Chapter 426: Nirvana-Level Sword Intent, Stunning Lu Xun

"Has Lu Xun not come back yet?"

Lan Xing, South Heaven Gate.

Fu Yue tried to contact Lu Xun, but she never managed to get through.

She was preparing to enter the Rainbow Bridge.

Lu Xun said he was going to handle something; if he could finish it within half a month, he would return to meet up with her, and then they would go together to explore the Spirit Realm.

But more than two days have passed since the time Fu Yue set, and Fu Yue still hasn't been able to contact Lu Xun.

"Little Xue is still cultivating... let's wait a bit longer."

Fu Yue decided to change her plan and wait a few more days.

Fu Xue is still cultivating.

If possible,

She still wants to wait for Lu Xun.

It would be perfect to bring Lu Xun along.

"Huh?"

At that moment, Fu Yue suddenly sensed something, and her eyebrows twitched.

"Sister... her sword intent has broken through?"

Immediately,

A hint of joy appeared on Fu Yue's lovely face.

Because she sensed that Fu Xue's sword intent had broken through.

Although Fu Xue is currently in secluded cultivation, they are twins.

She and Fu Xue can even transmit simple information to each other, disregarding spatial distance.

This is the marvel of twin telepathy.

Of course, not all twins are like that.

Pairs like Fu Yue and Fu Xue are still quite rare.

"Finally broken through."

At this moment.

Inside a cultivation chamber of the Grand Void Secret Realm, Fu Xue lightly exhaled a breath of impure qi, which spread like frost mist in the quiet chamber, and the spiritual power surging around her gradually subsided.

Just now,

Her sword intent finally broke through, leaping directly from Destruction Level to Annihilation Level.

After sword intent reaches the Extinction Level, there are three tiers: Annihilation, Destruction, and Extinction.

Each tier has early, middle, and late stages, and even the peak.

Generally speaking, a Seventh Realm genius, during the early-mid stage of the Seventh Realm, usually has sword intent at the Destruction Level, not too high.

Conversely, some who only break through to the Seventh Realm in their seventies or eighties, or even over a hundred years old, may have somewhat stronger sword intent.

The reason is quite simple.

Like Fu Xue, breaking through to the Seventh Realm at fifty years old—this speed is extremely fast.

She spends most of her time on cultivation, so naturally she doesn't have much time to hone her sword intent.

Whereas those who only break through to the Seventh Realm at over a hundred years old, when they encounter a bottleneck, often break through it by practicing swordsmanship.

Of course, things aren't absolute.

Some ordinary Seventh Realm cultivators inherently require more time for cultivation, and not everyone's sword intent is strong.

Cultivating sword intent is also not that simple.

Only a small portion are strong.

In fact, Fu Xue's sword intent is already quite strong.

Lu Chen of the Lu family, when breaking through to the Seventh Realm, had his True Intent at most at the late stage of the Destruction Level.

When Fu Xue broke through to the Seventh Realm, her True Intent had already reached the peak of the Destruction Level.

Because of a flaw in her Profound Ice Spirit Body, Fu Xue was stuck at the peak of the Sixth Realm for several years; during those years she focused on sword practice, which made her sword intent even stronger.

And after breaking through to the Seventh Realm, over the past three years her cultivation has made little progress, precisely because she wants to raise her sword intent a bit, so that she can achieve better results in the next Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

Heaven does not betray those who strive.

Her sword intent finally leapt from Destruction Level straight to Annihilation Level.

Now her combat power will undergo a qualitative leap.

{Fu Xue's sword intent breaks through to Annihilation Level, you gain a 70-fold return from Fu Xue. }

As soon as Fu Xue breaks through here.

Lu Xun then reaps the harvest.

"Has the teacher's sword intent broken through?"

Lu Xun couldn't help but feel delighted.

Previously, Fu Xue had specifically sought out Lu Xun to accompany her in sword practice, hoping to break through her sword intent.

In recent years there has been no movement.

Until now, Fu Xue's sword intent has finally broken through.

