Venerable Sword Saint had seen at a glance that Ling Tian could merge with the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and use it to affect and control the Circulatory Universe because he, too, had cultivated this secret art through countless years of training and comprehension: the Sword World. In fact, because his cultivation was higher, his mastery of this secret art was greater. Even though the Circulatory Universe had just been sealed off by the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation and several Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures working together, he could still use his Divine Yuan Power to form a Sword World.
The Sword World could not only condense energy swords fused with the Heart Slaying Sword and Soul Slaying Sword to attack every enemy around it, but also contend with the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, the God-Devouring Demon Domain, and the Pseudo Small World. This gave Venerable Sword Saint far more freedom to act, and made his attacks considerably stronger.
Under the assault of countless energy swords, Feng Lingzi and the others could only dodge as best they could. They were too busy saving themselves to help Ling Tian, which left Venerable Sword Saint free to attack him with all his strength. Ling Tian's pressure instantly soared. If he had not still been able to control the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation to condense energy arrows and intercept and block the attacks, and if the Enlightenment Sacred Tree and the other Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures had not been helping him, Venerable Sword Saint would likely have already gravely wounded or even killed him.
"Heavens, Venerable Sword Saint has mastered a secret art similar to the Pseudo Small World and the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation, and his mastery is clearly greater than Ling Tian's." The Young