The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 486: Avandi Imperial Family’s Legacy Artifact

Aldrian entered the secret passage, following Emperor Herman. As they walked deeper into the mountain, Aldrian finally sensed a strong energy source emanating from its depths. The energy was not unfamiliar to him—it was divine energy. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

He began to understand where the emperor was leading him. Anything capable of producing divine energy was considered a rare treasure in this land, and each one became a legacy artifact.

The path they walked was quite spacious, wide enough for four people to walk side by side with illumination crystals lit both sides of the corridor.

After walking for ten minutes, they finally arrived at a spacious chamber resembling a hall. In the center of the hall stood a platform surrounded by pond of golden water—something Aldrian immediately recognized as a manifestation of dense divine energy, condensed into liquid form.

The setting reminded him of a place in the Doria Imperial Palace, where their legacy artifact, the Heavenly Guardian Armor, was kept.

However, instead of armor, the platform here held a longsword displayed on a small stone table. It was a beautifully crafted golden-black sword, and it radiated an aura of high divine grade. Aldrian also noticed a crystal of divinity embedded in the sword’s handguard, which immediately revealed the source of the dense divine energy in the hall.

He then turned to read the information about the sword, and something caught his attention.

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Heavenly Dragon Sword

Description: The Avandi Imperial Family’s legacy artifact. This sword was forged by the best blacksmiths master of the Vindas Empire during the era of the empire’s first emperor. It took over ten years to forge the sword to completion.

Made from a scale of the first dragon to ever exist, combined with a crystal of divinity, the sword grants a tremendous boost in attack’s power to its wielder. Each strike from the wielder delivers an attack 25% stronger than a normal blow.

It is an exceptionally durable weapon, with only a few things in the entire heavens capable of breaking it.

Level: High Divine Grade

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Aldrian slightly frowned. The sword is made from the scale of the first dragon to ever exist? Long Shentian? He wanted to ask, but Emperor Herman beat him to it.

"This is our most precious artifact, our legacy artifact, crafted by the best blacksmith of our empire at that time, it took ten years to forge. It is said that the sword was made from the scale of a dragon that the first emperor had to fight a group of dragons to obtain."

"This sword has become the symbol of the imperial family and the Vindas Empire. It has protected the empire and the imperial family’s existence several times throughout history." The emperor spoke with pride in his tone.

"Fought a group of dragons? Do you know the details of that event, Your Majesty? How could the ancestor of the empire have gotten a scale from a dragon?" Aldrian asked, still observing the sword.

He knew there was more to the story than just the first emperor fighting a group of dragons. There was no way someone like Long Shentian could be defeated, let alone have one of his scales taken. Even if he were injured, Aldrian didn’t believe anyone in this place—or even in this heaven—could easily take his scale.

"You know the history of the powers on this continent, right? The ones that say we are actually from outside the continent, before we were trapped here?" the emperor asked, to which Aldrian responded with a nod.

"According to our records, not long after our ancestor arrived, chaos broke out on this continent. Many artifacts and treasures scattered around, sparking competition and conflict between various parties. At that time, the dragons were also one of the parties that came to this land. The records don’t provide many details, but it is said that the first emperor and his party fought a group of dragons before he obtained the scale."

Aldrian slightly frowned. The answer still didn’t satisfy him; something was missing, and it just didn’t click. He had heard and read about the past age, when dragons still had a presence on this continent, alive and thriving. It was said that the dragons, too, came from outside the continent and arrived at the same time as the other parties.

Aldrian doubted that these dragons were associated with Long Shentian, as Long Shentian himself was not someone who could be fought by the likes of the ancestor of the Vindas Empire. If the first emperor of the Vindas Empire had met Long Shentian and fought him, Long Shentian would have easily killed him, and the history of the continent would have been drastically different.

However, the record from the imperial family stated that the first emperor fought with a group of dragons. How could he reconcile these conflicting details? There were a few possibilities.

First, the record could be false, created merely to glorify the first emperor’s past.

Second, the record could be true, and the first emperor did indeed fight a group of dragons—but he never encountered Long Shentian, yet somehow managed to obtain his scale.

Aldrian then began to consider possible scenarios when suddenly a memory from one of his visions came to him. He recalled looking at the memories from the point of view of the Heavenly Scarf of Divine Phoenix. In that vision, he heard Long Shentian mention that he and Feng Xuanyin had to give their belongings to the people of this land because of the prophecy regarding his return.

Aldrian guessed that perhaps the dragon’s scale was something the first emperor and the group of dragons had to fight over, a contest to decide who would claim ownership of it.

If Long Shentian had decided on a specific group to receive his scale, there would have been no fight. With his strength alone, his words and decisions would be absolute, and challenging the ownership of a scale already designated for someone would be seen as mocking his authority.

Aldrian doubted that Long Shentian would allow any weakling from this place to ridicule him or oppose his decision. That was why he thought the scale might have been open to anyone strong enough to claim it, but they had to fight for it. The first emperor of the Vindas Empire must have been the one to succeed.

Emperor Herman, noticing Aldrian’s deep thoughts and occasional frown, couldn’t help but ask,

"Is there any problem, young Aldrian?"

Hearing the emperor’s question, Aldrian looked at him, smiled, and shook his head.

"No, not at all, Your Majesty. After looking at this place, I suddenly remembered a place with a similar atmosphere, so I couldn’t help but wonder if there’s any connection between them," he answered.

Emperor Herman nodded but then thought that Aldrian must be referring to the Doria Imperial Family’s secret place where they store their legacy artifacts. Although he had never entered the Doria Imperial Family’s secret place, the old man of the Doria Empire had told him that Aldrian had been brought to their secret place and had cultivated there.

He was stunned when he heard it and thought that Emperor Durand had really gone all out to make Aldrian feel comfortable, so he would choose to stay with his mother’s family. There was no precedent for an outsider, even one with noble status, being allowed into that place, so Aldrian’s permission to be there—and even cultivate—was a clear sign of Emperor Durand’s sincerity.

After hearing this, of course, Emperor Herman did not want to lose out and decided to do the same. If that old man could do it, then so could he.

"Your Majesty, may I move closer to the platform?" Aldrian asked.

"Of course you can. In fact, this is exactly why I brought you here. I will let you cultivate in this place—where the concentration of heaven and earth energy is the densest in the entire empire. You won’t find anywhere else like it. Here, you can double the speed of your cultivation, so I hope you take full advantage of it," the emperor said with a smile.

Aldrian smiled in response. Of course, he wouldn’t let this opportunity slip. He could turn the entire Vindas Empire into his domain. Once this was done, most of the Barisan Continent would already be covered by it. The only places he had yet to cover were the Buddhist sect territory, the Everlasting Silent Forest, and, of course, the devil territory.

"Alright, thank you, Your Majesty," Aldrian said before approaching the pond and gazing at the sword for a moment.

A sword forged from the scale of the first dragon in existence—he doubted even the first emperor of the Vindas Empire truly understood its value. This sword was also a sign, the people who had awaited his return for so long had left traces like this everywhere, silently showing that they were still waiting for him.

They had not hesitated to scatter their traces across the continent, just so he could remember them again—something that moved him deeply.

He stood beside the pond and closed his eyes. It was time to make the entire Vindas Empire his domain.