357: Chapter 348 The Sixth Incarnation: Heavenly Venerable (Thirty-Six)

"A hundred years..."

The will of "Time" flowed, performing deductions.

"To us, it is but a flick of a finger. Using these hundred years to refine this heavy artifact in exchange for the secrecy and efficiency of subsequent actions... acceptable."

"Each taking a strand of Origin Dao Rhyme..." The thunder of "Destruction" flickered as if weighing the risks, but eventually, its intent came through: "Acceptable. However, the refining process must be jointly monitored to prevent anyone from tampering with it."

"Innate Primal Qi from before Chaos opened, Karma and Destiny curios, Void Realm Divine Iron..." From the intent of the "Space" cornerstone came several space-time coordinates and information, "Such divine materials, though rare, are not difficult for us to collect given our accumulation over endless ages."

The giant coffin of "the end" remained silent for a moment, gray-white dao patterns circulating, until finally a deathly yet certain intent came through: "Acceptable. Let us use a hundred years to refine this 'Heaven-Reaching Dao Treasure'."

Its "gaze" swept over All Venerables, including Shang Qing.

"The place of refinement, the methods, and the monitoring system must be decided immediately."

"Naturally."

Dao Lord Shang Qing nodded and immediately began discussing the specific details with All Venerables.

A hundred years of time in the mundane Mortal World is enough to witness the change of Dynasties, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the birth, aging, illness, and death of several generations.

To this group of the most ancient existences plotting to overthrow the old heavens and re-establish the universe, it was but a fleeting moment.

And during these hundred years that the Ancient Venerables were preparing, the outside world fell into a silence like the calm before a storm.

First, the Hundred Weapons Dao Realm, Heavenly Blade Peak.

The name "Blade Absolute Edge" was as sharp as his blade; after a hundred years of tempering, his brilliance was so dazzling that the entire Hundred Weapons Dao Realm took notice.

Under the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord's subtle "attention" and "guidance," supported by the nearly infinite weapon-killing aura resources of the Dao Realm, and further bolstered by his own transcendent Dao Foundation, peerless Comprehension Ability, and the legacy of his past life as the "Karma Saber Guest," his cultivation progress could be described as advancing by leaps and bounds!

However, his path was not entirely the "self-created new path" he had originally desired.

The Hundred Weapons Dao Lord, this ancient existence who took "Weapons" as his Dao, possessed an unfathomable will.

He seemed to "value" the chess piece that was Blade Absolute Edge, but this "valuation" came with an unquestionable desire for control and shaping.

Shortly after Blade Absolute Edge displayed world-shaking talent in the Saber Dao and initially fused the prototypes of "Karma" and "Order" with his own Saber Intent to create a unique combat method, the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord handed down an inviolable "dharma decree"—

Ordering the then-leader of the Heavenly Blade Lineage and grandfather of Blade Absolute Edge, "Ren Tianya," a powerful Fruit Position True Person who also reigned supreme in the Saber Dao and shook the region...

—to dissipate his Dao!

Not to fall in death, but to actively dissipate his relatively clear connection and authority with the Great Dao of the "Saber," vacating the core Fruit Position of the "Saber Dao"!

Then, witnessed and promoted by the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord himself, Blade Absolute Edge... would succeed him!

This move shocked the entire Hundred Weapons Dao Realm. Ren Tianya was also a pillar-like existence within the Hundred Weapons Dao Realm, and his Dao dissipation was no different from a minor "earthquake."

And Blade Absolute Edge, a "junior" who had practiced for little more than a hundred years, was actually to be pushed directly into such a critical "Fruit Position"?

No matter how high his talent, this was too shocking, almost like "pulling up seedlings to help them grow"!

However, under the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord's unquestionable majesty and some deeper layout, everything happened anyway.

With an indescribably complex state of mind, at the core of the "Soldier Tomb" at the deepest part of the Dao Realm—where endless weapon-killing aura and weapon Souls of past generations gathered—Ren Tianya began the Dao dissipation ceremony destined to shock the Dao Realm under the indifferent gaze of the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord.

