Arc 14The Sword Scripture and Guixu

Yu Ci battled the Pan Huang Three Swords and the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, then entered Return Manor and gained the Dragon Slaying Manifesting Gauze formula and a mold of the Flying Immortal Sword Scripture. After a mysterious guide warned that Xuanhuang was trapped and near death, Yu Ci crossed the Boundary River to save it.

  • Yu Ci treated the poisoned disciples, then followed the Pan Huang Three Swords through a Void Rift into Guixu and encountered the master of Sunken Sword Cave.
  • Yu Ci joined Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu to destroy a ghost, then faced the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, who carried him to the Star Track Sword Domain and asked him to locate rifts.
  • Yu Ci fought Bu Cuo, Xiao Bo, and Chen Guang, killed Bu Cuo with the Primordial Formless Sword, and used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror to trap their fused fiend.
  • Yu Ci reached the Sky Vault Sword Pool, where Xuanhuang reunited with its true body, while Yu Ci confronted the Heavy Artifact Sect leader at the altar and destroyed it with lightning.
  • Yu Ci escaped the leader’s assault and entered Return Manor, where repeated trials in Hao Dian’s Former Residence taught him the Dragon Slaying Manifesting Gauze formula.
  • Yu Ci reached the treetop and encountered the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture, whose information was absorbed by a seal in his soul.
  • A mysterious guide told Yu Ci that Xuanhuang had fallen into a trap at Battle Blood Hall and guided him across the Boundary River to its location.
  • Yu Ci emerged above the clouds and killed a hostile Core Formation cultivator who attacked him.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326A Shortcut

Yu Ci treated the Plague Demon’s victims and learned that the Pan Huang Three Swords were heading for the Great Sun Main Hall. Xuanhuang realized the hall contained a shortcut to the secret realm’s core, Guixu, just as the Three Swords began burning through space to reach it.

  • Yu Ci used talismans and the Nameless Tribulation Star Soul Shattering Divine Light to treat the afflicted disciples, including Zhang Yan, whose will to live was dangerously weak.
  • Yu Ci learned from Hua Xifeng that the Pan Huang Three Swords were moving toward the Great Sun Main Hall, and the group rushed there.
  • Li Hong explained that the Plague Demon’s poison seeds had struck during the disciples’ rites, while the hall’s righteous sword intent had shielded them from the worst of the attack.
  • Xuanhuang realized Donghou’s Great Sun Main Hall had once held a gateway into the secret realm that led directly to Guixu.
  • The Pan Huang Three Swords used Heavenly Demon Fire to tear through space above the hall, and Xuanhuang urged Yu Ci to stop them.

Ch. 327Borrowing Light

Yu Ci stopped Hua Xifeng and the others from attacking the Pan Huang Three Swords after revealing that their Heavenly Demon Fire came from cultivators trapped in the secret realm. He followed the swords through a Void Rift into Guixu, where Xuanhuang sensed its main body, but an unseen figure confronted Yu Ci before he could reach it.

  • Hua Xifeng, Li Hong, Wang Jiu, and the others attacked the Pan Huang Three Swords, but the swords countered with threads of Heavenly Demon Fire.
  • Yu Ci called for the fighting to stop and explained that the fire drew on cultivators' life force, persuading the group to pause.
  • The Pan Huang Three Swords opened a Void Rift above the bronze hall and fled through it, and Yu Ci followed with Hua Xifeng and the others.
  • Yu Ci emerged in a lightless void alone, and Xuanhuang sensed that its main body was nearby in Guixu.
  • Yu Ci refused to move until Xuanhuang admitted it needed his help, then followed its directions toward the main body.
  • A figure appeared in the darkness and accused Yu Ci of deceiving Xuanhuang while working with a Rakshasa Sect paramour.

Ch. 328Shattered

Yu Ci refused the Sunken Sword Cave master's offer to cooperate and escaped its attack by slipping through a void interlayer. He arrived in Guixu, where Xuanhuang warned him about deadly void rifts and guided him toward its true body in the Sky Vault Sword Pool.

