In ten years, Ye Chen's Sword Intent had grown tenfold.
After fifty years, Ye Chen's Sword Intent had increased fiftyfold in total, roughly onefold per year. With three eighth-rank limit Sword Souls resonating together, the rate of improvement was dozens of times faster than when only two eighth-rank limit Sword Souls resonated.
As his Sword Intent grew stronger, Ye Chen discovered that the black threads on his Martial Dao Avatar showed signs of dissolving and breaking apart. Unfortunately, the process was far too slow. Fortunately, his Sword Intent improved every day. One day, it would advance to the ninth rank and possess unimaginable power, making it as easy as turning one's hand over to sever the black threads on his Martial Dao Avatar.
The improvement of his Undying Sword Intent also made Ye Chen's Undying Sword Body stronger, increasing it roughly fiftyfold as well. In addition, over these two hundred-plus years, he had absorbed the essence of ten first- or second-level Supreme swords, bringing his Undying Sword Body to the twelfth layer. It could withstand the attacks of an elementary Legendary Supreme without suffering damage.
Unfortunately, the number of Supreme swords was limited. Ye Chen had a feeling that for the Undying Sword Body to break through to the thirteenth layer, he would need to absorb the essence of at least a hundred first- or second-level Supreme swords. In the end, the Undying Sword Body was still inferior to the Nine Revolutions Golden Body in some respects. Although the Nine Revolutions Golden Body cultivated somewhat more slowly, it did not have so many harsh requirements.
"Sky Splitter, come on. Let's go hunting."
Wherever Ye Chen went now, he brought Sky Splitter with him. Compared to martial artists, beasts found advancement both simple and difficult. It was simple because beasts only