201: Chapter 201 The Sword Intent of Breaking Through the Void Merges with One's Own Dao, and the Perfection of Refining the Void is Naturally Achieved.

Ye Qing sat cross-legged before the door of the ancient hall, his eyes slightly closed, as if he had merged with the surrounding ruins.

The insights into the Dao of the sword that the grey phantom had tapped into his brow before dissipating were like a pebble cast into a calm lake, stirring up ripples in his Sea of Consciousness.

Countless understandings regarding the essence of the Dao of the sword flowed through his heart like a trickling stream, colliding, undergoing Fusion, and sublimating with his own Chaos Sword Dao.

He seemed to see an invisible sword—a sword not forged from metal, but condensed from pure Sword Intent.

It was formless and immaterial, yet indestructible, as if it could sever all tangible and intangible existences.

That was the core of the Void-Breaking Sword Intent: manifesting the sword through intent, severing all falsehoods.

He was immersed in this profound realization, forgetting where he was and the passage of time.

His aura began to fade, as if he had become one with the world around him.

Under the guidance of the Void-Breaking Sword Intent, the Chaos mana within him began to circulate along a brand-new trajectory, becoming more refined and sharper, as if every wisp of mana contained a trace of Sword Intent capable of severing the Void Realm.

The chaos sword lay quietly on his lap.

On its blade, the Chaos-colored light shifted incessantly, at times as deep as an abyss, at others as brilliant as the stars, as if resonating with the changes in its master's state of mind.

He knew not how much time had passed, but when he opened his eyes again, two invisible sword shadows seemed to flash deep within his pupils before vanishing.

He looked down at the chaos sword on his lap and reached out a finger, gently brushing across the blade.

The chaos sword let out a clear, resonant hum, as if responding to his touch.

He could clearly feel that the connection between him and the chaos sword had become tighter, as if it had become a part of his own body.

He stood up and stretched his limbs, his bones emitting a low sound like a Dragon's roar.

He pressed his fingers together to form a sword shape and lightly swiped towards a huge, broken wall in the distance.

Swish!

A Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme and nearly invisible, burst forth from his fingertips and instantly swept across that huge broken wall.

That hard stone wall, like butter cut by a hot knife, was silently and smoothly sliced open, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror.

"The Void-Breaking Sword Intent… truly lives up to its reputation."

Ye Qing looked at the smooth cut, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

With that flick of his finger, he hadn't used much mana, relying purely on the newly comprehended Void-Breaking Sword Intent, yet he had achieved such startling results.

If he were to perform a Fusion of the Void-Breaking Sword Intent and the chaos sword with his full strength, the power would likely be enough to threaten experts at the Void Refining Perfection or even the Dao Integration Realm.

He withdrew his finger and cast his gaze into the interior of the hall.

The hall was empty, save for the center, where a fist-sized, grey, stone-like bead hovered, emitting a faint light.

He walked into the hall, approached the stone bead, and reached out a finger to lightly touch its surface.

Hum—!!!

The moment his fingertip touched the bead, it shook violently, and a massive torrent of information surged into his mind like a tide.

That stream of information was not a Cultivation Technique or a Divine Ability, but a fragmented map.

The map marked some important locations within the Sword Ruins Secret Realm, as well as sporadic information regarding the origin of the Secret Realm.

He quickly browsed through the map and discovered that the most important location marked was situated in the deepest part of the Secret Realm, a place known as the "Sword Abyss."

"Sword Abyss… that should be the core of this Sword Ruins Secret Realm."

Ye Qing thought to himself, firmly committing the map to memory.

After transmitting the map information, the stone bead seemed to have exhausted all its energy; fine cracks appeared on its surface, and then, as if weathering away, it turned into a pile of powder and fell with a rustle.

Ye Qing glanced at the pile of powder, did not linger further, and turned to walk out of the hall.

Standing amidst the ruins, he looked up towards the deeper parts of the Secret Realm, the area shrouded in even denser grey mist, a look of determination flashing in his eyes.

He did not immediately rush to the Sword Abyss marked on the map, but first searched within the ruins for a relatively intact underground secret room with richer Spiritual Qi, set up layers of Restrictions, and then sat down cross-legged.

He took out some spiritual materials and monster cores he had collected from the outside, which contained pure energy, and tossed them all into his internal space.

The space was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled, greedily devouring these energy items, then feeding back streams of pure, gentle energy that flowed like a trickling stream into his limbs and bones.

He circulated the Hunxu Yandao Scripture, guiding these energies to flow slowly through his Meridians, while simultaneously integrating the newly comprehended Void-Breaking Sword Intent into his own Chaos Dao, continuously perfecting his Cultivation system.

His cultivation base was rising slowly at a steady and solid pace.

Lianxu Late Stage peak… Lianxu Late Stage Perfection…

At one moment, it felt as if something within him had shattered, and a more powerful aura, like a flood breaking through a dam, erupted from his body with a boom!

Void Refining Perfection! Success!

He slowly opened his eyes, the divine light within them restrained, as if two bottomless Chaos nebulae were slowly rotating.

Feeling the terrifying mana within him that roared and surged, as if it could shatter stars with a single palm, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Void Refining Perfection—he was only one step away from the legendary Dao Integration Realm.

With his current strength, plus the sharpness of the Void-Breaking Sword Intent and the chaos sword, even if he encountered an old monster at the Dao Integration Early Stage, he would be confident in fighting one!