A sword’s strength comes from its wielder!
In the past, Ye Xuan had relied heavily on the Qingxuan Sword. Without it, his strength dropped by at least eighty percent!
This was precisely why the man in green had sealed the Qingxuan Sword!
Realizing this, the sword intent around Ye Xuan grew stronger, its overwhelming power causing the lifeless starry sky around him to boil!
Seeing this, Xue Tong’s brows furrowed slightly.
This guy seemed to have had an epiphany!
An epiphany!
Such moments were rare in a person’s life, but once they occurred, they could change everything!
At that moment, Ye Xuan’s sword intent entered the seventh layer of spacetime. The immense pressure of the seventh layer didn’t shatter his sword intent; instead, under his control, it fused with the spacetime layer!
Seeing this, Xue Tong’s brows knit together.
What was happening?
The seventh layer wasn’t rejecting his sword intent?
With that thought, she opened her palm and clenched it tightly. Instantly, a surge of fist intent entered the seventh layer, only to vanish without a trace the moment it did!
Witnessing this, Xue Tong couldn’t help but look at Ye Xuan, her eyes filled with curiosity.
But she didn’t disturb him. This was a critical moment for him!
Three days later, Ye Xuan’s sword intent had fully merged with the seventh layer. Now, he began attempting to fuse himself with it using his sword intent, though he found it quite challenging!
Fortunately, he had his sword domain!
When he deployed it, a smile spread across his face. He discovered he could use his sword domain to fuse with the seventh layer!
Over the following months, under Xue Tong’s guidance, Ye Xuan slowly began to manipulate the seventh layer!
Months passed in the blink of an eye!
One day, Ye Xuan stood in the starry sky, holding a sword—not the Qingxuan Sword, just an ordinary one!
After a long silence, he suddenly slashed downward.
*Slash!*
The space before him tore apart, and with it, the seventh layer of spacetime shattered!
Then, Ye Xuan took a step forward. As he did, his sword domain emerged, and in the next moment, the seventh layer was shredded into pieces by countless sword lights!
The Square-Inch Sword Domain!
At that moment, Ye Xuan opened his palm, and the sword in his hand vanished. A thousand feet away, a sliver of sword light ripped through a patch of space!
Space folding!
The folding of the seventh layer’s spacetime!
Seeing this, Ye Xuan’s lips curved upward. He had finally folded the seventh layer!
At that moment, Xue Tong beside him asked, “Space folding?”
Ye Xuan turned to her and nodded, “Yes!”
Xue Tong nodded, saying nothing.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Any suggestions?”
Xue Tong replied, “You’ve only folded spacetime once. Did you know that folded spacetime can be folded again?”
Ye Xuan froze, “Fold spacetime again after folding it?”
Xue Tong nodded.
Ye Xuan said gravely, “Is that possible?”
Xue Tong glanced at him, “What do you think?”
Ye Xuan fell silent, pondering the idea of folding spacetime twice…
Xue Tong continued, “Do you know why the sword of that Divine Spirit Hall guardian was so fast?”
Ye Xuan ventured, “Spacetime folding?”
Xue Tong nodded, “He folded the eighth layer at least four times. That’s why his sword could instantly kill a Law of Wujian expert! After folding spacetime four times, its speed becomes something no Law of Wujian cultivator can withstand.”
Ye Xuan asked solemnly, “How many times can spacetime be folded?”
Xue Tong looked at him, “Theoretically, infinitely! But each additional fold increases the difficulty tenfold, and the further you go, the harder it gets!”
She licked her candied hawthorn, adding, “The laws of spacetime are infinitely profound, not as simple as you might think!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Eye-opening!”
Xue Tong said, “If you can fold spacetime twice, with your current strength, killing a twentieth-stage expert would be effortless. Even a Wujian realm cultivator wouldn’t be impossible!”
Ye Xuan asked, “What about three folds?”
Xue Tong replied calmly, “You could easily kill a Law of Wujian expert!”
Ye Xuan pressed, “And four folds?”
Xue Tong looked at him, “You could effortlessly slay a Law of Wujian expert, just like that Divine Spirit Hall guardian!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “I understand!”
Xue Tong continued, “Folding spacetime isn’t the sole measure of strength. Beyond folding, there’s twisting spacetime, spacetime pressure, spacetime stacking, spacetime detonation, spacetime black holes, spacetime leaps, and more. In short, the laws of spacetime are boundless and unpredictable!”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “What are you skilled at?”
Xue Tong said casually, “A bit of everything!”
Ye Xuan asked, “Mastered any?”
Xue Tong replied, “Decently!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Xue Tong said, “Take it slow!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly, “Take it slow!”
He sighed softly. Ever since his father sealed the tower’s functions, his cultivation speed had crawled!
But there was no helping it. For now, aside from Qing’er and his eldest brother, no one could likely undo his father’s seal!
Xue Tong suddenly asked, “Where are you headed?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “To the Divine Sect, to deliver something!”
Xue Tong glanced at him, saying nothing more.
Ye Xuan said, “Let’s go!”
He was now at the sixteenth stage. With the Divine Sect’s legacy and Xue Tong’s guidance, reaching the twentieth stage wouldn’t be hard!
But he didn’t want to rush. He wanted to take it slow!