  • The Sunken Sword Cave master offered to join forces with Yu Ci, but Yu Ci refused after learning it had caused thousands of deaths in Mist Shadow Heaven.
  • The Sunken Sword Cave master attacked Yu Ci, but Guixu's suppression weakened its strike and Yu Ci escaped through a void interlayer.
  • The Sunken Sword Cave master realized Yu Ci was familiar with Guixu and suspected he had been to the Sunken Sword Cave, then ordered the Pan Huang Three Swords to track him.
  • Yu Ci arrived amid the ruins of Guixu's Grand Luo Hall, and Xuanhuang explained that void backlash had shattered the realm and left deadly rifts throughout it.
  • Xuanhuang told Yu Ci that its true body should be in the Sky Vault Sword Pool, and they prepared to travel carefully as distant sword sounds rang out.

Ch. 329Ghost Box

Yu Ci joined Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu in fighting a horde of ghostly monsters in a void ruin, and the three used the Three-Element Sword Array to defeat their leader. The leader turned out to be a magical artifact, leaving Xuanhuang suspicious of the box’s unknown origins.

  • Yu Ci arrived as Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu held off waves of ghostly monsters near the void rifts.
  • Hua Xifeng asked Yu Ci to take the center of the Three-Element Sword Array and warned that a powerful ghost was strengthening the others.
  • The three coordinated their sword attacks, and Yu Ci’s well-timed strikes helped direct the array’s momentum against the gray ghost.
  • Their combined attack shattered the gray ghost, which vanished and left behind an intricately carved iron box.
  • Hua Xifeng gave Yu Ci the box, and Yu Ci agreed to share future spoils with his senior brothers and the other disciples.
  • Xuanhuang said the box was not among the treasures he knew of in Guixu and warned Yu Ci that its origins were suspicious.

Ch. 330Capture

Yu Ci, Hua Xifeng, and Wang Jiu found an entrance to the Unlocking Hall in Guixu, but the Heavy Artifact Sect leader appeared and overwhelmed them. After sparing them and leaving, he took Yu Ci away, leaving the story with Yu Ci separated from Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu.

  • Yu Ci evaded Hua Xifeng’s questions about Guixu by pointing out a newly exposed portal to the Unlocking Hall.
  • Hua Xifeng decided to reunite with Xiao Lu and Li Hong before exploring, and the three began walking away from the ruins.
  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader appeared at the hall entrance, crossed the distance instantly, and knocked Wang Jiu, Yu Ci, and Hua Xifeng down.
  • Yu Ci recognized the armored stranger as the Heavy Artifact Sect leader and told Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu about the slaughter he had witnessed in the Sword Garden.
  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader asked whether they belonged to Li Chen Sect, then left without explaining himself.
  • A voice ordered someone to lend a hand, and Yu Ci was carried away as Hua Xifeng and Wang Jiu’s shouts faded behind him.

Ch. 331Formidable

Yu Ci was brought to the edge of the Garden of Life and Death by the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, who asked him to locate void rifts leading to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor. While Yu Ci searched through the rifts with the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, Xuanhuang realized the area offered a chance to exploit the approaching scoundrel near the Sky Vault Sword Pool.

  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader carried Yu Ci to the Star Track Sword Domain at the edge of the Garden of Life and Death and said he would not strike Yu Ci again because he owed a debt to the Li Chen Sect.
  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader asked Yu Ci to use his distant-viewing technique to find void rifts and tunnels leading to the Blood Prison Ghost Manor, then mapped nearby barriers and rifts for him.
  • Yu Ci left to inspect the rifts, while the Heavy Artifact Sect leader stayed behind to study the Star Track Sword Domain and prepare to enter Guixu's center.
  • Yu Ci used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror to send his divine sense through the rifts, and Xuanhuang recognized the artifact as one of the Primordial Demon Sect's five major sacrificial artifacts.
  • Xuanhuang noted that the Garden of Life and Death was the route into Guixu's central region and that the Sky Vault Sword Pool was nearby, then warned Yu Ci that an approaching scoundrel would come through.

