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On Cliff of Reflection, Su Fan let out a breath. The power of that sword had been far too great; it had nearly gone out of control!

After cultivating the Life-Ending Sword of No Life, he had not dared to use it within the Forbidden Art Graveyard, afraid that losing control would destroy the graveyard.

That was why he had returned to Cliff of Reflection.

Just as expected, the Life-Ending Sword of No Life, which stripped away ninety-nine percent of one's lifespan, conflicted somewhat with him, a person who possessed an infinite lifespan.

The instant he unleashed the forbidden art, his lifespan was consumed madly, a thousand years vanishing in an instant.

Su Fan's lifespan was endless. After the Life-Ending Sword of No Life had consumed a thousand years of his lifespan, its ability to strip away lifespan seemed to lag.

It should have already stripped away ninety-nine percent of his lifespan, yet he possessed an infinite lifespan. The forbidden art seemed to have fallen into disorder.

After lagging for a moment, it continued stripping away his lifespan.

Another thousand years of lifespan were stripped away.

A grayish-white sword emerged in Su Fan's hand, wreathed in the sword intent of death.

His lifespan was still being consumed, continuously stacking up, and the power of the Life-Ending Sword of No Life grew ever stronger.

Three thousand years of lifespan!

After consuming three thousand years of lifespan, Su Fan discovered that the Life-Ending Sword of No Life showed signs of losing control.

The sword's power was too great. It had gradually exceeded what he could control at present.

"Too strong!"

Su Fan was overjoyed.

The uniqueness of the Life-Ending Sword of No Life caused lifespan to continuously stack within this sword strike, making its power grow stronger and stronger.

Su Fan felt that the sword in his hand could practically slaughter an Emperor Sword Realm expert, couldn't it?

Just then.

A wild, arrogant laugh rang out.

"The abandoned princess? They came for Senior Sister Ling?"

A chill flashed through Su Fan's eyes.

"If that's the case, I'll use you to test this sword!"

He raised his hand and slashed toward the direction from which the laughter had come!

In that instant, a terrifying sword strike shot out from Cliff of Reflection, crossing the entirety of Sword God Mountain and blasting toward the source of the laughter.

After unleashing that strike, Su Fan let out a breath. He had finally sent out the sword strike that had been on the verge of losing control.

"I wonder whether it can kill them?"

A strike unleashed by three thousand years of lifespan was unimaginably terrifying.

After the sword strike passed, the laughter vanished.

That arrogant fellow—who knew whether he was dead or not.

Su Fan was certain that even if the person had not died, they had likely suffered grievous injuries!

"Sword God Mountain has truly declined. It calls itself the orthodox lineage of swordsmanship under heaven, yet a sword cultivator could come to its gates and shout insults."

Su Fan sighed with emotion.

"In the future, I'll have to uphold the banner of this orthodox swordsmanship lineage."

After slashing out his sword, Su Fan returned to the cave and lay on the pile of dry grass, pretending to sleep.

Chen Cang arrived at Cliff of Reflection.

His brows were tightly furrowed, his expression uncertain and suspicious.

He looked toward the abyss beneath Cliff of Reflection.

The abyss separating Sword God Mountain from Cliff of Reflection was called the Sword Abyss!

Legend had it that it had been cleaved open with a single sword strike by an old ancestor of Sword God Mountain.

The depths of the Sword Abyss were rather unusual.

Even he, a Sword Master, had failed to reach its bottom.

"Could it be that a senior of the sect is truly hidden within?"

Chen Cang pondered.

He was hailed as Sword God Mountain's last peak sword cultivator, the one supporting the Sword God Mountain of today. If seniors were hidden within the Sword Abyss, he could not possibly be unaware of it.

His gaze turned toward the cave on Cliff of Reflection.

Upon entering the cave, he saw Su Fan lying asleep on the pile of grass.

"Ahem!"

Chen Cang coughed dryly.

Su Fan sprang to his feet, looking as though he had been startled.

"Are you the only person on Cliff of Reflection?"

Chen Cang asked.

"Yes, I'm the only one."

Su Fan nodded.

"Did anyone come to Cliff of Reflection just now?"

"I don't know."

"Didn't you notice any disturbance?"

"No."

"Did you hear any commotion from the Sword Abyss?"

