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Chapter 1365

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In an instant, there seemed to be a spiritual intent in Shi Feixuan's sword energy.

Clearly, the sword energy she released at this moment was not as mighty as the first move, Sword Energy of the Yangtze River, nor was it as solid as the second move, Sword Master of Heaven and Earth, but it had a sense of agility. The agile sword energy kept wandering around Su Xuan, trying to find a flaw in the force field surrounding him.

Su Xuan's eyes flickered. Holding the Color-Empty Sword and feeling the moves Shi Feixuan performed, he did not rush to break Shi Feixuan's moves as before.

Just because the moves Shi Feixuan performed at this moment came from the "Cihang Sword Canon."

In Cihang Jingzhai, there is a famous sword technique called the "Other Shore Sword Art." Most of Cihang Jingzhai's disciples practice this sword art, and the "Other Shore Sword Art" is actually the prequel to the "Cihang Sword Canon." Only by practicing this sword art to the peak can one begin to practice the "Cihang Sword Canon."

This point is somewhat similar to the Demonic Sect. In the Demonic Sect, only by collecting all ten volumes of the Heavenly Demon Strategy can one practice the supreme mental method of the demonic path, the "Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art."

Or rather, the legendary Four Great Strange Books are not so easy to practice.

The Longevity Secret that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling practiced, after Su Xuan's research, was found to be due to various coincidences that they could directly practice the last two chapters—one was physique, and the second was luck.

Normal people who want to practice the Longevity Secret must start from the first five diagrams, one by one. Only after practicing Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth can they advance to the final Yin and Yang forces.

Even the most mysterious War God Record requires one to first practice the previous forty-eight diagrams before one can comprehend the final diagram and understand the secret of shattering the void.

The Cihang Sword Canon, as the town-sect unique skill of Cihang Jingzhai, is divided into thirteen chapters, with stillness, guarding, emptiness, and nothingness as the main focus. Among them, there are five major outlines: Sword Energy of the Yangtze River, Sword Master of Heaven and Earth, Sword Spirit of the Universe, Sword God of No-Self, and Sword Heart of Clarity. They correspond to Qi, Master, Spirit, God, and Heart respectively.

If one reaches the highest level of Sword Heart of Clarity, one can begin to practice the method of the thirteenth chapter. This is a kind of withered Zen sitting that lingers on the edge of death, called the "Death Pass." If those whose cultivation is not enough practice it rashly, they will burst and die from the essence and blood in their whole body.

The so-called "Death Pass" is precisely the method that Di Ni comprehended in the past to create a technique comparable to the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art, in order to break through the final step. It can be equivalent to the last chapter of the Dao Heart Planting Demon, "Demon Immortal." If successfully practiced, one can shatter the void.

Of course, Di Ni's idea was good, but unfortunately, her learning was insufficient.

Relying solely on the records in the "Demonic Path Random Thoughts," it was not enough for her to truly glimpse the method of shattering the void. This also led to the fact that from ancient times to the present, it has never been heard that anyone has shattered the void relying on the Cihang Sword Canon.

Even throughout the ages, the successors of Cihang Jingzhai who could practice to the "Death Pass" realm were very few.

Throughout the ages, except for Di Ni who created this method, there was only one Qin Mengyao, and Qin Mengyao was able to practice to the level of closing the Death Pass also by relying on the help of the Demon Seed in Han Bai's body.

The Demon Seed and the Dao Fetus complement each other. With the help of the Demon Seed's power, she achieved the Sword Heart of Clarity and reached that ultimate realm.

But not all Demon Seeds can help the Dao Fetus reach completion.

Just like Qin Mengyao's senior sister, Jin Bingyun, after falling in love with the Demon Master Pang Ban, she also received the help of Pang Ban's Demon Seed, but in the end, she did not achieve the "Death Pass" realm, only barely achieving the 'Letting Go' method, which is inferior to closing the Death Pass.

The Shi Feixuan in front of her, although also a person of overflowing talent.

Unfortunately, she has no Demon Seed to help her, so it is destined that she cannot practice to the "Death Pass" realm. Even in Su Xuan's eyes at this moment, the other party is still one step away from the highest realm of the Cihang Sword Canon, the Sword Heart of Clarity.

"Is it because she hasn't received the help of Xu Ziling's Longevity True Qi yet?"

Su Xuan couldn't help but think.

The Cihang Sword Canon is derived from the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art, and the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art comes from the War God Record. All techniques related to the War God Record have a great attraction for those who practice the Cihang Sword Canon.

It is fortunate that Xu Ziling's Longevity Secret is not as domineering as the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art. In the original work, Shi Feixuan was still able to restrain herself, and in the end, it only stopped at spiritual love.

If Xu Ziling practiced the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art, Shi Feixuan would definitely have lost her body.

While pondering the matter of the Cihang Sword Canon that Shi Feixuan practiced, Shi Feixuan continued to launch an offensive against Su Xuan.

Although she no longer had the Color-Empty Sword, relying on her powerful strength that chased after her predecessors, Shi Feixuan used her own internal power to release surging sword energy. Her offensive was sharp and ruthless, without the slightest trace of the compassion she had revealed before.

Unfortunately, her opponent is Su Xuan.

No matter how she exerted all her skills, she still failed to break the force field around Su Xuan.

In the next instant, Shi Feixuan's eyes were blank, as if she had entered a realm of no-self and no-other.

With stepping into this realm, the various vital energies between heaven and earth became one with her. This is the realm of forgetting both objects and self, and the unity of heaven and man.

Accompanying stepping into this realm, she used her fingers as a sword, and the sword moves she performed became even more powerful.

Even so, when all the offensives arrived in front of Su Xuan, they were still like a pebble falling into the sea, not even stirring up a ripple.

A trace of fatigue couldn't help but appear on Shi Feixuan's beautiful face.

She had already done her best.

But the gap between her and this Evil Emperor was truly too large.

"The talent for swordsmanship is not bad, but unfortunately, it is only so!"

Su Xuan also saw that Shi Feixuan had reached her limit. Perhaps if he forced Shi Feixuan a bit more, with the other party's talent, there might be a minuscule possibility of breaking through again, but even if she broke through, she would not be Su Xuan's opponent.

At least, Su Xuan at this moment had already seen the Cihang Sword Canon and subsequently glimpsed most of its mysteries.

Compared to the Longevity Secret and the Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art, the Cihang Sword Canon is truly tasteless to eat but a pity to discard, appearing somewhat like a chicken rib.

Another sword strike was swung by Su Xuan in an understated manner.

Shi Feixuan's body fell from mid-air like a kite with a broken string, and finally fell headlong into the Luoshui River.

Just after Shi Feixuan was severely injured by Su Xuan's sword strike, turned into a drowned rat, and was about to drown in the Luoshui River, another invisible force was released from Su Xuan's other hand, dragging her body out and throwing it onto the grass beside him.

The green shirt covering her body had been completely soaked, and the clothes clung to her body, revealing Shi Feixuan's graceful figure. Her face was pale, like a sheet of white paper, giving people a feeling of pity.

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