Forge your destiny into a sword, slash your soul and ascend to immortality

Chapter 352 Ancestral Master's Advancement
The reason why Jing Qian's [Sumeru] dimension was able to nurture [Innate Spiritual Treasures] was largely due to the blessing of the [Sumeru Great Dao Stele].

This is also important proof of its [Great Ruins Seed].

The ability to consistently produce [Innate Spiritual Treasures] is also a core reason why Jingqian maintains its high-end combat power.

The [Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation] alone requires four [Spiritual Treasure] sword pellets.

If relying solely on his own refinement, it would likely take twenty to thirty thousand years to elevate the four [Sword Pills] to the level of [Acquired Spiritual Treasure].

Innate spiritual treasures can only be nurtured from the origin of a realm at the level of the Great Ruins.

Looking at the entirety of "Three Powers and Four Hidden Powers," it is an extremely rare and precious treasure.

Even a powerful being from the "Other Shore" realm can only manage to acquire one or two items at most.

The fact that the [Yanfu Dao Ancestor] could provide each of his six avatars with a [Primordial Spiritual Treasure] suggests the countless bloody battles and conspiracies behind his success.

As of now, Jing Qian already possesses five [Innate Spiritual Treasures]: [Slaying Immortal Sword Pill], [Trapping Immortal Sword Pill], [Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Pill], [Azure Lotus Sword Box], and [Eye of the Epoch].

These spiritual treasures were all gradually evolved from his own divine power, with the help of the power of the Sumeru dimension, or the resources of the Venerable Saint Shixu and the Great Demon of the Other Shore.

Only this [Sumeru Primordial Qi Apricot Yellow Banner] is the one from which [Sumeru] was born.

In other words, this unique banner is the fundamental spiritual treasure of the Sumeru dimension.

For a realm, the birth of a fundamental [spiritual treasure] also signifies an evolution of the realm itself.

At this moment, Jing Qian was refining the [Sumeru Primordial Qi Apricot Yellow Banner] while sensing the changes in the [Sumeru] dimension.

His divine sense merged with the wisp of "primordial Qi" that served as the flagpole, as if he had grasped the lifeline of the entire dimension.

He wasn't simply manipulating a magical artifact; he was sorting out, stabilizing, and deepening his connection with the origin of his own world.

As the refining process proceeded, an unprecedented sense of "completeness" arose spontaneously.

At the same time, the entire [Sumeru] dimension is undergoing a visible transformation.

Territorial expansion leads to self-consistent laws.

Vitality is elevated, and inspiration is sparked.

Nourished by life, its foundation has grown exponentially.

"So that's how it is... The fundamental spiritual treasure is the 'soul' and 'bone' of the realm."

Jingqian understood immediately.

"It is not only a powerful tool, but also a catalyst and symbol for the leap in the level of life in the realm."

Refining the Apricot Yellow Banner is not merely about acquiring a supreme defensive spiritual treasure, but also about laying an unshakeable foundation for the Sumeru dimension.

The existence of this flag allows his dimension to truly begin to move from a "high-level blessed land" towards an independent "prototype Great Ruins" with a complete cycle and strong self-protection capabilities.

He could foresee that as his refinement of the [Apricot Yellow Flag] deepened and the dimensional origin continued to grow, the [Sumeru] would give rise to even more wondrous things.

His ability to complete the refining of the Apricot Yellow Banner tens of thousands of years ahead of schedule was entirely due to the time acceleration brought about by the Heretical Imagery.

This acceleration ability relies on the time tributaries of the [Sumeru] dimension.

Driven by Jing Qian's will, the [Outer Path Image], like an invisible giant hand, reached into the flowing river of time and cleverly wound up a "spring" in a certain core area.

In the outside world, a moment is but an instant; in this place, a thousand years have passed.

This is an extremely extravagant and dangerous form of consumption.

Within the accelerated zone, the burning of primordial power, the collision of Daoist rhythms, and the evolution of spiritual energy are far more intense than usual, exceeding the intensity by tens of thousands of times.

Ordinary creatures that rashly enter this place will likely be crushed or torn apart by the chaotic power of time.

If Jing Qian wants to use this power to improve his cultivation, he will probably need to undergo more training.

However, if used to catalyze the evolution of [spiritual treasures], it would be a perfect match.

Right now, he continues to activate the supernatural power of the [Heretical Image] to refine the [Immortal Slaughtering Sword Pill] and the [Immortal Absolute Sword Pill].

As he refined the Apricot Yellow Banner, he also found a more appropriate way to use this spiritual treasure.

With a flick of his magic, Jing Qian caused the Apricot Yellow Banner to transform into a beam of yellow light and sink into the origin of the Sumeru dimension.

Then, this great banner flowed along the [Mount Sumeru Heavenly River] towards the high heavens.

It drifted along, silently exchanging magical power with the surrounding [Sumeru True Water].

Following the winding river, it eventually crossed the boundary of the Great Abyss and arrived at the body of the Heretic Image.

