The First Immortal of Destiny-Chapter 467 Zhao Lingyin Breakthrough_1

In contrast, Shen Mo’s Supreme Clarity Sword Technique and Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation had reached the Extremely Perfection realm, granting him two powerful Skills that could enhance his swordplay.

Besides, The Big Dipper Array had also been deduced once through [Martial Performance], achieving a very high grade!

Other sword cultivation methods, such as the All-Encompassing Sword Canon, Sword Control Spirit Technique, and Startling Swan Sword Technique, had all reached a level beyond the mundane, not far from the Epic realm.

Their Proficiency in Swordsmanship could be considered evenly matched; it was a case of a sword meeting its equal.

Therefore, Shen Mo’s battle against it was quite perilous.

Several times, he was almost severely injured or killed by the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow. He also suffered several sword wounds, but they vanished into thin air after he left the strange illusory domain.

Fortunately, this unnamed Heavenly Monarch was not the one who had left the indelible sword Qi on Tianshan Mountain.

After a fierce and brutal battle, Shen Mo spotted a minor flaw in its swordplay and immediately unleashed his self-created Demon Slaying Sword Style, severely injuring it.

Subsequently, relying on The Big Dipper Array and Senluo Sword Technique, he pressed forward step by step, gradually suppressing the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow and ultimately defeating it completely!

Once the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow collapsed, the trial of the Sword Washing Pool was successfully overcome.

The extraordinary power enveloping this place receded like a tide, completely dissipating. Even if someone were to wash a sword in the Sword Washing Pool again, it would no longer trigger this trial!

Shen Mo also reaped significant gains from this battle.

[You fought fiercely against the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow, observed its swordplay, and gained insights. Your understanding of the Sword Path has deepened.]

[Through your constant practice and comprehension, you have grasped the endless mysteries of the All-Encompassing Sword Canon. All-Encompassing Sword Canon experience +50.]

[Through your constant practice and comprehension, you have grasped the endless mysteries of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation. Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation experience +45.]

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[You successfully used the Startling Swan Sword Technique to dodge the sword Qi assault. In the process, your comprehension of the Startling Swan Sword Technique deepened. Startling Swan Sword Technique experience +85.]

[You used the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation to trap the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow. During the formation process, your comprehension of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation deepened. Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation experience +30.]

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[You fought fiercely with the Heavenly Monarch’s remnant shadow. During this process, you unexpectedly obtained a fortuitous opportunity. Destiny Point +1.]

Aside from the increased Destiny Points, his martial arts and cultivation methods related to the Sword Path had all improved to some extent.

If he were fighting ordinary cultivators, even if he used the Demon Slaying Sword until it was red-hot, his martial arts like the All-Encompassing Sword Canon would not have progressed so significantly.

Only by clashing with powerful experts of the same Realm and witnessing different, formidable swordplay styles could sparks of inspiration ignite, allowing Shen Mo to continuously progress and enhance his Proficiency in Swordsmanship through battle and comprehension!

It was just a pity that the unnamed Heavenly Monarch truly seemed to have no intention of passing down his legacy. He hadn’t set up any rewards for overcoming the Prohibitions in the various trials. Even though Shen Mo had conquered the Sword Washing Pool trial, apart from his own comprehension, he hadn’t obtained any substantial benefits! If he could obtain this Heavenly Monarch’s Truth and Falsehood Swordplay and master it, his Proficiency in Swordsmanship would improve considerably.

As he was thinking, Shen Mo suddenly sensed a peculiar fluctuation in the nature’s spiritual energy here.

He was very familiar with this sensation; it was the sign of someone about to open their Spirit Sea. His sense immediately spread out, discovering that the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations was the flower garden of the Heavenly Monarch’s mansion.

At this moment, the Prohibition of this trial had also been broken, just like the one at the Sword Washing Pool.

Zhao Lingyin was seated cross-legged amidst the exotic flowers and rare herbs in the garden. The surrounding nature’s spiritual energy swirled like a vortex, funneling towards her Dao Body. Meanwhile, the nearby cultivators from the immortal sects gathered around her, their faces showing hesitation, not daring to approach and disturb her.

Seeing this, Shen Mo’s expression immediately darkened.

