Devour: Can you also draw entries from clone projection worlds?

[In the eighth year, your Northern Darkness Inner Strength has become so profound that even you yourself cannot believe it.]

Over the past seven years, you have absorbed the internal energy of no fewer than thirty people. Although each individual was not particularly strong, the combined internal energy of thirty people is a considerable amount.

Your internal strength is already close to that of masters who have cultivated for twenty or thirty years.

His swordsmanship also improved by leaps and bounds under the blessing of "Sword Heart Clarity". The swordsmanship of the Smiling Proud Wanderer world combined with the internal energy of the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils world is more than twice as powerful as before.

You've tried splitting a millstone-sized rock in the mountains with a single sword stroke, and the rock was cut in half like tofu. This wasn't due to the sharpness of the sword, but rather the power brought by immense internal energy.

She had mastered the Lingbo Weibu technique to the point of leaving no trace. When walking on snow, her footprints were so shallow they looked like they had been blown by the wind. When walking on mud, not a speck of mud would stick to the soles of her shoes.

Of course, besides saving lives, the most important thing about this technique is one word: "cool"—extremely cool!

[Eighth year complete, entry extraction in progress... Congratulations, host, for obtaining the green entry: The Resilience of the Northern Darkness Inner Force]

[Effect: The defensive capabilities of Beiming internal energy are greatly enhanced, effectively mitigating the impact of external attacks. It also provides strong resistance to external aggressors such as toxins, cold, and heat.]

You looked at this entry and nodded. The Northern Darkness Divine Art is not just for absorbing internal energy; it is an extremely powerful internal energy technique in itself.

With the "Resilience" attribute, your defensive capabilities are greatly enhanced, so even if you encounter a stronger opponent, you won't be instantly killed.

"But... isn't something wrong with these entries? Why are they all related to the Northern Darkness Divine Art? Is this... normal?"

You suspect this is because you haven't left the area around Wuliang Mountain and Langhuan Jade Cave, and the idea of ​​traveling the world arises in your mind.

In the winter of the eighth year, you sat under the old locust tree on Wuliang Mountain, watching the distant mountains covered in white snow.

Eight years have passed. You have been in the world of Tian Long Ba Bu for a full eight years. Your Beiming Divine Skill has reached its peak, your swordsmanship has reached its pinnacle, and your movement techniques have reached a divine level.

Of course, this is inseparable from the arduous training he underwent in the world of Swordsman before, and is by no means the result of just a few years of cultivation.

Spring came exceptionally early in the ninth year. Before the snow on Wuliang Mountain had completely melted, the peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain had already bloomed.

You stand at the crossroads halfway up the mountain, looking at the two forked mountain paths, and suddenly stop in your tracks.

You've been on Wuliang Mountain for eight years now, from sixteen to twenty-four years old. You've gone from an ordinary hunter's son to someone who possesses the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, the Lingbo Steps, and has achieved minor mastery of sword intent... well, still a hunter's son.

But internally it's completely different; Beiming's internal strength is so profound that even you are a little surprised.

In eight years, you absorbed the internal energy of no less than forty people. Although each person was not particularly strong, the combined internal energy of forty people was a terrifying number, enough for a full sixty years!

Your internal strength, if placed in the martial arts world, should be no less than that of veteran masters who have cultivated for forty or fifty years.

Furthermore, with the addition of the "Northern Darkness Returns to its Origin" entry, the assimilation speed doubles and explosive power increases by 50%. The quality of your Northern Darkness internal energy might not be much worse than Wu Yazi's back then.

You have mastered the Lingbo Weibu technique to the point of "leaving no trace". On the cliffs of Wuliang Mountain, you can float over like a gust of wind, without touching the ground or getting dusty.

As for swordsmanship, with the honing of the previous projection world, plus the enhancement of "Sword Heart Clarity" and "Sword Intent Minor Completion", your swordsmanship can no longer be described as "first-class".

Above the first-rate is the pinnacle.

At the very top lies the Grandmaster.

You feel you've reached the very beginning of swordsmanship, but as for becoming a grandmaster... that depends on fate.

