Another two months passed quietly in the immersion of Sword Dao insights.
In the special space within Taiyue Divine Peak, Chen Xihua slowly opened his eyes, and the originally closed pupils suddenly flashed with two faint black Sword Lights, like cracks opening in the void.
The next second, countless mysterious information surged into his mind like a tide, intertwining texts, patterns, and Sword Technique trajectories into a web, rapidly flowing in his sea of consciousness.
"Xichuan Sword Mansion... Tier Five Top Grade Daoist Sword 'Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword'..."
"Void Sword Manual, West River True Form Sword Manual, Void-cutting Nine Techniques..."
Every word carried the majesty of ancient Sword Cultivators, each piece of information contained earth-shattering secrets.
Chen Xihua's breath involuntarily became rapid; he finally understood the true opportunity of Taiyue Divine Peak.
This place was not an ordinary Sword Cultivator trial ground but an inheritance site left by the Tier Five top force "Xichuan Sword Mansion" from ancient times.
This inheritance not only includes several Tier Five Fundamental Sword Scriptures but also the entire Taiyue Divine Peak, which is the "Sword Form" part of the Tier Five Top Grade Daoist Sword "Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword," and the Void Sword Pill he acquired years ago is precisely the "Sword Core" of this Daoist Sword!
"The union of Sword Form and Sword Core is the true Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword..."
Chen Xihua slowly exhaled a turbid breath, the Sword Pill in his Dantian violently trembled, resonating strongly with the wordless stone stele at the peak, and an invisible control force spread throughout the entire Divine Peak following the resonance.
Though his luck had always been good, he never imagined he could obtain such a heaven-defying opportunity, his eyes full of disbelief, which then transformed into deep gratitude.
If he hadn't unexpectedly acquired the Sword Pill years ago, if he hadn't gritted his teeth and climbed to the peak, this inheritance might have been buried in the sands of time forever.
He looked down at the wordless stone stele before him, at this moment, the Sword Patterns on the surface of the stone stele flowed like living things, tightly connected with his Divine Soul.
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The spatial structure and restriction distribution of the entire Taiyue Divine Peak clearly appeared in his perception—he had completely mastered the core restriction of this space, becoming the new master of Taiyue Divine Peak.
"Let's test this control power."
With a thought, a faint void fluctuation arose around Chen Xihua, and the next second, his figure was enveloped by an invisible force, instantly disappearing from the peak.
When he reappeared, he was standing inside a stone cave filled with Five Elements Runes—precisely the "Five Elements Crystal Element Cave" he had longed for.
For ordinary cultivators to reach this place, they must first find the Sword Heart Passage hidden under Sword Grinding Cliff, with Tier Three Sword Puppets patrolling inside the passage, and filled with Enchanting Sword Mist, where a slight mistake could cause the Sword Qi to tear apart the Divine Soul.
Even if one lucks through, the cave entrance is blocked by the "Five Elements Spirit Trapping Array," which is difficult to pass unless one is an unparalleled Sword Cultivator.
But for Chen Xihua, who controlled the core restriction, all of this was like vanity; with a single thought, he could instantly move there.
In the center of the cave, in a roughly one-zhang wide Stone Spring, whitish liquid slowly surged, emanating a faint Spirit Light, precisely the "Myriad Spirits Stone Milk."
Every drop could nourish the Sword Pill, enhance the Spiritual Power purity, and it's a Treasure that Golden Core Cultivators find elusive, even Nascent Soul True Monarchs would be tempted.
Chen Xihua leaned closer and saw that the Stone Spring had at least accumulated a thousand drops of Stone Milk, causing him to exclaim:
"There's actually so much!"
He promptly took out several Jade Bottles made of Five Elements Crystal Essence from his Storage Ring—a container he had long prepared, with Five Elements attributes that perfectly harmonize with the Spirit Power of Stone Milk to prevent Spiritual Power loss.
With a slight movement of his fingers, three drops of Stone Milk, as if possessing spirituality, flew into the Jade Bottle.
But just as he prepared to continue the absorption, a faint golden restriction suddenly appeared around the Stone Spring, like a transparent screen protecting the remaining Stone Milk firmly, defying any amount of Spiritual Power he mobilized to take another drop.
"So that's how it is, the quantity each person can absorb is limited, no wonder so much has been accumulated."
Chen Xihua smiled lightly, yet with no trace of regret in his eyes, for him who controlled the core restriction, this restriction was merely decoration that could be easily broken.
With a gentle flick of his sleeve, an invisible force spread along the spatial meridians, the faint golden restriction melted away like snow, releasing the Stone Milk in the Stone Spring once more.
