The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1561: Chapter 1561: Is Ku Jixie Dead?

A group of Martial Artists stared at Jing Yan in shock.

Jing Yan also smiled at the crowd.

”What, does no one remember me?” Jing Yan said with a smile.

”Lord Jing Yan, you... you’re not dead?” A Divine Sovereign Martial Artist exclaimed with mixed emotions, trembling.

”Isn’t that obvious? If I were dead, how could I appear here?” Jing Yan spread his hands, deliberately widened his eyes.

”Haha, Lord Jing Yan isn’t dead! Lord Jing Yan is alive!”

”Jing Yan God Emperor, you haven’t shown up for over eight thousand years. We... we thought you had fallen.” Everyone became elated.

”General Shi Tai! Lord Jing Yan has returned!”

General Shi Tai, the person in charge of Iron Wall Castle, also heard the commotion and quickly flew out from a building. His expression was just as remarkable upon seeing Jing Yan.

”General Shi Tai!” Jing Yan cupped his hands in respect to Shi Tai.

”Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, you... you have returned?” Shi Tai trembled slightly.

Shi Tai, like others, believed Jing Yan had long died. Even the Heavenly Venerates had concluded that Jing Yan was assassinated by Demon King Kujixie, let alone ordinary Martial Artists. Besides, Jing Yan had not shown up for over eight thousand years. If Jing Yan had survived, why hadn’t he appeared for such a long time?

Now that Jing Yan returned, all previous speculations were naturally invalidated.

”Yes, I have returned!”

”Over these eight thousand years, I was transported by Demon King Kujixie’s Demon Artifact Death Hand to outside the God Burying Domain and almost died at Kujixie’s hands. But I was lucky and ultimately survived.” Jing Yan nodded and said.

”That’s great! Truly wonderful! If the Heavenly Venerates know that Fellow Daoist Jing Yan is still alive, they’ll be overjoyed. You don’t know, when the Sky Demon Clan assassinated you, the Heavenly Venerates were furious and even held a special meeting in the Heavenly Venerate Hall to discuss how to respond to the Sky Demon Clan. Several Heavenly Venerates simultaneously pressured the Sky Demon Clan, and finally, the Sky Demon Clan conceded.” General Shi Tai knew more than the average Martial Artist.

”General Shi Tai, let’s talk inside.” Jing Yan suggested.

Jing Yan and Shi Tai entered a room. Shi Tai recounted to Jing Yan the events of the past. From a broader perspective, the Human Clan might have launched a large-scale war against the Sky Demon Clan back then.

”I did cause everyone trouble.” Jing Yan sighed.

”By the way, I need to contact Ruchen Venerable now.” Jing Yan said and then took out the special token Ruchen Venerable had left him.

”Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, you probably won’t be able to reach Ruchen Venerable. As far as I know, Ruchen Venerable has already gone to Sky Creation City.” General Shi Tai said.

Using a special token, Martial Artists can indeed communicate from extremely distant places. However, Sky Creation City is clearly too far from the Human Territory. Even using a special token, it’s impossible to contact him.

Upon hearing Shi Tai’s words, Jing Yan still attempted it. The result was exactly as Shi Tai had said.

Jing Yan recalled that when he met Ruchen Venerable on Nine Realms Star, Ruchen Venerable had mentioned Sky Creation City and said he would try to secure a spot for him to enter the Chaos Secret Realm. If he could enter the Chaos Secret Realm, he might ascend directly into the Heavenly Venerate Realm.

”General Shi Tai, is the Chaos Secret Realm about to open?” Jing Yan shifted his gaze to ask.

”I don’t have much detailed information, but the Chaos Secret Realm should be opening soon. Otherwise, our human Heavenly Venerates would not be leading some of the most outstanding Divine Emperor Martial Artists to Sky Creation City. It seems that three Heavenly Venerates are leading the team this time, including Ruchen Venerable.” General Shi Tai nodded.

”Yes, Ruchen Venerable mentioned the Chaos Secret Realm to me.” Jing Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, ”I only have Ruchen Venerable’s special token; I can’t contact the other Heavenly Venerates. General Shi Tai, I’d like you to spread the news that I am alive.”

”That’s simple. Iron Wall Castle is critically important, and at any time, there’s at least one Heavenly Venerate overlooking Iron Wall Castle. For the past tens of millions of years, it’s been Wuyou Venerable guarding it. I’ll send a message to Wuyou Venerable right away. Once Wuyou Venerable gets this news, the other Heavenly Venerates will soon be informed as well.” Shi Tai agreed without hesitation.

”Alright, let’s proceed that way. Over here in the God Burying Domain, the Sky Demon Clan should remain relatively quiet for a short time, so I don’t need to stay here longer. I plan to set off for Sky Creation City immediately, so I bid you farewell.” Jing Yan stood up and cupped his hands toward Shi Tai again.

”Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, you are going to Sky Creation City?” Shi Tai was slightly surprised, then realized and said, ”Of course, with Fellow Daoist Jing Yan’s talent, if you can enter the Chaos Secret Realm, there’s a high hope of ascending directly into the Heavenly Venerate Realm.”

Jing Yan smiled and said, ”Farewell!”

”Fellow Daoist Jing Yan, until we meet again!” Shi Tai returned the gesture.

Because the exact opening time of the Chaos Secret Realm was uncertain, Jing Yan could only try to avoid wasting time. After leaving Iron Wall Castle, he headed at the fastest speed toward the Chaos depths, to the location of Sky Creation City.

The existence of Sky Creation City might be unknown to ordinary human Martial Artists. However, among the human leadership, Sky Creation City is not a particularly secret place. Even some ordinary God Lords may have heard about Sky Creation City.

When Ruchen Venerable mentioned the Chaos Secret Realm, Jing Yan had specifically looked into it. Therefore, he knew the location of Sky Creation City.

Meanwhile, several human Heavenly Venerates’ phantom images were present inside the Heavenly Venerate Hall.

There were seven Heavenly Venerates’ phantom images projected inside, including Ren Jiang Venerable and Wuyou Venerable.

The faces of the Heavenly Venerates appeared somewhat peculiar.

They had just received an alarming piece of news that Demon King Kujixie of the Sky Demon Clan was dead.

Even the death of a relatively weak Demon King is a significant matter for the Human Clan, let alone such a powerful Demon King like Kujixie. If Ren Jiang Venerable were to die, the Sky Demon Clan’s leadership would certainly gather immediately to discuss it.

The Human Clan had spies within the Sky Demon Clan. As soon as the Sky Demon Clan’s leadership received the news of Demon King Kujixie’s death, the Human Clan followed suit and received this startling news.

”Kujixie, is he really dead?” A Heavenly Venerate spoke uncertainly, ”Could this be a smoke screen deliberately released by the Sky Demon Clan? They might be hatching some conspiracy again. If that’s the case, we need to be cautious.”

”Hmm, indeed! Especially since this period coincides precisely with the impending opening of the Chaos Secret Realm, our Human Clan has three Heavenly Venerates who have gone to Sky Creation City. The Sky Demon Clan might use this timing to concoct some schemes!” Ren Jiang Venerable said, focusing tightly.