Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 331 The Five Elements Rule Sword Domain is Formed

Upon entering the [Illusionary Realm Simulation], Zhou Ling's vision suddenly changed, and he was surrounded by swirling Five Elements Sword Qi.

As his divine sense expanded, he was able to sense the different auras within these sword energies.

Some are like erupting volcanoes, fiery and surging.

Some are like shooting stars streaking across the night sky, dazzling and sharp.

Some are like the grass and trees in early spring, exuding vigorous vitality.

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All the sword energies seemed to crisscross, yet remain unconnected.

But Zhou Ling felt as if he were in a highly structured world of swordsmanship.

Now that he has reached the third stage of the third realm and has condensed the Five Elements Sword Soul, he can naturally sense that there is already a rudimentary form of the sword intent of heaven and earth within the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

The Five Elements Sword Intent can be transformed into other sword intents, and can also transform other sword intents into its own sword intent.

The Five Elements Sword is the sword between heaven and earth.

A single sword strike can create an entire world.

It can be seen that the predecessor who condensed this Five Elements Sword Soul Stone had at least the third realm and fifth step of cultivation, with one foot already in the realm of the Heaven and Earth Sword.

The fact that the Wang family head was willing to give him such a precious Five Elements Sword Soul Stone shows his sincerity.

"Although it is called the Five Elements Sword Soul, even if they cultivate the Five Elements Sword Technique, the Five Elements Sword Intent they comprehend will be different."

"Just like my Five Elements Sword Soul mainly comes from Dean Gong's Falling Wood Sword Intent, it tends more towards the Sword Domain of Life."

"Therefore, transforming all things into swords would be a more suitable approach!"

As Zhou Ling observed the surrounding sword energy, his thoughts raced.

The Five Elements Sword Intent is primarily a sword path comprehended through understanding the rules of the five elements of heaven and earth.

Most sword cultivators can practice this.

However, achieving perfect harmony between man and sword, and the sword that unites heaven and earth, is extremely difficult.

It's not just a matter of difficulty being one to five.

After all, each rule has different attributes, and the ways to understand them vary greatly.

The time and effort required have increased exponentially.

However, once comprehended, the various five elements will lay a solid foundation for merging into the Heaven and Earth Sword.

They can avoid many detours compared to other sword cultivators.

It is easier to understand your own rules of swordsmanship.

When Dean Gong comprehended the Sword of Heaven and Earth, he developed his own unique way of swordsmanship.

Of course, Zhou Ling knew that with his current cultivation level, it was probably too big a step to comprehend his own sword dao rules.

That's not very realistic either.

Therefore, as long as one can integrate and comprehend this Five Elements Sword Soul and truly form one's own Five Elements Sword Soul, that is enough.

As Zhou Ling condensed his Five Elements Sword Soul, streams of five-colored sword energy roared out from his hands, forming a five-colored sword domain.

On the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone, sword energy surged and roared, as if attracted, and in a moment, five five-colored sword dragons condensed.

The sword's momentum was like a rainbow, its power boundless.

Each sword dragon exudes a powerful force of rules.

Through [Intermediate Observation], Zhou Ling was able to sense the power of five rules contained within: sealing, incineration, time, metal sharpness, and earth restriction.

As long as he can integrate these five sword dragons into his Five Elements Sword Domain, then his Five Elements Sword Soul will possess the power of these five attributes.

"melt."

After observing for a while, Zhou Ling had a general understanding of the situation and suddenly shouted.

Suddenly, the Five-Colored Sword Domain burst forth with five-colored brilliance, transforming into a vast, all-encompassing river of five-colored swords.

In the blink of an eye, a five-colored sword river spread across a vast space, with five-colored sword energy surging and roaring, exuding an incomparably powerful aura.

"fall!"

With a flick of Zhou Ling's finger, the Five-Colored Sword River roared and surged toward the Five-Colored Sword Dragon.

The five-colored sword dragon naturally wouldn't surrender easily, unleashing a dazzling sword light as it powerfully attacked the Sword River.

"Boom!"

The five-colored sword dragons resembled a five-colored sword river; the two sides clashed fiercely and were annihilated.

It unleashed endless five-colored sword energy.

After a few breaths, a loud explosion rang out, and the five-colored sword river suddenly collapsed.

In the blink of an eye, only the roaring, surging five-colored sword dragon remained in the sky.

"This is the power of the rules that the Five-Colored Sword Soul Stone possesses!"

Seeing the sword domain breached, Zhou Ling frowned.

He could clearly feel the huge gap between his own Five Elements Sword Soul and this Five Elements Sword Soul.

The power of rules contained in his Five Elements Sword Soul mainly comes from Dean Gong's sword intent, and his understanding of it is not deep enough; he has not yet fully comprehended and mastered it.

Subsequently, Zhou Ling continued to use [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis] to observe and analyze the sword domain attributes contained in the five sword dragons.

