231: Chapter 234 The Blade Mark of the Yuanxing Realm Master

Deep within the Inner Court.

Inside a cyan palace floating above a sea of clouds.

The battle record submitted by Zhou Xuan was already laid out before a man in silver robes.

The man did not look old.

His black hair draped over his shoulders, his expression was calm, and a sheathless long saber hung at his waist.

He sat there without a shred of oppressive aura.

Yet, the sea of clouds surrounding the entire palace seemed to have been sliced into countless layers by some form of invisible Saber Intent.

Each layer of cloud was as smooth as if it had been carved by a blade.

He was World Lord Yuanxing.

One of the strongest World Realm experts in the Blade Dao in the eastern region of the Suiyue Divine Kingdom.

He was also the person Zhou Xuan had mentioned as being the most suitable to guide Lin Yi.

World Lord Yuanxing looked at the contents of the Jade Slip, his expression showing little fluctuation.

"Jiuzhou World."

"Divine Body Realm Triple Stage."

"Top-grade Divine Body."

"True Intent of Water Fourth Level."

"Second attempt at the Divine Body Realm Hunyuan Tower, stopped at the thirty-seventh level."

He read through this information, then raised his eyes to look at Zhou Xuan, who was standing in the hall.

"Where is the recording of the tower challenge?"

Zhou Xuan immediately handed over an image stone.

"It is all here. I have specifically clipped the thirtieth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh levels."

World Lord Yuanxing said nothing more and tapped his finger.

The image stone lit up.

In the great hall, the scene of Lin Yi challenging the tower soon appeared.

First was the thirtieth level.

Lin Yi failed the first time.

Then, during his second attempt, he broke through the thirtieth level.

Next was the thirty-fifth level.

Lin Yi compressed his Top-grade Divine Body, True Intent of Water, Black Demon War Heaven Body, and One Blade Slashes One World into a single strike, shattering the black-haired youth's saber momentum.

Seeing this, World Lord Yuanxing's eyes finally flickered slightly.

Zhou Xuan noticed this but did not speak.

The footage continued.

The thirty-sixth level.

A man in dark gold armor forced Lin Yi to retreat continuously with extreme pressure.

Lin Yi withstood the pressure, surged back, and ultimately cleared the level.

Finally, the thirty-seventh level.

A youth in white dismantled all of Lin Yi's responses with palm techniques.

Lin Yi unleashed a full-power strike, forcing his opponent back three steps, before being defeated.

The recording ended.

The great hall returned to silence.

World Lord Yuanxing did not comment immediately.

After a long while, he said:

"The saber is still immature."

Zhou Xuan was not surprised.

World Lord Yuanxing continued:

"The Divine Body is very strong."

"The True Intent of Water is not bad either."

"His Comprehension Ability is even better."

"But his saber has not yet truly developed its own bones."

Zhou Xuan said:

"But he comes from a Small World; to reach this stage at his age is already extremely difficult."

"That is why I say he is not bad."

World Lord Yuanxing said indifferently:

"If he had merely reached the thirty-seventh level at the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage, a glance would have been enough."

"What truly interests me is that he changes in every level."

"At the thirtieth level, he learned wholeness."

"At the thirty-fifth level, he learned unity."

"At the thirty-sixth level, he learned bearing."

"He failed at the thirty-seventh level, yet he did not lose his composure."

"Give a person like this a rock, and he can grind a saber out of it."

Zhou Xuan's heart trembled slightly.

It was not easy to get World Lord Yuanxing to say such a thing.

"Does the World Lord wish to see him?"

World Lord Yuanxing did not answer directly.

He raised his hand and slashed.

A very shallow saber mark appeared in the Void Realm.

As soon as the saber mark appeared, Zhou Xuan felt his vision blur.

It was as if a galaxy had been sliced in half.

But when he looked again, the mark was still just a mark.

No light.

No momentum.

Not even any killing intent.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"Take him to Enlightenment Room No. 3."

"There is a saber mark I left there in my early years."

"Give him three days."

"If he can leave a saber mark of his own beside it within three days, I will see him."

Zhou Xuan asked:

"What if he cannot?"

"Then he should continue to Cultivate."

World Lord Yuanxing's voice was calm.

"Breaking a record only proves he is qualified to be seen."

"Whether he can reach me depends on his saber."

Zhou Xuan cupped his hands.

"Understood."

In the Inner Court Immortal Cave.

Lin Yi had just finished reviewing.

The palm technique of the white-clad youth from the thirty-seventh level was still appearing repeatedly in his mind.

He lost that level very clearly.

It was not that he did not know a certain move.

It was that the whole was not yet flawless.

He was preparing to take out source liquid to continue polishing his Divine Body and True Intent of Water when Zhou Xuan's voice came from outside the Immortal Cave.

"Lin Yi."

Lin Yi opened his eyes and opened the Formation.

Zhou Xuan walked into the Immortal Cave.

"World Lord Yuanxing has watched the recording of your tower challenge."

Lin Yi's expression shifted slightly.

"What did he say?"

"He said your saber is still immature."

Zhou Xuan looked at Lin Yi, wanting to see his reaction.

Lin Yi just nodded.

"He is right."

Zhou Xuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"You do not argue."

"Lost is lost."

