The Ninth Heaven: The Legacy of the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal.
The moment the two stepped into the Nine Heavens, they were stunned! Substantive Immortal Qi surged out like a celestial river pouring down, and as it touched their bodies, it instantly crystallized into ice — this was not due to cold, but rather a phenomenon of spiritual energy crystallization caused by overly concentrated Immortal essence contacting flesh and blood.
Thousands of profound spirit Qi vortexes descended from the dome, each with fragments of stars floating in its center, illuminating the Nine Heavens like the primordial womb at the dawn of the universe.
The ground was not ordinary earth, but rather 'Dao-Asking Jade' refined from the bones of Great Demons in the Immortal Realm, with spiritual energy ripples naturally forming on the surface of each jade brick.
Nine-leaf Soul-Reviving Grass grew between the jade seams, and the profound spirit sweet dew rolling on its leaves was precisely the Elementary form of 'profound spirit true water' that Cultivators in the outside world dreamed of.
Eighty-one towering bronze pillars were arranged in an orderly fashion, their inscriptions not carved, but rather the Dao imprints left by the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal during his Ascension.
When Ling Tian tried to touch the pillar, a roar of billions of living beings chanting scriptures simultaneously came from his fingertips, startling him into retreating three steps — these bronzes were actually forged by extracting the Heavenly Dao will from three thousand Small Worlds.
Then, the two saw three beams of light.
Standing atop the central bronze pillar was a twelve-foot-long spear, its shaft entwined with meteor dragon patterns tempered by thirty-three layers of Lightning Tribulation.
The spearhead was not metal, but 'Eternal Tribulation Profound Iron' condensed from the Celestial Realm's sea eye, its sharp edge naturally tearing space, forming continuously collapsing miniature black holes.
The Nine-Orifice Exquisite Stone embedded in the spear's pommel was swallowing and absorbing Immortal Qi from a hundred-mile radius, transforming it into a Azure Dragon phantom coiling around the spear shaft.
Contained within the 'World-Purifying Glazed Goblet' on the left jade pillar was what appeared to be half a goblet of clear water, but was actually the water Origin of a Small World compressed.
The reflection on the water's surface was not reality, but projections of the water veins of all the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, each drop of true water carrying a hundred thousand years of memory from a great river.
As Su Meier gazed at the water, she seemed to see substantive water Laws forming.
On the right broken pillar, a bronze fragment floated, with solidified temporal energy flowing within its cracks.
The key's surface was not etched with runes, but rather fragments of an erased civilization's epic from a certain realm.
When Ling Tian approached, the fragment suddenly projected a 3D star map, with two crimson markers indicating the Seal locations of the other two keys.
“The fated ones have finally arrived.” A voice imbued with Immortal might drifted over.
A remnant image of the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal appeared in the Void Realm, his cyan-gray Daoist robe flowing with a long river of condensed stardust, and as his sleeves billowed, the birth, death, and Reincarnation of three thousand worlds were reflected.
His gray-white long hair moved without wind, and the dust falling from his hair tips transformed into dancing cranes upon touching the ground.
His face appeared middle-aged but without a single wrinkle, a blood-colored Tai Chi diagram slowly rotated between his brows, his left eye reflecting the sun, his right eye containing the moon, and when he lowered his gaze, a slight tremor of his eyelashes caused the Immortal Qi tides within a hundred-mile radius to surge.
He stepped on seven-treasure gilded shoes, but instead of jewels, nine miniature stars were embedded in them.
The silver threads of the whisk he held were woven from 'Great Void Silk', and the stardust scattered when he waved it condensed into Dao patterns in the air.
Nine layers of halos surrounded his body, each layer manifesting a different celestial phenomenon — the innermost layer was purple Qi coming from the east, the middle layer was a mix of lightning and fire, and the outermost layer even had the floating phantoms of all Heavenly Gods and Buddhas bowing in worship.
“This old man is named Immortal Master Mystic Spiritual. After my demise in the Immortal-Demon War ten thousand years ago, I left three supreme treasures here, awaiting those with destiny,” the Immortal phantom said to the two.
“My Immortal Artifact, the Profound Immortal Overlord Spear. This spear has accompanied this old man in countless battles, slaying Immortals and demons.”
“profound spirit true water, containing the purest water Law.”
“The Key to the Realm Gate. Gather all three Keys to the Realm Gate, and you can open the gate to the Five Realms.”
“Each of these three Legacy items contains Karma; the fated shall obtain them.” With a flick of the phantom's whisk, the three supreme treasures floated before the two.
Ling Tian was the first to walk to the Overlord Spear, using his left hand as a blade to cut his right palm.
The moment the gilded dragon blood seeped into the Overlord Spear's groove, the spearhead suddenly erupted with Nine Nether lightning.
The entire spear transformed into a sky-swallowing giant python that coiled around his right arm, and the meteor dragon patterns, like living creatures, drilled into his Meridians, forcibly dragging his Divine Soul into the spear's spirit trial space.
