Chapter 171: Ancient Sword Tomb

At the same time.

Another place.

Boundless Heaven, Northern Region.

It is a vast, desolate Star Domain, yet filled with endless sharpness and dead silence.

Ordinary beings dare not approach this place, for the atmosphere here is not ordinary stellar energy but countless fragmented, fierce breaths of Sword Dao, imbued with various extreme wills…!

Here lies one of Boundless Heaven's seven Eternal Forbidden Zones that shakes the Zhutian Wanjie — the Ancient Sword Tomb!

It is a Supreme Forbidden Land, renowned alongside Red Dust Valley, Primordial Chaos Sea, and Reincarnation Demon Cave.

Unlike the other Forbidden Zones— the transcendent, enigmatic Red Dust Valley; the all‑consuming, chaotic Primordial Chaos Sea; the bizarre, inscrutable Reincarnation Demon Cave— the Ancient Sword Tomb holds an exceptionally unique status among the seven.

For the overwhelming majority of beings, it is an absolute death zone; touch it and you die.

Yet for the monstrous talents across the Zhutian Wanjie who possess unparalleled Sword Dao gifts and pursue its ultimate, this place is an irreplaceable Supreme Sacred Land!

Legend says the history of the Ancient Sword Tomb stretches back to the far‑older Primordial Era, perhaps even linked to the first strand of Sword Dao law when Heaven and Earth first opened.

Countless earth‑shaking ancient swords lie buried here, and innumerable Sword Dao masters who once roamed the universe have fallen.

Their Sword Intent, Sword Dao, and fragments of Sword Soul have endured through ten thousand ages, intertwining, colliding, evolving, ultimately forging this unique Terrifying Area.

Those who can enter the Ancient Sword Tomb are none among the billions!

In each era, the beings fortunate enough to step inside are few enough to count on one hand.

Anyone who emerges alive and gains something is inevitably a future epoch‑shocking, defying‑heaven monster with a unique grasp and extraordinary achievements in Sword Dao.

The precise location of the Ancient Sword Tomb is shrouded in layers of mist and a naturally formed lethal Sword Formation, making it hard for outsiders to find.

Beyond that, its outskirts are cloaked by an endless, terrifyingly magnificent… Sword Domain!

This Sword Domain is not man‑made; it is the natural condensation over endless ages of countless, disparate, varying‑strength Sword Dao wills spilling from the Ancient Sword Tomb.

It functions as a natural barrier and a cruel selection mechanism.

Want to enter the Ancient Sword Tomb?

You may, but first you must use your Sword Dao to break through this vast Sword Domain!

Countless beings who boast of being Sword Dao prodigies never even glimpse the true gate of the Ancient Sword Tomb, falling into the outer Sword Domain and becoming part of its nourishment.

Among them are even some long‑renowned immortal Sword Dao masters!

At this moment, deep within this terrifying Sword Domain brimming with chaotic, murderous, destructive, Jiemie, radiant, protective and countless opposing Sword Intents, lies the core of an infinitely terrifying, raging Sword Intent Storm.

A figure in a white robe sits cross‑legged, quietly, atop a floating, pitch‑black meteor scarred with countless sword marks.

He is surrounded by no divine light shield, nor does he brandish any Divine Weapons; he is simply exposed directly to this utterly terrifying Sword Intent Storm.

Yet those raging, destructive Sword Intents, when within three feet of him, seem to encounter an invisible sovereign, becoming docile, submissive, even actively encircling and guarding, daring not a single offense.

The white‑robed figure, with a handsome, sharply defined face, when his eyes are closed exudes a tranquil, otherworldly aura, seemingly at odds with the surrounding raging Sword Domain.

Suddenly—

Buzz!!

The ultra‑restrained aura around him suddenly shifts!

An indescribable, sharp and ancient Supreme Sword Intent, like a creation‑god sword that has slumbered for ten thousand ages, suddenly awakens within him and soars skyward!

This Sword Intent is neither a single‑attribute ferocity nor pure destruction or slaughter.

It is so ancient it seems to originate from Tai Chu Chaos, having witnessed Open Heaven and Split Earth!

It is pure, stripped of all impurities, leaving only the essential true meaning of cutting!

It is unstoppable, as if it could slice through the myriad ways of Zhutian, sever the Karmic Reincarnation, and crush the Chaos Star River!

Clang—!!

The Sword Intent rockets upward, emitting a tangible, resonant sword clang!

In an instant it completely suppresses, tears apart, and erases the surrounding raging Sword Intent Storm, as if crushing withering reeds.

This is not a brute force crush, but an absolute supremacy and governance stemming from the very essence of Sword Dao.

This newborn terrifying Sword Dao will, overwhelmingly domineering, replaces the ancient Sword Intent that once dominated this place, turning the region into its own… Sword Intent Territory!

And this is merely the beginning!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

……

The terrifying Sword Intent that surged from the white‑robed figure seemed to possess its own life and will; after subduing the initial Sword Intent, it did not cease, but like an empire‑building emperor, launched a vigorous conquest and devouring toward deeper, broader reaches of the Sword Domain!

The second wave of murderous Sword Intent, radiating endless killing will, could barely sustain a breath before it shattered!

The third wave, the Jiemie Sword Intent containing endless ice law, was directly slashed through its core, the ice melting away!

The fourth wave, a heavy, earth‑like protective Sword Intent, was cleaved open, causing the ground to collapse!

……

One after another, powerful Sword Dao wills that have dominated this Sword Domain for countless ten‑thousands of years—wills that have made innumerable Sword Dao talents bitter—are, before this newborn, seemingly primordial Supreme Sword Intent, defeated, mercilessly suppressed, absorbed, and assimilated!

The white‑robed youth remains seated, unmoving, yet his sky‑rising Sword Intent spreads outward like a wildfire, expanding at a staggering speed!

Where it passes, ten thousand swords submit; all alien Sword Intents are either eradicated, expelled, or… forced to merge, becoming nourishment for its growth!

Ten streams!

Fifty streams!

One hundred streams!

Two hundred streams! ……

However, in just a few dozen breaths of Time, centered on the white‑robed youth, the vast sword domain spanning tens of millions of li, which had been chaotic and filled with countless clashing sword intents, has been completely transformed!

All the noise, all the chaos vanished, leaving only that pure, ancient, domineering, supreme sword intent that towers over everything, like the sole sovereign ruling this vast realm!

The Space within this region seems to have been wholly Purification and solidified, becoming extraordinarily stable, yet still brimming with a terrifying edge that can cut down all.

Even the expansion of that sword intent has not ceased; it continues to slowly, steadily erode farther away, pressing onward!

The scene is nothing short of terrifying!

It is enough to cause any Sword Cultivator who witnesses this to have their mind collapse and their Dark Heart lost!