Chapter 1308: The Imminent Calamity with the Emptiness of the Five Prisons

By casting forth such a Five Senses Purgatory,Jiang Wang leveraged his advantage in the Divine Soul,instantly cutting off perception.But no sooner had the Five Senses Purgatory descendedthan he saw a sacred and resplendent ancient palace,descending majestically from the realm of the unknowable.Immeasurably tall, immeasurably wide,it pierced through history, steeped in the dust of ages.It was towering and profound, inviolable.

A realization dawned upon Jiang Wang's heart:This was Chen Siwu's Palace of Soul Nurturing!A projection from the Sea of Primordial Soul.

The prison walls manifest by the Five Senses Purgatory,falling upon this ancient, sacred palace,were like attempting to bind a fierce tiger with a few blades of straw—utterly futile and laughable!They failed to even stir a ripple.All five purgatories descended, all five purgatories were void.

Then, within this realm of the Divine Soul, Jiang Wang sawa sharp, feather-straight arrow flying towards him.He remembered this arrow, for he was facing it now!This was the arrow loosed by Chen Siwu's outer body,and it had simultaneously imprinted itself within the Divine Soul realm,body and soul coexisting.

Jiang Wang, of course, knew he was no match for Chen Siwu,but he still poured forth his utmost effort in the Divine Soul realm,to fully comprehend the strength of this Heaven's Chosen,a Divine Manifestation expert of the present age.Rousing the remaining power of his Divine Soul,he unfurled the Formation Map of a Lone Rider Charging the Ranks,yet his target was not Chen Siwu's Tongtian Palace or Palace of Soul Nurturing,but rather to draw this arrow from the Divine Soul realminto the Formation Map of a Lone Rider Charging the Ranks.

To use an offensive Divine Soul formation map for defensewas merely an attempt to slightly delay the battle,allowing himself to experience more of a Heaven's Chosen's techniquesin a safe environment.

But he only heard—Rip!

This half of the Formation Map of a Lone Rider Charging the Ranks was directly pierced through,and that feathered arrow flew on unimpeded,striking Jiang Wang's Divine Soul manifestation directly in the heart.

He suddenly opened his eyes,the arrow in the outer world likewise embedded in his heart.Then, swish, swish, swish!Three more feathered arrows, as if flying from beyond the heavens,nailed him in the center of his brow and both shoulders respectively.

This was the "San Lian" of the Five Shots!

Jiang Wang's form thereupon dissolved,vanishing from the Sword Discourse Platform.

Chen Siwu frowned. His opening move was the Five Shots;of course, he was facing his opponent in this blessed land challengewith a very serious attitude.Each time he faced a challenge, he knew full wellthat the Grand Virtual Realm was filled with countless powerful individuals.

But this opponent just now seemed overly weak.He had only encountered the opponent's Divine Soul techniques.This level of Divine Soul power was still a distancefrom the threshold of the Divine Manifestation realm...How did this person occupy Blessed Land Forty-Seven?Was this the true strength being displayed?Or was he injured? Or had his realm been shattered?

Setting aside Chen Siwu's doubts.

Jiang Wang once again lost the blessed land challenge cleanly and decisively,dropping to Blessed Land Ranking Forty-Eight, Zhang Long Mountain.This was expected and nothing worth mentioning.

Only the appearance of Chen Siwufinally gave Jiang Wang some understandingof the power levels in the Grand Virtual Realm's blessed land challenges.Because he was always being thoroughly defeated,he truly didn't know how strong those opponents were.

Chen Siwu, who could participate in the Yellow River Meet'sunder-thirty unrestricted event and secure a spot in the main competition,was already a renowned Heaven's Chosen under the heavens.His ranking in the blessed land was forty-eight.From this, one could roughly glean what sort of monstersoccupied the higher rankings.

Chen Siwu's strength should be inferior to Zhao Xuanyang's.Facing Jiang Wang's Divine Soul offense,Zhao Xuanyang's response was clearly more relaxed and natural.Although there was the factor of today's Jiang Wang being stronger than yesterday's,and perhaps Chen Siwu was more cautious when facing blessed land challenge opponents,from Jiang Wang's own perception,Zhao Xuanyang possessed greater dominance.

