Jiang Chen took Ye Hao to bid farewell to the Dark Annihilation Dragon Emperor, then entered the Purple Firmament Holy Land and drifted toward Clear Void Peak.
"Master, from what you just said, do I have a senior brother?" Ye Hao asked curiously.
Jiang Chen smiled calmly. "No, she's your senior sister, Han Yuyao. Her aptitude is not the slightest bit inferior to yours. You'll have to cultivate diligently. Don't let her leave you too far behind."
"A physique on par with the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body? Now I really am looking forward to this!" A hint of defiance showed in Ye Hao's eyes.
Seeing Ye Hao's unconvinced expression, Jiang Chen said with interest, "If you're not convinced, feel free to spar with her! Just don't cry when you get beaten!"
As they spoke, master and disciple arrived at Clear Void Peak.
Passing through the Two Modes Dust Mote Grand Formation, Ye Hao saw the true scenery of Clear Void Peak.
The entire peak rose over a thousand zhang high. Green pines and ancient stones exuded immortal charm, murmuring streams cleansed the Dao heart, and pavilions and towers dotted the landscape. Winding mountain paths appeared and disappeared, lending the place the pure, natural air of an immortal abode.
At that moment, a vast ocean of chaos spread across the mountainside, shrouding everything below it.
Sword light flashed within the ocean of chaos, and waves of sword cries rang out from time to time, as though myriad sword cultivators were dueling within. An icy, murderous Sword Intent radiated from it.
In midair, fighting spirit surged in Ye Hao's eyes. He said excitedly, "Is Eldest Senior Sister cultivating? She's certainly causing quite a stir! I can hardly wait to spar with her!"
"Hm?"
A trace of surprise appeared in Jiang Chen's eyes.
He could clearly sense that Han Yuyao was nurturing her second Chaos Sword Bone!
Within the Chaos Sword Sea, Han Yuyao's eyes were lightly closed. Her Flawless Sword Heart reflected her own Sword Dao as she entered a deep state of Dao comprehension.
She faintly communed with the power of the Sword Dao origin in the deepest reaches of creation, her presence rising with every passing moment.
The chaotic mist around her contracted and expanded like a beating heart. Thousands upon thousands of faint sword cries could dimly be heard from within, as though it were nurturing boundless creation.
"Hum!"
Before long, the chaotic mist around Han Yuyao abruptly contracted, surging madly toward her frontal bone.
In the blink of an eye, the chaotic mist filling the sky vanished without a trace, all of it pouring into her frontal bone.
Hazy chaotic mist rose from her frontal bone, with hundreds of millions of tiny rays of sword light faintly flickering within.
At that moment, Han Yuyao's frontal bone was almost transparent. A sword-shaped jade bone formed within it, about an inch long and less than a finger wide, crystalline and translucent, dreamlike and illusory.
This sword-shaped jade bone resembled an unrivaled immortal sword lying dormant within chaos, radiating an utterly sharp and domineering Sword Intent.
Her second Chaos Sword Bone!
The instant this Chaos Sword Bone took shape, the Chaos Sword Bone in Han Yuyao's sternum trembled gently, flying out on its own to circle around her.
Drawn by that Chaos Sword Bone, the one in Han Yuyao's frontal bone flashed out.
The two Chaos Sword Bones chased one another like children, letting out clear, melodious sword cries, as though children were playing.
"Master, those two sword-shaped bones of Eldest Senior Sister's are so domineering!"
"Could they be the legendary Supreme Sword Bones?"
"Does Senior Sister have the Supreme Sword Physique?"
A look of surprise flashed through Ye Hao's eyes.
As he saw it, among sword physiques, probably only the legendary Supreme Sword Bone could compare with his Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.
"Supreme Sword Bones?"
Jiang Chen shook his head with a chuckle. "These aren't Supreme Sword Bones. They're Chaos Sword Bones!"
"Legend has it that possessing even one Chaos Sword Bone gives you hope of becoming an immortal!"
"Your senior sister's physique is none other than the Chaos Sword Physique, unseen through the ages!"
Ye Hao could not help drawing a sharp breath. He said in shock, "The Chaos Sword Physique? Possessing just one Chaos Sword Bone gives you hope of becoming an immortal?"
He had never even heard of such a physique, but if his master's words were true, it far surpassed the legendary Supreme Sword Physique!
Just what kind of freak was Master?
How had he managed to find a heaven's chosen unseen through the ages?
Jiang Chen wore a half-smile. "What? Scared?"
Ye Hao's expression grew solemn, an untamable pride flashing in his eyes. He declared arrogantly, "Why would I be afraid?"
"Among those of the same realm, I am invincible!"
"So what if it's the Chaos Sword Physique?"
"One day, I will surely cross realms to slay immortals!"
Sword Intent suffused Han Yuyao's entire body. She had not awakened from her Dao comprehension, but was instead comprehending the supreme Sword Dao great divine ability inscribed upon her second Chaos Sword Bone!
She had nurtured this Chaos Sword Bone herself, so comprehending it took no effort.
In mere moments, she mastered this Sword Dao great divine ability.
At the same time, boundless insights into the Sword Dao surged into Jiang Chen's mind, along with the Sword Dao great divine ability born with Han Yuyao's second Chaos Sword Bone: Sword Cry Through the Ages!
Sword Cry Through the Ages: resonate with the Sword Dao origin in the depths of creation through one's own Sword Intent, unleashing a sword cry carrying the sound of the Dao at the ultimate extreme of the Sword Dao, severing Dao hearts, shattering True Spirits, breaking the firmament, and shaking heaven and earth!
