Chapter 1003 — The Inside Story of the Worry-Free Realm
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He said, "If one sword formed thirty-three heavens with mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans, then Kaihuang would not be the foremost master of the sword, but a Creator! Perhaps the Great Emperor had such strength, but his attainment in divine consciousness was absolutely not that high. This can only mean. . .
" Shen Mu raised one finger and lightly drew it toward the mighty mountains and rivers ahead. A flash of sword light split the mountain in two. He smiled.
"The thirty-three heavens of the Worry-Free Land were refined in advance! " The mighty mountain split in two under his sword light, separating to both sides and revealing the thick metal-and-stone structure within!
Shujun was greatly shaken, staring in shock at the intricate structure inside the mountain.
The interior of this mountain was actually forged from divine metals and divine materials. The divine metal had been forged into individual components, upon which runes were branded, like parts of an unimaginably colossal machine! And at the mountain's root, the divine metals and materials spread deep into the earth!
Clearly, the entire Taihuang Heaven of the Worry-Free Land was a massive man-made object, forged from divine metals and divine materials!
This Taihuang Heaven of the Worry-Free Land was a heaven built by countless skilled craftsmen! "Just as I thought.
" Shen Mu pressed his hands together heavily.
The split mountain ahead rumbled and closed.
He said, "I once heard people say that in the late Kaihuang era, Kaihuang ordered Emperor Shitian Li Youran to lead all the heavenly artisans under heaven to build the Worry-Free Land. The Woodcutter Sage opposed building the Worry-Free Land, but Kaihuang did not heed his warning and still ordered Li Youran to build it. " Shujun's mind was dizzy and muddled. He murmured, "The Worry-Free Land should have been opened up by Kaihuang's one sword. Divine King Langwan could not have been mistaken. How could it have been built by Li Youran.
. . " "Emperor Shitian Li Youran was known in Kaihuang's heavenly court as the Heavenly King of War.
The reason he had the title Heavenly King of War was not that he was so outstanding at leading troops into battle, but that he excelled at manufacturing all kinds of divine artifacts, especially artifacts of war. " Shen Mu explained, "His building of the Worry-Free Land was in fact a gathering of all skilled craftsmen to forge thirty-three unimaginably colossal divine artifacts. These thirty-three artifacts concealed the sword principles contained in Kaihuang's swordsmanship. That is to say, these thirty-three artifacts were the materialization of Kaihuang's thirty-three heavens sword path!
" He looked at the mountains and rivers of Taihuang Heaven in the Worry-Free Land and said, "The courses of the rivers here, the lay of the mountains, even any geographical structure, including the divine cities, villages, and divine statues, are all the flow of his swordsmanship. " Shujun was still somewhat muddled. He murmured, "Impossible, surely? His one sword opened up thirty-three heavens. Countless Creators and even Divine King Langwan saw it with their own eyes.
If he had brought in the thirty-three heavens of the Worry-Free Land, it would have been impossible to hide from Divine King Langwan and those clan chiefs and elders. Playing tricks before them is simply too difficult. Not to mention Divine King Langwan—even the clan chiefs alone were no inferior to me in my prime.
" Shen Mu walked toward the nearest divine city and smiled. "I once obtained the Worry-Free Sword. The Worry-Free Sword is Kaihuang's personal sword. I did not know this at first. I only felt that the sword was very light and exceptionally handy. Later I learned that it was Kaihuang's personal sword, an imperial sword!