On the arena, Qin Yu calmly neutralized the lingering Frost Abyss Reverberation, and a deep seriousness finally appeared in Jiang Hanning's usually cold eyes. She understood that this black-clad cultivator could no longer be measured by the standards of an ordinary Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage cultivator.
Tranquil Abyss Thrust failed to pinpoint the origin node; the Frost Abyss Reverberation could not construct a legal chain of collapse.
This means that her Heart Sword advantage—tracing the source and finding gaps to sever the chains of laws—has completely lost its effectiveness against Qin Yu. Jiang Hanning slowly tightened her grip on the hilt of the Cold Crystal Longsword.
The next moment, she slowly closed her eyes, and the entire arena fell into a deathly silence.
Millions of spectators felt a strange sensation. The chilling, biting cold air that had previously swept across the area no longer spread outwards. Instead, it converged inwards towards her body like rivers flowing into the sea.
The frost that was falling all around stopped in mid-air, and the fine cracks that had frozen the void slowly melted away. The powerful sword intent that had enveloped the arena gave up its outward conquest and flowed continuously into the depths of Jiang Hanning's Fate Soul.
"She's about to unleash her true power." On the high platform, Xuanyuan Canglan's gaze suddenly sharpened.
Nalan Yanqing slowly straightened up, her gaze fixed on the center of the arena. "She should be preparing to activate the Silent Frost Sword Domain · Extreme State."
Murong Yunche's eyes widened in amazement. "To be able to take this step at the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage, this talent in swordsmanship is already top-notch among his peers." Nangong Xingyun remained silent, his deep gaze quietly falling on the arena.
As Void Emanation Realm expert, he knew perfectly well that Jiang Hanning was only revealing her true colors now, after concealing her aura. In the center of the arena, Jiang Hanning slowly raised her heavy sword. "Silent Frost Sword Domain."
As her cold voice fell, boom! The entire arena trembled violently, and a ring-shaped Dao pattern shimmering with silvery-gray light spread outward from beneath her feet.
Ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang... The extremely cold power spread rapidly, covering the entire arena. Previously, it had only stagnated space, but now it directly penetrated into the level of laws.
The flow of Source Power between heaven and earth slowed down, the speed of time shifted slightly, and the structure of the void solidified layer by layer. Within every inch of space, faint silver-gray patterns slowly emerged.
These patterns are neither formations nor external Sword Qi, but rather a concrete manifestation of Jiang Hanning's own fundamental sword principles. The Silent Frost Sword Domain unfolds completely and perfectly here.
But Jiang Hanning did not stop there. Her eyes remained closed, and her Fate Soul slowly emerged from the depths of her body. It was a phantom sword shadow formed purely from boundless loneliness.
The moment her natal sword shadow appeared, the entire Silent Frost Sword Domain trembled violently. The step she was about to take had already transcended the simple release of the domain, but rather propelled herself to merge and coexist with the sword domain.
"The Sword Domain is me." Jiang Hanning whispered. In an instant, her figure began to shimmer and become ethereal, not disappearing, but rather her true existence began to overlap with the entire Frosty Domain.
Her flowing hair, her trailing white dress, the icy sword in her palm, and even the Dao energy emanating from each of her breaths all melted into the silvery-gray icy realm. At this moment, it was impossible to define the boundaries on the arena.
Where is the sword domain, and where is Jiang Hanning? It is no longer possible to tell. The wind sweeping across the air carries her flowing sword intent; the slowly falling frost crystals represent her lurking killing intent.
The void trembled slightly, a testament to her surging will. She stood motionless, yet her presence permeated every corner of the domain.
Jiang Hanning slowly opened her eyes. Her icy blue pupils clearly reflected the entire Eternal Silence Abyss. "I am the Sword Domain." Her voice echoed throughout the surrounding area. Boom!!!
The arena and its surroundings froze completely. The Silent Frost Sword Domain - Extreme Realm, appeared in the world! All the spectators' expressions changed drastically, and an indescribable sense of horror rose in their hearts.
