Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 165 - 062: The Finishing Touch, Mutated Sword Spirit!
Chapter 165: Chapter 062: The Finishing Touch, Mutated Sword Spirit!
The wind had stopped, yet a cold breath still drifted through heaven and earth.
In the underground passage, no familiar traces could be seen any longer; only the newly added heaps of white bones still carried an inexplicable Blood Qi.
Could it be that he really had perished here?
Mo Yuchou gazed upon the snow-white yet long desiccated skeletons, feeling a sudden emptiness within her, a loneliness, a discomfort, and an overwhelming solitude.
Despite Jia Yongheng’s assertion that he was not dead, she did not believe in such a conclusion. In fact, she felt that the Eternal Spirit, Jia Yongheng, was simply deceiving her, trying to provide comfort.
She walked forward woodenly, step by step.
She had promised ’her’ that she would fulfill a certain promise here, but now, if Zhou Yan was dead, how should she fulfill that promise? What would ’she’ think?
Thinking of these things, she just felt an emptiness in her heart, as if she had suddenly lost something. frёewebηovel.cѳm
She didn’t understand why she felt this way. She had no interaction with Zhou Yan, but when she couldn’t see any sign of Zhou Yan in the ruins, she found it very hard to believe that all of this was real.
"Ah... maybe the impact of life and death this time was too great, having seen so many Cultivators die in one fell swoop, I’ve become somewhat empathetic," she murmured to herself, as if to console herself.
Yet such consolation could not calm her heart.
She had never imagined that she would worry, that she would be anxious for a man who was, to her, almost a stranger.
In her mind, that man faced Ji Tai Xu’s earth-shattering strike with composure and steadiness, without a hint of panic.
That moment’s calmness shocked many and inspired even more.
And in the reflection of the blood-colored lake, the first time she saw him, he seemed to be grasping some Sword Intent. What attracted her the most at that time was undoubtedly his sword-like brows.
Those brows seemed to conceal the deepest sorrows, vicissitudes, burdens, and sadness of the world.
They appeared to be eyebrows precipitated by the passage of years.
At that time, she remembered his eyebrows.
And this time, she remembered those star-like sparkling eyes, as well as his unruly hair and the invincible stance of a War God, all doused in Blood Qi when he faced Ji Tai Xu.
She had etched his entire being into the depths of her heart.
She suddenly understood, this man was truly capable and also very charismatic.
With this person by her side, even the most dangerous place in the world would become extremely safe.
...
"Sword Spirit, the derivation of Sword Dao.
Sword Daoists, the sword as one with the Tao.
Where Tao abides, heaven and earth unify."
Zhou Yan continued moving forward, also continuously grasping the Sword Spirit Dao.
After that, his demeanor underwent another subtle change, making him appear even more profound.
"The rules of heaven and earth have indeed changed. What, exactly, has happened at Ancient Tomb Mountain?" Zhou Yan wondered, then he carefully pondered his journey thus far and after a moment, he shook as if he had suddenly understood something.
He stopped in his tracks.
Beside him, Pan Yuming also immediately came to a halt, vigilantly surveying their surroundings, "Young Master, is there another hidden danger?"
"It’s not a danger, just a sudden insight into the Sword Spirit Realm," Zhou Yan replied with a slight smile.
His mood seemed to have become altered due to that inexplicable insight.
That profound and deep quality seemed to have been sublimated entirely, and the aura of antiquity also became fully contained, returning to a state of pure simplicity.
He appeared just as he did when he entered this place, seemingly unchanged.
But only Pan Yuming knew, Young Master Zhou Yan’s current strength was terrifyingly inscrutable.
And now, just by walking underground for a while, the young master had made further progress. Pan Yuming felt extremely shocked and also inexplicably joyous and excited.
So, after hesitating for a moment, Pan Yuming immediately asked, "Young Master, are you finally about to step into the Sword Spirit Realm? Which form will your Sword Spirit take?"
