Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 713 The Power of the Return to the Void Sword!

Imperial Prefecture.

At this moment, Jiang Ning held the long sword in his hand, feeling the gentle breeze blowing, and a sense of security welled up in his heart.

Having mastered the Yin-Yang Sword of the Void and the Returning Void Sword, he had gained even greater confidence.

"I wonder if this sword strike can threaten even a peak martial arts expert?"

He looked at the longsword in his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, the golden mist in his dantian decreased dramatically.

laugh--

Another sword stabbed out.

The void before them instantly vanished into nothingness, and space transformed into a disordered existence.

"This sword strike touches upon the fundamental rules of the world!" he murmured to himself, quietly observing the changes in the void before him.

He saw that with the invisible fluctuations in the void, space began to reorganize, and disorder returned to order.

A moment later, the void before him returned to normal, without any further disturbance.

"Let's try again!" The thought popped into his head.

Bring your middle and index fingers together and then stroke them towards your brow.

In an instant.

A white vertical line appeared between his eyebrows.

Within the vertical lines, a dazzling brilliance continuously dissipates, like smoke and clouds.

It's like a door that's about to open at any moment.

As the Heavenly Eye opened, the void before them instantly underwent different changes.

He saw lines fluctuating violently.

These lines are a visual representation of space in his celestial eye.

Compared to other places, the void fluctuations in front of them were more intense, clearly indicating that it had not yet fully recovered.

He also saw layers upon layers of emptiness.

The void exists like a layered cake.

The void lines on the first level fluctuated violently, like waves constantly rising and falling; this level of space was the space he was in.

The second layer appears calm, with only slight ripples.

The third layer appears blurry, but it is clear that it is in a calm and uneventful state, without any changes.

As for the deeper levels, they are completely invisible.

next moment.

A thought struck him, and countless white lights suddenly burst forth from his third eye. The vast white light was like a sharp sword being unleashed, and the vertical crack that had been there before also opened up.

When the Heavenly Eye is activated, everything in front of you undergoes a different transformation.

All things are governed by the Five Elements, and space is layered upon layered.

He saw patterns all over the third level of space.

At that moment, looking at the patterns that covered all directions, he suddenly realized something.

Those were the array patterns that covered the entire Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

Then, his gaze swept across the surroundings, and he saw array bases covering the entire Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

Those array bases were also very well hidden.

Moreover, he was not in the first layer of space where he was currently located, but in the second layer of space, which was much deeper.

"What a brilliant move!"

Looking at the scene before him, he was filled with admiration.

next moment.

He gripped the long sword in his hand tightly.

He gripped the sword hilt tightly with all five fingers, his knuckles turning white.

Suddenly, the golden mist in his dantian decreased dramatically.

laugh--

He thrust his sword into Guixu once more.

As the sword thrust out, he saw the linear space in front of him shatter instantly, the lines breaking apart and turning into a chaotic state.

"The Return to Nothingness Sword has turned the three layers of space into a state of chaos!"

Based on the observations of the Sky Eye, a slight unease settled in his heart.

The three layers of space shattered completely before this sword strike, the spatial ripples disintegrated, and turned into chaos.

The fourth layer, however, only trembled slightly, and the spatial ripples remained stable.

Observed for a moment.

When the disorder before us returns to order.

He gripped the longsword in his hand again.

The golden mist in his dantian surged and rapidly diminished.

laugh--

He unleashed another sword strike.

One by one, the space changed from ordered to disorder, and this phenomenon ended at the fourth layer.

Compared to before, the spatial ripples in the fourth layer fluctuated more violently, seemingly on the verge of collapse, transforming from order to disorder.

But in the end, it held firm and did not break.

As the space before him slowly returned to order, Jiang Ning sheathed his longsword.

He already knows where his limits are.

Guixu's sword strike can at most turn three layers of space into a state of disorder.

As for the deeper levels of space, they remain unaffected.

"That's enough!" he thought to himself.

Judging from the martial arts experts he has come into contact with, none of them have touched upon this aspect, nor have they touched upon space.

Of all the powerful figures involved in space, the one who impressed him the most was the woman in the ice coffin.

It was in a very deep space; one step out and it would instantly disappear before his eyes, possessing the ability to cross boundaries.

He didn't understand before, but now he realizes that this world is not just the one he lives in.

From within the inner realm of Shangyang, he saw Shen Yueru, the leader of the Crimson Radiance Cave Heaven in another region.

I have also met a man from the Celestial Clan, Bai Li.

Neither of these two individuals belonged to the world he inhabited; they belonged to three different worlds.

Even after he consulted numerous ancient books, he found no mention of this hidden knowledge, despite his knowledge of crossing boundaries.

This alone is enough to show just how extraordinary that woman in the ice coffin was.

Besides the woman in the ice coffin, he strongly suspected that the Moon Palace woman inside the goddess statue in the Water Moon Sword Palace also possessed power at the same level.

