339: Chapter 349 The best way to eliminate fear is to have no fear at all!

"So that's how it is..."

On the seventh level of the Heavenly Ladder, Su Jin, through his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, finally peeled away the mists of time and restored the original intent that the Wuji Sword Emperor had wanted to express.

The ordinary iron and wooden swords left behind by the Sword Emperor were never meant for people to learn his sword techniques.

Rather, he was telling those who came after him: a sword is merely a vessel.

When one's state of mind and Sword Intent reach the Realm of returning to simplicity, even flying flowers and plucked leaves can serve as a sword!

Even the most ordinary iron can bear the Great Dao that opens up heaven and earth!

Su Jin slowly stood up and looked up toward the end of his line of sight, at the higher levels of the Heavenly Ladder shrouded in clouds and mist.

"This is the path the Sword Emperor walked step by step back then."

"Undeniably, the scenery on this path is beautiful. If those who come after follow in his footsteps to imitate him, they can indeed avoid many detours and endure much less suffering. However..."

Su Jin's gaze was clear: "My sword is different from yours. You are a sharp blade, while I am a heavy mountain that crushes the ages."

After saying this, Su Jin inserted the fine iron sword containing Sword Intent back into the bluestone sword slot.

He took a step and walked steadily toward the next level.

Su Jin did not walk fast.

Every time he pulled out a sword, he would quietly observe the insights left by the Sword Emperor at that stage.

After understanding the essence of "returning to simplicity," the current Su Jin was more like a third party with a higher-dimensional perspective, calmly flipping through the life of the Sword Emperor, absorbing useful nourishment to verify his own Heavy Sword Dao.

"Boom!"

When Su Jin walked to the fifteenth level, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from within his body.

Nine immortal cores of different colors, radiating sharpness, flew out from under Su Jin's raincoat, and then began to fuse rapidly above his head!

"Myriad Phenomena Heavy Weight, Nine Extremes Return to One!"

The second Great Dao Origin containing the Heavy Sword Dao was successfully fused!

Su Jin's Breakthrough did not attract much attention in the Trial of the Sword space.

Because at this very moment, the vast majority of people were busy trying to refine Sword Intent; who had the time to care about a slow-moving Loose Cultivator?

But this time, the speed of the Fusion was so fast that even Su Jin himself felt a bit surprised.

The Cultivate of the Golden Immortal Realm focuses on comprehending and fusing one's own Great Dao Origin.

And this Trial of the Sword was like a back-door cheat specially tailored for Su Jin!

The Wuji Sword Emperor had demonstrated countless possibilities of Sword Dao evolution ahead. By drawing parallels, Su Jin even felt that if he wanted to, he could completely finish the Fusion of all nine Great Dao Origins here in one go!

But what Su Jin didn't know was that throughout history, the number of Geniuses who had entered the Trial of the Sword was as numerous as the hairs on an ox. Why couldn't others think of this?

The reason was simple: they didn't have the cheat Su Feng had given him, nor that unreasonable [Comprehension Ability 999]!

Others would spend years just comprehending a little bit of the surface, unlike him who could strike at the essence with just one glance?

Su Jin continued to step forward in an orderly manner.

On the thirtieth level, the third Great Dao Origin Fusion was completed!

On the forty-fifth level, the fourth Great Dao Origin Fusion was completed!

As the aura of the Origin radiating from his body became increasingly thick, someone in the sky above the Linchuan Realm outside finally noticed him.

"Look! It's that Raincoat Guest who possesses a Domain! He is fusing the Great Dao Origin!"

"What the hell! Wasn't he just wandering around in a daze on the seventh level a moment ago? How did he dash to the forty-fifth level in the blink of an eye?!"

"However... although this speed is astonishing compared to before, in terms of total progress, he is still the last among all the trial-takers."

In the Loose Cultivator camp, those who had been saved by Su Jin and felt grateful to him couldn't help but let a glimmer of hope light up in their eyes.

"This Senior is a top-tier Genius who possesses a Domain! He must be building up strength!"

Although they had also learned that due to the difficulty assessment mechanism of the trial, it was almost impossible for the Golden Immortal Realm to break through the fifty-level mark.

But they just wanted to see this man who stood up for the Loose Cultivators create a miracle.

