chsdbacks Chapter 211 Saving Zhou Yi; Ancient Sword Intent
Chapter 211 Saving Zhou Yi; Ancient Sword Intent
"What terrifying sword energy!"
Wang Lin stared at the crack in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Just what level of cultivation does this Ling Tianhou possess? He can annihilate cultivators below the Ascendant Realm with just a casual sword aura."
"Lord Lingtian is at the late stage of the Pure Nirvana Realm!"
Qin Hao said, "Blood Ancestor is at the mid-stage of Pure Nirvana, while Tianyunzi's cultivation has already surpassed Shattered Nirvana."
"Beyond Seneca?"
Wang Lin asked, "Could it be that he's about to take the third step?"
"No!"
Qin Hao shook his head and said, "The third step isn't so easy to achieve. Right now, he's in the transitional phase between Shattered Nirvana and the third step, which is the exhaustion of his Celestial Being!"
"Exhaustion of the celestial being?"
This was the first time Wang Lin had ever heard of this realm.
"After reaching the second step of cultivation, one cultivates the primordial energy of heaven and earth, which can be transformed into endless vitality, with almost no limitation on lifespan."
Qin Hao explained, "However, the Heavenly Dao will not truly allow existence to coexist with the heavens. After reaching the Great Perfection of Nirvana Shattering, one faces the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, an immeasurable calamity for cultivators!"
"When the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man arrive, cultivators need to resist that strange power time and time again. Only by truly reaching the third step can they truly fight against the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man. Otherwise, they will perish in both body and soul during each decline."
"However, at this level, each experience of decline leads to an increase in cultivation and strength countless times. Therefore, even at the first stage of decline for a Celestial Being, one's combat power far surpasses that of a late-stage, Great Perfection of the Shattered Nirvana realm!"
"I see!"
Wang Lin nodded slightly and asked, "How many times has Tian Yunzi overcome his weakened state?"
"Having survived twice, we are now in the third stage of decline for the divine beings!"
Qin Hao explained, "However, in order to overcome this calamity, he sealed his cultivation to the late stage of Shattered Nirvana. Only by completely breaking the seal can he unleash the power of a Celestial Exhaustion cultivator. But once the seal is broken, he will need to contend with the power of exhaustion!"
"oh oh!"
Wang Lin nodded and asked, "So, Senior Brother Qin, what is your current cultivation level?"
"I've only just glimpsed Nirvana!"
Qin Hao replied.
What he didn't say was that he could now easily kill beings at the Pure Nirvana Realm.
If he hadn't obtained magic immunity and mind-stabilizing techniques, Qin Hao wouldn't have dared to say that.
But now that he has magic immunity and mind-stabilizing techniques, he is 90% confident that he can kill Jing Nie without the opponent knowing.
"To glimpse Nirvana?"
Wang Lin said to Qin Hao, "Senior Brother Qin, saving people this time is my responsibility alone. If it were you..."
He felt there was no need to involve Qin Hao.
After all, Qin Hao was only at the early stage of Nirvana, while Ling Tianhou was at the late stage of Pure Nirvana.
The two are separated by a whole major realm, which translates to a difference of six minor realms.
Even in the Nascent Soul stage, the difference between the early and middle stages is enormous, let alone the second step of cultivation, where the gap would be even greater.
"Lord Lingtian dares not oppose me!"
Qin Hao didn't take the other party seriously at all.
Let's go!
As Qin Hao spoke, he stepped into the crevice first.
"boom!"
The moment the two stepped inside, Ling Tianhou's domineering and unparalleled divine sense immediately rushed towards them with extreme arrogance.
This overwhelming divine thought, like a sharp sword, carried an aura powerful enough to shatter heaven and earth, and came toward the two of them.
"Destroy!"
Qin Hao let out a low shout, and blood-red lightning surged wildly from his eyes.
"boom!"
The collision between the Extreme Realm Divine Sense and Ling Tianhou's Divine Thought caused the surrounding stone walls to collapse and be destroyed.
When everything returned to calm, Ling Tianhou's divine sense had been completely erased.
Although Ling Tianhou's level is higher than Qin Hao's, his spiritual sense is not as strong as Qin Hao's.
