"This is the Divine Artifact, the 'Fallen Sword', a broken Divine Sword that fell from the Upper Realm!"
The words of Elder Xiao Supreme Elder resounded in Ye Chen's ears, echoing over the endless peaks of the mountains.
Ye Chen turned to look over the peaks at the mountains outside, where he could glimpse the gates, palaces, caves, and countless towers of the Tai'a Sword Sect, then turned back to gaze upon the Sky-Supporting Giant Sword.
Ye Chen could never have imagined that such a massive sword, ten thousand meters tall, could be hidden in a valley behind the mountains where the gates of the Tai'a Sword Sect were!
Fallen from the Upper Realm?
Ye Chen was even more astonished by Elder Xiao Supreme Elder's words. The Upper Realm was the Minor Spirit Realm. Could this giant sword have fallen from the Minor Spirit Realm?
Divine Swords... In the Minor Spirit Realm, where the Void Sky True God existed, there indeed were swords of the Divine Artifacts that were even more powerful than Sacred Artifacts!
As Ye Chen was reeling from the shock, Mu Qingqing also spoke out to him, "Ye Chen, this Divine Sword fell from the Upper Realm over three thousand years ago. Back then, countless masters from our Heavenly Sacred Palace specifically came to this back mountain to investigate!
"I heard from my grandfather that this Divine Sword is even stained with Divine Blood. It's very likely that it fell from the Upper Realm due to some divine battle up there, and its broken condition could also be due to that divine battle."
"The terrifying red malevolent aura that coils around the blade, it is said to be the Divine Blood that stained the sword. When the Divine Sword first fell over three thousand years ago, even my grandfather and the others didn't dare get close to it! It's been thousands of years, and that malevolent aura hasn't dissipated yet!"
Mu Qingqing's words gave Ye Chen an even greater shock.
More than three thousand years ago! Divine battle! Divine Blood!
Suddenly, Ye Chen thought of something.
Wasn't it more than three thousand years ago when the Divine Phoenix Clan of the Upper Realm was in the midst of a fierce battle with the other two Ancient Clans, the Vermilion Bird Clan and the Flying Spirit Clan? The Azure Blue Mansion was brought down from the Upper Realm by Heavenly Saint Moya just over three thousand years ago.
Could this Divine Sword be related to the battle with the Divine Phoenix Clan?
Ye Chen hurriedly communicated with his Phoenix Spirit through Divine Sense.
However, the Divine Sense of the Phoenix Spirit couldn't leave the Azure Blue Mansion too far and thus could not detect the aura of that Divine Sword, so the Phoenix Spirit did not know whether the sword was related to the Divine Phoenix Clan.
While Ye Chen was pondering the rumors of the Divine Sword and the battle involving the Divine Phoenix Clan, Elder Xiao Supreme Elder continued to speak as he looked at the Divine Sword.
"The name of this Divine Sword is unknown, as it fell from the Void; we've simply named it the 'Fallen Sword'."
"But, it definitely reaches the quality of a Divine Artifact, even though it is damaged, it is absolutely a Divine Artifact!"
Divine Artifact.
The words of Elder Xiao Supreme Elder made Ye Chen cease his communication with the Phoenix Spirit and attentively listen.
Ye Chen himself possessed a Divine Artifact, one that even Elder Xiao Supreme Elder had just failed to detect, which harbored the Primordial Star Scripture, the "Starlight Tower."
However, the Starlight Tower, left behind by the Zi Ji Star Lord, gave Ye Chen the intuition that this Divine Sword had truly fallen from the Minor Spirit Realm, but even if it were undamaged, it would definitely not surpass the Starlight Tower he possessed.
"Over these thousands of years, we have been continuously studying the thirty-eight Prohibited Formation Arrays we could access, and gradually, we have come to understand them more and more deeply."
"These Prohibited Formation Arrays are all marvelous, but one of the most important features is the time flow rate!"
"Only a Void Sky True God who has started to comprehend the Laws of Time would be able to refine it, the time flow rate!"
Time flow rate?
Ye Chen's heart trembled.
He had encountered a change in the time flow rate in the Ancient God Tower, and now within this Divine Sword as well?
He only heard Elder Xiao Supreme Elder continue, "We discovered that once inside the Divine Sword blade, due to the prohibitions, the entire time flow rate changed. If we stayed inside for ten days, only one day would pass outside!"
"The time flow rate inside the Divine Sword is actually ten to one compared to the outside!"
"This revelation made us Heavenly Saints ecstatic. With a ten to one time flow rate, the amount of cultivation we could do inside this Divine Sword would be ten times more than outside!"
Ye Chen smiled to himself.
When he first encountered the time flow rate in the Ancient God Tower, he, like Elder Xiao Supreme Elder and the others, was delighted. However, the time flow rate had its limits, staying too long would cause severe backlash, and he had only stayed there for 540 days, which was actually only 54 days outside.
"I wonder how long one can stay inside this Divine Sword?" Ye Chen thought to himself.
The following words from Elder Xiao Supreme Elder gave Ye Chen his answer, "After discovering the secret of the time flow rate, of course, we wanted to cultivate more within the Divine Sword."
"Eventually, after cultivating for three hundred days, which was thirty days outside, we were ejected out, and the next time we entered, the marvelous effect of the time flow rate had disappeared from us. The Laws of Time are indeed wondrous and extraordinary!"
"Later, we used many disciples to experiment and ultimately found that the time one can spend inside the Divine Sword is related to their realm. Disciples in the True Qi Realm can only stay for ten days, those in the Spirit Sea Realm for thirty days, Rotating Pill Realm disciples for a hundred days, and we Heavenly Saints for three hundred days."
"Ye Chen, as you are in the Spirit Sea Realm, when you enter this Divine Sword to cultivate, you can stay inside for thirty days while only three days will pass outside. This is the first marvelous benefit that the Divine Sword can offer you," Elder Xiao Supreme Elder said to Ye Chen.
At this moment, Mu Qingqing also giggled at Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, I've cultivated inside as well. Back then, I stayed for thirty days."
Ye Chen nodded with a smile.
Being able to cultivate for an additional twenty-seven days inside this Divine Sword may not compare to the Ancient God Tower, but it was still not bad.
Ye Chen knew that this Divine Sword wasn't like the Ancient God Tower, which relied on time flow rate for cultivation; the Divine Sword was innately a combat artifact, and the time flow rate was just a subsidiary effect of its combat prohibitions. Having such a benefit was already good enough.
There must be other wonderful uses hidden within so many prohibitions.
Indeed, Elder Xiao then said to Ye Chen, "Besides the time flow rate, the greater function of this Divine Sword lies in those Prohibited Formation Arrays."
"Ye Chen, we Heavenly Saints can enter up to thirty-eight Prohibited Formation Arrays, but with your realm, you can only enter the bottom eight Prohibited Formation Arrays. I will not tell you the functions of the other arrays."
"These eight Prohibited Formation Arrays, there are those that can help you comprehend Sword Intent and Sword Formations, those that can aid you in cultivating True Qi, and even a few related to trials. When you enter the Divine Sword, you will be able to encounter each of these in turn."