The Prodigies War
chapter-1631

“Hu…Hu…Hu…”

Suddenly, ahead was a scarlet-colored sea that looked like it was formed from concentrated blood. An unusual noise sounded from the depths of the sea.

Within seconds, Lin Xun felt the world spinning around, his ears were ringing, and his blood and qi were pulsing chaotically around his body. He activated all his strength to dispel the strange sound waves.

It was also at this moment that he saw a golden conch bobbing along the blood-colored waves. It was singing to itself, but the vibrations sent the sea rising and falling, the waves crashing against the sky, and the space collapsing!

“What is that?” Lin Xun gasped.

To his astonishment, as the voice of the golden conch projected further and further, even the sky started to split and the blood-colored water reared up like an apocalyptic storm.

Lin Xun trembled violently. His mind was in a state of chaos and his cultivation showed signs of reversal and disorder. Unable to bear the impact, he almost coughed up blood.

He quickly concentrated his mind and gathered his qi, like a furnace standing in the sky and suppressing all ages!

Even so, he barely blocked the terrifying sound waves attacks.

At this moment, the old man standing on the bow of the wooden boat spoke aloud, his voice gravelly as though he hadn’t spoken in a long time.

“That was a conch left by an Emperor Stage buddha. Play the dharma conch, beat the dharma drum, and reveal the power of the great dharma. The louder the conch sound, the stronger the dharma power.

“But that dharma conch has long been damaged. Otherwise, in the hands of an Emperor cultivator, it could destroy the sky, split the earth, and send the stars trembling. Everything will be obliterated before it.”

As soon as Elder Yin’s voice sounded, Lin Xun felt his body relax and the interference caused by the sound waves vanished without a trace.

When he looked up, he realized that the blood-colored sea was just an illusion, and even the golden conch was nothing but a stamp. For some reason, its aura had been preserved to this day despite endless years of erosion.

“What you just saw is the remains of a battlefield from ancient times. Sprinkled with Emperor blood, it turned into a sea. However, after the changes over years, the battlefield relics have long since disappeared, and only remnants of aura still lingered.” Elder Yin sighed.

Lin Xun inhaled sharply. Just some lingering aura actually caused that terrifying oppressive force and interference to him?

Unbelievable!

“You did quite well just now, and the dharma art you created is quite unique. It just lacks some real-life practice.”

After this, Elder Yin said nothing else.

From the beginning to end, he had his back facing Lin Xun and never looked back once, but he seemed to have captured everything that Lin Xun did.

The wooden boat sailed forward, flying through space. It might have looked dated, but it was completely unaffected by the attacks of the law power of space.

Before long, the bloody ocean faded and darkness filled the void. It felt as if they were traveling through eternal darkness.

The wooden boat slowed down significantly once they got here.

“This is the Land of Destruction, the land of nothingness left after a world surface was destroyed. This kind of place is the most dangerous.” Elder Yin spoke again.

As if to prove his words, brilliant beams of light suddenly shot up from the void of darkness.

They turned out to be beams of sword qi. They cut the darkness, broke through the sky, and illuminated for all eternity. Their unrivaled sharpness seemed indestructible.

It was at this moment that Elder Yin finally made a move. With a flick of his sleeves, the wooden boat flashed away with incredible speed and avoided this land where sword qi ruled. That flash took them across an infinite distance.

Even so, a beam of sword qi still brushed past the wooden boat. At that moment, Lin Xun felt as if had fallen into the jaws of death. His body went as cold as ice.

It was understandable. The sword qi was simply unparalleled in the world. Its terror was beyond a level that Lin Xun could comprehend.

“A long time ago, a Sword Emperor was buried in this Land of Destruction. After his death, the sword intent accumulated within his corpse continued to live forever and would emerge whenever something approached it.” Elder Yin spoke again once they were far away from that dangerous land.

A Sword Emperor had fallen there!

Lin Xun trembled inwardly again.

The path to the Great Emperor Pass was filled with so much bloodshed and earthshaking and terrifying matters. Lin Xun had never expected this before.

Without Elder Yin leading the way, he knew that given his present cultivation level, it would be difficult for him to step beyond this place!

Elder Yin suddenly said aloud, “I have observed the dharma art you created. It contains the secrets of swordsmanship. I collected this sword qi just now, take it.”

Swoosh!

As soon as his voice faded, a wisp of three-inch sword qi emerged in front of Lin Xun. It was crystal clear and glinted with an unrivaled sharpness. Even a glance of it was enough to cause a stabbing pain in the heart.

Undoubtedly, this was a sword qi left by the fallen Sword Emperor!

“Thank you, Elder!”

Lin Xun’s face lit up like he gained the most precious treasure in the world. But when he reached out, he found that the three-inch sword qi was as uncontrollable as an unruly horse. With a slight flicker, it crushed Lin Xun’s power and almost cut him with its razor-sharp edge.

Elder Yin seemed completely unaware of what happened.

Lin Xun took a deep breath and activated the Great Dao Furnace Art. The shadow of a furnace took shape in the sky, enveloping the three inches of sword qi within it.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Instantly, the sword qi charged wildly left and right, almost smashing the furnace shadow.