Thus, he couldn't help but wonderif he had ever encountered Zhao Xuanyangduring his fall from the Blessed Land of Dong Zhen Ruins to Zhang Long Mountain?Did that person participate in the Grand Virtual Realm?Did he assume a false name and conceal his techniques,or was it in one of those few challenges he missed?

As for another possibility...that he was ranked even higher than Dong Zhen Ruins,that did not hold true for Jiang Wang.

Especially after diligently studying Flame Flower Burning City,he could better recognize Zuo Guanglie's genius and power.At the time of his death,he already possessed strength that should be looked up toeven within the Divine Manifestation level.

After concluding the blessed land challenge,Jiang Wang pondered and wrote a letter to Zuo Guangshu,informing him of his safety,and requesting that the other party temporarily keep it a secret,not letting others know.Now that he had returned to the Eastern Region,he could finally attend to these matters, considering himself safe.

As for the Swordsman Ning, with whom he often connected in the Grand Virtual Realm,there was nothing much to say; their relationship was purely based on sword discourse,without that level of trust.After the negotiation between Qi and Jing concluded,he was still willing to spar with Swordsman Ning frequently.He was truly an excellent swordsmanship opponent,an extremely outstanding sword path genius...And that was all.

Finally, a single cloud crane was released,briefly stating his situation, and it flew towards Cloud Kingdom.Because cloud cranes were relatively less secure,the language used was intentionally somewhat obscure.But he presumed Fellow Daoist Ye would understand.

The days that followed were spent in cultivation.He also savored some local delicacies of Zhao,though unfortunately, those truly characteristic of the area were extremely rare.The most highly esteemed foods herewere all delicacies from Qi.Even the food was worshipped!

The source of all thiswas the former Prime Minister of Qi, Yan Ping'smethods of subtle infiltration,just like the "harmonious destruction" policy towards Yang.While in Qi, because Yan Ping had already left his post,living in seclusion in Bei Commandery, no longer involved in national affairs...it was difficult to feel too much.One knew that the elder was formidable, but not how formidable.

Yet in these countries influenced by Yan Ping,one could deeply appreciate the terror of this former Prime Minister of Great Qi.Under the strategies he formulated,Qi was a friend of time.The longer the time, the more secure its hegemonic position in the Eastern Region.

No wonder that even to this day,whenever someone criticized Jiang Rumuo,it was unavoidable to add,"When the former prime minister was in power, it was thus and so..."

Elder Brother Yan Fu is truly wealthy and powerful,enviable indeed!

After envying, he still buried himself in cultivation.Despite achieving the Heavenly Mansion,already the undisputed number one of the Inner Mansions in the present age,Jiang Wang continued his rigorous cultivation without pause,constantly striving towards an even stronger position.

The Heavenly Mansion should also have its limits,it's just that those limits...who should define them?If those of the past could define them,why could those of today not?Today must surpass yesterday!

After spending a full seven days in cultivation,which was on the twenty-third day of the ninth month, in the three thousand nine hundred and nineteenth year of the Dao Calendar.

On this day, Jiang Wang had just finished his evening practice,when his bed collapsed.Without warning, without any fluctuations of power,it naturally fell apart.This made it even more bizarre.

Jiang Wang, of course, did not fall,but he did feel a sense of unease.Because when he leaped from the bedand landed on the floor, the floor also collapsed.The guest room he was staying in was on the second floor;the wooden boards broke, and he directly fell into the room on the first floor.

A pair of startled, naked "mandarin ducks" on the bedscreamed loudly.

With a casual lift of his hand, Jiang Wangsupported the falling wooden boards, tables, chairs... everything falling from the second-floor room,placing them in a corner of the room.With another lift of his hand, he dropped a curtain,shielding the intimate scene of the pair of "mandarin ducks."

Then he stepped out, his hand on the door—That door, long in disrepair, also collapsed with a crash!