Lin Yi said:

"I could not pass the thirty-seventh level; naturally, it was because my saber was not enough."

The appreciation in Zhou Xuan's eyes grew heavier.

Many geniuses, upon hearing such an evaluation, would not reflect but rather refuse to accept it.

Lin Yi was different.

He knew where he was strong, and he knew where he was lacking.

This was rarer than simply having high talent.

Zhou Xuan said:

"World Lord Yuanxing has given you a test."

"In Inner Court Enlightenment Room No. 3, there is a saber mark he left in his early years."

"If you can leave your own saber mark beside it within three days, he will see you."

Lin Yi asked:

"Only see?"

"Only see."

Zhou Xuan said:

"Not taking you as a disciple."

"No promises."

"It is just giving you a chance to walk before him."

Lin Yi stood up.

"That is enough."

Zhou Xuan nodded.

"Then go now."

Enlightenment Room No. 3 was located in the mountainside on the west side of the Inner Court.

From the outside, it looked like an ordinary stone gate.

But after the stone gate opened, Lin Yi immediately felt a faint Saber Intent.

It was not sharp.

It was not overbearing.

Yet it felt like an invisible thin thread, gently slicing across the space in front of his brow.

Zhou Xuan did not go in.

"You must enter the Enlightenment Room alone."

"Three days later, the stone gate will open automatically."

"Whether you can leave a saber mark depends on you."

Lin Yi nodded and stepped inside.

The stone gate closed slowly behind him.

The Enlightenment Room was not large.

All four sides were gray stone walls.

There were no cushions, no tables, and no Cultivation items in the room.

Only on the stone wall directly in front was there a saber mark.

The saber mark was very shallow.

So shallow that if one did not look closely, one might even think it was just a natural crack in the stone wall.

Lin Yi stood in place and watched for a long time.

The first glance, nothing.

The second glance, still nothing.

The third glance, he finally saw something different.

The saber mark was not slashed into the wall.

It was as if the stone wall had split open by itself.

This was very strange.

A saber mark should be left by a saber.

But this mark did not have the feeling of being forcefully slashed.

It was more like when World Lord Yuanxing struck with his saber, the stone wall itself already knew where it should split.

Lin Yi walked a few steps closer.

His True Intent of Water Fourth Level slowly circulated.

He wanted to perceive the flow within the saber mark.

But the moment he touched it, that perception was sliced apart.

Not bounced back.

It was sliced.

Sliced silently.

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed.

He did not continue to force his perception.

Instead, he sat cross-legged.

He began to watch.

Watching only the saber mark.

A quarter of an hour.

An hour.

Half a day.

The saber mark remained quietly on the stone wall.

It did not evolve any saber techniques.

It did not emit any sound.

Nor did any so-called Legacy images appear.

Yet Lin Yi gradually felt a kind of pressure.

It was not the saber mark pressing on him.

It was that the more he looked, the more he felt his own saber had too much.

Too much water.

Too much force.

Too much Divine Body.

Too much Essence.

Even the saber technique One Blade Slashes One World itself was too heavy.

There was not so much in World Lord Yuanxing's saber mark.

It just happened to slash at the exact position it should have.

Therefore, the stone wall split.

Therefore, the saber mark was left.

Lin Yi suddenly remembered his realization at the twentieth level.

If there is no flaw, slash out a flaw.

He then remembered the blade of unity from the thirty-fifth level.

All power should be in one blade.

But now, he vaguely felt it was still not enough.

After unity, one must return to simplicity.

It is not about piling everything into the saber.

It is about letting everything inherently be this one blade.

The first day passed.

Lin Yi did not strike.

The second day passed.

He still did not strike.

Outside the Enlightenment Room, Zhou Xuan came once and left.

No urging.

The third day.

Lin Yi finally stood up.

He looked at the saber mark, his right hand gripping the pitch-black long saber.

But he did not draw the saber immediately.

In his mind, the palm technique of the white-clad youth from the thirty-seventh level appeared again.

Why could the opponent dismantle all his responses?

Because everything of his still had traces.

Water had the traces of water.

Divine Body had the traces of the Divine Body.

Saber techniques had the traces of saber techniques.

Divine Ability had the traces of Divine Ability.

As long as there were traces, they could be dismantled.

And this saber mark of World Lord Yuanxing had almost no traces.

Lin Yi closed his eyes.

The power of the Top-grade Divine Body sank deep into his flesh and blood.

The True Intent of Water Fourth Level was no longer released.

The Black Demon War Heaven Body hid within his bones.

The Saber Intent of One Blade Slashes One World was no longer eager to form momentum.

Everything slowly quieted down.

Then, he drew his saber.

He slashed.

No black saber light.

No sound of water.

No Divine Body pressure.

Only the blade edge gently slicing across the stone wall.

"Shh."

Beside World Lord Yuanxing's saber mark, a very shallow new mark appeared.

The new mark was very short.

And it was not as natural as World Lord Yuanxing's mark.

But it remained.

Lin Yi sheathed his saber.

At the same time, the stone gate of the Enlightenment Room opened slowly.

Zhou Xuan stood outside the door, looking at the stone wall.

When he saw the second saber mark, his eyes narrowed.

A moment later, he took out a communication Jade Slip.

"World Lord."

"Three days have passed."

"Lin Yi has left a saber mark."