Chapter 358: Blade Intention Seed

Ye Liuyun, after looping back through the Formation Plate to the Alliance, never went through the Teleport Hall, and directly teleported again to the Holy Martial Academy.

He plans to first, as Qiong Qi said, cultivate the blade intention seed.

So when he greeted his master, he went straight to Rift Sky Gorge. To avoid causing trouble for the Holy Martial Academy, he did not alert anyone.

Inside Rift Sky Gorge, Ye Liuyun flashed forward and arrived at the blade intention spot of the Perfect Realm deep within the canyon. No other disciples can reach here, so no one noticed his return.

The last time Ye Liuyun cultivated blade intention, he came to this place. After some training, he can move a bit farther forward, but still has distance before reaching the deepest point.

Ye Liuyun drew the Demon Slaying Sword, feeling the blade's back. "Brother, give it your all, help me condense the blade intention seed!"

Buzz!

The Demon Slaying Sword trembled in response. When Ye Liuyun cultivates the blade intention seed, the blade intention naturally grows stronger, which also enhances it, so it naturally exerts effort to help Ye Liuyun improve.

Thus, man and sword began to walk, stop, and march toward the depths of Rift Sky Gorge.

A few days later, Ye Liuyun's eyes filled with overbearing intent, his whole aura continuously rose. He again found that overwhelming feeling of sweeping the world.

At that moment, he felt invincible; a single slash would shatter everything. He also gradually surged toward the canyon's end.

Then he saw the silhouette of a middle‑aged man standing with a sword, his aura of dominance even stronger. Just standing there gave a sense of awe.

"After all these years, finally someone has reached here!"

The figure sighed and glanced at him casually.

Ye Liuyun felt his body and mind tremble. Immediately, he released all his aura, stood with his sword, and met the figure eye to eye.

"Not bad! But to condense a blade intention seed, you must be able to withstand my slash!" the figure sneered.

"Come!" Ye Liuyun shouted, slowly raising his sword. Even though his aura was suppressed, he still lifted the sword.

"My slash might send your soul scattering!" the middle‑aged man mocked.

"Battle!" Ye Liuyun barked coldly again, his aura soaring, and unleashed a full‑force slash. This slash contained no True Essence at all, it was purely blade intention.

A blade shadow thirty zhang long began to coalesce in the air.

Ye Liuyun's eyes burned like torches, without a hint of fear, filled with invincible dominance and thick battle intent.

"Ha ha! Good, kid, you have a bit of the aura I had back then! Fine, I'll grant you! Watch closely!"

The figure let out a loud laugh, then his overwhelming aura explosively erupted, sweeping the surrounding canyon and blowing apart Ye Liuyun's forming blade intention.

He raised his sword, instantly forging a hundred‑zhang‑long raised sword on his blade. This level of blade intention, before he could even strike, completely shredded Ye Liuyun's aura.

At this moment, Ye Liuyun could not even move. He was fully enveloped by that domineering aura.

"This blade intention is far stronger than mine!"

Shocked, Ye Liuyun was also stimulated by this blade intention, and his own aura rose again, breaking through the middle‑aged man's aura, and he slowly raised his sword once more.

This indomitable will pleased the middle‑aged man even more.

"Not bad, but still not enough! How will you block my slash!"

Saying that, his slash fell down.

Ye Liuyun only felt his aura and intent press down like a mountain. His own aura seemed infinitesimal before that mountain.

"Even if it only cuts a notch, I won't sit and wait for death!" Ye Liuyun's heart surged with fierce unyielding will!

"Facing an enemy, no matter how strong, if you lack the courage to swing, what's the point of cultivating blade intention!"

He thought of this, pumped himself up, and roared, "Kill!"

His blade intention condensed again; though only about thirty‑plus zhang long and tiny before the opponent, it stubbornly took shape.

The Demon Slaying Sword's will also went all out, pouring its own aura and resolve into this slash.

The man's eyes showed a hint of delight, yet his slash still fell inexorably.

Ye Liuyun's slash rose to its peak. "Break!" he roared, and the slash flew out.

Yet he saw his slash, upon meeting the opponent's, instantly shatter and vanish without a trace, while the opponent's slash continued, unstoppable.

Staring at that terrifying slash, Ye Liuyun stopped evading and kept his gaze on it, comprehending its aura.

Watching the slash reach his head, his aura surged again; he flicked a reverse slash upward to meet it, but still to no effect—the slash still fell, piercing directly into his Sea of Consciousness.

"Hahaha! This is your blade intention seed!" the middle‑aged man laughed, then withdrew all his aura.

Ye Liuyun was bewildered. He looked at himself, completely unharmed, no injury, and even his Sea of Consciousness remained unchanged, except for a new light point.

Moreover, the Ten Thousand Gods Command does not reject this light point.

"Is this light point the blade intention seed?" Ye Liuyun asked naively.

"Correct! You just need to keep comprehending its aura so it can grow." the middle‑aged man replied.

Ye Liuyun finally understood that the middle‑aged man was helping him condense the blade intention seed.

He hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, senior, for your help!"

The middle‑aged man waved his hand. "You needn't thank me. If not for your unyielding will, you would have been scattered by that slash. I am merely a thought; I won't alter the original owner's settings. The blade intention I forged will truly kill you if you hesitate, fear, or even think of fleeing midway."

Hearing this, Ye Liuyun felt a lingering fear. Fortunately his resolve held; otherwise he'd already been gone cold.

"Alright! Congratulations, you finally succeeded in condensing the blade intention seed. My task is complete!" the middle‑aged man said, his voice tinged with a hint of loneliness.

"May I know how you wish to be addressed? So I may always regard you as a model and constantly spur myself." Ye Liuyun asked hurriedly, fearing the man would vanish at any moment.

"Blade God, Mo Shang! Remember my title and name, and do not disgrace me!" the middle‑aged man commanded authoritatively, without any hint of humility.

"Blade God, Mo Shang! I have memorized it. I will never tarnish your illustrious name!" Ye Liuyun declared resolutely.

"Good! Go now. My task is done, I will soon vanish, and this Rift Sky Gorge will cease to exist! If fate allows, perhaps you'll see my true form beyond the realm someday." Blade God Mo Shang said, and his figure gradually faded.

Ye Liuyun then returned to Tianqian Feng and told the Grand Elder about obtaining the blade intention seed and the imminent disappearance of Rift Sky Gorge, so the academy would not panic.