Ch. 332Essence Washing

Yu Ci learned that the Heavy Artifact Sect leader was trying to reach the center of Guixu, while the master of Sunken Sword Cave arrived and slipped through the Star Track Sword Domain using a devil art. The chapter ended as the Heavy Artifact Sect leader struck the deceived sword domain, apparently alerting it to the intruders.

  • Yu Ci reported that he found no fiends or demons beyond the Void Rifts, and the Heavy Artifact Sect leader used an Invisibility Talisman to conceal him.
  • A powerful shockwave spread through Guixu, drawing the master of Sunken Sword Cave to the Star Track Sword Domain.
  • The master of Sunken Sword Cave attacked the domain, then used Essence Washing and Form Shifting to become vapor and pass through its boundary.
  • Xuanhuang realized the master of Sunken Sword Cave had joined the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and had perfected the devil art to enter the domain.
  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader's iron fist punched the Star Track Sword Domain, striking it awake.

Ch. 333Waiting for the Rabbit

Yu Ci tried to enter the Star Track Sword Domain with Lord Xuan Huang’s help, but Bu Cuo and the Pan Huang Three Swords ambushed him before he could get inside. Wounded and cut off from the domain, Yu Ci prepared to force the three swordsmen to reveal their hidden abilities.

  • The Star Track Sword Domain exposed the Sunken Sword Cave's master, who fled toward the central region, while the Heavy Artifact Sect's leader used changing armor runes to enter the seal.
  • Lord Xuan Huang guided Yu Ci as he imitated Supreme True Nine Heavens sword intent and began connecting with the Star Track Sword Domain.
  • An invisible sword struck Yu Ci, badly wounding him and severing his connection to the domain; he recognized the attacker as Bu Cuo and the Pan Huang Three Swords.
  • Bu Cuo, Xiao Bo, and Chen Guang joined their auras and demanded to see Lord Xuan Huang, while Yu Ci resolved to draw out their trump cards.
  • Yu Ci slammed himself backward into the Star Track Sword Domain's barrier as sword qi erupted.

Ch. 334Blood Grinding

Yu Ci countered the three Pan Huang Sect members by drawing on the Star Track Sword Domain, then unexpectedly grasped the Primordial Formless Sword and used its power against Bu Cuo. Bu Cuo fled after Yu Ci struck his face, while the battle’s outcome for the other two remained uncertain.

  • The Primordial Formless Sword wounded Yu Ci twice, but his iron fragment shielded him from most of its power.
  • The Pan Huang Sect members attacked with the Two Forms Divine Light, and Yu Ci evaded it before dragging their formation into the Star Track Sword Domain’s killing force.
  • Yu Ci used the Nine Luminaries Dragon Abyss Sword Talisman to damage the Yin Yang Disk, but the talisman shattered and the three Pan Huang members turned their formation into a blood-grinding millstone.
  • Yu Ci grabbed the Primordial Formless Sword when it appeared within the distorted air, and Xuan Huang sent him a cultivation formula for the sword art.
  • Yu Ci used the sword’s power to cut Bu Cuo across the face, and Bu Cuo fled in silence.

Ch. 335Green and Red

Yu Ci fought the fused red-light fiend that emerged after Bu Cuo died and the Yin Yang Disk broke apart. He used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror to overcome its Heavenly Demon Fire and draw the fiend into the mirror.

  • Yu Ci killed Bu Cuo with the Primordial Formless Sword, but Bu Cuo's body withered as the Yin Yang Disk gave rise to a fused red light.
  • The red light merged the three streaks from Bu Cuo, Xiao Bo, and Chen Guang, then attacked Yu Ci with Heavenly Demon Fire and demonic sound.
  • Yu Ci struggled against the fiend's attacks, using blood-infused sword intent and True Dragon Form Qi to defend himself.
  • Xuanhuang explained that the fiend likely came from an evil art that combined a heavenly demon with other forces, and Yu Ci realized it had no physical body.
  • Yu Ci activated the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror with a spell formula, and its azure light swept up the red-light fiend and drew it inside.