He hesitated no longer, took out all the Jade Bottles, and under the agitation of Spiritual Power, a stream of thousand drops of Stone Milk poured into the bottles like a creek flow, quickly filling over ten Jade Bottles, emptying the Stone Spring.
Putting away the Jade Bottles, Chen Xihua did not linger, his figure moved for another round of void shifting—since he had mastered the Divine Peak, naturally he must seek out the hidden treasures one by one.
This time his destination was the cliff top on the west side of the Divine Peak.
There lies an extremely secretive space rift, from which occasionally leaks strands of fierce thunder aura, the black thunder light winding like venomous snakes, splitting the air with "zzz" sounds.
"Sure enough, there's Primordial Thunder Crystal!"
Chen Xihua stood a kilometer away from the rift, his eyes lit up instantly, through his perception of the void, he could clearly see deep within the fissure, a dozen fist-sized crystal stones floating amidst the thunder.
The crystals were a faint purple all over, with tight thunder patterns winding on their surfaces, each flash of thunder pattern emitted a heart-pounding power.
It's exactly "Primordial Thunder Crystal", the core material for refining Tier Four thunder attribute spiritual treasures, one of the three great treasures of the third layer of Myriad Phenomena Sources Returning to Spirit Skill.
An ordinary Cultivator wishing to obtain it would first need to withstand void thunder with a Tier Four spiritual treasure before using special means to stabilize the space rift; any slight oversight could result in being reduced to flying ash by thunder or swallowed by the space rift.
Yet Chen Xihua only needed to move his mind, and the invisible Void Shifting power followed the rift, like a gentle big hand, lifting the dozen Primordial Thunder Crystals from the thunder, avoiding all danger, steadily landing in his palm.
It felt cool to the touch, the fierce power within the Thunder Crystals was temporarily suppressed by the void power, like a tame pet.
Next, Chen Xihua then teleportated instantly to the "Cold Crystal Cave" on the north side of the Divine Peak - this place was full of restrictions, shrouded in cold year-round, with thick ice-blue crystals forming on the cave walls, exactly the Tier Five spiritual material Ice Soul Sword Marrow.
This treasure can refine a sword's extreme cold nature, is the core material for refining Tier Five Flying Swords, this cave has never been opened to external Cultivators, thus no news has ever spread.
But Chen Xihua only needed to activate the restrictions, and the ice walls would automatically crack open, with a dozen strands of Ice Soul Sword Marrow flowing like a stream into a Jade Box.
In another core concealed cave abode, Chen Xihua's figure quietly appeared, he looked around, in the center of the cave abode, surprisingly stood a fruit tree about one zhang tall.
The trunk was deep brown, covered with spiral patterns, branches bore emerald leaves, the edges of the leaves reflected a faint gold, each leaf slowly absorbing the Spiritual Qi within the cave.
At the tip of the branches, hung nine fist-sized fruits, the fruits were faint purple all over, with nine golden patterns distributed on their surfaces, sparkling like stars, emanating a spiritual rhyme that made one's heart race.
"Nine Elements Spirit Fruit!"
Chen Xihua showed a delighted expression, hurriedly stepped forward a few paces, carefully observing the fruit's form.
Outside, there wasn't the slightest news of this fruit, he only learned what it truly was after receiving the Sword Mansion's inheritance.
This fruit is ranked Tier Four Top Grade, the core material for refining Nine Elements Infant Nurturing Pill!
This pill can nourish Nascent Souls, and if used on Mid-stage Nascent Soul, can help Cultivators break through the realm, becoming Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivators!
According to inheritance records, Taiyue Sword Peak had a sapling planted in the Secret Mansion.
However, Nine Elements Spirit Fruit requires extremely high growth conditions, needing the absorption of nine different attribute Spiritual Qi, very easily becoming extinct.
Before coming, Chen Xihua was unsure whether this thing still survived, and now his expression was filled with joy.
"This might be the last Nine Elements Spirit Fruit Tree."
Chen Xihua gently caressed the tree trunk, feeling the abundant Spiritual Qi contained within.
He looked up at the fruits on the branches, all nine fruits had matured, the frequency of the golden patterns' flickers very stable, it was the perfect time for picking.
He didn't act rashly, but retrieved nine specially made Jade Boxes from his Storage Ring—the inner walls of the Jade Boxes were carved with "Spirit Gathering Array", capable of maximally retaining the medicinal efficacy of the Spirit Fruits.
Chen Xihua took a deep breath, his fingertips emitted a faint gold light, activating "Myriad Phenomena Sources Returning to Spirit Skill", carefully wrapping spiritual power around the first Nine Elements Spirit Fruit.
Spiritual power was like gentle hands, lightly holding the Spirit Fruit, picking it from the branch, and gently placing it into the Jade Box.
