Divine King of Honour-Chapter 257: Birth of Black Hou (Eighth Update)

Xu Nian ascended to the fifth layer.

The news completely rocked the entire Artifact Refining Sect.

For thousands of years, that perpetually untraversed fifth layer was finally scaled by a youth named Xu Nian.

This news astonished everyone; it meant Xu Nian was an unprecedented genius in the history of the Artifact Refining Sect.

"Good, very good," the Tower Guardian Elder said excitedly.

The Artifact Refining Sect Master’s face also revealed a radiantly splendid smile.

As long as Xu Nian conquered this fifth layer, he could be completely liberated.

...

Xu Nian arrived at the fifth layer.

Contrary to his expectations, the fifth layer was not filled with danger, but it was also not empty.

Within the fifth layer, an old man was sitting cross-legged.

The old man had white hair and beard, yet he had the complexion of a youthful man.

"Eh, is this elder my opponent?" Xu Nian pondered with doubt in his heart.

"Come, sit," the elder smiled and gestured towards the cushion opposite him.

"Senior, who are you?" Xu Nian walked over to the cushion and sat down, asking with confusion.

Yet, he was filled with caution in his heart.

The elder before him was very powerful, absolutely at the Saint Level, and even beyond the Artifact Refining Sect Master.

"Hehe, I am called Qi Baiyu, the second generation Artifact Refining Sect Master," said the elder with a chuckle as he stroked his beard.

"The second generation?" Xu Nian widened his eyes, a look of astonishment spreading across his face.

The current Artifact Refining Sect Master seems to be the forty-seventh generation, how many years ago was the second?

"Hehe, the fact that you have made it here means that you are now the next Sect Master, so you are the forty-eighth," the elder said with a smile.

"Eh, don’t I still have one more challenge to pass?" Xu Nian asked, puzzled.

Logically, he should have conquered the fifth layer before he could be considered the Artifact Refining Sect Master.

"Don’t rush, this final challenge indeed needs to be passed, but it is not within the tower," the elder said with a chuckle.

Xu Nian was indeed becoming more confused.

Seeming to notice Xu Nian’s confusion, the elder continued, "Your opponent for the fifth challenge is not me, but the Demon Beast at the bottom of the lake in the rear mountain."

"What?" Xu Nian exclaimed, eyes wide with surprise.

That Demon Beast?

That’s at least a Saint Level Demon Beast; even if he had a hundred clones, they wouldn’t be enough to even get stuck in the terrifying beast’s teeth!

"Ha ha, are you scared?" the elder laughed heartily.

"Scared, can we not switch opponents? Maybe you could conjure up a dragon’s Residual Soul or something!" Xu Nian shamelessly suggested.

"Ha ha, you lad, don’t worry, it’s not like you will be fighting alone, I will lend you my strength when the time comes. That beast has been suppressed by me at the bottom of the lake for three thousand years, and it is about to break through the sealing now, while I’ve long been dead. What you’re seeing now is merely an energy entity condensed from a strand of Spiritual Power, not my true body or Spiritual Sense," the elder laughed heartily.

"Eh?" Xu Nian was startled, only then realizing that the elder before him was not a true physical body.

An energy entity condensed from Spiritual Energy?

Is that even possible?

Probably through the use of some special method within a Great Formation, right?

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Xu Nian speculated in his heart while also feeling astonished.

"Can’t the Sect’s three Saints deal with that Demon Beast?" Xu Nian asked, taken aback.

"Indeed, that beast has reached the peak of the Holy Realm," the elder said seriously. "Those three juniors, although they have reached the Holy Realm, are not a match for that creature. Once it breaks free from the seal, it will absolutely seek revenge, and then it will surely slaughter all the disciples of the Artifact Refining Sect, so I need your help to reseal it."

Xu Nian was at a loss for words.

Why did these ancient ancestors always like to bring trouble to their descendants?

Whether it was sealing some powerful Demon Beast or a demon within the sect, the Demon Beast always ended up breaking the seal.

The entire sect would be slaughtered, completely wiped out.

Such examples were not uncommon.

He really wanted to ask this ancestor, what were you thinking, sealing such a Saint Level peak Demon Beast within the sect?

"Boom!"

Just then, a violent tremor came from outside the tower.

In the back mountain of the Artifact Refining Sect, a black pillar of fire shot up into the sky.

The earth trembled, and the mountains shook.

"Haha, I have finally come out, Qi Baiyu, you bastard, you sealed this old one for three thousand years, I will kill all your disciples and grandchildren." A massive figure rose from the pillar of fire and turned into a man in black robes.

The man’s hair, like black flames, burned fiercely, and his aura swept through the entire Artifact Refining Sect, instilling fear in everyone.

All the disciples of the Artifact Refining Sect changed their expressions, looking in the direction of the back mountain.

"This is not good, that beast has broken the seal."

At the same time, both the Tower Guardian Elder and the Artifact Refining Sect Master’s faces changed. They then turned into streaks of light and instantly appeared in the air, facing off against the man in black.

From another direction, another elder flew in from afar, also a Saint.

The three Saints blocked the black-haired man’s path from three directions.

"Black Hou, you dare break the seal, now go back and stay in the lake," the Tower Guardian Elder shouted.

"Haha, you think I would go back? You think you three little babies can stop me when I, a Saint, want to leave?" The man in black robes laughed arrogantly, looking at the three Saints with disdain as an aura of a Saint at his peak radiated from him.

The faces of the three Saints changed, the Demon Beast before them was stronger than they had imagined.

"All Elders and disciples, retreat to the safe zone. Great Elder, Law Enforcement Elder, follow me into battle," ordered the Artifact Refining Sect Master solemnly. He made the first move.

Seeing this, the other two Elders also made their moves.

Black Hou merely snorted with laughter, engaging in a great battle with the three Saints.

Thunderous booms echoed in the sky one after another.

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At this moment, everyone had forgotten about Xu Nian still in the Sky-reaching Tower, staring intently at the great battle in the sky.

This was a battle between four Holy Realm powerhouses, such a level of fighting was rarely seen in a hundred years.

...

Inside the Sky-reaching Tower, hearing the noise from outside, Xu Nian knew what was happening.

With a wry smile, he looked at the elder.

Even from such a distance, he could feel the Demon Beast’s scorching and violent aura.

Was he really going to fight such a formidable Fierce Beast?

"It’s happened even faster than I predicted, alright, since it’s out, I won’t waste any more time. Now, I will transfer my power to you, boy. I hope you can endure it, otherwise the Artifact Refining Sect will really be doomed," said the elder seriously.

After speaking, the elder turned into a ray of light and instantly entered Xu Nian’s body.

Xu Nian was about to speak when the terrifying force invaded him.

The powerful energy surged within him like a tsunami, and Xu Nian’s body felt like a small boat in the midst of it, on the verge of capsizing.

The intense pain was nearly bursting Xu Nian’s body, which swelled up visibly.