129: The demon's cultivation level exceeded one million, and he possessed the Chaos True Crystal.

Sword Fiend Saint's eyes widened: "Enemies often cross paths. I didn't expect that my first assessment would be you."

"The first assessment..." Li Jiangchen was slightly surprised.

The Sword Fiend King before him was his fifth assessment target.

Something felt off.

Even if the challengers' clearance times varied, it should logically be the Sword Fiend Saint's second assessment.

There was no reason for him to have already experienced four fierce assessments while the opponent was only on their first.

Could it be... Li Jiangchen faintly sensed a possibility.

"No matter, once I enslave him, I can verify my guess," Li Jiangchen moved. With a step, the space projected figures like a mirror.

The Immortal Sword Domain spread, the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation appeared in the Void Realm, and sword shadows filled the heavens and earth.

"How is this possible..." The Sword Fiend Saint was stunned on the spot, hastily activating his Sword Domain in an attempt to resist the oppressive feeling coming from all around.

However, in just a few breaths, his Sword Domain was suppressed to only a few feet in size.

Clang! The Void Realm trembled, and a massive amount of Sword Light converged into one, solidifying into a giant golden sword that tore through the air and struck.

The terrifying aura made the Sword Fiend Saint's face sink like water. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of Sword Fiend, and the white bone sword in his hand erupted with fierce power, thrusting fiercely towards the incoming Sword Light.

Boom! The moment the two collided, the giant sword's Sword Light actually dispersed into ten Sword Qi of different colors. The Sword Qi transformed into Dragons, emitting a mysterious sealing fluctuation.

"Damn it!" The Sword Fiend Saint keenly sensed something was wrong, and his body retreated violently. Suddenly, his neck felt a chill, and a large head flew high into the air.

A Sword Qi, like a transparent thread, swept past, emitting a subtle spatial fluctuation.

"Spatial Profound Truth... Sword Qi." The Sword Fiend Saint, now only a head, had a look of astonishment on his face.

The next moment, the ten Sword Qi turned into streaks of light, pouring into the Sword Fiend Saint's headless remnant body.

The instant each Sword Qi pierced, ripples were born at the junction of the remnant body and the Sword Qi, quickly transforming into a Seal power.

It was the Dragon Restraining and Locking Sword Technique.

Under the enhancement of the Immortal Sword Domain and the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, even an Innate sword technique shed its mortal qualities, possessing the strength to threaten a Saint realm.

All ten Sword Qi had entered.

Boom! The Sword Qi, hidden for a long time, completely erupted, transforming into ten chains of different colors that bound the remnant body, forming a 'great' character shape.

At the same time, the Demon Nation expanded, black mist permeated, and specks of silver light continuously poured into the Sword Fiend Saint's body.

Immediately, the Sword Fiend Saint's head, which was far away, turned extremely pale.

Sword Fiend Demons are born from skeletons, unlike ordinary living beings. Their Soul Sea is not hidden in their head, but in their skeletal spine.

At this moment, he sensed the silver light points darting out from the black mist, frantically squeezing into his Soul Sea, actually causing his Soul Sea to vibrate, as if taking root, making him feel a sense of submission.

His Soul Sea... was being refined!

"First Seal the body, then continuously attempt to enslave and refine it, to preserve the combat strength to the greatest extent," Li Jiangchen said expressionlessly.

Inside the Soul Sea, the silver light points rapidly consumed.

After all, the Sword Fiend Saint's Divine Soul was not damaged, so his resistance was naturally stronger.

However, the black mist of the Demon Nation was endless, and the silver light points born from the black mist were also inexhaustible.

In the Sword Fiend Saint's Soul Sea, the silver light points condensed into the character 'slave', then dispersed.

The next moment, the external silver light points replenished the Soul Sea, attempting to condense the slave Seal again.

Dozens of breaths later.

"The three hundred and twenty-sixth enslavement failed..." Li Jiangchen's face remained expressionless.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth curved upwards. He saw a flaw appear in the Sword Fiend Saint's Divine Soul, and the newly surging silver light points actually went straight in. The 'slave' character rapidly condensed, looking like it was about to succeed.

The Sword Fiend Saint's face was filled with despair, and he roared furiously: "Ahhh! You forced me!"

A unique fluctuation emerged from the headless remnant body that had been sealed. The skeleton glowed, and a layer of Sword Light phantom was born from it, actually expelling the silver light points from the Soul Sea.

Hmm?