"You’ll know that later," Zhou Yan did not elaborate, but his words made Pan Yuming somewhat puzzled. Then, his ears twitched as if he had heard the sound of a fight in the distance.
"Young Master... there seems to be a kind of special Spiritual Energy here, like that of protector Li Qimeng..."
Upon sensing this, Pan Yuming’s speech trailed off, and his expression immediately became grave.
He realized something: Spiritual Energy does not leak out. Especially a person’s Tao aura; if it leaks out in a place, then either the person has been severely injured, or they have fallen.
At first, he was somewhat jubilant to have found their own people, but as he spoke, his expression immediately turned uglier.
"She’s fine; let’s go," Zhou Yan nodded without saying much more.
He had sensed all of this too, but at the same time, he also sensed Zhou Gucheng and Zhou Qianqian’s auras. However, it was clear that the leakage of their Spiritual Energy wasn’t substantial, indicating their situations weren’t severe.
And at this moment, in such a place, even if they were anxious, it wouldn’t help; they could only proceed step by step.
Therefore, Zhou Yan did not feel a strong sense of urgency, as he had a very high regard for Zhou Gucheng. Such a person wouldn’t easily fall into danger and perish.
With his thoughts occupied with his own Sword Spirit, Zhou Yan found his mind more at ease.
He was just a little short of breaking through the Sword Spirit Realm.
The Tao rules of heaven and earth seemed to have lost their binding power due to the decay of Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City.
Sword Spirit Realm, Sword Soul Realm, both could now exist here, no longer bound by any shackles.
The ancient prohibitions had also lost their intended effects, and the rule forbidding those of the Sword Spirit Realm from entering the Ancient Tomb Mountain seemed to have been inexplicably abolished.
Therefore, Zhou Yan no longer needed to deliberately suppress his own Realm to prevent breakthroughs.
At this moment, having survived the battle with Ji TaiXu, Zhou Yan also refused to suppress his Cultivation. Hence, along this journey, he was actually experiencing Enlightenment.
This form of Enlightenment allowed him to comprehend something new.
In his understanding, the Cultivators of the Sword Dao’s Sword Burial Ancestor Star all believed that the Sword Spirit was illusory, not real.
However, under his Master’s influence, Zhou Yan believed that any being with spirituality must possess its own will.
So, in condensing the Sword Spirit, Zhou Yan did not dominate anything; instead, he invested a part of his consciousness into it.
This segment of consciousness, having entered the energy of spirituality transformed into Spiritual Sense, suddenly underwent a very peculiar Transformation.
And it was at this instant, within the Purple Flame Space between Zhou Yan’s eyebrows, as if undergoing the changes of the Sun, Moon and Star City, a unique Spiritual Body was born!
This Spiritual Body was none other than the body of the Azure Dragon!
Dragon!
A living dragon appeared right there in the Purple Flame Void of Zhou Yan’s space, its majestic and domineering body covered in azure spines, each gleaming with a ghostly luster.
It was a terrifying aura that even Zhou Yan found somewhat extraordinary.
Previously, his Xingyi Swordsmanship had only produced a Gray Dragon Illusion; now, the Azure Dragon had materialized within the Purple Flame Space between his eyebrows, meaning the Sword Spirit had suddenly come into being.
Drawing the dragon’s eyes!
The Azure Dragon Illusion formed by the Spiritual Sense underwent a fundamental change after a division of Zhou Yan’s consciousness, much like drawing the dragon’s eyes, causing the Gray Dragon Illusion to materialize into a True Dragon!
The moment the True Dragon formed, Zhou Yan perceived an inexplicable Tao, and his Realm suddenly broke through unknown barriers.
In an instant, it was as if he had undergone a cycle of Reincarnation, with all sorts of pressures and repressions seeming to be expelled from within his body.
Not just that, it was as if lotuses were blooming within him, emitting true fragrance, purging all impure auras comprehensively from his being.
