Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 207 - 168 Taixu 10 Swords, All 3 Meridians Broken! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

Chapter 207: Chapter 168 Taixu 10 Swords, All 3 Meridians Broken! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

Following the path deep into the Ten Thousand Scroll Cave.

Soon enough.

A wondrous sight appeared once more.

This was a vast cavern, with luminous cliffs emitting light, making the entire area brightly illuminated. As Chen Jichuan stepped inside, he immediately noticed hundreds of stone steles standing in the center. The inscriptions on the steles, carved as though with blades and axes, carried varying degrees of sharpness and penetrative power.

Standing before the steles, a faint pressure began to weigh down on him.

If an Innate Grandmaster were here, they might find it suffocating and unbearable.

"This is—"

Chen Jichuan gazed at the stone steles.

At his side, Nie Yun explained, "The inscriptions on these steles are all rubbings personally written by the Sword Ancestor. They are divided into ten sections: ’Gold,’ ’Wood,’ ’Water,’ ’Fire,’ ’Earth,’ ’Wind,’ ’Cloud,’ ’Frost,’ ’Thunder,’ and ’Lightning.’ These reflect the intent of the *Taixu Ten Swords* and are of immense benefit to Void Realm cultivation!"

"The *Taixu Ten Swords*!"

"Rubbings?"

Chen Jichuan studied the steles carefully and nodded slightly.

The Taixu Sword Sect was founded by the Sword Ancestor, and the *Taixu Ten Swords* handed down by the Sword Ancestor were among the four great divine tomes of Central Earth. The detailed categorization of the *Taixu Ten Swords* was split into ’Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Cloud, Frost, Thunder, and Lightning.’

The essence contained in these steles corresponded to the intent behind these ten categories.

However, the *Taixu Ten Swords* had long been lost, and merely through these stone steles’ insights, it would be exceedingly difficult to deduce them in their entirety. Generations of Void Realm Grandmasters within the Taixu Sword Sect, guided by these steles, eventually devised the secondary *Taixu Sword Manual*, which was still among the pinnacle techniques of the current era.

With these ten rubbings available for reference and comprehension, they were of a level surpassing ordinary Heavenly Secret Scriptures by far.

But that was not all.

The Taixu Sword Sect’s predecessors also derived numerous top-tier martial arts techniques from these steles.

Qin Feng, Nie Yun, and Bu Wushuang each focused their cultivation on the *Taixu Sword Manual*, pursuing different paths and comprehending the intents of ’Wind,’ ’Cloud,’ and ’Frost,’ respectively.

Each had notable achievements.

However.

These steles were only rubbings.

While the sword intent contained within them was strong and the profound realms substantial, the pressure they exerted was, at best, on par with the level of someone at Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Take Chen Jichuan’s experience in the Jade Spring World, for instance—when he achieved the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, capturing sword intent and inscribing characters that could exert significant pressure on newcomers to Qi Refinement. This comparison was not far off.

The Sword Ancestor, as a Supreme, likely transcended Qi Refinement long ago. The characters he left behind could not possibly be limited to such effect.

If they were rubbings, however, that could explain it.

"Although they are rubbings, each stele contains immensely powerful sword intent. For those at the Innate and Transforming Strength stages, these steles are unbearable, and their unstable foundations may be adversely influenced. They might end up grasping only fragments, forming preconceived notions, which could lead them astray down the line."

Qin Feng, worried that Chen Jichuan might underestimate the steles, added his explanation.

Chen Jichuan certainly did not undervalue these steles. Though they were rubbings, they still served as inspirations and could assist him in enriching his personal understanding of swordsmanship.

He practiced the *Ten Thousand Sword Map*, which was designed for observing, studying, and comprehending the sword techniques of a hundred schools, assimilating myriad forms of sword intent, and ultimately fragmenting into ten thousand streams of Sword Qi, creating a singular Sword Map, potent enough to bring about cataclysms.

How could Chen Jichuan possibly dismiss the Sword Dao passed down by the Sword Ancestor in this world?

But to say he wasn’t at least a little disappointed would also be untrue.

Eighteen years of diligence had rewarded him only with the steles’ rubbings, which fell far short of his original expectations.

"Where might the original steles be?"

This doubt arose in Chen Jichuan’s mind, and he decided to voice it aloud.

At this question, the trio of Qin Feng, Nie Yun, and Bu Wushuang exchanged glances before Qin Feng finally replied, "The Taixu Sword Sect has survived thousands of years, weathering numerous storms, many rises and falls. It has also faced near destruction. Merely centuries after the Sword Ancestor shattered the void, the Jianghu was aflame over the ten steles, sparking conflict. Furthermore, the long dominance of the Taixu Sword Sect bred discontent, leading to uprisings. Without the Sword Ancestor to oversee it, the sect alone could not resist the world. It was during that tumultuous time that the original steles were lost."

The world, divided for long, must unite; united for long, must divide.

With the emergence of a Supreme, there was always a great chance of unifying the world. Yet once that Supreme ascended, chaos would inevitably follow, fracturing the unity as various factions vied for control.

The Taixu Sword Sect had once unified the world.

But after the Sword Ancestor’s ascension, its dominance only endured for centuries before it was toppled, and even the Sword Ancestor’s *Taixu Ten Swords* steles were lost to the winds.

"Many factions in the world possess rubbings of the *Taixu Ten Swords*, but only we, the Taixu Sword Sect, hold a complete set."

"As for the original steles—"

Qin Feng’s eyes revealed a trace of humiliation as he gave a bitter laugh and continued, "As far as we know, the Guu Family of Huangtian City possesses a complete ’Water’ stele. The Xingyi Sect in Yunzhou holds a complete ’Wood’ stele. The Great Sun Vajra Temple owns the complete ’Fire’ stele, while the Taixuan Temple safeguards the complete ’Earth’ stele. The remaining six steles are mostly scattered overseas, with a few rumored to be in the Sun-shooting Divine Mountain, Arctic Ice Field, or Eastern Extreme Wilderness. Their exact whereabouts are unknown, making them extremely difficult to retrieve, let alone reunite as a whole."

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