Swordsmanship!
After his epiphany, his sword intent had grown, allowing him to fuse with the seventh layer.
In simple terms, he now wanted to focus on elevating his swordsmanship!
Truth be told, Xue Tong was inwardly shocked. Normally, Ye Xuan shouldn’t have been able to enter the seventh layer, let alone fuse with it and master it. And his sword techniques were terrifying!
Those skills had boosted his combat power several times over!
A mysterious guy indeed!
Moments later, the two pressed onward.
Three days later, they arrived before a spacetime black hole. As Ye Xuan prepared to enter, Xue Tong suddenly asked, “You’re going in?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Xue Tong fell silent.
Ye Xuan asked, “Dangerous?”
Xue Tong looked at him, “Can’t you feel it?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
Xue Tong stared at him, “How have you survived this long? Pure luck?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Xue Tong looked at the black hole, “Inside is likely the legendary eighth-tier civilization! With our current strength, entering would be like lambs walking into a wolf den, got it?”
Ye Xuan sighed helplessly, “What can I do? I promised someone I’d deliver something.”
Xue Tong thought for a moment, then said, “We’ll go in, but keep a low profile!”
With that, she stepped inside.
Ye Xuan hurriedly followed.
A quarter of an hour later, they emerged in an unknown starfield. Ye Xuan glanced around, then said, “Let’s go!”
He led Xue Tong to the right.
An hour later, they reached a mountain range. Xue Tong’s brows furrowed, “I smell blood!”
Ye Xuan caught the scent too and looked into the distance. Suddenly, a massive handprint, tens of thousands of feet long, descended from the sky above the mountains, shaking the range in an instant!
Ye Xuan’s face changed!
At that moment, a giant golden light barrier rose from within the mountains.
*Boom!*
The handprint shattered upon hitting the barrier, dissolving into nothingness. A powerful shockwave spread outward, annihilating countless spacetimes in an instant!
Ye Xuan’s expression darkened. What was happening?
Xue Tong looked at him, “Things might be a bit complicated!”
Ye Xuan paused, then said, “Let’s come back another day!”
Xue Tong nodded, “Good idea!”
They turned to leave.
But at that moment, an old man appeared before them. Ye Xuan’s expression shifted, and then the old man’s gaze fell on the ring on Ye Xuan’s finger. Seeing the Divine Ring, his face changed dramatically, “The Divine Ring!”
Ye Xuan blinked, “Are you from the Divine Sect?”
The old man quickly bowed respectfully, “Li Muqi of the Divine Sect greets the Sect Leader!”
Sect Leader?
Ye Xuan froze, then hurriedly said, “You’ve misunderstood! I’m just here to deliver the ring. I’m not your Sect Leader!”
He tried to remove the ring, only to find, to his shock, that it wouldn’t come off!
What was going on?
Ye Xuan was bewildered.
Li Muqi bowed again, “Sect Leader, please return to the sect with me!”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “I’m really not your Sect Leader. I was just entrusted by your Sect Leader to bring this ring back. Please don’t misunderstand!”
Li Muqi looked at him, “You’re wearing the Sect Leader’s ring! You are the Sect Leader!”
Ye Xuan was speechless. He was about to say more when a terrifying pressure suddenly enveloped him. Frowning, he looked up to see the sky split open, a shadowy figure drifting out, gazing down at him.
Li Muqi’s face changed instantly, “Sect Leader, come back to the sect with me now!”
Ye Xuan was about to protest when Xue Tong said, “Listen to him. Get inside that barrier!”
She charged toward the barrier.
Li Muqi quickly pulled Ye Xuan along, and just as they vanished, the spot where Ye Xuan had stood was erased by a mysterious force!
Seeing this from afar, Ye Xuan’s face turned extremely grim!
Soon, the three appeared atop a mountain peak.
Li Muqi glanced at the sky, then turned to Ye Xuan, “Sect Leader, the Ten Absolute Divine Hall is attacking our Divine Sect this time, and their goal is our sect’s Divine Ring!”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “I’m not your Sect Leader!”
He tried to remove the ring again, but it wouldn’t budge.
Li Muqi said, “The Divine Ring has recognized you as its master!”
He knelt slowly, “Please, Sect Leader, protect our Divine Sect!”
Ye Xuan was speechless.
Damn it!
Was that woman from the Divine Spirit Hall insane?
Making him the Divine Sect’s leader—did she expect him to save the sect?
How could he possibly save it?
At that moment, the little tower spoke, “Little Master, you’re too slow. That woman didn’t want you to save the Divine Sect—she wanted Big Sis Destiny to save it! You’re the Sect Leader, so what does that mean? It means the Divine Sect has Big Sis Destiny backing it! As for you… without her, they probably wouldn’t have even let you through the door! Get some self-awareness!”
Ye Xuan said calmly, “Next time I see Qing’er, I’ll tell her you badmouthed her!”
The tower erupted, “Don’t slander me! Big Sis Destiny is my faith!”
Ye Xuan asked, “Who do you think Qing’er will believe—you or me?”
The tower fell silent for a moment, then said, “Little Master, I apologize for what I said earlier. Sorry! I’ll watch my words from now on. Please forgive me, you’re the bigger person!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
