"The sword Daos contained in these ruins are indeed extremely profound, but practically all of them are so incomplete that they're on the verge of collapse. There's little point comprehending the sword here. It seems I still need to head deeper into the Sword Ruins of Creation!"
After sensing her surroundings carefully, Han Yuyao shook her head gently and rose into the air.
Before long, Han Yuyao flew across the boundless Sword Intent Ruins and arrived in an entirely new world of sword Dao creation.
Towering divine mountains stood between heaven and earth like divine swords thrust into the sky. Colossal divine trees that held heaven and earth apart shone with dreamlike, magnificent light. The sun, moon, and stars hung high above, palaces and celestial halls appeared and vanished, broad rivers surged across the firmament, and blazing fire phoenixes roamed among the clouds. It was a world of dazzling wonders, suffused with Sword Qi.
These mountains and divine trees, suns, moons, and stars, palaces and celestial halls, rivers, lakes, and seas all contained immortal sword Dao wills, like mighty sword Dao experts looking down upon the mortal world!
Vast and immeasurable, enduring through ten thousand ages!
One had to remember that this was merely the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins!
To attract the recognition of immortal sword intent in the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins alone was enough to show that the creators of these sword intent creations were sword Dao geniuses rarely seen in the world!
Clang!
Suddenly, a clear, cold sword cry rang out from the distant void.
A white-robed youth cut through the void with an icy, biting sword intent and plunged into the broad river stretching across the firmament.
Crack, crack, crack...
The broad, mighty river froze at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, the entire river had become a frozen waterway.
Vivid blue ice lotuses bloomed across its surface, and a bone-chilling presence swept in all directions.
"What terrifying sword intent!"
"He can even freeze the Void Sword River! Which sword Dao genius is this?"
"The Ice Sword Divine Son, Li Daoxuan!"
"He was born with the frost sword physique and possesses extraordinary sword Dao talent. He's challenged the Void Sword River dozens of times, and his sword intent has long since transformed into king realm sword intent!"
"Perhaps this time, he'll gain the recognition of the immortal sword intent within the Void Sword River!"
"No matter how profound the Ice Sword Divine Son's actual sword intent realm is, he can only use mortal realm sword intent in the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins!"
"If he wants to seize the immortal sword intent within the Void Sword River, I'm afraid he may not get his wish!"
"The Void Sword River contains nearly a hundred kinds of sword intent, all perfectly fused together. Countless sword Dao geniuses have tried to seize its immortal sword intent over the past three thousand years, but not a single one has succeeded!"
"I hope the Ice Sword Divine Son can work a miracle!"
The many sword cultivators comprehending the sword nearby discussed it in low voices, their eyes fixed unblinkingly on the frozen river overhead.
Han Yuyao gazed ahead, her eyes settling on the frozen Void Sword River in the sky.
This Ice Sword Divine Son had wasted far too much sword intent freezing the Void Sword River through brute force. There was absolutely no way he could defeat it.
Han Yuyao shook her head gently.
Under the illumination of her flawless sword heart, the movements and transformations of all one hundred and sixty-eight kinds of mortal realm sword intent within the Void Sword River appeared clearly in her mind.
The Ice Sword Divine Son had only frozen the surface of the Void Sword River. Endless sword intent still churned and evolved within it. He would not be able to hold on for long.
Rumble!
A muffled, thunderous roar came from within the frozen Void Sword River. Vast sword intent bearing an immortal presence surged out, and the ice lotuses covering the river's surface shattered uncontrollably.
In the blink of an eye, the Void Sword River returned to its original state, surging and roaring like an enraged dragon, rippling with sword intent as vast as an ocean.
One could vaguely distinguish rushing current sword intent, undercurrent sword intent, sluggishness sword intent, whirlpool sword intent, swimming fish sword intent, waterweed sword intent...
The presences of these many sword intents fused perfectly together, raging ceaselessly through the surrounding void.
As for the Ice Sword Divine Son who had just plunged into the depths of the Void Sword River, he had long since vanished without a trace, leaving not even a hint of his presence behind.
Seeing this, the many sword cultivators nearby understood that the Ice Sword Divine Son had failed yet again.
That projection of his spiritual will had collapsed and dissipated, forcibly ejecting him from the Sword Ruins of Creation. His soul had probably suffered considerable damage as well.
"What a pity!"
"Only mortal realm sword intent can be used within the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins. Even a sword immortal descending to the mortal world would be no exception!"
"Gaining the recognition of the immortal sword intent within a sword intent creation is by no means easy!"
"Hiss! The strength the Ice Sword Divine Son just displayed would be enough to plunge the vast majority of kings and marquises into despair, yet he still couldn't seize the immortal sword intent within other sword intent creations!"
