The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 507: I couldn't hold on until the number "seven"!

The side room where Duan Yanqing lived had been turned into an ice cave.

The ground, walls, and roof beams were covered with a thick layer of white frost.

A huge ice ball, about ten feet in diameter, stood in the center of the room, sometimes emitting gusts of cold air and sometimes gusts of heat.

The color of the ice hockey puck also changes magically between fiery crimson and frigid turquoise.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun retreated to the doorway, their eyes fixed on the changing ice ball, silently counting the number of times it changed color.

once.
twice
three times
With each transformation from green to red, the cold air becomes increasingly biting and icy, the heatwave becomes increasingly scorching and unbearable, and the duration continues to lengthen.

By the fourth cycle of Yin and Yang, the cracking sounds from the bones and muscles within the ice block grew louder and louder.

First, a heat wave swept through the entire room, but strangely it did not melt the white frost inside, forcing Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun to take two steps back again.

Then, a chilling aura surged and lingered, swirling and dancing in the room like an icy wind, but strangely, it did not affect Bai Shuang in the room, forcing Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun back two steps again.

At this point, the two had retreated to the outside of the side room.

Xu Xingchen frowned slightly: "This technique is much more violent than we imagined. This is only the fourth Yin-Yang transformation, and its influence is already so wide. In the later ones, I'm afraid even this room won't be able to be saved."

Like a mature and beautiful woman, Wu Xingyun calmly said, "The larger the range of influence, the more primordial energy of heaven and earth is involved. This technique seizes the creation of heaven and earth and invades the mysteries of the sun and moon. The power required to revive the dead and heal the wounded is naturally unbelievably vast."

Xu Xingchen said solemnly, "I hope Mr. Duan can persevere."

The words fell.

Crackling.

The cracking sounds emanating from the ice were more frequent, more fragmented, and louder.

At the same time, a hoarse groan was faintly heard.

Then, the bluish-green color in the ice gradually faded.

The chill gradually faded away.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun did not step into the room again, but stood outside the door, quietly waiting for the next, even more intense change.

This time, the wait was rather long.

After a stick of incense.

A fiery red light shone through the ice puck once more, bathing the entire room in a crimson glow.

A surge of heat rushed out of the doors and windows, as if the room were on fire.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun stepped back again.

The fiery red color in the room lasted for a full fifteen minutes before slowly fading away.

Instead, a chilling atmosphere permeated the entire room, turning it a deep blue-green hue.

The ice cave had become like a blizzard.

In another quarter of an hour, the azure-green light slowly receded.

The cracking sounds of bones and muscles rang out once again, crisp and dense, mixed with Duan Yanqing's painful, hoarse ventriloquisms.

Half an hour later.

Red light shone through the doors and windows of the side rooms, and even through the gaps between every tile.

The entire room was enveloped in a red glow like a cloud.

The intense heat spread out over a radius of several feet.

Duan Yu, who was cultivating in a room in the distance, sensed the rising heat wave and was greatly alarmed, thinking there was a fire. He quickly flew out and came to the vicinity.

His gaze was immediately drawn to the house shrouded in intense red light. Startled, he suddenly remembered that the person living in the house was Duan Yanqing, and he couldn't help but feel immense fear and panic.

He turned sharply to look at Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun standing outside the door, and asked urgently, "Brother Xu, what exactly happened? Why did that house suddenly catch fire? Is...Duan...he...inside?"

Xu Xingchen turned to look at him, his voice calm: "Brother Duan, don't panic. Mr. Duan is cultivating a strange divine skill, which has caused this strange phenomenon."

"What kind of divine skill is this? It's so mysterious!" Duan Yu trusted Xu Xingchen a lot, and hearing his response, his panicked heart finally calmed down a bit: "Is the skill he cultivates dangerous?"

Xu Xingchen pondered for a moment, then said carefully, "There is some danger, but if it succeeds, it will be of great help to him."

Duan Yu opened his mouth as if to ask something, but looking at the room that seemed to be enveloped in raging flames, he didn't know what to say.

He knew nothing about many things, and was completely unaware of the cultivation method Duan Yanqing practiced; therefore, even though he had a lot of questions in his mind, he didn't know where to begin.

After a moment of silence, he came to Xu Xingchen's side, and the two of them watched the changes in the room together.

After a period of time, the red light subsided, and the green light appeared.

A chilling aura burst forth from the windows, doors, and cracks in the roof tiles, swirling and swirling around the side rooms.

