Vol 2 Chapter 17 (1/2)

Chapter 17: The Ascension Goddess

The Ascension Goddess coyue, come over my side”

Shen Xingyue pursed her lips lightly as she looked at Yi Ping

Yi Ping was looking at her with pleading eyes as he yue…”

As Shen Xingyue looked into his eyes, all of a sudden she re!

She turned and looked icily at the Ascension Goddess and said, “I refuse to”

The Ascension Goddess was soet about your celestial oath?”

Shen Xingyue said coldly, “No, I didn’t But you are not the only Supreme Celestial in this place”

The fourat the same time, “If there are other Supreme Celestials from the Ascension Sect here, how come we do not know?”

The Ascension Goddess asked, “Explain?”

Shen Xingyue looked icily at thee that I am now also a Supreme Celestial?”

The priest with a curly beard interrupted, “Not everyone can be Supreme Celestial They are picked even before they are initiated into the Ascension Sect”

The other priest with a broad face sht Mere claims are pointless”

But the Ascension Goddess said coolly, “That’s right She is a Supreme Celestial”

The four priests were startled, “She is a Supreme Celestial? How can it be?”

Even Yi Ping was startled as he thought, “Xingyue is a Supreme Celestial I didn’t know about it…”

Shen Xingyue pointed towards Yu’Er and Mei’Er, “Earlier, you seenized them too from your startled expressions Maybe there are still doubts in your heart but I a to clear your doubts for you You are not mistaken at all They are the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis heaven Goddess”

The Ascension Goddess and the four priests were startled These two maidens were the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect?

The Suprehly attained celestials in the Ascension Sect They were very mysterious and were rarely ever seen by the other Ascendants, preferring to cultivate their state of divinity alone

It was because the Supreme Celestials were all Golden Celestials who had aler in the lower realer was not because they could not forsake the lower realm but because they could not ascend!

They had taken a more arduous and more perilous divine practice that was a secret even in the Ascension Sect Through occult divination, the few Ascendants that were chosen to be a Supreme Celestial were told that they could only ascend if they had a divine sword to aid them That was their destiny

But in order to transether, they must first attain the Divine Harmony

Needless to say, the Dark Enchantress, the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess were all ordained Supreme Celestials

When the Ascension Goddess had just transyue had just joined the Ascension Sect She was given the Perpetual Darkness and was told that she could be a future Supreme Celestial once she had successfully cultivated as a Golden Celestial As a Golden Celestial, she had the right to claim to be a Supreme Celestial!

By the tiyue the Dark Enchantress was already a highly attained First Celestial But when she tried to look for the White Sage to warn him, she was almost killed by the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses as she plunged into a deep ravine Even though she had survived the fall but she had also lost her divine sword This caused her state of divinity to remain almost in stasis for a thousand years! Without the Perpetual Darkness, even if she could reach the Ascend Level, she could not ascend; her path of practice was very different from the other celestial practitioners!

However a thousand years later, she chanced upon the Blue Heavens Divine Sword and the characteristics of this divine sere almost similar to the Perpetual Darkness However, it was in the hands of Zuo Tianyi the Protégé Leader of the Infinity Sword Clan Divine Swords were rare enough but divine swords with similar characteristics were even rarer!

As she did not know the whereabouts of the Perpetual Darkness, she took possession of the Blue Heavens Divine Sword from Zuo Tianyi

As for the Eclipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses, they were a the first Ascendants of the Ascension Sect and they were also some of the first celestials in the lower realm to be awakened Their divine swords the Axis Heavens and the Eclipse Heavens, for reasons that were only known to them were sealed in a forbidden sanctuary Because of that, they could not ascend and had to endure countless tribulations until they could find two suitable divine swords that were identical to the Axis Heavens and the Eclipse Heavens!

The Ascension Goddess looked at Yu’Er and Mei’Er cri that it was the true

But she soon sratulations on obtaining your divine swords”

It was as though she could see through their scabbards and identified their divine swords that were sheathed within

Yu’Er hummed coldly as she adjust her black velvet dress, “That is the past now I am now the Jade Sword Fairy and my divine sword is called the Harp Whisperer”

Mei’Er said nonchalantly, “Like er any Axis Heaven Goddess My fraternity name is Beautiful Sword Fairy and my divine sword is named the Lyrical Whisperer”

The Ascension Goddess smiled, “No matter Can I see your divine swords?”

Yu’Er said coldly, “Your malevolent air is too heavy and my divine sword reacts badly to evil You are supposed to be a highly attained celestial yet you have killed soyour retributions and suffers during your tribulations?”

Mei’Er looked at Ascension Goddess and at the four priests, “You are all highly attained celestial Are you going to throay all your hard earned attainment just like that? Just because you want to dominate over the others?”

Yi Ping said solemnly, “You shouldn’t kill the, it takes a thousand years to cultivate to a new state of divinity but it only takes a day to destroy all that you have achieved It is never too late to repent”

The Ascension Goddess appraised Yi Ping for a while before she broke into a slow s concern for your enemy? Isn’t this laudable?”

Yi Ping remained unhly attained celestial like you will surely understand that evil will never triuood”

The Ascension Goddess seeave an alh, “You don’t have to worry about me These men that we have killed deserved their sorry fates Their deaths are just a small retribution for them My Purity Spirits Heart Intricacy is able to cleanse the taint of their iht?”

She winked at Yi Ping

Yi Ping caught her wink and he had noticed thatat hi…for you…”

The Ascension Goddess turned and said to Shen Xingyue, “So you are adaroup?”

Shen Xingyue said coolly, “Isn’t this obvious?”