The seventy-fold return has arrived.

Lu Xun's sword intent has received a new round of improvement.

Originally his sword intent was at the mid-stage of Destruction Level, approaching the late stage.

Under the seventy-fold return, Lu Xun's sword intent began to grow wildly.

Starting from mid Destruction-level, he broke straight into late Destruction-level, then, with unstoppable momentum, broke through the peak of Destruction-level.

After breaking through the peak of Destruction-level, as the returning heat surge arrived in a frenzy, it let Lu Xun break through into Annihilation-level in one fell swoop.

Just with that, he caught up to Fu Xue.

At this point, the returning heat surge was still enormous.

Under the effect of this heat surge, Lu Xun's sword intent, with unstoppable momentum, went straight from early Annihilation-level to mid, then late, all the way up to the peak.

Even after reaching the peak, it still hadn't ended.

"Hum~"

In Lu Xun's mind, a storm seemed to appear.

Under this mental storm, Lu Xun's sword intent in one fell swoop broke into the "Nirvana" level.

Entry, subtle, transformation, extinction, Nirvana!

These are the five current levels of sword intent.

As for whether the Nirvana level is the endpoint, no one knows, because on the public level, no one's sword intent has ever reached above Nirvana-level.

Nirvana-level sword intent is likewise divided into several minor stages.

Lu Xun's current stage is sword intent that glimpses the Nirvana level.

To glimpse Nirvana is equivalent to entering the Nirvana level.

Although it's just an entry, it is still orthodox Nirvana-level sword intent.

Generally speaking, Destruction-level sword intent can already threaten the Seven Realms.

It's only enough to threaten them; actually killing a Seven Realm cultivator is still difficult.

After all, the sword intent of most Seven Realm martial cultivators is also at Destruction-level.

If it is Annihilation-level sword intent, the threat level will rise a step.

Most early to mid Seven Realm cultivators cannot possibly have Annihilation-level sword intent.

Only in the late Seven Realm, or even at the peak, does one often have it.

Fu Xue being able to possess it in the early Seven Realm is because she is Fu Xue.

Annihilation-level sword intent also has four minor stages; just these four stages alone are enough for Fu Xue to have climbed for a long time.

As for Nirvana-level sword intent.

The Seven Realm absolutely cannot have it.

Even some weak Eight Realm cultivators lack Nirvana-level sword intent.

Like Fu Lao Yezi and his group who entered the Earth-Core Secret Realm—don't be fooled by how long they've trained there; among them, very few possess Nirvana-level sword intent.

Although sword intent isn't everything, after this breakthrough Lu Xun now has a powerful means that threatens the Eight Realm.

"Not bad!"

Lu Xun's face showed a smile.

Fu Xue's sword intent breakthrough came too excellently.

Now Lu Xun's strength is growing stronger, the situations he faces are becoming more complex, and naturally his means need to be ever stronger.

"Why isn't she leaving?"

After all the gains had settled like dust, Lu Xun discovered that Ziqiang had not left, but instead sat cross-legged there, seeming to comprehend something.

By this time, the anomalous phenomena from the awakening of the Wa Huang bloodline had long since vanished without a trace.

However, at the place that gave rise to the phenomena, some strange power still lingers between heaven and earth.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Ziqiang stopped.

"How much longer do we have? Staying here makes us easy to spot; we need to change location."

Lu Xun asked Gu Yao.

He felt it wasn't very safe here.

With such a huge commotion, the Yao Xing must certainly be boiling over now.

No one knows how many Yao people are searching for Gu Yao.

With Lu Xun's current strength, even an Eight Realm cultivator he wouldn't fear.

But the problem is, this time Gu Yao will definitely attract the Nine Realms.

Facing the Nine Realms, Lu Xun has no confidence.

Gu Yao paid no heed to Lu Xun.

She appeared to be exerting herself fully to perform the Twin Soul Derivation Technique.

"Never mind, let's leave this place first."

Lu Xun stuffed Gu Yao into his inner realm space, then prepared to leave first.