He was at the Imperial Preceptor's residence a few days ago.

Enveloped by the Grand Preceptor's Mansion's grand formation.

But silently, it was traversed thousands of miles and appeared in the mysterious space where the Moon Palace woman resided.

What puzzled him most was that the mysterious space was clearly an interior scene.

The inner realm is the spiritual world, but in front of that Moon Palace woman, he entered the inner realm with his physical body.

His physical body entered the spiritual world, shattering his understanding.

"There are also powerful individuals who have created their own miniature worlds!"

Immediately, images of Daoist Qingyuan, Xia Xuanyan, and others flashed through his mind.

Although he had never seen Xia Xuanyan make a move, he had seen Qingyuan Daoist.

When ambushing and killing Lu Zhan, the Prince of Huai'an, Qingyuan Daoist hid in a deep space.

As for the method by which Hua Hong left, it was even more so.

Ignoring resistance and collisions, it vanished as a rainbow of light.

According to his observation at the time, it was in the second level of space.

Along his journey, every space he touched was an extraordinary existence.

"The Return to Nothingness Sword can turn three layers of space from order to disorder! It should be enough to threaten an existence like Daoist Qingyuan!" he muttered to himself.

Then, the third eye between his eyebrows slowly closed.

The energy that had just been nearly depleted in his body was gradually restored as he breathed in and out in harmony with the rhythm of heaven and earth, and his strength became almost inexhaustible.

He closed his eyes slightly, quietly feeling the rhythm of heaven and earth, allowing the energy depleted in his body to slowly recover.

As time passed, wisps of golden mist began to fill his dantian again.

Less than half an hour later.

"Enough!" He opened his eyes. After a period of recovery, his depleted dantian had recovered half of its strength.

He glanced at the panel again.

[Skill]: Taixu Yin Yang Sword (Minor Completion 42/50000)

"With 50,000 experience points, you can reach the Great Mastery!"

He closed the panel and gripped the longsword in his hand tightly.

next moment.

With a swift movement, the sword in his hand split into light and darkness.

The void began to distort, and sword shadows and human figures continued to spread, filling the surroundings.

In an instant, figures and sword shadows appeared everywhere in the courtyard.

It's impossible to distinguish between what is real and what is unreal.

After a while.

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience +7] While practicing his sword, he saw the notification that appeared in front of him and his brows furrowed slightly.

He then continued practicing his swordsmanship.

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +7]

【.】

He practiced the sword technique twice in a row.

Seeing that the prompt in front of him had not changed, he stopped what he was doing.

Standing there, he couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.

After practicing the sword technique twice, the experience points for the Taixu Yin Yang Sword technique only increased by a few dozen points.

The efficiency is now completely different from before.

"After the breakthrough, efficiency decreased tenfold! Now, achieving great success is no longer something that can be done in a short time!"

He sighed inwardly.

Then close your eyes.

His mind sank.

In an instant.

Heaven and earth are turned upside down, time and space are transformed.

When he opened his eyes again, he was met with a pitch-black sky.

A bright, clear moon hangs in the sky.

The bright moon shrouded the earth, draping this world in a light veil.

The four directions of heaven and earth are filled with ever-surging white mist.

He once again entered his own inner world.

The next moment, he tried practicing swordsmanship again.

I will accumulate relevant insights into swordsmanship here.

Time knows no bounds.

He stopped what he was doing after an unknown amount of time.

His brows furrowed involuntarily.

Here, he practiced swordsmanship again and again, but no matter how many times he practiced, he never gained any insights or inspiration, nor did he have any flashes of inspiration.

After pondering for a moment, he had a sudden thought and withdrew from his inner world.

He opened his eyes again.

The sun overhead was still hanging at the same height as before.

Although a long time had passed inside, the passage of time in the real world outside seemed to have no effect.

"Let's try again!" With that thought in mind, he gripped his longsword and unleashed the Yin-Yang Sword of the Void once more.

After a while.

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +7]

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +8]

Twice in a row, the prompts that appeared in front of me remained unchanged.

He stopped what he was doing.

"So it still doesn't work?" He murmured to himself, looking at the prompt that had just appeared in front of him.

After this process of exploration, he roughly understood.

My own swordsmanship talent and skill are no longer sufficient to support the rapid improvement of the Taixu Yin Yang Sword technique.

While one can accelerate their cultivation within the inner realm.

However, when a technique is too profound and mysterious, completely beyond his comprehension, then spending more time on it will still be a waste of time.

He is already in this state now.

The Taixu Yin-Yang Sword is far too profound.

In terms of quality, it has surpassed any martial arts technique he has mastered, reaching a level he cannot comprehend.

"If we want to improve further, we can only rely on persistent, painstaking effort!"

"Or improve your swordsmanship talent and increase your swordsmanship skills!"

