infodatos Chapter 1010: Sageheaven Pagoda
Chapter 1010: Sageheaven Pagoda
Chapter 1010: Sageheaven Pagoda
At Seven Blood Eyes, dawn was the purest and most tranquil part of the day. The first stream of light that came from the east brought golden color with it, and it shone around the approaching female figure.
She wore a long white gown that was the perfect complement to her beauty. The rising sun behind her made her skin seem extraordinarily fair, like exquisite porcelain. She seemed clean, pure, and free of all worldly defilements. She was slender and elegant, like a supple willow tree. Her long, straight nose, rosy lips, and beautiful smile were as warm and gorgeous as the sunrise. As she approached, her long hair swayed behind her in a mysterious, intoxicating rhythm. Especially noteworthy were her eyes, which glittered like gemstones, and brimmed with pure, joyous light. She was like a butterfly slowly stretching its wings, with charm and loveliness that was almost palpable.
Ling’er missed Xu Qing so much that she had finally come to see him at the Seventh Peak. When she threw herself into his arms and breathed in his scent, her eyes overflowed with tears.
“Big Bro Xu Qing....”
Endless longing and worry had filled her, as well as an ineffable indecision, and all of that came out in the words she spoke.
A host of memories filled Xu Qing’s heart and mind when he heard her speak. He gently lifted his hand and stroked her hair.
“Why are you crying?” he asked softly.
“I don’t know.... I just feel like I’ve lost you, Big Bro Xu Qing.” She looked up at him.
He was quiet for a moment, and then he laughed softly. “Impossible.”
“Really?”
“Really,” he said with a nod.
Ling’er laughed through her tears.
Xu Qing looked up at Grandpa Ninth, who had not descended from the dome of heaven. Grandpa Ninth closed his eyes, settled down cross-legged in midair, and started meditating.
After some thought, Xu Qing decided not to go to the forbidden ground to check on his dreadnaught. Instead, he sat down outside of his mansion grotto and told Ling’er the story of everything that happened after he left the Moonrite Region.
Ling’er listened intently to all the twists and turns, and her emotions rose and fell as he went through the different parts of the story. When she heard the parts where Xu Qing was in danger, she got nervous. When she heard the parts when he won great victories, she got happy. Gradually, her worries faded away, and she became immersed in Xu Qing’s world.
As he recounted his tale, that feeling of indecision within her gradually faded away. It was replaced by a smile, and then, with a love of life and a hope for what was to come in the future. It was something unique to young women. It was the liveliness and excitement of youth, the pure manifestation of a girl’s dreams. She suddenly seemed like a flower blooming in spring, or the sunlight in summer, or the leaves falling in autumn, or the snowflakes in winter.
When Xu Qing told the parts of his story that touched on Erniu, she laughed and laughed, sounding like a gentle stream flowing through a mountain.
Time passed.
As Xu Qing spoke, the sky turned blue, and white clouds drifted overhead. Just like Grandpa Ninth had, they looked down calmly at what was happening on the Seventh Peak. Combined with the shining sun, it looked like a simple but elegant painting.
Eventually, Ling’er yawned. Then her eyes fluttered closed, and she fell asleep.
Xu Qing gently stroked her head to make sure she was in a deep slumber. Then, he looked up at Grandpa Ninth with a very serious expression. Clasping hands, he bowed.
“Grandpa Ninth, what’s going on with Ling’er?”
Huang Yan opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, Erniu jumped up, rushed over to Xu Qing, and laughed heartily.
“We’re finally leaving? Alright, let’s hurry up and get out of here! Having to deal with this birdman on a daily basis is really getting old. It’s high time I un-bird-en myself, I can tell you that!”
Xu Qing clasped hands to Huang Yan. There wasn’t a need for any parting words. With another bow to everyone else present, he threw the pagoda into the air. In accordance with his thoughts, it grew to a height of 300 meters tall, and also emanated a seven-colored glow. A magnificent will spread out in all directions as Xu Qing stepped onto the pagoda. Erniu followed, and as his sageheaven god vine glittered with starlight, he was admitted. Next, rumbling sounds filled heaven and earth as the pagoda pierced through the void and disappeared.
When it reappeared, it was above the Seventh Peak in Seven Blood Eyes. There, the pagoda’s main doors opened, and the sleeping Ling’er floated up and into the pagoda. Grandpa Ninth also stepped inside. He looked around, and his eyes flashed with amazement.
“This thing is incredible!”
Hearing that, Erniu laughed proudly. “I refined it!”
Grandpa Ninth ignored him.
Xu Qing bolstered Ling’er again, slowing down the changes to her cultivation base. Then he sent more divine will into the pagoda. As all the Seven Blood Eyes disciples watched, the pagoda flared with seven-colored light. Dazzling brightness spread for 5,000 kilometers, and then the pagoda vanished.
It moved with shocking speed out over the Forbidden Sea. Immense waves swept out over the water as the pagoda shot toward Emperor-Receiving Prefecture. Wherever it passed, countless sea beasts sensed the pressure of the pagoda’s aura, and they trembled.
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In Emperor-Receiving Prefecture, the Swordsage Court grand elder in charge of the prefecture was flying over the Supreme Arbiter Salvation Mountains. After passing the Everlasting Immortal Profundity River, he appeared outside the Spiritsound forbidden ground.[1]
Looking into the forbidden ground, he said, “Three days ago, a swordsage from my Swordsage Court was out on a mission when she encountered the wanted cultivator Li Zimei from the Supreme Arbiter Immortal Society. After chasing her into the forbidden region, they both disappeared.[2]
“Lord Spiritsound, things are different in Emperor-Receiving Prefecture, Sea-Sealing County, and the Holytide Region in general, compared to the last time you awoke! Therefore, I’m here on orders from the Swordsage Palace in Sea-Sealing County, demanding that you release these people from your forbidden ground!”
Natural sounds erupted from the Spiritsound forbidden ground, turning into sounds of death that swept out in all directions. The shocking power of the sound caused the entire forbidden ground to tremble. Waves broke out on the surface of the Everlasting Immortal Profundity River, all while a sinister voice spoke from inside the forbidden ground.
“Screw off!”
The Swordsage Court grand elder was shaken deeply as he fell back 300 meters. Face pale and eyes sharp, he looked at the forbidden ground. “That swordsage was named Qing Qiu, and she was a close childhood friend of Region Lord Xu Qing. If you insist on being stubborn, you’ll bring catastrophe down on your own head. And now, you can’t claim that I didn’t warn you!”[3]
1. The Spiritsound forbidden ground was first mentioned in chapter 269. More details about it were explained in chapter 347. ☜
2. Li Zimei was introduced by name in chapter 49. She was last mentioned in chapter 660, and last appeared onscreen in chapter 287. ☜
3. Qing Qiu was first introduced by name in chapter 355, although she had appeared onscreen before that. She first showed up as an adult in chapter 335, but her first actual appearance onscreen was in chapter 6. She appeared in far too many chapters to include references. The last chapter in which she appeared onscreen was chapter 543, though she was mentioned in a few chapters after that. ☜
Deathblade's Thoughts
By this point in the novel, the author has seemingly forgotten his original designations for the Swordsage Court, Palace, and Division. Because of that, this chapter is a bit confusing when you read it in Chinese. I’ve edited the text here (as well as in subsequent chapters) so that the continuity is maintained.