149: The power of the divine sword breaks through cultivation once more!

"This... this is..."

The hall spirit, who was standing nearby, the ball of light and shadow that had been relatively stable, completely froze.

It just stared blankly.

Staring at the pitch-black long sword quietly suspended in Shen Yuanmo's hand.

What was that thing?

The hall spirit tried hard to understand and analyze it.

But it couldn't.

It could sense an indescribable Aura emanating from the sword.

That Aura completely surpassed its comprehension, exceeding the limits of what it, as the Spirit of the Five Elements True Lord's Cave Heaven, could understand.

Whether it was the five fourth-rank spirit treasures that the Five Elements True Lord cherished and left behind back then.

Or itself, this spiritual entity that held ten thousand years of memories.

In front of this sword, they were all far inferior.

That was an absolute suppression, impossible to resist, originating from the highest level of existence.

It was like an ant looking up at the Heavenly Dao.

Even the qualification to look up was a gift.

A long, long time passed.

The hall spirit's consciousness struggled painstakingly out of that blank state.

It stammered out a few words.

"It surpasses... Spirit Treasure..."

"No... that's not right..."

"Although... although it is still far from comparable to those legendary fifth-rank dao artifacts, which require Soul Transformation and Void Return True Lords to spend their entire lives integrating their complete Dao to refine..."

"But... but this is absolutely... a Dao Artifact Prototype!"

A Dao Artifact Prototype!

These four words, like a purple Divine Thunder that split the heavens and earth, fiercely struck the core consciousness of the hall spirit.

Its worldview completely collapsed at this moment.

A Cultivator in the Golden Core Stage.

Actually... actually refined a Dao Artifact Prototype with his own hands?!

If news of this spread, the entire Chiming Realm would probably go insane over it!

Countless Old Monsters who have lived for thousands of years would crawl out of their coffins, chasing him down and seizing this Divine Item at all costs!

Shen Yuanmo paid no attention to the hall spirit's shock.

In his world, there was only him and his sword at this moment.

His entire focus was immersed in communicating with the great evolution immortal slaying sword.

It was a marvelous feeling that could not be described with words.

He could clearly feel that this newly born divine sword was transmitting an incredibly intense sense of "hunger" to him through the invisible connection between them.

A primal craving, stemming from its Origin instinct.

It wanted to eat!

It wanted to devour higher-level energy, and stronger Laws.

It needed to grow up and become stronger!

This feeling was like a hungry infant crying out for food from its father.

"Don't rush."

Shen Yuanmo gently comforted it in his heart.

"That day will come."

"I will let you eat your fill."

He slowly raised his hand, withered like tree bark, and gripped the hilt again.

Ten thousand fathoms of heroic spirit surged in Shen Yuanmo's heart.

He didn't even use a trace of spiritual power; relying solely on his connection with the divine sword, he casually waved his arm toward the empty space in front of him.

There was no Sword Qi.

No light.

There wasn't even the slightest sound.

The entire world was terrifyingly silent.

The moment he swung the sword, Shen Yuanmo's face turned slightly pale.

He clearly felt that a small portion of his Divine Sense—which was comparable to the Nascent Soul Early Stage and as resilient as the sea—was instantly drained from his Sea of Consciousness!

That was Divine Sense!

Not spiritual power, not vital essence!

The cost of driving it was actually so immense!

He endured the sharp pain in his Sea of Consciousness, his gaze fixed firmly on the space ahead.

There, a black trace thinner than a strand of hair silently sliced open space.

And then... there was nothing else.

The space that had been sliced open just quietly remained there.

It did not heal.

It did not collapse.

It was like an eternal scar, branded onto this world.

The hall spirit could clearly see that the surrounding Spatial Laws looked as if they had seen a ghost.

They were like a flock of frightened sheep encountering a Prehistoric Vicious Beast from antiquity, frantically retreating, curling up, and trembling, not daring to approach the rift in the slightest, let alone repair it!

Even the Spatial Laws feared it! And yielded to it!

“Hiss—!”

The hall spirit gasped, feeling as if its light and shadow body was about to be torn apart by this fear.

And just then, Shen Yuanmo's body violently shook!

A comprehension of the Law, hundreds of times greater than when he refined the great five elements glazed armor, surged back into his Sea of Consciousness from the great evolution immortal slaying sword, fiercely and unreasonably, like the Nine Heavens Galaxy breaking its banks and turning into a raging torrent!

That was a brand new understanding of the circulation of the Five Elements and the creation of all things!

That was the initial grasp of the Origin of Destruction, the termination of everything!

