Chapter 623: The Sword Sovereign Wishes to Test the Sword Charm Ancestor

Only after Yue Ling's figure completely vanished from sight did Bie Xuening withdraw her gaze and begin to quietly sense her current state.

This closed-door reflection on her insights had brought her mastery of the Slaughter Sword Dao to an entirely new level.

A single thought stirred, and the entire primordial heavens responded.

Just as, when the sword-light had spanned from beginning to end moments ago, ten thousand realms had risen with the radiance of slaughter and utter extinction, and the Dao-chant had sung the revered name.

Of course, more importantly…

Bie Xuening's gaze shifted slightly as she slowly rose from the center of her dao arena.

In an instant, the heavy existence sealed away in the deepest part of the Xiang Jianzong began to thrash violently, desperate to escape its shackles and merge back into the world.

Yet Bie Xuening's expression remained unchanged; she merely cast a downward glance.

Hum~!

A hundred thousand? A million? Ten million? Or even hundreds of billions?

Amid the endless sword-chimes, slaughtering sword-lights imbued with boundless intent to sever spirit and slay gods interlocked and sliced, forcibly grinding down the constantly struggling 'Hun Tian Yi'!

Almost every instant, the portion of 'Hun Tian Yi' sealed by the Xiang Jianzong was being rapidly worn away at a speed hundreds or thousands of times greater than before.

Previously, in order to seal 'Hun Tian Yi', she could not take a single step away from the Xiang Jianzong.

But now, she could already ignore this restriction!

And moreover…

"As expected, it works."

Because the Dao she wielded was the Slaughter Sword Dao.

Skilled in slaughter, severing spirit, and slaying extinction.

But not particularly adept at matters of sealing such as this.

So even though Xuan had previously taken a portion of 'Hun Tian Yi' from the Xiang Jianzong, she was still bound by the restriction and could not leave the Xiang Jianzong.

This was also where she fell short compared to other True Immortals.

And after this period of closed-door reflection on her insights…

Her further-advanced supreme Slaughter Sword Dao not only freed her from the restriction, but even the speed at which she wore down and refined 'Hun Tian Yi' had become far superior to that of other True Immortals.

After all, before this, Ning Ruo had already been able to borrow her sword-qi to grind and refine 'Hun Tian Yi' to forge the 'Immortal-Washing Pool'.

That she could achieve such an effect now was hardly surprising.

Of course, the restriction had not vanished entirely.

At the very least, at this stage, she still could not project her own power beyond the Xuan Realm.

If she wished to observe or influence the Primordial Sea, she would still need to rely on some external means.

Thinking this, Bie Xuening raised her hand and drew a slender thread of the immortal net from the void before her.

A wisp of her gaze followed the vast and intricate web of the 'Taixuan Immortal Net', tracing the mysterious connection across the boundless primordial chaos, and finally landed within a rather powerful world.

Amber-like in outer form, its interior resembled a vast, boundless forest, with many flourishing 'great trees' growing within; on the 'trunk' of each tree, new 'branches' were constantly being generated.

The Yuanzhen Realm!

Continuing past universe after universe, Bie Xuening's wisp of gaze finally settled on a cosmic domain composed of numerous great universes.

At the source of the timelines of those great universes, a Dao-Integrator sat high upon Wang Zuo, silently gazing at a great universe before him—

The Soldier Realm Great Universe.

Within that Soldier Realm, a thread of sword-light was streaking across the starry sky, wandering about.

Bie Xuening stared like this for a while, until that thread of sword-light gradually slowed, stopped, and began looking around suspiciously…

Only then did she withdraw her gaze in satisfaction, releasing the thread of immortal net in her hand at the same time.

Taking out her phone and lighting up the screen, Bie Xuening sent a message to a contact saved as 'Not a Disciple'.

Home-Guarding Sword Sovereign: "Closed-door session is over, come see me"

Home-Guarding Sword Sovereign: "Run faster / little yellow duck holding a sword and pointing"

Having emerged from seclusion, naturally she had to see her disciple first.

After all, she only had two disciples in total, and when the little disciple completed her mission, she happened to be in closed-door seclusion…

About two seconds later.

Not a Disciple: "Master, you're out of seclusion?"

Not a Disciple: "On my way"

……

……

Meanwhile, in the Yuanzhen Realm.

The Soldier Realm Great Universe.

