In the Sword Tomb, Ye Chen spent nearly two days eliminating the effects brought by separating most of the Red Flame Spirit Flame's essence, regaining his vigor!

Little Phoenix Zizi was still digesting the Red Flame Spirit Flame, but it was clear that the little creature's aura was indeed in a state of significant enhancement.

With his mind at ease, Ye Chen began to ponder his own matters.

His cultivation had reached the Fifth Layer of Transcendence; his skin, muscles, bones, and blood were now starting to be infused with the Power of Transcendence.

At this point, even if his limbs were severed, he could regenerate them himself given some time.

However, Ye Chen didn't plan to try it.

This kind of thing is best left unexperienced. Even though Ye Chen was not afraid of pain, the thought of getting hands or feet chopped off made his scalp tingle.

Besides his cultivation, his successful Sword Body as well had undergone a refining process by the Red Flame Spirit Flame and was now progressing toward the perfect level of Sword Body.

The Red Flame Spirit Flame, having separated most of its essence, needed to be nurtured with the Taiyin Divine Fire Technique for a long time to recover to a degree where it could assist in battle.

"The speed of my cultivation improvement is quite fast, but the progress of forging the Unique Spirit Seal is still slow," Ye Chen murmured to himself, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with this aspect. If the Unique Spirit Seal could be forged, his combat power would take a huge leap forward!

"You should be content," Master Legs couldn't help but speak up, hearing Ye Chen's soliloquy.

What more do you want?

The Shattering Extreme Celestial Spirit Seal, cultivating the Heavenly Forging Seal Technique, and now, only five months in!

According to the design of the Heavenly Forging Seal Technique, to recast the Unique Spirit Seal would take at least three to five years at the quickest!

But Ye Chen was almost there in five months. The reason for not being able to completely nail it was because a pile of special materials had been integrated into the Unique Spirit Seal, turning that Spirit Seal Gold Lump even harder, thereby slowing down the forging speed!

Luo Qingyi also walked over, saying, "Have you thought clearly about the next direction?"

Ye Chen nodded in response, saying, "I still need to continue perfecting my Instant Void Swordsmanship; besides that, I need to allocate some time specifically to cultivate the Cyan Heaven Dragon Transformation Technique, and then quickly obtain the Fifth Layer's Cultivation Technique of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual!"

Luo Qingyi nodded, saying, "The path you are on now is getting broader and broader, which is a good thing, but also a bad one. You need to be aware of it and weigh it carefully!"

Initially, it was just the Nine Heavens Sword Manual within the Sword Tomb.

Then, he began to step into the ways of the Spirit Master, starting the fusion of spirit and martial arts.

Following that, he acquired the inheritance of the Dragon Race.

Subsequently, he also tinkered with the Phoenix Race's heritage.

And now, he got himself a Taiyin Divine Fire Technique.

Indeed, Ye Chen's path of cultivation had become enormously wide, but correspondingly, the broader the path, the higher and further the climb, the greater the difficulty!

"Elder Qingyi, I understand this principle, rest assured, for me, the sword is primary; no matter how eclectic my cultivation, ultimately, it serves my Sword Dao.

I want to blend all the exquisite arts and myriad great ways into my one sword!"

While saying this, a strong confidence flickered in Ye Chen's eyes.

Luo Qingyi nodded coldly, saying, "That alcoholic monk outside is looking for you; it's about time you went out."

Ye Chen bid farewell to Luo Qingyi and Master Legs before, with a thought, he retreated from the Sword Tomb.

The surrounding space was still full of cracks. Through the cracks, Ye Chen could sense that the rampant chaotic power outside had calmed quite a bit.

Just as he was about to leave, Battling Monk rushed in through a crack!

"Master of Wine," Ye Chen greeted with a bow.

Battling Monk folded his hands, offering an Amitabha Buddha to Ye Chen, then said, "Young Master, what on earth is going on here?"

Previously, he had addressed Ye Chen as Young Master Ye.

