Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 218 - 109: Twelve Beast Sword Spirit Imprint

Chapter 218: Chapter 109: Twelve Beast Sword Spirit Imprint

The Purple Mist Sea, chilly winds blowing incessantly as if to strangle the myriad of lives within.

Ever since Hou Yao had used the Sword Spirit to launch a destructive attack here, the Purple Mist Sea had become extremely perilous, like agitating the fierce beasts meditating in the wilderness.

Deep within the sea of mist, terrifying roars of fierce beasts echoed occasionally, a single roar shocking the Cloud Sea, overturning the atmosphere.

Within the broken Sword Array, shards of rosy light gradually flew out, displaying an ancient charm. Within this aura, a ghostly figure, like a baby, flickered in and out of existence above Zhou Yan’s head.

The chubby baby, always present yet always shattering like particles, could not truly exist. However, when the baby appeared, it still attracted the convergence of the Primordial Magnetic Light from within the Purple Mist Sea.

Whenever the baby vanished, the Primordial Magnetic Light, as if losing its attraction, shattered instantly, disappearing without a trace.

Thus, after several cycles, this place had gathered a vast amount of Primordial Magnetic Light and inexplicable chaotic currents.

Zhou Yan seemed like a dying tree, with not a hint of vitality in his body.

Although it was unknown how much time had passed outside, in the Derivation Land of Enlightenment, Zhou Yan had already felt the passage of years.

This sensation of passing years nearly blinded his heart.

Initially, Zhou Yan knew he had to achieve Enlightenment. But during the process, he forgot the Tao he was supposed to comprehend, inexplicably forgetting it.

Then, within this forgetfulness, Zhou Yan gradually entered into the comprehension of Natural Dao, understanding the deeper meanings within Form Intent Doctrine.

Thus, starting from the Xingyi Dragon Form, he began to comprehend and condense the Dragon Form Sword Spirit Imprint, followed by the Eagle Form, imprinting the Eagle Form Imprint as well.

It was as if an indescribable change had occurred within his body, the Qi Sea Pillar and Emperor’s Arc transforming into a universe-like circular void, and the Qi Pillars and Qi Jie naturally evolved, extracting the essence blood of ancient demon beasts from the Purple Flame Void and beginning to condense the phantasms of the Twelve Battle Beasts.

Each condensation was like the starting point of a life, making Zhou Yan feel as though a fetus had been nurtured within him, sensing that with the successful condensation of each Form Intent War Beast, a baby would emerge from his brain.

Just like a bug crawling out of its eggshell.

Subsequently, these war beasts, like infants, squatted on top of his head, meditating, inhaling the elusive energy between Heaven and Earth.

This energy, trivial and unusable to Yanyan as mere Origin Energy, served as a mysterious nourishment for these beasts.

Dragon Form, Eagle Form, Tiger Form, Crane Form, Snake Form...

The Swallow Form, the most agile of its kind, possessed the essence of water manipulation. Within its belly, it could gather kidney water to rise and mingle with Heart Fire. When water and fire harmonized, they restored the real element and revitalized waist energy, enabling swift movements. When the punch flowed correctly, the heart opened, spirit replenished, and the brain strengthened. Conversely, when the punch went awry, the waist felt lazy, the body heavy, and energy obstructed...

The War Beast Imprints began to condense one after another, subsequently joining with Qi Jie to form a totem-like object.

Finally, when the last Swallow Form War Beast Imprint condensed, Zhou Yan felt his Emperor’s Arc suddenly spin, and then the twelve War Beast Imprints suddenly began to naturally imprint upon it, as if twelve beast patterns naturally imprinted themselves upon a sphere.

At that moment, Zhou Yan’s heart chilled, and he immediately sensed something different.

Without condensing Sword Spirit, Zhou Yan felt that the realm of Sword Spirit Three Heavens seemed to suddenly become more complete, as if his realm had leapt.

Zhou Yan knew this was an illusion, not a true situation but merely because the comprehension of War Beast Imprints had reached a kind of completeness, creating such an illusory feeling.

In fact, the realm of Sword Spirit Three Heavens had only attained a minor success, far from great success or Great Perfection.

With Emperor’s Arc, Qi Column, and Qi Sea derivation gone, Zhou Yan finally awakened from his Enlightenment state.

At this moment, he understood that next, he needed to condense the Twelve Beast Sword Spirit. Successful condensation of the Twelve War Beast Sword Spirits marked his moment to challenge the Sword Soul Realm.

This time, by learning the Dao Sheng Yi from the Natural Form Doctrine with Azure Dragon Sword Spirit, he derived the Twelve War Beast Sword Spirit Imprints. This was done in a state of ’Wu Dao Wu Nian’ (No Path, No Thought), yet it was immensely perfect.

Although now the Azure Dragon Sword Spirit was completely annihilated, using one Sword Spirit to derive the Twelve Origin Imprints, Zhou Yan’s realm seemed to have regressed in strength, but in fact, Zhou Yan knew that his combat power had terrifyingly multiplied.

After reaching the Sword Spirit Three Heavens, a level five combat power was comparable to the realm of Sword Spirit Second Layer Heaven.