At this moment, the room seemed to transform into a giant ice monster, displaying its fierce and icy power to everyone.

However, the chill could only be sensed by Xu Xingchen and the other two, and could not affect the flowers and plants outside the room.

Xu Xingchen stared intently at the enormous ice sphere inside the room, which resembled a blue-green gemstone, and whispered, "This is already the sixth Yin-Yang cycle; there are three more to go."

When the emerald light faded, no more cracking sounds of bones popping came from the ice puck, nor did Duan Yanqing's painful groans resound.

Wu Xingyun raised an eyebrow: "There's no sound. Could he have fainted from the pain?"

Duan Yu looked at Xu Xingchen with a flustered expression, seemingly trying to find answers in him.

Xu Xingchen did not disappoint him, and said in a steady voice, "It may not be that he fainted, but that he is in so much pain that he cannot make a sound."

Duan Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Xu, how could you do this?"

Xu Xingchen waved his hand: "Don't be impatient. I believe in Mr. Duan's perseverance. He will definitely not give in easily."

Duan Yu was anxious, but he was at a loss for what to do.

The seventh cycle of Yin and Yang came much later than Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun had anticipated.

When the room was once again illuminated by the intense red light, as if it were on fire, the sky had completely darkened.

As a result, the strange phenomenon of the courtyard illuminating the entire manor as if it were on fire was immediately seen by the other people in the manor.

The deaf-mute disciples who had returned from carving the rock statues, and the women from the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments of Lingjiu Palace, all stepped on the walls and rooftops, leaping and bounding, and landed near the "burning" courtyard.

Wu Xingyun's cold and domineering voice echoed above the manor. Without offering any explanation, he directly commanded, "All of you, step back!"

"Yes, your lord!"

The crowd shouted in unison, then leaped up, returning to where they came from.

Everyone went home and went about their own business.

The room was brightly lit by a fiery red glow, and waves of intense heat distorted the air around the room and above the ceiling.

The scale and momentum were enormous and astonishing.

Xu Xingchen, Wu Xingyun, and Duan Yu took a few steps back again. Xu Xingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice, "The strange phenomenon is still happening, proving that Mr. Duan has not fainted. He is still circulating his internal energy and channeling it through his acupoints."

Wu Xingyun shook his head and said, "I feel that he is having some difficulty with this Yin-Yang rotation."

Xu Xingchen said, "It's normal to feel strained, and it's also normal to reach your limit. After all, Mr. Duan's breakthrough time was too short."

After exchanging a few words, the two quickly fell silent and quietly observed the changes in the room once again.

The red light in the room was so intense that the three people outside could barely see what was happening inside.

Of course, Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun could use their internal energy to protect themselves and rush in to examine the ice ball closely.

However, this would inevitably disturb Duan Yanqing, who was fully utilizing his internal energy. If something went wrong, wouldn't all his previous efforts be in vain?
Half a day later.

The red light receded, and the green light emerged.

Inside the side room, another grand and imposing scene unfolded.

The seventh cycle of Yin and Yang was completed with great difficulty.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun quietly awaited the arrival of the eighth Yin-Yang cycle.

Duan Yu stood to the side, filled with anxiety, worry, and unease.

The three waited all night, but the unusual phenomenon of the eighth cycle of Yin and Yang did not occur.

Until the sun rises in the east, and the sunlight shines on the earth, bringing light to the mountain resort.

Wu Xingyun said calmly, "It seems that this is his limit!"

Xu Xingchen pondered, "Mr. Duan's will is as strong as iron, but he must lack some skill, which is why he cannot continue."

Wu Xingyun stepped forward and said, "Let's go in and take a look!"

“Okay!” Xu Xingchen followed closely behind.

Duan Yu, who had been anxious all night, saw this and quickly followed.

The three of them stepped over the threshold, and when their front feet landed on the ground, there was a rustling sound.

That was the sound of shoes stepping on thick white frost.

Duan Yu entered the room and looked at the icy, snow-covered cave with a surprised expression.

When his gaze fell upon the enormous ice sphere, about ten feet in diameter, in the center of the ground, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"How could this be? He... he's also rejuvenated?"

The ice ball, about ten feet in size, was cleansed seven times by the cycle of Yin and Yang energies, its impurities removed, becoming crystal clear and transparent, allowing one to see clearly from one side to the other.

In the center of the ice hockey puck, a small figure wrapped in a blue cloth sat cross-legged, motionless.

The small body's face was covered with countless scars, charred black like a zombie.