Qin Hao had been a Soul Devourer for a long time, and had devoured a large number of Soul Devourers.
Therefore, the power of divine consciousness is exceptionally strong.
During his Nirvana glimpse, his spiritual power was no less than that of any Pure Nirvana cultivator.
Moreover, Qin Hao's divine sense is at the pinnacle of divine sense, a tribulation of all soul power.
Even if it cannot instantly kill a Pure Nirvana cultivator, it can still cause great damage to the Pure Nirvana cultivator's spiritual consciousness.
Even if there were only one or two of Ling Tianhou's divine senses here, Qin Hao could still kill them; it would just be a matter of time.
……
Tianyun Nebula.
The Great Luo Star.
The Great Luo Sword Sect.
Just as Qin Hao was about to obliterate Ling Tianhou's divine sense, Ling Tianhou, who was refining the immortal sword, suddenly opened his eyes.
"The seal on the sword spirit has been broken!"
Ling Tianhou looked up at the sky, his eyes unfathomable, and thought to himself, "Logically speaking, the place where I sealed the sword spirit is in a very hidden location, so how could it have been discovered? However, as long as that sword spirit is determined to die, even if the seal is broken, it cannot be saved!"
"Anyway, it'll be a few decades before we enter the system, then we can settle things once and for all!"
……
Tidal Abyss.
Qin Hao and Wang Lin entered the inside of the crevice.
A purple spirit was floating in mid-air above the ground.
That spirit was Zhou Yi.
Directly below Zhou Yi, there was an array with a celestial sword in each of the four corners, from which streaks of lightning emerged and continuously merged into the array.
"Senior Zhou Yi!"
Wang Lin called out.
But the other party remained silent.
Qin Hao said, "This sword spirit is determined to die. If we don't let him rekindle his hope for life, even if we break the seal, he will still slowly die."
"To ignite the hope of life?"
Wang Lin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out the pagoda, saying, "Senior Zhou Yi, don't you want to save the female senior inside the pagoda anymore?"
Wang Lin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out the pagoda, saying, "Senior Zhou Yi, don't you want to save the female senior inside the pagoda anymore?"
"Why!"
A sigh rang out, and Zhou Yi opened his eyes.
He gazed at the woman's corpse inside the pagoda and sighed, "The moment Ting'er fell, my heart died..."
"But her name isn't Ting'er, it's Qing Shuang!"
Wang Lin said, "Her true identity is the daughter of Qing Lin, the Rain Immortal Emperor, the strongest among the four Immortal Realms!"
"As far as we know, Immortal Emperor Qinglin is currently in his cave in the Demon Spirit Land. If we can find him, we might be able to save Senior Qing Shuang!"
"Qing Shuang...the daughter of the Immortal Emperor?"
Upon hearing Wang Lin's words, Zhou Yi's body trembled.
The emptiness and death in his eyes vanished completely, replaced by an extreme sharpness.
Zhou Yi stared intently at Wang Lin and asked, "Wang Lin, are you sure Ting'er's father is in this Demon Spirit Land?"
"I can be sure of it!"
Qin Hao said, "Tian Yunzi, Sword Venerable Ling Tianhou, Blood Ancestor and many other powerful figures know about this matter. It won't be long before they descend upon this Demon Spirit Land."
"Oh?"
Zhou Yi looked at Qin Hao and asked, "And who is this fellow Daoist?"
Wang Lin introduced with a smile: "This is Senior Brother Qin Hao, also from Vermilion Bird Star. He also has another identity: a descendant of the Vermilion Bird lineage of the Four Saints Sect. It was thanks to Senior Brother Qin's help that we were able to find Senior Zhou Yi this time!"
"I never imagined that such a powerful cultivator like you could emerge from the semi-abandoned Vermilion Bird Star!"
Zhou Yi said with a sigh.
He was well aware of the difficulties of spiritual practice.
Thousands of years ago, he was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, but his cultivation level never reached the pinnacle.
Without burning one's lifespan and primordial spirit in the Rain Immortal Realm, it would be impossible to advance to the pinnacle.
Later, it was Qing Shuang who intervened and appointed him as the spirit of the immortal sword, which allowed him to reach the second level of combat power.
But the person in front of me got to where he is today through his own efforts.