Chapter 202: Sword Dao Profound Meaning, Mysterious Golden Paper

After killing these underworld soldiers and generals, Ye Tian walked into this dilapidated underground palace.

This palace must have fallen here from elsewhere, with most of it embedded underground; only a small part was exposed, and while the interior space was vast, it was also a ruin inside.

Moreover.

Ye Tian also saw some shattered underworld soldiers and generals.

He scavenged all around, collecting useful materials, and swallowed and refined the incomplete ones to strengthen his Tianpeng Dao Body.

Deep within the dilapidated palace.

Ye Tian gradually felt a terrifying pressure, as if his heart were being constantly struck by a hammer, causing it to beat irregularly and uncontrollably.

This was a response triggered by his body's crisis intuition in reaction to the pressure.

"Danger!"

Ye Tian thought to himself, unsure whether he should proceed.

He attempted to scout with a Water Clone, but in this environment, a Water Clone could not be condensed at all; it would dissipate as soon as it formed.

"Be careful, it should be fine!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

Subsequently.

He moved forward slowly, prepared to flee at any moment.

Finally, he saw the source of the danger he had sensed.

"That is..."

Ye Tian saw a corpse dressed in golden robes, wearing a purple-gold crown, which immediately signaled a noble status.

Moreover, after so much time had passed since the Primordial Era, the clothes on the body had not yet turned to ash, showing that the material was highly extraordinary—possibly even of Spirit Treasure grade—and combined with the effects of the ruins, this allowed the garments to be preserved.

Of course.

What shocked Ye Tian was not these clothes, but the aura of this corpse.

"A Demigod!"

Ye Tian could guarantee that this corpse was definitely a Demigod in life, and not an ordinary one at that; it might even be comparable to a powerhouse like the King of Xia.

However, such a powerhouse had not turned into a corpse-demon.

"It must be that the Mingdu Mountain Ruins are not sufficient to turn such a powerhouse into a corpse-demon; otherwise, if it walked through the Mingdu Mountain Ruins in the form of an underworld soldier or general, which Heavenly King would be its match? Even a True Saint-level great power would be no match!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

Subsequently.

He braced himself and walked over.

Although the pressure was becoming increasingly powerful, after he fully activated his Three Great Dao Bodies, he could ignore this pressure; only his body's instincts would produce reactions like fear.

"This Demigod has a space bracelet on his hand, but unfortunately, the internal space of this bracelet has already collapsed, and the treasures inside are likely gone too!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

This is one of the flaws of many spatial storage items; they cannot exist permanently. Low-grade ones become unusable after a hundred or several hundred years, and even top-grade ones can only last a few thousand years.

Even a Spirit Treasure-grade spatial item might fail after tens of thousands of years, unless the Spirit Treasure is constantly nourished to maintain the space without it shattering.

This is also why many great powers do not store treasures inside spatial storage, but rather keep them in various treasure vaults and secret storehouses.

"What a pity!"

Ye Tian sighed inwardly.

However, he still scavenged the Demigod's corpse to see if there were any good items.

"Eh, there is a spatial fluctuation within this Demigod's body; it seems he had opened up a space or Small World within his body, and it hasn't completely collapsed yet!"

Ye Tian was overjoyed and immediately manipulated his own spatial power to permeate into the Demigod's body.

Hum!!!!!

His mental power followed inside, seeing a shattered Small World that was almost entirely destroyed; he could even sense spatial turbulence.

Perhaps this Small World once held many good things, but now they had all been sucked away by the spatial turbulence, with only a few small areas barely holding on; but before long, this shattered Small World would completely collapse, leaving no trace behind.

Ye Tian's mental power scanned continuously, searching for any potentially existing treasures.

"A piece of Golden Paper!"

Ye Tian's mental power sensed it and slowly retrieved it.

Whoosh!

The Golden Paper was extracted by Ye Tian using spatial power, and as if it had lost the suppression of this Golden Paper, the Small World within the Demigod's body instantly collapsed.

"This Golden Paper is not simple!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

He had clearly seen a Space Rift touch the Golden Paper before, yet it could not damage the Golden Paper.

Thinking about it, that made sense; all other items in the internal Small World were gone, yet only this Golden Paper remained, which was enough to prove its extraordinary nature.

Ye Tian pulled on it with force, but could do nothing to the paper.

However, he discovered that this Golden Paper had tear marks, as if it had been torn from a book.

"If such an extraordinary piece of Golden Paper was torn from a book, that book must be absolutely incredible!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

Immediately, he sat there and slowly studied the Golden Paper.

The Golden Paper had no text, its surface was smooth, and it was extremely tough.

He probed it continuously with his mental power and activated his Great Divine Ability-level Enlightenment Technique to sense the aura upon it.

Finally.

He sensed a sharp, cutting power; it was precisely this power that had shielded the Golden Paper.

"A power of Profound Meaning!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

Although he had not seen all the Profound Meanings, he understood the characteristics and identification methods for various Profound Meanings.

Very quickly.

After trying one thing after another, he finally understood the power of the Profound Meaning on this Golden Paper.

【Sword Dao Profound Meaning】

"It really is Sword Dao Profound Meaning. I guessed from the beginning that it might be Sword Dao Profound Meaning or Slaughter Profound Meaning, and I guessed right!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

Sword Dao Profound Meaning is a power of Profound Meaning born from the fusion of various branches of Sword Intent. Ye Tian had thought about comprehending it before, but if there was no need for Sword Dao Profound Meaning, then comprehending it would be meaningless; it would not increase his strength much, at most only increasing the power of his Sword Realm, and the increase would not be significant.

Therefore.

All this time, he had not attempted to comprehend Sword Dao Profound Meaning.

But this time, he felt that this Golden Paper was quite extraordinary; perhaps only by comprehending Sword Dao Profound Meaning could he peek at its true form.

"Then I shall spend some time comprehending Sword Dao Profound Meaning!"

Ye Tian decided.

He began to comprehend it right there. With his current Enlightenment Technique at the Fifth Level Great Divine Ability Consummation Realm, the assistance of nine souls working together, and the power of the Sword Dao Profound Meaning on the Golden Paper as a reference, comprehending Sword Dao Profound Meaning should not be difficult.

Cutting Sword Intent!

Shaving Sword Intent!

Piercing Sword Intent!

These are three types of sword technique applications, and also three branches of Sword Intent.

Through constant analysis, Ye Tian gradually comprehended these three branches of Sword Intent, split his own Second Sequence Sword Intent into three, and then began to fuse the three branches of Sword Intent, thereby comprehending Sword Dao Profound Meaning.

This process was very difficult, but Ye Tian had experience in comprehending Profound Meanings, and not just once. Coupled with the Great Divine Ability Enlightenment Art and the assistance of his nine great souls, he successfully comprehended Sword Dao Profound Meaning in just a few days.

Hum!!!!

The aura of Sword Dao Profound Meaning permeated from Ye Tian's body, gradually becoming stronger and stronger, eventually reaching the level of a Second Sequence Sword Dao Profound Meaning.

"Sword Dao Profound Meaning is completely finished; next, I must see what kind of treasure this Golden Paper is!"

Ye Tian muttered to himself.