"So powerful?" Su Chen gasped slightly. The Iceflame Vermilion Bird was truly terrifying beyond imagination!

Even with its power sealed by its mother, it still had so many earth-shattering techniques?

Well, that’s good.

With the Iceflame present, Su Chen felt completely at ease.

The next moment, Su Chen directly swallowed the Sword Heart Stone.

Indeed!

The Sword Heart Stone is meant to be used this way.

For millions of years, no one in the Imperial Family could have imagined that the stone was meant to be consumed, making it a fortunate find for Su Chen.

After Su Chen swallowed the Sword Heart Stone.

Instantly.

A stone originally unimaginably hard and seemingly indigestible, immediately upon being swallowed by Su Chen, actually... actually... actually melted.

It melted into streams of subtle airflow.

More strangely, those flows quickly advanced into Su Chen’s mind.

Before long.

They all gathered in Su Chen’s mind.

Moreover.

Those flows formed a human figure.

A lifelike human figure.

A supreme human figure.

A figure holding a longsword.

That figure only took one glance at Su Chen, and Su Chen felt a horrifying sensation, as if his Divine Soul was about to be torn apart.

Extremely strong!!!

Supreme!

Su Chen was certain that if that figure were alive, it would only need to strike him once, no, perhaps half a strike, and he would be absolutely dead.

Su Chen had already guessed that the figure should be the Great Emperor.

The Great Emperor was indeed terrifying.

Simply indescribably strong!

Yet it also gave Su Chen more motivation. Despite the Great Emperor being such, his goal was far beyond the Great Emperor. Otherwise, how could he break through the Flame Plane? How could he return to the Su Family? How could he find his mother?

After an overwhelming shock, Su Chen composed his mind, staring fixedly at the figure.

And at this moment, the figure started to wield the longsword.

Su Chen’s eyes brightened further.

Because the figure was simply brandishing the longsword, yet every move contained an indescribable, never-before-seen Divine Charm!

That was Sword Rhyme.

This... this... this figure of the Great Emperor before him, seemed to carry a Sword Rhyme in its gestures... it was the Nine Segments!

It was the supreme Nine Segments Sword Rhyme!

Su Chen’s heart trembled, his eyes shone like the stars in the sky.

Staring at the Great Emperor’s sword dance.

He didn’t quite understand.

But he felt extremely, extremely satisfied, gaining many indescribable insights.

Su Chen directly immersed himself in it.

Meanwhile.

The thirty-three powerful beings from the Imperial Family, along with Di Jie who had arrived at the front segment of the River of the Dead, totaling thirty-four people.

Continued to search for Su Chen.

The thirty-four people split into three teams. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

One team of eleven. The remaining one was the strongest elder named Di Kuang, who was at the Seventh Level of Human Lord Realm, searching for Su Chen alone.

Di Jie was also searching alone for Su Chen.

However.

They couldn’t find him.

Really couldn’t find him.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

......

Time quickly passed.

But there wasn’t a single trace of Su Chen.

Some members of the Imperial Family even thought Su Chen was already dead.

But Di Jie absolutely refused to believe Su Chen was dead.

At least, Su Chen, who could kill Di Heng and the others, must have had the Wind Absorbing Pearl. Although it couldn’t be used by non-Imperial Family members, Di Jie had an intuition that Su Chen could use it.

Under such circumstances, Su Chen could not possibly die easily within the River of the Dead.

Moreover, if Su Chen were truly dead, his weapon, space ring, etc., should have scattered in the storm at the front segment of the river, including fragments of Su Chen’s body. Yet from start to finish, there was no trace of Su Chen’s presence in the Primeval River Storm.

Su Chen must be hiding!!!

"Everyone, search carefully, that young boy hasn’t died, he is still alive, all of you be very cautious. Remember, as soon as you find Su Chen, immediately notify everyone. He is very terrifying, very strange, pay one thousand percent attention." While wandering in the front segment of the River of the Dead, Di Jie used a Sound Transmission Talisman to send transmissions to the remaining members of the Imperial Family.

Time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye.

A month has passed.

Still nothing gained.

Di Jie was getting a bit weary.

"What exactly is going on? These past days, the entire front segment of the Mother River, all spaces, chances have been thoroughly searched. If Su Chen is indeed alive, he should have been found!" Di Jie murmured to himself, his voice quiet but filled with pent-up frustration, anger, unwillingness, and resentment.

All the treasures within Emperor’s Treasure Abyss were on Su Chen.

Finding him a day later means Su Chen could use more treasures, it’s been a month, who knows how many Heavenly and Earthly Treasures Su Chen has used?

Who knows what height Su Chen has grown to?

This fear of the unknown was truly tormenting.

At this moment.

Below.

On the surface.

It has been a month.

Su Chen finally opened his eyes.

With an intense burst of confidence!!!

As soon as he opened his eyes, the Primeval River Storm before him seemed to freeze, seemed to shrink away.

A flood of extremely strange Sword Rhyme flavor surged from Su Chen’s eyes like a deluge.