"I don't know. I was sleeping just now."

Chen Cang was speechless.

Why did he know nothing no matter what he was asked?

But when he thought of how Su Fan was merely in the Mortal Sword Realm, with talent so abysmal—

He was relieved.

"Then continue sleeping."

Chen Cang turned and left.

"Alright, old sir, take care on your way."

Su Fan said cheerfully.

Chen Cang's mouth twitched. He really was polite; his talent was just a little too worthless.

To remain so optimistic was indeed no easy thing.

The matter of the Yan Kingdom Imperial Family and Devil Palace experts forcing their way to Sword God Mountain and demanding Ling Rushuang be handed over was resolved by Su Fan's single sword strike.

Yet the turmoil did not settle.

Neither the Yan Kingdom Imperial Family nor the Devil Palace would let the matter rest.

Chen Cang understood this.

At this moment, he arrived before a sealed stone chamber somewhere within the Sword Abyss.

This was Ling Rushuang's place of secluded cultivation.

"I hope it goes smoothly."

Chen Cang silently said in his heart.

Only if Ling Rushuang broke through to the Emperor Sword Realm could she withstand the coercion of the Yan Kingdom Imperial Family and Devil Palace.

"Sword God Mountain will depend on you from now on!"

As long as Ling Rushuang broke through to the Emperor Sword Realm, she could take over the position of Sword Master.

Then he would have no more reservations.

He was hailed as Sword God Mountain's last peak sword cultivator, yet perhaps many people in this world had already forgotten.

They had already forgotten Sword God Mountain sword cultivators' peerless slaughtering prowess!

Chen Cang's gaze sharpened.

As long as Ling Rushuang succeeded in breaking through, he could fight without restraint and show this world what Sword God Mountain sword cultivators were!

What the orthodox lineage of swordsmanship under heaven truly was!

Cliff of Reflection.

Within the Forbidden Art Graveyard.

Su Fan sat cross-legged.

He needed to prepare for breaking through to the Void Sword Realm.

Yan Kingdom and the Devil Palace had pressed their way to Sword God Mountain. They definitely would not let this matter rest.

Ling Rushuang had treated him well.

He would not stand by and do nothing.

"The Void Sword Realm lies in the word 'void'—killing without form."

"It also lies in swiftness!"

"To break through to the Void Sword Realm, one must turn the Spirit Sword into void, allowing it to transform into the formless..."

Su Fan relied on forbidden arts to raise his realm.

The higher one's realm became, the more restrictions there would be on raising it, even through forbidden arts.

Under normal circumstances, using the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder in the Spirit Sword Realm could only raise one's realm by a single minor stage at a time.

At most, it could raise two minor stages.

Su Fan was currently at the early stage of the Spirit Sword Realm. Normally, he could at most break through to the late stage of the Spirit Sword Realm.

But Su Fan was unwilling to settle for that.

He wanted to break through an entire major realm in one go.

To directly break through to the Void Sword Realm!

"It isn't as though forbidden arts cannot be improved or refined."

Su Fan directly used the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique and entered a state of enlightenment.

He wanted to improve and refine the forbidden art known as the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder.

The Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder was an incomparably powerful forbidden art. Even with Su Fan's exceptional talent and enlightenment to aid him, he could not comprehend a method to refine it in a short time.

"If once doesn't work, then ten times. A hundred times!"

Su Fan continued his enlightenment.

He even wanted to improve the forbidden art known as the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique.

Unfortunately, enlightenment came from the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique itself. Therefore, he could not use enlightenment to comprehend the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique, nor could he improve it.

The Heavenly Enlightenment Technique was already monstrously powerful.

Exchanging lifespan for an opportunity at enlightenment already touched upon the Great Dao, obtaining enlightenment from the Great Dao itself.

Its upper limit was simply too high.

It was only normal that it could not be improved any further.

To refine the Fate-Defying Heavenly Ladder, Su Fan directly remained in enlightenment for an entire day.

Only then did he finally comprehend a method of refinement.

He opened his eyes and let out a breath.

There had been too much enlightenment. Su Fan even felt a little sick of it.

Like delicacies from mountain and sea—eat too much of them, and eventually you would grow tired of them; you might even feel like vomiting at the smell.