Searching for the best way to understand and integrate.

Lacking a clear strategy, he continued to condense the five elements of sword energy and launched attacks on the five sword dragons respectively, unleashing their different powers.

By treating each sword dragon individually, the difficulty is greatly reduced.

This analysis makes it easier to understand.

However, in the end, the five elements must be unified.

Only then can one achieve the power of the Heaven and Earth Sword.

This is also an unavoidable process for the Five Elements Sword Intent to reach the Heaven and Earth Sword.

Before long, Zhou Ling's Five Elements Sword Domain condensed once again and bombarded the five-colored sword dragon.

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I don’t know how long it took.

A five-colored sword domain unfolded, with five-colored sword energy whistling and dancing, radiating a mysterious and unpredictable aura as the sword energy flashed.

Within the Sword River, five sword dragons could be vaguely seen roaring, each emanating an exceptionally powerful aura.

Wherever the sword energy swept, the entire space seemed to slow down dramatically, creating a sense of stagnation and confinement.

But soon the Five-Colored Sword River stopped, and the surrounding scenery dissipated.

What appeared before me was a figure sitting cross-legged in meditation.

"Finally, the sword soul has been integrated with the Five Elements Rules!"

Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

Through the [Illusionary Realm Simulation], he finally mastered the power of the rules contained within the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

"However, I have not yet truly entered the Golden Core realm. Even if I comprehend the rules and use them, I can only maintain it for about ten breaths."

Zhou Ling said with a hint of helplessness.

After all, only cultivators at the Golden Core stage can fully control the Core Domain and Sword Domain.

The sword domain that Zhou Ling is currently using is more like a sword formation condensed by the Five Phases Sword Formation.

Of course, this sword formation, which incorporates the rules of the Five Elements Sword Soul, is no less powerful than the Dan Domain of a Golden Core cultivator.

Even now, the bright moon still hangs high outside the window.

However, Zhou Ling has already spent more than a month in the illusionary realm using the [Illusionary Realm Simulation].

During this period, he used his talent to deduce various rule-based sword domains from the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

Each rule attribute, when individually interpreted as a sword domain, is already extremely powerful.

The sword domain, which integrates the rules of the five elements, has already taken the form of the sword of heaven and earth, even in just ten breaths.

The five elements unite as one, heaven and earth become one sword.

At the same time, his Five Elements Sword was greatly enhanced after being integrated with the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

The Five Elements Sword Soul and the Five Elements Rule Mysterious Silk Edict are perfectly integrated.

He became increasingly adept at it.

With a thought, the Five Elements Sword shot out.

At this moment, Zhou Ling could sense that the aura emanating from it had changed dramatically.

It possesses a profound sense of weight, as if it were bearing the weight of the vast天地 (heaven and earth). This is a significant change brought about by the integration of the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

Furthermore, since this sword absorbed the Five Elements Mystic Silk Mantra from Dean Gong, its power has unknowingly doubled.

This filled Zhou Ling with anticipation.

Even though it can only be used for ten breaths, the power of the Five Elements Sword and the Five Elements Sword Domain is enough to have a decisive effect.

"Fortunately, the path of sword cultivation has always been based on talent."

"Otherwise, with my rapid improvement, wouldn't the judges become suspicious?"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

After all, his talent is now no less than that of a cultivator with a low-grade spiritual root.

In addition, the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] has the effect of deduction and simulation, which is why he has made such rapid progress.

Even if the Five Elements Sword Domain is used in this way, it is inevitable that it will arouse the suspicion of the judges.

But since the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone was a gift from the Wang family head, there shouldn't be any problems.

At most, he'll just be branded a swordsmanship genius again.

Fortunately, he had gotten used to these things.

Without further thought, he took out a pill bottle from his storage ring and poured out a Soul Essence Pill.

He tossed it into his mouth, absorbed the medicinal power, and restored his spirit!

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The following day, the quarterfinals began as scheduled.

"Instructor Zhou is indeed a promising young man. To have such formidable strength at such a young age, he truly deserves to be known as the number one genius of the Qingyang Immortal Realm!"

Today, Zhou Ling's opponent is Xiao Gui from the Butian Dao Academy.

He was of average appearance but had a burly build, and he spoke to Zhou Ling with a smile.

"Instructor Xiao, please give me your guidance!"

Zhou Ling bowed respectfully.

Xiao Gui is a Nascent Soul cultivator, although he is only at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage. In the Dao Alliance, where strength is paramount, his seniority is much higher than Xiao Gui's.

However, Zhou Ling is the Chief of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau and a fourth-grade weapon refiner. In this respect, he is on par with Nascent Soul cultivators.

"No need for your advice, you'll definitely lose if you face me. If you admit defeat, we won't have to hurt our relationship!"

Xiao Gui said with a smile.

Although Zhou Ling had demonstrated formidable strength in the previous two matches.

But after all, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. After two days of fierce battles, how could he recover so quickly?