Thinking of these two paths, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Whether it's increasing his talent for swordsmanship or improving his mastery of swordsmanship, he will have to pay a considerable price.

To further upgrade the Yin-Yang Sword and the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Sword, each sword requires 50,000 Source Energy Points.

The two combined would require a full 100,000 energy points, which would consume more than half of his current savings.

next moment.

After a brief adjustment, he continued to devote his energy to practicing swordsmanship.

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +7]

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +8]

[Tai Xu Yin Yang Sword Experience Points +6]

【.】

With repeated use of this sword technique, the experience points of the Taixu Yin Yang Sword steadily increased.

As he watched his experience points steadily increase, his mind gradually calmed down, and he stopped being restless.

Hard work pays off.

Progress leads to lasting stability.

One certificate is a permanent proof; Heaven rewards diligence.

Such remarkable feedback made him realize that by taking one step at a time, he could eventually reach the pinnacle of martial arts, becoming someone comparable to that Martial Saint, or even surpassing him.

I do not know how long it has been.

As the sun rises higher in the sky, the temperature also increases.

A series of footsteps approaching from afar interrupted his sword practice.

[Skill]: Taixu Yin Yang Sword (Minor Completion 117/50000)

At this moment, his mind had completely returned to calm, and he was no longer agitated.

"Uncle!" Jiang Yiming greeted Jiang Ning respectfully.

"Is it time to eat?" Jiang Ning said with a smile.

“Yes, Uncle!” Jiang Yiming nodded.

“Let’s go then!” Jiang Ning said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yiming followed behind Jiang Ning.

"How's your training going?" Jiang Ning suddenly asked.

"Martial arts level eight, strength reaching three thousand one hundred jin!" Jiang Yiming said.

"If you reach the seventh rank next year, you can also participate in the martial arts examination and bring honor to your parents!" Jiang Ning said.

"It's all thanks to my uncle's excellent upbringing!" Jiang Yiming said.

"Are you missing your girlfriend a little?" Jiang Ning suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yiming was taken aback, then shook his head: "Not yet!"

"You can't fool me!" Jiang Ning chuckled. "You're so dull every day, without a trace of youthful energy. Isn't it because you're missing your little girlfriend?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yiming fell silent.

Then he asked, "Uncle, is she in danger?"

"Not for now!" Jiang Ning shook his head and said, "The heavy snow has blocked the roads, so Dongling County is still relatively safe before spring! As for Dongling County next year, I'll take care of it!"

"Where is it dangerous now?" Jiang Yiming asked.

“Nan’an Prefecture!” Jiang Ning said, “The inspector from Nan’an Prefecture was attacked and killed by a mysterious expert some time ago. Now Nan’an Prefecture is short of high-end combat power, making it the Huangtian Sect’s first choice for target.”

"Uncle, do you think the world will be thrown into complete chaos, and the Great Xia Dynasty will finally end its more than 800-year history?" Jiang Yiming asked, voicing his doubts.

"I don't know!" Jiang Ning shook his head.

"Uncle doesn't know either?" Jiang Yiming was taken aback.

“I don’t know either!” Jiang Ning shook his head again, then said, “The Great Xia Dynasty, which has lasted for more than eight hundred years, has always been maintained by that one person!”

"Is he a Martial Saint?" Jiang Yiming asked.

“Yes!” Jiang Ning nodded and continued, “If the Martial Saint could live for another hundred years, then the Great Xia Dynasty could maintain its rule for another hundred years. No matter how turbulent the Nine Provinces were, they would not be able to completely destroy the rule of the Great Xia Dynasty! If that Martial Saint were to pass away, then the Great Xia Dynasty would be overthrown overnight!”

Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Jiang Yiming gasped in shock.

"Then, Uncle, how much longer can that Martial Saint live?" he asked again.

"I don't know!" Jiang Ning shook his head, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

Although its strength has improved again.

However, he was well aware of how many powerful figures were still lurking in the world.

The land spans nine provinces and thirty-six prefectures, with blessed lands and grotto-heavens scattered throughout the land, and countless powerful immortals.

How many primordial spirit powerhouses are comparable to immortals?

Even someone as powerful as the Prince of Huai'an nearly perished in the presence of such a figure.

The Prince of Huai'an was not an ordinary first-rank official; rather, he possessed perfect essence, energy, and spirit, which were completely integrated, placing him at the true pinnacle.

Above the Prince of Huai'an, there are very few first-rank martial artists who possess the title of supreme strength.

This level of being was nearly killed by a mere Nascent Soul level expert in the blessed land.

But within the blessed lands, above the blessed lands, lies the true grotto-heaven.

Grotto-heavens are further divided into large and small sizes.

From this, he knew that after more than eight hundred years of accumulation, there would be no small number of experts at the Yuan Shen level.

(End of this chapter)