Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

"They've arrived. Only by defeating this supreme being of the human realm can I break through my limits and become a god." Chen Xin gripped the Seven Kill Sword tightly. This time, he wouldn't use a move that would lead to mutual destruction, but would instead break through the move head-on.

"Angel Blade - Demon Slayer!" With a swing of the Thousand Streams of Light Sword, he instantly unleashed hundreds of crescent-shaped light blades. This was his signature move, which he could usually unleash around twenty of at most, but now it was five times stronger.

"The Heavenly Way leads back to the path, the other shore is across the Weak Water!" The sword technique used by Chen Xin is a sword technique called the Myriad Ways One Heart Sword from the Shu Mountain Swordplay. This sword technique was created by a senior of Shu Mountain and even incorporates some Buddhist concepts. In Buddhist thought, the other shore refers to a place where one can escape the troubles of the world.

The philosophy behind this sword technique is to reach a paradise on earth where one is forever free from illness, pain, and injury, guided by the Dao. Originally, it was a sword technique that used defense as offense, primarily for subduing the enemy.

But now that it's in Chen Xin's hands, he has actually incorporated this sword technique into the Sword Dao of Annihilation, drastically changing its form.

All twenty of Qian Daoliu's light blades were intercepted by the Seven Kill Sword and converged together. This was the Heavenly Dao Return Path. Then, with a swing of the Chenxin Divine Sword, a huge sword aura that blotted out the sky shot out. Wherever it passed, mountains, rocks, grass, trees, floating clouds, and rushing waves were all turned into atoms and dissipated.

This is the offensive move—the Other Shore Weak Water. The Other Shore in Chenxin's Myriad Paths One Heart Sword refers to Hell.

When Chen Xin first taught Tian Lin the sword technique, he said that everyone's sword is different. If Tian Lin is still in the stage of learning other people's sword techniques, then Chen Xin, who has been immersed in the way of the sword for a hundred years, has already integrated other people's way of the sword into his own way of the sword.

Therefore, during his years of seclusion, he only integrated the sword techniques of the Shu Mountain Sect into his own sword path of annihilation. Although the sword moves remained unchanged, the sword intent was entirely his own, completely different from the natural way of the Shu Mountain Sword Path. Every move was full of killing intent.

This is also Chen Xin's own way of the sword. Only a swordsman who walks his own path can become a sword god.

"What?" Qian Daoliu was shocked. He clearly felt that his strength and cultivation were far superior to Chen Xin's, but his full-force attack was so easily neutralized by Chen Xin's swordsmanship.

It's true that one force can overcome ten techniques, but what about a hundred or a thousand techniques?

Anything that reaches its extreme can generate heaven-defying power. Chen Xin has reached the extreme in swordsmanship. Perhaps in the eyes of those true sword masters in higher planes, Chen Xin is still just starting out. But in the mere Douluo Continent, he is the number one swordsman in the world. Even the Sword God of the God Realm may not be able to defeat him in swordsmanship at this time.

Chapter 552 Seven Kill Divine Artifacts and Divine Power

"Seven Killing Thunder Rise, One Sword Pierces the Sky."

Once Chen Xin unleashed his swordsmanship, his attacks were like a raging river, relentless and giving Qian Daoliu no time to react.

By fusing the seven forms of the Seven Killings Sword Technique, Chen Xin unleashed a powerful sword strike.

Seeing the terrifying power of this move, Qian Daoliu dared not take it head-on.

"Angel's protection!"

Holy light transformed into a shield, protecting Qian Daoliu's entire body—an extremely powerful defensive soul skill.

Due to the vast difference in the quality of martial souls, the holy light power of the Angel Martial Soul far exceeded the attack power of the Seven Kill Sword. According to Qian Daoliu's judgment, Chen Xin could not break through his defense.

