King of Assassins

Chapter 1274: Chapter 764: Major Event

A light breeze drifted by, the bed curtains swayed gently.

Gao Xuan slowly woke from a deep, sweet sleep. He opened his eyes, stared dazedly for a while at the delicately embroidered dragon-and-phoenix bed curtains that were lightly swaying, then sat up.

Beside him, the Peacock King was still in deep sleep, a trace of lingering bliss on her face. Her graceful, curvaceous body was like the finest white jade carved to perfection, yet possessed the unique vitality of living flesh.

After a bout of Yin and Yang intercourse pushed to the utmost depths, he had helped the Peacock King open up a path of cultivation leading upward.

Especially in the fusion of Divine Souls—her Pure Yin Divine Soul, tempered for a million years, obtained the spirit of a Pure Yang Divine Soul, allowing her Divine Soul to undergo a qualitative transformation and improvement.

There was also the Five Elements supreme Dao that Gao Xuan had imparted, which laid an incomparably deep foundation for the Peacock King.

Given time, with the Eight Desolates as her foundation, the Peacock King would definitely become a top-tier powerhouse on par with Yuan Qinglian.

In this union, the Peacock King had truly gained an immense benefit.

Gao Xuan was, of course, very pleased as well. Moreover, he had been storing up Power for far too long, like a bowstring held taut without pause. This release allowed him to readjust his own Divine Soul state.

For Gao Xuan, this sort of adjustment was more valuable than making progress in cultivation. It was a shift of state, letting him relax from that constant state of tension.

Ever since entering the Primordial Celestial Realm, Gao Xuan had always appeared composed, but in his heart he felt extreme urgency, constantly accelerating his cultivation and pressing forward without cease.

Even after refining the Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body, he had not been able to shake off this sense of urgency.

Only after harmonizing Yin Yang with the Peacock King did he finally relax, finally release that anxious urgency in his heart.

Gao Xuan rose and went to the adjoining bath palace, where, attended by a crowd of maids, he soaked in ten-thousand-year-old stalactite essence, then finally changed into his Netherworld Robe, draping a moon-white gauze robe over it.

After conquering the Eight Desolates, Gao Xuan had re-refined the Netherworld Robe, mainly to strengthen its indestructible attribute.

Having refined the Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body, his physical body was stronger than any Protective Spiritual Artifact. With the Five Elements Formless Divine Light guarding his body on top of that, he had no need for other Protective Spiritual Artifacts.

The best aspect of the Netherworld Robe was that it could never truly be shattered. For the Netherworld Robe was not actually real material, but a Special Spiritual Artifact that could conceal all external sensing.

It was like Netherworld Water itself, which was originally a supremely Yin, filthy substance. Only after being re-refined by the old turtle did that extreme Yin and filth cease to spread outward and become incapable of truly breaking apart.

The Netherworld Robe could be regarded as a special dark-yellow shadow that could block the Divine Thought and gaze of Earth Immortals.

After reforging it, Gao Xuan had strengthened the Robe’s Law of concealment. In this way, it could better block prying from external forces.

For Gao Xuan, a Netherworld Robe like this was already more than sufficient. There was no need to add any other transformations.

Once he was neatly dressed, Gao Xuan finally set off, bringing Ripples and Ice Soul along with him.

Four Seas City was very, very far away. On the invitation there was a small Array, and through this Array one could precisely lock onto the location of Four Seas City.

With this Array as a guide, reaching Four Seas City could not have been easier.

With a flick of Gao Xuan’s wide sleeve, the next instant they were outside the gates of Four Seas City.

Within Four Seas City there was a Grand Array for protection; outsiders had no way of entering directly. Even Earth Immortal powerhouses had to go through the city gate to enter or exit Four Seas City.

At the city gate of Four Seas City, those coming and going were lined up in a long queue. Ripples stepped forward and presented the invitation to the soldiers guarding the gate.

Seeing the signature "Earth Element Daoist Monarch" on the invitation, the soldiers were startled out of their wits. Anyone able to obtain such an invitation had to be an Earth Immortal powerhouse.

Looking again at Gao Xuan, he only had two maids with him. For an Earth Immortal, this sort of entourage looked rather shabby.

However, Gao Xuan’s bearing was clear and lofty, while Ripples and Ice Soul were one lively and one aloof; at a glance, they were obviously extraordinary.

The soldiers did not dare slack off, and hastily swung open the main gate, leading Gao Xuan and the others in through the central entrance.

"Wow, it’s so lively."

Since the day of her birth, Ripples had never seen so many races gathered together. After entering the city she was filled with amazement, and also quite excited and elated.

On the long streets of Four Seas City, there were ape demons tens of thousands of zhang tall, mouse demons only a few inches long, eagles and swallow-girls flying all over the sky, tree monsters serving as laborers pulling carts, fox spirits along the roadside hawking their wares, swaying their fluffy big tails, both wanton and glamorous...

Ten thousand demons gathered, yet the atmosphere was bustling and harmonious; such a sight was exceedingly rare.

There were plenty of demons in the Eight Desolates as well, but those demons there were all rough and belligerent. Whenever a group of demons gathered, they would inevitably start a huge brawl, beating each other bloody in life-and-death struggles.

In Four Seas City, myriad races congregated, yet there was a thriving, upward, friendly, bustling atmosphere that at the same time reflected order and civilization. This was something the demons of the Eight Desolates could never compare to.

Ripples did not analyze it so deeply. As a Spiritual Life born of Sword Intent, she innately loved order and civilization, and loathed chaos and destruction.

Upon arriving in Four Seas City, she instinctively felt happy.

Ice Soul did not care about any of this. She would not deliberately wreak havoc, yet she also had no concern for the myriad beings.

For Ice Soul, only Gao Xuan and Ripples mattered. All other living things were not worth mentioning, nor worth her attention.

Gao Xuan was also somewhat surprised by the bustling prosperity of Four Seas City. Such a civilizational aura required a powerful order to restrain it.

Within the Primordial Celestial Realm, there were countless Demon and cultivator beings, and every powerful lifeform possessed a strong individual will. To restrain these beings with order, and to maintain such restraints stably over the long term, required extremely great strength.

The Earth Element Daoist Monarch truly deserved the title of "the world’s number one powerhouse." Just from the prosperity of Four Seas City, one could see that this reputation was far from empty.

The bearing of the three—Gao Xuan and his companions—was extraordinary, naturally drawing the enthusiastic calls of many merchants.