You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

Chapter 111 Remnant Shadow of Refining Void

"Then what is sword intent? As the name suggests, is it the essence of swordsmanship?" Lu Heng naturally did not continue to speculate further.

Above the Refining Mystic Realm is the Refining Void Mystic Realm. No matter what, the trials in the Qinghe City Mystic Realm are unlikely to have been left behind by powerful figures of that level.

If that's the case, then the sword intent, the essence of the sword, might not be the sword techniques of some mysterious realm of cultivation that he guessed.

Rather, it is something more ethereal, yet extremely important.

"You don't even know this?"

Third-rate institutions are truly lacking in education.

Oh no.

It's also possible that your family simply doesn't care about splitting up.

But speaking of which—

Whether they care or not, most people truly don't know what artistic conception is.

The remnant soul murmured to itself.

"Senior, there's no need to emphasize the importance of dividing the family."

What is artistic conception?

Lu Heng's face darkened, and he could only say...

"Tsk tsk, I thought you, young man, could always remain calm."

Oh, that's not it after all.

Okay, I'm done talking.

Don't rush.

Noticing Lu Heng's slightly unfriendly gaze, the remnant soul made a sarcastic remark but didn't say anything more.

"The so-called artistic conception is not just the intent of swordsmanship or the artistic conception of the sword, but encompasses everything—"

The essence of swordsmanship is an essence, the essence of fist techniques is also an essence, and the essence of heaven and earth is also an essence!

Of course, among all the artistic conceptions, swordsmanship is the most common, and therefore usually has the most artistic conceptions.

However, due to the inherent difficulty of achieving the desired artistic conception, the difference in artistic conception is not significant.

Well, speaking of which, I don't seem to have mentioned the difficulty of capturing the essence of the scene itself.

Let me mention that, due to the extremely high difficulty in getting started and comprehending it, in most cases, practicing the Mystic Realm is a prerequisite for achieving the Intent Realm.

To be honest, the importance of artistic conception in the realm of refining secrets is no less than that of magic techniques, and may even surpass them!

At this point, the remnant soul paused.

"Didn't I just tell you about the prerequisites for becoming an unparalleled master?"

Lu Heng's heart stirred and he immediately thought of the three requirements the remnant soul had mentioned, one of which was...

Unparalleled combat talent! Or rather, a talent for both combat and magic!

Express your thoughts.

As expected, the remnant soul confirmed his guess.

"That's right, the reason why the talents required for peerless masters include top-notch combat skills is because I just mentioned that peerless masters need such talents."

The point is that although everything can become a realm of meaning, if you really want a cultivator to have an unparalleled level of ability to win battles across secret realms, you need a realm of meaning related to combat!

The reason why top-tier geniuses are able to comprehend magical techniques and supernatural abilities is that they have broken through the limits of magical techniques and comprehended the essence of the Refining God level ahead of time, even if it is only in its rudimentary form.

But whether one obtains it before or after refining their spirit is worlds apart.

The reason I didn't mention this earlier is that it's too early for you to know this now. When the time comes, with your talent, you might not even need anyone to remind you to grasp the essence of it.

That's not necessarily true; don't be too certain.

Lu Heng touched his nose and muttered to himself.

He remained very clear-headed, fully aware of the reason why he was able to display such extraordinary talent in combat tactics.

It all comes down to mastering the panel and ignoring the bottlenecks in mastering it.

As for the mysterious and elusive concept of artistic conception, Lu Heng remained noncommittal about whether he would be able to comprehend it in time.

Perhaps, by virtue of the mastery of the spells after they are perfected, it will naturally become so.

But before that, Lu Heng had no intention of making a final decision.

Standing up, Lu Heng patted his thigh.

Because the secret realm had not been opened for decades, even the trials within it had inevitably accumulated a layer of dust.

Only one person can enter the trial of the secret realm at a time.

Judging from the current traces of the trial, he should be the first person to start the secret realm trial.

After all, he only made some preparations after entering the secret realm before choosing to begin the trial.

Without further delay, Lu Heng stepped into the palace.

Inside the palace, there was nothing else. The moment Lu Heng entered the palace, the content related to the secret realm trial naturally came to mind.

[Trial Level 1: A peak Body Refinement Realm opponent who has mastered entry-level combat techniques]

The first trial of the secret realm has quietly begun!

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With the power of the secret realm converging, inside the stone palace, a body bathed in white light took shape, its human form barely discernible.

It had no clothes, no facial features, no specific physiological characteristics, and even the longsword in its hand was formed from the power of the secret realm.

"That's interesting, that's a tactic."

It seems the remnant soul had never entered this secret realm before, since back then, this secret realm in Qinghe City was probably only opened once every few decades.

Even if a remnant soul with exceptional talent had some interest, it was impossible for it to wait that long for a secret realm trial.

Lu Heng only glanced at his opponent before looking away.

The instant the humanoid white light opponent took shape, he gently waved his hand, and an invisible sharpness swept past.

Without a sound, the humanoid white light opponent was cut in half at the waist and then exploded into a ball of white light.

The opponent at the peak of the Body Refinement Secret Realm had only mastered the basic level of combat techniques.

For Lu Heng, who is now practically no different from a cultivator in the Qi Refining Secret Realm, the white light phantom simulated by the Secret Realm Trial is not just a numerical monster, but also a mechanic monster.

A classic case of overwhelming force.

Each subsequent level was no different; the opponents in each level, regardless of their level of combat tactics or whether there was one or two of them, were the same.

It's simply a difference that it went from one step to two.

Soon we reached the eleventh level, which was the final level of the Secret Realm Trial.

A white, illusory figure, radiating powerful energy and exuding pressure that even Lu Heng could faintly sense, took shape.

They were opponents at the Qi Refining Realm level!

One thing to be thankful for is—

From the remnant soul, Lu Heng learned that the white light phantom did not possess any Qi-refining level techniques.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Heng loosely clenched his fist, a gesture he had been preparing for a long time.

He used his cunning to outmaneuver the unsuspecting, relying on sword energy that ordinary, limit-breaking sword techniques could never achieve.

Dozens of sword energies that had landed in advance throughout the palace unleashed astonishing sharpness. In just a moment, the phantoms at the Qi Refining Secret Realm level were pierced through and exploded into a ball of white light.

The trial has been passed.

Nothing unexpected happened during the process, and Lu Heng breathed a slight sigh of relief before deciding to study the basic spirit-refining method he had obtained from the first ten trials.

But in the next moment—

The white light gathered once more, and an old man with a sword at his waist, who looked ordinary but whose eyes shone with a divine light that seemed capable of cleaving heaven and earth, appeared before him.

"Refining the void?!

"No, it's just a remnant of spirit." The remnant soul spoke with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.