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Su Fan watched the small sword emerge on the jade stele, his heart surging with excitement.

Sword intent surged throughout his body.

He unleashed all manner of forbidden techniques.

His lifespan was burning away frantically.

Since it was a Forbidden Sword, forbidden techniques could be considered of the same ilk.

Perhaps he could subdue this blade.

The sword was not physical.

It seemed to be formed from the convergence of the pure sword resonance.

It contained a certain rule.

The sword on the jade stele was indeed attracted.

It was emerging from the jade stele.

Hum!

The nine swords surrounding the jade stele emitted a humming sound at this moment.

Terrifying waves of sword intent poured into the jade stele, both nourishing the small sword and preventing it from leaving.

At the same time, all the swords in the Sword Abyss surged with sword intent, pouring into the jade stele.

Yet, that small sword on the jade stele actually surged with waves of sword resonance, feeding back into all the other swords.

It formed a unique cycle.

Su Fan pressed his palm against the jade stele.

Sword intent surged continuously, wreathed in the aura of forbidden techniques.

Lifespan poured madly into the jade stele.

One hour, two hours...

Su Fan did not even know how much of his lifespan he had consumed.

Until a certain moment, that Forbidden Sword seemed to gain a physical form and suddenly drilled out of the jade stele.

It entered through his palm.

Boom!

The aura of the forbidden surged.

The speed at which his lifespan burned increased even further at this moment.

Within Su Fan's consciousness, a long river of swords seemed to appear.

Terrifying!

Su Fan hurriedly focused his mind, burning his lifespan frantically to begin subduing the Forbidden Sword that had entered his body.

As the Dao sword—or rather, the Forbidden Sword—departed, the suction force of the jade stele that drained vitality and lifespan dropped instantly.

It became weak.

The nine swords surrounding the jade stele, however, continued to pour in their sword intent.

Inside the jade stele, there was still sword rhyme feeding back.

Su Fan's lifespan flowed away madly, and the Forbidden Sword within his body was constantly devouring his lifespan.

It seemed it would never be satisfied!

It truly possessed a demonic nature!

Moreover, it possessed a greedy nature.

"I must subdue it!"

Su Fan took a deep breath.

At this moment, his condition was not good; he could not exert the strength of the Emperor Sword Realm!

The main reason was that most of the consumed lifespan was being sucked away by the Forbidden Sword.

The lifespan used to cast forbidden techniques was being snatched away by the Forbidden Sword, causing the power of the forbidden techniques to drop significantly!

"It looks like I won't be able to go down the mountain immediately!"

Su Fan felt helpless in his heart.

He had to subdue the Forbidden Sword before he could leave the mountain.

Otherwise, as long as the Forbidden Sword kept snatching the lifespan burned for his forbidden techniques, his strength would be greatly compromised!

"Inside this jade stele..."

Su Fan looked at the jade stele.

Although the Forbidden Sword had been taken by him.

However, the jade stele had nurtured the Forbidden Sword for countless years, and it had long since developed the prototype of a Dao Sword.

"In the future, it might even nurture another Dao Sword!"

Of course, any Dao Sword nurtured later would be far inferior to the Forbidden Sword.

Yet, it would still be incomparably powerful.

The Forbidden Sword had to carve out a Sword Dao upon the Great Dao itself.

It was precisely because of this that it suffered the backlash of the Great Dao and became a Forbidden Sword.

When Su Fan took the Forbidden Sword, the Sword Abyss fluctuated, and every sword emitted sword intent, as if feeling a sense of liberation.

There was also a sense of sorrow.

These God Swords had long since developed spirits.

In particular, the nine swords surrounding the jade stele had transcended the category of God Swords.

"This is the core of Sword God Mountain, and its true foundation!"

Su Fan sighed with emotion.

How powerful Sword God Mountain must have once been.

One could tell just by looking at the swords in the Sword Abyss.

Any sword here, if it were to circulate in the outside world, would trigger a scramble among countless experts.

"Now that the suction force in the Sword Abyss that drains life force has greatly decreased, those at the Void Sword Realm or above can come in to gain insights."

