The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Just two minutes after Wu You left.

A figure resembling a human, but with a pair of silver-gray wolf ears, suddenly appeared where the giant tiger had fallen.

It stood on the black sand where faint golden blood still lingered, looking down at the small puddles that shimmered with a faint golden light, its brows furrowed slightly.

Then its nose twitched slightly, and the corners of its mouth slowly turned up, revealing a meaningful smile.

"Humans, and the aura of another beast."

"interesting--"

Then it looked in the direction Wu You had left, and just as it lifted its foot, it stopped.

The foot, clad in some kind of black leather boot, hovered in mid-air, refusing to fall.

Its brows furrowed again, and then it looked deeply in that direction, a complex emotion flashing in its sticky black eyes—as if it were weighing something, or perhaps worrying about something.

In the end, it did not chase after it. It slowly retracted its foot, turned around, and transformed into a silver-gray light and shadow, disappearing into the depths of the thick fog.

On the other side, Wu You dared not slow down for even a moment.

After passing through the Class B danger zone and returning to the original Class A danger zone, he avoided several zombie species communities under the guidance of the little black cat, and then quickly approached the Jiuli stronghold.

The white light from the resonator swept a narrow path in front of him. Wherever the beam of light reached, dark mist surged, strange rocks jutted out, and some shadowy figures were hidden in the darkness.

Wu You ignored them; he only wanted to do one thing: return to the stronghold.

Wu You finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the towering, seemingly endless city wall of the Jiuli stronghold.

But he didn't slow down; instead, he passed through the portal at top speed.

He stood in the square of the stronghold, his trench coat covered with black dust and mud, his white hair scattered messily on the sides of his face, a few strands of hair stuck to his forehead, soaked with sweat.

He looked up and around.

There were a few torchbearers walking around, some had just come out of the light gate, and some were about to go in.

No one noticed him, or rather, no one would deliberately pay attention to a disheveled torchbearer who had just returned from the Dark Realm.

This kind of person is the norm here.

Wu You straightened up and let out a long breath.

Only then did I have time to check my gains for tonight.

Open the Sword Manual panel.

Allocable experience points: 105.5w

Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Hidden Realm: 3 (55%)

Divinity: 0.5 (Fusion: 1)

The initial cleanup of the corpses yielded over 900,000 experience points, while the giant tiger at the True Yang Realm provided an additional 100,000 experience points and 260% of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source energy.

Of course, there's also the 0.5 units of divinity obtained from trading with the giant tiger.

It can be said that this trip was very fruitful.

Wu You did not hesitate and made a decision.

Allocable experience points: 105.5w → Allocable experience points: 0

[Seven Tribulations Sword Chapter] (Chapter 2: Xuan Lock) (1,201,000/3,000,000) → [Seven Tribulations Sword Chapter] (Chapter 2: Xuan Lock) (2,923,000/3,000,000)

A flood of insights into the Xuan Suo Sword Intent rushed into Wu You's mind.

Those insights weren't words or images, but something more direct and essential, like someone transferring a complete memory belonging to another time and space directly into his consciousness in this world.

He seemed to have experienced a long and lonely time during those insights: he sat alone on a mountaintop, surrounded by endless sea of ​​clouds and eternal starry sky. He sat there day after day, year after year, just to find that glimmer of inspiration in the darkness.

Finally, after what seemed like decades, or even centuries, he grasped that fleeting feeling.

Like a bolt of lightning ripped through the dark night sky, like a drop of water falling into a calm lake.

He understood a sliver of the true meaning of the Xuan Suo Sword Intent.

Xuan Suo, Xuan Suo.

It doesn't lock doors, windows, or any physical object.

Xuan Suo Sword Intent is a sword intent that uses the laws of Tianxuan Entanglement to lock space and seal rules.

It locks the space, it locks the rules.

After mastering the Xuan Suo Sword Intent, Wu You can directly lock the opponent's position within a certain spatial range.

Moreover, within this space, all of the opponent's abilities will become ineffective!

It's not just about ordinary abilities, but also about the rules they master!

Of course, this is also subject to limitations.

First, the opponent's strength cannot exceed Wu You's by too much; second, the level of rules they master cannot exceed the sealing limit of Xuan Suo Sword Intent.

But what if the other party doesn't know the rules—

Then I'm sorry, you'll lose all your abilities and become a lamb to the slaughter.

Thinking of this, Wu You stroked his chin.

He remembered that the Fifth Lord Li had said that one would only come into contact with the rules when one reached the eleventh level of the Enlightenment Realm.

Doesn't that mean that even those at the ninth-tier Void Realm and the tenth-tier True Yang Realm are powerless against the Xuan Suo Sword Intent?

