Chapter 747: Sea View Rock

After leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, Jiang Chen took Yiluo back to the Seven-Star Tower.

Only after much difficulty did he convince Yiluo to stay at the Seven-Star Tower. Then, he headed straight for Sea View Rock.

Sea View Rock.

This was a Holy Land in Coastal City.

It was located outside Coastal City, bordering the Azure Sky Sea. One could say it was the true end of the Holy Sanctuary Mountain Range where Coastal City was situated, towering ten thousand meters above the Azure Sky Sea.

The entire Sea View Rock extended for ten thousand miles, growing narrower and smaller the further it went.

Like the tail of an Azure Dragon!

Some also called it the tail of the Holy Sanctuary Mountain Range’s Ancestral Vein.

Legend had it…

There was once a disciple from an ordinary family with weak cultivation and poor talent. After being mercilessly bullied within his clan, he impulsively decided to climb Sea View Rock and end his life by jumping into the sea.

However, when he finally reached the peak of Sea View Rock after immense hardship, he suddenly had an epiphany. He sat cross-legged on the rock and meditated for three hundred years!

Three hundred years later, the man finally awoke.

When he did, his cultivation had already advanced to the Nine Refining Realm. Upon returning to his family, he slaughtered all of his former enemies. He then naturally became the Clan Leader, leading his people to expand their influence all the way toward the Heaven-Reaching Divine Peak.

Ultimately, he founded the First-class faction, Celestial Drum City!

‘It’s said that because Sea View Rock is closest to the Azure Sky Sea and is also connected to the Ancestral Vein of the Holy Sanctuary Mountain Range, one can feel the most fundamental Origin Power here. Many experts have meditated here and gained significant benefits.’

As Jiang Chen rushed toward Sea View Rock, he thought to himself, ‘My Mystical Power has already reached the Tier Nine Middle Stage. I’m just a step away from the Tier Nine Late Stage and advancing to a Late-stage Emperor. I hope I can achieve a breakthrough on Sea View Rock!’

Even before mastering the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao,

Jiang Chen was already comparable to a peerless prodigy. Now, mastering the Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao had elevated his strength even further.

He had taken another step beyond the ranks of peerless prodigies.

Perhaps even…

…infinitely close to an Invincible Venerable!

In terms of fighting those at a higher level, Jiang Chen was undeniably the number one person below the rank of Invincible Venerable.

But what he had seen and heard in Coastal City placed immense pressure on him.

This was just a Third-class faction, yet it already had so many Six Extremes Geniuses. How many more geniuses were there in the Second-class, First-class, and even Super factions?

Jiang Chen wanted to go to the Holy Realm to find his father.

To do that, he had to distinguish himself in the Holy War.

Being a peerless prodigy was not enough to satisfy him!

「In no time at all…」

…Jiang Chen arrived at the Sea View Rock area. The place was packed with people every day; countless masters came here to cultivate and seek opportunities.

“Hm? Hasn’t Sima Qingtian’s decree been issued yet? Why are there still so many people?” Jiang Chen frowned.

Sima Qingtian had promised to reserve Sea View Rock for him to meditate on for ten days!

But at this moment, several figures were already occupying spots on the rock.

“Forget it. Looks like I can’t squeeze my way up there for now. I’ll just have to wait for Sima Qingtian’s decree to arrive,” Jiang Chen grumbled in dissatisfaction. ‘Geez, that guy seems so domineering, but why is he so slow and indecisive, like a woman…’ Bored, he started wandering around the area.

「At the same time…」

…in Coastal City’s City Lord’s Mansion, Sima Qingtian was adjusting his clothes when he suddenly sneezed. He looked puzzled. “Who’s cursing me? Never mind, I’ve already wasted some time. I need to hurry to Sea View Rock with the decree. Those two old geezers, Dongfang Wudi and Ximen Qingsong, are actually on Sea View Rock too. If I don’t go myself, I’m afraid it’ll be difficult to get them to leave!”

Sea View Rock.

Jiang Chen took a look around and found something interesting.

It was a stone monument!

