Chapter 870: Divine Consciousness Returns

After more than a year of nurturing the Asura Sword, and due to her deep connection with it from her previous life, Mei Gongzi was becoming increasingly attuned to this transcendent divine weapon. Back in the day, she was barely able to unleash one single strike using the seed of sword intent, and that was only with Tang San’s help. Now, she could wield it freely, all by herself.

The continuous nurturing, coupled with her growing strength, made Mei Gongzi feel the Asura Sword drawing ever closer to her. She could sense its true form with increasing clarity.

According to Tang San’s plan, when she ascended to Emperorhood, the Asura Sword would arrive. And with it looming nearby, she would instantly become one of the strongest Emperors, if not even

the

strongest, and that would truly allow her to command the attention of the Ancestral Court.

Through cultivation, Mei Gongzi had integrated the Asura Sword’s judgment sword intent into her control over spatial power, and she discovered that manipulating space became much easier this way. Space energy was extremely active and very powerful, and it required a high level of divine consciousness to control. This was the case even though the space element greatly favored her due to her bloodline.

However, once the judgment sword intent came into play, everything changed drastically. For one, the sword intent caused a profound transformation in Mei Gongzi’s entire being; it made her sharper, more resolute, and stronger overall. At the same time, its cutting power stabilized the spatial rifts she opened, making it much easier for her to absorb space energy. And the more energy she absorbed, the stronger her ability to manipulate space—in effect, a positive reinforcement cycle.

The more she attuned herself to this divine weapon, the more she realized how immense the benefits were. With each day that passed, she could feel her strength steadily increasing.

A soft glow appeared in Mei Gongzi’s secluded chamber, and from it, a faint, ethereal figure emerged.

When the figure appeared, Mei Gongzi didn’t react at all; not even her divine consciousness sensed it. It was the slight flicker of red light on her forehead that emitted a sense of closeness toward the ethereal figure, which finally startled Mei Gongzi out of her cultivation.

The surrounding spatial rifts instantly aligned in neat order, forming silver halos around her, as if connecting different spaces. At the same time, Mei Gongzi’s eyes snapped open.

When she saw the figure—naturally, Tang San—her heart tightened, and she blurted out instinctively, "What happened to you? Why are you like this?"

Tang San smiled and waved his hand casually. "It’s fine, it’s fine, I’m not dead. It’s just that I can’t exactly teleport back right now, at least not physically, so I used the Spacetime Lighthouse to transmit my divine consciousness to you. Since it’s only my divine consciousness and I am using the Spacetime Lighthouse, the energy consumption is very small. We don’t need to set up a large teleportation array for that."

Hearing this, Mei Gongzi finally let out a sigh of relief but complained a little, "But this way, we can’t hug."

Seeing her wistful eyes, Tang San couldn’t hold back and chuckled, "Alright, alright, I promise that next time I’ll come back as a whole. Or maybe I’ll just send my body back to have fun."

Mei Gongzi giggled and said, "I’m just thinking of you. I’m afraid you might want it."

"Yes, you’re right. I do want

it

... I mean a hug," Tang San said with a smile, his survival instincts on full display in moments like this.

He looked Mei Gongzi up and down, then started praising her. "Oh, very impressive! You’ve made a lot of progress lately. You’re even more in control of space now, and your use of space energy has improved significantly. You’re even making use of the judgment sword intent to manipulate space."

Mei Gongzi puffed her cheeks in indignation. "I can’t have fun with you figuring out things like that. Come on, I wanted to show off a bit! My connection with the Asura Sword is so close now! Watch this!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and made a grasping motion. With a flash of red light, and a simple, crimson longsword about a meter long materialized in her hand.

The moment the sword appeared, Mei Gongzi’s aura transformed. It was a majestic presence, as if she ruled over the world. In front of her, all beings could only bow and tremble.

This was the aura of the Asura Sword, the supreme sword of a divine realm, wielding the power to judge all in existence. Though Mei Gongzi still didn’t have the actual sword in hand, its aura had already begun to fully manifest.

Tang San gave her a thumbs-up and said, "The Asura Sword has started to take shape. As I’m sure you’ve felt, it’s getting closer to you. Keep going, reinforce your connection with it as your life-bound divine weapon, keep nurturing that seed of sword intent within you. As long as this transcendent divine weapon is with you, you will be indestructible."

This was exactly what Tang San had been aiming for ever since he had met Mei Gongzi. Xiao Wu’s death had been a devastating blow to him, so after reincarnating, he had constantly thought about how to prevent his wife from ever facing such a crisis again once he found her.

Without a doubt, merging with a transcendent divine weapon was the best solution. Transcendent divine weapons were practically eternal, lasting through the ages, impervious to all but the most calamitous events of heaven and earth. By making a transcendent divine weapon her life-bound artifact, she would be protected as long as the weapon existed. Even if her physical body was destroyed, her powerful divine consciousness and the core energy of the transcendent divine weapon would allow her to be reborn by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. And now, with the addition of her phoenix bloodline’s Nirvana Rebirth ability, in terms of survivability, she probably even surpassed Tang San. After all, her phoenix bloodline was innate, and she could use it to much better effect.

Mei Gongzi nodded and asked, "Where have you been lately?"

Tang San smiled gently. "I’ve returned to the Daemon Continent, but this time I’m actually in the Solstice Empire. I’ve never seen these parts, so I’m planning to explore for a while. Don’t worry."

Hearing that he had returned to the Daemon Continent, Mei Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief. Even though the sea was Tang San’s domain, she still felt uneasy when they weren’t in the same area. Now that he was back on the Daemon Continent, although on the complete opposite side of it, she felt much more at ease.

"Don’t forget about the matchmaking tournament. You better be back in time for that. But speaking of that... I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to participate as the Sea God. We don’t know how the Ancestral Court might react to that. I’m a little worried..." Mei Gongzi said, frowning.

"Oh, actually, I came back to tell you that I don’t plan to participate in the tournament using my identity as the Sea God. You’re right, it might really trigger a reaction we don’t want. It’s probably for the best to keep things mysterious. Although the Ancestral Court believes that there is some entity calling itself the Sea God, they don’t know whether the Sea God is an Emperor or something else. Keeping this secret for the time being might actually be the best strategy."

"Huh? So you’re not participating?" Mei Gongzi’s reaction was much more intense this time.

Tang San immediately laughed, feeling a warm sensation in his heart as he saw her anxious expression.

"You’re laughing? Are you just going to leave me alone? What if I can’t beat everyone?" Mei Gongzi said angrily.

Although she now had great confidence in her strength, especially with the Asura Sword in her possession, she still wasn’t sure she could defeat every single top-tier fighter below the Emperor level. After all, many of these competitors were direct heirs of Emperors or even established successors to an Emperor’s throne and city lords like Jin Anguo, with decades of accumulated power and powerful artifacts at their disposal. They were definitely not easy to deal with.