Lin Xun gritted his teeth and activated the dharma art with all his strength, as if he was going up to fight an alarmingly dangerous battle.

Within moments, his expression grew solemn.

The sword qi was simply too strong and unbelievably terrifying. It felt as if he was facing off against a peerless sword cultivator.

With his present strength, he could kill a supreme Saint with ease, but it took him a great deal of effort to hold out against the three-inch sword qi.

After a while, he even coughed up blood!

However, it was at this moment that the three-inch sword qi exploded into fragments of sword intent and was smelted in the furnace.

Without hesitation, Lin Xun sat down cross-legged and meditated.

Very quickly, innumerable mysterious sword dao insights rushed up to his mind, and he became completely focussed in grasping those insights.

On the bow of the boat, a hint of color came to Elder Yin’s face, but soon it returned to its original state.

No one knew better than him how difficult it was to conquer that sword intent. Even Big Saints would struggle to do so.

But unexpectedly, Lin Xun succeeded despite being only at the True Saint Stage!

Elder Yin suddenly thought of Mister Miaoxuan’s evaluation of Lin Xun: “I have never seen such a person in my life. He is beyond all measure just like a demon or an immortal.”

……

It was unknown how long passed when Lin Xun, who was sitting cross-legged on the boat, suddenly snapped open his eyes. A thought came to his mind.

The shadow of a furnace floated into the air, and in an instant, transformed into thirty-three sword qi. Every sword qi gathered eighteen thousand swords, and each sword was spewing out magnificent and sharp sword intent. When they surged together in the void, it was like an undulating sea of sword intent.

Swoosh!

As Lin Xun activated his arts, the vast sea of sword intent began to perform various sword arrays in mid air, as if they were creating a grand world of its own.

Later, as waves upon waves of sword chants rang out, everything was absorbed into Lin Xun.

Sword intent formed!

The intent of the Taixuan Sword Scripture was to cultivate wisps of sword qi in every acupoint, until sword light was tempered, sword intent created, sword soul condensed, and sword spirit was formed.

Now, Lin Xun had gathered all his Taixuan Sword Qi into an indestructible and sharp sword intent!

As the grade of the sword qi was elevated to a higher level, the power of Taixuan Sword Qi also underwent a significant transformation!

The Taixuan Sword Qi was originally integrated into Lin Xun’s newly created Great Dao Furnace Art, so inadvertently, the power of this dharma art was also enhanced.

All these were beneficial results from refining the three inches of sword qi!

“Using the arts of the ancients as your own and using a furnace as your own arts to replace them, this dharma art defies heaven…I have never heard of something like it before…” Elder Yin spoke in a solemn voice.

“My little friend, when you practice this dharma art in the future, you must not leak your methods. Otherwise, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing.”

Lin Xun felt a chill in his heart, then he quickly nodded, “Thank you, Elder, for your advice.”

After that, the wooden boat continued to shuttle through space, and experienced countless unusual and dangerous things on the way.

They encountered a starry sky of chaos, where countless stars and meteorites constantly roared down and sank parts of the barren world.

They experienced a raging storm of apocalypse that swept through the lands and tore apart everything in it.

They saw remnants of Emperor bones and corpses spring up, and the aura they gave off caused the heaven and earth to collapse.

Too many unbelievable and frightening scenes happened before them. Some were residual illusions, and some were true bizarre situations.

Along the way, Lin Xun was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat from time to time. If he did not have Elder Yin guiding him, he definitely would have turned around and retreated without hesitation.

He never imagined the journey to the Frontline Battlefield would be so terrifying.

In particular, when they passed through a dusky starry sky, an illusory figure suddenly appeared, standing tall and fierce. Its aura alone caused endless stars to rain down!

At that moment, Lin Xun was completely aghast.

Without Elder Yin explaining, he knew that was the power of a Great Emperor. Even if they had fallen countless years ago, their lingering aura could still cause the sky to collapse!

Emperors, the more one looked up to them, the higher they seemed; the deeper one probed, the firmer they became; when one caught a glimpse of them in front, they suddenly appeared behind. These words encapsulated the brilliance of the Emperor Stage.

The more one admired this state, the further it felt from them. The more one studied about this state, the more endless it became. When one tried to chase after it, they would not be able to catch up no matter what.

It was no exaggeration to say that Emperors could make the heavens bow down, control the universe with their strength and stand above all Saints!

Although the journey seemed infinitely long, for Lin Xun, it felt like opening a new door. He came to realize and understand many things, all of which were valuable experiences.

Along the way, Elder Yin would occasionally give Lin Xun some advice and teachings. Although he only spoke a little, every time he did Lin Xun felt enlightened.

Influenced by the changes in his state of mind, vision, and experience, his cultivation also grew more stable and solid, and even began to show faint signs of reaching the perfect True Saint Stage.

This was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise.

It should be mentioned that Lin Xun broke through to the advanced True Saint Stage after he returned from the Nine Domains Battlefield and obtained great dao luck on Immortal Sacred Mountain.

Now, there were signs of his cultivation reaching the perfect True Saint Stage. Imaginably, he benefited hugely from the experiences and insights along the way!

As the saying goes, traveling thousands of miles was way better than reading thousands of books.