To everyone's horror, they realized they could no longer pinpoint Jiang Hanning's true location. The white figure in their vision was merely a projection she had left within the sword domain. The real Jiang Hanning had already become part of this very space.
"This..." Chi Mulin's pupils suddenly contracted. As a sword cultivator in the Eternal Silence Realm, she understood the weight of this realm better than anyone else. "She actually cultivated Sword Domain Incarnation!" Chi Junxuan's expression was solemn. "With the domain and body united, it's almost impossible to find a way to break it within the same realm."
In the distant spectator seats, Hua Jingning's usual nonchalant smile vanished completely as she focused intently on the match. Ju Mohan also cleared his mind of distractions, his gaze fixed firmly on the arena.
Everyone knew that Jiang Hanning had already played her trump card. Just then, Jiang Hanning's clear and cold voice echoed from all directions, its source indistinguishable from near or far, filling the entire sword domain.
"Qin Yu." "Can you see through this next sword strike? Can you dodge it?" In the next instant, she didn't swing her sword, didn't move her foot, and her body didn't move at all. With just a thought, billions of silver-gray sword marks appeared out of thin air in the entire Silent Frost Sword Domain. Each sword mark fixed on a point that precisely locked onto all the origin nodes around Qin Yu.
This is not Sword Qi that rushes and wanders, Does Not Exist path or trajectory. The thought arises, the killing move is already formed, the thought moves, the sword arrives. Jiang Hanning fully unfolds the Silent Frost Sword Domain - Extreme Realm.
The arena, spanning a thousand feet in radius, transformed into her own unique world of swordsmanship. A cold, silvery light descended, enveloping all directions. Snowflakes, drifting in the sky, hovered motionless in the void, each containing a faint, imperceptible wisp of Annihilation sword intent.
At this moment, Jiang Hanning has become one with the entire Sword Domain.
She stood silently in the center of the frigid domain, her figure clear and distinct, yet separated by an insurmountable barrier of the Dao, making her untouchable. Her white dress billowed gently in the biting wind, her silver hair swayed slowly with the Dao's rhythm, and the icy crystal sword in her hand shimmered with a chilling light. All the Dao principles of the entire Stillness Frost Cold Abyss moved with her every thought, responding to her will.
Her icy blue eyes gazed at Qin Yu, her clear, cold voice slowly echoing through the arena. "Ningyuan Sword Domain." The words landed. Boom!
The entire world suddenly fell into Ultimate silence, all sounds ceased, and in an instant, countless silver-gray sword marks sprang up from the void, one, ten, a hundred, ten million... Every inch of the Stillness Frost Cold Abyss was covered with fine and deep sword marks.
These sword marks lacked soaring sword Sword Qi and the violent, destructive primal vibrations, yet each mark locked onto a precise and deadly point. Jiang Hanning didn't need to wield his sword or move; his sword intent arrived at its target wherever his thoughts landed. This was the most terrifying secret of Ningyuan Sword Domain.
The sword does not travel along the path; its intent, from the moment it is born, goes straight to the end. "Silence." Jiang Hanning uttered a single word, and in an instant, the entire sword domain awakened.
Thousands of silver-gray sword marks simultaneously lit up with a faint light, stirring up a storm between heaven and earth purely constructed from the sword intent of Annihilation.
Each sword mark precisely captures the core of Qin Yu's existence; each wisp of sword intent contains the unique chain-breaking power of Frost Abyss Reverberation, aiming to tear apart the legal chains of the origin of life.
Boom! A vast wave of silvery-gray light swept across the entire arena, freezing and solidifying the space layer by layer. The flowing Dao principles slowly fell silent, and the primal rhythm of heaven and earth gradually slowed down.
Countless cultivators in the spectator stands rose involuntarily, their hearts trembling. "This move... has already transcended the scope of swordsmanship that an ordinary Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage cultivator could execute!" "Jiang Hanning has actually pushed her sword domain to such a perfect state!"