As for the Saints of the top Sects above the Nine Heavens, they only glanced indifferently at Su Jin in the projection, and then continued to focus their attention on the top Prodigies of the various major Sects at the seventieth level.

In their view, even if this Raincoat Guest had luckily fused one Origin in such a short time, it would be of no avail.

For a Golden Immortal Realm to touch the Sword Intent backlash at the fiftieth level was simply courting death.

Of course, if they knew that in the time it took to walk these few steps, Su Jin had not fused one, but a full three Origins, I am afraid this group of Saints would not be so calm.

Inside the trial.

Below the fifty-first level, this place had already become a land of desperate wailing.

This watershed had stuck ninety-nine percent of the Prodigies!

Countless Geniuses famous in the Sword Domain, no matter how they tried, were ultimately scared into letting go by the fear deep within their own hearts, retreating back to the fiftieth level, unable to cross for a long time.

Just as this group of Prodigies gathered together, discussing countermeasures with worry-stricken faces.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in everyone's field of vision, neither fast nor slow.

Wearing a raincoat, a bamboo hat, and a long sword wrapped in coarse cloth hanging from his waist.

He was seen walking as if he were taking a stroll in his own backyard, stepping directly over the fiftieth-level ladder, and reaching out a single hand to grip the hilt of the sword on the fifty-first level.

"Idiot! Is this Raincoat Guest crazy? Doesn't he know that the sword on this fifty-first level is completely different from the previous ones?!"

"A reckless brute! Probably just a Loose Cultivator who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth; does anyone still expect him to be all that powerful?"

"Forget about him. Once he is reduced to tears by the Heart Demon backlash, he'll know what cruelty is. Let's just think about how to break through our own Heart Demons."

The surrounding Sword Cultivators from the Sects who were stuck, seeing Su Jin being so casual, all revealed sneers of mockery and disdain.

"Senior, be careful! The sword on this level cannot be gripped easily! It will..."

A Loose Cultivator who had entered the trial with Su Jin saw this, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly wanted to call out a warning.

But before the words could fall, Su Jin's hand had already gripped the hilt tightly.

"Sigh, it's too late. Let's wait until the Senior is backlashed by the Heart Demon, then we can tell him the research experience we just summarized." That Loose Cultivator shook his head helplessly, his face full of worry.

However.

One breath.

Five breaths.

Fifteen breaths passed...

The scene everyone had expected, where the Raincoat Guest would be backlashed by the Heart Demon, spitting blood and screaming as he let go, did not appear.

Su Jin's body was firmly fixed on the fifty-first level ladder.

Time passed minute by minute.

The surrounding Sword Cultivators who were originally mocking and discussing gradually stopped talking.

They looked at the rock-steady Su Jin and began to feel that something was wrong, even a bit hair-raising!

You must know that among this group of Sword Cultivators hailed as Geniuses, even the one with the firmest mind, when facing the thing they feared most deep in their hearts, could only hold on for at most a hundred breaths!

And the time this Raincoat Guest had been gripping the sword had clearly far exceeded a hundred breaths! Could it be that he felt no fear?!

Just as everyone was shocked beyond measure.

"Hum~!"

A crisp and melodious sword hum sounded.

Su Jin exerted a little force with his arm, and that long sword, which had stuck who knows how many Prodigies, was thus easily pulled out by him.

Su Jin picked up the ancient long sword in his hand, but the expression under his bamboo hat was full of doubt and confusion.

After he gripped the hilt just now, he actually did nothing, just stood there waiting, waiting for this sword to give him some of the legendary Heart Demon backlash, so he could continue his comprehension.

However, he waited for a long time and didn't get anything at all.

If he weren't truly confused in his heart and pulled the sword out directly, he would have almost thought he was holding a fake sword!

"That's not right..."

Su Jin turned his head and looked at the group of Sword Cultivators below who were looking at him like he was a monster, and became even more confused: "When they were pulling this sword just now, weren't they all backlashed by their own Heart Demon illusions?"

"Why do I feel nothing when I hold it?"

Su Jin stood alone on the fifty-first level, falling into deep thought.

How could he know that the essence of the fifty-first level trial was to face the thing one feared most deep in one's heart.

And he, Su Jin, as a Sword Body that suppressed the ages.

In his Sword Dao, there simply was no such thing as fear!