Source Sea

A solid illusory domain five starfields in diameter erupted outward around Chu Ming!

Phantom mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, vegetation, and living creatures flowed within it, firmly shielding Chu Ming at its center. The power of the domain crashed head-on into the descending giant sword!

Crack, crack, crack!

Countless fissures emerged across the domain phantom's surface, and the mountains and rivers within shook violently.

Yet the speed of the giant sword's descent was also greatly reduced. Its sword radiance was continuously worn away and broken down by the powers of order and chaos circulating within the domain.

Chu Ming's face turned slightly pale. Maintaining the domain to forcibly withstand a full-force strike from a mid-third-step cultivator consumed an enormous amount of energy.

But his gaze remained calm. In the instant the giant sword was temporarily stalled by the domain, he activated [Order Adjudication] once more!

"Definition: The connection between this sword shadow and its caster's mind shall be intermittently severed for 0.3 seconds!"

The power of order became needles finer than poison stingers, viciously piercing along the invisible thread linking the giant sword and Venerable Lingfeng!

Just as Venerable Lingfeng was about to urge the giant sword into further transformations, he suddenly felt the connection between his mind and the sword abruptly falter, leaving an exceedingly brief blank! Though it lasted only 0.3 seconds, for a sword cultivator of his caliber, it was already a fatal opening!

The giant sword's offensive abruptly stalled.

Now!

Chu Ming suddenly contracted his domain, gathering all its power into his right fist, then drove a punch into a weak point in the flow of power along the giant sword's blade! Bang!

Amid a thunderous boom, the enormous silver sword phantom shook violently. A clear crack appeared on its surface before it burst apart into sword