Chapter 18

Time was flowing toward the future, making hours days and weeks passes. Three weeks have passed already. Ye Qi accumulated a lot of Yang energy. Along with the suitable cultivation realm and the treasure that triple his cultivation speed, Ye Qi was advancing in the ranks with a speed that scared Ye Yan.

"Hahaha, amazing, you are greater than your grandfather."

Ye Yan laughed loudly in this realm as his spirit form danced around Ye Qi. Ye Qi has been here for three weeks, and he is at the peak of the Silver Rank.

Ye Qi, whose butt felt sore from sitting on the chair, opened his eyes and stood up.

"Whatever." Ye Qi cracked his back. As someone who has 9500 soul force, Ye Qi was at the peak of the Silver Rank.

"I should have looked for something to help me reach the Golden rank."

Ye Qi thought that it would have been better if he kept researching about pills, to see what to help him more.

However, it didn't matter. He had all he needs.

Ye Qi had been taking other advanced elixirs and pills. They were with the purpose of improving his physical strength.

Ye Qi's body has Silver rank toughness and strength now.

Because of his crazy speed at cultivation, Ye Qi needed some time to strengthen his foundation. Not to mention, he had gained a Time-Space skill after he had reached the 3rd star Silver rank.

That skill was << Elemental Freezing.>>

If he focused on a pure element around him, it would freeze. Not the element itself would freeze, it's more like it stops in time itself.

This skill works only on pure things, like water, fire, lightning and so.

And it consumes soul force depending on what is he trying to freeze, and how strong the thing he is trying to freeze. If Ye Qi tried to freeze fireball from legend rank Demon Beasts, it may consume all of his soul force. But if he didn't against someone from his rank, he would be able to do it with ease.

Ye Qi took a bottle of water from his storage ring, ignored the ghost of his ancestor, and lifted the bottle.

The water started pouring down to his mouth and Ye Qi drank as much as he can.

Once he was done, Ye Qi saw that it's necessary not to waste a single drop.

Activating his <<Elemental Freezing>> the water stopped moving. From his mouth to the bottleneck, the water was there, solid and transparent.

It didn't become ice, but more frozen in time.

Ye Qi took the bottle up, and put it down, before undoing the freezing effect.

The water flowed and fell back to the bottle.

"Amazing, how are you doing this." Ye Yan said, trying to figure out the secret behind such technique.

"Talent."

Ye Qi shrugged his shoulder and looked around at the illusionary trees and flowers.

"Elder, can you stop this." Ye Qi said. This place looked like heaven. However, it's not real.

"It only helps you to calm down."

"Whatever." Ye Qi sat down again on his chair. "Anyway. I have been curious. This place, to be here for a thousand of year, something must have been keeping it together."

"Oh, so you have noticed. As expected from someone from my descendants."

"Yes; what is it?" Ye Qi asked.

"A sword. It was left by the first founder here. And my soul is bound to the sword. So, it's keeping all together here."

Ye Qi smiled inside. He didn't show that on his face though. The sword that the elder is talking about was an artificial, a divine one. Its true potentials can appear in a higher realm.

"So, elder, you are saying that there is a treasure here." Ye Qi said.

Ye Yan nodded. Ye Yan didn't know that Ye Qi was guiding the conversation on purpose and that Ye Qi has found about the sword a long time ago.

"You see, this sword…" Ye Yan started talking about the sword.

Ye Qi looked with the corner of his eyes to the side.

He didn't know if approaching that sword was a good idea.

Ye Yan has just confirmed that many who wield it have died because of its lightning.

The one who was able to wield, who happened to be one of the founders of the Glory City, could only do so because he cultivated a lightning attribute cultivation method and could change the nature of his body to lightning. And he had died anyway because that sword had damaged his soul realm.

Ye Qi, knowing that he isn't like Nie Lie who was three hundred years old and had a very strong plot armour, though it's not a good idea to approach something dangerous. Ye Qi's dreams are about living, not risking his life for glory or power.

"Can I have a look?"

However, Ye Qi didn't mind having a look at it. And by it, he means its past.

