The Romantic Cultivator

The entire heavens above the mountains had turned pitch black except for flashes of lightning that rumbled out from time to time.

An invisible force had pushed Bai Qianfeng out of way and had sent her to the perimeters now.

Only Ji Yuan was left alone to confront the trial that would soon be descending onto him.

Ji Yuan still got a stupefied look on his face as he whispered to Xiang Li who had fled into his soul sea. "Xiang Li, please tell me…this isn't real. Can you help me to reason to this old fart?"

Xiang Li muttered, "He doesn't listen to me. He becomes even more upset when he had heard you calling him an old fart."

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ji Yuan: …

Ling Feiyue, Little Princess, Shui Xisi, Feng Minyue, Mu Wan'Er and Chen Hanhan were also watching the scene with disbelief; they just could not comprehend how the trial would sudden start just like this.

They simply did not want Ji Yuan to risk his life by taking the trial for them since he is the only Sword Saint in their party.

Even though they had spent days trying to persuade Ji Yuan not to take the trial but Ji Yuan had refused to listen to them.

That was why Ling Feiyue was planning to walk off from the trial if Ji Yuan still decided to enter the trial after he had recuperated his profound strength.

And so were many of the maidens.

They did not know that he was only playacting with them to show his manly pride.

At the very last minute, he would then pretend to throw away his pride for their sake.

He had remarked with a chuckle back then. "Now it is not the time for me to take the trial because I have yet to regain my profound strength. After I've regained my profound strength, we shall enter the trial."

But now Ji Yuan had a sheepish look because he was now taking the trial despite not entering into the trial.

He was now cursing to the dark heavens with his stupefied curses. "Old fart! Who is afraid of who?"

Xiang Li immediately groaned. "Big Brother, this is not going to help him calm his temper down."

Ji Yuan smiled bitterly. "I just cannot resist this. I've a quick temper as well."

Xiang Li chuckled all of a sudden.

Ji Yuan: ???

"Xiang Li, why are you laughing at a time like this? You know we are going to lose to our lives soon?"

Xiang Li face-palmed before she whimpered softly. "Sorry Big Brother. He is saying that you are an old fart as well and I cannot resist making a chuckle."

Ji Yuan: …

I am an old fart?!

He immediately shouted back to the dark heavens. "You must be blinded as well!"

There were dozens of thunderous lightning and the whole vicinity was shaking with terrible rage after Ji Yuan had shouted.

Bai Qianfeng, Xiang Li: …

They had decided it was better not to translate for Ji Yuan lest it would affect his ability to keep a level headed in his trial.

Basically the trial spirit was saying, "Old Fart! You've dared to insult me time and time again. I am blinded?! Fine! Then I shall grant you the most difficult of the Sword Saint Trial, the Malevolent Gods Domain Trial!"

They had really regretted translating for Ji Yuan at this point and by now it was already too late…

​ The white perimeter band that was surrounding Ji Yuan had already expanded three times and was pushing everyone further and further away from Ji Yuan.

Ling Feiyue muttered nervously. "I wonder what the Sword Saint Trial will look like…"

Bai Qianfeng had turned ashen as she muttered. "You may very well wish that you did not know because our lord is now taking the trial…"

Silently she was muttering. "The Malevolent Gods Domain…no way Ji Yuan can overcome this…"

The dark heavens above had now been formed into a gigantic whirling maelstrom and power profound energies were spinning within it.

Ji Yuan gripped the hilt of his saint-step divine sword tightly as he composed himself down to brace the battle ahead.

He could sense a tremendous amount of sword energies that were building up within the maelstrom and he was a little startled by what he could sense; malevolent sword energies?!

Usually sword energies were formed from the profound energies of the cultivator and depending on the cultivation of the practitioner, sword energies can be negative, positive or a neutral type. Balance type sword energies have the least affliction to worry about.

However negative and positive sword energies have deadly afflictions that are associated with it.

