Realm, the Virtual Realm with its limited ceiling, the power of divine abilities, the Immortal Ascension Path...

Chen Yi laid out the entire story from beginning to end for the Sword Master.

The sheer volume of information was overwhelming even for the Sword Master.

Where did this Martial God come from?

How does he know about me?

And how does he know about the Material Realm, divine abilities, and all of this?

In reality, the only interaction Chen Yi and the Sword Master had ever had was back in the Star Domain, when the Sword Master saw through his disguise as Yi Qianjun.

Unlike in the simulation, where they had experienced so much together and developed mutual respect.

Naturally, the Sword Master was suspicious of Chen Yi.

"I know it's hard for you to trust me directly. I'm only here to offer you a choice. If you're willing to come along, bring the elites of the Sword Sect and gather at the Golden Sand Beach, just like the Shen family."

"The Shen family of the Star Domain? They're already cooperating with you?"

"You're free to go to the Star Domain and verify that. It shouldn't be difficult for you."

"If the Shen family trusts you, the Sword Sect will come as well. This is also a chance to fight for a great opportunity for the vast number of cultivators across the Five Domains. If the Immortal Ascension Path can be revealed, those outstanding talents and heroes will no longer have to die with regrets..."

Chen Yi turned to leave but suddenly remembered something and looked back.

"Ahem... by the way, if you come to the Golden Sand Beach, that means you trust me. I'm offering you this opportunity, but I can't just give it for free, right?"

"Does my Sword Sect have anything that a Martial God like you could possibly want?"

"The Sword Heart Immortal Peach."

"Deal."

The Sword Master agreed without any hesitation.

Compared to the Immortal Ascension Path, the Sword Heart Immortal Peach was practically worthless.

The Sword Master added at the end,

"If there are other forces that wish to participate in the battle for the Immortal Ascension Path, can they come along?"

"Of course. Whoever contributes gets to use the Immortal Ascension Path. Fair and square."

Chen Yi guessed that the Sword Master was about to flex his influence and invite other major sects to join.

However, Chen Yi had to remind the Sword Master that quality mattered more than quantity. He shouldn't gather too many people, because there wouldn't be enough "seats."

Chen Yi didn't explain what "not enough seats" meant. He only said, "You'll understand when you get to the Golden Sand Beach."

After Chen Yi left, the Great Elder of the Sword Sect appeared by the Sword Master's side.

"Sect Master, can this man be trusted?"

"We need to go to the Star Domain to verify things, but I don't think he has any major issues."

"Why?"

If you were a Martial God and wanted our Sword Heart Immortal Peach, would you need to go through all this trouble? You could simply seize it by force, and what could we do about it? Clearly, he bears goodwill toward the Sword Sect, even if we don’t understand why…