Very soon, more than 200, 000 of Austin's people were settled comfortably in the imperial capital city of the Jade Kingdom.
They had had a long journey, so after telling everyone to get srest, Austin took his leave and went to his temporary house.
Though the lodgings were temporary, it was still quite a large and magnificent house with comfortable rooms and soft decor.
"Master, are you sure that The Jade Kingdom is where the Sword Emperor left behind his Sword Treasure-house?"
Violet asked Austin.
"Of course. | know it to be true because the Sword Emperor embedded the map of the Sword Treasure-house into my Soul Sea.
Later, when | carefully examined the topography of the Jade Kingdom earlier today, | found it was almost completely identical to
that in my Soul Sea. Coincident? | think not.
That's how I'm so sure the Sword Treasure-house is in the Jade Kingdom,"
Austin answered.
Since his men looked tired, and there was no knowing what turmoil lay ahead, Austin gave his troops one complete day in the Jade
Kingdom so that they could refresh themselves. But that was only one part of his motive behind that decision.
He had another purpose too.
It was the specific location of the Sword Treasure-house, which was located somewhere in the Jade Kingdom.
He had acquired a treasure which was a statue of the Sword Emperor in the Sunset Mountain of the Heavenly Dragon Holy
Kingdom.
And as the statues of famous and powerful personalities were supposed to be, it too possessed an extraordinary property. There
was a wisp of the Sword Emperor's will inside it.
This wisp of will had taught a lifetime's worth of insights about swordsmanship that the Sword Emperor had gained to Austin. And if
that weren't enough, it had also taught him three sets of sword skills.
It was this wisp of will that had told Austin that the Sword Emperor had left a palace in the PrMartial World. And this palace was
exactly what Violet was asking about—The Sword Treasure-house.
To help Austin navigate through that palace, the will had filled his Soul Sea with a map of the Sword Treasure-house.
And while they were busy chasing demons in the Jade Kingdom, Austin had noticed that weirdly, the terrain of the Kingdom was
exactly the sas the terrain in the map of the Sword Treasure-house. The odds of two pieces of land following the exact same
topography were thin, even in a world as big as today.
Violet had a few doubts though. "Master, didn't you tellthat the Sword Emperor asked you not to enter the Sword Treasure-
house until your cultivation base had reached the Primal Holy Realm?
| don't mean to be disrespectful or anything, but you are currently at the medium stage of Heaven Realm.
Even if you do find the Sword Treasure-house in the Jade Kingdom, aren't you afraid of the danger you might be in if you ventured
in there too early?" she asked.
"Ha-ha, Violet, you are right. | have reached only the medium stage of Heaven Realm, but you're forgetting one important thing.
My body can merge with my demonic avatar.
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And in that state, | am much more powerful. In fact, | can certainly say that | have the sstrength as a demon emperor, who, by
the way, is far more powerful than a cultivator at the Primal Holy Realm.
So, | think | am fully capable of entering the Sword Treasure-house now,"
Austin was confident in his abilities.
"Fair enough."
Violet nodded after a moment's pause. Cto think of it, Austin was right.
If his body merged with his demonic avatar, he was as powerful as a demon emperor. And a demon emperor could have easily
killed a Primal Holy Realm cultivator.
Later, Austin sent a message to the queen through his spiritual sense, telling her that he wanted to explore the kingdom in an
effort to find the Sword Treasure-house.
They had spent so much twith each other over the past few months, that neither Austin nor the queen seemed to want to keep
much secrets from each other.
It was mainly for that reason that Austin hadn't withheld his whereabouts from her.
The queen's response was as he had expected. At first, she was worried about him and wanted to cand explore with him.
However, Austin felt that the city needed a powerful master to look after its affairs in his absence.
And even though the number of his followers had reached more than 200, 000, not many of them were powerful enough to be
called masters.
The queen, however, was not only a strong warrior, but also the leader of the evil shadow race; this meant she was experienced in
managing troops and an excellent choice for his substitute.
Therefore, he asked her to stay there only and take charge of the A.L. Army in the city.
After that, he himself quietly left the imperial capital city of the Jade Kingdom and made his way towards the western mountains.
The western part of the Jade Kingdom was filled with mountains, which stretched on and on as far as the human eye could see. The
map he had inside his Soul Sea made it clear that there had to be mountains first.