Within the space, a Clone of the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal stood, shattering the Void Realm with a single foot.
The Overlord Spear pointed diagonally at Ling Tian, and the faint light erupting from the Profound Iron spearhead tore the hundred-mile space into shattered mirrors.
The spear shaft, heavy as a mountain, was entwined with layers of thunderous Qi.
The Clone's gray-white beard and hair danced wildly in the thunderous storm, and the stellar river flowing beneath the hem of his Daoist robe suddenly accelerated its rotation.
At this moment, the Clone's cultivation perfectly replicated Ling Tian's Late Stage Nascent Soul.
“Only by enduring nine strikes without dying are you worthy of wielding this spear.” The Clone's first move was the first form of the “profound heaven nine tribulations spear” — Lightning Strike!
The Clone's spear moved like a Dragon, purple lightning tearing through the air.
The moment Ling Tian used the jade dragon sword to block, one hundred thousand thunderous Qi passed through his body.
The Dragon scales on his right arm erupted with dazzling light, converting half of the Lightning Tribulation into Body Tempering energy.
The second form — Flame Prison!
The Clone spun and shook out a sky-burning spear flower, and the Overlord Spear's tip suddenly gushed forth Nine Nether red lotuses.
Wherever the fire waves passed, space melted into molten gold fluid.
Ling Tian unleashed the Thunder Dragon Instant Prison Slash, his jade dragon sword, accompanied by thunder, plunged into the magma, then he swung the sword upwards, and the Thunder Dragon transformed into a thunder-flame entity amidst the raging inferno, striking instantly and splitting the fire prison clean in two.
The third form — Soul Erosion.
The Clone suddenly abandoned the spear and formed a hand Seal, and the spear spirit transformed into billions of wailing vengeful souls that attacked.
Each vengeful soul was a soul of a past victim of the spear, and Ling Tian's Sea of Consciousness was instantly torn open.
At this moment, the twin Dragon Nascent Souls suddenly opened their eyes, with the phantom of the Blazing Dragon Soul behind them.
The Great Perfection Late Stage Nascent Soul pressure swept across his spiritual platform, instead refining the vengeful souls into nine soul nails, which shot towards the Mystic Spiritual Clone...The fifth form — Starfall.
The Clone's spear momentum activated the meteor dragon patterns, and the spear light transformed into a crimson meteor, rushing towards Ling Tian!
“Burning Body! Burning Sea! Golden Dragon's Roar to the Heavens!” Ling Tian's right arm dragon-transformed, enhanced by the Golden Dragon's burning of the heavens, becoming a golden Dragon meteor that collided with it.
After the aftermath of the explosion, Ling Tian used the bone talisman effect on his broken right arm, and the severed limb instantly regenerated!
...The eighth form — Illusion Break.
Eight layers of spear shadows alternated between solid and void, each phantom evolving the birth and death of ethereal spirits.
Ling Tian's right leg was devoured by the illusory realm, yet he seized the true form of the artifact spirit in the Void Realm.
The Chaos Dragon patterns traced back to the spear spirit's Origin, and he even glimpsed the truth of the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal's demise deep within the illusion — on the Immortal-Demon battlefield, a misty phantom, wielding the Overlord Spear, pierced through the Mystic Spiritual's true body!
Just as Ling Tian, bathed in blood, endured the eight forms, the Clone suddenly merged with the spear.
Then, the entire trial space collapsed into a singularity, and the power condensed at the spearhead was no longer spiritual energy, but a will to slay Immortals that pointed directly to the Great Dao.
Ling Tian formed hand Seals, summoning the twin Dragon Nascent Souls, and along with the appearance of the Chaos Dragon Nascent Soul, there was also the spearhead of the first Dragon Emperor's Dao-burying spear held in the Dragon Nascent Soul's hand!
“The ninth form — Annihilation!”
“Dragon Emperor's Dao-burying Break!”
The moment the two forces of Dao-slaying collided, a massive explosion covered the entire trial ground.
When the dust settled, the Dao-burying spearhead was pressed against the Clone's throat, while Ling Tian's Dragon claw had pierced through its chest, grasping the core of the artifact spirit.
The moment the master-recognition Dao Seal was completed, the Immortal Qi remaining in the trial space began to riot, and the still-undissipated remnant soul of the Mystic Spiritual True Immortal's Clone was torn into stardust fragments, transforming into nine spear patterns inscribed on the spear shaft!
Outside, the Overlord Spear vibrated violently, and the black light erupting from the Eternal Tribulation Profound Iron spearhead shot straight into the Nine Heavens, directly piercing through the Dao-Asking Jade dome of the Nine Heavens.
Su Meier looked at Ling Tian, who was holding the Overlord Spear and slowly opening his eyes.
Immortal Artifact: Profound Immortal Overlord Spear — acknowledged Ling Tian as its master!