Sword Intent should have been a mystical divine ability on par with a True Lord.
Sealed Sword Intent went a step further still. Even across the entire Sword Pavilion, only Gangxing Budao True Lord and True Person Demon-Sweeping had achieved it.
Its difficulty was self-evident.
For Sword Intent had nothing to do with cultivation, Dao practice, or external objects. It depended solely on a cultivator's "heart and will." Without profound experiences, one could hardly bestow a title upon one's Sword Intent.
Yet Lu Yang had done it.
The Hundred Lives Book had brought him far more than the gains of settlement and chances to start over. The experiences of every life were equally precious treasures.
It was merely that these treasures were inconspicuous, difficult to truly transform into strength. Not until Lu Yang had entered the Sword Pavilion in his previous life, becoming True Person Demon-Sweeping's disciple, practicing Sword Arts and comprehending Sword Intent. The deeper his understanding of the world grew, the more he understood the helplessness of this broken place—and the more it tempered and honed his Sword Intent.
Until this moment, when it blossomed and bore fruit.
If it had merely been ordinary Sealed Sword Intent, perhaps it still could not have determined the outcome of this battle. It would only have been another method approaching the mysteries of a Fruit Position.
But adding the Sword Dao Fruit Position changed everything.
This time, Lu Yang had no need for False Holding. Unbending Sword Intent alone drew forth the Sword Dao Fruit Position's spontaneous response, elevating the Sword Light's power.
Without the slightest exaggeration—
The power of this sword had already broken through the rank limit of a Fruit Position Image. It vaguely reached the level of a Fruit Position's fundamental mysteries, infinitely close to an orthodox True