The atmosphere, tense as drawn swords and bent bows, shattered in an instant.
Dugu Zixuan was a powerhouse of the current age, already a renowned figure by the late years of the Literary Sovereign Era, an unmatched expert in the domain of the Sword Path. At present, she had comprehended the "law of frost and the law of wind-snow," and had cultivated a Dao Fruit.
The wind, rain, thunder, lightning, clouds, qi, the subtle states of the five elements, yin and yang, reincarnation, and so on in nature were all the base states of laws. When cultivators gained perception, the workings of heaven and earth had laws of their own, while frost and wind-snow were derivatives of water among the five elements.
Comprehending laws did not mean cultivating a great Dao. The laws of the great Dao had to be imprinted upon the "Foundation Stone" within a cultivator's body; in other words, only by using the Foundation Stone to fuse the laws into oneself could it be considered cultivating a "Dao Fruit."
At this moment, the importance of the "Foundation Stone" began to show. If the "Foundation Stone" used in the Foundation Establishment Realm was not strong enough, it could not support the engraving and tempering of laws. Failure was a small matter; if the Foundation Stone was directly destroyed, a lifetime of cultivation would all be wasted in one stroke.
The sword she slashed out from afar was like a frozen blade, stirring up a wisp of ethereal, vast lingering smoke, directly covering the green mountains within twenty li with a layer of white frost.
Buzz!
Martial Man raised his blade sideways to block and was knocked back several dozen meters. Fortunately, he managed to steady himself.
Dugu Zixuan was somewhat surprised. She had used thirty percent of her