131: Deep in the Buried Sword Valley, the Sword Emperor lost control

Sword Qi, surging.

In this land of death, known as one of China's three major forbidden zones, Ye Fan's path of Rebirth, after an initial period of rapid progress, soon encountered a Bottleneck.

He successfully underwent the Fusion of the heart of the sword emperor, and his Cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. From a cripple with a shattered Dantian, he instantly returned to the Peak of S-Rank Martial Emperor. This speed, if it were to spread to the outside world, would be enough to make any Prodigy feel ashamed.

But Ye Fan was not satisfied.

Because he knew very well that the S-rank Peak, a Realm that in the outside world was enough to be called an "Emperor" and suppress a region, was still... vulnerable (vulnerable) in front of that man!

He could not forget how, at The Peak of the Forbidden City, that man effortlessly crushed and defeated Prodigies of the same Realm, as if swatting flies.

He also could not forget how his supreme sword skill, which he was so proud of and had fused with the Dao charm of his previous life as the Sword Emperor, was casually shattered by a single finger from that man!

Not enough!

Far from enough!

He Cultivated frantically, guided by his Sword Attendant, challenging strands of undying Sword Intent left by ancient swordsmen in this endless Sword Tomb, honing his sword skills. But no matter how hard he tried, the barrier leading to the SSS-Class Demigod Realm was like a sighing wall separating two dimensions, unbreakable and unmoving.

"Why?! Why can I still not Breakthrough?!"

On a hill made of broken swords, Ye Fan cleaved a strand of S-rank Peak Sword Intent with a single strike, yet felt no joy of victory, instead letting out an unwilling roar.

His Golden Finger, the Sword Attendant elder, appeared behind him, his ancient voice carrying a hint of helplessness and admonition.

"Emperor, you... are too impatient."

"It has only been a few short months since you rebuilt your Foundation, and you have already returned to your Peak. This speed is a miracle unprecedented in history. But the Demigod Realm requires painstaking effort, a harmonious Dao Heart, and a resonance with the Laws of Heaven and Earth; it is not achieved overnight."

"Haste makes waste."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of irritation crossed Ye Fan's eyes, which were as sharp as sword blades. "I don't have time! The Qin Family's Martial Arts Tournament of Prodigies has already ended, and Lin Tian, that guy, is probably already famous throughout the world, enjoying boundless glory! And I can only be trapped in this desolate graveyard!"

"Emperor!" The Sword Attendant's voice suddenly became extremely stern, "Have you forgotten your goal? Your enemy is the supreme Heavenly Dao! A mere Lin Tian is nothing more than a whetstone on your path to Dao! Your current Dao Heart has been trapped by him, blinded by hatred and jealousy! This is the true reason why you cannot Breakthrough!"

"If you want to go further, you must calm your mind, temper your Dao Heart, and proceed step by step. Otherwise..."

"Step by step?!" Ye Fan spun around abruptly, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the Sword Attendant, "How long? A year? Ten years? Or like you, wait for thousands of years?!"

The Sword Attendant fell silent.

Seeing Ye Fan's almost deranged appearance, he knew that his Emperor was about to be devoured by his Heart Demon. He sighed, and finally, uttered the warning he considered the greatest taboo.

"Emperor, I know what you are thinking. But you absolutely cannot go to that place!"

He pointed to the deepest part of Burial Sword Valley, that ultimate forbidden zone shrouded in Demonic Energy so dense it had materialized into black ink, a place where even light could not penetrate.

"There, the sword emperor demonic body that you cut off in your previous life, after failing to challenge the Heavenly Dao, giving rise to Demonic thoughts, and ultimately falling into the Demonic Path, is Sealed!"

"That Demonic Body contains the Peak power of your previous life, but it also contains supreme Demonic thoughts capable of corrupting all living beings and causing even gods to fall! Once touched, your mind will be completely devoured by that Demonic thought, turning you into a killing machine, lost forever!"

However, this stern warning did not make Ye Fan feel fear; instead, it instantly ignited a pathological, fanatical gleam in his bloodshot eyes, like a gambler seeing a lifeline!

Peak power?

Falling into the Demonic Path?