There were no world-shaking phenomena, only the Soul-striking sorrow and emptiness brought by the stripping and dissipation of the most fundamental "Dao."

He slowly closed his eyes, and the originally matchless and sharp "Saber Intent" and "Dao Rhyme" around him, which seemed capable of severing everything, began to slowly withdraw and dissipate from his Dao body, Divine Soul, and even the deepest part of his true spirit like a receding tide.

It was silent at first, but then, within the Soldier Tomb, the endless wreckage of divine weapons and ancient battle Soul intents that had been silent for countless millennia seemed to sense something and began to emit low, mournful hums, as if seeing off a king.

The Great Dao of "Weapons" of the entire Hundred Weapons Dao Realm also produced subtle, sorrowful tremors.

"Dissipate!"

Ren Tianya silently chanted the mantra in his heart, and without further hesitation, completely let go of his control and maintenance of his own "Saber Lord" Fruit Position!

In an instant—

"Boom—!!!"

It was not a sound, but a violent upheaval of the Great Dao Origin!

A majestic, pure, and extremely sharp torrent—the core of the Saber Dao Origin, which seemed to condense all the true meanings of "sharpness," "decisiveness," and "severing" from all the heavens and myriad worlds—burst out from above Ren Tianya's head, turning into a gray river of Saber Qi that pierced through heaven and earth, yet contained immeasurable sharpness!

Within the long river, fragments of countless saber technique true meanings, combat experiences, and Great Dao insights could be seen faintly surfacing and sinking!

Ren Tianya's Dao body became illusory and transparent at a rate visible to the naked eye, and his aura declined sharply, but his eyes became increasingly clear as if he had laid down an eternal burden. He took one last deep look at the solemn and tense Blade Absolute Edge not far away, and a faint, relieved yet meaningful curve seemed to appear at the corner of his mouth.

Then, his form completely turned into spots of light rain, merging into that river of Saber Qi, leaving only a faint sigh that seemed to transcend time, echoing in the depths of the Soldier Tomb.

The river of Saber Qi lost its source and became more violent and chaotic.

At that moment, the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord, sitting on the supreme throne of the Soldier Tomb with his figure shrouded in hazy weapon-killing aura, finally moved.

He merely raised a single finger.

There was no brilliant radiance at his fingertip, yet it seemed to condense all the ultimate authority of the Great Dao of "Weapons" over "control," "dominion," and "refining."

With a light tap of his finger, he pressed toward the violent river of Saber Qi from a distance.

"Suppress." An indifferent and ruthless voice, like a decree from the Heavenly Dao.

The river of Saber Qi, which seemed about to tear the Soldier Tomb apart and pierce through the Void Realm, suddenly solidified!

Like a raging Dragon locked by invisible divine chains, it could not struggle. Following that, even more mysterious runes flowed from the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord's fingertip; those were the supreme refining and guiding methods manifested through the Dao of "Weapons."

"Fuse." The second word was uttered.

Under the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord's supreme power of forced compression, refinement, and guidance, the solidified river of Saber Qi began to frantically collapse, condense, and purify, turning into a "Sword Dao Origin True Seed" that was refined to the extreme, dark gold in color, and contained infinite saber patterns and combat imprints!

This True Seed was the core of the "Saber Lord" Fruit Position, the key and authority leading to the root of the "Saber"!

"Seal."

For the third word, the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord turned his gaze toward Blade Absolute Edge, who had long been shocked by the scene before him, his "Ten Thousand Weapons Spirit Sacrifice Art" operating frantically on its own and resonating violently with that "Sword Dao True Seed."

That dark gold "Sword Dao True Seed," under the Hundred Weapons Dao Lord's absolute control, turned into a streak of light and, ignoring all obstacles, crashed fiercely into the space between Blade Absolute Edge's eyebrows!