The legs of the person sitting cross-legged were covered by a blue cloth robe, but it was clear that there were missing limbs underneath.

His hair was sparse and messy.

His eyes were wide open, but dull and lifeless, like a fish sleeping with its eyes open.

Xu Xingchen said softly, "Although Mr. Duan did not complete the second step completely, he still managed to connect with the third step, the 'Rejuvenation' technique."

"After the fourth step of physical rejuvenation, the mind will return to that of an infant in a state between sleep and wakefulness, and then, relying on the powerful life force nurtured within the body during childhood, it will repair the wounds within the body."

"This final step will likely take quite a while. Considering that Mr. Duan grows one year older each day, it will probably take him forty to fifty days to return to his original appearance."

Wu Xingyun circled the crystal ice ball once and said calmly, "The fourth step will take a long time."

"However, this person has already cultivated to the state of oneness with heaven and man, with his internal energy flowing endlessly and inexhaustibly. Then, it is reversed into incomparably powerful essence and immeasurable life force, which nourishes his physical body, heals his injuries, strengthens his physique, and allows his body to redevelop. In the process of development, it also corrects any missing or damaged parts of his body."

"This set of exercises has four clear and distinct stages, and there should be no omissions."

"I wonder to what extent his physical injuries will have healed when he breaks through the ice."

Xu Xingchen said with a smile, "I'm also really looking forward to it."

Duan Yu slowly circled the ice hockey puck, carefully observing the child version of Duan Yanqing sitting cross-legged in the center of the puck.

This was the first time he had seriously looked at what his "biological father" looked like.

Seeing the horrific scars on his face, his severed eyelids, his broken legs, his sparse hair, and his hideous appearance...
For some reason, a strong feeling of sorrow suddenly welled up in my heart.

He himself, his "own father," suffered such great pain back then, yet he still managed to survive.

Such tenacious vitality and such strong willpower were beyond his imagination.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun observed the ice hockey puck in the side room for a whole day, and the puck did not change at all.

On the second day.

The tiny body inside the ice hockey puck began to glow red and green again.

This time, however, the red and green lights rotated very quickly, almost changing in sync with Duan Yanqing's breathing.

A radiant light flowed from his body, reflecting off the surrounding crystal ice spheres.

Thus, the crystal ice ball, about ten feet in size, constantly shifted and changed between red and green light, rising and falling.

Beautiful and magnificent!
On the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh days
The frequency of the red and blue light flowing and changing within the crystal ice ball remained as steady as a rock, without the slightest change.

Xu Xingchen and Wu Xingyun, who had been observing the situation for several days, decided after discussion to take turns watching over the patient, one day each.

The person resting can go to Wuyazi's room, sit and discuss philosophy with him, or be intimate with him to deepen their relationship.

The following sentence specifically refers to Wu Xingyun!
After decades of separation, she finally saw her beloved junior brother, only to find him critically injured and that vile woman had been married off to the Dali royal palace.
If Wu Xingyun doesn't seize such a golden opportunity, wouldn't she be wasting her lifelong crush on her junior brother?!
She thought to herself, "Once my junior brother recovers, he will naturally be with me, never to be separated for all eternity."

"I wonder if that bitch will go crazy with envy and jealousy if she finds out that my junior brother has become mine?"

Whenever he thought of something wonderful, Wu Xingyun couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then he devoted more of his energy to his intimate moments with Wu Yazi.

Xu Xingchen ignored the love between the two and focused on observing the changes in Duan Yanqing's body.

Ten days later.

He saw the tiny body inside the crystal ice ball growing year by year, with a thin layer of fleshy buds seemingly growing and spreading above its eyes.

Fearing it might be her imagination, Xu Xingchen observed it carefully for several more days. Seeing that the granulation tissue grew longer and larger each day, she finally confirmed that Duan Yanqing's eyelids were regrowing.

"Flesh and blood have been reborn; the flesh and blood have truly been reborn. We did it."

Xu Xingchen happily shared the news with Wu Xingyun and Wu Yazi, who, overjoyed, came together.

Oh no!
Wu Xingyun carried Wu Yazi, who looked somewhat embarrassed, to this side room and gently placed him on a chair that had been brought with him.

The three of them pressed close to the crystal ice ball, observing the magical changes in the body inside.

This time, the three of them stopped mentioning taking turns on duty and instead stayed together in this icy, snowy room, observing Duan Yanqing's physical changes every day.

(End of this chapter)