[It's been eight years. You've been on Wuliang Mountain for a full eight years, always believing in the Way of the Scoundrels. Apart from going down the mountain a few times a year to "hunt" and absorb the internal energy of a few villains, you've almost never left this mountain.]

The disciples of the Wuliang Sword Sect may occasionally encounter you on the mountain, but your "ordinary" and "concealed aura" make you inconspicuous like a stone, and no one will give you a second glance.

Sometimes you can even deliberately walk right in front of them, and they act as if you don't see you. Being invisible is indeed the best protection in this world.

But today, you don't want to be invisible anymore.

It wasn't an impulse, but rather a feeling of "wanting to act when still."

Eight years have passed; you're no longer the weakling who had to survive by hiding.

Your Northern Darkness Inner Strength is sufficiently profound, your swordsmanship sufficiently sharp, your movement techniques sufficiently powerful and graceful, and your vocabulary sufficiently rich.

You have the confidence to venture into this world, observe the sights, and do things you've always wanted to do but never dared to.

More importantly, there's a fire burning in your heart, but you can't say for sure when that fire started.

It might have been when, back in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he watched helplessly as Liu Zhengfeng's youngest son was beheaded.

It was probably when they heard that Ren Woxing had died suddenly at Chaoyang Peak and that Dongfang Bubai had died from a needle.

It could have been even earlier, on the Cliff of Contemplation, when Linghu Chong asked you, "If someone does a lot of good deeds, but their mind is full of bad thoughts, is that person a good person or a bad person?"

That fire has been burning all along, but before you weren't strong enough to let it ignite. Now that you are strong enough, you don't want to suppress it anymore.

As the saying goes, "If you have a weapon in your heart, you will naturally have the desire to kill."

With your immense power, you can now do whatever you want. Save those you want to save, kill those you want to kill, go wherever you want to go, and see whoever you want to see.

All I seek is clarity of thought, and to remain true to my heart!

In the main world, Wei Wen looked at the choices made by his counterpart in the projected world and fell silent.

But he had no intention of interfering. He also wanted to see what would happen if he stirred up a storm in the projected world.

……

You take a deep breath, choose a path, and walk down the mountain.

Our first stop was the Sword Lake Palace of the Wuliang Sword Sect.

For no other reason than that after waiting for so many years, one of the most exciting plot points from the original work is about to unfold here.

You remember very clearly that Duan Yu would appear during the sword competition between the East and West branches of the Wuliang Sword Sect, causing a series of laughs, being rescued by Zhong Ling, then being chased by the Shennong Gang, accidentally entering the Langhuan Paradise, and learning the Beiming Divine Skill and Lingbo Steps.

It all started with the Wuliang Sword Sect's once-every-five-years sword competition.

You calculated the time, it should be in the next few days.

You should go and take a look, not to change the plot, nor to ruin Duan Yu's opportunities, since you generally approve of all versions of Duan Yu.

But you want to see these characters you've read about countless times in the original work, and you want to see the scenes you could only imagine through words.

Duan Yu, Zhong Ling, Zuo Zimu, Xin Shuangqing, Sikong Xuan of the Shennong Gang… these names have been swirling in your mind for eight years; you've long wanted to meet them in person.

Jianhu Palace is located halfway up Wuliang Mountain. It is a stone palace built against the mountain. There is a large square in front of the palace, and at the end of the square is a smooth stone wall.

It is said that on the night of the full moon, the moonlight shines on the stone wall and casts the shadow of an immortal dancing with a sword.

The disciples of the Wuliang Sword Sect call it the "Wuliang Jade Disc," which is their sect's most prized treasure.

When you arrived, a large crowd had already gathered in the square. Disciples from the East and West sects stood on either side, dressed in different colored robes, clearly distinguishing themselves.

Zuo Zimu, the leader of the Eastern Sect, was a thin old man in his forties or fifties with three long wisps of beard and sharp eyes.

Xin Shuangqing, the leader of the Western Sect, was a woman in her thirties or forties, with delicate features and a cold, aloof demeanor.