Born with immortal seed

Chapter 373 The Du Family's Secret: Forging a Sword with One's Body

"Sword light splits! Senior Tang Fei has been stuck at the level of 'One Sword Breaks All Laws' for so many years, but I never expected that he would comprehend the mystery of sword light splitting at this moment..."

Bai Zichen's eyes gleamed with wonder. Among the sword cultivators present, Yan Yuanzai and Kong Bai were all engaged in combat, but he was the only one who witnessed the entire process.

Although I had seen countless demonstrations of sword light differentiation in the light and shadow inheritance of the true interpretation of swordsmanship, this was the first time I had ever seen it in real life.

The sword light splits, signifying that one has reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

Aside from the previous generation's banished immortal, there is no clear record of any sword cultivator in this realm who has truly achieved the fusion of true intent, with each sword imbued with the power of the Great Dao.

At most, it's a close call, a clever trick to temporarily imbue the sword light with the power of the Great Dao.

This complete scene was deeply imprinted in Bai Zichen's mind, overlapping and merging with the light and shadow inheritance in the True Explanation of Sword Dao, ultimately becoming one with it.

In the inheritance of light and shadow, the swordsman facing the sea and True Lord Tang Fei overlapped, and the sword light they swung seemed to have an illusion, constantly deviating and correcting itself.

It may not have an immediate effect, but it planted a seed in his heart.

When he attempts to break through to the fourth realm of swordsmanship, this seed may sprout and grow, much easier than others mastering the differentiation of sword light.

Outside the blizzard, Du Heng, who had been silent for a long time, raised his eyes and showed surprise for the first time.

His thin, bony right hand gripped the Demon Dragon Cone, while the massive indigo demon body behind him made the same gesture, clenching its fist in the air.

All those mysterious and complex demonic runes lit up, and flames danced wildly across both the main body and its avatar.

The Heavenly Treasure is far superior to a fourth-tier treasure; it possesses sufficient spirituality and a stronger sense of self.

As a magical treasure brought from the Demon Realm, the Demon Dragon Cone further awakened after devouring the flesh and spirit of two Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

As its power increased dramatically, the spirit of the artifact also awoke, no longer acknowledging Du Heng as its master.

This was something he hadn't expected, and for a moment he was stuck there, unable to continue using the Demon Dragon Cone.

He even had to use most of his true essence to fight against the weapon spirit, otherwise the Demon Dragon Cone could fly away at any time.

Fourth-tier flying swords already possess sufficient spirituality to choose their own masters, and can even choose to work without putting in any effort, let alone even more advanced heaven-reaching spiritual treasures.

If Du Heng hadn't possessed a demonic clone and cultivated the True Demon Saint Body, the Demon Dragon Cone would have been even less convinced.

It had already unleashed its primal power and forcibly flew away.

It can only be said that the lack of detailed records about the Tongtian Lingbao in the history of the Zengguang Du family caused Du Heng, who had formulated a meticulous plan that would last for a century, to make a mistake for the first time, and the plan did not proceed as he had envisioned.

If the loss of control of the Demon Dragon Cone is the first point, then Tang Fei's sudden realization of the sword light splitting is the second point.

A mid-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivator who has mastered the differentiation of sword light is already capable of exchanging blows with the demonic body clone of the True Demon Saint Body.

Without the combined power of his main body and his external avatar, he simply couldn't use the Demon Dragon Cone consecutively when unleashing the demonic powers brought by the True Demonic Holy Body.

A cultivator at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm trying to activate a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure is like a small ox pulling a large cart; it can only be activated once before reaching its limit.

Unless you can win over the spirit of the artifact and make it cooperate by reducing its usage requirements, or even by using its primordial power.

Just like when Bai Zichen was in the Foundation Establishment stage, before he activated the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box, with the full cooperation of the Moon Spin Sword, he could even unleash the power of a single sword strike across two levels.