"It's truly hard to imagine what sort of genius could draw immortal sword intent to choose them as its master while creating something from sword intent!"
"Those who gain the recognition of immortal sword intent are naturally peerless geniuses whose sword Dao aptitude reigns supreme over their generation! For instance, that holy maiden of the Cold Moon Holy Dynasty in the Black-Yellow Great World!"
"Exactly! The Cold Moon Holy Maiden possesses both the innate Dao fetus and the supreme sword bone. She truly deserves to be called a peerless genius!"
"Several years ago, when the Cold Moon Holy Maiden made a sword intent creation in the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins, she drew nine strands of immortal sword intent to acknowledge her as their master in one stroke!"
"The Bright Moon Sword Palace she created is far more terrifying than this Void Sword River! It can endure as a legacy for at least tens of thousands of years without decaying!"
"I heard the Cold Moon Holy Maiden has already entered the Emperor Realm Sword Ruins. Moreover, the sword intent creations she left in both the King Realm Sword Ruins and the Emperor Realm Sword Ruins gained the recognition of immortal sword intent!"
"Such aptitude is not the slightest bit inferior to the Dao children of those immortal sects with imperial lineages. It leaves one unable to muster even the slightest desire to contend with her!"
"Her sword intent creations in the sword ruins of every realm all gained the recognition of immortal sword intent?"
"Hiss! Even if she stopped cultivating the sword Dao, the sword intent feedback from the Sword Ruins of Creation alone would be enough to make her a peerless sword cultivator!"
Han Yuyao's sword heart was flawless, clear, and lucid, reflecting all the conversations of the nearby sword cultivators in her mind.
Hearing them mention the Cold Moon Holy Maiden, Han Yuyao's expression shifted slightly.
Bright Moon Sword Palace?
It could endure as a legacy for at least tens of thousands of years?
Her sword intent creations in the sword ruins of every realm had all gained the recognition of immortal sword intent?
The corners of Han Yuyao's lips rose slightly. She would let her bask in glory a while longer for now. The time for settling accounts would come.
Han Yuyao gathered her thoughts, descended from the sky, and looked at a rock beneath her feet.
Under the illumination of her flawless sword heart, Han Yuyao clearly sensed that this rock contained bedrock sword intent, hardness sword intent, and heaviness sword intent. The three kinds of sword intent evolved and fused with one another, forming a perfect closed loop.
What they manifested was the shape of this rock, which exuded deep fluctuations of sword intent.
Every inch of soil, every rock, every flower and blade of grass, and every drop of water within the Sword Ruins of Creation was composed of pure sword intent.
The rock before Han Yuyao was utterly ordinary, yet it still contained three kinds of sword intent. Clearly, none of the sword intent creations within the Sword Ruins of Creation could be underestimated.
Han Yuyao extended her right hand and grasped at empty air. A three-foot blade formed from thought appeared in her palm.
With a slight flick of her wrist, she touched the sword to the rock before her. A faint thread of sword intent emerged from its tip, following a mysterious path into several nodes inside the rock.
Swish!
Suddenly, the rock silently crumbled into a skyful of stone dust.
The rock had already turned into the finest particles of sword intent and vanished into the world, leaving not the slightest trace of its existence.
There had been no warning.
There had been no sound.
The entire rock had simply vanished into thin air!
"Unraveling?!"
A girl nearby saw this, and her pupils abruptly contracted. She wanted to cry out but covered her mouth with her hand, afraid of disturbing Han Yuyao.
One had to understand that unraveling was countless times more difficult than destruction!
Destruction meant demolishing these sword intent creations through brute force, just as the Ice Sword Divine Son had done.
Sword intent creations destroyed through brute force would shatter and break, much like the ruins in the outer reaches of the sword ruins. The destroyer could comprehend the sword intent within them during the process.
If one could not destroy all the sword intent within a sword intent creation, it would regenerate in an extremely short time.
To unravel a sword intent creation, however, one had to understand the movements and transformations of every kind of sword intent within it, dismantling its structure from the inside out.
Once unraveled, a sword intent creation would shatter and dissolve into nothingness, leaving not the slightest trace of its existence!
At the same time, all the sword Dao insights within the sword intent creation would be absorbed and assimilated by the person who unraveled it!
But unraveling was simply too difficult!
Although the Mortal Realm Sword Ruins contained only mortal realm sword intent, the kinds of sword intent involved were beyond counting. Every rock and every blade of grass contained different sword intents.
Trying to unravel them was nothing short of hell-level difficulty!
How had this person managed to unravel it?