After drifting in the sea for a while, Xiao Zhi broke through the water and floated high in the sky.

At this time, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Things must be dealt with one by one, in the order of easier first and then more difficult.

He was going to deal with the country-protecting divine sword left by Emperor Xuanming first, and then deal with other things.

In Xiao Zhi's world of gods, the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country is still firmly imprisoned, and the sword body is shaking constantly, making bursts of mournful sounds.

In the sky of the God Realm, a blue vortex suddenly appeared. At the same time, the power that imprisoned the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country disappeared.

The freed Guardian Divine Sword immediately let out an excited trembling sound, turned into a golden stream of light, rushed towards the blue vortex in the sky, and flew into the blue vortex in the blink of an eye.

In the world of living beings, there is also a blue vortex floating above the Canghai Sea.

The next moment, from the blue vortex, a golden ray of light shot out like lightning, and was about to escape into the distance!

"Where to escape!?" The figure of the demon Li Kuo emerged out of thin air, and his divine domain expanded. Suddenly, the temperature of a large area in the surrounding area dropped sharply, and the sea surface below also condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There was a thick layer of frost.

Layers of ice and snow barriers appeared out of thin air in front of the Divine Sword of Protection.

The escaping Divine Sword of Protection of the Country emitted a fierce golden sword light, breaking through dozens of ice and snow barriers, and was finally stopped by an ice and snow barrier.

A big frosty hand appeared, took the country-protecting divine sword in its hand, and sent it to Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi nodded slightly towards the Demon Demon Li Kuo, turned his head, and looked at the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country in front of him with great interest.

The Divine Sword of Protecting the Country is a divine sword. The spiritual wisdom possessed by the Divine Sword far exceeds that of spiritual treasures and innate spiritual treasures. When Xiao Zhi's eyes were fixed on it, it immediately trembled even more violently.

Xiao Zhi could even feel a strong hostility from it!

Xiao Zhi didn't care about this and just smiled slightly.

From his forehead, a dazzling colorful light emerged.

This dazzling colorful light rose in the wind and soon turned into a terrifying statue with three heads and eight arms.

As soon as the mighty king Dharma was summoned, he stretched out an arm, pointed at the trembling Divine Sword of Protecting the Country, and said in a vast voice: "Reduce its hostility to him by one point!"

As soon as the mighty heavenly king Faxiang said these words, the sword of the Protector of the Country trembled, and the intensity of the trembling and struggling after that was obviously smaller than before.

Xiao Zhi looked inside himself and could clearly feel that part of the divine power in his body had disappeared out of thin air.

‘The ability to speak magic is effective on this divine sword, and the divine power is not consumed too much.’ Xiao Zhi couldn’t help but reveal a smile on his face.

continue!

Then they saw the mighty king Dharma once again raised one of his red arms, pointed at the Divine Sword of the Protector of the Country, and said in a majestic voice: "Reduce its hostility towards him by one point!"

…

Not long after, the strong hostility of this divine sword to protect the country against Xiao Zhi was completely eliminated by Xiao Zhi's ability to "speak and follow the law" through the Dharma of the mighty heavenly king.

Emperor Xuanming did not fall, but was suppressed and sealed by the sentient system. Therefore, this divine sword that protects the country has an owner, and is not an ownerless thing.

Next, what Xiao Zhi needs to do is to let this country-protecting divine sword give up its original owner, Emperor Xuanming, and return it to an ownerless state.

This step can also be achieved through the ability of the mighty king’s Dharma to ‘speak and follow the Dharma’.

Soon, Xiao Zhi forcibly deprived the country-protecting divine sword of its ownership through 'words and words'.

Xiao Zhi looked inside again, and at that moment, one-fifth of the true energy in his body was gone.

This is a massive amount of divine power, and a massive amount of divine power is just gone.

Fortunately, he is a god now. If he were still a demigod before, he would not be able to afford this wave of consumption.

After the recognition of the owner was lifted, the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country became an ownerless thing. The next thing Xiao Zhi needed to do was to cultivate a good relationship with the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country.

This step can also be accelerated by ‘saying what you say’.

Xiao Zhi is considered a veteran in this regard. It didn't take long for him to complete the step of cultivating goodwill.

After completing this step, the Guardian Divine Sword was full of affection for Xiao Zhi and no longer had any hostility. It was like a goldfish, circling around Xiao Zhi, appearing extremely intimate.

At this time, even if Xiao Zhi tried to drive it away, it would not leave.

Next, comes the final step of identifying the owner.

At this step, it cannot be accelerated through the Dharma's ability to "speak and follow the Dharma".