Ch. 336Subduing the Mirror

Yu Ci subdued the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror’s wild power and used it to extinguish the Heavenly Demon Fire, gaining much finer control of the mirror. He entered the Star Track Sword Domain and reached the Sky Vault Sword Pool, where Xuanhuang fell silent.

  • Yu Ci recognized fragments of the Immeasurable Void Divine Reflection Canon as the cause of the mirror’s uncontrolled reaction and held on until its power settled.
  • The Heavenly Evolution Pearl reignited the Heavenly Demon Fire, but Yu Ci’s mirror blasted it away and sent its azure light through a void rift, stirring the Star Track Sword Domain.
  • Yu Ci confirmed the Pan Huang Three Swords were dead, then followed Xuanhuang’s directions to retrieve the Primordial Formless Sword and the mutated Heavenly Evolution Pearl.
  • Yu Ci crossed the Star Track Sword Domain and saw eight enormous void rifts, including the expanding Boundless Rift.
  • Yu Ci followed Xuanhuang’s senses to the Sky Vault Sword Pool, where Xuanhuang abruptly fell silent.

Ch. 337Altar

Yu Ci followed Xuan Huang to the Sky Vault Sword Pool’s lakebed, where Xuan Huang’s true body lay at the secret realm’s talisman-seal core. After Xuan Huang left his body to confront a thief, Yu Ci reached the altar and found the Heavy Artifact Sect leader waiting there, preparing to face him.

  • Yu Ci entered the Sword Qi-filled lake and followed Xuan Huang’s directions to the fissure containing the Xuan Huang Killing Sword’s true body.
  • Xuan Huang explained that the secret realm’s seals would be vulnerable while he left to slay a thief, then merged his primordial spirit with his true body as Yu Ci followed his senses through the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror.
  • Yu Ci felt the force of Xuan Huang’s sword strike through their shared perception, then descended through the fissure to the four-tiered altar controlling the talisman seals.
  • Yu Ci found the Heavy Artifact Sect leader at the altar, drew Dragon-Slayer, and used the Star Track Sword Domain to see through the leader’s armored shell.

Ch. 338Pulling Out the Firewood

At the Dharma altar, Yu Ci tried to stop the Heavy Artifact Sect leader from taking control of the Sword Immortal Secret Realm’s barriers while Xuan Huang fought the master of the Sunken Sword Cave. Yu Ci recognized the leader’s seal as the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal and crushed a powerful Shangqing Sect spirit talisman to oppose him.

  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader revealed that he had come to reach a deeper layer of the Blood Prison Ghost Manor and climbed onto the Dharma altar while Xuan Huang began fighting the master of the Sunken Sword Cave.
  • Yu Ci attacked the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, but the leader blocked his sword and planted two iron flags at the altar’s northern and southern poles, summoning a gale.
  • The leader raised a white Dharma seal and began drawing the earth-vein spiritual qi into it, threatening to take control of the Sword Immortal Secret Realm’s barriers.
  • Yu Ci identified the seal as the Jade God Cave Spirit Seal and decided to counter it with a Shangqing Sect spirit talisman.
  • Yu Ci crushed the jade talisman, and lightning burst from his hand.

Ch. 339Jade Shatters

Yu Ci used the Upper Azure Star-Glow Induction Divine Thunder to destroy the altar and disrupt the earth veins, then discovered that the Heavy Artifact Sect leader’s armor had been empty. The leader had been acting through a projection, leaving Yu Ci to confront the true nature of his opponent.

  • Yu Ci activated the Upper Azure Star-Glow Induction Divine Thunder, but the Heavy Artifact Sect leader trapped him inside a spatial fault and blocked the thunder’s guidance.
  • Yu Ci used the Dragon Slaying Sword to break through the spatial barrier and guide the thunder toward the altar.
  • The thunder destroyed the altar, destabilizing the earth veins and causing violent surges that shattered the three layers of secret realm talismans.
  • Yu Ci sensed an attack through the thunder’s lingering connection and struck the armored Heavy Artifact Sect leader with the Primordial Formless Sword.
  • Yu Ci realized the armor was empty and that the Heavy Artifact Sect leader was only a projection, a wisp of divided spirit.

