Chapter 959

A sky-soaring sword intent also permeated every corner of space, making the void tremble and ripple outward in waves!

The sword intent kept climbing, surging toward its absolute peak!

But just as it drew infinitely close to that peak, the sword intent stalled, then rapidly withered at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Until the sword intent completely dissipated, every sword-Qi little sword returned to nothingness, and the surroundings fell still once more.

Only then did the black-haired old man slowly open his eyes.

Yet his pupils were filled with unwillingness.

He lowered his head, gazed at his own calloused palms, and said through gritted teeth: "The Sword Saint realm, the Sword Saint realm! Clearly I could already attempt the breakthrough, so why do I still feel I'm lacking some accumulation?"

Heavenly Sword Ancestor clenched his fists, his mind awash with countless thoughts.

After returning to the Heavenly Sword Sect back then, he hadn't even had time to give an account before hurrying to this place to go into closed-door cultivation.

Secluded for many days, he kept recalling every detail of his exchange with Wang Jizhou, using it as insight to continually refine his Sword Dao.

Yet now, although his own Sword Dao realm had gained some improvement, allowing him to summon the Sword Saint Tribulation in a single thought,

he still felt dissatisfied.

Because with his current accumulation, attempting to successfully weather the Sword Saint Tribulation would only give him a thirty percent chance of victory!

A mere thirty percent — how is that any different from throwing his life away?

Especially since the horrific state Wang Jizhou endured when breaking through the Sword Saint Tribulation was still fresh in his memory.

Heavenly Sword Ancestor absolutely could not break through rashly.

"To be absolutely sure of success, it seems I still need Clan Leader Jiang's help after all…"

Heavenly Sword Ancestor's face showed helplessness as he let out a sigh.

Then, with a flip of his right palm, he instantly summoned a soybean-sized round crystal stone.

This item had been gifted by Clan Leader Jiang when they parted ways back then!

Heavenly Sword Ancestor gazed at the crystal stone before him, and the words the other party had once spoken echoed once more in his mind.

"This is a manifestation of a wisp of my sword Qi. If Fellow Daoist encounters a difficult pass, you may contemplate it for a bit…"