About one month before the stipulated date of the battle, there were already a large number of people who had arrived in the Central State. Just the number of the famous figures numbered tens of thousands. As for ordinary warriors, the numbers were uncountable.
At the same time, Jian Qingyang went into reclusion. Although he was arrogant, it was built on the foundation of his absolute strength. He was never blindly complacent.
His opponent was very powerful and this was a battle was one that he was not allowed to lose.
It was the home ground of the Human race, with billions of people watching. How was he going to answer to his citizens if he was defeated by someone from the Demon race?
Besides, once he lost, he would also lose the Divine Lord Royal Seal. From then on, the Central State Divine Territory would lose control of the seat of a Great World’s Divine Lord. It would be taken over by the Western Seas’ Demon race!
It would be an absolute disgrace to the Central State Divine Territory as well as to the Human race!
Jian Qingyang was determined not to let the Divine Lord Royal Seal be lost by him.
This battle could be said to be the most important battle in his entire life!
However, Jian Qingyang did not believe that he would lose. It was almost a done deal that he would break through to the next realm of the “Yang God Manual”, because… back at the sinkhole mystic realm, other than the “Yang God Manual” and the “Nine Nether Sacred Manual”, he had obtained a great treasure.
It was a broken sword. To be precise, it was a tip of a sword.
This sword tip was about a foot long. It was rusted and it looked like a piece of junk. However, from Jian Qingyang’s insight into the sword Dao and the pure Yang laws, he recognized the sword tip to be something extraordinary!
The reason why he remained in the sinkhole mystic realm for two decades was not only to gain insight into the “Yang God Manual”, it was also to use this sword tip to gain sword Dao insights.
Now, be it his sword Dao or pure Yang laws, he had reached an absolutely exceptional realm.
If he made the breakthrough this time, his strength would reach unimaginable heights!
When that happen, no matter how strong or eccentric Sha Hongxue was, he would not be his match!
The Divine Lord Royal Seal would be destined to remain in the Central State, and the Great Qian dynasty. It would remain in the hands of Jian Qingyang!
As such, after Jian Qingyang accepted the challenge, he chose to go into reclusive training.
Under the immense pressure of the battle, he wanted to use it as an opportunity for him to break through!
To ensure that he would succeed in his breakthrough, Sacred Empress Bai Yueyin went into reclusion together with Jian Qingyang, so as to aid his breakthrough to the final realm.
Jian Qingyang’s cultivation was initially not very smooth, but thanks to Bai Yueyin’s help, in which she gathered endless amounts of pure Yang energy, she managed to aid Jian Qingyang’s control of Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.
He and Bai Yueyin had been together for a long time and they had cultivated together all along. Bai Yueyin’s understanding of his martial cultivation was as good as his.
About three days before the battle, Jian Qingyang’s cultivation reached a critical moment.
At this moment, his insight into the pure Yang laws had reached an extreme. He entered an ethereal state in which he was in no way to be disturbed. However, as he was tightly sealed in a cultivation chamber, and with Bai Yueyin’s protecting him, Jian Qingyang had no worries about such things.
Jian Qingyang sat in the Central State Divine Palace’s chamber, while completely focused without any distractions. Pure Yang energy was spewing out from his pores, and after every complete circulation, he would absorb it back into his body. The entire chamber was shimmering with divine light.
Jian Qingyang had a serene expression as he closed his eyes tightly. He could feel that he was about to break through at any moment. He just needed to accomplish it in one concerted effort…
However… He never expected that at the moment he was making his breakthrough…
“Cha.”
A soft reverberation of a sword’s slash echoed. Jian Qingyang, who was in an ethereal state, nearly did not hear it. When he sensed the sword Qi coming at him, the feeling of pain had already come surging like a tidal wave from his chest!
At the most critical moment of his life, a cold sword had been sent straight through his chest…
He was in no way prepared for this. He wasn’t even completely aware of it…
And as such… a sword pierced through his chest!
Jian Qingyang opened his eyes in disbelief. Pure Yang energy exploded out of his body, tearing apart his clothes and skin and created chaos in the chamber. The energy in his body went into disarray, as it burst through his meridians, causing blood to spurt out of his mouth.
And in the midst of this chaotic energy flow, standing before Jian Qingyang was that familiar figure.