That's true. Chen Xin's sword could not break through it, but Chen Xin's new Seven Kill Sword Technique contains seven streams of energy. Moreover, after the first stream ends, the remaining energy will be absorbed and strengthened by the second stream, and so on. By the seventh stream, it can unleash power far exceeding the limits of the Seven Kill Sword's quality.

boom!

The first force struck the golden shield, but the shield remained unmoved. Just as Qian Daoliu was about to counterattack, the second force struck, almost catching him off guard. Fortunately, apart from his skills, he was far superior to Chen Xin in every other aspect, and he managed to maintain the shield with his soul power, easily defending against the second force.

The third strike was difficult for Qian Daoliu to block; the fourth strike caused his shield to thin under the strain; the fifth strike caused cracks to appear; the sixth strike caused the cracks to widen; and the seventh strike completely shattered the shield, with the remaining force striking Qian Daoliu's chest and leaving a deep and long sword wound on his body.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have been reduced to dust and vanished into nothingness by this sword. But he was Qian Daoliu, whose Angelic Martial Soul's dissolving power was unparalleled. Even the sword energy of the Extinction Sword Dao was dissolved. Qian Daoliu only suffered superficial wounds.

However, from the past to the present, when has Qian Daoliu ever suffered such a great humiliation? He has suffered three defeats, but the defeat at Seagod Island was because Poseidon used the power of the Seagod. The defeat at Tang Chen was due to multiple attacks at once. Although he was defeated, Tang Chen himself was not in a good mood. The defeat at Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was a complete beating by a group of people.

But today, he was injured almost without any chance to fight back, and he was injured by someone whose cultivation, soul rings, and soul bones were all inferior to his own. It was a disgrace.

"Chen Xin!" Qian Daoliu roared furiously, his whole body shining brightly. "Today I will use your blood to sacrifice for the glory of my angel race! Angel—Roar!"

Qian Daoliu still has a brain. Since he can't win by skill and a direct attack will be countered by Chen Xin's skill, he will attack the soul. Does the soul wield a sword?

Unfortunately, it really is possible. It's a special technique from Mount Shu, called Sword Qi Transformation, which allows one to cultivate their soul into a sword-shaped soul and unleash sword techniques.

There is also a set of sword techniques specifically designed to complement it, the Four Spirits and Four Phases Sword. According to the Shushan Manual, the so-called Four Spirits and Four Phases are actually the forms of eight divine beasts. Originally, it was just the Four Spirits Sword Technique, which transformed the soul sword intent into the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Later, when a Shushan elder was traveling the world, it coincided with the destruction of the Qionghua Sect, a generation of immortal cultivation sects.

The four divine beasts guarding Qionghua Sect—Lu Wu, Li Zhu, Kai Ming, and Ying Zhao—were also caught in the crossfire when Yun Tianhe shot down the sect with his sword. They were severely injured. The compassionate elder of Shu Mountain, believing that the sins of Qionghua Sect should not be borne by these unsuspecting guardian beasts, intervened to save them and released them back into the mountains.

Out of gratitude, the four divine beasts shared a portion of their divine power with the elder of Mount Shu. Later, the elder returned and improved the Four Spirits Sword Technique based on the power of the four divine beasts, turning it into the even stronger Four Spirits Four Phases Sword.

Chen Xin secluded himself for three years and mastered three sets of Shu Mountain sword techniques. The Ten Thousand Paths One Heart Sword and the Four Spirits Four Phases Sword are two of them. This is all thanks to Tian Lin, who gave Chen Xin the sword technique of Gang Zhan early on, allowing him to lay a solid foundation in Shu Mountain sword techniques. Otherwise, it would have been good if he could have mastered one technique in three years.

"Roar!"

When Qian Daoliu's Angelic Martial Soul let out a Soul Roar, Chen Xin's Soul Sword transformed into a White Tiger and also let out an equally astonishing roar, just one move from the Four Spirits and Four Phases Sword Technique: White Tiger's Roar.

