I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

A glint of light flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

If you're really facing a life-or-death situation and can lose an arm to save your life, it's definitely a great deal!

As for the severed limbs, we can find a way to revive them by seeking out natural remedies in the future.

He decided to learn this life-saving secret technique.

In just one month, Zhou Yuan successfully refined his left arm into a substitute puppet.

With just a thought, the left arm will instantly detach from the body, transforming into a substitute to block fatal attacks.

……

After completing the Transformation of Calamity Technique, Zhou Yuan turned his attention to another spell—the Myriad Swords Technique.

This is a high-level spell. Once mastered, one can unleash a surge of true energy with a wave of the hand, transforming it into ten thousand sword blades, making one person an army with overwhelming power!

From the very beginning, when Zhou Yuan was still a low-level cultivator, he practiced sword magic, including the low-level Golden Sword Technique and the mid-level Thousand Blade Technique.

As the saying goes, if you understand one method, you understand all methods.

For him, practicing the Myriad Swords Technique was like a fish in water.

Furthermore, with all seven equipment slots filled with items that enhance his understanding of swordsmanship and magic, his cultivation speed was astonishingly fast.

In just six months, Zhou Yuan mastered this advanced spell to perfection!

On this day, he hovered above the deserted island, preparing to test this technique.

He took a deep breath, formed hand seals, and his inner magical power surged forth—

Thousand Swords Technique!

In an instant, tens of thousands of golden sword lights suddenly appeared in the sky above!

Each of those sword lights was about ten feet long, golden and incomparably sharp, densely covering the entire sky, blotting out the sun, a truly magnificent sight!

Zhou Yuan sensed the loss of his magical power and was secretly surprised.

Even with his early Nascent Soul cultivation, casting this spell was extremely taxing—it drew upon more than a third of his mana!

However, he currently has seven high-level spirit stones in his equipment inventory, making his mana recovery speed astonishingly fast.

Just two breaths later, the depleted mana was fully restored!

Zhou Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he raised his hand and pointed downwards—

Ten thousand golden swords roared down!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

The sword light poured down like a torrential rain, each golden sword piercing dozens of feet deep into the ground!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"

The continuous, deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth, sending dust flying and stones flying everywhere!

This desolate island, only a dozen miles in size, trembled violently under the bombardment of ten thousand golden swords, and was almost sunk!

As the sword light dissipated and the dust settled, Zhou Yuan looked down—

The entire island is riddled with holes and devastated!

Countless deep sword marks crisscrossed the island, almost cutting it into countless pieces!

Zhou Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

The power of this technique is truly astonishing.

……

In the following time, Zhou Yuan continued to study the other spells in the jade slip.

But not long after—

Zhou Yuan's expression shifted, and he took out a brocade handkerchief that emitted a white light from his bosom.

It was that fragment of the Void Heaven Map.

At this moment, the previously blurry map completely disappeared.

On the previously empty handkerchief, a small golden lightsaber pattern has appeared.

No matter how Zhou Yuan rotated the handkerchief, the lightsaber would slowly point towards the northwest.

At the tip of the sword, a red line shot out, extending straight to the edge of the handkerchief.

"The Void Heaven Palace... has finally appeared in the world."

A glint of light flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

As a time traveler, he naturally understood what this strange phenomenon represented.

He immediately put away the handkerchief, transformed into a streak of light, and sped off in the northwest!

……

More than ten days later.

Near a vast, empty sea, things suddenly became lively.

Every now and then, cultivators would fly in from all directions and speed towards the high sky.

There, a magnificent and enormous palace floated silently, motionless.

This palace is about a hundred feet tall and is made entirely of pure white jade. It is extremely exquisite and beautiful, and emits a faint glow.

The palace was surrounded by a thick layer of golden light, suspended in the sky about a thousand feet high.

The cultivators who had come to seek them out flew toward the palace without hesitation. After a flash of white light, they easily passed through the light barrier and entered the palace.

Zhou Yuan also arrived at this place.

At this moment, he had already used the Transformation Technique, transforming into a middle-aged man with a long beard, his face calm and his demeanor composed. His cultivation aura was concealed at the late Core Formation stage.

He held the fragment of the Void Heaven Map and approached the golden light shield.

A flash of light, and it passed through easily.

Upon entering the main hall, one finds a passageway that is two or three zhang wide but thirty or forty zhang high.

Walking through it, I felt extremely depressed and uncomfortable.

Zhou Yuan tried to touch the surrounding walls with his divine sense, but it was bounced back without any politeness and could not penetrate even a little bit.

Not to mention exploring the interior of the palace.

Zhou Yuan was not surprised by this, as the Void Heaven Palace was full of restrictions, which greatly limited his divine sense here.

Soon after, we finally reached the end of the passage.

Ahead was a huge hall.

This hall is three or four hundred feet wide, extremely magnificent and grand, and even if thousands of people enter at the same time, it will not feel crowded.

In the hall, dozens of thick jade pillars stood evenly.

Each of these jade pillars requires several people to encircle, and they are exquisitely carved and polished, covered with various rare birds and animals, each lifelike and full of spirit, with no two being the same.

At the top of some of the pillars, dozens of monks dressed in various styles stood or sat.

With the exception of a few individuals, each of these cultivators occupied a pillar by themselves.

No one spoke loudly; everyone went about their own business—some closed their eyes to rest, some played with their magical implements, and some exchanged whispers in small groups.

Zhou Yuan's gaze swept across the area, lingering for a moment on one of the pillars.

A woman in purple stood on that pillar.

She was dressed in purple, with a graceful figure. Her face was covered by a veil, and a faint purple aura obscured her features, making it impossible to see her true appearance.

It was none other than the long-lost Fairy Zi Ling.

At this moment, Zi Ling was standing next to a cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation. The two were talking and laughing in hushed tones.

Zhou Yuan frowned slightly.

A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to come to the Void Heaven Palace seeking opportunities? Truly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

Although he thought this in his heart, he remained outwardly calm and silently climbed to the top of an empty jade pillar, where he sat down cross-legged.

……

About an hour later.

Zhou Yuan's gaze suddenly turned to the entrance of the hall, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

The person who walked in at that moment had an ordinary appearance, slightly dark skin, calm eyes, and an aura that was also very well concealed.

It was Han Li, whom they hadn't seen for a century!

A smile appeared on Zhou Yuan's lips.

He immediately used a secret technique to silently transmit a message into Han Li's ear:

"Junior Brother Han, it's been a long time."

Han Li, who had just stepped into the hall, was immediately startled!

He suddenly looked up, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily, searching for the source of the voice transmission.

Finally, his gaze settled on Zhou Yuan.

He didn't recognize that face.

But that look, that posture... it was clearly him!

Could it be that Senior Brother Zhou suffered a severe injury and had no choice but to possess someone else's body?

Han Li was filled with doubt and unease.