Li Jiangchen raised an eyebrow, looking at the Sword Light phantom floating above the headless corpse's skeleton.

A sword master with a blurry face stood holding a sword, performing defensive sword Moves that were exquisitely perfect, like water that couldn't be splashed in, or a needle that couldn't be inserted.

It even faintly emitted the aura of a third heaven Move.

"Is it the power contained within Dugu Sword Saint's remains..."

Li Jiangchen's face remained calm, continuously urging his Sword Qi to try and wear down the sword master's remnant shadow.

At the same time, maintaining the Immortal Sword Domain, Demon Nation, and Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, the power of these three Domains consumed an astonishing amount.

Even a Saint realm expert couldn't sustain it for long.

However, Li Jiangchen was different. Once his True Essence showed signs of depletion, he would not hesitate to consume Demon cultivation, and immediately, surging True Essence would spontaneously generate in his limbs and meridians.

An hour later, the sword master phantom on the remnant body's skeleton became extremely faint, as if it would disappear in the next second.

The Sword Fiend Saint's face was filled with despair.

This feeling was too familiar.

Back then, in order to retrieve his lost Saint Bone, he fought Li Jiangchen one-on-one.

He was always unable to break through, just like this situation now.

But this time, the situation was different. The power contained within the Saint Bone was limited, and he couldn't hold on for too long.

After a cup of tea's time.

"Don't even think... of enslaving this Saint!" The Sword Fiend Saint roared in anger, his face hideous.

Crack—

Cracks spread across the skeleton, and a destructive fluctuation emanated from it.

The next moment, a pillar of destructive light shot up into the sky, continuously expanding outwards, annihilating everything.

Li Jiangchen took a step, his body retreating rapidly, continuously moving towards the edge of the trial space.

The power of the three Domains converged, transforming into a colorful cloak covering his body.

One breath later, gray-white light filled the entire space, Sword Qi raged, and the originally stable space trembled like a sieve. Countless Sword Qi cut through space, creating countless cracks.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, several silver soul-destroying lights shot out from Li Jiangchen's glabella, attempting to wipe out the Sword Fiend Saint's remnant soul.

In an instant, his shattered Divine Soul was annihilated.

[Killed Sword Fiend Saint Realm *1, gained 102,000 years of Demon cultivation.]

However, the power contained within the Saint Skeleton was also completely activated.

Three breaths passed, and everything dissipated.

At the center of the explosion, the golden Saint Bone was covered in cracks, becoming dim, its aura less than one percent of its original strength.

At the edge of the trial space, a drop of fresh blood floated.

The fresh blood exuded life force, rapidly expanding, and golden Undecaying Power circulated, gradually transforming into Li Jiangchen's appearance.

With a wave of his hand, the Saint Skeleton, its power dissipated, fell into his palm like a jujube pit.

At this moment, his face was pale, and his aura was extremely weak.

"A third heaven killing Move... just a little bit more."

Just now, he used the three Emperor-Grade Divine Ability Domains as protective power, blocking ninety percent of the might.

But the remaining ten percent of power instantly evaporated his flesh and blood.

Leaving only a drop of blood containing vitality.

"The limit of power that this assessment space can accommodate is the third heaven." Li Jiangchen looked at the gradually recovering space, sensing a hint of purple fluctuation.

"Sure enough... the moment that purple appeared, the flow of time changed."

"Hmm? Demon cultivation has increased again."

Li Jiangchen noticed the changes on his panel.

Currently, his Demon cultivation exceeded a million years, reaching 1,034,000 years.

Suddenly, he raised his eyes, noticing new text appearing on the panel.

[Do you want to consume a million years of Demon cultivation to condense a chaos true crystal?]

[chaos true crystal: After use, based on your own Profound Truth comprehension, it assists in comprehending Fusion Profound Truth Moves.]

"Fusion Profound Truth Moves?"

Li Jiangchen tapped his finger, and the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation appeared around him. Sword Qi of different attributes separated, distinct from each other.

If ten types of attribute Profound Truths were to merge into one, the power would skyrocket by an unknown amount.

But fusing Profound Truth Moves was incredibly difficult.

"The Sword Fiend Saint activated the power of the Saint Skeleton, its might comparable to the third heaven."

"The next assessment should be directly facing a third heaven expert..."

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded again.

"Fifth assessment passed. Given that the challenger successfully challenged across realms, rewards are doubled. Do you wish to continue the assessment?"

Take the accumulated rewards.

Or...