"A battle of immortals?" Qin Yu asked, puzzled.
Feng Yuzi's eyes shone as he spoke, "Yes, I heard about it from the seniors in my sect when I was cultivating on the Overseas Immortal Island. There were several Independent Immortals and dozens of experts at the Kongming and Tribulation Crossing Stages involved in that battle, led by a Cultivator in the Great Success Stage..."
"Hold on, what are Independent Immortals?" Qin Yu hurriedly asked.
Feng Yuzi shook his head with a smile, "I forgot to mention them. During the Ninety-Nine Tribulations, some Cultivators knew they could not successfully cross the tribulation and worked hard to preserve their Nascent Souls. Their bodies were destroyed, so they could only become Independent Immortals. You should know, the strength of Independent Immortals is extremely formidable, typically stronger than those at the Tribulation Crossing Stage."
"Independent Immortals are that powerful? One successful Great Success Stage Cultivator, several Independent Immortals, and dozens of powerful beings at the Kongming and Tribulation Crossing Stages were involved just to kill one person?" Qin Yu followed up.
"To kill a single person, yes, only to kill one person," Feng Yuzi's expression turned serious.
"To kill one person, so many powerful beings, just to kill one person?" Qin Yu couldn't imagine, so many people were there just to kill one person.
Who was this person, Qin Yu even thought of an Immortal.
Feng Yuzi nodded, "Yes, according to legends in the Cultivation World, that mysterious man wasn't even cultivating his Nascent Soul. It was only at the end when the man went mad, unleashing a kind of intensely burning power, almost like… the sun. Scorched earth and heavens, including the Cultivator in the Great Success Stage, so many powerful beings, all were killed!" Feng Yuzi became spirited as he spoke.
"Little Yu, do you know what happened afterwards? Do you?" Feng Yuzi, overwhelmed with excitement, patted Qin Yu on the shoulder and stared at him.
Qin Yu hurriedly shook his head.
He couldn't imagine there being such a powerful person who not only killed a Great Success Stage expert but also several Independent Immortals.
"Those weaker Cultivators hiding far away, afraid to come near, discovered that after killing so many people, the mysterious man began his tribulation. It was the Ninety-Nine Tribulations. My God, the mysterious man who had killed a Great Success Stage expert and so many Independent Immortals and Tribulation Crossing Stage experts had not even undergone his Tribulation!" Feng Yuzi became agitated. "He hadn't even undergone his Tribulation yet! With innate strength this profound, if he succeeded in crossing it, then..."
Qin Yu was also shocked.
A man who hadn't undergone his Tribulation, yet had killed a Great Success Stage expert and so many Independent Immortals along with dozens at the Kongming and Tribulation Crossing Stages. It was unimaginable. If they all practiced Golden Core Cultivation and Nascent Soul Refining, how could there be such a vast difference?
"Countless seniors are certain, this mysterious person was also a Cultivator, but definitely not a Demon Cultivator, Immortal Cultivator, or Demon Cultivator. He belonged to a new type altogether. Just that final burst of pure, sun-like intense power from within him, that's not something a Tribulation Crossing Stage expert could unleash, even a Great Success Stage facing such immense power had to perish," Feng Yuzi appeared contemplative as he remembered that Immortal battle.
Qin Yu also reflected in his mind.
After a while, Feng Yuzi gradually calmed down and looked at Qin Yu with a smile, "Little Yu, this battle of immortals has been passed down continuously, known to almost everyone on the Overseas Immortal Island. Even on the Hidden Dragon Continent, many people are aware of this event."
"Oh, many people on the Hidden Dragon Continent know?" Qin Yu's heart stirred, if it wasn't for Cultivators telling the tale, how would the people of the Hidden Dragon Continent know?
Feng Yuzi nodded and continued, "Don't worry, many seniors from the Overseas Immortal Island observed from afar and witnessed that mysterious expert's tribulation firsthand."
"Did he make it through?" Qin Yu felt a bit worried about this mysterious person.
Feng Yuzi shook his head, "He failed, under the Ninety-Nine Tribulations. The mysterious man turned entirely into the sun, he resisted using his own cultivation and not like other Cultivators with Spiritual Artifacts against Heavenly Tribulation. After battling with dozens of Cultivators, the mysterious man had no time to rest before facing the Heavenly Tribulation. When the ninth Heavenly Thunder struck down, the mysterious man couldn't withstand it, his body shattered, and his cultivation was heavily damaged."
"However, he didn't die immediately. Gathering his last bit of energy, he spoke his final words to everyone in the Hidden Dragon Continent including the nearby Cultivators— " Feng Yuzi seemed lost in memory.
Qin Yu didn't dare interrupt Feng Yuzi's reminiscence, yet curiosity welled up inside him.