Therefore, in his view, dealing with Zhou Ling was obviously not a difficult task.

Zhou Ling shook his head. "Instructor Xiao, at this point, if you haven't won, how can you possibly admit defeat!"

"Since that's the case, then I won't waste any more words!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his magical power and blood energy surged simultaneously, and he directly unleashed the Fire Dragon Spiritual Form Domain.

Seeing Zhou Ling's calm demeanor, he dared not be careless.

If he were to lose to Zhou Ling, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, where would he put his face afterward?

Although Zhou Ling has already proven with his strength that he is not an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, his cultivation level is indeed at the peak of Foundation Establishment!
However, unlike the Dharma Cultivation Domain, when he condensed his Spiritual Dharma Domain, it soared into the sky with a roar.

Behind him, a fiery thunder dragon, several tens of feet long, first materialized, its body surrounded by intertwined lightning and fire.

It hovered in the air, its power was extremely astonishing.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a domain of thunder and fire spread out, covering an area of ​​several tens of feet in the blink of an eye.

However, to Xiao Gui's surprise, as the Thunderfire Domain enveloped Zhou Ling...

Zhou Ling, however, showed no fear on his face.

If he knew that Zhou Ling was currently hoping his domain would become even more powerful, he would probably be even more shocked.

[You are currently within the spiritual domain of the Thunder and Fire Dragon. Five Elements Thunder Power +1, Thunder and Fire Mana +3]

[You are currently under the suppression of the Thunderfire Flood Dragon's spiritual domain; demonic pressure +1]

At this point, a system prompt appears.

"【Beast Intimidation】is effective!"

Feeling the atmosphere around him, Zhou Ling couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

This Thunderfire Flood Dragon Spiritual Form Domain appears to possess overwhelming power.

But Zhou Ling didn't feel any pressure at this moment.

It should be noted that this is the domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and its power far surpasses that of a Golden Core cultivator's domain.

Moreover, it is a spiritual domain, possessing the power of rule suppression and the bloodline supernatural abilities of demonic beasts.

This is equivalent to a double suppression attack.

The attack power of a Dharma Domain varies, but it is mainly determined by the cultivator's cultivation techniques and the power of rules they condense.

"Zhou Ling is truly courageous; he actually dared to face a Nascent Soul cultivator alone!"

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator challenging a Nascent Soul cultivator? I've lived for hundreds of years, and I've never seen anything like it!"

"Dean Shen is right. No matter how talented Zhou Ling is, it is impossible for him to defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator by crossing a major level."

"If Zhou Ling's five spiritual flames are not overused, he can hold out for a while longer in this competition."

"Fellow Daoist Wang, what do you think? Your Wang family wouldn't have given him some trump card, would they?"

"Judging from this kid's expression, he seems to be completely suppressed by the Thunderfire Domain!"

"I don't believe that someone who can defeat He Jing and the others one after another would be powerless against this Spiritual Manifestation Domain!"

"Whether it's Spirit Flame or Sword Domain, breaking through the Spiritual Aspect Domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator is extremely difficult."

"The pressure from the Law Domain alone is enough to prevent Ling Yan from unleashing 60% of his combat power."

On the judges' panel, the judges' attention was mainly focused on Zhou Ling.

After all, the other three matches were basically evenly matched, and it would be difficult to determine a winner until the very end.

On Zhou Ling's side, the disparity in strength was simply too great.

But no one could be sure that Zhou Ling would lose.

After all, in the previous two matches, almost everyone present thought Zhou Ling would lose.

But Zhou Ling not only won, he won very easily.

Naturally, no one would dare to make any definitive statements at this point!
But Xiao Gui's strength is undeniable.

"Zhou Ling, it's not too late for you to admit defeat."

"A Nascent Soul cultivator's domain is simply beyond the capabilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Xiao Gui squinted and chuckled.

He also knew that the five spiritual flames in Zhou Ling's hands were quite powerful.

If Zhou Ling activates his spiritual flames, he will fight with all his might.

Even if he wins, he will be quite exhausted, and he will be at a disadvantage in the next match.

Therefore, the best tactic is to get Zhou Ling to admit defeat.

Of course, there's another point: with Zhou Ling's talent, his future achievements will definitely be extraordinary.

He didn't want to offend Zhou Ling because of this competition.

"Hehe, Instructor Xiao, I don't necessarily need to use my magical power to block your magic domain!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said, his tone quite confident.

The [Beast's Intimidation] was effective, and with the addition of [Five Elements Thunder Force], the suppressive power of the opponent's spiritual aura on him was directly halved.

Within this range, his third-level body refinement physique was sufficient to block it.

"Oh, then don't blame me for being impolite!"

A glint of light flashed in Xiao Gui's eyes.

He simply couldn't fathom how a mere Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator could possibly defy the heavens under the suppression of his Spiritual Manifestation Domain.

(End of this chapter)