With the experience of the first time, subsequent picking became smooth.
He used the same method, successively picking the remaining eight Nine Elements Spirit Fruits, each one intact, without losing any Spiritual Qi.
When the last Spirit Fruit was placed into the Jade Box, the leaves of the fruit tree suddenly dimmed a bit, the patterns on the trunk became faint—clearly, after losing the Spirit Fruits, the vitality of the tree was rapidly declining.
Chen Xihua watched the gradually withering fruit tree, regrettably, he was not a Tier Four Spirit Plant Grandmaster, unable to save it, his heart full of sentiment:
"To see the last Nine Elements Spirit Fruit Tree, and even pick nine fruits, is already a great opportunity."
...
In just a few days, Chen Xihua's figure flitted about Taiyue Divine Peak like a ghost, teleporting from place to place, gathering most of the hidden treasures recorded and unrecorded in the Divine Peak's scriptures.
His storage ring was filled with treasures such as Myriad Spirits Stone Milk, Primordial Thunder Crystals, Ice Soul Sword Marrow, and Nine Elements Spirit Fruit.
Each of these was a rare item that an ordinary cultivator might never obtain in a lifetime, and even as he took stock, he couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.
Chen Xihua sat cross-legged next to the Ancient Wordless Stele in the core inheritance space, his fingertips brushing over the storage ring, his divine sense scanning the treasures within, and he murmured softly to himself:
"These are enough for now. The Tier Four Spiritual Materials attached to the sword form, like the 'Profound Iron Essence' contained within the Divine Peak's rock walls and the 'Sword Pattern Jade' deep below the mountain, I'll take them all when I leave."
As he spoke, a hint of anticipation flashed through Chen Xihua's eyes:
"With Primordial Thunder Crystals, Myriad Spirits Stone Milk, and Nine Elements Spirit Fruit, mastering the Third Layer of the 'Myriad Phenomena Sources Returning to Spirit Skill' is finally within reach for me."
At this moment, he was contemplating how to set aside a portion of these treasures to give to his father.
"Father has always been collecting treasures related to the Myriad Phenomena Sources Returning to Spirit Skill, surely not for a Celestial Grade Spiritual Root. The gains from this journey should be able to assist him greatly."
"And then there's the inheritance from Xichuan Sword Mansion, whose high-tier inheritance surpasses even that of the Myriad Swords Sect. Back then, when Father planned for me to have an exchange opportunity at the Myriad Swords Sect, it didn't work out. Acquiring this inheritance ought to make up for that shortfall."
"But I must take it slow; taking it all out at once would draw too much attention. Caution is paramount."
Time passed slowly like the clouds between the Divine Peaks, and in the blink of an eye, it was getting closer to the ninth month since entering the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven.
Chen Xihua temporarily sealed the inheritance space and switched to sitting cross-legged at the summit of Taiyue Divine Peak, surrounded by a faint Void Sword Intent.
Having gained such a tremendous opportunity, he grew increasingly cautious—for the waves hide in the wake of great trees, and if other cultivators noticed the anomaly of the Divine Peak, it could inevitably attract covetous eyes.
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In these days, cultivators occasionally followed maps to Taiyue Divine Peak.
Some were loose cultivators hoping to try their luck in search of omitted spiritual materials; some were sect disciples unwilling to give up after previous teleportations, trying to ascend the mountain again, and even a few Golden Core Perfection cultivators from the Sword Sect came in groups...
Chen Xihua quietly activated the core restriction of the Divine Peak—clouding the mountaintop's mist, making the pressure between the mountain peaks fluctuate, causing ancient patterns on the rock walls to emit dim light, crafting a facade of a "Divine Peak nearing collapse."
The arriving cultivators saw this spectacle and all showed expressions of lamentation:
"What a pity, another opportunity site is about to collapse."
Someone reached out to touch the rock wall and felt the faint fluctuation of the restriction, further solidifying the impression that "the Divine Peak is about to be destroyed."
Someone looked at the murky cloud mist, shook their head, and turned away in sighs, without suspecting that these layers of restrictions were being manipulated by someone.
After all, in the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven, there was no shortage of opportunity sites ruined due to the passage of time, so the "collapse" of Taiyue Divine Peak seemed to them a mere commonplace event.
It was only the sword cultivators from the Myriad Swords Sect who felt immense regret, especially those True Sword Children, most of whom knew a secret—the Taiyue Sword Peak was a place of origin for the sect's sword inheritance, possibly containing more exquisite legacies.
Now that it was collapsing overnight, there would be no more chances!
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Time passed slowly, finally reaching the day when the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven would close, and the cultivators inside were about to be teleported out.