Of all things, he hadn’t expected Zhao Lingyin to find an opportunity to break through to a major Realm within the Heavenly Monarch’s tomb.

However, this was definitely not a good place for a breakthrough.

The tomb itself wasn’t the issue. After all, the Ghost Corpse School had been excavating this grave for nearly two hundred years, and the Demonic Qi and Resentment Qi accumulated over countless years had long since dissipated.

But this place was unfortunately located in the Southern Poison Zone. Of the nature’s spiritual energy here, only ten percent was pure breath of Primal Spirit. Of the remaining ninety percent, ten percent consisted of various Turbid Qi and Demonic Qi, while eighty percent was deadly poisonous miasma!

Normally, with poison-warding Elixirs and magic for protection, one wouldn’t need to worry too much about the poisonous miasma entering the body.

However, when a cultivator was breaking through a Realm, they not only needed an immense amount of Spiritual Qi but were also at their most vulnerable in this state!

If Zhao Lingyin were to break through here, it was highly probable that the endless toxins and Gu Cancers within the nature’s spiritual energy would damage her Chakras, Dantian...

In a mild case, it would leave hidden ailments, affecting her future cultivation;

In a severe case, she could be afflicted by myriad deadly toxins, fail her breakthrough, and die on the spot!

However, Zhao Lingyin naturally knew all this. Her attempt to open her Spirit Sea now meant she had reached a point where she could no longer suppress it and had no other choice.

Shen Mo had no intention of blaming her. With a flicker of his sense, he located Ming Yu, who was lingering outside the Forge Room, and immediately sent a voice transmission to summon her.

"Brother, what’s happening? Who is trying to break through a Realm here?"

Ming Yu had evidently also sensed the change in Spiritual Qi. She transformed into an escaping light and landed beside Shen Mo. Before he could speak, Ming Yu also noticed that the person attempting the breakthrough was Zhao Lingyin, and a similar worried expression appeared on her face!

"Ming Yu... quickly use [The Smallest and The Largest] and take Lingyin and me into The Smallest Space. Then, return to the temporary encampment immediately," Shen Mo didn’t have time to speak aloud, directly instructing her via Divine Sense.

The temporary encampment of the Five Great Sects was protected by a poison-warding big array, capable of eliminating 99% of the poisonous miasma and Turbid Qi.

As long as they returned to the encampment, even if Zhao Lingyin’s breakthrough wasn’t as smooth or complete, it wouldn’t lead to any major problems!

Currently, Zhao Lingyin seemed entirely engrossed in the process of opening her Spirit Sea, oblivious to the outside world. Meanwhile, her Master, Wu Gong, was still in the Alchemy Room, competing in the Alchemy Path against the remnant image left by the Heavenly Monarch.

Among everyone present, Shen Mo had the closest relationship with her. Once he made his decision, Ming Yu immediately complied.

HUM!

Amidst invisible spatial fluctuations, both Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin were drawn into The Smallest Space.

Then, Ming Yu summoned her demonic light and fled out of the Heavenly Monarch’s tomb.

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「Coral Island, Bamboo Pavilion.」

Shen Mo picked up Zhao Lingyin and placed her on the bed.

However, Bright Moon’s The Smallest Space, unlike a Dungeon, did not form its own separate realm; its nature’s spiritual energy was still connected to the outside world.

Consequently, The Smallest Space was still filled with nearly eighty percent poisonous miasma and ten percent turbid Demonic Qi!

By now, Zhao Lingyin had already absorbed a large amount of nature’s spiritual energy, refined it into her True Yuan, and was channeling it drop by drop into her Dantian, attempting to open her Spirit Sea.

"The Seven Constellations of the Northern Black Tortoise! Palm! Nü!"

Shen Mo executed a series of Palms. Countless phantom images of Earth Bats appeared, bestowing their power upon her Dao Body.

But this alone was not enough. Although the Fairy Palm possessed poison-warding abilities and was usually sufficient, during Zhao Lingyin’s breakthrough, a large amount of deadly poisonous miasma and turbid Demonic Qi would still enter her body along with the surging, immense Spiritual Qi she was absorbing.

This isn’t enough, Shen Mo thought briefly, then sat cross-legged facing her.

He began to operate the Mixed Yuan Qi Technique, relying on his profound cultivation to continuously intercept and draw all the incoming nature’s spiritual energy towards himself!