Zhou Yan felt his body becoming more solid, his own strength apparently undergoing significant change!
Without reaching the Sword Spirit Realm, one might only be considered to be in the Sword Heart Realm, and without achieving Sword Spirit, no matter how close, a vast chasm would still exist with the Sword Spirit Realm.
But upon reaching the Sword Spirit Realm, immediately, everything changed.
Sudden Enlightenment, breakthrough, Enlightenment, the three changes occurred together, and throughout Heaven and Earth, there was a burst of rainbow light presenting itself within Zhou Yan’s brows.
This time, the chanting sounds even appeared in the Purple Flame Space within his forehead, vibrated with a trembling sense of submissiveness.
The channel beneath the ground remained eerily quiet, and through the process of walking, Zhou Yan had silently transformed.
In the space between his brows, the figure of the Azure Dragon hovered between Heaven and Earth, Devouring the energy of this world, progressing its own Cultivation, deriving its own transformation of the Xingyi Swordsmanship.
As Zhou Yan contemplated, he cast his Spiritual Sense into the body of the Azure Dragon, and suddenly, his perspective changed dramatically.
It was a strange sensation, as if he had arrived at a hidden paradise.
Yet this world was so malleable, almost as though he could dominate everything within it.
"God said, ’Let there be light.’"
Subconsciously, Zhou Yan spoke these words within the body of the azure Azure Dragon.
In an instant, this world gleamed brightly, a light from the horizon came forth, illuminating all of Heaven and Earth.
Between Heaven and Earth, there was a continuous brilliance, a myriad of radiant light.
Zhou Yan was momentarily stunned, his Soul feeling an indescribable impact.
This was not an impact of targeted harm, but one towards the disbelief in his ability to dominate himself!
After a long while, Zhou Yan, who had been walking blankly forward, opened his eyes, a flash of light streaking across them. In an instant, a Sword Spirit, as lifelike as a human, suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Yan.
The transformation in that moment almost startled Pan Yuming, who instinctively wanted to draw his Sword and kill this ’formidable enemy’.
But before he could, he felt a bone-chilling cold and a suppressive Emperor Qi that left him utterly cold, unable to muster the will to draw his sword!
"Emperor Qi Sword Spirit! A Mutated Entity!"
Pan Yuming exclaimed in shock, his pupils dilating greatly.
He couldn’t help but cry out loud.
Zhou Yan, however, just looked at him indifferently, then inexplicably walked over to the human-shaped dragon ’person’, gently caressing its body...
Afterward, an unusual expression appeared on Zhou Yan’s face; this touch felt like touching his own arm, evoking an extremely peculiar sensation.
"A Mutated Entity?"
Zhou Yan frowned, asking Pan Yuming.
"Young Master, since you grew up in Carefree Main City, naturally you’re not familiar with these terms.
The classification of a Sword Spirit generally goes through several stages: Infant Stage, Growth Stage, Complete Form, and Ultimate Body.
But a Mutated Entity is an exception. Mutated Entities are categorized as well, but they have five stages, with the Ultitimate Body following after the Ultimate Body stage.
A Sword Spirit that reaches the Ultimate Body stage can become an Avatar, opening a channel to a new Sword Spirit and the body’s treasure trove.
Dual Sword Souls definitely possess Ultimate Body Sword Spirits!
And a Mutated Sword Spirit is a sign of Dual Sword Souls!
This is an independent growth of the Sword Spirit, and has little to do with the Realm of the Sword Spirit’s Master; their Realm is still categorized as Sword Spirit First Layer Heaven, Second Level Heaven, and Triple Heavens.
After reaching Sword Spirit Three Heavens, as long as one Sword Spirit reaches Complete Form, it can progress to the Sword Soul Realm."
Seeing Young Master Zhou Yan’s confusion, Pan Yuming quickly explained everything he knew in detail.