Then, the humanoid [Outsider] stretched out its amber-colored hand and grabbed the [Apricot Yellow Flag] in its grasp.

Subsequently, the [Heretical Image] and the [Apricot Yellow Banner] quickly began exchanging magical powers.

This large banner, growing even without wind, firmly protects the [heretical imagery] within it.

The [Sumeru Primordial Qi Apricot Yellow Banner], symbolizing "absolute defense" and "dimensional essence," unfolds like a flowing, clear yellow light curtain, gently yet firmly enveloping the [Heretical Imagery].

As the saying goes, by establishing order and controlling the raging torrents, one becomes impervious to all laws and immune to backlash.

Beyond this [Sumeru Heavenly River] lies an endless [Eternal Silence Divine Wind], capable of obliterating all things, and is extremely terrifying.

The [Sumeru Heavenly River] reveals the [Great Abyss] in the world. To reach this place, one must rely entirely on the inexhaustible [Sumeru True Water] to resist the power of the [Eternal Silence Divine Wind].

Although Jing Qian possessed the "Sumeru Wushi Stele," which could harness the power of divine winds to generate true water spontaneously.

But in the meantime, it's just maintaining a tight balance!
The generated [Sumeru True Water] is only enough to support one [Heretical Image].

It is not enough to have any additional uses.

The safety of the [Heretical Image] depends entirely on the supply of [Sumeru True Water] and the power of [Eternal Tranquility Divine Wind].

The risks involved are considerable!
However, when Jing Qian sent the Apricot Yellow Banner into the Sumeru River and handed it over to the Heretic Image, the Heretic had its greatest reliance.

With the power of the Apricot Yellow Banner protecting the Sumeru Heavenly River, the power of the entire Eternal Silence Divine Wind was directly isolated from it.

Correspondingly, the overall loss of the [Sumeru True Water] was greatly reduced.

This [Apricot Yellow Banner] is very flexible; its defense can be controlled at will.

The [Heretical Imagery] can fully utilize the power of the flag to control the consumption of [Sumeru True Water]!
This means that the resource bottleneck that has restricted the development of the [Sumeru River] has now been completely broken!

[The Image of the Heretic] Holding an apricot-yellow flag, he is like a skilled helmsman, steering a small boat, no longer struggling to survive in the [Eternal Silence Divine Wind], but navigating it with ease.

This is of great benefit to Jingqian's practice of "transcendence".

The saved [Sumeru True Water] can greatly accelerate the evolution of [Heretical Imagery].

More importantly, after the [Mount Sumeru Heavenly River] was liberated, its carrying capacity underwent a complete qualitative change!
Deep within the Great Abyss, Jing Qian silently sensed the changes in the Sumeru Heavenly River, his mind racing with thoughts.

He was rapidly deducing a major event, a significant event with far-reaching implications.

Even someone as bold as Jing Qian felt considerable pressure when faced with this situation.

In the end, however, he made up his mind and raised his hand to unleash a unique magical power.

He then sank into the depths of the origin of the [Sumeru] dimension and hid himself away.

……

Deep within the Great Abyss Heavenly River, the Abyss Prisons guard the way, preventing cultivators in the mortal realm from attempting to break through the Great Abyss. Each Abyss Prison is connected to a power that links to a Totem Saint, continuously producing Dao Evils that wreak havoc on the Heavenly River.

But in recent years, something very unusual has happened.

A certain [Abyss] was actually wiped out by a group of powerful figures who rushed in from the [Great Abyss] in the mortal world!

These powerful figures are only at the [Old Time Order] cultivation level!
In the past, as long as any one transcendent [Great Evil] was guarding the area, nothing bad would happen.

However, this time the situation is completely different.

Those who attacked this [Abyss Prison] were not ordinary sect cultivators, but a group of sword cultivators with soaring murderous aura and extremely pure sword intent.

They were few in number, but each one was incredibly fierce!
They withstood the relentless counterattacks of the endless "Daoist Evils" within the "Abyss," and struck at the heart of the matter, tearing apart the connection between the core of the "Abyss" and the unknown "Totem Venerable Saint," seizing the "Totem Fire" that had accumulated within for countless years.

Without pausing, it transformed into a sword rainbow and vanished into the depths of the Milky Way in an instant.

All that remained was a scene of devastation, the Abyss Prison severely damaged and nearly crippled, along with the lingering, sharp sword intent that filled the sky.

Needless to say, this is the [Abyss Prison], where several senior sword cultivators from the [Xuanyuan Sword Sect] and [Chunyang Heaven] vent their anger after being thoroughly defeated by Jing Qian's [Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation].

Their joint attack on a [Abyss Prison] resulted in a significant advancement in the cultivation levels of the [Xuanyuanzi] and [Chunyangzi].

Especially the two senior Chunyangzi, Leiming and Zhutian.

After acquiring enough [Totem Fire], the two powerful beings finally honed their [Ancient] cultivation to its limit.