That was the deepest analysis of the True Intent of the Sword Dao, the concept of One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!

In an instant, countless previously obscure and difficult barriers that would have required decades, or even centuries, to comprehend.

Were violently and savagely breached by this torrent!

His comprehension of the Great Dao was forcibly elevated by several levels!

And the most direct consequence brought by this torrent of comprehension was his internal cultivation!

Boom!

The Bottleneck of the Peak Golden Core Middle Stage within him, which had been incredibly stable and solid as a rock, was washed over by this immense torrent.

Unable to offer even the slightest resistance, it was instantly broken through!

Inside his Dantian, the rotating five-colored Golden Core began to spin wildly faster!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi throughout the Five Elements Hall instantly erupted!

A massive Spiritual Qi tornado, large enough to cover nearly the entire hall, violently formed around Shen Yuanmo.

Vast amounts of extremely pure Spiritual Qi were frantically sucked into his body, like a giant whale swallowing water!

His Aura began to surge upward, layer after layer, at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Late Golden Core Stage!

Boom!

An Aura several times more powerful than before burst forth from his withered body, transforming into a tangible storm that swept across the entire hall!

After refining the great evolution immortal slaying sword, he naturally and formally stepped into the Late Golden Core Stage Realm!

However, this was not the end!

The Law feedback power from the divine sword was simply too terrifying and too immense!

After his Breakthrough to the Late Golden Core Stage, his momentum did not weaken.

Instead, like a mad bull that had broken its reins, it Advanced with irresistible force, charging relentlessly toward the Golden Core Great Perfection Realm without any hesitation!

"Not good!"

Shen Yuanmo's eyes instantly narrowed!

"Suppress!"

He roared internally and immediately forced the Great Five Elements Glazed Art to circulate, using his powerful Divine Soul strength to firmly suppress the rampaging cultivation within his body!

Shen Yuanmo deeply understood the importance of Foundation!

Although this cultivation level, forcibly elevated by external power, appeared strong, its Foundation would be unstable, leading to endless future troubles!

He absolutely would not allow any flaw to appear on his path of the Immortal Dao!

Bang!

The wildly surging cultivation Aura was forcibly suppressed by him!

But the Law torrent was too raging and too overbearing!

In just one breath!

It violently charged up again, resisting his Divine Soul suppression!

"Suppress again!"

Shen Yuanmo's eyes instantly turned crimson, and his veins swelled like ferocious Hornless Dragons, spreading from his temples down to his neck!

He disregarded everything, frantically outputting his Divine Soul strength as if it were worthless, slamming it down hard!

Bang!

The second suppression!

The Golden Core's wild rotation was forcibly slowed down.

However, the next second, an even fiercer impact surged up for the third time!

“Ah—!”

Shen Yuanmo let out a low growl of extreme suppression, biting his gums until they bled!

He used all the power of his Divine Soul, turning it into the final suppression, pinning the force down firmly!

After repeating this process—a struggle that brushed against death three times in total!

Shen Yuanmo finally managed to firmly and securely stabilize the rampaging cultivation at the Peak Late Golden Core Stage Realm!

Although it was only the Peak Late Golden Core Stage.

He could clearly feel that the spiritual power within his body, in terms of both purity and magnitude, far exceeded that of ordinary Cultivators at the same stage by over a hundredfold!

His Foundation, tempered through these repeated life-and-death trials, had been solidified to a terrifying degree!

"Hoo..."

Shen Yuanmo slowly exhaled a mouthful of bloody, foul Qi, feeling the surging, ocean-like power within his body that felt capable of easily tearing apart mountains and rivers.

He began to take stock of his strength.

Vajra Glazed Body, Seventh Level: Physical Body strength comparable to a Body Cultivator at Golden Core Great Perfection.

Nine Revolutions Spirit Refining Art, Fifth Revolution: Divine Sense scope comparable to a true Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivator.

Cultivation: Peak Late Golden Core Stage, but his Foundation is so profound it's enough to crush any Genius at the same stage.

Coupled with this Dao Artifact Prototype, the great evolution immortal slaying sword.

And the great five elements glazed armor, which can temporarily boost his cultivation.

Just how strong was he now?

Even he didn't know.

But he had an incredibly strong premonition in his heart.

Below the Late Nascent Soul Stage, he was invincible!

Even if a true Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator arrived, he could fight them!

Shen Yuanmo slowly put away the divine sword, his gaze penetrating the barriers of the Five Elements Hall and looking toward the distant Tianyuan Continent.

It was time to leave seclusion.