The Ascension Goddess sht is inevitable, it seems I have never expected that I would have roup really intrigues me Three Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect, two Ancient Celestials and seven divine swords Thisunprecedented!”

Xi, She Weilun, the four priests and the two division clan leaders of the Do Aura Clan were startled when they heard her proclamations!

Xi and She Weilun looked at each other silently There was another Ancient Celestial? This group possessed seven divine swords!?

The Ascension Goddess glanced at the Universal Old Man, saying “You are not an ordinary old man for sure You are an Ancient Celestial? When I unsheathe my divine sword, any ordinary y already But you didn’t flinch at all”

The Universal Old Man pretended to cough as though he was afflicted by a sickness

She glanced at Lingfeng and winked, “The saoes for you too Am I unlucky or what to have encountered two Ancient Celestials?”

The four priests stared at the Universal Old Man and Lingfeng

Xi and She Weilun had already known that the Universal Old Man was an Ancient Celestial They were surprised that the alluring maiden that they had seen was also An Ancient Celestial! No wonder she looked so confident and was not cowed by the martial display of the Ascension Goddess!

Lingfeng stole a glance at the Universal Old Man, “So what are you waiting for? She has already discovered your identity”

The Universal Old Man s, “Soroup looks like the perfectly sneaky type”

Lingfeng knew that he was trying to conserve his martial power for his tribulations and for the Stellar Sanctuary But when they were in trouble, he would surely intervene So she nodded gently in approval

But she shot a taunt at the Ascension Goddess, “So you are afraid now and is thinking of backing off now? Good, it is not a disgraceful thing to admit defeat”

The four priests were alarmed and they quickly said, “Ascension Goddess, we are willing to lay our lives for you There is no need for someone as esteem as you to take any unnecessary risks…”

The Ascension Goddess interrupted theently, “The Dark Enchantress is a Supreme Celestial The whole lot of you may not even be herthe Golden Celestials, there are different tiers If I am to put a tier to her, then her attainment and martial skills are on the same class as me”

She paused briefly before s, “And this maiden is obviously an Ancient Celestial…”

Lingfeng hummed coldly in return

The Ascension Goddess smiled wryly, “I know my physical limitations and there is no real cause for alarm”

The four priests sighed secretly for they knew that the Ascension Goddess had already made up her mind!

The Ascension Goddess put her foot gently on the stone pavement Immediately, the stone stabs beneath crackled in a forty foot radius! Her internal strength was astonishi+ng!

At the same time, she had already removed her hairpin that was tied into bun on top of her head and reolden silk dress with circular insignia underneath!

Lingfeng and the Universal Old Man ily, “The Celestium Silk!”

It was because they had recognized the only known place where the Celestium Silk could be found was in the Stellar Sanctuary! This material was impervious No wonder she had no fear of them!

There was only two known Celestium Silk that was ever found in the Stellar Sanctuary and the celestials had fought bitterly over it That included the Heaveness and the Universal Old Man The last time a Celestium Silk was found in the Stellar Sanctuary, more than one hundred of the ht over it

Two of the lucky survivors of that bitter fight were the Heaveness and the Universal Old Man The Universal Old Man did not know that the Heaveness had secretly obtained it and had hidden it

The current whereabouts of the two known Celestium Silk was never known, until now

The only difference between the two Celestium Silks was that the one the Heaveness had hite while the one that the Ascension Goddess had was golden

The Universal Old Man could not resist asking, “Did you get it froiven it to you?”

Xih this was the first ti from the startled expressions of both the Ancient Celestials and at the mention of the Stellar Sanctuary, he iht divine artifact!

Therefore his eyes began to look greedily at the Ascension Goddess as he began a hatch a plan to bring her to his arms After all, she was an extremely attractive celestial maiden and there was no need for him to hesitate at all or feel unbearable about it

Xi had a ith the ladies Those that he could not charm, he could seize the the Stellar Heaven Fairy had fallen into his clutches He had never failed to get what he wanted

After all, he was a powerful celestial in his own right and he was careful to not to reveal his secret martial arts This was his celestial doh his kindness He was really an unscrupulous man and he was proud of it

But the Ascension Goddess ignored the Universal Old Man and instead she looked curiously at Yi Ping as she said spellbindingly, “Since you have already knoho I am, maybe you should at least introduce yourself first A So your na?”

She looked intently at Yi Ping, expecting him to show fear but he had continued to stand up heroically to her when she had displayed her extraordinary martial feat

Lelehis name so sweetly”

Yi Ping could not believe his eyes In a single transfor maiden with an extraordinary beauty He fortified his ith the Absolute Spirits as he cal”

The Ascension Goddess smiled, “Good Do you have a celestial name?”

Shen Xingyue quickly warned, “Yi Ping, be careful and don’t look into her eyes”

Yi Ping nodded and said rudely, “I don’t have a celestial name If you want to kill us, why bother to ask so much?”

The Ascension Goddess was somewhat startled by his insolence It was because she was almost irresistible to men and few had dared to be rude to her Those ere rude pay heavily for being disrespectful to her

The Ascension Goddess was not upset by his rudeness In fact, she was intrigued that he could resist her spellbinding chariven that he was just a lowly celestial

She s and Shen Xingyue, “Five versus one That is truly interesting So what are your names?”

Yi Ping, Shen Xingyue, Lingfeng, Lie Qing and Yixian had already spread out as they encircled her slowly The duel had already started!

Before the physical strokes had started, they had already begun with the invisible strokes; contesting with their state of divinity, willpower and mental aura!

This was as htest mistake and distraction would mean instant death!

The Ascension Goddess said to Lingfeng, “Perhaps our esteem Ancient Celestial will like to introduce yourself first?”

Lingfeng said coldly, “You are not fit to know my name”