Ch. 340Escape

Yu Ci escaped the Heavy Artifact Sect leader’s grip by awakening his Life and Death Talisman and using his fish-dragon avatar, Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror, and Primordial Formless Sword. He vanished into the magma, while the leader recorded information about him and learned that the Sword Immortal Secret Realm’s seals had broken.

  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader choked Yu Ci while magma and turbid currents erupted through the lake.
  • Yu Ci’s rage stirred the Life and Death Talisman and awakened his fish-dragon avatar, letting him unleash a silent True Dragon roar.
  • Yu Ci used the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and Primordial Formless Sword to disrupt the leader’s grip and tear himself free, badly injuring his throat.
  • Yu Ci plunged into the magma and concealed his aura, so the Heavy Artifact Sect leader decided not to pursue him.
  • The Heavy Artifact Sect leader recorded Yu Ci’s abilities in a jade talisman, then received word that the three layers of seals had shattered and thousands of cultivators were entering.

Ch. 341Phantom

Yu Ci followed Xuan Huang’s urgent summons to Return Manor, where a strange vision showed a celestial dragon being slain by a human. He entered Hao Dian's Former Residence and found unfinished embroidered gauze, while Xuan Huang remained unreachable.

  • Yu Ci worried about the Heavy Artifact Sect leader, the damaged seals, and Xuan Huang before receiving Xuan Huang’s message to come to a location in Guixu.
  • Yu Ci left the Sky Vault Sword Pool and reached Return Manor, whose archway vanished behind him as he entered.
  • Yu Ci explored the cloud-linked paths of Return Manor and felt drawn toward a small courtyard.
  • The clouds showed Yu Ci a vision of a vast celestial dragon and a human who killed it with a single gesture.
  • Yu Ci woke before the entrance to Hao Dian's Former Residence and found unfinished fire-colored embroidered gauze in its courtyard.

Ch. 342Watching the Movie

Yu Ci followed the qi-cloud vision to uncover a third piece of Manifesting Gauze and witness a demonstration of the God Slaying Thorn technique, though he could not comprehend its difficult formulas. The heavenly dragon’s struggle clarified his True Dragon Form Qi, and Xuanhuang then told him the sword scripture was above the tree crown before saying it would leave him.

  • Yu Ci recognized the unfinished embroidery as related to the Manifesting Gauze and sensed that the qi resonance came from outside the courtyard.
  • Yu Ci watched a wounded heavenly dragon’s blood and the qi clouds reveal the Outer Daoist Refining Method for the God Slaying Thorn.
  • Yu Ci compared the technique with the Hundred Spirits and Ten Yin methods and found the new dragon-slaying method far harder to understand.
  • Yu Ci’s True Dragon Form Qi responded to the heavenly dragon’s struggle, sharpening his senses and clarifying the fish-dragon image in his Inner Void.
  • Yu Ci reached into the qi clouds and seized another piece of fiery red fine yarn, causing the vision to collapse.
  • Xuanhuang told Yu Ci that the sword scripture was above the tree crown and said it would no longer accompany him.

Ch. 343A Predicament

Yu Ci lost contact with Xuan Huang and found himself trapped in Return Manor, then was knocked unconscious when he probed the cloud-covered treetop where the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture might be. Meanwhile, Guixu descended into bloody chaos after its talisman seals broke, and a force released from the seals began swarming toward the crowds.