Cultivators that are afflicted by negative sword energies injuries would feel cold chills while positive sword energies injuries would afflict a burning sensation. Both were equally bad.

Ji Yuan's sword energies are the balance type mainly because the Orthodox Sword Sect did not have any powerful internal profound arts to change the attribute types of their sword energies art.

The sword energies attributes are actually balanced against each other.

For example, negative sword energy practitioners are most afraid of positive sword energies injuries and vice versa. Balance sword energy practitioners have some defenses against all types of sword energies but are weaker in offense.

But this was the first time that Ji Yuan had encountered a malevolent sword energies type.

He had encountered negative, extreme negative and pure negative sword energies practitioners but never such extreme killing malevolent sword energies that could send chills down to his very spine even before it was fully formed.

He was cursing softly; now I wish that I'm a positive sword energies practitioner. At least I can ward off this uneasy sensation that is now all over me.

Positive sword energies radiated a positive vibes that could ward off the cold and killing malevolent air of the negative type sword energies.

A bright sword had suddenly burst out from the maelstrom and thousands of sword energies were now raining to the ground, exploding thunderously in a three meter radius impact!

"Ji Yuan, be careful!" Many of the maidens were shouting for Ji Yuan to be wary of the approaching calamity.

Ji Yuan quickly imbued his saintly divine sword with his sword energies as he swung his sword with great precision to parry the dozens of sword energies that were raining like a meteor rain on him.

He was startled by the ferocity of the sword energies that he could feel the trembling of his fingers and soon even his arm was getting sore after a few blinks of an eye.

But he had persisted until all the thousands of sword energies had completely rained down from the maelstrom.

Ji Yuan was left to inhale breathlessly and he could feel the drain in his profound strength.

Even though the sword energies rain was a small appetizer dish but he could not afford to let it hit him even once or he would have sustained serious internal injuries.

And now a gigantic sword was suddenly descending from the heavens and there were numerous lightning that were flashing on the ground below.

"Xiang Li! It is either we survive or we are dead." Ji Yuan shouted as his sword spirit burst from his forehead as he readied his most powerful sword art the Super Heavenly Light of the Coiling Dragon to brace against the incoming impact.

There was no way that he could evade the gigantic sword and therefore he could only embrace the attack.

Ji Yuan broke into a cold sweat because he had an uneasy omen and he could feel the overwhelming profound power that was above him as he muttered. "This is the Malevolent Gods Domain? I've never seen anything like this before."

He was gulping continuously because he knew how the limit of his profound power.

In his mind, he was already calculating the impact…

10% chance of survival…

5% chance of survival…

No, 1% chance of survival…

"Xiang Li, even our most powerful profound art can't even deflect it…"

Ji Yuan was not hopeful that he could neutralize the incoming impact but he would survive as long as he could deflect the impacting malevolent sword aside.

This was actually the purpose of the Sword Saint Trial. The sword practitioner had to calculate his odds of survival in all the circumstances.

All of a sudden Ji Yuan's eyes sparked as he changed his sword stance and his sword energies had died down suddenly from his saintly divine sword.

Xiang Li was startled. "Big Brother, what are you doing?!"

Ji Yuan muttered. "Xiang Li, I am concentrating all my profound strength to my divine sword."

Xiang Li: ???

Ji Yuan inhaled with a deep sigh. "I am taking a gambit now. Xiang Li, do you still remember that I have a ninth level to my Major Heavens Sword?"

"I…remember…what is it?" Xiang Li stammered with a perplexed look.

Ji Yuan: …

"Xiang Li, why don't you just say that you can't remember…"

But Ji Yuan had suddenly grown solemn again. "The Sword of Destruction."

Xiang Li gasped. "But have you ever used it before?"

"That is why it is a gambit. It is either I succeed or fail in my attempt to grasp the final level of the Major Heavens Sword." Ji Yuan slowly said as his saintly divine sword had suddenly turned pitch black.