Austin climbed into the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot, which then flew over the mountains.
A few moments later, something unexpected happened!
Tens of thousands of meters away from the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot, two figures suddenly appeared, and they seemed
fearsome, dangerous, evil, and hidden.
They looked tall and ferocious and were hiding in the space.
These figures were two demons.
And their ability to hide themselves was perfect; they could move about without emitting any evil aura.
And even though they were suspended in midair, they were invisible to the naked eye and all types of light traveled straight
through their bodies in strange ways.
"Well, it looks like this is the human boy, Austin Lin,"
one of them, who was completely black, remarked to the other.
"Yeah, | think it's him.
But where is that mysterious demon everyone says hangs out with him?
| carefully checked the entire imperial capital city of the Jade Kingdom with my demonic spiritual soul just now, but | found no
traces of any type of demon.
| think that demon is well and properly hidden. Otherwise, we would have seen him,"
uttered the other one, who was covered in silver scales.
"I have a feeling that the demon is with Austin right now too.
Most likely, the boy is carrying a spatial magic treasure and the demon we're looking for is hidden in that. | guess that's why we
couldn't detect it."
The first one ventured a guess.
"Actually, | think you might be onto something.
Anyway, let's follow him first.
As long as we keep him in our sights, the mysterious demon will show up sooner or later,"
the other one stated in a flat tone.
And then, the two demon figures flashed and mysteriously disappeared.
Austin, unaware of their presence, flew around in the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot for about two hours.
"This is it!"
Whilst sitting in the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot and exploring all around, Austin had been sensing the earth below him with his
spiritual sense. Suddenly his face brightened and he cried in a soft tone.
The next moment, he got out of the Dragon and Phoenix Chariot and put it away.
His eyes darted around him for a few moments, like a cat searching for a mouse and
at last, they fell upon a great, high, precipitous mountain in the distance.
It was a tall peak, surrounded completely by dense milky clouds. Seen from a distance, it looked hazy and mysterious, but at the
stime, interesting and inviting.
What was more, there were a lot of cliffs on it that looked deep and frightening.
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"Yeah, it's there, all right!" he murmured firmly.
Then, he sprang to his feet and headed straight towards the towering mountain.
His bodily movement skill was advanced enough now to allow him to reach the mountain in the blink of an eye.
Without hesitating anymore, he stopped straight near one particular cliff that he had felt was strange.
Now in front of him was a deep abyss blocked by heavy clouds; its bottom was not visible at all.
Austin didn't hesitate here too, and fell down as comfortably as if he was flopping down on his sofa.
According to the map given by the Sword Emperor, the Sword Treasure-house should be straight under this cliff.
Austin plummeted down for quite a while.
The wind whistled in his ear as he gained momentum continuously and moments later, he finally found solid ground beneath his
feet.
He looked around and found himself in a vast desert.
It was a rocky terrain, rolling with red sand, and looked dead and desolate. The sky had becdark now, and there was a blast of
evil wind in the air.
'What's going on here?’
Austin was confused.
He had jumped off the cliff of a mountain. Technically, this should have been a rocky or green area.
'How did | suddenly appear in a desert? Is this a small alternate dimension?’ Austin wondered.
The chances weren't that slim about that. The Sword Emperor had been a powerful cultivator. 'Was that abyss an entrance to this
small alternate dimension?"
Austin had a vague idea but he wasn't too sure.
On deeper examination, he found that the red desert beneath his feet was littered with human and animal skeletons, most of them
decaying and half-absorbed in the sand. It looked like that numerous humans and demonic and diabolic beasts had perished here.
'So | guess that's the Sword Treasure-house!' Austin squinted at the end of the desert.
There was a great city far in front of him.
It looked a bit run-down, and seemed to have fallen into disrepair over the course of time.
But it exuded a deep sense of civilization. According to the scale of the building, and the quality of the construction, it must have
been a magnificent city in its time.
What was more remarkable was that the city in the distance seemed to be full of streaks of thick sword auras, which were roaring
and surging around in mid-air, like guard minions!
‘That's indeed the Sword Emperor's Sword Treasure-house, which he left behind in the PrMartial World."
Austin was positive about his judgment.