1321:Sparring In The Royal Palace
Right now, Qin Wentian was in the royal palace of the Evergreen Immortal Empire. The Evergreen Immortal Emperor has already announced the betrothal and Qin Wentian could now be considered a prince consort of the Evergreen Immortal Empire. Hence, it was only normal for him to reside in the royal palace.
Because of this news, discussions have been rife throughout the capital.
Qin Wentian and princess Qing'er could already be considered as engaged. This was an immortal couple, both parties with extremely high talent as well as extraordinary looks. They were simply a match made in heaven. After all, Qin Wentian was a core character in this adjudication battle and his efforts won them the victory. There's naturally no others other than him qualified to become the prince consort.
Naturally, the Evergreen Immortal Emperor was truly sincere by announcing this to the whole world when he is only at the immortal-foundation realm. To ordinary people, being at the peak of immortal-foundation was something that's considered very powerful. However, to the royal clan of the Evergreen Immortal Empire, it was extremely weak.
Right now, the Evergreen Immortal Emperor was currently in seclusion. During these three months, he learned that Qin Wentian actually had a source of Sacred Luminance with him and he used that to help the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord to baptize his body. The Vast Sky Devil Emperor was included as well and after that experience, he decided to return to the Myriad Devil Islands first as this place was ultimately not his territory. In addition, he had no wish to embroil himself in the matters of the immortal realms. He had accomplished what Qin Wentian wanted and Qin Wentian did give him what he wanted as well.
After the Vast Sky Devil Emperor departed, the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord and Evergreen Immortal Emperor naturally wouldn't leak the news of the Sacred Luminance. They were both in seclusion, trying to grow stronger at their levels.
In the royal palace, within a secret dimension, Qin Wentian was currently there.
Before Qin Wentian was an imposing middle-aged man whose entire body radiated light. The light around him actually all turned into corporeal law energy and underneath that might, Qin Wentian couldn't even move. The pressure was so heavy that he can't even move his legs.
"Come and try it again." The middle-aged man spoke, his voice like thunder, directly exploding within Qin Wentian's ear drums. Qin Wentian's silhouette flashed, he stomped forward, causing the earth to rumble as his entire body glowed with a divine light. God's Hand activated and materialized a terrifying ancient halberd as he pierced forth with his momentum. The shadow of a great roc appeared, intent on ripping apart everything.
However at this moment, a wall manifested before the middle-aged man. This resplendent wall was formed from law energy and the ancient halberd pierced right into it. The terrifying collision caused a shrill sound to echo out. Qin Wentian discovered that after his halberd pierced into the wall, the wall actually grew thicker and thicker and was pressing towards him.
"BOOM!" A huge burst of might slammed into him, causing him to be flung through the air. Qin Wentian borrowed this force to retreat and his steps were a little unsteady as he landed. He stared at the middle-aged man and shook his head, "I still thought that the distance between me and an immortal king wasn't so far away. To think that the distance is so great."
"Haha, have you fought with an immortal king before?" The middle-aged man asked.
"Mhm, with the aid of a supreme treasure, I managed to kill immortal kings before." Qin Wentian nodded.
"No wonder you would be mistaken. You might be very powerful after borrowing the aid of a supreme treasure, able to break apart their law domains." The middle-aged man spoke. "However, original combat is completely different from using treasures or divine weapons to fight. Many people have the false belief that they are very close to the immortal king realm but they are not true immortal kings at all. At my current level, law domains would be formed. The closer one is to me, the stronger my law domain effect would be. This is a qualitative evolution in terms of strength."
Qin Wentian frowned, he asked in a bewildered manner, "But at the peak of immortal-foundation, there are many who already came in contact with the immortal king gate, comprehending a trace of immortal king might. Among these people, there are some extremely outstanding ones who had also comprehended their law domains. But even so, I think I have the ability to defeat them but why is it so different when I'm fighting against an immortal king?"
He couldn't help but to think of Huang Shatian. A character like Huang Shatian was extremely strong, as well as the other participants of the adjudication battle. These people are all extremely close to the immortal king realm but among them, he and Huang Shatian are the two strongest. This was what caused Qin Wentian to have a misconception, he thought that he could already fight equally against ordinary immortal kings.
"Do you know about divine inscriptions?" That person asked.
"I know a little about it." Qin Wentian nodded.
"When you engrave divine inscriptions, you do so step by step. Before you reach completion, the divine inscription is already able to unleash some power. But when you compared that incomplete inscription which was lacking a step, to an already completed inscription, how great would the differences between the two be?" The middle-aged man asked.
A look of comprehension appeared on Qin Wentian's face. That's right, he naturally understood this logic as he was skilled in divine inscriptions. Before an inscription is completed, even if it was just a step away from completion, a miss was as good as a mile. If the final step was wrong, the entire inscription would collapse. It's the same for formations. As long as it is not completed, the might unleashed would be limited, unable to compare at all. It was a qualitative difference.
The middle-aged man saw the look on Qin Wentian's face and knew that he had understood. He smiled, "Cultivation is the same, unless you have completed that final step, your difference to an immortal king would still be exceedingly far apart. Only when your law domain forms completely and manifests a body of laws, you can be considered to have truly step into the immortal king realm. For the immortal king realm, every step to advance, is as tough as ascending the heavens. Countless cultivators are stuck at the boundary of the peak of immortal-foundation, unable to complete that final step.