Fortunately, the previous series of foundations were laid relatively solidly, so this step was not difficult. It only took less than a quarter of an hour for Xiao Zhi to make this divine sword that protects the country successfully recognize him as its master.

At the moment when the master was successfully recognized, the Divine Sword of the Protector of the Country emitted an extremely dazzling golden light, almost reflecting the entire sky in gold!

Xiao Zhi held the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country in his hand and stared at it. Soon, a line of message text appeared in front of his eyes:

'The Divine Sword of Protecting the Country, a first-class divine weapon, condensed by the will of a country, is unparalleled in sharpness and has infinite power.'

Is it a first-grade artifact...

It turns out that artifacts are divided into different levels.

First-grade artifacts should seem to be the lowest level. After all, the strength of Emperor Xuanming is there. The artifacts refined by Emperor Xuanming are not that powerful no matter how powerful they are.

However, even the lowest level artifact is still an artifact, and it is definitely much stronger than the innate spiritual treasure.

With a thought in Xiao Zhi's mind, the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country in his hand began to change form, and soon transformed from the sword shape into the shape of a knife, turning into a long golden sword.

"I'm used to using a knife, but I still feel that it's easy to use it." Xiao Zhi smiled slightly, holding the golden long knife in his hand, and waved it twice casually toward the void in front of him.

The void ahead was easily torn open with two huge gaps.

The gap was dark and deep, and chaotic and violent energy fluctuations emitted from it.

This is the space crack!

In the world of living beings, as long as they are more powerful Nascent Soul monks or demon masters, they have the ability to tear apart space and create space cracks.

Although Nascent Soul and Demon Lord can tear apart space and create space cracks, no one dares to touch the world in the space cracks. Once they touch it, they will be shattered into pieces.

What about god level?

With god-level strength, are you qualified to enter this space crack to find out what's going on?

Xiao Zhi looked at the two dark and deep space cracks in front of him, and he couldn't help but have an impulse in his heart, wanting to go in and find out.

Try it.

The space crack in front of him was about to be closed bit by bit, but this process was forcibly stopped by Xiao Zhi using his divine realm.

Xiao Zhi faced forward and stretched out one of his arms.

Xiao Zhi's arm was wrapped with divine power and exuded a faint blue light.

His arm quickly penetrated into the dark and deep space crack.

Severe pain struck, and Xiao Zhi pulled out his arm as if he was electrocuted.

Then he saw that the divine light on his arm was dim, and it was covered with dense wounds like knife cuts. Some of the wounds were even deep enough to see the bones, exposing his white jade-like finger bones.

Xiao Zhi looked at his scarred arm with a horrified expression on his face.

The world in this space crack is really too terrifying. Not to mention Nascent Soul and Demon Lord, even his god can't bear it.

'I wonder if the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country, as a divine weapon, can withstand...'

As soon as this idea came up, the Divine Sword that had just recognized its owner turned into a golden afterimage, and disappeared into the dark crack in front of him in a flash!

A few breaths later, a golden stream of light sprang out from the dark crack, it was the Divine Sword of Protecting the Country!

The Protector's Divine Sword is strong enough. Although there are fine scratches on its blade, it is generally intact, and these scratches are fading and disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the divine sword that protects the country returned to its original state, like a golden fish, happily circling around Xiao Zhi.

"It is indeed an artifact. It is indeed extraordinary." Xiao Zhi couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face.

"Master, the artifact has been recognized as its owner, where should we go next?" The space fluctuated, and the figure of the demon Li Kuo emerged from it.

Xiao Zhidao: "Next, let's go to the Nine Nether Realm."

This is what Xiao Zhi has already decided. Although there are certain dangers in the Nine Nether Absolute Territory, this danger is still controllable. Compared with facing the god and demon Liang Sheng, Xiao Zhi feels that going to the Nine Nether Absolute Territory is better.

It's relatively safer.

Therefore, he decided to go to the Nine Nether Realm first to get some Origin Water to enhance his own strength.

"Okay." Li Kuo nodded and had no objection to this.

Xiao Zhi glanced at Li Kuo and then said: "When we return from the Nine Nether Realm, we will take the time to go back to the imperial city, and you can go and spend time with your wife and children."

"Okay." There was a hint of joy on Li Kuo's face.

Xiao Zhi smiled and said: "When I have replenished my divine power, we will set off."

Just now, in order to make the Divine Sword of the Protector recognize its owner, he had consumed a lot of divine power.

Fortunately, he is now in a vast sea, and it is relatively easy to replenish his divine power.

Only half an hour later, Xiao Zhi's body was once again filled with the power of the Water God.

"Let's go!" Xiao Zhi waved his hand.
To be continued...