Chaotic Sword Emperor-Chapter 9 – Above the Fate Palace!

Su Mu glanced at the sword in his hand, appreciating the mid-grade common weapon's durability. It had withstood the battle without a scratch. Su Mocheng really knew how to pamper his son. In the past, Su Mu had risked his life for a mere low-grade common weapon, which Su Mocheng had generously "bestowed" as a favor.
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Back then, Su Mu had been willing to do anything out of gratitude, but now he realized it was all for naught.
After searching the six stewards, he found a dozen or so bottles of medicinal liquid. They had come to the Beast Mountain Range to kill, hence they traveled light.
He packed the liquids into his bag and turned to see the Zhang Family girl still there, which surprised him. He had thought she would have fled by now. Was she waiting for death?
Approaching her with his sword, the girl trembled with fear and backed against a tree, shivering.
"No, please, don't kill me," she begged, her eyes wide with terror. Su Mu's power had robbed her of her ability to think; all she wanted was to survive.
"You almost killed me with the Purple Crystal Beast, and then led them to kill me. Spare you?" Su Mu said coldly, raising his sword. He couldn't let her go; she would only bring endless trouble.
"Don't kill me, please. I can serve you; I'm very skilled!" In desperation, the Zhang Family girl began to undress, her fair shoulders glistening under the moonlight, her beauty enhanced by the situation.
"Just don't kill me, you can do whatever you want with me," she said nervously, fearing that Su Mu would rape and kill her as he had done half a month ago.
With a cold laugh, Su Mu's sword pierced through her, reflecting the moonlight and turning even colder.
The girl's body shook, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth as she looked up at Su Mu in disbelief.
"Why?" she collapsed, not understanding why Su Mu, known for his lasciviousness and pursued by his family for rape, would kill her without laying a hand on her.
After killing the Zhang Family girl, Su Mu scoffed at himself. His reputation had fermented over the past half-month; everyone saw him as a lascivious scoundrel. The only way to clear his name was to kill that old dog, Su Mocheng.
He searched the girl's body, not out of lust, but for the medicinal liquids she carried. He had to survive in the Beast Mountain Range for twelve more days, and healing and restorative medicines were essential.
He found three bottles of medicine and a sheepskin scroll.
"A map?"
Upon opening the scroll, Su Mu's eyes lit up.
"There's an Ice Spirit Spring deep in the Beast Mountain Range!"
"It seems Zhang Chi and his group were after the Ice Spirit Spring."
The Ice Spirit Spring was an excellent place for cultivation, rich in heavenly and earthly energies, and its frigid temperatures could temper one's meridians, aiding in breaking through to the Transcendent Realm.
Above the Fate Palace Realm was the Transcendent Realm, which meant a complete transformation. Nine transformations would purge all impurities, allowing one to harmonize better with the heavenly and earthly energies and break through to higher realms.
The Ice Spirit Spring could refine meridians, akin to cleansing the marrow, laying a solid foundation for breaking through to the Transcendent Realm.
"Not only did I break through to the Fate Palace Realm, but I also got the map to the Ice Spirit Spring. This battle was well worth it!"
Tucking the map into his chest, Su Mu set off towards the Ice Spirit Spring.
Meanwhile, two graceful figures entered the Beast Mountain Range.
"Second Miss, the Family Head will be worried sick about you running off. We just found the eldest miss; let's hurry back."
"Why do you nag like an old maid?"
"Second Miss, what are you doing here? Master Su Mu is long gone; you can't even avenge him now."
The girl in the light yellow dress paused, her rosy oval face showing a mix of innocence and anger, her eyes suddenly filled with rage, transforming from the girl next door to a little witch.
"What did you call him? That bastard drove my sister mad, and you still call him 'Master'?"
The handmaid recoiled in fear, apologizing, "I'm sorry, Second Miss, I misspoke. Su Mu betrayed the eldest miss and raped women; he's nothing but a lascivious scoundrel, a bastard!"
Satisfied with the handmaid's correction, the girl continued deeper into the Beast Mountain Range.
"If that bastard weren't already dead, I'd tear him limb from limb!"
Deep in the Beast Mountain Range, Su Mu stood on a patch of grass, looking at the lake emitting cold vapors, his face alight with joy.
"The Ice Spirit Spring is so vast!"
It was more a lake than a spring, with tall aquatic plants providing cover, making cultivation safer.
"Heaven favors me! Such a vast Ice Spirit Spring unused by any beast is a waste of resources."
He encountered no danger on his way to the spring, and with no beasts using it, Su Mu eagerly stripped and dove in.
But he immediately regretted it.
"Yikes! So cold!"
The bone-chilling cold made him want to leap out; it wasn't just his face that was freezing.
Enduring the cold, he quickly entered a state of cultivation.
"This Fate Palace... what grade would it be?" He finally had time to inspect his Sword Vein, astonished by the Fate Palace that now spanned the entire vein.
His previous seven-grade Fate Palace had only occupied half of his Dantian, but now it filled the entire Sword Vein, three times larger than before.
This meant his current Fate Palace was six times larger than the seven-grade one.
"A ten-grade Fate Palace only occupies nine-tenths of the Dantian. So what grade is my Fate Palace now? Ten? Or beyond?"
His heart raced at the thought.
"Kid, you really lack experience. It seems the Mad Immortal Emperor needs to enlighten you."
Suddenly, a voice echoed in his mind, and Su Mu was thrilled.
"Mad Immortal Emperor?"
"You haven't been sleeping?"
"What, you want me to sleep? Fine, I'm off to bed." The Mad Immortal Emperor's disgruntled voice sounded, and Su Mu chuckled. How could someone who had slain an Immortal Emperor be so petty?
"Ha, never mind, I can't be bothered with you. I can only wake up occasionally, so I'll use this time to educate you," the Mad Immortal Emperor yawned lazily.
"The Fate Palace is divided into ten grades, the most basic understanding. Even a ten-grade Fate Palace can only cultivate up to the Essence Yuan Realm, not even reaching the Law Manifestation Realm."
Su Mu fell silent; the Essence Yuan Realm, let alone the Law Manifestation Realm, was far from his reach.
"Above the ten-grade Fate Palace, there are stronger ones!"
"To achieve the Law Manifestation Realm, one must possess a Transcendent Fate Palace beyond the ten grades!"
"Above the Transcendent Fate Palace is the Sovereign Grade, qualifying one to become a Heavenly Sovereign!"
"And beyond that are the Heavenly, Saintly, Divine, and Immortal Grades of Fate Palaces!"