"How is it? Not bad, right?" Jiuyou said somewhat proudly.

"What a divine weapon, this is truly an Imperial Soldier!" Su Chen licked the corner of his mouth, his eyes gleaming with excitement. Isn’t this like adding wings to a tiger?

"Young boy Su, however, I don’t suggest you use this sword to replace the Ancient Dust Sword," Jiuyou added.

"Why?" Su Chen was a bit surprised. This sword is definitely much stronger than the Ancient Dust Sword, why not use it?

"Don’t you feel you are more suited to a heavy sword?" Jiuyou countered.

Su Chen fell silent.

Indeed!

He prefers heavy swords.

And this Zhan Cang Sword is not a heavy sword; instead, it’s extremely fierce and as thin as a cicada’s wing.

"Will it just be wasted?" Su Chen was a bit unwilling.

"Who said it would be wasted?" Jiuyou snorted, "The Zhan Cang Sword’s thin shape means its greatest strength lies in sharpness, strangeness, and agility. What do you think, if the Zhan Cang Sword is the main sword and the other ninety-eight swords are auxiliary, could it form an Imperial Soldier Formation more terrifying than the Bone Formation?"

At Jiuyou’s words, Su Chen could no longer contain his excitement!

Indeed!!!

Now, having acquired all the treasures of the Emperor’s Treasure Abyss, over a hundred Imperial Soldiers, and coincidentally, among the weapons, nine out of ten are swords.

To be precise, among the Imperial Soldiers he obtained, there really are a hundred swords.

"It seems possible to form a sword array with ninety-nine Imperial Soldiers!" Su Chen was completely moved.

Though the Bone Formation is strong, each needle bone is precious. Yet in fact, each needle bone is at most equivalent to a half-step Imperial Weapon.

Far inferior to genuine Imperial Soldiers.

If a sword array of ninety-nine Imperial Soldiers could truly be formed, imagine the power it would wield?

Then apply the first level of the Strange Change Formation, tsk tsk...

Thinking about it, he acted.

Su Chen licked his lips and selected all the swords from more than a hundred weapons in the Emperor’s Treasure Abyss.

A total of 103 swords.

Then, he discarded five that were unsatisfactory to him.

Leaving 98 swords.

Adding the Zhan Cang Sword, it made exactly 99 swords.

"With Zhan Cang as the main, and the rest as auxiliary," Su Chen muttered to himself and then communicated directly with the Chaotic Thunder Spirit, "Refine all 98 Imperial Soldier swords, except for Zhan Cang. Use Divine Thunder, Divine Demon Ghost Fire, and Chaotic Currents for the refining. Shape them like Zhan Cang."

"Understood." The Chaotic Thunder Spirit accepted the task without hesitation.

Recasting Imperial Soldiers would be an almost impossible task for others, a joke, are Imperial Soldiers that easily recast? Do you take a Great Emperor for a joke?

But Su Chen could do it.

Because the ranks of the Chaotic Thunder Spirit, Divine Demon Ghost Fire, and Chaotic Currents are above that of a Great Emperor.

Of course, the main reason is the Cloud Imperial Weapon, though it’s also an Imperial Soldier, it’s not particularly particularly strong.

If it were a Spirit Imperial Weapon, neither the current Su Chen nor the current Chaotic Divine Thunder among others could recast it.

"Roughly how long will it take?" Su Chen asked.

"A month," the Chaotic Thunder Spirit said, noting it takes longer to handle 98 Imperial Soldiers.

"Alright." Su Chen nodded, "Then, after a month, I’ll await the results."

Su Chen swallowed his saliva, filled with anticipation.

"During this month, I’ll temporarily pause hunting, aiming to comprehend the Six Segment Peak Sword Rhyme up to the Seven Stages!!!" Su Chen made up his mind.

There’s a fundamental difference between the sixth and the seventh stages.

In truth, there’s a fundamental difference between each stage of the Sword Rhyme.

Su Chen has stayed at the Six Segment Peak Sword Rhyme for a very long time, feeling he’s just a sliver away from the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme.

But that slightest sliver is hard to cross.

"Especially having obtained this stone. It should provide me the opportunity to step into the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, right? The Di Family, the Emperor’s Treasure Abyss gave me such a great surprise, I really don’t know how to thank them." Su Chen toyed with a stone in his hand.

This stone is special.

The stone is sword-shaped.

Moreover, its color is mysterious, appearing black at a glance, purple upon closer inspection, blue from another angle... and other colors from different perspectives.

In any case, it’s an indescribably strange stone.

Come to think of it, I must thank Jiuyou. Jiuyou’s strength has never been particularly strong; its power hasn’t boosted mine like Old Dragon or Xi in battles for an incredibly long time.

Because even if borrowed, it wouldn’t be much of an enhancement.

Yet, for Su Chen, what he appreciates most is Jiuyou, what’s most vital is also Jiuyou.

Not to mention anything else, just Jiuyou’s knowledge.

Far surpassing Old Dragon, even Lian Xi falls short of Jiuyou’s insight.

Just like this stone.

If not for Jiuyou mentioning, "This is a Sword Heart Stone!"

Su Chen might have overlooked it.

In fact, Su Chen suspects the entire Di Family, throughout countless generations of family heads over millions of years, has handled this stone, yet possibly no one knows what it actually is?

"The Sword Heart Stone. A stone specifically used for recording Sword Rhyme. Sword Heart Stones are extremely precious and rare; even in the Ancient Era, only top-tier mighty beings could possess such a stone," Jiuyou explained slowly. "Hence, Sword Rhymes recorded with Sword Heart Stones typically belong to the most top-tier Sword Rhymes."

This Sword Heart Stone can certainly inspire and guide Su Chen.

Su Chen wants to walk his own sword path, one of dominance, dominant Sword Rhyme, so he won’t accept other Sword Rhyme legacies.

However, as a reference for inspiration, that’s allowable.

And being just a sliver from reaching the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, in such circumstances, referencing a Sword Heart Stone gives Su Chen confidence in taking that small leap.

At this moment.

"Di Jie has also come in," the Iceflame Vermilion Bird transmitted.

"Oh? So they did come?" Su Chen wasn’t surprised, he’d anticipated this: "Iceflame, can that old rascal Di Jie detect me moving underground?"

"He won’t know," Iceflame assuredly said, snorting disdainfully, "Within the Primeval River Storm, unless one possesses an extremely strong Divine Soul, far surpassing yours, then perhaps they could accurately probe using their Divine Soul, but Di Jie absolutely doesn’t have such a strong Divine Soul. So, he can only obediently search everywhere for you. Besides, he wouldn’t expect you to be underground and wouldn’t think to search below; even if Di Jie made it underground, he’d get injured."

"Then I’m reassured," Su Chen chuckled, preparing to absorb the Sword Heart Stone, thus having a secure, stable environment, free from disturbances, is crucial.

"Rest assured, for I can now cover the entire front segment of the Mother River. If anyone suddenly gets the wild idea to come underground looking for you, nearing you, I’ll alert you," the Iceflame Vermilion Bird boasted, "In times of crisis, I could even use some Divine Skills to momentarily hide you, if necessary."