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Chapter 370: Immortal Spirit Attainment, Sword Heart Clarity
Chapter 370: Immortal Spirit Attainment, Sword Heart Clarity
The moment the words left his lips, Lv Yang already regretted them.
Not because he regretted breaking ties with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect—he regretted how he’d said it.
After all, as a True Man of the Sword Pavilion, how could he sound so brazenly opportunistic? Phrases like “annihilating their entire sect” felt unnecessarily brutal. That sort of rhetoric was more fitting for the Holy Sect.
The proper Sword Pavilion approach would be: “Today, I shall claim the Ten-Thousand Calamities Indestructible Golden Silkworm and the Xin Metal, incurring Karmic Debt upon myself. Since this debt must be repaid, I shall send you all to the Wheel of Reincarnation, guiding your souls into the Sword Pavilion in your next life to settle this Karmic Balance.”
—That would’ve sounded far more appropriate!
But now, his unfiltered inner thoughts had slipped out, turning his righteous declaration into something resembling banditry. Anyone paying attention would surely notice the discrepancy.
“Sigh… Perhaps my affection for the Holy Sect runs too deep.”
The fleeting thought vanished from Lv Yang’s mind as swiftly as it appeared. In the next instant, he struck. The fate of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect meant nothing to him.
From the outset, there had never been a path to survival for them.
Officially, the Northern Borderlands’ Divine Martial Gate had already been destroyed by the Holy Sect. If the Sword Pavilion spared the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, they risked being trapped between hostile forces to the north and south.
Personally, it was about the Baiyue Sacred Pool.
“A Fengshui Nexus born of heaven and earth itself, capable of nurturing even Xin Metal. If I place my Immortal Spirit True Body within, its cultivation will accelerate dramatically!”
It might even let him catch the tail end of this sixty-year grand era!
By comparison, the Ten-Thousand Calamities Indestructible Golden Silkworm was secondary. Obtaining it would be ideal, but Lv Yang wouldn’t mourn its loss if it eluded him.
“Clang! Clang!”
Piercing sword cries reverberated through heaven and earth. With Chifa (Lawkeeper) amplifying his power, Lv Yang’s aura surged into the Great True Sovereign realm.
Mystic River Eternal Guardian Gold Blade!
Without hesitation, he summoned his sword foundation, unleashing radiant light. Activating the Willbinding Trap Divine Ability, he ensnared Longyue within it.
Longyue’s brows furrowed faintly. Though she sensed something amiss, her sect’s limited resources paled against Lv Yang’s vast heritage. Thus, even as the Divine Ability’s influence took hold, she mistook it for a soul-stirring technique rather than recognizing her entrapment.
“Deploy the formation! We fight to the death!”
Her beauty hardened into resolve. The demure demeanor vanished, replaced by the commanding aura of a sect leader revered by all. If Lv Yang sought total annihilation, she would meet him with equal defiance.
In an instant, the sect’s sacred mountain reignited with Array Art long dormant. Beams of light pierced the heavens, severing internal and external realms.
Five Saints Moon-Adoring Array!
As the formation activated, the world transformed. Day became night, and a luminous moon hung overhead, pouring cascades of moonlight essence.
Yet amidst the torrential arcane light, Lv Yang stood unbowed. His gaze swept the horizon. “Ever since earlier, I’ve felt unseen eyes. Now I can confirm it—someone’s been watching me. Is it the Sword Pavilion’s Ye Clan? Or Dao Court’s Suppress Southern King?”
“Heavenly Spider Prison! White Snake Duke! Horse-Stopper Venom!”
Longyue chanted incantations, summoning a white serpent, a spider, and a scorpion. The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect revered gū as sacred, with five supreme Venomous Divination Beetles—collectively the Five Saints—forming the pinnacle of their cultivation. As sect leader, Longyue mastered these very techniques.
“Heavenly Spider Prison!”