Now, he had directly changed it to Young Master.

Naturally, this was because Ye Chen had recognized his identity, thus addressing him directly in a master-servant status.

Ye Chen said, "I'm not quite sure either."

Battling Monk had merely asked out of pure curiosity; seeing Ye Chen unwilling to say more, he went straight to the point, saying, "Young Master, I need to extract a wisp of your life source imprint."

"Why?"

Battling Monk hesitated for a moment, then said, "The people from the Original Heaven have begun looking for you, Young Master; I need to take a wisp of your life source imprint, leave the Eastern Domain, and lead them away to another place!"

"Original Heaven is very powerful!" Ye Chen's expression turned solemn.

Battling Monk said, "The one coming now is just a Walker of the World from one of their families, and Original Heaven has a rule that only one Guardian follows each Walker. If the Guardian dies, the Walker must complete their mission before they can return to the Original Heaven.

So, we are preparing to... resolve that Guardian!"

Ye Chen sharply caught a wording in Battling Monk's sentence.

We?

Who else was protecting him along with Battling Monk?

Ye Chen took a deep breath, speaking seriously, "Master of Wine, I feel that I have the right to know the truth now!"

Battling Monk was silent.

Ye Chen continued, "Master of Wine, I know you are doing this for my benefit, but some things are only clear to me. I don't want to be so ignorant of your protection anymore!"

Master of Wine's hand rested on the exaggerated Buddhist Beads hanging around his neck, and after a long moment, he nodded, saying, "Young Master, your mother was the Walker of the World for the Yun Family, one of the Original Celestial Eight Great Families in Original Heaven's past era.

Miss fell in love with your father, violating Original Heaven's rules. Original Heaven was furious, and to protect you and your father, Miss bore all the wrath from Original Heaven, being imprisoned in the Celestial Dao Cage for life!"

"The place where my mother is imprisoned is the Celestial Burial Sea, correct?" Ye Chen's breath quickened.

In his childhood, he had been envious of others having mothers who loved them, and he had resented his own mother... But now, as he gradually approached the truth, his emotions had grown more complex.

"Correct, miss arranged for you in Celestial Burial Sea back then, not letting the people from Original Heaven find you. Thus, she set a plan leading Original Heaven's attention over to the Celestial Burial Sea area. But with the development of your Origin World, young master, a series of incidents have occurred, causing Original Heaven to become vigilant once again."

Ye Chen nodded, speaking in a low voice, "My mother is permanently trapped in the Celestial Dao Cage, so how was she previously able to appear in my Origin World... easing my crisis!"

Battling Monk said, "Mother and son are linked; Miss sensed your crisis, forcibly dividing a wisp of power, breaking the Celestial Dao Cage's shackles to enter your Origin World. This act cost Miss... half of her life span!"

"What?!"

Ye Chen's eyes widened, filled with intense tension.

What he had thought was ordinary protection turned out to be a sacrifice where his mother paid the price of half of her lifespan!

Ye Chen felt as if his heart was gripped by a massive hand, making it difficult to breathe.

"Master of Wine, when you mentioned 'we' earlier, does that mean my mother, she's going to make a move again..."

Battling Monk fell silent once more.

Ye Chen immediately knew his guess was correct, saying, "Master of Wine, I want to see my mother, take me to see her, I must see her!"

Battling Monk sighed longly, saying, "Young Master, calm down; Miss cannot meet you."

"Why not!"

"Miss was forced to swear to the Heavenly Dao back then, exchanging for some power to cover all ties between you two and her. The oath was to never see you and your father again; if she broke the oath, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Ye Chen clenched his fists, palms pierced, blood flowing.

The Celestial Dao Cage, the oath to the Heavenly Dao, imprisoning his mother!

Luo Qingyi also cannot leave the Sword Tomb due to the Heavenly Dao!

Ye Chen's veins stood out on his neck, eyes bloodshot, shouting in anger, "This damn Heavenly Dao, one day, I will cleave it with my sword!"

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