Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Xue Linglong completely broke down!
This guy was truly a model son!
Just then, the spacetime in the scene suddenly trembled!
At this sight, everyone’s expressions shifted!
Could the battle between Gu Chou and the Snow Mountain King be affecting this real spacetime?
Suddenly, the spacetime in the scene began to burn away, like a sheet of paper set ablaze, turning to ash bit by bit!
Everyone’s faces paled!
If Gu Chou and the Snow Mountain King appeared in this spacetime, their clash could absolutely destroy the entire Burial Domain!
Their power was simply too terrifying!
The Burial Domain couldn’t withstand their strength!
At that moment, Fan Jian in the sky called out, “Hold this spacetime together!”
With her words, she opened her palm, and countless sword lights shot from it, embedding into the surrounding spacetime to reinforce it!
Wu Lingmu and the others acted too, each working to stabilise the spacetime!
Clearly, they didn’t want the Burial Domain to be obliterated like this!
With Fan Jian and the others’ efforts, the spacetime began to stabilise, but soon, it trembled again, cracks forming once more!
Fan Jian frowned, then seemed to realise something. She looked at Ye Xuan nearby, “If this spacetime shatters, with their power spilling here, we’ll be fine, but you might not be!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Fan Jian added, “If the Burial Domain breaks, that’s not a bad thing for you, is it?”
Ye Xuan said gravely, “Lady Fan Jian, I’m only at the Life Body Realm!”
Fan Jian and the others were speechless!
Now you remember you’re at the Life Body Realm?
Fan Jian said sternly, “Your sword!”
The Qingxuan Sword!
Ye Xuan glanced at the Qingxuan Sword in his hand. Without overthinking, he opened his palm, and the sword flew into the sky. The next moment, the surrounding spacetime trembled violently. Under everyone’s gaze, the cracked spacetime began to mend bit by bit!
Seeing this, Wu Lingmu and the others’ eyes flashed with shock!
Fan Jian suddenly said, “Can I borrow it to take a look?”
Ye Xuan looked at her. She added, “Just a look!”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Sure!”
With a thought, the Qingxuan Sword flew to Fan Jian.
She grasped it, staring at the blade in her hand. After a long moment, she looked at Ye Xuan, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll take it and not give it back?”
Ye Xuan laughed heartily, “Lady Fan Jian, you wouldn’t!”
Fan Jian smiled, “Why not?”
Ye Xuan met her gaze, “Because you’re a sword cultivator! We sword cultivators have our pride. Even if you died, you wouldn’t stoop to something so disgraceful!”
Fan Jian looked at Ye Xuan, silent.
Ye Xuan added, “Lady Fan Jian, may I ask you two questions?”
After a moment’s silence, she opened her palm, and the Qingxuan Sword flew back to Ye Xuan, “Ask!”
Ye Xuan took the sword and asked, “Does swordsmanship have distinct realms?”
Fan Jian looked at him, “You don’t know?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
Fan Jian pointed at the Qingxuan Sword, “This sword is infinitely profound. Its maker’s swordsmanship surpasses mine. Why not ask her?”
Ye Xuan grinned, “I just want to hear from you!”
He’d love to ask Qing’er, but he feared the blow to his ego!
What if she brushed it off with, “I don’t discuss such basic questions”? That’d sting!
Fan Jian was quiet for a moment, then said, “Actually, there are no set realms! The path of the sword is ever-changing, unique to each cultivator! Forcing realms onto it is like shackling sword cultivators. To me, a sword cultivator without realms is a true one, unbound by others’ paths or frameworks. Their sword heart is free, not chained, understand?”
Ye Xuan fell silent, struck by the revelation!
A sword cultivator without realms is a true sword cultivator!
Realms?
Qing’er had told him that so-called realms were just shackles others placed on people!
Why follow someone else’s path?
Of course, in this world, walking a well-trodden road is easier, with fewer detours!
But some refuse to follow, choosing to forge their own way.
Fan Jian continued, “Your swordsmanship isn’t flawed. At your age, it’s remarkable! It’s just that you’re facing us now, so you feel weak! But have you considered we’ve lived at least ten million years? You’re barely a century old, why compare yourself to us? You need to see that clearly, or you’ll exhaust yourself!”
Ye Xuan nodded after a pause, “Thank you!”
He realised he’d fallen into a mental trap!
He’d told Xue Linglong not to compare, yet he hadn’t followed his own advice!
He wanted to grow stronger!
