The Sword God of the Universe

"Offend the Bai Xue City Lord?" Lv Yan's brows slightly furrowed.

More than a decade ago, the Lu Family, a Great Family of Lanqu County City, was virtually wiped out overnight, personally by the Prince. The event had greatly shaken the entire Lanqu County.

People only knew that the Lu Family had defied the Prince, but few knew the real reason.

"The Lu Family Patriarch had a son named Lu Tao. This Lu Tao, extremely domineering and oppressive, capitalized on his family's power to behave tyrannically in Lanqu County City. He was excessively lecherous, and the women he set his eyes on almost never escaped his clutches. Eventually, Lu Tao encountered Bai Xue and was astounded by her beauty and, true to his nature, immediately tried to take her by force. However, Bai Xue's strength far exceeded his, and even though he had many of the Lu Family's guards with him, he ultimately could not escape being slain by Bai Xue on the spot."

"After the son of the Lu Family Patriarch was killed, the Lu Family, of course, sought revenge. At that time, the Lu Family dispatched a large number of powerhouses to kill Bai Xue and avenge Lu Tao. Several powerhouses from the Lu Family's Dao Spirit Realm were mobilized, but Bai Xue, with her formidable strength, managed to kill several Lu Family combatants and, though wounded, escaped their encirclement. The Lu Family, unwilling to give up, continued their pursuit of the Bai Xue City Lord. However, the next day, the Prince was enraged and led the elites from the Prince Manor to utterly eliminate the Lu Family overnight."

"It is because of this incident that the news of the Bai Xue City Lord being the daughter of the Prince came out. Otherwise, even those Great Families wouldn't have known about it," Huo Chunyang said gravely.

Of course, although the news spread, most people didn't understand the specifics, only a few knew the full details of the incident.

"It seems that the Prince cares a lot about the Bai Xue City Lord," Lv Yan nodded lightly.

The Prince, if he did not care about the Bai Xue City Lord to a certain extent, why would he have eradicated the Lu Family, a family with substantial influence in Lanqu County, overnight?

Removing such a family had a huge impact. If it had not touched the Prince's bottom line, even the Prince would not have lightly acted against a Great Family.

This showed just how important the Bai Xue City Lord was in the eyes of the Prince.

"Whoosh!"

The Sky Swallow Car, whistled past.

...

In Donglin City at the Jing Family estate, within Jing Yan's separate courtyard, in his room.

"Jing Yan, come in!"

Jing Yan was about to practice the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill when Tianshui's voice suddenly sounded.

Jing Yan subconsciously looked around. There was no trace of Tianshui in the room.

"Come in?" Jing Yan was puzzled.

"Enter the Qian Kun Ring!" Tianshui's voice continued.

"Enter the Qian Kun Ring?" Jing Yan frowned, a look of surprise directed at the Qian Kun Ring he wore on his finger.

Originally, Jing Yan had unlocked the seal of the Qian Kun Ring and obtained the Heaven-defying Technique known as the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill. Naturally, Jing Yan knew that the Qian Kun Ring was extraordinary. But now, what did Senior Tianshui mean by telling him to enter the Qian Kun Ring? And how could he enter the Qian Kun Ring?

"Hurry up, let your blood acknowledge the ring's master," Tianshui urged.

Acknowledge the master by blood?

Jing Yan's gaze flickered.

Although he wasn't clear about the exact situation, he still did as Tianshui had said and made a small cut on his finger, allowing his fresh blood to drip onto the Qian Kun Ring.

A strange light briefly flashed on the surface of the ring, and then the red blood trace vanished without a trace.

"Hum!"

At that moment, he felt a change occurring with the Qian Kun Ring. On the surface, the Qian Kun Ring still looked dull and even worse than a regular Sumeru Ring. But Jing Yan himself could feel a mysterious connection forming between the Qian Kun Ring and himself, similar to how the Fog Vortex in his abdomen was connected to his body.

Then, with a slight thought

"Whoosh!"

Jing Yan's figure disappeared from the room.

"This is…"

After briefly losing all senses, the next moment, Jing Yan found that his surroundings had completely changed; he had arrived in another space.

In this space, there were even some plants growing—grass, trees, and flowers.

Within his line of sight, a simple courtyard was situated a few hundred meters away. Near the courtyard flowed a babbling stream.

A familiar figure stood in front of the small courtyard —clearly Tianshui.

"Come over!" Tianshui, calling out, waved to Jing Yan.

Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Jing Yan stepped forward and walked over.

At this moment, Jing Yan was undoubtedly very astonished because he guessed that this space was probably the Qian Kun Ring's space. However, the Qian Kun Ring was clearly not the same kind of storage space as a Sumeru Ring. While Sumeru Rings also had space, that space could only store inanimate objects, and living people absolutely could not enter it, let alone allow flowers and plants to grow.

The space inside the Qian Kun Ring seemed more like an independent small world.

"Jing Yan, you've guessed where this is, haven't you?" Tianshui, smilingly looking at Jing Yan.

"Senior Tianshui, this is the interior space of the Qian Kun Ring, is it not?" Jing Yan said.

"Correct!" Tianshui nodded, "The Qian Kun Ring is actually a small world, nothing like what a Sumeru Ring can compare to. Although the space of the Qian Kun Ring is not very large, it's well-equipped; this small world, in some ways, has no difference from the outside big world."

"Before you had stepped into the Innate Realm, you couldn't make the Qian Kun Ring recognize its master, so I didn't say much to you. Jing Yan, remember carefully, this small world, at any time, at any place, must absolutely not be revealed to anyone. Otherwise, you will undoubtedly die," Tianshui said solemnly, his expression grave.

"I understand," Jing Yan replied.

Now, Jing Yan couldn't quite fathom the terrifying value of a small world. But he could vaguely guess that this small world was definitely not something ordinary people could have. If someone knew he possessed a small world, then he, Jing Yan, would have no place to stand on the entire Continent.

"Enough talk! Follow me!" Tianshui spoke as he moved forward.

Jing Yan, quickly followed.

Moments later, Jing Yan saw three steles standing ahead.

"Is that... Martial Arts Steles?"

Jing Yan, of course, was familiar with Martial Arts Steles. In this world, Martial Arts, the vast majority, are stored in the form of Dao Power within specially made crystal stones that form steles. The Jing Family Treasure Vault contained many Martial Arts Steles.

However, the three steles now before his eyes were a hundred times larger than ordinary Martial Arts failures.

Each of these three steles stood hundreds of meters tall and nearly ten meters wide, truly colossal.

If these three steles were really Martial Arts Steles, then what level of Martial Arts were hidden inside?

Jing Yan took a deep breath.