Outside the Treasure Droplet, in the great hall of the outer Azure Blue Mansion.


    All the Tomb Explorers who had entered the Azure Blue Mansion were now staring at the brightest drop among the thirty Treasure Droplets that Ye Chen had entered.


    Ye Chen''s choice to enter the most precious of these Treasure Droplets and face the most difficult challenge inside was beyond everyone''s expectations.


    After all, those who had obtained treasures before had passed the tests in the dimmest Treasure Droplets; even in the moderately bright Droplets, none had withstood the challenges.


    Yet Ye Chen had multiplied the difficulty of the challenge so much by directly choosing the brightest Treasure Droplet, which, of course, shocked everyone with his boldness.


    They knew of Ye Chen''s formidable strength, and while they could somewhat believe that Ye Chen might acquire a treasure in a moderately bright Droplet, the idea of him getting one from the brightest Droplet was inconceivable due to its difficulty.


    "Impossible to seed!"


    "The challenges of the moderate brightness are beyond what we can handle, not to mention the toughest challenge!"


    In the crowd, Liu Yan, facing the brightest Treasure Droplet that Ye Chen had entered, had a look of certainty, "A stick of incense, I''m afraid in less than the time it takes for one to burn, Ye Chen will be kicked out of this Treasure Droplet!"


    Liu Yan had previously failed his examination and lost face, so now, he was waiting for Ye Chen to fail just like him.


    However, as the time of one incense stick quickly passed, Ye Chen did not get kicked out of the brightest Treasure Droplet as Liu Yan had predicted.


    Not only was there no movement after the time of one incense stick, but the same silence persisted even after two or three sticks.


    This indicated that Ye Chen had persisted in the most difficult challenge Droplet for more than three incense sticks'' time!


    Thispletely stunned Liu Yan.


    And others changed their expressions, "He hassted more than three sticks of incense time in the toughest challenge Droplet!"


    "Looking at it this way, with his strength, if he hadn''t chosen the brightest, but had gone to challenge the moderately bright Treasure Droplets like Liu Yan and the others, he probably would''ve already sessfully obtained the treasure by now!"


    "Yeah, I really don''t know if Ye Chen can seed, if he can pass the toughest Treasure Droplet''s challenge and acquire the treasure inside!"


    "The treasures inside are probably the most precious among all the treasures, right?"


    Those who previously doubted Ye Chen''s ability to seed began to anticipate his sess after he exceeded three sticks of incense time inside the brightest Treasure Droplet.


    Time continued to pass.


    When the waiting time for everyone outside reached four incense sticks, to their amazement, they saw the brightest Treasure Droplet shaking violently, as if it were being hit by a tremendous force.


    "Is Ye Chening out?"


    Everyone fixed their eyes on that brightest Treasure Droplet, waiting for Ye Chen to emerge from within.


    However, the Droplet shook more and more violently, yet there was no sign of Ye Chening out.


    Unknown to the onlookers outside, the time when the Treasure Droplet shook was when Ye Chen had grabbed the ck Fire Sword and was being wildly dragged around within the Treasure Space!


    Ye Chen had caught the ck Fire Sword, but had not yet subdued the Treasure Instrument!


    Onlookers outside watched anxiously as the Treasure Droplet shook wildly, while inside, Ye Chen was engaged in a real struggle with the ck Fire Sword.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Inside the Treasure Droplet, in the sky and on the ground, Ye Chen and the ck Fire Sword were colliding in a frenzy.


    The entire Treasure Space was already in tatters; if the ancient tomb''s owner hadn''t taken into ount the power of the ck Fire Sword and significantly reinforced the space inside the Droplet, it probably would have been pierced through by now!


    Violent collisions!


    But they were not without purpose!


    Initially, Ye Chen was battered and bruised by the collisions, but as time went on, his grip on the ck Fire Sword tightened, and he became increasingly adept at harnessing his body''s strength.


    Ye Chen kept grappling with the ck Fire Sword, never giving up the contest. Under these circumstances, with Gang Yuan True Qi suppressed, it was a fight using the strength provided by the Nine Transformation Fighting Body''s fourth level "Nine Transformation Golden Body Talisman Pattern."


    The more Ye Chen employed the Nine Transformation Golden Body Talisman Pattern, the deeper his understanding of this fourth level''s power, and when he was dragged by the ck Fire Sword, shattering and tearing the ground of the entire Treasure Space, he finally fully mastered the power of the breakthrough Nine Transformation Fighting Body!


    Ye Chen finally transitioned from just cultivating the Nine Transformation Golden Body Law Pattern enveloping his entire body to truly wielding the power of the Golden Body Law Pattern, reaching the grand mastery of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body''s fourth level!


    The fourth level of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body was equivalent to a low-grade Heavenly martial technique!


    After cultivating a low-grade Heavenly martial technique to grand mastery, Ye Chen was finally able topletely hold the ck Fire Sword, and in the midst of being dragged around wildly, he began to gain a sliver of initiative!


    It was this slight initiative that led Ye Chen to beginmunicating with the ck Fire Sword while grasping it.


    As Ye Chen''s consciousness fully enveloped the ck Fire Sword, he could feel the sentient weapon''s rage and restlessness.


    Clearly, the ck Fire Sword was furious that it could not throw Ye Chen off.


    With a shift in his consciousness, Ye Chen began to infuse various Sword Intents into the ck Fire Sword!


    Previously, even the tomb''s owner, that Heavenly Saint, had been unable to wield the ck Fire Sword, yet Ye Chen started attempting to use it directly!