Right now, against Fan Jian and the others, he was weak, and he hated that feeling! But as she said, why compare?
He’d cultivated for a mere century, while they’d had millions of years. What right did he have to measure up?
One must know their place!
With that, Ye Xuan smiled, his mental knot untied, feeling refreshed!
Just then, the Qingxuan Sword in his hand trembled, and a terrifying aura erupted from within him.
Ye Xuan froze. Was he breaking through?
The others in the scene were stunned too. This guy was advancing?
In the sky, Fan Jian watched him silently, inwardly shocked.
This guy seemed flashy, but his comprehension was extraordinary, and most importantly, he didn’t dwell on dead ends. That was the scariest part!
A mistake wasn’t fatal, but refusing to admit it, obsessing over it—that made you either a peerless genius or a peerless fool!
Under everyone’s eyes, the sword aura within Ye Xuan grew stronger, as did the Qingxuan Sword’s presence!
Fan Jian and the others turned to the sword. Wu Lingmu frowned, “His swordsmanship’s rising, and it’s tied to this sword? How’s it advancing too?”
Fan Jian said after a pause, “The sword isn’t advancing, it’s unsealing! As Ye Xuan rises, it unlocks… soon, this sword will reach another level!”
Her expression grew grave, “What we see isn’t its final form… it’s more terrifying than we imagine!”
Wu Lingmu said solemnly, “The one who forged this sword… how strong are they?”
Fan Jian looked to the horizon, her eyes filled with bewilderment.
Below, Ye Xuan suddenly stood. As he did, the powerful sword aura surged back into him!
He grasped the Qingxuan Sword!
Boom!
A sword cry soared into the sky, piercing the clouds, shaking the heavens!
Ye Xuan slowly closed his eyes. At that moment, he felt his swordsmanship had transformed utterly!
But he didn’t know what realm he’d reached!
He turned to Xue Linglong, now feeling he could slay her with one strike, no mysterious spacetime needed!
Confidence!
Fan Jian suddenly said, “Congratulations!”
Ye Xuan looked at her, “What level am I at now?”
Fan Jian smiled, “Two types of foes you can’t beat yet. First, Gu Chou and the Snow Mountain King. Second, Life-Knowing Gods like me and Wu Lingmu!”
Ye Xuan glanced at the Life-Knowing Sages behind her, “What about them?”
Fan Jian replied, “You could fight them, but you might not win! With that sword, though, it’d be a 40-60 split, you at 40!”
Ye Xuan asked gravely, “Where did I improve?”
Fan Jian said, “Swordsmanship! Your mental block’s gone, your swordsmanship advanced, shedding another shackle, understand?”
Ye Xuan said solemnly, “So my sword still has shackles?”
Fan Jian laughed, “Of course! Not just you, me too! Each shackle we shed pushes our swordsmanship forward!”
Ye Xuan paused, then said, “Thank you for the guidance!”
Fan Jian glanced at him, silent.
Just then, everyone turned as the nearby spacetime suddenly ignited. Moments later, Gu Chou and the Snow Mountain King appeared in view.
Gu Chou, still in pristine white, spotless, wore a faint smile, tinged with unmasked excitement and battle lust!
Across from him stood the Snow Mountain King, expressionless, his calm eyes unnervingly still, as if nothing in the world concerned him!
Gu Chou suddenly laughed heartily, “Thrilling! What a fight! Snow Mountain King, how about you?”
All eyes turned to the Snow Mountain King. He walked slowly toward Gu Chou, “I must say… you’re impressive. Even your Evil Clan ancestors pale in comparison!”
Gu Chou roared with laughter, “Snow Mountain King, this back-and-forth is getting dull. How about we get serious?”
The Snow Mountain King nodded slightly, “Fine!”
Gu Chou opened his right palm, grinning, “Please, enlighten me!”
The Snow Mountain King stopped, “As you wish!”
With that, a terrifying aura erupted from him. The instant it emerged, an invisible pressure enveloped Fan Jian and everyone outside!
Under it, they felt their souls shackled!
Despair!
A wave of hopelessness surged in their minds!
Even Fan Jian and Wu Lingmu weren’t spared!
Fan Jian tried to release her sword intent, but she couldn’t. Under this pressure, a Life-Knowing God like her had no resistance!
Realising something, her pupils shrank, her voice trembling, “Beyond Life-Knowing… he… he’s forged a… entirely new realm…”
Beyond Life-Knowing!
Everyone in the scene froze!
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