The monument was ten meters tall, narrow at the base and wide at the top, like a stone pagoda. Golden names were inscribed upon it one after another.

‘The Sea Viewing Stone? Left behind by the senior who founded Celestial Drum City?’ Jiang Chen overheard the conversations of others and fell into thought. ‘That senior was quite a character. After achieving his breakthrough epiphany on Sea View Rock, he actually placed a Restriction on it…’

When that great senior who had his epiphany on Sea View Rock was about to leave,

he used his immense power to divide Sea View Rock into ten stages, with each stage spanning a thousand meters. Anyone who stepped onto Sea View Rock and passed the first stage could leave their name on the Sea Viewing Stone!

To be immortalized for generations!

There were even rumors…

…that he had left the secret that allowed him to break through to the Nine Refining Realm at the very top of Sea View Rock. Only the one who reached the summit could obtain his enlightenment.

However, in the thousands of years that had passed, no one had ever succeeded.

The highest name on the Sea Viewing Stone today had only reached the ninth level.

‘Dongfang Wudi? Ximen Qingsong? Those seem to be the Clan Leaders of the Dongfang and Ximen Clans. It looks like they’re also after that inheritance…’

Jiang Chen mused thoughtfully.

Just then, a figure walked down from Sea View Rock. The man had long, flowing cyan hair, and his vitality surged as if a dragon and tiger resided within him. This was an expert whose domain had reached the Third Refining Level—the Clan Leader of the Ximen Clan, Ximen Qingsong!

“Someone’s finally coming down. My turn to go up!” Jiang Chen immediately started walking toward Sea View Rock.

However, just as he set foot on the rock, Ximen Qingsong raised a hand to stop him.

Jiang Chen was taken aback. “Excuse me, please let me pass!”

“Get lost!”

Ximen Qingsong snorted coldly.

Jiang Chen’s expression darkened. He frowned and said, “Sir, I haven’t offended you, have I? Since you’ve already come down from Sea View Rock, why won’t you let me go up?”

Ximen Qingsong clearly didn’t expect someone to dare talk back to him. He snorted again, looking down at Jiang Chen as if he were an ant, and said coldly, “My granddaughter is about to go up Sea View Rock. I was saving my spot for her.”

“…”

Jiang Chen was speechless. “Does your family own Sea View Rock?”

“No!”

Ximen Qingsong froze.

Jiang Chen waved his hand dismissively. “If it’s not yours, what right do you have to stop me? Good dogs don’t block the path. Move aside!”

Good dogs don’t block the path?

Ximen Qingsong’s old face twitched. He was the great Clan Leader of the Ximen Clan! Even Sima Qingtian had to address him as Brother Ximen. How dare this brat, who was merely at the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm, call him a dog?

“ARGH! You’ve infuriated me! Die!” Ximen Qingsong flew into a rage and was about to strike.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes. “This is Sea View Rock. Sima Qingtian has given strict orders that fighting is forbidden. Do you dare to attack me here?”

“Hmph. Rules are for the weak and useless. I am the Clan Leader of the Ximen Clan. Even if I were to kill you here today, Lord Sima wouldn’t say a single word against me,” Ximen Qingsong said with supreme confidence, tilting his head to look at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

Jiang Chen smiled. “And why should I believe that?”

“You don’t believe me?”

Ximen Qingsong snorted coldly, the corners of his mouth lifting into a sinister smile. “Then open your eyes wide and watch as I exterminate an ignorant little bastard like you!”

BUZZ!

Dense True Essence materialized in Ximen Qingsong’s palm.

The full-powered strike of a Third Refining Domain Level expert was about to crash down on Jiang Chen.

He was supremely confident!

With his status, Sima Qingtian wouldn’t punish him no matter how outrageous his actions were. What was killing a mere junior at the Middle Stage of the Emperor Realm?

However, just as Ximen Qingsong’s attack was about to land on Jiang Chen, a furious roar suddenly boomed from the direction of Coastal City…

“Ximen, you old scoundrel! If you dare to harm a single hair on his head, I, the City Lord, will personally annihilate your Ximen Clan!”