  • Xuan Huang fell silent as its astral mind-radiance weakened, and a burst of sword Qi destroyed Yu Ci's attempt to reach it.
  • Yu Ci searched for a way out of Return Manor, but the void beyond its boundary suppressed the Ghost Gauze Cloud and left him trapped.
  • Yu Ci headed toward the treetop after realizing it might hold the Flying Immortal Sword Scripture, but his probing divine intent triggered a powerful attack that knocked him unconscious.
  • Tens of thousands of cultivators entered Guixu after breaking the three-layered talisman seals, and fierce fighting left at least a hundred dead in the first clash.
  • Li Hong, Wang Jiu, Hua Xifeng, and Xiao Lu discussed the turmoil in the Garden of Life and Death as the force released from the seals surged toward the gathered cultivators.

Ch. 344Clear Stream

Hua Xifeng, Li Hong, and Wang Jiu faced Wen Shifei and a coalition of Northern Demonic Sect cultivators, while Yu Ci recovered after four failed attempts to probe the cloud qi. The demons attacked as an aged figure emerged to intervene, and Yu Ci realized too late that he had come to the courtyard with his soul at its weakest.

  • Hua Xifeng sent Xiao Lu to find an exit, escort the Li Chen Sect disciples out, notify the elders, and protect Donghou Tomb.
  • Hua Xifeng, Li Hong, and Wang Jiu were surrounded by Wen Shifei and cultivators from several Northern Demonic Sect branches, who demanded they join forces to claim the realm’s opportunities.
  • Hua Xifeng rejected Wen Shifei’s offer, and Wen Shifei unleashed demonic qi against the three Li Chen Sect cultivators.
  • An aged white-haired man emerged from the garden shadows and challenged Wen Shifei’s claim that no place of purity existed.
  • Yu Ci recovered from his fourth failed attempt to enter the tangled cloud qi, concluded he needed rest, and headed back toward the courtyard.
  • A thunderous boom struck Yu Ci’s mind, and he realized he had entered the courtyard while his soul was at its weakest.

Ch. 345Flowing Water

Yu Ci was overwhelmed by the illusion in the clouds and forced to imprint the Dragon Slaying Manifesting Gauze formula, while the battle in the Garden of Life and Death was interrupted by a powerful Li Chen Sect elder. The elder drove back Wen Shifei’s assault, then asked Hua Xifeng and the others whether they had seen Yu Ci.

  • Yu Ci’s weakened soul lost control in the cloud illusion, casting him into the True Dragon and Sword Immortal battle.
  • Yu Ci stopped resisting and received the Dragon Slaying Manifesting Gauze formula, which appeared in crimson characters and branded itself into his mind.
  • Uncle-Master Yu arrived at the Garden of Life and Death and unleashed the Flowing Water Sword, spreading his sword intent across the garden.
  • Wen Shifei led an assault against the old Daoist, but the Flowing Water Sword wounded him and damaged the Black Lightning Shuttle, while two of his allies fell.
  • Wen Shifei called for the fighting to stop, and Uncle-Master Yu asked Hua Xifeng and the others whether they had seen Yu Ci.

Ch. 346Relatives

Yu Zhou confronted Wen Shifei and learned that the master of the Sunken Sword Cave had dealings with the Great Brahma Demon King, while Yu Ci continued exploring Hao Dian’s Former Residence and became immersed in the experience of a heavenly dragon wielding the God Slaying Thorn.

  • Wen Shifei asked Yu Zhou about Yu Ci, and Hua Xifeng explained how Yu Ci had been captured by the leader of the Heavy Artifact Sect.
  • Incense Slave accused Wen Shifei of possessing the Crimson Soul Spirit Returning Pearl and knowing about the master of the Sunken Sword Cave’s blood connection to his family.
  • Wen Shifei brought out the restrained sword ghost Tie Lan, who identified the Great Brahma Demon King as the person who had recently dealt most closely with his master.
  • Yu Zhou and the Li Chen Sect disciples realized the revelation connected the Sunken Sword Cave to the Great Brahma Demon King, and Wen Shifei asked whether Yu Zhou was satisfied.
  • Yu Ci left Hao Dian’s Former Residence and found that its Illusionary Arts had merged his soul with the depicted heavenly dragon rather than with Hao Dian.