"Omnipresence limitless, experiencing the universe evolves. Drifting for thousands of years, traversing countless planets, but why today my soul scatters, the heavens do not aid me, the stars change, being proud of the sun is not the endpoint, why, why! To everyone on this continent, today I transmit the 'Tongtian Three Diagrams', when someone obtains the diagrams and perceives their mysteries, they will inherit my cultivation technique. Haha... fortune or misfortune..."
Feng Yuzi's voice was ethereal as he finished this sentence.
Qin Yu pondered the meaning of these phrases, what universe, what cosmos, what planets, and changes of the stars. Qin Yu could not grasp the meaning of planets, yet he understood the implications of the mysterious person's last words, that those 'Tongtian Three Diagrams' contained the inheritance of the entire mysterious person's cultivation technique.
But what did that fortune or misfortune mean at the end? Could obtaining this cultivation technique also be a curse?
"Before his death, that mysterious person used tremendous energy to create three diagrams, precisely the Tongtian Three Diagrams. They scattered across the Hidden Dragon Continent, and over the years, even people from the Overseas Immortal Islands had collected the three diagrams. All these years, it's unknown how many people had collected all three diagrams at the same time, yet no one has deciphered the mysteries of the three diagrams to attain the inheritance of that mysterious person," sighed Feng Yuzi.
Collecting the three diagrams was not a difficult task for cultivators, yet no one could decipher the mystery of the Tongtian Three Diagrams.
"Back then, your ancestor Emperor Qin Shi Huang had also once obtained the three diagrams, but unfortunately, he too failed to decipher their mysteries. If he had, perhaps he wouldn't have died," Feng Yuzi said with a smile.
A surge of impulse arose in Qin Yu's heart, a longing from the depths, yearning for the world of cultivators.
"Cultivators, either controlling swords to soar up to the ninth heaven or diving into the endless deep sea, exploring the infinity of Primordial Wilderness, or battling with Primordial Wilderness Demonic Beasts. Normally absorbing nature's spiritual energy, pursuing the ultimate human physique, contending with the heavens and fighting peers of equal strength, taking life and death lightly, such a life is truly exhilarating," Qin Yu sighed inwardly, feeling a deep yearning upon hearing about the world of cultivators.
Qin Yu took a deep breath.
Pulling his thoughts back from the described cultivation world, Qin Yu understood that he was merely a mortal, not even reaching the Innate Realm, barely a notable figure among the billions of mortals on the Hidden Dragon Continent.
Keeping his feet on the ground, that Tongtian Three Diagrams seemed ethereal indeed. Qin Yu's greatest reliance now was the Meteor Tear and his own efforts, with the magical Meteor Tear and his efforts to bring his Outer Strength Cultivation to an unprecedented Innate Realm.
"Little Yu, what spiritual artifact do you want? I'll help you refine it," Feng Yuzi asked Qin Yu.
The matters of the Cultivation Realm were like a fleeting legend, still very far from Qin Yu at the moment. He was just the Princely Heir of the Zhen Dong Prince from the Chu Dynasty, a practitioner of the hardest Outer Strength Cultivation, not even reaching the Innate Realm.
"Spiritual artifact?" Qin Yu was surprised.
"Refined using Stone Burning Iron, of course, it's a spiritual artifact. However, you don't have True Essence Power, only capable of using the inherent sharpness of the spiritual artifact, unable to change its size or employ some special attacks," Feng Yuzi shook his head, "but a spiritual artifact can be integrated into the body, and its sharpness far exceeds any weapon of you mortals. With such a spiritual artifact, there absolutely shouldn't be any issues for self-defense. I hope you consider refining a piece of battle armor."
Qin Yu smiled, "No need, just help me refine a short sword the size of Fish Intestine Sword, and also a pair of gloves to protect my fist and finger joints. As for the rest, let's save some for my father."
"Just these?" Feng Yuzi could hardly believe it.
A short sword, gloves, this would use only a bit of Stone Burning Iron. After all, this Stone Burning Iron was obtained by Qin Yu.
"That's enough. If Outer Strength Cultivation relies too much on external objects, it's not good for one's own cultivation. Uncle Feng, I won't bother you any longer, I'm leaving now," said Qin Yu as he bowed, then turned and left.
Seeing Qin Yu's departing back, Feng Yuzi finally came to his senses and promptly said, "Refining a spiritual artifact takes quite a while, probably three to five days." After Qin Yu had left, Feng Yuzi sighed, "This young man probably only refined so little to leave more Stone Burning Iron for his father."
Exiting the secret room, Qin Yu looked up at the sky, which had darkened, the cold wind blowing fiercely.
"I haven't been much help to my father from my childhood until now, this time I could finally be of some help," Qin Yu's face showed a slight smile, which he then restrained, "Well, there are still three to five days, I should intensely train during this time, seeing if I can elevate my Outer Strength to the Innate Realm."
With these thoughts, Qin Yu let out a long howl, and in a moment, a Black Hawk swooped down. Qin Yu leapt up onto it and directly left the Prince Mansion, exiting Yan Capital City.