Just then, as if to add the fiercest fuel to his madness, the Sword Attendant's personal terminal suddenly received an encrypted emergency intelligence report from the outside world. He glanced at it, and his face changed drastically.

"Emperor... outside... something big has happened outside..."

"Speak." Ye Fan's voice was cold and impatient.

"Just now... Lin Tian... Lin Tian, he, alone, fought all the Prodigies of the Golden Generation at The Peak of the Forbidden City, and... defeated them all. Including... Marquis Champion Huo Qubing."

Boom—!!!

This news, like the heaviest hammer, capable of crushing the entire Universe, slammed heavily onto Ye Fan's already fragile Dao Heart!

One person... suppressing an entire generation?!

In his mind, Lin Tian's indifferent face, as if looking at an ant, instantly appeared.

The humiliation he had forcibly suppressed, the public betrayal, the shattering of all his pride by a single finger, instantly spread throughout his body like the most potent poison!

His mental state completely lost balance!

"Haha... Hahahahaha!" He suddenly looked up and laughed, his laughter filled with unspeakable desolation, unwillingness, and... hysterical madness!

"Step-by-step? Tempering my Dao Heart?!"

"Why?! Why can Lin Tian shine brightly and suppress a generation! And I have to be here, like a pathetic worm, proceeding step by step?!"

"I refuse!"

Ignoring the Sword Attendant's terrified and worried pleas, he chose the path to destruction, the most insane path he had long been warned about!

"No madness, no survival!"

He roared, his entire being transforming into a gray sword light, like a moth to a flame, rushing fearlessly into the deepest part of Burial Sword Valley, shrouded in endless Demonic Energy!

"As long as I can gain power! As long as I can trample him underfoot! Even if... even if I fall into the Demonic Path, what does it matter!!!"

He wanted to forcibly undergo Fusion with his "Demonic Body"!

...Deepest part of the forbidden zone.

The moment Ye Fan's figure plunged into the ink-black Demonic Energy, he saw it.

On a throne made of countless divine and demonic skeletons, a "Demonic Body" identical to his previous life's appearance but filled with endless Demonic might, sat cross-legged. Countless Law chains, shimmering with golden sacred runes, placed by his own hand in his previous life, were wrapped around it, firmly suppressing it there.

"Come back... and unite... with me..."

A voice full of endless temptation, as if from the depths of his Soul, echoed in his mind.

Ye Fan no longer hesitated, roaring, he lunged forward, his entire being merging into that "Demonic Body"!

However, in that brief instant of his Fusion with the sword emperor demonic body, a terrifying aura, completely out of this era, full of chaos and destruction, which the "Demonic Body" had used as a "Seal cornerstone" to suppress for tens of thousands of years, burst forth from the endless abyss beneath the throne, like an ancient Vicious Beast breaking free from all shackles!

"No! Emperor! Get out! What that Demonic Body suppressed... wasn't Demonic thought!"

The Sword Attendant in the distance let out an extremely terrified scream!

Ye Fan, too, at the moment of Fusion with the Demonic Body, finally saw the most terrifying truth that made his Soul flee, through the shared memory!

His previous life's fall into the Demonic Path was not due to failing to challenge the Heavenly Dao.

Instead, after challenging the Heavenly Dao, he was severely wounded and ambushed and corrupted by an unspeakable, terrifying entity that descended from "beyond the domain"!

He ultimately had no choice but to cut off his corrupted Physical Body, turning it into a "Demonic Body," and using his own undying Sword Intent as chains, eternally suppress that "Outer Domain Heavenly Demon," along with his corrupted Physical Body, here!

And now... with his Fusion with the "Demonic Body," this Seal that had lasted for tens of thousands of years was... opened!

Rumble—!!!

The entire Burial Sword Valley trembled violently!

Ye Fan discovered in horror that an irresistible, terrifying power was pushing him and the Demonic Body out of that body!

And within that "Demonic Body," which slowly stood up, belonging to the "Sword Emperor" but now filled with endless Demonic might, a pair of pure golden eyes, not belonging to the "Sword Emperor," filled with mockery, greed, and contempt for all living beings, slowly opened.