PDLP Chapter 66: Strength Soars, Innate Level 9!
Chapter 66: Strength Soars, Innate Level 9!
Inside the study, the candlelight flickered.
Yang Qian sat cross-legged alone on a futon, holding in his hands the animal skin booklet that exuded an ancient and eerie aura.
The booklet is made of neither gold nor jade; it feels warm to the touch yet carries a slight coolness.
The text above is inscribed with a strange, blood-red script he had never seen before, depicting human figures filled with a sense of slaughter and annihilation.
Each pattern seems to contain a world-destroying sword move!
Just by looking at these patterns, Yang Qian could feel an extremely sharp and terrifying sword intent rushing towards him, as if it could tear his soul apart!
"What terrifying swordsmanship..."
Yang Qian was secretly amazed. No wonder it was the sixth move, originating from the same source as his own "Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Destroying Earth"!
The sheer force of the sword intent alone was enough to cause an ordinary grandmaster to lose his composure and go mad!
He dared not be negligent and quickly composed himself, focusing all his attention on the contents of the animal skin booklet.
"Destroying Heaven and Earth, Sword Twenty-Three..."
Yang Qian slowly uttered the name, which was filled with endless magic.
Then, he began to try to understand and comprehend the profound methods recorded on it.
Just as Yaoyue said, the way this sword technique is cultivated is indeed unheard of and terrifying!
It wasn't practicing any sword techniques or internal energy at all, but rather cultivating something vague and ethereal called "Sword Heart"!
It requires practitioners to sever the seven emotions and six desires, and abandon all distracting thoughts!
He poured all his essence, energy, spirit, and even soul into this sword strike!
With the soul as sword! With heaven and earth as furnace! With all things as fuel!
Finally, he unleashed a world-destroying sword strike that transcended time, space, and all rules!
This sword technique is called "Sword Twenty-Three"!
Because before it, all sword techniques, no matter how exquisite, were limited to the range of one to twenty-two!
And this sword strike was the twenty-third!
It's a sword that doesn't belong to this world!
It is the sword of gods and demons! It is the sword that can destroy heaven and earth!
"Using the soul as a sword..."
Looking at this almost suicidal cultivation method, Yang Qian's brows furrowed tightly.
No wonder that female demon Yaoyue didn't dare to practice it herself. This thing can cause one's soul and body to be destroyed and never be reincarnated!
Any normal martial artist would probably not dare to try it lightly.
But... Yang Qian smiled. He smiled happily and confidently.
Because he is not a normal martial artist!
He is the chosen one with a system at his disposal!
He dares to do what others don't!
He can do what others can't!
"system!"
Without hesitation, Yang Qian silently chanted in his heart, "Learn 'The Twenty-Third Technique of the Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Severing Sword'!"
[Ding! Detected the sixth form of the Divine Demon-level martial art "Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Earth"—"Twenty-Three Forms of the Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Severing Sword"! It shares the same origin and source as the host's cultivation technique, a perfect match!]
[Would you like to consume 1000 Potential Points to begin learning?]
"A thousand points?!"
When Yang Qian saw this number, his heart skipped a beat!
Good guy!
Just studying costs a thousand points!
This is more than all the potential points he consumed when he upgraded the Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Earth from the beginner to the mastery!
As expected of the sixth move!
That price is outrageous!
However, when Yang Qian thought about the terrifying power of this sword technique, which was capable of destroying the world, he felt that spending 1,000 points was worth it!
"Confirmed! Learn!" he gritted his teeth and gave the order!
[Command confirmed, Potential Points -1000, currently learning "Destroying Heaven and Earth Sword Twenty-Three"...]
Boom-! ! ! !
Just as the system notification sound ended!
A torrent of information, larger, more terrifying, and more refined than ever before, suddenly surged into Yang Qian's mind!
That's all my insights and understanding about "Sword Twenty-Three"!
That was the supreme sword intent of the Hun Tian Evil God when he created this move—the intent to sever and destroy everything!
