Why had Sikong Ding been able to make the Startling Wave Sword acknowledge him as its master more than a month ago?
Because of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
Why had Sikong Jing, three days ago, been able to easily draw the Long Xuan Sword? It was likewise because of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and the Sword-Extinguishing Sword Path. And now, the difficulty of the ninety-ninth sword was surely boundless...
Yet Sikong Jing possessed absolute confidence.
Again, because he believed in the strength of the Nine Heavens Emperor, and in the strength of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
Before Ling Zhe's palace...
Sikong Ling was frantically comprehending the sword. To her, the time of an incense stick passed in the blink of an eye.
Ling Zhe's voice softly sounded beside her ear. "Time's up. Let me see how much you've comprehended."
As he spoke, the sword that had previously condensed before Sikong Ling shattered and vanished.
Sikong Ling slowly rose to her feet, and then... Bzz!
Sword intent surged forth in rolling waves. It was the sword intent she had gained from comprehending that sword just now. Then Sikong Ling's spirit shadow began breaking through in succession, leaping from the third step of the Yin Extreme Prison to the sixth step of the Yin Extreme Prison, reaching the same realm as Tu Duoqing.
Of course, it was only a breakthrough in her spirit shadow. Her true qi realm had yet to undergo the tempering of the Extreme Prison, so it had not broken through.
This was all she had managed within that incense-stick's time. Once again, she stared at Ling Zhe in extreme nervousness, desperately wanting to become stronger.
Ling Zhe looked her up and down, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly...
"Very good. You've surpassed the