Chapter 2444: Candidate Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi

Dayang Tianchi.

This is a place bathed in endless radiant light, where the Dayang Tianchi contains the Sun Flame River, Moon Creek River, Sun Abyss, and other celestial and terrestrial spiritual sites, its form unchanged from many years ago, just as it was in the time of the first Dayang Sword Lord, though its scale is now far greater and its workings more profoundly wondrous—this is an Emperor-level Secret Realm, a weighty vessel of the Dayang Sword Dao lineage.

At this time, the Secret Realm was divided into one hundred and eight thousand portions, each belonging exclusively to a candidate Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi.

Now, three thousand seven hundred of these sub-realms have been activated, each containing a candidate Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi, unaffiliated with one another, unaware of each other's existence; before the birth of the Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi, all candidate sword sons were equal in status and principle, with no distinctions or hierarchies.

In one such sub-realm.

Beneath the sunlight, a youth with dark, burn-scorched skin sat cross-legged, his body emanating a frenzied, violent killing intent that could not be concealed, at times causing the surrounding air to warp.

Though he was clearly only at the Jin Dan realm, his presence exuded a terrifying aura that even Soul Transformation cultivators felt as a faint threat.

"I—I can no longer control myself—"

The dark-skinned youth suddenly opened his eyes.

His pupils were filled with crimson blood, even cracked like shattered glass beads, utterly terrifying.

"Dayan Dayan Jianzi,"

"Do not fear, you will not suffer qi deviation."

Yue spoke softly.

To be precise, this is one one-hundred-and-eight-thousandth of Yue, who will accompany the Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi; if this sword son dies, she will reset and depart with him.

"But I truly—"

"Kill kill kill—"

The dark-skinned youth forced out each word through clenched teeth.

"The Dayang Immortal Sword Canon is too perilous! Too terrifying!"

This is the Dayang Sword Canon personally revised by the eighteenth Dayang Sword Lord, the most orthodox transmission of the Dayang Sword Pavilion, even more orthodox than the《Extinction of Dharma Solar Immortal Canon》left in the Immortal Sect.

This is a sword canon centered on qi deviation!

"The Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi will not suffer qi deviation."

"The loss of control you experience is normal—just strike down with one sword, as all past Dayang Sword Lords have done, and you shall too, Dayan Dayan Jianzi."

Yue's voice grew ever softer.

No.

The Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi will not perish from qi deviation.

"Vile wretch!"

"I said I can no longer control myself!"

The dark-skinned youth roared in fury, his voice distorted.

Yue fell silent.

She let the dark-skinned youth curse and rage wildly, his shouts echoing.

After a long while, he gradually eased.

"Dayan Dayan Jianzi,"

"You should not act thus."

Yue spoke gently: "In the past, the previous Sword Lord faced this very situation, he complained of nothing—this is the resolve one must have upon treading this path, without regret or resentment."

"Not only the previous Sword Lord, but the one before him, and even the first Sword Lord, were the same."

"Please, calm your heart."

"Cursing and hatred are the acts of the defeated; the Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi regards all his experiences as mere wind and frost—nothing more."

A silence fell.

"Yue,"

"Tell me how the ancient emperor dealt with qi deviation back then?"

The dark-skinned youth fell silent for a moment, then asked.

"Seek out enemies and slaughter them."

"If victorious, the situation would ease; if no enemy could be found, he would not lose control for a time, his endurance extraordinary, never having suffered total loss of control."

Yue answered immediately.

"Impossible!"

"Outside are only supreme enemies! No worthy opponent for a holy sword duel!"

The dark-skinned youth bellowed.

The inheritors of the Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi lineage are not recognized as legitimate cultivators by the Celestial Dynasty, barred from cities and crowded places, constantly monitored; any irrational act is instantly identified by the Stellar Domain Grand Formation and struck down on the spot, without mercy—this is the edict of the current Dayang Sword Lord.

Only fellow Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi inheritors, those condemned to death, or cultivators who actively hunt Dayang Dayan Dayan Jianzi inheritors may serve as opponents in holy sword duels.

All others, even mortals, remain under the protection of the Celestial Dynasty's laws—move, and die.

The dark-skinned youth shouted meaninglessly for a while, then regained his composure, gnashing his teeth: "Yue, ask the ancient emperor how he suppressed qi deviation when there were no enemies?"

"—Celestial Dao study?"

"—Perhaps."

Yue spoke uncertainly: "I do not know why he never totally lost control—perhaps his sword intent was mighty, perhaps his sword heart was clear, perhaps the foundations of Celestial Dao were deep; in any case, he inherited the Celestial Dao education of the Eastern Extreme Demon Gate, greatly enjoyed Celestial Dao scientific research—this sets him apart from past Dayang Sword Lords."

"Before him, the sole method past Dayang Sword Lords used to ease qi deviation was sword duels and slaughter."

"Some Sword Lords developed hobbies like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting."

"Yes, yes, yes—music, chess, calligraphy, and painting!"

"Celestial Dao study—I wish to establish a research project, such as soul research—"

The dark-skinned youth fumbled wildly, pulling out a stack of books and picture albums, then notebooks, beginning a Celestial Dao research project as Yue suggested.

This place in Dayang Tianchi temporarily regained tranquility, only the sound of clear reading and the flowing water of the Sun Flame River remaining.

Years later.

Boom—

A terrifying explosion appeared where the dark-skinned youth had been, blasting a deep hole in the ground, with fragments of clothing and flesh spraying in all directions.

At the center, a sword embryo tinged with a hint of blood turned to light, returning to the peak of Dayang Tianchi.

"Failed—"

"I too should die."

Yue remained where she was, muttering to herself.

Beams of moonlight appeared on her body, the light solidifying, as she followed the death of her chosen Dayang Sword Child, she too entered a formatted state.

A blood-red flying sword rose into the air, returning to Tianchi.

This scene was witnessed by many Dayang Sword Child candidates, stirring many ripples in their sword hearts.

"Another Daoist friend has died."

"This path is too hard—it's a dead end—"

One Dayang Sword Child candidate after another showed a hint of terror.

Only those who truly stepped onto this path would know how perilous it is for sword cultivators—this is disdain for the insufficient whetstones of the outside world, forcibly creating danger for oneself!

These sword cultivators are all heaven's pride; otherwise, they would not have entered here knowing the danger, but at this moment they all felt fear.

"Haha!"

"An unqualified whetstone shattered itself! No need to waste time striking!"

While some feared, sword cultivators laughed wildly.

Their eyes alternated between clarity and blood-red, enjoying their current qi deviation.

Seated at home, doing nothing, a whetstone would appear in their souls.

This is truly excellent!

How fortunate!

How did the first-generation Dayang Sword Lord research such a great invention?

Truly powerful!

Indeed worthy of being the Dayang Patriarch.

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