If there is something or some secret way to control it, so be it. If there is something to learn from those who had to wield it, so be it.

If not, it would be preferable to take this sword once he reaches Spiritual God rank. After all, the sword, according to TDG, was a divine level artefact, and that in a higher realm.

There is no point in risking his life to get a treasure that may kill him.

"I rather not. That sword holds a very strong killing intent. It has its own soul. And I tell you, from killing many demon beasts, the sword has their souls absorbed to get stronger."

Ye Yan was showing his awe toward the sword.

"I will look from far. I will not get near to it." Ye Qi looked at his eyes. The elder seemed to be hesitating. Ye Qi said the magical words. "Please?"

"Fine." The ghost sighed and waved his hand, gesturing for Ye Qi to follow him.

Once Ye Yan waved his hand, the illusionary trees and followers started vanishing. Ye Qi's standing changed from grass to cold light-blue ground.

Looking forward, Ye Qi saw a sea with a bridge extending from their standing to one spot above the water. That spot, in its middle, had a sword. A blue great sword.

*Rumble*

The sounds of thunder and flashes of lightning were dancing around the sword. Ye Qi, who was standing from far, could understand why it is dangerous to approach the sword.

Not only the sword is there, but there were ghosts that looked like demon beasts, standing on the way of the sword. Just from here, Ye Qi felt the killing intent. Maybe, if he used Shadow Spirit void form, he can approach it. However, the hardest part would be standing in front of the sword and grab it, when it tries to attack his weak soul.

"You see why I told you it's not a good idea to approach it." Ye Yan said. That was absolute death.

"I just wanted to see."

Ye Qi's eyes shone in silver light as he looked at the sword.

Flashes of the past of the Thunder God's Meteoric Sword and its users were shown in his eyes.

'Fuck!'

Most of those who wielded the sword has died. Not only so, but millions had been killed because of it.

Ye Qi decided to look into its far of its past, in this world.

Ye Qi found a man, who was wrapped by thunder, using the sword. The power level of that man is so strong that he can kill a legend rank Demon beast with a thought.

"The Spiritual God of Lightning." Ye Qi murmured.

Somehow, Ye Qi felt the intent of the sword user.

The man was using the law of lightning, one of the laws that were used to structure this world.

Ye Qi suddenly found himself in a dark space, from his imagination, and flashes of lightning with different colours filled the mental space.

Ye Qi felt his blood getting hot, as he was focusing on the intent of the man, who was shooting lightning from his hand while holding and trying to control the sword.

Ye Qi felt that heat was rising in his soul realm as foreign energy was trying to invade his soul realm.

"Ye Qi!" Ye Yan yelled.

Ye Qi was snapped back, feeling pain and burns on his skin and insides. His body, literally felt like it was burned by lightning.

"Your body, it was like it was burning by lightning, just now." Ye Yan said.

"Ouch. I get it." Ye Qi said, with a hint of thanking in his tone toward the elder.

Just now, Ye Qi was focusing on the mental image one needs to find in order to cultivate the law of lightning. That was a result of him getting a hint from the Spiritual God of Lightning intent.

However, that was very risky. In order to cultivate the law, one needs a very strong body.

Most of those who cultivate laws have at least a toughness of Gold Rank.

Ye Qi's cultivation method allows him to cultivate the law of Time-Space.

But he has to wait at least until his body gets way stronger than it is now.

At least, a toughness of Gold Rank — toughness rank and not a fighter's rank.

Ye Qi lifted his hand and channelled his soul force.

The amulet he wore was spreading energy and heal his insides and outsides.

The treasure, not only it multiply his speed, but it can help him heal.

Ye Qi said. "Still, painful. But good"

Ye Yan, who was standing on the side, thought that Ye Qi was somehow attacked by the sword.

Ye Qi, on the other hand, had a hint of the lightning law. Qi patted his amulet and was thankful for it healing its body. Once it completes healing all of his insides, his body probably would get tougher because of the experience.

Ye Qi now decided to see if there is more to see from the other wielders of the sword.

Once he saw the past of the sword, he found that there is a limit.

The moment it set afoot in this world, Ye Qi can't see past it.