"Ughhhhhh—!"
Yang Qian clutched his head and let out a painful roar!
He felt as if his head was about to be burst by this massive flood of information!
Within his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, it was as if countless invisible swords were frantically piercing and cutting!
That kind of excruciating pain, originating from the depths of the soul, is ten thousand times more intense than any physical pain!
Bright red blood was uncontrollably flowing from all seven of his orifices!
He looked like a demon crawling out of a blood-soaked hell!
Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!
"Hold on...!!!"
Yang Qian gritted his teeth tightly!
He bit his gums until they bled!
He knew this was a hurdle he had to overcome!
This is the most crucial and dangerous step in cultivating "Sword Twenty-Three"!
—Refine your sword spirit!
He had to use his extraordinary willpower to withstand the impact and baptism of the supreme sword will originating from the evil god of chaos!
If he survives, he will be able to forge his own supreme sword heart, "Sword Twenty-Three"!
From that moment on, he became the world's top swordsmanship grandmaster!
If he doesn't make it through, there's only one outcome for him!
—Completely annihilated, soul and spirit!
Time seemed to slow down incredibly at that moment, each second feeling like an eternity.
Yang Qian's consciousness gradually became blurred under the endless onslaught of sword intent...
He seemed to see countless fragmented images.
There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the sun and moon were blinded!
Stars fell, and the heavens and earth collapsed!
There was a colossal demonic figure that stood tall and imposing, wielding a demonic sword that pierced through the heavens and earth, and slashed out with it!
The entire universe was reduced to nothingness by his single sword strike!
Destruction! Annihilation! The End!
This is the ultimate secret of "Sword Twenty-Three"!
"No!"
Just a moment before Yang Qian's consciousness was about to be completely devoured by that terrifying, annihilating sword intent!
Suddenly, a gentle, beautiful figure in a plain white dress appeared in his mind!
—Sister-in-law!
"I can't die! I still need to protect my sister-in-law! I still need to avenge her! I still need to take her to live a peaceful, undisturbed life in the mountains!"
A powerful, soul-deep protective will suddenly erupted from the depths of his heart!
This will is like the only glimmer of light in the darkness! Though faint, it is incredibly firm!
Amidst that endless, desolate sword intent, it preserved the last vestige of clarity for Yang Qian!
"My sword is not for destruction!"
"My sword is for protection!"
"I will use this sword that can destroy heaven and earth!"
"To protect the person I want to protect most!"
"Break for me!!!"
Yang Qian let out a deafening roar of madness in his heart!
boom--!!!!
His soul, which had long been integrated with the inner power of gods and demons, suddenly erupted with an extremely dazzling golden divine light!
Within that divine light, there was both a domineering power capable of swallowing the heavens and destroying the earth, and a gentleness that protected everything!
Two completely different yet perfectly integrated wills transformed into a unique and supreme sword heart at this moment!
It hovered in the center of Yang Qian's Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness!
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully condensed the 'Guardian Sword Heart'! You have successfully comprehended the 'Twenty-Three Swords of Annihilation'!]
[Ding! Host's martial art, "Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Earth," has been upgraded to perfection (Sixth Limit: Sword Twenty-Three)!]
[Ding! Host's cultivation level has increased! Current cultivation level: Ninth level of the Innate Realm!]
[Ding! Host's Strength +300, Constitution +300, Speed +150!]
……
As soon as the system notification sounded, Yang Qian slowly opened his eyes.
Blood was still flowing from his seven orifices, his face was still as pale as paper, and his soul was extremely weak due to the terrifying exertion he had just experienced.
but!
A dazzling light, unlike anything he had ever seen, burst forth from his dark eyes!
It was as if billions of stars were being created and dying in his eyes!
He succeeded! He not only mastered "Sword Twenty-Three"!
And it turned out to be a blessing in disguise!
He broke through his cultivation level from the eighth level of the Innate Realm to the ninth level in one fell swoop!
He's only one step away from the legendary Grandmaster level!
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