The two soul voices were evenly matched. The next moment, Chen Xin's soul transformed into a blue dragon. The blue dragon roared to the sky, and the dragon and tiger attacked together, doubling the power. The angel's roar was instantly broken. Qian Daoliu clutched his head in pain. The pain in his soul was much more unbearable than the pain in his body.

The Four Spirits and Four Phases Sword still has six moves left, and Chen Xin pressed his advantage.

Vermilion Bird: The Vermilion Bird flaps its wings.

Xuanwu: Xuanwu has appeared in the world.

Lu Wu: Lu Wu cuts off the sea.

Enlightened: Enlightened town gate.

Li Zhu: Li Zhu dispels evil.

Yingzhao: Yingzhao captivates the soul.

With all eight swords of Chenxin unleashed, they absorbed all four spirits and four phases of the swords. At this moment, Qian Daoliu's soul was so weak that it was on the verge of dissipation.

Just then, Chen Xin's sword intent finally reached its peak, and he was about to decide the outcome of the battle in the next move.

At this moment, from the realm of gods to the Star Dou Great Forest, numerous god-level powerhouses were once again alarmed.

"What's going on in the human realm? Just now it was an overwhelming evil aura, and this time it's an incomparable sword aura soaring straight into the sky." The God of Kindness said with a worried expression, "There are so many powerful figures emerging in the human realm, no wonder there are so many troubles in the world. I hope that the person who unleashed this sword aura is righteous and not evil, otherwise, when he becomes a god, he will be an even more troublesome troublemaker than the Rakshasa God."

"Huh, this guy seems to be the successor of the Sword God?" The Asura God recognized Chen Xin at a glance.

The God of Destruction asked in surprise, "What did you say? The successor of that second-level god under your command? When the Sword God first became a god, he didn't have such terrifying sword intent. If he inherits the Sword God's position with such swordsmanship, it may lead to an advancement in the god's position. Shura, you've struck gold this time."

The God of Destruction actually discovered that Chen Xin's sword intent contained boundless Dao of Destruction. This guy might have a certain chance of inheriting the position of God of Destruction. However, the God of Destruction is different from the God of Asura. The God of Destruction does not want to hand over the position. He still wants to lead the God Realm to continue to grow stronger and then become the master of the Great God Circle. Therefore, even if Chen Xin is qualified to inherit the position of God of Destruction, he will not open the divine test for him.

"Thousand Paths Flow, this move is called Sword God!" What Chen Xin was about to use was the strongest sword technique of Shu Mountain, Sword God. However, his move was not to summon the Sword God, but to transform himself into the Sword God. The Shu Mountain sword techniques in Chen Xin's hands were all modified into the ultimate skills most suitable for him.

Chen Xin's nine soul rings—the first to the fourth, the fifth to the seventh, and the eighth to the ninth—had merged into three rings of light, floating behind him and shimmering.

The Seven Kill Sword even began to materialize, just like the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear of the later Sky-Supporting Douluo Yun Ming, which separated from the Martial Soul and transformed into a true divine weapon.

"Three rings of light, the mark of a level three god!" Qian Daoliu was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. Chen Xin had actually temporarily unleashed the power of a level three god while in the form of a Limit Douluo.

Moreover, this is not a third-level god like the God of Music who is not good at fighting. All gods related to swords are peerless powerhouses with earth-shattering attack power.

Chapter 553 The Possibility of Chen Xinsheng's Advancement to Godhood

"A sword is originally made of ordinary iron, but it becomes spiritual through wielding, moves with the heart, lives with blood, and dies without thought. The art of sword control lies in regulating one's breath, embracing one's essence and guarding oneness, so that the five elements of man and sword become one, endlessly cycling and regenerating..." Chen Xin recited the Shu Mountain Sword Manual, and the three halos behind him became more and more solid as his realm improved.