As it seems, he can't see its origins from the other realm since that was another time-space.

Ye Qi now concluded that his Eyes of Present and Past works on the Time-Space he is within.

Still, a great skill though.

Anyway, there was one interesting piece of information.

Ye Qi, while looking at the sword's past, met with a familiar figure.

Emperor Kong Ming, again.

Emperor Kong, who was known as a sage and a peerless genius, was practising with the Thunder God's Meteorite Sword.

Ye Qi could feel his intents while the elder practised.

As it seems, the emperor could tame the sword easily.

"Thirty-Six Stances of the Thunder God's Meteorite Sword. By merging the Sword Intent into the body of the Sword, the Thirty-Six Stances of the Thunder God's Meteorite Sword was unstoppable." (Basically a piece of spoiler for those who didn't read the novel)

Ye Qi heard the Emperor murmuring, and then practising.

Somehow, Ye Qi felt a strong intent that can cut.

That was Dao of Sword Intent.

Shouldn't something like this appear in the Dragonic Realm, as Ye Qi remembers that no one in this Tiny World could use it?

This should be too profound that it helps other Spiritualists in higher realms to reach the apexes of cultivation.

Ye Qi opened his eyes widely as he just now felt the sword intent that had fused with the sword in the past.

"I get it. Finally." Ye Qi felt high spirited.

The Sword intent was a really simple thing.

'After reading wuxia for years, I finally understand it.'

Sword Intent was like Killing intent.

In killing intent, you focus your intention on killing, which would make the foe feel fear, and sometimes, die.

In Sword Intent, you focus your intent on sharpness and the sword itself, which would create a cutting aura.

Where the killing intent if too strong can give a heart attack, the sword intent can cut an opponent.

It also makes the soul force sharp and can guide one in their cultivation.

Ye Qi could understand Kong Ming, who created the stances. That was some of understanding the Sword Intent of Kong Ming.

"What is this." Ye Yan exclaimed as he saw some aura wrapping Ye Qi. Ye Yan felt that Ye Qi's aura change around him. His soul force was so sharp that it could be named a sword.

Ye Qi took a sword out of his storage ring, and he started to wave it while making the same stances as Emperor Kong Ming.

When Ye Qi waved his sword, it felt too sharp that it would cut metal in half with ease. And that before it touches the metal.

"Is this, the legendary sword intent." Ye Yan exclaimed. As someone who lived a thousand year ago, he had heard about this. Very few could achieve this. One of them is a famous historical emperor who was known to be a peerless genius in an older era.

*Rumble*

A lightning bolt flashed next to the Thunder God's Meteoric sword.

All of the sudden, it flew from its place and floated, before stopping next to Ye Qi, who quickly activated his void form after merging with the Demon Spirit, in fear of being hit with lightning. However, what was shocking is that Ye Qi found the sword just floating next to him.

Ye Yan just floated away from the sword, carefully not to get near of his soul would burn.

Ye Qi felt the sword's soul communicating with the sword intent he had just made.

'It must be thinking that I am the reincarnation of Emperor Kong.'

Ye Qi understood it now. Since the sword was only tamed by that emperor, it must be thinking that Ye Qi was one of his reincarnations to produce the same sword intent from it.

What made Ye Qi sure of that the soul that resides within the sword wanted to make a contact with his soul realm.

'So, I have gained the way to cultivate the lightning law, a very strong understanding of sword intent, and the sword wants me as its wielder.'

Ye Qi didn't refuse an extra gift. He got out of his void form and held the sword. A blue aura of lightning danced around him.

Ye Qi, by using a lot of his soul force, can make the sword produce lightning, a very strong one.

"Now, that's good." Ye Qi.

"What! you tamed the sword!" Ye Yan appeared from nowhere and exclaimed his surprise.

Ye Qi only nodded as he fused the intent with the thunder sword, and he started waving it. Because he knew the stances that must be used with the sword, Ye Qi found that he can easily call the lightning. Just by waving in front of him, he could create a small arc of lighting, and he could make it bigger by using more soul force.

