Cultivation begins with planting techniques

"The Nine Heavens Sword Manual is the direct lineage of our sect, and is undoubtedly the number one swordsmanship in this world. Only true disciples and elders who have made enormous contributions can have the opportunity to see it..."

"You just broke through to the Yuan Dan stage, and your aura is at its most active. Although you were a little too eager to comprehend the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, given your original sword dao realm, you should be able to gain a considerable amount from the interaction of your qi..."

Sect Leader He Shuyuan spoke carefully with Li Ye, and the two of them flew deeper into the sect in their escape light, getting closer and closer to the core area of ​​the sect's great formation.

Ever since he personally protected Li Ye and witnessed the extraordinary phenomenon caused by the fusion of his aura with the power of heaven and earth during Li Ye's breakthrough, he has held this promising young disciple of the sect in even higher regard.

When Li Ye emerged from seclusion, even though his immediate request to come and see the Nine Heavens Sword Manual seemed somewhat hasty and opportunistic, he did not refuse.

As they passed, sword energy appeared and disappeared all around them, becoming increasingly refined and sharp, evolving into various wondrous forms.

Even a Yuan Dan cultivator's true essence shield would feel some pressure traversing through it.

If a cultivator from the Innate Realm were to come rashly, their spiritual energy would likely be annihilated by this sword energy within a short time, leaving no trace of their body!

After passing through a layer of sword energy mist, Li Ye finally saw the scene at the very core of this sect.

A mountain range, seemingly constructed from countless swords with sword energy soaring into the sky, appeared before him.

On the mountain, a peacock with pure white plumage was resting.

Its figure is incomparably beautiful, and each feather is like a sword, surrounded by colorful lights, with a unique sharpness amidst the shimmering light.

This echoes the mountains that resemble endless flying swords.

The entire energy has reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, almost reaching the level of the Divine Transformation realm!

Because the source of spiritual energy in the ancient tree realm has been polluted, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is mixed with an indelible turbidity.

Although the concentration of spiritual energy is much better than that of the Ancient Huan Realm, which is heading towards the end of Dharma, it undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of breakthrough for Nascent Soul cultivators who need to master the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

Since the death of the last Nascent Soul cultivator, no Nascent Soul cultivator has appeared in the Ancient Tree Realm for an unknown period of time!

In this way, compared to human cultivators, these guardian beasts who rely on the power feedback of the demon seed have a better chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The arrival of Li and Ye, with their undisguised gaze from afar, immediately attracted the attention of the towering peacock.

The beautiful bird perched atop Sword Mountain tilted its head, slowly opened its eyes, revealing pale blue pupils, and looked at Li Ye with great interest.

"You don't have my demonic seed... Your sword energy is pure, and your aura is perfectly harmonious. Did you directly condense a sword seed to break through?"

Upon hearing her words, Sect Leader He Shuyuan immediately stopped in mid-air and bowed respectfully to the towering peacock.
"Senior Wan Ren, this junior, He Shuyuan, has come with his newly promoted true disciple, Li Ye, to study the Nine Heavens Sword Manual!"

"Greetings, Senior Wan Ren!"

Li Ye followed suit and bowed, then calmly replied, "When I first entered the sect, I already had a spirit bond with it. I could use its power to cultivate the illusory sword seed, so I did not go to apply for a demon seed."

This peacock is clearly the true guardian of the Heavenly Sword Sect's destiny. It wants to seize all the benefits that the true disciples can obtain. To see the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, one will most likely have to pass the test of this towering peacock.

Upon hearing this, the Peacock Wanren nodded casually.
"Not bad! He can condense a sword seed into a primordial core with his own power. Such a foundation is worthy of comprehending the Nine Heavens Sword Scripture. Let's take him there!"

The implication behind his words seemed to be a higher evaluation of his cultivation to this point, even though he had not yet refined the Ten Thousand Ren Demon Seed.

A thoughtful look flashed in Li Ye's eyes as he and He Shuyuan bowed and thanked him. Then, the Peacock Wanren flapped its wings, and immediately boundless sword energy and gale-force winds arose, triggering the mountain's restrictions and causing the thousands of swords on the mountain to tremble.

Then a blank space appeared in the mountain, followed by a stone tablet.

There are no words or illustrations on it, only sword marks left on it, roughly counted as one hundred and eight Heavenly and Earthly Fiend marks!

At a glance, Li Ye felt a variety of sword intents unfolding before him, and his heart trembled.

With just one glance, he knew that this was the inheritance of the Nine Heavens Sword Manual of this sect!

Seeing that Li Ye was immediately captivated by the sword monument, He Shuyuan, to prevent him from being distracted, immediately used his magic to wrap Li Ye up and bring him to the platform in front of the sword monument.

Li Ye sat cross-legged, staring intently at the stone tablet, his magical power surging around him, transforming into sword energy that constantly evolved.

He was both surprised and delighted to have gained something so quickly. After lingering for a moment while looking at the sword monument, he flew straight up and respectfully bowed to the peacock towering atop the mountain.

"Li Ye is the most outstanding talent in our sect in the last thousand years. I ask Senior Wan Ren to take good care of him and make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Go then! With me here, what could possibly go wrong?"

Wanren Kongque looked away from Li Ye and replied with slight impatience.

"Thank you very much, Senior Wanren. I will take my leave now!"

Sect Leader He Shuyuan was overjoyed and left without hesitation.

The Nine Heavens Sword Manual in his mind had already taken shape, but it had not reached a higher level. Even if he looked at the sword tablet more, it would be useless. On the contrary, it might cause his magic power to go astray and lead to demonic possession.

We should not linger here any longer!
Without even glancing at He Shuyuan, Wanren Kongque continued to look at Li Ye, who was sitting upright in front of the sword monument, and watched the changes in the sword aura around him, a strange light gradually appearing in his eyes.

This kid has only just entered the Yuan Dan realm, yet he seems to be truly trying to comprehend the entire Nine Heavens Sword Manual...

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The mortal body examined the sword marks observed by the clone, a hint of amazement on its face.

"The Heavenly Sword Sect's cultivation techniques are truly wondrous..."

"Each sword mark comprehended in the Nine Heavens Sword Manual can be practiced independently. Even if it doesn't form a complete technique, it can still enhance one's current sword skills..."

"Every nine sword marks combined form one layer of the technique. Comprehending all one hundred and eight marks constitutes the complete twelve layers of the technique, allowing you to unify your original sword cultivation and thus master the unique Nine Heavens Sword Manual!"

If he only had a clone, his initial cultivation level at the Yuan Dan stage would at most allow him to comprehend only a small portion of the sword marks within the sword stele, haphazardly assembling a fragmented Nine Heavens Sword Manual for his subsequent cultivation.

With this combination of the original cultivation method, the resulting sword skills would be extraordinary, enough to rival those of the same level!
However, with the blessing of "Unity of Minds", the consciousness of the clone and the main body are unified. The main body's nascent soul will take over the methods that the clone cannot comprehend.

With his near-breakthrough into the Nascent Soul stage, it would be natural for him to fully comprehend all 108 sword marks through the swordsmanship cultivated by his clone.

As the sword marks coalesced in his mind, the complete Nine Heavens Sword Manual gradually took shape.

Before the sword monument, the internal energy cultivation within Li Ye's body gradually changed. The sword seed, transformed into a primordial core, rippled with sword light. The withering and flourishing sword intent around him condensed, and sword energy soared into the sky! (End of this chapter)