Just then,

Three bloody streaks of meteors tore across the sky!

"This is the place!"

A hoarse voice, accompanied by a fishy wind, came blowing at them.

Three towering figures crashed down, stomping the rock layers into spiderweb-like cracks.

Their bodies emanated a powerful aura surpassing that of demon kings.

"Not bad, this is exactly it; even the dissipated demon qi is this rich."

A rat-browed, rat-eyed demon king rat inhaled, his eyes full of greed.

"Clear the field first." The lead one-horned demon king said coldly, his vertical pupils locking onto Ziqiang, "This matter is of great importance; if the news leaks even a moment later, the Prince's chance of swallowing it all alone increases, so anyone who knows this cannot be let go!"

Upon hearing their words, Ziqiang's gaze turned cold, and upon her fingertip a rose blossom suddenly appeared.

These three demon kings came with ill intent, actually intending to strike her.

Although they are all demons, internal strife among demons is no less than that among humans.

Among different clans, battles occur frequently.

"Flower demon, it's all because your curiosity is too strong—die!"

The unicorn demon king's forehead horn burst forth with black lightning, warping and shattering space wherever it passed.

The two-headed demon king on the right flung open its bloody maws, spewing highly corrosive poisonous fire.

The rat demon king turned into a fleeting shadow, its claws aiming straight for Zi Xiang's throat.

The three demon kings attacked almost simultaneously.

Zi Xiang's purple eyes narrowed, and myriad thorns burst from her body, weaving in the void into an impenetrable defensive net.

As the thorn net formed, the three great demon kings' killing moves arrived!

Boom!

Black lightning exploded, poisonous fire corroded, and the rat demon king's claws were especially cunning and vicious, striking straight at her vital point.

Although Zi Xiang was strong, facing the encirclement of the three demon kings, her defense was torn apart in an instant.

"This flower demon is not bad; let me play with her before she dies!"

The rat demon king gave a sinister laugh, his form like lightning, and lunged to kill again.

A cold glint flashed in Zi Xiang's eyes; the rose at her fingertip suddenly bloomed, turning into a sky‑full of sharp petals that swept out like a rainstorm.

However, the unicorn demon king snorted coldly, its horn's lightning surged, and blasted all the petals apart.

He is no ordinary Six Realms demon king.

But a Seventh Boundary Great Demon King.

The two-headed demon king seized the moment to spew poisonous fire, blocking all her escape routes.

For a moment,

Zi Xiang fell into a desperate situation.

Swish!

Suddenly,

A snowy-white sword flash appeared like a startled swan, instantly tearing the heavens, and its icy sword light illuminated the entire battlefield.

The rat demon king's pupils contracted sharply; its claws had not yet retracted when the sword light reached its front!

Hiss~

The sound of flesh parting was barely audible; this rat clan demon king's body had already split in two down the middle.

In his widened rat eyes lingered disbelief and terror.

Ah!

The two-headed demon king's wail had just begun when it was abruptly cut off.

Both ferocious heads flew up simultaneously; the demon blood spurting from their severed necks had not yet hit the ground before being vaporized into blood mist by the icy sword intent.

Roar!

The unicorn demon king glared with fury, its forehead horn bursting with blinding lightning.

However,

Crack!

In the clear cracking sound, the horn proclaimed to be indestructible snapped at once.

The sword light's residual force undiminished, it cleaved his body in half.

Retreat!!!

The unicorn demon king did not die.

Although his forehead bore a horn, at this moment he had a human body.

For demons, killing a human body cannot kill them.

Just like now, this guy has revealed his true form.

That turned out to be a unicorn demon beast.

As a Seventh Boundary Great Demon King, its power far surpasses that of an ordinary Six Realms demon king.

As it roared, the unicorn demon king scraped its four legs hard against the ground, shooting away at high speed in an attempt to flee.

That sword strike just now was too terrifying.

Even as a great demon king, he couldn't block it.

Although this is now his strongest form, he has lost all fighting spirit.

Besides the unicorn demon king, after the rat demon king and the two-headed demon king resumed their true forms, they also attempted to flee.