"Not tamed. He has chosen me." Ye Qi said. He then made another squatting stance, before he stabbed with the great blue sword to the ground, creating a temporary shield of lighting around him. Ye Qi, for sure, can use the sword.

The more he uses it, the more he understands the intent of Emperor Kong Ming. One can't underestimate this sword. After all, it is considered a divine level artificial in another world. He just has to train his sword intent, and the sword would be his bitch.

But for now, it consumes his soul force at a crazy rate. By the time Ye Qi reaches Legend Rank, he will be able to use the sword with ease.

Ye Yan opened his eyes widely. "Finally, a genius to regain the humanity ages." Ye Yan was amazed. He considered Ye Qi, at this moment, as the first genius he has ever meet in his life. Ye Qi, for sure, would grow stronger than anyone he met.

"I can leave toward the reincarnation cycle with eased up heart." Ye Yan said. His soul has

Ye Qi, who hear the elder, turned and stared at him.

"No need to thank me. Rest in Peace." Ye Qi said calmly.

"Brat!" Ye Yan clicked his tongue. "I'm not in hurry. I want you to draw some nude pics for me before you leave this place. I can't go to the afterlife with no regrets."

"You!" Ye Qi yelled at him, showing anger in his eyes. For weeks, Ye Qi didn't reach mental clarity because of the existence of this elder and has accumulated a lot of Yang energy. "But I can understand you." He gave him a pitied look. The ghost had been here for a thousand year.

"Don't be. I don't really need nudes. Some genius females had stripped here in front of me." The ghost shrugged his shoulder.

"For real? " Ye Qi rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"Doesn't matter." The elder said. "Just, make sure to take care of the Glory City."

The elder made a hand gesture. His soul started to drift away from the sword, unbinding.

"I understand you." Ye Qi said. "But what would happen to this place."

"The realm would stay without me. In some years, it would shrink and stay without me."

"Well." Nodding, Ye Qi lifted his hand and looked down. "Still, I need to say here for a day more. I need to heal my wounds and breakthrough to the Golden rank."

"I'll guide you until then."

"Whatever. I don't have much to do anyway."

Ye Qi went back to his chair to cultivate again.

Breaking through to a higher rank, after getting hit by the law of lightning, progressed smoothly.

Ye Qi's soul force has reached ten thousand. Because of breaking through to a higher realm, Ye Qi could feel the changes.

He could, without opening his eyes, feel the surroundings around him. As if it was a natural thing to prospect his surroundings.

Not only so, but his stamina reached a new level.

It was a known fact that a Silver rank demon spiritualist can work for seven days without the need to rest for a week.

A golden rank like him should be able to do that for a month.

'I wonder how about my sexual stamina.' Ye Qi thought.

He looked at his hand and shook it.

'I will do it with a woman and see how much stamina is there.'

Ye Yan looked at Ye Qi, who was looking at his hand. The ghost was stroking his bear, trying to figure out why Ye Qi is looking at his hand.

'He must be thinking of the responsibilities on his hand now. That's natural. With his talent, all of the lives in Glory City are on his hand.'

Ye Qi must be thinking of the heavy responsibility on his hands.

"Time to leave." Ye Qi didn't know what the date is. But he knew. The test is near, and he had spent enough time here training.

The accumulated Yang in him was driving him to leave, to get teased by Lanruo's chest, or checkout Shen Xiu. There was his cousin and Ning'er as well.

"You're going." The elder asked as he flicked his finger.

Ye Qi said as he saw a gate opening in the realm. "Sweet home."

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"Young Master, you are back."

Ye Qi, who just stepped out of the Sacred Heavenly Borders, found a Dark Gold fighter from the mansion waiting for him.

Ye Qi just nodded.

"Your soul realm, is it fine?" The soldier asked. Many who has entered the sacred borders have got out crippled, while only a few had got out.

"Can't you tell I'm fine? By the way. The yearly test for apprentice classes did it happen yet."

"No, it's tomorrow." The guard looked so happy. "Great news. The young master is back. You are going to be considered the Glory City's number one genies."

"I know." Ye Qi stretched his back and patted his amulet.

No one would know his real power anyway, not until the time. 'Sometimes, my genius, is almost frightening,'