Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 324 - 193: The Terrifying Heart Demon, Human-Sword Unity (Part 2)
If it’s truly the latter, then the Heart Demon is exceedingly terrifying.
This caused a slight feeling of unease to emerge in Qi Chuan’s heart.
"Better believe it’s there than not... Heart Demon Illusion Realm... wake up!" Qi Chuan glared and roared inwardly!
In the Mud Ball Palace at the center of his brows, the Core Formation Stage Divine Soul erupted. A terrifying Divine Sense spread out, instantaneously enveloping every piece of flesh, tissue, and cell, even reaching the external colorful jade platform.
Yet everything seemed incredibly real, indistinguishable from reality.
"This Heart Demon Illusion Realm is indeed terrifying, able to weave such realistic scenarios. Even with my Core Formation Divine Soul, it’s hard to discern..."
Qi Chuan’s pupils constricted, treating it with more caution.
The Core Formation Divine Soul proved ineffective, but Qi Chuan had another method.
That was the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method!
Qi Chuan closed his eyes and began the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method, directly initiating cultivation.
In an instant, Qi Chuan’s Divine Soul entered an ancient and desolate world, transforming into a peculiar willow tree atop a gigantic mountain of ten thousand blades. Then, with a "boom" resounding through the heavens and earth, it was struck by a bolt of Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder, starting the refinement of his Divine Soul.
"Ah..."
The Divine Soul, transformed into a willow tree, let out a miserable cry.
The pain of the Divine Soul, no matter how many times experienced, cannot be wholly avoided, only the endurance improves. Yet, when enduring this pain again, one cannot help but make a sound, like some women when coughing, though this comparison is inappropriate, as the physical sensation pales compared to the pain of the Divine Soul.
The pain of the Divine Soul comes swiftly and leaves swiftly.
When Qi Chuan reopened his eyes, a surge of newly born Power of Divine Soul filled his mind, a refreshing and soothing sensation dissipating the earlier agony.
Before him, a line of words appeared.
[You cultivate the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method. Divine Soul transforms into a willow, refined by Illusory Heavenly Dao Thunder, triggering tenfold Critical Strike, gaining tenfold rewards. Your Divine Soul has been greatly enhanced.]
Reflecting on everything that had transpired, Qi Chuan’s eyes showed a hint of suspicion.
"Cough, cough, perhaps the Heart Demon is exceptionally strong, rendering even Core Formation Stage Divine Soul useless against it, and even capable of simulating the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method..." Qi Chuan coughed.
"However, if it’s truly a Heart Demon, it can simulate many things but cannot simulate a real Golden Core. It can only simulate the Golden Core that I imagine, because I have never succeeded in Core Formation before, thus cannot know what a real Golden Core looks like. The Heart Demon ultimately arises from my heart, my understanding is its understanding. Therefore, the Golden Core must have flaws. Just by finding the flaw, I can naturally break the Heart Demon Illusion Realm." Qi Chuan pondered deeply.
Now, the question is how to find the flaw in the Golden Core?
Careful observation?
Sorry, Qi Chuan observed carefully, but didn’t find any flaws.
Except for the nine orifices.
If the nine orifices are considered flaws, then indeed there are nine flaws.
Then, other methods must be sought.
The Heart Demon simulates the flawed Golden Core I imagine. The flawed Golden Core might not be observable, but in the subsequent operation, flaws might be magnified, ultimately becoming apparent.
Moreover, even if I succeed in Core Formation, strengthening the Golden Core and increasing Magical Cultivation through subsequent cultivation is the right path.
Therefore, Qi Chuan immediately decided to proceed this way.
However, to operate the Golden Core, the Sixth Layer of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique is insufficient. It is a Foundation Establishment Sword Technique. Now, it requires the Core Formation Stage Sword Technique, specifically the Seventh Layer Sword Technique of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique.
But the Seventh Layer Sword Technique, I have not yet comprehended.
It must be comprehended in order to cultivate and then operate the Golden Core.
Consequently, Qi Chuan closed his eyes, recalling all the information about the Seventh Layer Sword Technique from his mind, and carefully reading and understanding it.