On the high platform, the patriarchs of the Lineage stood up in unison, gazing intently at the arena. Ju Jinyu was solemn. "With the unification of her domain and body, she has already touched a deeper level of the barrier of the Eternal Silence Sword Dao."
Chi Boqian slowly spoke, "This woman's swordsmanship talent is indeed rare in the world." Hua Nongrui's eyes flashed, "It locks onto the origin node indiscriminately across the entire domain. Among those of the same level, very few can directly withstand this move."
Shangguan Lingxiao's expression was solemn. "Qin Yu will likely find it difficult to defend himself easily this time." The four referees also showed deep approval in their eyes. Nalan Yanqing commented softly. "Jiang Hanning's attack has reached the Limit of power for Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage sword cultivator."
Xuanyuan Canglan nodded slightly. "Without special source methods, the only option is to retreat with all our might." The millions of spectators were completely in an uproar, and the clamor surged endlessly.
"Could it be that Qin Yu is about to be defeated?" "A wave of swords covered the entire arena, and there was killing intent from all directions. Where would he find room to dodge!"
"Ningyuan Sword Domain has locked down all airspace, leaving no way to retreat!" "Jiang Hanning is too strong!" Even in the spectator area where the Chi Lineage was located, Chi Junxuan, Chi Yufeng, and Chi Yi'an all had solemn expressions.
Chi Mulin's fingers were tightly clasped together, her heart pounding. She was fully aware of the terrifying power contained within that sword strike; if she were in Qin Yu's position, she wouldn't be entirely confident she could withstand it Anran. "Qin Daoyou..."
Chi Mulin murmured softly, her gaze fixed on the figure in black. On the arena, a wave of silver-gray sword intent instantly reached Qin Yu.
Qin Yu stood still, not taking a single step back. His gaze swept calmly over the crisscrossing sword marks in the sky, then he slowly raised his hand, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword landed in his palm.
A mysterious and unfathomable primordial power emanated from his body. This power did not spread outwards to cover the heavens and earth, but it caused all the incoming sword marks to freeze for a moment, unable to break free.
Qin Yu softly recited. "Void Source - Dream Stillness."
In an instant, a boundless and profound Void Source appeared behind him, devoid of light and sound, with only a point of origin transcending the definition of all things quietly rising and falling— the Existence Zero Point.
At this moment, Qin Yu did not actively attack Jiang Hanning's sword domain. Instead, he aimed at the very foundation upon which Ningyuan Sword Domain was formed. How did Ningyuan Sword Domain come to be?
It relies on the interconnectedness of Jiang Hanning's own Fate Soul, the sword intent of Annihilation, and the domain's laws; it relies on her belief that all things within the domain can be measured by sword intent; it relies on the ability of each sword mark to capture the weak points of the origin of living beings.
The Existence Zero Point constructed by Qin Yu landed directly on this layer of "cognitive connection". Boom! The first sword mark approached Qin Yu and suddenly stopped. The second, the third... The thousands of silver-gray sword marks that followed all rippled with subtle Dao patterns.
Jiang Hanning's expression changed noticeably for the first time.
She clearly sensed that her sword intent was losing its target; those attacks that had been firmly locked onto Qin Yu's origin node could no longer pinpoint its location. This was because, under the shroud of the Existence Zero Point, Qin Yu's own existence had fallen into a state that could not be defined or captured.
"This is..." Jiang Hanning's icy blue eyes narrowed slightly, her heart churning with shock.
Qin Yu stepped forward, and the surging tide of silver-gray swords seemed to encounter a natural chasm, parting to both sides. He slowly walked towards Jiang Hanning, and a primal voice transmission quietly entered the other's ear.
"Miss Jiang, your sword is extremely powerful, but it has a deep-seated weakness." Jiang Hanning remained silent, listening attentively.