Chapter 160: My Sword Has Never Been Unsharp

Relying on the unique special resonance between you and Sangyu, you quickly found Sangyu.

She is currently hidden, walking within a law‑chaotic Forbidden Zone.

"Lin Chuan?!"

She was very surprised when she saw you.

This is the first meeting since your initial separation.

Time has not blurred your memories of each other; she still looks exactly as you first saw her.

Only a hint of fatigue has appeared in her eyes.

She asked, "Why did you come?"

You said, "You are being hunted by the Ancient God Moon Clan, and I couldn't bear to leave you alone."

Sangyu was delighted for a moment, then furrowed her brows, "You know the peculiarity of the Moon Clan; having an extra person is useless and will only invite trouble. You should leave quickly."

Among the Nine Ancient God Clans, aside from the Dragon Clan, Phoenix, and Qilin tribes, the other six Ancient God Clans have forms close to humans.

In the knowledge passed down by the Human Ancestor, it is said, "The Ancient Gods who created the Moon Clan and the other six Ancient God Clans once deduced the Great Path Form, the innate body, which gave them forms similar to the Human Race."

Perhaps, in the eyes of those six Ancient Gods, the races they created are the Great Path Form, the innate body.

At least until the Human Ancestor's Dao fruit is verified, few races would consider the Human Race to be the Great Path Form, the innate body; otherwise the Human Race would have been annihilated long ago.

The Moon Clan generally resembles the Human Race: tall and slender, with silver‑white skin like moonlight.

Moon Clan members are born with a crescent mark on their foreheads.

The Moon Clan's combat power is relatively weak among the Nine Ancient God Clans, yet they possess an almost immortal trait.

This makes the Moon Clan extremely hard to deal with.

In the Moon Clan's stronghold lies a Moon God Well, from which all Moon Clan members are gestated.

When a Moon Clan member dies, the crescent mark on its body is absorbed by the Moon God Well, which then re‑gestates it.

This is the reason for the Moon Clan's immortality.

Sangyu said, "Those few Moon Clan members I killed will probably chase us again soon; if you are also targeted, who will take charge when the Human Race is in trouble?"

You worried, "Endless pursuit like this will wear you down."

Sangyu sighed, "Once targeted, there is no way out; being chased alone is better than the entire Human Race being targeted by the Moon God Clan."

At this moment you felt a deep helplessness.

The closer one approaches the pinnacle, the greater the hardships the Human Race faces; failure means death.

You wanted to speak but held back.

In the face of fact, words seem useless.

Sangyu embraced you, gave you a light kiss, and said, "Don't worry, my strength hasn't fully shown yet; at the crucial moment I have the power to protect myself."

Your eyes were slightly reddened, tears welling.

Sangyu smiled, "I told you not to over‑emphasize personal feelings and to focus more on the clan, so why are you still crying?"

"Is that so?"

You guessed that perhaps because your Perfect Body is gradually failing, you care more about emotions.

Sangyu cupped your cheeks with both hands, looked into your eyes, and earnestly said, "Don't feel wronged; it's not that I don't care about you."

"When the Human Race reaches its zenith, we will marry, never part again; I will give you all my affection."

Sangyu soothed your emotions.

Helpless, you could only nod, "After deducing the Integration realm, the Human Race should have the right to contend with the Nine Ancient God Clans."

"Wait for me!"

This is the only promise you can give.

Sangyu smiled, "That day won't be far off."

Night fell.

The Heavenly Dome bore a bright full moon; moonlight scattered like shattered silver across the earth, and the Moon Clan pursued again.

"Go!"

Sangyu gave you a push, fleeing in the direction opposite to yours.

Loving each other yet unable to be together.

You bear the clan's heavy responsibilities, and must also bear each other's regrets.

You left.

You came this time hoping to accomplish many things, but in the end did nothing.

Your mood grew increasingly urgent.

Incidents like Sangyu being chased by the Moon Clan will only increase.

Through the method Sangyu gave you, you easily entered the sixth realm of the Qi Refiner system—the Unification Stage.

The Unification Stage manifests as the ability to project the Primordial Spirit's illusory image into reality to aid oneself in battle.

It is named—Dharma Image.

This is another major transformation of combat power; the power of Dharma Image is the greatest tool the Unification Stage Qi Refiner relies on.

Qi Refiners who reach this realm finally possess the ability to contend with adult Dragon Clan, Phoenix, and Qilin.

Facing the vast majority of Ancient God Clans, they also gain the right to oppose them.

Yet a gap still remains between them and the strongest of the Nine Ancient God Clans.

But this is not a reason for the Human Race to be discouraged.

The Human Race's reproductive ability and rapid growth far surpass the Nine Ancient God Clans, which are constrained by many limits.

Human Race Calendar, year 5,300.

The Unification Stage cultivation methods are officially being promoted among the Human Race.

Hong, Chi, Xi, Yi, Cang, Yu, Yue'e and other top geniuses of the Human Race had already successively broken through before the official promotion.

Under their Guidance, the leaders of the various major forces of the Human Race scattered across the Four Seas and Eight Wastes all broke through to the Unification Stage at the first moment.

Those who fell during the breakthrough were not few.

Not long after, Yun Baobao found you.

She said, "Now the Human Race's qi destiny is too massive; I can no longer shield your qi destiny, and the real war may have to begin."

"I know."

You take a deep breath, summon all Unification Stage Clan Elders, and begin setting up the Human Race's various tribal Clan‑Protecting Grand Array.

The heavenly materials and earthly treasures that the Human Race has collected over the years are now all brought out and put to use.

Xi is the main person arranging the Clan‑Protecting Grand Array.

Originally, it was Xi who derived the forging technique of the Natal Magic Treasure, and at the same time was exploring the Formation Dao; Xi has remained silent for many years, in order to face the moment of the clan's life‑and‑death survival.

If it does not sound, that's fine; once it sounds, it startles heaven and earth!

As long as the Human Race gets through this disaster, it will truly stand at the pinnacle of this world!

"Chuan Clan Leader, the Clan‑Protecting Grand Array of each major tribe has already been arranged."

Xi reports the results to you, "Thanks to Yun Sao Sao's Guidance, we could connect the Human Race's qi destiny spread across the Four Seas and Eight Wastes, forming this Mountain River State Grand Array."

The higher the realm, the more you marvel at Yun Baobao's application of the way of qi destiny.

Looking across heaven and earth, aside from the Ten Great Ancient Gods, perhaps no one can surpass them.

"Be ready to meet the enemy at any time!"

You feel countless prying eyes throughout heaven and earth.

The Nine Ancient God Clans are stirring restlessly.

You gently stroke the Three‑Foot Green Edge; over the millennia, you have merged many times with the unorthodox Sword Spirit.

The Burial God Sword Song technique has also been refined by you to a very high level.

Are the Nine Ancient God Clans strong?

"My sword has never been ineffective!"