Staying here for one day would cost one year of life.

If one had enough talent, staying for a day or two would be enough to gain insights or even obtain the inheritance of a God Sword.

It was worth it!

However, entering the Sword Abyss was not easy.

Beyond having sufficient talent, one must also be a true disciple of Sword God Mountain.

The techniques Su Fan practiced were all forbidden arts of Sword God Mountain.

He belonged to the true elite among the true disciples; having practiced such secretive forbidden arts, he was no longer comparable to ordinary true disciples.

"If Sword God Mountain is to rise again, it all depends on this place!"

Su Fan turned and left the Sword Abyss.

By taking the Forbidden Sword, he had effectively unlocked this foundation of Sword God Mountain.

This allowed others to step inside for short periods.

Returning to the Cliff of Reflection.

Su Fan sat under the large tree and began to subdue the Forbidden Sword.

Since the Forbidden Sword wanted to devour life force, he would start with life force to subdue it!

It possessed a demonic nature?

Su Fan would let this sword know who was more demonic!

Sword Testing Platform.

The battle between Bai Shaokong and Jian Qiu continued.

Chen Cang, however, was restless; what exactly had happened in the Sword Abyss?

Could there have been an accident?

Ling Rushuang was in seclusion in the Sword Abyss; would she be affected?

Could the strange movements at the bottom of the Sword Abyss even be related to her?

Chen Cang was suffering internally, wishing he could leave immediately to investigate the Sword Abyss.

Yet!

Bai Shaokong and Jian Qiu still hadn't determined a winner.

It was almost dawn.

"Sword Demon, there is no need to continue this battle, is there?"

Chen Cang spoke in a deep voice.

No matter how one looked at it, this battle should be a draw.

"Indeed, there is no need to continue."

Sword Demon chuckled.

Chen Cang breathed a sigh of relief; once the sparring ended, he would immediately send Sword Demon away.

As soon as Sword Demon left, he would immediately go to investigate the Sword Abyss!

As a result, the Sword Demon said, "Jian Qiu, there is no need to hold back anymore!"

Chen Cang's pupils constricted upon hearing this!

As expected, Jian Qiu had not been using his full strength!

Everyone from Sword God Mountain felt their hearts tighten.

Could it be that their senior brother was going to lose?

The surrounding Sword Cultivators were all filled with suspicion; could it be that this time, the Devil Palace would truly suppress Sword God Mountain?

Would they seize the throne of the orthodox path of the world's swordsmanship?

"Yes, Master!"

Jian Qiu nodded.

At this moment, a sense of desolation suddenly appeared on his cold face.

The wind blew.

It was as if the autumn wind had arrived, and fallen leaves were drifting away!

A sense of bleakness permeated the air, like the gentle blowing of an autumn breeze!

That was Sword Intent!

Although Chen Cang had anticipated it, he was still incredibly shocked.

Jian Qiu had already comprehended Sword Intent!

And he was only in the Spirit Sword Realm.

His talent for the sword was even three parts greater than that of Bai Shaokong!

Of course, it still could not compare to Ling Rushuang!

Comprehending Sword Intent in the Spirit Sword Realm was a feat of a sword prodigy rarely seen in a thousand years.

Yet Ling Rushuang had already comprehended Sword Intent when she was in the Profound Sword Realm!

"I comprehended it last autumn amidst the falling leaves, so I call it Autumn Wind Sword Intent!"

Jian Qiu spoke.

Bai Shaokong's expression was extremely grave.

He had not yet comprehended Sword Intent; he was just a tiny bit away.

If nothing went wrong, he would only comprehend Sword Intent after breaking through to the Void Sword Realm.

Yet Jian Qiu had already comprehended it.

"You should admit defeat."

Jian Qiu said calmly.

Under normal circumstances, Bai Shaokong, who had not comprehended Sword Intent, would undoubtedly lose.

At this moment, however, Bai Shaokong did not admit defeat.

Instead, his fighting spirit soared.

"I was just about to experience your Sword Intent!"

Bai Shaokong laughed, "I want to see if you can break my Man-Sword Unity!"