One morning.
Ma Xiaohong told Xu Zhen all about her Physique Divine Ability in detail.
"I can heal injuries by consuming my lifespan."
Xu Zhen looked straight at her and shook her head, "I don't need you to use your lifespan to help me heal. I only need Jia Ge's three million flying swords."
She didn't use other people's things, let alone need help.
Even in Fuyao Immortal Sect, Xu Zhen did not accept favors from other cultivators. All benefits were just mutual assistance.
But Ma Xiaohong was different.
There was a Chen Xia between her and Ma Xiaohong. Just because of this, Xu Zhen didn't want Ma Xiaohong's help.
Maybe she was just petty.
Xu Zhen stared blankly at the entire dark starry sky. Her pretty eyebrows and eyes lacked any luster, her hair was a little messy, she suddenly pursed her lips, and lowered her head slightly.
She just didn't want to.
A woman's heart has its own reasons. Who could explain it in simple terms?
Vacillating and obscure.
In the Great Death Realm for a thousand years.
Not only the cultivators who obtained the Great Saint Opportunity rose, many other cultivators also made a name for themselves successively.
Although these cultivators were not top-tier geniuses, they were also first-class. In addition, they obtained other opportunities in the Great Death Realm, so their strength rapidly improved. They vaguely had the strength to fight against top-tier geniuses.
The current Great Death Realm seemed quite chaotic. With no supreme experts appearing, it was somewhat like demons running wild. Some cultivators might be slightly weaker in strength, but they made up for it with luck and gradually climbed onto the first-class level.
Apart from the continuous emergence of geniuses, killings were also endless.
Although there were less than 10,000 cultivators left in the current Great Death Realm, every one was a formidable figure who had obtained opportunities. Their methods of killing were not lacking, and they were good at reading subtle expressions to avoid danger.
Among them, a small interface had risen to prominence over the past thousand years and produced a genius.
Chen Xia recognized this small interface. It was the Huangli Realm that had brought him into the Dead Sea Galaxy. That rising genius was Qing Xia, the only genius from Huangli Realm.
Qing Xia sacrificed everything about herself in exchange for the peak combat power at the Heavenly Boundary. But she didn't perish. Instead, she obtained great fortune for herself, held on to half her life, then forcibly carved a path that belonged to her with the combat power at Heavenly Boundary peak.
If she could survive and return, she would most likely become the first Heavenly Venerable in the history of Huangli Realm!
Apart from Huangli Realm, there was also the Gentleman in White whom Chen Xia had interacted with.
In the past thousand years, the Gentleman in White had good luck and didn't die, so he also made some progress. First, his cultivation level progressed by one stage to the eleventh level of Heavenly Boundary. In addition, he obtained some minor fortunes, so his combat power was decent. But with around 10,000 cultivators remaining in the Great Death Realm, he was quite mediocre. He even dropped out of the top 2,900 rankings and entered the animal rankings.
There was nothing worth mentioning about the Gentleman in White. If he was in the animal rankings, then so be it. It was still better than dying.
After all, the cultivators still surviving in the Great Death Realm had all obtained opportunities and were not lacking compared to each other.
Although the Gentleman in White was not outstanding in the Great Death Realm, if he returned to his own interface, he would still be considered a great cultivator.
The current Great Death Realm was the biggest "silkworm farm" among all the heavens and worlds, where a group of geniuses lived and died fighting each other. Only those who could survive and return were considered geniuses of the heavens and worlds, even if they were ranked last!
Time flew by so fast in the thousand years. In the 1,200th year, news about the sixth Great Saint Ruins finally came out.
The executors of each interface used their secret arts and calculations to uncover a clue and determine the location of the Great Saint Ruins.
They belonged to the ruins of a Great Saint of Sword Dao, which was the most powerful in killing intent among the eight Great Saint Ruins.
This news immediately excited all the sword cultivators in the Great Death Realm.
Sword cultivators were already rare to begin with, let alone Great Saints of Sword Dao. There were hardly any even across all the heavens and worlds. Sometimes there were even fewer Great Saints of Sword Dao than Great Emperors.