After several breaths, Su Chen calmed down.

Becoming just an ordinary young man again.

"Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, still a Middle Stage." Su Chen murmured, his mouth pulling into a faint, playful smile.

During this month.

He watched the Great Emperor dance with the sword thirty-nine thousand eight hundred times.

Practically a madman!

And his gains were enormous.

He stepped from the Sixth Segment Pinnacle to the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, though just a small step, yet a giant leap.

The distinction between the Sixth Stage and Seven Stages Sword Rhyme is not just fundamental, it’s the most difficult stage to leap across in Sword Rhyme.

Below the Seventh Stage, even at the Sixth Stage, there are quite a few Sword Cultivators who comprehend it. Just half a month ago, among the Imperial Family monsters Su Chen slew, one had comprehended two types of Sword Rhymes, one in palm and one in fist, both reaching the Sixth Stage, although not Sword Rhymes, but also leading to the same result, showing the Sixth Stage is not much.

But the Seventh Stage is different.

At the Seventh Stage, at least, in the entire Minor Thousand Worlds, it’s only Su Chen who comprehended it.

Even in the Grand Cosmos World, it should be rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Moreover, it was in the Seventh Layer Middle Stage.

"In the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme, it contains the Intent of ’Truth’." Su Chen chuckled, over this month, a single word ’Truth’ summarized it.

The distinction between the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme and the Sixth Stage Sword Rhyme lies in, the Seven Stages Sword Rhyme returning to simplicity.

This return to simplicity is genuinely returning to simplicity. It’s very, very difficult to do, it requires the abandonment of all sword techniques, flavors, attributes, intents, etc., that are included.

For Su Chen, it’s obviously difficult. With his sword experience, his personal imprint was already intensely strong.

The sword embodies many attributes, intents, etc.

To abandon them all, it’s hard.

Extremely hard.

Almost like asking an ordinary person to lose all his memories in a short time.

A challenge.

However, Su Chen achieved it.

Now, Su Chen’s Sword Rhyme can be released with ease, like a part of his body, as simple and normal as breathing, eating, martial cultivation, sleeping, etc.

Of course, the power is the most frightening aspect.

According to Su Chen’s own estimation, now, the power of his Sword Rhyme is approximately five times stronger than before the breakthrough!!!

What concept?

Basically, Su Chen’s full-force Sword Rhyme, one sword, can equal five times his sword attack that killed Di Heng a month ago.

"Time to give the Imperial Family a surprise." Su Chen raised his head, smiling with utmost calmness.

The surge in strength filled him with unprecedented confidence.

Supreme confidence.

He who could kill Di Heng in seconds a month before, now... hehe... just how strong would he be?

"Iceflame, what’s the situation in the front segment of the Mother River now? Pick me a target for extermination." Su Chen sent a sound transmission to Iceflame Vermilion Bird.

"Young boy Su, there’s Supreme Elder Di Kuang alone, old Di Jie alone, the rest are Supreme Elder Di Que leading a team of 10 Imperial Family members, Supreme Elder Di Fu leading a team of 10, Supreme Elder Di Kou leading a team of 10."

"I’m not confident in killing Di Jie yet, not quite there. As for Di Kuang, I can try, but if I truly killed Di Kuang, that old cur Di Jie would be scared to lead the remaining Imperial Family out of the Mother River. So, let’s choose from those three teams. Which one is most important to the Imperial Family?" Su Chen thought for a while then asked.

"Definitely Di Que’s team, unquestionably," replied Iceflame Vermilion Bird without even thinking.

"Why?" Su Chen was slightly curious.

Iceflame Vermilion Bird’s reply was filled with killing intent and said playfully:

"Di Que himself is the youngest of the Supreme Elders, not even ten million years old. It can be said among the Supreme Elders of the Imperial Family, he is the only one with a chance to advance toward the Old Ancestors rank. If Di Que dies, the Imperial Family would suffer greatly again."

"Additionally, within Di Que’s team, there’s an old cur named Di Ke. Though his strength is average and only ranks as Ninth Elder, he has a special status, Di Ke is Di Jie’s foster father."

"Since childhood, Di Jie’s parents were gone, it was this foster father Di Ke who raised Di Jie. Di Jie is exceedingly filial to this foster father, Di Ke’s talent for martial cultivation isn’t impressive, yet ultimately, after Di Jie became the family master, he forcibly provided numerous martial cultivation resources, enhancing Di Ke’s strength and position to Ninth Elder."

"Also, this Di Ke truly deserves to die!!! From what I, this god, know, the plot against Fei Jin, making her eat the Soul-Locking Pill was taught by Di Ke! Furthermore, Di Ke strongly supports the marriage alliance between the Imperial Family and the Hu Family!"

"In short, if Di Que’s team is wiped out, I guarantee, that old cur Di Jie would faint from agony, hehe..."

...

"Got it." Su Chen nodded, a flash of evil Qi and cruel malice passed through his eyes: "Inform me of Di Que’s team’s location."

[Requesting votes ahhhhh]