Among them, [Thunder] contains 297 [Old Time Sequences], and [Slaying Heaven] contains 199 [Old Time Sequences].

Although their foundations were slightly weaker, they were not capable of handling all 360 [Time Sequences] and achieving a perfect advancement.

They had no chance of obtaining the honored position of "Solar Terms" or receiving the inheritance of "Sage of the Seasons".

However, if placed 100,000 years ago, the two would have been fully qualified to continue advancing and become two extremely powerful sword masters of "Transcendence".

However, times have changed, and in the present world, [Thunder] and [Heaven-Slaying] have no way to advance.

Ultimately, they lacked the necessary foundation and opportunity to rise to any of the "Three Powers and Four Recluses" positions.

This means that they have absolutely no support from the [Totem Saint] behind them.

As a result, the "nothingness" where the ten-colored rainbow bridge is located in the void will not accept them at all.

This is a suffocating despair.

With their cultivation reaching such a level, the path ahead should have been clear. They only needed to accumulate enough experience to open the door to a higher level.

But now, it's as if that door never existed; ahead lies a desolate, empty cliff.

Jiao Buli Meng's Gao Xiu had a deep understanding of this, but for the time being, he had no solution.

"My strength has reached its peak, but where does the road lead?"

[Thunder] and [Heavenly Slayer] can only temporarily lie low in the depths of the [Great Abyss], patiently honing their foundations, hoping to find a turning point over the long years.

This turning point came faster and was more unexpected than they had imagined.

Just as they were meditating in a temporarily created sword domain deep within the Great Abyss, suppressing the almost overflowing power of time within their bodies, an extremely subtle yet undeniable "change" was simultaneously detected by their keen sword hearts.

It wasn't an energy fluctuation, nor a spatial tremor, but rather a feeling of... loosening of the "channel".

Originating from the unseen realm, the invisible barrier that was originally indestructible and separated the present world from the realm of transcendence seemed to have a very subtle and brief ripple appear at a certain extremely remote "node".

For them, who had long been excluded from the "Rainbow Bridge," this ripple was like a glimmer of light seen in endless darkness!
The two made numerous attempts to explore the world beyond the void.

However, even after exhausting all their thoughts and damaging their souls, they never found a place that could accommodate their [heretical seeds].

Until this very moment!

"Did you feel it?"

[Zhu Tian] suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with sword light, instantly locking onto the direction from which the sensation was coming.
It was not any known location, but a desolate void considered to be on the edge of the [Eternal Silence Divine Wind], extremely dangerous and barren.

"It feels... very strange."

[Leiming] frowned, lightning crackling around him as he carefully sensed the surroundings.

"This is unlike any known [Saintly] aura!"

"Vast, boundless, yet imbued with... a newborn vitality?"

"Moreover, it seems extremely unstable, appearing and disappearing intermittently."

[Zhu Tian] felt something similar, he continued:

"But when you and I destroyed the Abyss, which Saint's power did we trigger?"

[Thunder] continued:
"Regardless, this is where our opportunity lies!"

"Once you miss it, you don't know when you'll have another chance."

"I'm going to give it a try!"

"You will protect me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, a sword intent condensed to its extreme soared into the sky!

Both Lei Ming and Zhu Tian are sword masters who emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with unwavering Dao hearts.

Faced with what might be their only chance to transcend in this lifetime, they would never back down, even if it meant facing mountains of knives and seas of fire, or traps laid by the [Totem Saint].

The path of sword cultivation is about carving out a way out of desperate situations and creating possibilities from the impossible!
The sword rainbow tore through the dark void deep within the Great Abyss, speeding toward the direction from which the "ripples" it sensed were coming from, at a speed surpassing that of falling stars.

The closer you get, the more obvious that strange "loose feeling" becomes, but at the same time, the severity of the surrounding environment also increases exponentially.

We have now reached the edge of the [Eternal Silence Divine Wind].

A void rift, taller than a person, hung there, appearing before [Thunder].

He sensed it carefully and felt that the place opposite him pointed directly into the void.

More importantly, this place can completely shield him from the torment of the [Eternal Silence Divine Wind], giving him the opportunity to cultivate his own [Heretical Seed].

Behind him, [Zhu Tian] caught up as well. He also sensed the surroundings before speaking:
"This place is of unknown origin, and it is quite risky to try it rashly!"

[Thunder] chuckled softly and continued:

So you want me to give up?

[Zhu Tian] then shook his head and continued:

"What I mean is, let me go first!"

Before he could finish speaking, a crystal bead, as clear as jade yet as sharp as thunder, shot out from Lei Ming's sea of ​​consciousness.

This is a [seed of heresy] that he has been cultivating for who knows how long!
He didn't hesitate at all when he threw the true seed into the spatial rift.

And so began his ascension to transcendence!

What a reckless guy!
[Zhu Tian] was beaten to the punch, so he could only purse his lips and stand aside to protect the Dharma.

At the same time, he also eagerly hoped that [Thunder]'s promotion would be successful.

(End of this chapter)