Moreover, the fortune of Great Saints of Sword Dao generally lay in their life flying sword and comprehension of Sword Dao.
This meant there would be a semi-Immortal sword that was extremely close to a true Immortal Sword in the ruins.
This was the most powerful magic treasure in terms of killing intent across the heavens and worlds. This was the true value of Great Saints of Sword Dao!
If the top sword cultivators in the Great Death Realm could obtain the fortune of the Sword Dao Great Saint, they would be able to directly determine the winner and obtain the highest combat power in the Great Death Realm.
Even sword cultivators like Jian Er couldn't help getting restless. They stared at their life flying swords for a long time, then sighed, not knowing what to do.
"Let's go," Xu Zhen called out to Ma Xiaohong. She was ready to take action.
She wasn't a sword cultivator, and there were no rules stating that one must be a sword cultivator to obtain the Great Saint fortune. Moreover, she could just take the opportunity for herself.
Jian Er's eyes lit up in pleasant surprise. This way, he would also have a chance to compete for the Sword Dao Great Saint's ruins.
The news spread very quickly, and many cultivators rushed over.
The cultivators who arrived were all elites who mostly knew each other already and had fought against one another.
The Divine Realm Prince stood at the highest point. Around him within a radius of ten li were several other figures. This was the closest place to the Sword Dao Great Saint Ruins, so only top cultivators could remain here.
These top geniuses sized each other up and occasionally chatted a little to pass time, but their minds were on guard as their opponents for the upcoming fights stood right before them.
Within this situation, another figure entered within ten li.
It was Xu Zhen's group.
The top geniuses shifted their gazes over and paused briefly.
"You're not following the rules," the Little Heavenly Emperor said with a laugh.
Xu Zhen glanced at him but didn't reply.
The other top geniuses were somewhat surprised by this. After all, Xu Zhen's words were usually quite vicious in the past.
It seemed she must have lost to the Little Heavenly Emperor and didn't dare to retort cheekily now after her defeat.
"It is a bit against the rules. You and Jian Er entering here is nothing much. But that sword hugging girl, if I'm not mistaken, should be at the GloomDark Realm, right?"
The Little Supreme questioned, as his eyes landed on Ma Xiaohong. "By letting a GloomDark Realm junior step into the area that only top geniuses can remain in, are you looking down on us, or do you feel she has the qualifications?"
Ma Xiaohong trembled. She didn't dare talk back and quietly asked Xu Zhen, "Should I...leave then?"
Xu Zhen looked resolute and shook her head. "No need."
The Little Heavenly Emperor suddenly let out a cold laugh. "Heh! The sore loser can still act so arrogantly. This is the first time I've seen that. If not for reserving some strength, I'd definitely defeat you again now to completely crush your Dao heart!"
Xu Zhen's expression darkened as she kept silent.
Ma Xiaohong also didn't dare speak up. She hugged her bronze sword tightly.
Jian Er just stood to the side without a word as well. He was only a bodyguard. He didn't know anything.
"Don't think you can be mentioned together with me just because you've withstood the Celestial Realm's affection before. Now that you've left the Celestial Realm, you still think you can be compared to me?" the Little Heavenly Emperor mocked again.
"That's right. She's getting a little too ungrateful."
"Heh. Revealing an ugly side after leaving the Immortal Realm. Hardly fitting to be called a top genius!"
Mocking words kept coming.
Xu Zhen lowered her head slightly without speaking a word.
"Shut up!" A clear and loud shout sounded.
Ma Xiaohong hugged the bronze sword tightly to her chest and gritted her teeth as she shouted softly.
"Seeking death!" The Little Heavenly Emperor's expression darkened. He hadn't expected this little GloomDark Realm bug to actually dare yell at him. He immediately stretched out a hand and shot out a terrifying mystic art.
Xu Zhen was just about to make her move to block it.
The bronze sword in Ma Xiaohong's embrace suddenly cried out.
Behind her.
Three million flying swords collectively lifted their heads.
Billowing momentum!
At the same time, a loud sword cry sounded from the far distance.
A sword flash instantly traversed the star river in a flash, severing the mystic art.
When it landed and stopped.
It revealed half a flying sword!