'The people in this formation are all outstanding talents of their time. If it weren't for the Demon Dragon Cone and the True Demon Clone, I certainly wouldn't be a match for Xiang Ji and Tang Fei... Even that junior Ge Cang might be slightly better than me, and could only fight Yan Yuanzai to a draw.'

Du Heng has ruled the Immortal City for hundreds of years, and the cultivation resources he has acquired are even greater than those of the Nascent Soul Grandmasters.

A hundred years ago, after successfully breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm with a Heavenly Dust Pill, he concealed his cultivation using the Concealing Breath Technique and did not publicize it to the outside world.

Having determined his remaining lifespan, he realized that even reaching the Nascent Soul stage, let alone the Divine Transformation stage, was a distant dream, and none of his family's descendants had any hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing that the legend of the Zengguang Du clan might end in his generation, Du Heng made a tough decision to ask for the magic key passed down from his ancestors and loosen the ancient restrictions in the Burial Immortal Valley.

During the ancient demon-sealing operation, a powerful being was responsible for setting up restrictions that could imprison ancient demons while continuously eroding the true demon's energy.

The Nascent Soul formation master was wounded in the great battle, and not long after setting up the restrictive formation, his injuries worsened and he passed away.

He left his entire lineage of array formations and a magic key that could manipulate ancient restrictions to a limited extent to his side.

The young Taoist boy received the inheritance and was targeted by cultivators who coveted the treasures left behind by the Nascent Soul Array Master. During his escape, he arrived near the Burial Immortal Valley.

He died from injuries sustained during the journey shortly after setting up the concealment formation.

The Du family ancestor accidentally stumbled into the Taoist boy's hiding formation and obtained all the inheritance, which enabled him to build Zengguang Immortal City.

Aside from the secrets about the ancient demons in Burial Immortal Valley, every Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Du family is a master of formations, but they keep their abilities hidden from outsiders.

Just like Du Heng, even the Du clan members didn't know that their ancestor was actually a peak fourth-tier array master.

In this way, he was able to quietly set up a fourth-order grand formation on Meili Snow Peak.

Furthermore, taking advantage of the wind and snow, they managed to deceive all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

The idea of ​​that young Taoist boy was to use the magic key to loosen the restrictions, extract the true demonic energy from the ancient demon, and actively transform his own body to gain power.

That person was hunted down to death by the greedy cultivator. In the last period of his life, he hid in the formation to think about how to take revenge and developed this secret method.

Eventually, as other inheritances fell into the hands of the Du family, no one ever bothered to touch it.

It wasn't until Du Heng discovered that his family had no successor and that after his death, the Du clan would be doomed, unable to defend the ever-growing Zengguang Immortal City.

Only then did he make up his mind to embark on this forbidden path.

He solved the biggest problem: the loss of self-awareness caused by the demonic transformation resulting from the entry of true demonic energy into the body.

By using an external avatar to absorb the true demonic energy, one can forge a true demonic holy body.

When the clone is corrupted by the true demonic energy and gradually loses control, it can regain control by refining the external avatar once more.

Taking advantage of the Immortal City, Du Heng convened the Grand Ceremony of Ten Thousand Immortals and successfully gathered a large number of top-grade spiritual materials for refining his external avatar. He even used several fifth-order spiritual items from the Immortal City's treasury to painstakingly tear apart his divine consciousness and refine the most suitable external avatar.

From then on, this demonic body started from scratch and grew rapidly through various means.

Disguised as a thief in the Northern Yuan, he slaughtered several merchant caravans over several years and grew to the Core Formation stage.

With the help of Fang Tiansheng in the Frost Kingdom, he attracted several Core Formation cultivators, who devoured his essence and soul, allowing him to directly break through to the Perfect Core Formation stage.

Several years ago, he even infiltrated the Central Region and, under the pretext of offering the Heavenly Dust Pill, used the Demonic Dragon Cone to kill a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

His most recent achievement was killing the Blood God True Lord and then turning the Blood God True Lord, who had stolen his life essence, into his own nourishment.