In the silent starry sky, on the surface of a desolate planet, Chi Jiuyu stood at the edge of a steep high cliff, looking around suspiciously.

Her extended and spreading divine sense was also continuously probing the surroundings.

But even though her divine sense searched the entire area, nothing unusual was found.

"……" Chi Jiuyu scratched her head in confusion and couldn't help muttering, "An illusion?"

Wasn't the mission deadline approaching?

She had wanted to take advantage of this final stretch of time to wander around…

Mainly because in this world, her Grand Void Sword Escape could easily cross star systems—the feeling was just too exhilarating!

However, just now, while she was 'sword-racing', she had suddenly felt a chill run down her back.

So, startled, she had stopped to investigate the surroundings, only to find nothing at all…

"Looks like I've been overusing my brain lately; once I get back I'll need to nourish it properly." Chi Jiuyu arrived at a very reasonable conclusion.

During this period, in order to complete the mission...

No, that's not right!

It was to find a new path forward for the cultivators of this world!

She had racked her supreme intellect, thought long and hard, and only with great difficulty managed to create a suitable cultivation method based on this world's circumstances—

The "Ultimate Talisman Soldier-Suppressing Sword Scripture"!

Cultivation in this world was rather strange: it wasn't people who wielded weapons, but weapons that wielded people. Almost every cultivation method had its ultimate goal aimed at nurturing "dharma artifacts."

If broken down further, they could be divided into two major categories: "Weapon-Nurturing Methods" and "Weapon-Sacrificing Methods."

"Weapon-Nurturing Methods," simply put, completely bound oneself to a dharma artifact. By nurturing the dharma artifact and making it powerful, it would in turn feed back and strengthen oneself.

As for the so-called "Weapon-Sacrificing Methods."

They obtained power from dharma artifacts of an evil, violent nature through blood sacrifice, or by offering up various parts of oneself, or even by arranging all sorts of rituals.

Usually, the ending wasn't very good.

In short...

It was pretty damn stupid!

In Chi Jiuyu's view, both "Weapon-Nurturing Methods" and "Weapon-Sacrificing Methods" were no different from abandoning the root for the branches!

What mattered most for a cultivator was strengthening oneself, clarifying the mind and seeing one's true self.

What kind of nonsense was it to place all hope on a dharma artifact?

Later, after investigating more deeply, she discovered that the rules of the Weapon World were a bit strange, feeling as if they had been deliberately altered by someone.

Ordinary beings, whether human or of other races, found it very difficult to enter the Dao relying solely on themselves...

Upon investigating to this point, she also vaguely guessed that the people of this world might all have been set up, all of them treated as consumables for "weapon-refining."

Unfortunately, even though she realized this, there was nothing she could do to stop it.

How could someone capable of affecting an entire universe possibly be touched by a mere little Soul Transformation cultivator like her!

At most, after settling the mission, she could pick a trump card and give him a little taste...

emm...

In any case!

After understanding this world's situation, she mobilized her supreme intellect, thought long and hard, and ultimately succeeded in creating this earth-shattering "Ultimate Talisman Soldier-Suppressing Sword Scripture"!

As the name suggests, this was a super badass cultivation method that combined her insights into the "Talisman Dao" and "Sword Dao" as the number one prodigy of the myriad worlds!

Cultivators who practiced the "Ultimate Talisman Soldier-Suppressing Sword Scripture," after entering the Dao with the aid of a dharma artifact, would generate a "Talisman Seed" within their bodies.

Because the core essence of the Talisman Seed was the "Artifact-Deriving Talisman," a type of talisman that constructed one-time-use dharma artifacts through talismanic script.

Therefore, it could deceive this world's bizarre rules, thereby bypassing the restrictions and allowing cultivators to continue cultivating without the aid of dharma artifacts.

Moreover, those who had cultivated a "Talisman Seed," upon reaching a certain realm, could also separate the "Talisman Seed," allowing ordinary people who had not yet entered the Dao to enter the Dao through the "Talisman Seed" without the aid of dharma artifacts.

Once the number of "Talisman Seeds" grew larger and larger, the threshold to enter the Dao would naturally not be so high.

Of course, she also understood that her "Ultimate Talisman Soldier-Suppressing Sword Scripture" still had considerable hidden dangers. After all, the separation of "Talisman Seeds" involved wear and tear, and it was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn't tamper with the "Talisman Seed" to do something evil...