The sword energy pierced through the sky, and behind Chen Xin, it seemed as if an avatar appeared, looking exactly like him, but dressed in white robes.

The incarnation was as huge as a mountain, and under the divine power of the Sword God's incarnation, the Seven Kill Sword multiplied into thousands, with ten thousand swords flying together.

This is not like Tianlin's Ten Thousand Swords Technique or the Shadow Sword, which are inferior. Each sword has less than one-thousandth of the power of the real thing. They are okay for fighting small characters in group battles, but they are useless against experts.

The Seven Kill Sword, which the Sword God split off, is no less sharp than the original divine sword, except that it lacks the divine power of the original divine sword. It can be said to be a true divine weapon, fighting alongside more than nine thousand pseudo-divine weapons.

As the supreme sword technique of the Shu Mountain Sect, this move can be considered a super divine skill in the Douluo World, allowing the user to fight against opponents whose strength is several times that of themselves.

Qian Daoliu looked at the myriad swords in the sky, feeling only despair. He had no chance of resisting this attack unless he used the Angelic Descent in the Hall of Worship. Right now, he had no hope of surviving.

"Angel's Judgment!"

However, Qian Daoliu was not one to sit idly by and wait for death. Even knowing he was going to die, he still made a final stand, using almost all of his remaining soul power. His final killing move, Angelic Judgment, clashed with the Sword God's ultimate technique.

The two forces collided in mid-air. The angelic divine power, which was usually invincible, could not even last three seconds under the supreme attack of the sword god before being dispersed by the sword energy. Thousands of divine swords slashed around Qian Daoliu's body.

"Xue'er, you must live on." Qian Daoliu closed his eyes in despair. At this moment, he knew that he had completely lost.

Moreover, he accepted his defeat wholeheartedly this time. He had given it his all, and Chen Xin had no help whatsoever. He was simply stronger than him. The winner takes all, the loser is condemned; there was nothing more to say. Qian Daoliu's only worry was Qian Renxue.

He feared that Qian Renxue would seek revenge on Chen Xin, but Qian Renxue was no match for Chen Xin. Moreover, without him, if she wanted to become a god, she would have to cultivate to level ninety-nine on her own. Her cultivation speed could never surpass Jun Tianlin's. If she came for revenge, she would surely die.

"Senior Qian Daoliu, what is the scene like in Hell?" After a long time, Qian Daoliu did not feel death, but he heard Chen Xin's voice.

Qian Daoliu opened his eyes and saw that the area within dozens of miles had been leveled. Their battle had even flattened the nearby mountains with Chen Xin's sword. At this moment, he was in the center of ten thousand swords. Strangely, not a single sword had pierced him. Clearly, Chen Xin had shown mercy.

"Sword Dao Chenxin, why don't you kill me? Don't you want to avenge your father?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"I've said it before, my father didn't hate you. He passed away with a smile on his face," Chen Xin said calmly. "As for why he didn't kill you, it's because of the promise you made to my disciple. You'll keep your promise, won't you?"

Qian Daoliu did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Chen Xin, could you tell me first what kind of swordsmanship defeated me?"

"This is the inheritance of an ancient sword master that my disciple obtained by chance. It is called the Shu Mountain Sword Technique. Are you interested, senior? It's a pity that I know you are going to help Qian Renxue become a god and your life is not long. However, once the continent is unified, I don't mind passing it on to Qian Renxue. I think that given the relationship between Xiaotian and Qian Renxue, he won't mind either," Chen Xin said unexpectedly.

"Such exquisite swordsmanship, are you really willing to teach my granddaughter?" Qian Daoliu asked in surprise.

Chen Xin nodded. "After you fulfill your promise, the Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will no longer be enemies. Qian Renxue and my disciple are also very close friends. Since they are not enemies, but friends, what's wrong with passing on your knowledge? Holding onto your own knowledge will never promote the progress of swordsmanship in the world."

