This was the Jade Void Sect's sect-forbidden ground within Xuancheng Domain—the Heavenly Ruins Sword Mound.
The Heavenly Ruins Sword Mound was shrouded year-round in biting, razor-sharp Sword Dao gale winds.
Broken swords and shattered steles lay buried amid blue-black ancient stones. Upon the surrounding rock walls, mottled sword scars crisscrossed in every direction. The vast Sword Intent accumulated over tens of millions of years lay dormant all around, while fine yet sharp Sword Qi flowed everywhere through the air. With the slightest movement, faint sounds of tearing through the air would linger by one's ears.
Legend had it that this was where ancient sword cultivators buried their swords. Ten thousand swords pierced the sky, Sword Intent ran rampant, and killing intent lurked unseen.
Deep within the Sword Mound grew Swordheart Grass and Geng Metal Bamboo. Geng Metal Bamboo could be used to upgrade spirit swords. If Swordheart Grass was used in a medicinal bath, it could temper a cultivator's physique and aid them in comprehending Sword Intent.
Yet demon beasts could also be seen everywhere within, most notably Sword Soul Beasts and Golden-Winged Roc Kings. All of them were demon beasts of at least the fifth rank.
Within the forbidden ground lay countless spirit swords. The greatest taboo was casually pulling out an ownerless sword, and another was allowing clashes of Sword Intent to occur within the Sword Mound.
Most Jade Void Sect cultivators came here to choose their own spirit swords, or to comprehend Sword Intent.
The reason Jiang Lu had chosen this place to advance this time was the boundless Sword Intent within the Sword Mound.
While fighting atop the arena, she had discovered that although Qianming had formed a contract with her, she sometimes found it difficult to control it in battle because she had used it