However, his actual combat power, previously at most at the Sword Spirit First Layer Heaven, was still insufficient to withstand the intensity of Sword Spirit Second Layer Heaven. This perception, however, was somewhat blurred due to the battle with Hou Yao.

Indeed, fighting against Hou Yao could only be described as fortune within fortune and should not be taken as a basis for assessing real strength.

Breaking five truly means breaking through, not just breaking one person’s realm as a special case, but a realm where almost everyone can be defeated.

Defeating one person in a realm may not be difficult, but defeating a group of people in that realm is truly challenging.

At this moment, having condensed the spiritual imprints of twelve Sword Spirits, Zhou Yan felt his combat power had truly broken five.

This Enlightenment corrected his previous cultivation, some shackles, and incorrect paths mysteriously,, so that now, even when facing a genius in the Second Layer Heaven of the Sword Spirit Realm, Zhou Yan was confident in defeating them instantly!

Even against a strong opponent in the Sword Spirit Realm Third Layer Heaven, Zhou Yan was confident enough to fight. He couldn’t win, but he was definitely no longer in an ant-like position!

Upon awakening from Enlightenment, the first person Zhou Yan thought of was Ji Wudao, and then Li Cangsheng.

Initially, Zhou Yan remembered, facing these two, he almost had no power to resist, as a mere glance from them could kill him.

Now, Zhou Yan was absolutely confident that he could battle these two individuals for over three hundred moves without defeat!

With such combat power, Zhou Yan was very satisfied, and what pleased him more was that about ten percent of Enlightenment energy and Origin Energy remained, not all consumed.

This point was most crucial.

At this moment, with his combat power increased, as long as he did not meet a Void Realm powerhouse, Zhou Yan no longer had to worry about anything.

Now, the twelve forms of Sword Spirit imprints had already formed. Although he lost the Mutated Azure Dragon Sword Spirit, overall, he had made considerable progress. Especially in terms of speed, among the twelve forms, the Swallow Form prioritized speed,, and this imprint Zhou Yan also perfected, fully incorporating its Fist Intent into the Sword Dao.

This was akin to the former Dragon Swordsmanship; now, the twelve forms of swordsmanship had all achieved small successes.

Zhou Yan no longer focused on perfecting one aspect because further perfecting one aspect to Great Success was exceedingly difficult. While his combat power was strong, in front of true Sword Spirit experts, a single move could scatter it.

The painstakingly condensed Mutated Sword Spirit was still destroyed with one move, this was the result.

Now, having condensed the imprints of twelve Sword Spirits, forming a union of twelve could still give birth to a Sword Spirit, either an Azure Dragon Sword Spirit or a White Tiger Sword Spirit.

If later all twelve Sword Spirits are condensed and united, and if feasible, striking for Sword Soul will undoubtedly shock Heaven and Earth, blinding those who thought he could never achieve Sword Soul!

Regarding his future cultivation path, Zhou Yan had proper planning, no longer groping in the dark, but had a clear belief in each progression. Thus, this time, forming the Sword Soul, he was no longer completely unsure.

...

Coming out of the Enlightenment in the Purple Flame Void, Zhou Yan moved his mind, and the Undying Rebirth Technique was displayed again, this time without consuming much Origin Energy, he restored his body to its peak condition. Afterward, he donned the Soul-level Battle Armor, Green Lotus Armor, strapped on the newly forged Broken Worry Sword, and stepped out of this scarred Array Base Land.

This time of Enlightenment had passed a week in the outside world, but how long it took in the Purple Flame Void, Zhou Yan could no longer imagine.

But having comprehended the twelve forms of swordsmanship, progressing to minor achievements and then condensing the Sword Spirit imprints, this period must have been considerable.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t even feel a strange sense of aging through time.

But all these, Zhou Yan viewed lightly,, he just thought about it briefly, then no longer focused on it, but carefully sensed the Ancestor Blood in his ring. He gave up the initial plan to head to the Li Family first but planned to find his father first, achieve the serendipity awaited by his father, and then incidentally check the current situation of the Great Zhou Family.

After fulfilling these wishes, it would not be too late to head to the Li Family.

...

Carefree Main City, Guest Pavilion.

Dressed in dark black Spirit Armor, equipped with a sharp long sword, and a presence as deep as the abyss combined with the Natural Form Intent at a perfect realm, Zhou Yan casually walked into the tavern, and even though no one could discern his realm, still no one dared to provoke him.

Now, with Ancient Tomb Mountain completely open and City of No Tears shining like a mountain of gold, it attracted countless powerhouses. Naturally, this included invincible experts of the Sword Spirit Realm.

While fighters like Zhou Yan were few, they were certainly not absent. So, such warriors whose realms were not visible but were clearly wearing top-notch Spirit Armor, most would not dare to provoke.

"Three months since I’ve been out, I wonder what the situation is now, whether the Great Zhou Family has been bullied by the strong ones coming here."

Zhou Yan thought to himself, wanting to find someone to inquire.

He chose a seat by the window, sat down, called for two pots of wine, some Demon Beast meat, and started drinking on his own.

He initially planned to ask the tavern keeper, but at this moment, at a nearby table of cultivators, one of them lowered his voice and revealed an important matter.