I Have A Sword-Chapter 1685: Quadruple Circle Breaker

Outside, Qin Guan and Apo were both watching Ye Guan. The moment they saw him walk out of that abyss of darkness, a faint smile curled at the corners of Qin Guan's lips.

Apo, on the other hand, was visibly shaken.

Loneliness.

Since the founding of this "Great Dao of Solitude" by the ancestor, San Xiang, of the Gate of Bitterness, only thirty-two people had ever made it through.

But their success was fundamentally different from Ye Guan's.

Those thirty-two had all given in eventually. After enduring for centuries, they couldn't hold out and chose to restore their cultivation to escape.

Ye Guan, however, had lasted nearly a thousand years without accessing his cultivation base. That alone was terrifying. What was even more terrifying was that he hadn't escaped by relying on his cultivation; he truly walked through it.

Only two others in history had done something similar, enduring the passage with sheer will and talent. But even they hadn't truly grasped the meaning of loneliness. They had simply forced their way through it.

Ye Guan, however, had comprehended it and eventually defeated it.

And that was the true goal behind the creation of the Great Dao of Solitude.

Of course, those two others were monsters in their own right...

Looking at Ye Guan, whose aura was still climbing at a terrifying pace, Apo couldn't help but sigh. "Pavilion Master Qin... your son is truly a monster."

Qin Guan chuckled. "He's alright."

Apo was speechless.

Meanwhile, Qin Guan's smile grew brighter.

However, Apo grew serious. Ye Guan had already stepped into the Fourth Level of the Circle-Breaking Realm. Despite that, his aura hadn't stopped climbing.

Even more ridiculous, he became a Quadruple Circle Breaker.

Two sword intents and two bloodlines... It was just absurd.

Just then, Ye Guan raised a hand and gently pressed down.

Boom.

The surging energy around him instantly vanished, and he returned to normal.

Apo blinked in surprise. "He's suppressing it?"

Qin Guan nodded.

"But why?" Apo frowned. "He could keep pushing forward."

Qin Guan smiled. "It's like eating. If you stuff yourself all at once, you'll burst. You need to digest things slowly..."

She didn't finish, but Apo understood it. "He's consolidating everything to maximize his gains."

Qin Guan nodded again. "Exactly."

Apo couldn't help but admire him. "To resist such temptation and still maintain such clarity... that is rare, very rare."

Qin Guan's tone was as calm as ever. "Nah, he's just average."

Apo had no idea what to say.

***

When Ye Guan opened his eyes, a faint red hue lingered in them, making him look terrifying. He took a deep breath and opened his palm. A strand of sword intent appeared—his Invincible Sword Intent.

A while later, his Order Sword Intent manifested.

Under his guidance, the two began merging.

When they touched, the surrounding spacetime shattered like glass under a hammer, cracking into a spiderweb of fractures.

Ye Guan stared intently at the merging sword intents. His face slowly paled.

Fusing two sword intents that each represented a Great Dao was unimaginably difficult. His hands trembled as his face grew increasingly pale, but the two sword intents continued to merge.

Outside, Qin Guan and Apo watched the scene unfold. Their expressions turned solemn.

This wasn't just two strands of sword intent; two Circle Breaking Daos were merging. Apo had no idea what would happen. He'd never seen anyone achieve that.

Qin Guan believed in Ye Guan, but even she looked uneasy. Fusing two living, Great Daos... wasn't just difficult, it was extremely dangerous as well. No one could say for sure if the sword intents would even agree to fuse.

Judging by Ye Guan's strained face, he didn't seem confident either.

As the fusion continued, the space around Ye Guan burned like paper, turning to ash.

Even though he wasn't in the same spacetime, Apo could still feel the terrifying pressure radiating from Ye Guan's fused sword intent. His facial muscles stiffened involuntarily as he watched on nervously.

Suddenly, Ye Guan clenched both hands.

Boom!

A sharp sword cry pierced the heavens, splitting the sky in two. At the same time, a volcanic burst of sword energy exploded from Ye Guan, sweeping across everything.

In his hand appeared a brand-new sword, and it was made with both Invincible Sword Intent and Order Sword Intent.

Ye Guan's eyes lit up; he had succeeded.

He had no idea how strong he was at the moment, but he knew one thing for sure—he feared no one in this world.

Outside, Apo could feel the terrifying pressure Ye Guan emanating from Ye Guan, and his face grew solemn. Cultivators below the Eighth Level of the Circle Breaking Realm were probably mere ants to him at this point.

After all, Ye Guan had fused to Circle Breaking Daos as a Fourth Level Circle Breaker.

Just then, the two bloodlines inside Ye Guan surged. Their energies flowed through his arms and into the sword in his hand.

Apo's eye twitched. What was he trying now?

Was he... attempting a four-way Great Dao fusion?

Even Qin Guan was taken aback.

Just as the two bloodlines were about to merge into the sword, Ye Guan suddenly stopped. He smiled, and the two bloodlines quickly calmed down.

He knew his limits. At this stage, even attempting a four-way fusion was too much. Two Great Daos were already pushing it. Looking at the sword in his hand, Ye Guan chuckled, "Let's call you... the Invincible Order Sword."

Invincible Order Sword.

With that, he let go, and the sword dissolved into pure sword intent.

Ye Guan was about to leave when he sensed something and turned around.

He saw a blood-red world in the distance.

Just then, Apo's voice echoed in his mind. "Young Master Ye, that's our Gate of Bitterness's ultimate trial, the Hell of Suffering. No one has ever passed through the Hell gate to reach the other shore. You may try it."

Ye Guan nodded. "Alright."

He took one step forward and appeared at the threshold of that crimson world.

The moment he arrived, he felt a mysterious karmic force.

The Gate of Bitterness believed in cause and effect, and the power it birthed was called karmic force. And here, at the entrance, he could feel countless threads of it pressing down on him.

Ye Guan stepped inside.

As he passed through the blood gate, Apo's eyes filled with anticipation.

The moment he entered, Ye Guan found himself in a world of red. The world's skies were crimson, while the ground was covered in bones that piled high like mountains.

He couldn't quite understand this place, but he felt no fear. He kept walking forward. When he moved, thin white threads appeared in the air around him. He studied them curiously.

They looked a bit like threads of karma, but not quite.

He pressed on, and the threads grew denser.

Still, he ignored them and kept going.

As he walked, he felt himself growing heavier. He frowned slightly. Then, he drew his sword and slashed.

Shing!

His sword passed through the threads but they weren't damaged at all.

Ye Guan froze. They can't be cut?

He swung again. Still nothing. He was truly surprised. He examined the threads. Somehow, they are completely impervious to my sword?

After a moment's thought, he continued forward. As he walked, the threads grew so dense they felt like a net closing in on him. His legs began to feel like they were made of lead.

Even after swinging his sword several more times and unleashing his bloodline power, the threads remained untouched.

His face grew more serious.

The deeper he went, the heavier his body felt. The threads multiplied, surrounding and swallowing him.

One glance at the bones scattered around him told him what had killed the people who came before.

These threads.

He said nothing and kept going.

Step by step, but he was becoming slower and slower until...

He looked up and saw a woman in a flowing white gown with a sword in her hand.

Ye Guan froze for a moment and called out, "Fruit Fu Wu? Ah, no, Miss Fu Wu!"

The woman paused mid-step and turned toward him. When she saw him, her eyes widened slightly.