Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 179 Trigger
Everyone was alarmed and worried, yet helpless.

In Dongting Lake, above the fish and dragons.

The Purple Lightning and Thunder Prison is endless and boundless.

Shen He wields his sword and knife with a sense of contentment.

"The blade uses destruction to create, the sword uses creation to destroy!"

"The Eight Forms of the Demon Blade: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Sun, Moon, and Stars!"

"The Eight Forms of the Dao Sword: Life and Death, Illusion and Annihilation, Slaughter and Despair!"

"Splitting the earth, tearing the wind, raging fire, calamity, falling sun, shattering the moon, slaying stars!"

"One life, two deaths, three illusions, four annihilation, five executions, six slaughters, seven traps!"

"Boom!"

The heavens and earth roared, and the thunderous prison surged, all because of the crisscrossing of swords and blades.

The Heavenly Tribulation seeks the Dao, creating new laws to fill gaps. In this endless Thunder Prison of birth and death, Shen He fully practices his swordsmanship, creating swordsmanship unique to him.

The technique has been reborn here, and it is similar to, yet completely different from, the original Three Calamities Karmic Fire Blade Technique and the Sacrifice Dao Demon-Slaying Sword Technique.

The original sword and saber techniques were transformed and modified by Shen He, who introduced the new Eight Forms of Demonic Saber and Eight Forms of Dao Sword, which correspond to the first to eighth realms respectively. This filled the gap in the nameless foundation of the first four realms. Although it may seem to complicate things, it is not a step backward, but rather a deepening of the foundation.

In addition, there is the principle of mutual witness between swords and blades, and the cycle of birth and death.

The knife moves from destruction to creation, and the sword moves from creation to destruction. Knife techniques are sword techniques, and sword techniques are knife techniques; they complement and enhance each other.

Thus, the Demon Blade and Dao Sword, in their eight forms, were unleashed!
It is said to have eight forms, but in reality, he has only mastered seven, because Shen He has only cultivated to the seventh level. Whether it is the eighth form of the saber technique or the eighth form of the sword technique, it is currently only a theoretical concept and has not yet been put into practice.

But for this calamity, the Seven Styles of Swords and Blades are sufficient.

"Opening up the earth, splitting the wind, karmic fire, and calamity!"

Shen He, wielding a knife in one hand, first demonstrated four moves: earth, wind, fire, and water, slashing, thrusting, and spinning!
The Earth-Splitting Saber, the Wind-Splitting Saber, the Karmic Fire Dagger, and the Calamity-Spinning Saber are all basic saber techniques that combine the power of heaven and earth to create the ultimate demonic saber style.

After the four basic moves, there are four more advanced moves.

The earth splits and the sun falls, the wind shatters and the moon breaks, karmic fire cuts down stars, and calamity overturns the heavens!
Except for the final move which was not executed, the remaining seven moves were all fluid and graceful.

The demonic blade crisscrosses, and the Dao sword rises as well. Life and death, illusion and destruction, slaughter and annihilation, the first and seventh swords are completed in one breath. Although it stopped at the eighth sword and did not break through, it was still amazing and extraordinary.

finally……

"drink!!!"

Shen He shouted in a deep voice, and the swords returned to their original positions, stored in his dantian, and were controlled by the Great Dao Nascent Soul in his sea of ​​qi. The combined power of the cultivators unleashed a sword aura that broke through the Thunder Prison and soared straight into the sky.

"what is that!?"

Outside Dongting Lake, the cultivators' pupils contracted, and they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Within the Thunderous Purgatory, a beam of energy shot into the sky, growing thousands of feet in an instant, its power reaching the heavens and piercing the firmament.

"This is……"

"Sword light?"

"The sword light of the Azure Nether Sword Master?"

Such power?

"The primordial spirit has been formed?"

Seeing that towering aura, not to mention ordinary cultivators, even several Nascent Soul stage monsters were terrified.

After the ancient times, the primordial spirits fell into silence, causing the Taiyuan rank to fall and the boundaries between heaven and earth to weaken. Thus, the Nascent Soul stage possessed the ability to break through boundaries and ascend to immortality.