No matter how strong their bodies are or how abundant their energy is, they ultimately failed to master the rules.

Before the Xuan Suo Sword Intent, it's like an infant wearing armor.

No matter how thick the outer armor, the baby inside is still a baby.

He stretched out his hand, and a faint gray sword-shaped phantom appeared in his hand.

The phantom was very faint, so faint that it was almost invisible, but it did exist.

Unfortunately, Wu You ultimately failed to fully master the Xuan Suo Sword Intent and was unable to condense the Xuan Suo Sword.

But he wasn't disappointed. There were still so many corpses waiting for him to harvest in the deep dark domain. He believed that it wouldn't be long before he could accumulate enough experience points to master the Xuan Lock Sword Intent.

Then comes divinity.

Divinity: 0.5 (Fusion: 1) → Divinity: 0 (Fusion: 1.5)

This is different from the divinity obtained from the Thousand-Faced God's descending form during the previous fusion.

This divine aura gave Wu You a sense of peace and warmth.

As this half-unit of divinity merged in, Wu You felt the gloom within his body decrease again.

It's probably only about one-third of what it was at the beginning.

He could feel that he could now use the Pivot Sword Intent four times in a row without any problem!

At the same time, the premonition that the divinity within him would accumulate to a certain degree and trigger some kind of strange change became even stronger.

After completing his upgrade, Wu You flew away from the deep dark realm and returned to the real world.

As he passed through the portal, he felt that familiar transition from dark mist to a gentle breeze carrying a hint of grass and trees.

That night, he first met with the Fifth Lord Li, then went to clean up the A-level and B-level danger zones, encountered a giant tiger in the True Yang Realm along the way, and finally hurriedly scrambled back to the stronghold as quickly as possible.

It was truly a thrilling experience.

Although his physical exertion hadn't reached the point where he couldn't take it anymore, he was indeed mentally exhausted.

Wu You stumbled back to the courtyard on Fifth Street, pushed open the door, took the little black cat out of his pocket, and gently placed it on the sofa in the living room.

The little black cat was curled up in the corner of the sofa, its body slightly tucked up, like a black ball of fur.

It wasn't asleep; its eyes were half-open, and the warm yellow light from the entryway reflected in its deep blue pupils.

Wu You didn't pay any more attention and turned to walk towards the bathroom.

Hot water poured down his head, washing away the black dust, mud, and faint fishy smell that clung to him into the sewer.

While he was taking a shower, the little black cat in the living room stirred.

A calm light flashed in its eyes, a light that didn't seem like that of a cub, as if a soul much larger than itself resided within its tiny body.

It jumped off the sofa, its four little paws landing on the floor without making a sound.

It crossed the living room, walked to the door of the training room, jumped up, put its little paws on the doorknob, hung its whole body on it, and used its own weight to press the doorknob down.

The door opened, it landed on the ground, and then steadily, step by step, walked into the cultivation room and lay down in the very center of the room.

The energy of the magic circle began to surge, and those invisible energies, like unseen rivers, flowed into its small body from all directions.

After taking a shower, Wu You walked towards the bedroom while drying her long white hair.

As he passed the cultivation room, he paused and looked down: the little black cat was lying quietly in the center of the magic circle, its eyes closed, its breathing steady, and its little belly rising and falling slightly.

When did it learn to open the door? Wu You was slightly stunned, his gaze lingering on the little black cat for a moment.

He remembered what the giant tiger had said.

What makes it so sure that this little black cat can reach the twelfth level?

What exactly did the giant tiger and the little black cat communicate?

Did that giant tiger leave something on the little black cat?

Despite having many questions, Wu You, who possessed a cool aura and exceptionally keen senses, did not sense any malice from the little black cat towards him.

Never mind, I'll ask the Fifth Lord of Li next time I have the chance.

Wu You shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He went back to his bedroom and lay down on the bed.

The mattress was just the right firmness, the blanket smelled of sunshine, and the occasional chirping of insects could be heard from outside the window.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep almost instantly.

. . .

He didn't know how much time had passed before the vibration of his watch woke him up.

He opened his eyes; the watch face on his wrist glowed with a faint white light, and a line of text on the screen was flashing.

He glanced at the time.

It was already past six o'clock the next morning. The sky outside the window was just beginning to brighten, and the morning light peeked in through the gaps in the curtains, drawing a thin golden line on the floor.

The message displayed on his watch also surprised him.

The message read: "Dear Torchbearer LH-36, you have received a mission notification."

Wu You clicked on it.

The screen switched, and a line of text appeared before his eyes—

P1 level mission: Investigate, trace, and close the loop to eliminate abnormal wild ability users within Yunshang Province.