The Hundred Fiends Blood Sea Technique truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier technique. It seized the initiative, trapped the Blood God True Monarch, and then used the Demon Dragon Cone to tear apart his Blood River, destroying all his backup plans of rebirth through bloodshed.

Under such conditions, they fought for more than half a year, killing one Blood Shadow after another.

Only when the blood-red light dimmed to the point of being as dark as water and could no longer differentiate into blood shadows was the Blood God True Lord finally killed.

Since then, the demonic clone has also grown to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

“Even talents as high as Xiang Ji and Tang Fei have no hope of becoming a deity. I haven’t made a mistake in this step… If I don’t do this, in three hundred years, when we die and our entire clan is wiped out, and the foundation of the immortal city is handed over to others, it’s better to pay the price of becoming a demon and take this chance!”

Du Heng did not want to delay any longer, fearing that one of these people would break through.

Even the young man at the Core Formation stage beside Ge Cang posed a subtle threat to him, making him feel even more urgent.

Three jet-black magic crystals instantly appeared in the demon's massive hand. With a forceful squeeze, the crystals shattered, and three streams of true demonic energy entered the body.

The dragon cone, which had been bouncing around, was suddenly calmed down by the dragon's body, which had grown even larger, and gradually came to rest in Du Heng's hand.

……

"Sword light splitting, it's actually sword light splitting!"

Xiang Ji was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter, as if he himself had broken through.

"This is the one who deserves to be my lifelong enemy! I was worried that the Killing Sword would lack nourishment, but now it seems there is more than enough!"

He suddenly ripped off his sleeve, revealing his bare severed arm, and forcefully slammed the Killing Demon Sword upwards with his right hand.

The sword hilt plunged directly into the severed arm, blood splattering everywhere, his face contorted with pain yet tinged with a hint of pleasure.

"The sky is filled with murderous intent, and the stars are moving and changing their positions!"

Xiang Ji's dark, pupil-less eyes exploded, becoming two black holes, with blood and tears streaming down his face.

The newly mastered Refining Sword into Silk realm was sacrificed once more, causing the Killing Demon Sword to emit several feet of gray light, absorbing all the surrounding light and creating a desolate space.

"Xiang Ji, you've really gone mad!"

Tang Fei sensed that the killing intent rapidly gathering on the Killing Demon Sword had increased to a higher level than before, showing a subtle trend of qualitative change.

At first, I thought that Xiang Ji had only sacrificed his swordsmanship realm, but I soon realized that something was wrong. The killing intent was constantly rising, as if there were no limits.

The flesh and blood at the point where the hilt of the Killing Demon Sword was connected to the severed arm were shrinking, spreading from the shoulder to half of the body and even throughout the entire body.

Kill to kill, first kill your own ego!

The true intent of slaughter raged within Xiang Ji's body, growing stronger and stronger. In just a few breaths, it transformed into a black dragon that broke through the fourth-order grand formation.

The stars overhead, stimulated by the true intent of slaughter, began to shift their positions, as if they were truly trying to avoid this unparalleled killing intent.

"Having lived for hundreds of years in vain, I still haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage. What good is that!"

Xiang Ji's flesh and blood rapidly dissolved, killed to nothingness by the true intent of slaughter, leaving only a skeleton after a single sentence.

"With my body, I forge a fifth-tier flying sword. As long as the Killing Sword remains, I will live forever!"

The bones were also shattered into powder, and the nascent soul was extinguished as soon as it appeared. The Killing Demon Sword absorbed all the power he had sacrificed, and the black dragon roared down, killing thousands of sword lights instantly.

Even though he had just achieved enlightenment in the fourth realm of swordsmanship and mastered the differentiation of sword light, Tang Fei still felt the breath of impending death.

The black dragon only glanced at him before feeling its life force rapidly draining away.

No matter how unparalleled the sword technique or how ever-changing the sword light, it all withered and faded before the Black Dragon.

(End of this chapter)