After a brief period, having earnestly read and understood once, a shallow understanding arose within his heart.
Then, Qi Chuan opened his eyes, displaying a line of words before him.
[You earnestly comprehend the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer, attempting to grasp its basics, triggering fiftyfold Critical Strike, gaining fiftyfold rewards, your understanding of Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer has enhanced somewhat.]
When the words appeared, his understanding of the Seventh Layer suddenly increased by forty-nine times, greatly deepening the formerly shallow understanding.
However, still far from truly understanding the Seventh Layer Sword Technique.
Thus, Qi Chuan continued to close his eyes, further contemplating the Seventh Layer Sword Technique.
With Qi Chuan’s persistent effort, time passed externally, quickly turning into a month and ten days.
This morning, as Qi Chuan opened his eyes, a line of words emerged before him.
[You earnestly comprehend the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer, attempting to grasp its basics, triggering hundredfold Critical Strike, gaining hundredfold rewards, your understanding of Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer has substantially enhanced. You successfully grasped the basics of the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer. You successfully comprehended the Divine Technique: Human-Sword Unity.]
"Finally understood successfully."
A wealth of understanding of the Seventh Layer Sword Technique emerged in Qi Chuan’s mind, enabling a complete and thorough comprehension of the Seventh Layer Sword Technique. There would be no mistakes when cultivating it.
"And unexpectedly, another Divine Technique has been comprehended!"
Qi Chuan felt the new Sword Dao Divine Technique flowing in his mind, which was contained within the Seventh Layer Sword Technique.
Human-Sword Unity, as the name implies, is when the Sword Cultivator himself can merge with the Lifebound Flying Sword to strike, greatly amplifying the destructive power of the flying sword. It is a powerful Sword Dao Divine Technique for attack, and also a strong means for pursuing enemies and speedy escapes.
Meanwhile, Human-Sword Unity can be utilized in conjunction with the previous six Sword Dao Divine Techniques, deriving all sorts of mystical combat methods. It can be said, once achieving Human-Sword Unity, the Sword Dao truly begins to reach the realm of mastery.
Notably, the prior Sword Gang Division has seen another substantial improvement, not only has the divided Sword Shadow’s power reached thirty percent strength, but more importantly, another Sword Shadow can now be divided.
This means Qi Chuan can now slash out three Sword Shadows, where one is the main body. As for the other two, one is a thirty percent power divided Sword Shadow, and the other is also a thirty percent power divided Sword Shadow.
Crucially, Qi Chuan can activate the Human-Sword Unity Divine Technique with any of the three Flying Swords he slashes out, and can dissolve the Human-Sword Unity Divine Technique, with the physical body reappearing beside the merged flying sword.
This is terrifying.
Its power, even Qi Chuan finds surprising.
And this is the Core Formation Early Stage; when he advances to the Core Formation Middle Stage and Core Formation Late Stage, awakening two new Sword Dao Divine Techniques, cooperating with each other, the power can be expected.
Core Formation Sword Cultivator is truly terrifying!
"...Next...cough cough...is to operate the Seventh Layer Sword Technique and examine whether my First-Grade Nine Orifice Golden Core has any flaws, whether I have been deceived by the Heart Demon Illusion Realm..."
Qi Chuan closed his eyes, began operating the Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique Seventh Layer Sword Technique.
Buzz.
Upon operation, the Nine Orifice Golden Core within the Dantian immediately emitted a subtle buzzing, and from each orifice, threads of mana rose, leaving the Dantian and flowing into the meridians, then commenced a Grand Circulation along the new meridian route of the Seventh Layer Sword Technique.
The meridian route of the Seventh Layer is undoubtedly more complex, resembling the star chart.
However, the speed of mana operation is even faster, consuming less time for a Grand Circulation.
After a Grand Circulation completes, mana returns to the Dantian, immediately strengthening quite a bit, and Qi Chuan can feel that the Nine Orifice Golden Core, having absorbed the returning mana, seems to have grown a tiny bit larger.
