Chapter 4441 The Mysterious Cave

In the Ethereal World, lightning rained down heavily on Austin, who was near the eye of the Sword Cosmos.

He stood still, calm and composed, his hands behind his back. He seemed unbothered, not dodging any of the strikes thrashing at him.

He was only a premium-grade genuine divine god, but he was already far stronger than any ordinary governing god.

The Thunderstroke Doom was a force on par with an attack of a semi-governing god, and still could not harm him in the slightest.

An hour later,

the dark clouds dispersed and the lightning faded away along with them.

"That's it. I'm a semi-governing god now," Austin murmured softly, no one around to hear but himself.

He was satisfied with the end result.

Ascending to a higher vital energy realm hadn't done much for improving his strength this time.

But he had made a breakthrough after over ten years of cultivation. He was pleased with how his efforts had turned out.

More importantly,

he had successfully absorbed and refined oceans of great cosmos force in the eye of the Sword Cosmos.

The great cosmos force had made up about ninety percent of his energy structure,

which meant that most of the energy inside him was the great cosmos force.

This had increased his fighting power exponentially.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin! You've made a breakthrough! I can feel it!"

"Master, you have finally achieved another breakthrough in your cultivation base. I am so happy for you!"

Ellis, Warner and Emmet all had congratulatory words for Austin as they approached him together.

"Thank you!"

Austin replied, nodding in appreciation.

The three of them then took turns filling Austin in on what had been going in the Sword Cosmos over the last decade.

Of the four former major forces, some had cut themselves off from the outside world while some had kept a low profile or even gone off the grid altogether.

The Curry Sword Sect had been developing well in their position as the head of the Sword Cosmos.

Pretty much the entire universe obeyed its orders and lived by their rule.

It seemed, at least on the surface, like no one dared go against their commands.

"Master, as far as we know, the army of the Blade Cosmos have been inactive for the past ten years,"

Emmet revealed.

"I see,"

Austin said with a sinister smirk.

He had already decided he would make a move against the army of the Blade Cosmos stationed in the Sword

two wishes for my life.

The first was to take the ruling power away from the four major forces. My master, my fellow disciples, and I had worked together to rule the cosmos. I can't leave it to those traitors now.

Austin, you have helped me realize that wish, and I can't thank you enough for that.

My second wish is to find my master and my fellow senior disciples.

They entered that cave one after the other and I have not heard a word from them since. When I learned of their disappearance, I swore to myself that I would one day go into that cave as well and bring them back,"

Sword Son Curry replied, telling his sad tale.

"Master Curry, have you entered that mysterious cave already?"

Austin asked immediately, a sense of urgency running through his words.

"Yes, I think by now my real body should have.

I'm not sure if I will ever make it back.

Austin, from here on out, the Sword Cosmos is under your control.

This jade slip has records of all my master's secret skills.

Keep it. It's yours now.

It may be helpful for your cultivation in swordsmanship,"

Sword Son Curry said as he threw a jade slip to Austin.

"Master Curry, you haven't fully recovered yet. You shouldn't have entered that cave alone. You should have waited.

It's too risky,"

Austin said worriedly, a slight tremble in his voice.

Sword Son Curry had been forced to leave the Sword Cosmos after sustaining severe injuries.

He had then hidden his identity and lived in the Sea of Chaos, taking the time to allow himself to heal.

But whether he had actually managed to get better, Austin did not know.