Ch. 347Spirit Fusion

Yu Ci mastered a way to transcend the celestial dragon and strike back at Hao Dian’s God Slaying Thorn, then discovered that the Illusionary Arts were losing power. He rushed toward the tree crown, hoping the weakening formation would let him escape Return Manor.

  • After nearly twenty defeats in the illusion, Yu Ci fused with and then transcended the celestial dragon, slashing Hao Dian’s phantom before the God Slaying Thorn nearly overwhelmed his soul.
  • The True Return Purple Smoke Warm Jade nourished Yu Ci’s spirit, and he studied the three and a half pieces of Manifesting Gauze while he recovered.
  • Yu Ci challenged Hao Dian’s illusion again, using the celestial dragon’s majesty in his sword intent to strike her phantom as the God Slaying Thorn hit him.
  • Yu Ci discovered that both the Thorn’s damage and the illusion’s power had vanished, and he realized something outside Return Manor had disrupted its sustaining force.
  • Yu Ci ran toward the tree crown and sensed the hidden sword scripture’s aura emerging through the clouds.

Ch. 348Iceberg

Yu Ci entered the cloud-wrapped tree canopy to find a possible shortcut from Return Manor to the Sword Garden, but the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture overwhelmed his mind with information. After he collapsed, a vast iceberg in his memory drew in the scripture’s information, leaving him to wonder what had happened to its pressure.

  • Yu Ci studied the dangerous tree canopy and prepared the unstable Heavenly Demon Fire orb in case he needed to burn through a void barrier.
  • Yu Ci advanced into the clouds with a temporarily refined sword and met the sword Qi radiating from the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture.
  • Yu Ci’s dragon might and sword intent let him push forward, and the clash scattered the clouds to reveal the scripture’s projected characters.
  • Yu Ci recognized the words “Supreme True Nine Heavens,” but their immense information nearly overwhelmed his spirit.
  • Yu Ci dropped the magic orb and collapsed, triggering a massive iceberg in his memory to draw in the scripture’s information.

Ch. 349Ice Sea

After the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture struck Yu Ci, the iceberg in his soul expanded and transformed his Inner Void into a sea surrounding an island. Yu Ci was pulled through a Void Rift and met a mysterious speaker who revealed that the seal had stored a mold of the Sword Scripture, then urged him to save the Mysterious Yellow.

  • The iceberg expanded within Yu Ci's soul, and he used the Life and Death Talisman to stabilize the collapsing Inner Void.
  • Yu Ci manifested his Inner Void as a small island in an endless, frigid sea and recognized a vast iceberg in the distance.
  • A disturbance in the real world pulled Yu Ci through a distorted Void Rift to an unfamiliar place.
  • A mysterious speaker told Yu Ci that the seal in his soul had stored a mold of the Supreme True Nine Heavens Flying Immortal Sword Scripture.
  • The speaker discussed Yu Ci's Half-Mountain Mirage sword intent and then told him to run because the Mysterious Yellow needed him to save its life.

Ch. 350A Sword

Yu Ci followed a mysterious guide through the Boundary River toward the trapped Xuanhuang, learning how the sword had been ambushed and corrupted by heavenly demon evil Qi. After encountering a hostile cultivator in midair, Yu Ci killed him with a single sword strike.

  • The mysterious guide showed Yu Ci a route through the Boundary River and pinpointed Xuanhuang, whose primordial spirit had been weakened after falling into a trap at Battle Blood Hall.
  • The guide explained that Xuanhuang had been contaminated by heavenly demon evil Qi while serving as Lord Yuan Dao’s carried sword, and admitted he did not know where Qu Wujie was.
  • Yu Ci committed the route to memory and crossed several void rifts toward Xuanhuang’s location.
  • Yu Ci emerged high above the clouds, caught his fall on the Ghost Gauze Cloud, and sensed a Core Formation cultivator approaching with hostile intent.
  • As the cultivator entered striking range, Yu Ci drew his sword, disrupted the opponent’s sword light, and pierced the cultivator’s brain.
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