A web of white silk unfolded, ensnaring the surrounding space without directly attacking Lv Yang. Instantly, his movements slowed, as though caught in a butterfly’s trap. His mind and body faltered. Frowning, he erupted with Sword Qi, but Longyue calmly wove layer upon layer of silk, soft yet relentless, binding him in place.
A flicker of triumph lit Longyue’s eyes.
The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, long stationed in the Southern Frontier, had studied the Sword Pavilion for years, devising countermeasures against their famed sword cultivators.
“Sword cultivators are formidable, but not invincible. Their greatest weakness lies in their strength itself—their flying swords. They rely on their blades’ speed and piercing power, neglecting their spiritual bodies. Restrict their mobility and force them into direct spiritual combat, and their advantage crumbles.”
By sealing Lv Yang’s movement and power, Longyue aimed to force a battle of spiritual endurance and raw cultivation.
“I possess the Sunswallow Toad, which devours external energy and injuries, and the Array Art to share my burdens. How can he outlast me?”
Confident, she released her remaining Divine Abilities: White Snake Duke and Horse-Stopper Venom, raining them upon Lv Yang.
“Boom!”
A thunderous explosion shook the sect’s sacred mountain, drowning Lv Yang’s Sword Qi in a cacophony of power. For a moment, he vanished beneath the onslaught.
Yet from the swirling chaos, a figure emerged unscathed.
Longyue’s triumphant smile froze.
Lv Yang stood intact, his body shrouded in a three-headed, six-armed Vajra of black flames—Heaven-Seizing Universal Command Myriad Phenomena Dharma Body!
One hand clamped the Horse-Stopper Venom’s scorpion tail, unmoved by its piercing. Another arm, coiled by the White Snake Duke’s body, gripped its neck as fangs tore into his flesh. Each second, the Dharma Body’s injuries deepened.
Yet rather than weakening, Lv Yang’s aura surged toward a terrifying peak.
“What is this?!”
Even in the Holy Sect, cultivators mastering Second-Tier True Cultivation Techniques were rare. Longyue, rooted in the Southern Frontier, couldn’t recognize the Dharma Body’s nature. Only someone like Dao Court’s Suppress Southern King Wu Taian might.
But under the Five Saints Moon-Adoring Array’s veil, Wu Taian’s gaze was blocked, unable to observe unseen.
Exactly as Lv Yang anticipated.
Otherwise, why provoke Longyue within the sect’s heart? Only in this secret moment could he unleash his full might.
Lv Yang’s eyes snapped open.
The Dharma Body’s paradox lay in its strength—greater injuries fueled greater power. He raised his palm, summoning a radiant treasure sword.
“Clang—!”
The sword cry silenced all sound. Blade in hand—Tribulation Tempest Blade—his gaze stilled time itself. The world fell silent, save for his presence.
Even the Sword Qi Thunderclap dimmed to stillness.
Around him, Divine Abilities coalesced: Armaments Sovereign, Adamantine Sovereign, Imperial Frost Edict, and a fourth, unseen ability infused with Chifa’s Lawkeeper’s mystery—a lingering, resonant chime.
Mingtian Bell!
The four Divine Abilities spiraled around his Sword Core, merging into its essence.
“Cultivate stillness until emptiness is attained… Sword Heart Clarity—this is Sword Heart Clarity?”
Realization dawned.
The sword of his past life—Xuanwei (Proclamation of Might)—flashed in his mind.
He drew it.
The blade’s arc stole all light, commanding Longyue’s gaze. Lv Yang’s True Body, honed by the Dharma Body’s peak power and the Sword Pavilion’s Sword Heart Clarity technique, now wielded Great True Sovereign might. Divine Abilities and treasures—all top-tier from a grand sect—far outclassed Longyue’s modest heritage.
“Slash!”
A graceful head soared skyward. Her shattered body dissolved in the sword’s wake, her soul fleeing—only to be halted by a banner before reaching the Underworld.
“A Foundation Building Late-Stage Pendant Spirit?
Mine now.”
(End of Chapter)
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