After considering his options, Jian Chen still ended up deciding to gamble.

    He did not make this decision out of recklessness. After all, he knew that not a lot of Immortal Exalt experts had entered the Skyscraping World. Basically all of them were early Immortal Exalts, with an extremely small number of mid Immortal Exalts.

    Meanwhile, he had the Divine Formation of the Heavens. Even if he fought against mid Immortal Exalts, Jian Chen was confident about stealing it under their noses.

    Jian Chen sat with his legs crossed near the sword pool. He stared straight at the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing that grew in the centre of the sword pool as God Tier heavenly resources appeared one after another in his hand.

    He had obtained all of these heavenly resources from the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. Now, in order to accelerate the growth of the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing, he did not hold back at all. He turned all of these God Tier heavenly resources into fertiliser to accelerate the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing’s evolution.

    Despite the tremendous waste, Jian Chen felt that it was worth it no matter how great the cost was if he could provide the sword spirits with a higher quality Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing.

    As he cast the God Tier heavenly resources into the sword pool, they turned into a swathe of energy that entered the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing under the effects of the sword pool.

    Seated by the sword pool, Jian Chen could sense very clearly that the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing’s growth rate had increased substantially.

    “I’ll have to guard this place for three years. Perhaps I’ll have to kill whoever I encounter during these three years.” There was a hint of viciousness in Jian Chen’s eyes. He could not let anything to happen to the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing.

    “Master, we have a piece of bad news for you.” At this moment, the sword spirits’ voices rang out in Jian Chen’s head. It was rather grim.

    Jian Chen frowned when he heard that. He asked, “What’s the matter?”

    “Master, according to our original estimates, we only needed three years before the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing increased in grade successfully with the resources master possesses, but with our observations now, we’ve discovered that the grade of the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing is even greater than we imagined. The higher the grade, the more resources it needs when growing.”

    “As a result, as it seems right now, the resources on master are no longer sufficient for the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing’s evolution.”

    “The Primeval Divine Hall has millions of heavenly resources. Even they’re not enough to accelerate the growth of this one Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing?” Jian Chen asked in surprise.

    “Master, there are a lot of heavenly resources in the Primeval Divine Hall but less than one percent of the varieties can be used to accelerate the Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing’s growth. Most of them are of lower grade. They would be completely sufficient for ordinary grade Spiritual Fruit of Sword Nurturing.”

    Xing Caijian glanced past the cave with her cold eyes. The depths of her eyes rippled, clearly also rather tempted, but her gaze soon returned to Jian Chen. With a hint of mixed emotion, she said, “I’ve specially come here because a senior wishes to see you in person.”

    When he heard that, Jian Chen immediately became solemn. Clearly, he had already realised that the senior Xing Caijian mentioned was anything but ordinary.

    At this moment, Xing Caijian raised her hands slowly and brought the sword in her arms before her. She said politely, “Senior, the person before me is the successor of the Azulet swords!”

    With that, an illusionary figure appeared from the cloth-wrapped Divine Sword of the Heavenly Star.

    He was a ruddy old man, giving off a sagely demeanor. A unique presence radiated from him. He had a dominating bearing that could stun the world.

    In particular, his eyes seemed to hide endless sword intent.

    However, Jian Chen noticed from a single glance that the illusionary figure was only a lingering will. It could not even be considered as a soul.

    “This is senior Skyscraping Sword Venerable!” Xing Caijian said to Jian Chen.

    When he heard that, Jian Chen became solemn and bowed politely towards the Skyscraping Sword Venerable’s lingering will.

    “Little brother, are you really the one chosen by the Azulet sword spirits?” The Skyscraping Sword Venerable’s gaze was fixed on Jian Chen the entire time. His expression was mixed, filled with melancholy.

    Before Jian Chen could answer, Zi Ying and Qing Suo’s figures appeared. They looked at the Skyscraping Sword Venerable’s lingering will with faces also filled with melancholy.

    “Skyscraping g-greets the two of you.” The Skyscraping Sword Venerable bowed towards the sword spirits with mixed expressions.

    “Skyscraping, you have already perished for many years. Why have you intentionally left behind an undying will?” Zi Ying asked him like a senior questioning a junior.

    “I had an agreement with the Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor, which is why I left a lingering will that has persisted until now. As for the reason behind that, I’m afraid I can’t tell you,” said the Skyscraping Sword Venerable. Shortly afterwards, he looked at Xing Caijian below and said melancholically, “If my lingering will hadn’t been awakened, it probably would have survived for over ten million years.”

    “But now that it has been awakened, it’ll probably dissipate for good before long. However, I should be able to uphold my past agreement with the Chaotic Star Heavenly Emperor before it dissipates...”