    Not being able to wield the ck Fire Sword did not mean Ye Chen couldn''t. After all, he had managed to wield the "Crimson Fire Flying Sword" and possessed countless Sword Intents; in terms of swordsmanship, if one wasn''t specifically trained in sword fighting, there were few who could surpass him!


    Ye Chen was determined to control the ck Fire Sword with countless Sword Intents.


    Whoosh!


    In the blink of an eye, as Ye Chen''s divine consciousness flickered, "Storm Rain Sword Intent" was infused into the ck Fire Sword, but the sword did not react at all.


    The Storm Rain Sword Intent couldn''t drive the ck Fire Sword!


    Ye Chen did not give up and next tried "Purple Lightning Sword Intent," "Wind Sword Intent," "Thunder Sword Intent,"…


    Eventually, even the second-tier "Killing Sword Intent" and the third-tier "Sword Array," which contained dozens of Sword Intents, were exerted by Ye Chen!


    A single Sword Intent couldn''t affect the ck Fire Sword, but as Ye Chen poured dozens of Sword Intents into it, the sword finally began to show signs of difference from before.


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    Just as Ye Chen was reaching the limit of his Sword Intents, the scabbard of the ck Fire Sword, colored ck and red, finally started to flicker with pattern after pattern of light.


    This was undoubtedly the ck Fire Sword responding to Ye Chen''s control!


    When nine patterns of light had shed on the scabbard, the sheath suddenly flew off, revealing the exceedingly bright de of the ck Fire Sword.


    What an incredibly mystical, bright de!


    Upon inspection, one could see that the de was engraved with one Prohibition Rune after another, totaling eighty-one!


    Prohibition Runes are the strange Law Patterns possessed by Treasure Instruments, with inconceivable might. A Treasure Instrument with just twenty Prohibition Runes is already powerful, but the full force of eighty-one Prohibition Runes, if activated, could certainly y ate-stage Spin Dan expert!


    This is the might of a supreme-grade Treasure Instrument!


    However, Ye Chen was not yet able to activate all the Prohibition Runes. When he poured his strength and Sword Intents into the ck Fire Sword, only thirteen Prohibition Runes lit up.


    But the activation of these thirteen Prohibition Runes signified that Ye Chen could truly control the ck Fire Sword!


    The ck Fire Sword, atst under Ye Chen''s grasp thanks to the immense power of his Nine Transformation Fighting Body and after attempting numerous Sword Intents, was finally usable by Ye Chen!


    It''s worth noting that even the original master of the ancient tomb, the Heavenly Saint, could not wield the ck Fire Sword!


    Yet Ye Chen was already able to wield this mystical Treasure Sword!


    This was thanks to Ye Chen''s strong will, the repeated collisions while being dragged by the ck Fire Sword into the relic space without a hint of surrender, and, more importantly, his countless techniques, particrly those of the Nine Transformation Fighting Body and numerous Sword Intents!


    Years of arduous cultivation were finally paying off, and Ye Chen was able to subdue the most precious Treasure Instrument within the brightest droplet of relic water by relying on these techniques!


    When all thirteen Prohibition Runes lit up on the de, the ck Fire Sword finally stopped its erratic flight, quietly remaining in Ye Chen''s hand.


    Ye Chen''s gaze fell upon the thirteen illuminated Prohibition Runes.


    "Treasure Instrument, Prohibition Runes, turn out to be a kind of special might Law Pattern!"


    Once he could control the ck Fire Sword, Ye Chen understood the function of these Prohibition Runes.


    Out of the thirteen active Prohibition Runes, nine were Strength Runes. Once fully activated, the strength of the entire ck Fire Sword would be astronomically immense, its sheer weight alone absolutely crushing countless Ling Hai realm experts!


    The other four Runes were "Qi-Burning Runes," which precisely activated the fiery red storm''s peculiar might during the ck Fire Sword''s test on Ye Chen, even affecting Ye Chen''s Gang Yuan True Qi.


    Upon activating these four "Qi-Burning Runes," the snowy-white de of the ck Fire Sword turned fiery red, instantly filling the air with an eerie Qi-Burning essence.


    If Ye Chen were to fight with the sword at that moment, just the aura of the de would burn his opponent''s True Qi!


    "Besides these thirteen Prohibition Runes, there are sixty-eight Runes that I cannot activate at my current realm, but I can imagine that among them must be Runes capable of binding True Qi!"


    The ck Fire Sword had previously unleashed a ck storm, entirely binding Ye Chen''s Gang Yuan True Qi; Ye Chen was keenly aware of the sword''s even more powerful peculiar might.


    Although he couldn''t use this powerful ability now, as his strength increased, he would one day be able to unleash the entire might of this supreme-grade Treasure Instrument!


    After sensing the might of the ck Fire Sword in his hand, Ye Chen reached out, and the flying scabbard flew straight back into his palm.


    Whoosh!


    Ye Chen inserted the ck Fire Sword back into its sheath.


    Outside the relic water droplets.


    When Ye Chen hadpletely subdued the ck Fire Sword and sheathed it, the brightest relic water droplet abruptly burst forth with endless ck light.


    Everyone outside was stunned by this endless ck light.


    "Did he seed?!"


    "Did Ye Chen seed?!"


    Earlier, those who had imed relics emerged from the relic water droplets amidst bursts of endless light.


    Now, the way this relic water droplet reacted made everyone outside instantly think that Ye Chen had imed a relic and was about to emerge from the droplet!


    Amidst the screaming of the people outside, they saw Ye Chen, who had entered the relic water droplet, flying out with a sword in hand.


    Ye Chen had indeed seeded in obtaining a relic in the brightest relic water droplet!