"I've learned much." Qin Wentian bowed.
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded. Given Qin Wentian's status, there was no need for him to bow at all. This young man Qin Wentian, not only does he have outstanding talent, he didn't put on any airs of arrogance at all. This was extremely rare, no wonder the great emperor would betroth Princess Qing'er to him.
"You will learn about this from others sooner or later, I'm merely letting you know earlier. Wentian, there's no need for you to be so polite, let's continue sparring. I know you have not unleashed your full strength yet. I also wished to see you in your strongest state, and check if you really do have the ability to threaten immortal kings." The middle-aged man laughed.
"Right." Qin Wentian nodded as his eyes gleamed with excitement. After that a storm of law energy manifested from his body. His silhouette flashed as he sped forward, clashing against the immortal king again.
For a period of time, the sounds of clashing filled the air. Although Qin Wentian was still unable to defeat the middle-aged man, he could continue persisting with difficulty. But even so, this made the middle-aged immortal king secretly impressed. This was the first time he encountered such a powerful immortal-foundation character.
After that, inside the secret dimension, Qin Wentian sparred against different immortal kings.
This was an order given by the Evergreen Immortal Emperor, to allow some immortal kings in the royal palace to spar against Qin Wentian, allowing Qin Wentian to experience the immortal king level personally. Such preferential treatment, even the disciples of some major powers, might not be able to enjoy it.
Now, the next level before Qin Wentian was the immortal king realm. Hence, the Evergreen Immortal Emperor decided to make this arrangement.
Today, an immortal king appeared once again before Qin Wentian. This immortal king was extremely young, he must have been pretty young when he broke through to the immortal-king realm, thus retaining his looks. He was also different from the other immortal kings which sparred with Qin Wentian before. There was a streak of arrogance in the bones of this young immortal king.
"The emperor has given the order, telling immortal kings to spar against you. Before this, you should have fought with quite a number of immortal kings, right?" That young immortal king asked.
"Mhm." Qin Wentian nodded.
"Fine then. Make your preparations. Since this is to train you, I won't show you any mercy." That young man spoke. Qin Wentian's eyes flashed, 'won't show you any mercy,' what does that mean exactly?
However, he didn't ask. He steadied his spirit and made his preparations to battle.
"Bzz~" A cold wind gusted by and instantly, the space was filled with wind law energy. The silhouette of the young immortal king vanished. Qin Wentian's aura erupted forth as his art of truth gleamed in his eyes. He could see a shadow rapidly shuttling about.
Fast, simply too fast. The immortal king's wind domain greatly boosted his speed, causing it to reach an inconceivable level.
A beam of sword light followed the gusts of the wind, like a terrifying bolt of lightning. The gusts of wind by themselves are already extremely sharp and now with sword qi embedded within, what sort of speed and sharpness would it reach?
Qin Wentian was fully focused. The phantom of a divine turtle appeared as demonic qi gushed forth from him, permeating the area.
"Puchi!" The divine turtle's phantom directly crumbled and as that sword beam continued forth, Qin Wentian blasted out God's Hand, managing to block the attack with great difficulty.
"Chi, chi..." That grey shadow unceasingly stabbed forth with his finger. At this instant, the windstorm surrounding Qin Wentian had actually completely meld with the sword qi. This was a windstorm which was capable of killing.
Qin Wentian's expression grew heavy. A tyrannical aura gushed forth from him as his perfect saint-grade immortal-foundation appeared. A countless number of ancient characters sprang out around him, revolving protectively, exuding an overwhelming suppressive pressure which emanated in all direction. However, that windstorm was too intense and too sharp, tearing apart the ancient characters with ease as it proceeded forward.
"I have to break out of it." Qin Wentian's eyes flickered. There was simply no way for him to fight when surrounded by the windstorm. His eyes flashed with the art of truth as he launched his attacks towards the weakest point of the windstorm.
"OPEN A PATH UP!" God's Hand divine light exploded forth, destroying everything. But at this moment, the grey shadow appeared as the young immortal king materialized, stabbing his finger at Qin Wentian. In that very instant, boundless gusts of wind followed the direction of that finger strike, all of them slamming with ferocity towards Qin Wentian.
But as he attacked, a figure suddenly appeared inside the secret dimension.
"Halt!"
"What are you doing?!"
A violent shout rang out but that attack has already been unleashed. Qin Wentian's attack was completely decimated as the remnants of energies slammed into his body, sending him flying through the air. He coughed out blood as his countenance paled. He could feel the remnant energies ravaging the interior of his body.
The windstorm dissipated at that moment. The young immortal king merely laughed as he stood with his hands behind his back. He stared at the person who appeared and spoke, "The emperor has commanded us to spar with him. Hence, I came by to do so. Why are you so nervous?"
"You've entered the immortal king realm for such a long time and are already proficient in many kinds of law domains. What cultivation realm is he at? Fighting like this against him, you call that a spar?" That person who came by was none other than the Crimson-eyed Marquis, the husband of Princess Changping, the aunt of Qing'er.
"If he is so weak, why still get the immortal kings to spar with him? Is there even any meaning to it?" That young man didn't even give face to the Crimson-eye Marquis. He laughed coldly before stepping out of the secret dimension!