Jiang Chen received a hundred times Han Yuyao's insights, instantly mastering Sword Cry Through the Ages completely at the Venerable Lord Realm!
Within Jiang Chen's consciousness, a Dao sword deep within the Sword Dao origin trembled gently, releasing a sword cry carrying the sound of the Dao.
Instantly, invisible sound waves from that sword cry swept across the nine heavens and ten earths.
Wherever they passed, one great world after another shattered and perished, and hundreds of millions of immortals and demons were annihilated into nothingness...
Jiang Chen marveled inwardly. As expected of a Sword Dao great divine ability inscribed upon a Chaos Sword Bone!
A single sword cry alone was enough to annihilate any mighty foe!
By comparison, No Dao in the Heavens, born with Han Yuyao's first Chaos Sword Bone, focused more on unraveling!
Sword Cry Through the Ages, born with this Chaos Sword Bone, focused more on killing through sound!
"Swish!"
Han Yuyao opened her eyes, hundreds of millions of tiny rays of sword light faintly flashing within them. All the phenomena around her subsided, and she saluted Jiang Chen in midair from afar. "Greetings, Master!"
Jiang Chen nodded slightly and praised her. "Your progress in the Sword Dao has been quite swift!"
"It's all thanks to your guidance, Master!"
Han Yuyao answered respectfully, then turned her gaze toward Ye Hao beside Jiang Chen. A trace of surprise appeared on her face. "Is this your newly accepted disciple, Master? His blood surged like a dragon, and his divine power is like an ocean. A few extra sword strikes probably wouldn't kill him. He'll make a good sparring partner!"
What was that supposed to mean?
She wanted to use me as a sparring partner?
We'd only just met, and she was already planning to stab me a few times?
Ye Hao's face darkened, fighting spirit rising in his eyes. He shouted in a deep voice, "I am Ye Hao. Please give me your guidance, Senior Sister!"
With that, divine power surged within Ye Hao. His blood churned like rushing rivers, and his spirit and will blazed like fire and thunder. His essence, Qi, and spirit gathered together, forming a majestic figure with indistinct features behind him.
The figure wore a lofty crown and imperial robes, brilliant golden light bursting from its entire body. It exuded a vast pressure, like a Heavenly Emperor who ruled over myriad Great Daos, and locked onto Han Yuyao from afar.
"Be careful, Senior Sister!"
"If you can't withstand it, I can stop at any moment!"
"Suppress!"
Ye Hao gave his warning, and the majestic figure behind him raised its palm with a motion that seemed slow yet was swift, striking toward Han Yuyao through the air.
"Swish!"
A dazzling golden phantom palm flew out, swelling in the wind until it blotted out the sky in the blink of an eye.
Its center was like an abyss, like a prison, containing vast sealing might. It sealed the void and imprisoned myriad Daos as it descended like a cage of heaven and earth.
"Interesting! Since you're still in the Life Palace Realm, I'll face you with Life Palace Realm cultivation!"
A trace of surprise flashed through Han Yuyao's eyes. She swept a hand over her sternum, and the inch-long Chaos Sword Bone nurtured within appeared in her hand. Her essence, Qi, and spirit transformed into an invisible Dao sword and merged into it as she slashed toward the golden palm imprint.
Vast scenes appeared around the Chaos Sword Bone: the sun going dark, the moon shattering, myriad stars falling, mountains and rivers stained with blood...
No Dao in the Heavens!
Moreover, this was No Dao in the Heavens unleashed through the Chaos Sword Bone, bringing its might to the utmost limit!
"Rumble!"
The Chaos Sword Bone collided with the golden palm imprint, unleashing a series of muffled booms. The lines within the golden palm imprint rapidly unraveled and collapsed, and the sealing might within was forcibly broken apart.
One sword left its sheath, and myriad Daos perished!
In the blink of an eye, the golden palm imprint vanished entirely from heaven and earth.
Without slowing, the Chaos Sword Bone pierced the void and instantly arrived before Ye Hao's brow.
Ye Hao's expression shifted slightly. The divine power within his Wheel Sea boiled completely, lightning flashing and thunder rolling around him as the golden Life Palace within his brow blazed with unprecedented brilliance.
At that moment, the Heavenly Emperor phantom behind Ye Hao instantly merged with him.
The power within all eight hundred and forty million particles of his body seethed. His dazzling golden palms closed together before his brow, vast suppressive and sealing might surging madly to imprison the Chaos Sword Bone between them.
"Rumble!"
A heaven-shattering, earth-rending roar resounded through the clouds, and terrifying currents of destruction swept in every direction.
Intricate formation patterns lit up throughout Clear Void Peak, dissolving the destructive shock waves into nothingness.
Without the protection of the Two Modes Dust Mote Grand Formation, all of Clear Void Peak would have been razed to the ground!
A smile appeared on Han Yuyao's lovely face. With a slight stir of her mind, the Chaos Sword Bone sealed between Ye Hao's hands vanished without a trace.
"Not bad! Not bad!"
"That cultivation technique really is domineering. Few in the same realm could rival it!"
"Without using the Chaos Sword Bone, even I might not have been able to withstand it!"
Han Yuyao voiced her praise.
The phenomena around Ye Hao instantly subsided. He said with feeling, "Your sword strike was even more unreasonably powerful, Senior Sister!"
"I could sense that you held back. I lost this battle!"
"But I've only just broken through to the Life Palace Realm, and I haven't yet gained complete control over my own strength."
"Once I've tapped into my potential in the Life Palace Realm, I'm confident I can defeat you!"
Hearing this, Han Yuyao replied with a smile, "Then I'll wait for you to challenge me again."