"Hehe, Sword Dao Chenxin, I am no match for you. I admit defeat today. Rest assured, I will never go back on my promise. I think Bibi Dong's side will soon lose to Jun Tianlin as well." Qian Daoliu was relieved. Perhaps their Martial Soul Empire was destined not to unify the world, but this result was also good. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was not one of the two great empires. They followed the path of benevolent rule and would not exterminate everyone. He also greatly admired the tolerance of Jun Tianlin and Chenxin.

Upon hearing Qian Daoliu concede defeat, Chen Xin looked up at the sky and murmured, "Father, I have won!"

With years of resentment finally completely eradicated, Chenxin's path of swordsmanship will surely become even brighter.

The sword-shaped mark on Qian Daoliu's forehead flashed as he admitted defeat, and golden light descended from the sky, enveloping Chen Xin.

Qian Daoliu had seen this scene before, when he first lost to Chen Xin. Chen Xin had attracted the attention of the Sword God and was able to begin the Sword God's assessment.

Now the same light has reappeared, could it be...?

Qian Daoliu's eyes widened. He guessed it. The test for Jian Dao Chenxin was him. No wonder this guy insisted on not accepting any assistance to defeat him. It wasn't just to prove his swordsmanship, but probably also a requirement of the test.

Within the light, Chen Xin saw the Sword God again, who was now looking at him with admiration.

"Sword Dao Chenxin, you are the most outstanding sword genius I have seen in all these years. My choice was indeed the right one."

"Senior Sword God, am I now qualified to inherit your divine position?" Chen Xin asked.

The Sword God nodded. "Of course, you have passed the test, but I don't want you to inherit the godhood directly like this. That would be a waste of your talent. Why don't you try another way of inheritance? If it's you, you might be able to break through the bottleneck that has plagued me for thousands of years."

Chen Xin didn't quite understand what he meant, and said directly, "What do you mean? Please explain."

"Godhood advancement!" The Sword God's expression turned serious. "The divine rank of us gods is not static. As our strength increases, it is possible for us to advance in rank. Each god advances in a different way. For example, the Angel God and the Sea God need sufficient faith, while the Rakshasa God and the Seven Deadly Sins need sufficient malice. As for me, the Sword God, it is naturally through sword cultivation."

"Chen Xin, in terms of swordsmanship, you have already surpassed me. Therefore, when you inherit the divine position, you can try to break through again and upgrade from a second-level god to a first-level god. Of course, there will be two great costs. First, the time required for the divine position upgrade is very long, and you will not be able to help your disciple fight for a long time afterward. Second, if the upgrade fails, it may lead to the shattering of the divine position and all your efforts will be in vain."

"You don't need to make a decision immediately. I can give you three days. I'll come back to ask you again after three days. If you're afraid, you can choose the normal inheritance. Whatever you choose, I will support you." The Sword God explained the pros and cons and then drifted away.

All that remained for Chenxin was a difficult choice.

Chapter 554 Chrysanthemum Douluo's Desperate Outburst: Bibi Dong Returns to the Evil Path

Chen Xin exited the alternate dimension. He still had three days; there was no need to rush.

"Didn't you directly inherit the divine position, Chen Xin? You've already passed the second-level god assessment, haven't you?" Qian Daoliu asked doubtfully. He had thought Chen Xin would directly become a god.

Chen Xin did not answer. After all, Qian Daoliu had not truly surrendered yet, and there was no need to tell him such a big secret as ascending to godhood. He walked towards Qian Daoliu and said, "Before becoming a god, I have other things to do. Let's go, Qian Daoliu, let's go back. I think Xiao Tian and Bibi Dong will soon have a decisive battle. If you don't want Bibi Dong to die, you'd better try to persuade her."

Qian Daoliu gave a bitter smile. "Chen Xin, you still don't understand Bibi Dong enough. Do you think Bibi Dong can be persuaded by talking? She would rather die than surrender."