Library of Heaven's Path 2: Eternal Fate of the Heavens

The pit was shallow, only a little more than a meter deep, empty as if it was just a very ordinary hidden storage space.

However, having had the experience of entering the Ten Thousand Fox Well before, Zhang Xuan placed his palm beside the bed, and his Mo Blade Destiny Essence Power flowed out immediately without reservation. As more and more power surged, the ordinary pit suddenly shook and released dazzling light.

With a leap, Zhang Xuan jumped in.

Like the previous Ten Thousand Fox Well, what appeared before him was not a shallow pit anymore but a spacious room.

The room's layout was very similar to the previous Cultivation Room, empty except for a weapon rack with a Mo Blade placed on it.

"Is this also... Heaven Mandate Domain?"

Zhang Xuan was shocked.

He had suspected that Mo Baiye's residence might conceal a space or hidden compartment created by a formation, but he never expected it to be a Heaven Mandate Domain.

Although it seemed much weaker than the one at the Fu Family and the space was somewhat unstable, it was still a divine domain... This was something that could only be formed by the collapse of fragments of the heavens!

"No, that's not right..."

Zhang Xuan quickly realized, "Mo Baiye isn't the founder of Mo Blade Destiny, is he?"

Mo Blade Destiny, with Mo Baiye currently being the highest and having only practiced up to the third level, it was unlikely that even in death, with that kind of strength, he could form a Heaven Mandate Domain.

A divine domain, one would need to reach at least the fourth level or even higher to achieve that.

If the founder couldn't achieve it and was still alive... why would a divine domain form here?

Even though it wasn't large, it defied common sense.

Unless... Mo Baiye was not the founder of Mo Blade but was also a successor!

With a sudden "thud!" in his heart, filled with doubts, Zhang Xuan approached the weapon rack and casually picked up the Mo Blade.

Clash!

As soon as the Mo Blade landed in his palm, the room twisted, and a grayish stone figure emerged, wielding a Mo Blade without a word, and slashed towards him.

Zhang Xuan was startled and quickly dodged.

The Stone Man's strength was comparable to his, both at the Galaxy 2-dan Peak, using the same Mo Blade Technique, but the moves were different from those he had seen before, seemingly more profound than those practiced by Mo Baiye.

"Strange..."

While puzzled in his mind, Zhang Xuan didn't stop his hand movements and lifted the Mo Blade to meet the attack.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The Blade Wind howled as he fought with the Stone Man.

The Stone Man's moves were obviously finer than Mo Baiye's, both grand and intricate. They carried the elements of soul disturbance and fate destruction. Initially, Zhang Xuan found it a bit awkward, but as the battle went on, he gradually entered a transcendent state.

It was the same Mo Blade Destiny, yet the saber art demonstrated by the Stone Man had more human touch.

Indeed, human touch.

The saber art of Mo Baiye, which he had seen being used by Min Jiangtao, Mo Hong, and others, and had personally clashed with, was extremely ruthless, never leaving a back door, as if it would not stop until it killed its opponent.

Yet, the moves shown by the Stone Man were ruthless but contained softness, seemingly predictable but actually hiding mystery, leaving a life gate.

This life gate was a mercy for both the enemy and oneself.

Because if the moves were predictable, failing to kill the opponent in a fight was also a big taboo.

The obvious flaw in Mo Baiye's saber art was also the fundamental reason he had never broken through to the fourth level.

"Apparently, Mo Blade can be executed like this..."

The more Zhang Xuan engaged in combat, the deeper his understanding of Mo Blade became.

He didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly, his mind shuddered, and Mo Blade Water Flow seemed to undergo a transformation, becoming clearer and more substantial, oppressive on a spiritual level.

Fourth level!

He had actually broken through his understanding of the Mo Blade while sparring with the Stone Man...

With a loud crash!

As his insight broke through, the Stone Man in front of him, as if having completed its task, began to show countless cracks on its surface and then transformed into streams of pure Heavenly Mandate Vitality, rushing towards Mo Blade Water Flow.

In the blink of an eye, it was completely absorbed, significantly thickening the flow, but there was still a considerable distance before a complete transformation into the fourth level of Heavenly Mandate.

As the Stone Man collapsed, the Mo Blade in Zhang Xuan's hand disappeared, and suddenly the room in front collapsed, revealing a dark cave in front of him.

"What..."

Zhang Xuan looked perplexed.

He could understand a cave transforming into a Cultivation Room, but a Cultivation Room morphing into a cave seemed like a regression, no matter how one viewed it...

Proceeding slowly through the cave, he soon arrived in an extremely spacious cavern, dark and cold like a cellar never touched by sunlight.

Flicking his fingers, a spark ignited, and he could immediately see inside the cave.

The cave wasn't large, about thirty meters across, and at the deepest part of the cave wall, chains locked an elderly man covered in disarray.

He appeared to be over eighty, his skin sunken, and bones thin as kindling. Huge iron hooks pierced through his clavicles, nailing him firmly in place, his hair obscuring his eyes, hanging motionless like a crucified Christ.

Zhang Xuan approached with quick steps and gently touched him, only to find that he was still breathing. He drew the Cold Nether Sword and slashed at the iron hooks and chains.

Ding ding ding!

After several crisp sounds, the chains broke, and the elder fell.

Zhang Xuan caught him reflexively and then realized that the man's stature was extremely tall, comparable to Elder Bai Ye, but significantly emaciated, weighing no more than sixty kilograms together.

"Are you... alive?"

Zhang Xuan looked at him questioningly.

In the Heaven Mandate Domain, he had only entered the Ten Thousand Fox Well, where he saw only foxes. A living person... this was his first encounter, especially one imprisoned in such a dire state.

The other man remained motionless as if he hadn't heard him.

Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, then pointed his finger, channeling a stream of Heaven's Path zhenqi along the man's meridians.

Even after absorbing the zhenqi, the elder showed no reaction, as if this powerful healing strength was ineffective.

"Something's not right..."

A thought occurred, and Zhang Xuan operated the Mo Blade Destiny Essence Power, streams of Heavenly Mandate Vitality emerging and flowing into the man.

Soon, the frail elder began to fill out like a balloon being inflated, his skin and overall condition visibly improving.

"Heavenly Mandate Vitality was needed to restore his strength. Who exactly is this man, and how did he end up here?"

After infusing thousands of streams and seeing that the man had recovered considerably, Zhang Xuan looked at him again. Just as he was about to lift the man's hair to see his face clearly, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart and hurriedly stepped back.

The next moment, a sharp glint of the saber slashed straight towards him, landing where he had just been standing, immediately leaving a trench more than a foot deep in the ground.

"What are you doing? I just saved you, and you attack me?"

Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows, unable to hold back an outburst.