Xu Yang did not immediately attempt to reach perfection. He withdrew his consciousness from his mind and began resting to restore his strength. Only once his mental state had returned to its peak did he hold his breath and focus, striving for the supreme realm of the Blood Prison Heart Saber Scripture: Slashing Through Illusions and Seeing the True Self.
Once he broke through, his saber intent would reach a wondrous realm where it could cleave both the body and the soul.
At that moment, within the Blood Prison in his mind, the Blood Saber had grown into an enormous blade over a hundred feet long and was hacking at the entire prison.
One slash!
Two slashes!
Countless waves of blood were cleaved apart. The entire Blood Prison shook with a thunderous rumble, teetering on the brink of destruction.
Xu Yang attached his entire consciousness to the Blood Saber. He became the blade itself, hacking wildly to cut open the cage that had imprisoned it all this time.
As the slashes grew increasingly fierce, the saber intent scattered throughout the Blood Prison over the years emerged and gathered toward the Blood Saber.
Gradually, the Blood Saber grew ever more solid, its saber intent ever sharper, until the entire space within the Blood Prison began to warp.
Having become the Blood Saber, Xu Yang forgot everything. All that remained before him was the Blood Prison that held him captive.
He had no idea how much time had passed, nor how many slashes he had unleashed. At last, he heard a tremendous crash, as though heaven and earth were being torn apart at creation.
"Rumble..."
The tremendous crash brought Xu Yang back to his senses. A huge opening had been slashed through the Blood Prison, and it was beginning to crumble.