But in the blink of an eye, two sword flashes caught up to them.

Even though these two Six Realms demon kings used their trump cards, they had no chance to resist and were slain by the sword light.

Break it for me!

On the unicorn demon king's side, he likewise encountered a problem.

Layers of space appeared all around him.

With his strength, breaking through these spaces would take little time, but there were too many of them, firmly blocking his path.

This delay gave the attacker a free hand.

Instantly, a sky‑full of sword light surged forth, completely sealing off all his directions.

Roar! You dare not kill me! Indestructible demon body!

The unicorn demon king bellowed and boldly unleashed a demon clan secret technique.

Boom!

Accompanied by a deafening blast, his body suddenly swelled.

In the blink of an eye, a terrifying demonic form ten zhang tall shot up from the ground, like a moving iron fortress rising from the ground.

And on its skin, bluish-black demonic patterns spread wildly.

These patterns possess astonishing defensive power, able to barely withstand Eighth Boundary attacks for a short time.

At the critical moment, he chose defense.

Running away is not his forte.

His forte is defense.

Chi Sha Yao Huang was sealing this Spirit Realm; he only needed to buy some time, and Chi Sha Yao Huang would arrive to suppress the opponent with absolute power.

Besides Chi Sha Yao Huang, two Eighth Boundary Heavenly Demon Kings also came.

They were both subordinates of Chi Sha Yao Huang.

One of those Eighth Boundary Heavenly Demon Kings is not far from here.

"Heh, who dares claim invincibility?"

A clear, cold sneer echoed in the void; the sound was not loud, yet it pierced the clouds like a sword.

In an instant, heaven and earth lost color!

Countless brilliant sword lights poured down from the nine heavens, like aurora flashes, completely enveloping the Unicorn Demon King's massive demonic form.

Each sword light condensed with the ultimate sharpness to shatter mountains and split ridges, weaving in the air into an airtight cage of death.

"This... how is this possible!"

The Unicorn Demon King felt the Nirvana-level sword intent contained in the sword light; his scarlet pupils contracted violently, and for the first time fear showed in his voice.

He frantically mobilized his demonic power, his scales flashing with piercing blood light, yet he horrifiedly discovered that the defense he prided himself on was as fragile as paper before this sword light.

"Crack, crack~"

Fine cracking sounds rang out one after another.

In the Unicorn Demon King's desperate gaze, the surface of his demonic form, comparable to divine steel, suddenly sprouted countless web-like cracks.

Through these cracks shone piercing sword light, as if his entire body had already been pierced by myriad sword qi.

The next second,

"Boom!!!"

In the earth-shaking roar, his demonic form, several stories tall, exploded violently, turning into hundreds of burning sword-light fragments that scattered.

Each fragment continued to break apart while falling, eventually turning into drifting blood mist that filled the sky.

"Boom~"

Immediately, a ball of flame appeared, instantly burning away the scattered demonic power.

This Seventh Boundary Unicorn Demon King thus died cleanly, not leaving a trace.

On the ground remained only deep, bottomless sword-scarred gullies, and the still-trembling icy sword intent in the void.

"Wise

"Heh."

Lu Xun sheathed his sword and stood.

The Unicorn Demon King, of all things, actually chose defense.

Isn't this just a living target?

Lu Xun's newly broken-through sword intent finally found its use.

The Nirvana-level sword intent lives up to its reputation.

The Unicorn Demon King's death was not unjust.

"It's... him!"

To the side,

Zi Qiang stood frozen in place, her usually cold jade-like face now filled with shock.

Two Six Realm Demon Kings and a Seventh Boundary Great Demon King were actually instant-killed by Lu Xun!

Never mind the Six Realm Demon Kings, but the Unicorn Demon King was a Seventh Boundary Great Demon King possessing invincible defense.

The opponent's prideful invincible demonic body, which could even withstand Eighth Boundary attacks for a while, was as fragile as paper before Lu Xun's sword!

Such a Lu Xun is simply too stunning!