The Sword Alliance headquarters, Ten Thousand Ren Mountain.
When Chen Shuangbai received the [ Foot-Long Silk ] again, he saw that there was a new change on the blade of his Grand Yin Sword.
The sword, which was originally formed like a pool of clear blue water, now has three mysterious patterns.
Shaped like flowing water, winding and turning, it extends from the hilt to the tip of the sword, with faint, colorful light shimmering within, adding a unique aura to this precious sword.
Nangu Yaohua said, "This is the [ Heart-Pleasing Mystic Origin Sword-Tempering Method ] of my Sumiao Sword Pavilion. It can avoid the tedious reforging process, allowing the swordsman to wield the sword and fight enemies as usual. It is a closely guarded secret."
Upon hearing this, Chen Shuangbai's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly cupped his hands in gratitude, saying, " Xuhong will forever remember this kindness."
Nangu Yaohua replied, "Sword Immortal, there's no need for such formalities."
"Our Sword Alliance has always admired cultivators who have comprehended Sword Intent, and you have come here for the matter of the [ Black and Yellow Land ]. It's a trivial matter, so there's no need to worry about it so much..."
"Besides..."
She blinked. "If you become famous throughout the world in the future, and people mention that you left your mark on the Sword Stele and tempered your sword at the Sumiao Sword Pavilion, that will be a source of pride for our Sword Alliance."
Upon hearing this, Chen Shuangbai couldn't help but smile.
"Of course, of course."
Ten Thousand Rivers Sea.
Chen Shuangbai, Nangu Yaohua, and Liu Xinghe broke through the void and landed on the vast and boundless icy sea.
A massive tidal wave surged in from below, smashing countless floating ice floes. Streams of pure spiritual essence flowed across the surface, attracting many icy sea monsters from the deep sea to rise to the surface, where they fought and devoured the essence.
What happened?
Liu Xinghe frowned slightly and looked at Nangu Yaohua.
As a member of the Sword Alliance, Nangu Yaohua should be quite knowledgeable about the affairs of the Ten Thousand Rivers Sea Hai.
But at this moment, the female cultivator was also quite puzzled. She did some calculations with her fingers and said with some doubt, "This shouldn't be the case... Logically speaking, such a gathering of spiritual essence only happens once every sixty years... But it's not time yet!"
Despite the fact that the Ten Thousand Rivers Sea is an icy sea, both demons and human cultivators face considerable difficulties in surviving.
But heaven and earth possess their own spirit, and the gathering of spiritual essence every sixty years is a gift from heaven and earth to the creatures living on this vast icy sea.
What even Nangu Yaohua, a local cultivator, hadn't anticipated was... why so much earlier than expected?
The three of them immediately felt uneasy.
Thinking back to these past few days, the Demon Cultivator at sea and the evil sects within the seas have been causing trouble one after another during this crucial time. It's hard not to get in touch with them.
Chen Shuangbai pondered for a moment, then suggested, "Senior Brother Liu, why don't you go find our Grandmaster first and tell him and that Zen Master about the situation here, so they can be wary of the demonic path and the sea Demon Cultivator causing trouble? Next, I'll go with Fellow Daoist Nangu to take a look ahead."
After thinking for a moment, Liu Xinghe agreed. With a flick of his wrist, he transformed into dazzling starlight and dissipated.
After Liu Xinghe left.
Chen Shuangbai Nangu Yaohua exchanged a glance, then each transformed into a sword rainbow and headed towards the source of the fluctuations.
The further you go, the more concentrated the spiritual essence on the sea becomes, even condensing into a thin layer of colorful mist in the air. Taking a breath of it makes you feel refreshed and your internal Law Power circulates faster.
If a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator were to cultivate here with such a high concentration of spiritual essence, one day's cultivation here would likely be equivalent to ten days' cultivation outside.
However, Chen Shuangbai Nangu Yaohua did not let their guard down in the slightest.
Something unusual must be going on.
Chen Shuangbai asked, "Fellow Daoist Nangu, was the last gathering of spiritual essences as grand as this?"
No!
Nangu Yaohua stated decisively, "The last time spiritual essence gathered, it was only on a small scale, and it didn't even form spiritual mist..."
They flew for about half an hour.
A huge whirlpool suddenly appeared on the sea ahead.
This vortex was probably over a hundred feet in size, and the vortex in the middle was spinning extremely fiercely, and it was still expanding continuously. From it, golden blood fell from the sky, falling into the center of the vortex, and was then transformed into streaks of grayish-colored light by a giant array standing above the vortex.
The spiritual essences that Chen Shuangbai Nangu Yaohua saw along the way were merely the spiritual energy dissipating from this formation.
"That's... Mystic Whale?"
Nangu Yaohua's extraordinary beauty was hard to conceal.
High above the very center of this colossal array, countless talismanic lights flowed and condensed into chains of light, hanging upside down a terrifying ocean behemoth—a creature with an ice-blue body, an enormous size, and a spiraling gray horn on its forehead. A smooth, mirror-like cut ran down its neck, from which Essence Blood gushed forth like a spring, landing on the array.
Clearly, the source driving this giant formation is this Mystic Whale in the Nascent Soul Early Stage!
Nangu Yaohua summoned an object—a brocade handkerchief. When she suspended it in mid-air, a mesmerizing rainbow light cascaded down, obscuring the two of them and causing the horrified Divine Sense to return empty-handed.
Seeing the grim expression on the face of this esteemed disciple of the Sumiao Sword Pavilion, Chen Shuangbai asked, "Fellow Daoist Nan Gu, do you seem to recognize this Nascent Soul Demon Lord?"
Nangu Yaohua's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
" The Ten Thousand Rivers Sea is vast, and our Sword Alliance stands here, having made an agreement with those Nascent Soul Demon Lord in the sea... None of the others dare to approach, except for this Mystic Whale, which has a good temperament and has always been close to our family."
"Now that it has met with misfortune, this matter cannot be left unresolved... Moreover, what kind of formation would require a demon lord at the Nascent Soul Early Stage as its source... These Devil Cultivator must have much more to scheme for."
But more urgent than that are the three figures positioned on the three sides of this formation.
The pale-faced youth, draped in a blood-red cloak, was none other than the True Lord Red Silk Nascent Soul Middle Stage from the Blood Sea Dao.
Chen Shuangbai had not expected that this True Lord Red Silk, who had been severely injured by one of his Moon Comet Sword, would have recovered in less than half a year... Now it seems that the Blood Sea Death-Substitution Great Method of the Blood Sea Dao is indeed unique.
An unidentified Nascent Soul Nascent Soul, wearing a crown for summoning souls, holding a plain white banner for filial piety, and clutching a broken bowl in his other hand, appeared to be in the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation, judging from the fluctuations in his Law Power.
"Those scum from the Lifeless City..."
Nangu Yaohua said through gritted teeth.
The last one was a handsome and imposing man dressed in black.
The man had extremely thick body hair, and his body was crackling with dark blue lightning. He also had a powerful aura of Qi and Blood and qi that seemed to float like smoke. Standing in the void, he gave people a sense of grandeur and weight.
Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
Nangu Yaohua said in a deep voice, then added, "Moreover, this person's aura doesn't seem like that of a human cultivator; it's more like..."
"Demon!"
"Not Ten Thousand Rivers Sea?"
"No!"
Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, a demon lord who appeared out of nowhere, and who colluded with the Devil Cultivator of Blood Sea Dao and Lifeless City to suppress this formation, even joining forces to slaughter a Mystic Whale and bleed it out by hanging it upside down, all for this formation?