Within the grotto heaven, that mysterious Void Shifting Power grew increasingly intense, like an invisible hand, enveloping each of the scattered cultivators, who then vanished from the secret realm in a blink.
Some sword cultivators from the Myriad Swords Sect waiting outside Taiyue Divine Peak wore expressions of helplessness.
They had hoped that the Taiyue Divine Peak would collapse before the grotto heaven closed, believing they might discover some inheritance from the Ancient Sword Dao.
Yue Wushuang sighed helplessly, "So be it, we'll have to leave this matter to the next generation."
At the same time, the space within Taiyue Divine Peak began to ripple, with the Shifting Power constantly impacting the divine peak's restrictions.
However, Chen Xihua temporarily resisted it using his core control—he needed to handle the final matters of the Divine Peak only after ensuring every cultivator had left.
After waiting for more than ten hours, Chen Xihua was absolutely certain that all the external cultivators had been teleported out of the grotto heaven, leaving him as the only person in the entire secret realm.
He slowly stood up, gazing at the swirling clouds below the divine peak, took a deep breath, and the Void Sword Pill within his Dantian suddenly exploded with dazzling light, resonating completely with the "sword form" of Taiyue Divine Peak.
In an instant, a force of pressure belonging to a Tier Five Daoist Sword emanated slowly from his body, sweeping across the entire divine peak like a tidal wave.
At this moment, Taiyue Divine Peak suddenly trembled violently, rocks slipping and falling, and ancient restrictions on the rock walls began to shatter layer by layer, turning into scattered spirit light and dissipating into the air.
Within the cloud mist, a dull sound emerged, the surrounding space twisted and became chaotic, even light began to refract, as if ready to tear the entire space apart.
Subsequently, an even more astonishing sight appeared—the enormous Taiyue Divine Peak slowly began to reveal its true form!
The originally dark cyan mountain body gradually turned transparent, the rocks transformed into sword blade patterns, the peak turned into the arc of a sword's spine, and the spirit veins at the mountain's base became the flowing light of a sword core.
In just a few moments, a divine peak thousands of meters tall turned into a gigantic sword inserted into the ground!
The giant sword was a light black color throughout, its blade wrapped in intricate Void patterns and golden sword patterns, the blade glinting with a chilling light, standing silently yet causing subtle cracks in the surrounding void.
"Collect!"
A flash of brilliance shone in Chen Xihua's eyes, and he moved his fingers in the "Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword" Sword Collection Technique, causing the giant sword to exude a devouring power like that of a whale swallowing water.
All the scattered spiritual materials around the divine peak, whether the Sword Pattern Jade and Profound Iron Essence on the ground or the floating Spiritual Mist and remnants of Sword Spirit Qi in the air, were firmly drawn in by this swallowing power, flowing like streams into the giant sword.
Even the debris left after the divine peak's collapse was refined and purified, turning into threads of pure sword material power, which fused into the sword body. Within moments, all scattered spiritual materials were completely devoured by the giant sword.
Following this, the gigantic sword began to shrink—reducing from thousands of meters to mere hundreds, then to tens, and finally down to about three feet in length.
This eventually transformed into a fully black Cyan Peak Longsword with the words "Void Slash" carved into its spine, its blade exuding a delicate void glow, suspended in front of Chen Xihua.
Chen Xihua stretched out his right hand, and the Cyan Peak Longsword, as if imbued with intelligence, gently landed in his palm.
The hilt felt cold to the touch, with the patterns on the blade resonating strongly with the Sword Pill in his Dantian, flooding him with a sense of kinship.
Without lingering, he moved his fingers slightly, causing the Cyan Peak Longsword to turn into a stream of dark light, slowly traversing his arm's meridians, gradually dwelling into his Dantian, merging with the Void Sword Pill.
Thus, the sword core and sword form of the Tier Five Top Grade Daoist Sword "Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword" were finally wholly unified.
In the Dantian, after merging the Sword Pill with the sword form, a soft spirit light emerged, enveloping the previously gathered spiritual materials within the sword body space, spontaneously forming a Void Restriction that firmly concealed the Daoist Sword's aura.
Chen Xihua sensed the changes within his Dantian, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
After a brief consideration, he placed the storage ring into the sword body space as well, and without further hesitation, he released control over the remaining restrictions on the earth veins.
In an instant, the wonderful Void Shifting Power descended upon him once more, wrapping around him gently.
This time, Chen Xihua offered no resistance, allowing the Shifting Power to transport him out of the Ancient Yue Grotto Heaven.
With a storage ring full of top-grade treasures, a complete Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword, and the inheritance from Xichuan Sword Mansion, his secret realm excursion came to a successful conclusion.