Now, this beam of energy, soaring to the heavens and earth, seems poised to break through the boundaries of the universe.

What does this mean?
This means that his primordial spirit has been formed and he is about to break free from the tribulation!

But can the primordial spirit truly break through this indestructible heavenly tribulation?

"boom!!!"

Before everyone could settle their doubts, they saw a towering beam of energy descend, shaped like a pillar of heaven, cleaving through the sky, severing the tribulation clouds, and shattering the thunder prison.

Destruction and creation, creation and destruction, the power of the demonic sword and the Dao sword broke through the heavenly tribulation, ultimately causing the imperishable to perish, the endless to end, the Purple Lightning Thunder Prison to shatter, vanish into thin air, and there was no more life.

In the end, only a sword mark remained, severing the thousand-mile-long cloud of calamity, as if splitting heaven and earth in two.

"hiss!!!!!!"

Although they were outside Dongting Lake and had not been affected, the cultivators still couldn't help but gasp at the sight, and several Nascent Soul stage monsters were even more horrified.

"That is……"

"The Dharma of the Soul?"

"A magnificent and imposing primordial spirit dharma image?"

"To have such a foundation so early in one's life?"

"Even an indestructible heavenly tribulation can be broken with a single sword strike?"

"Just who is this Azure Nether Sword Master?"

"How could such a person have been completely unknown before?"

"How could such a true dragon be raised in the inland lands?"

Gazing at the sword mark that stretched across thousands of miles of tribulation clouds, the cultivators lost their composure, their voices filled with shock and doubt.

But what outsiders do doesn't affect the overall situation. As the situation changes, the dark curtain of the sky eventually recedes.

After the rain, the sky cleared, and the clouds were light and the breeze gentle.

On Fish Dragon Island, a person landed and stood with his hands behind his back.

Then, two beams of light, one black and one white, flew out and landed on either side of the man.

On the left, a black light appeared, revealing a man in black, his figure as imposing as a mountain, exuding an awe-inspiring presence.

A white light appeared on the right, revealing a man in white robes, with a physique as sturdy as a pine tree and a sword intent soaring to the heavens.

"Martial Arts Madman!"

"Li Qingming!"

"I've met fellow Taoist!"

The two appeared, bowed in unison, and paid their respects to Shen He.

"what!"

Shen He smiled but said nothing, only letting his thoughts wander.

Instantly, the two figures transformed into black and white light and merged back into their bodies.

Within the Qi Sea and Dantian, the Great Dao Nascent Soul sat steadily, with spiritual light flashing on both sides, transforming into demonic blades and swords. Although they were only sixth-order weapons, they contained the cultivation fruits of the seventh realm, and sixty-three earthly evil laws and bloodlines were connected. The blades and swords were like me, and I was like the blades and swords.

It is indeed a heretical Nascent Soul cultivator!

During this tribulation, Shen He not only successfully created a technique, with the Demon Blade and Dao Sword each displaying eight forms, but also took advantage of the situation to transform the Demon Blade and Dao Sword, which had advanced to the sixth rank, into external nascent souls, creating two external avatars.

The external nascent soul, an avatar outside the body, is a prerequisite cultivation method for the second primordial spirit. It requires the cultivator to split the nascent soul and combine it with a rare treasure of heaven and earth, painstakingly refining the magical restrictions to achieve success.

The cost is too high and the risk is too great, so generally speaking, cultivators can only refine one external avatar. Refining more than that risks damaging the nascent soul and destroying the foundation, which is not worth the effort.

However, Shen He was no ordinary person. He had a profound foundation as a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the Demon Blade and Dao Sword were his natal weapons. Therefore, the cost of refining them was relatively low and the difficulty was relatively low. It was not difficult for him to refine two external bodies, and there was no risk of damaging his foundation.

This external avatar can not only take the place of the original body in times of calamity and do dirty and tiring work, but also help the original body cultivate, achieving twice the result with half the effort. When necessary, it can also re-merge with the original body to improve cultivation and strengthen the foundation.

Therefore, given the opportunity, Nascent Soul cultivators will refine external avatars; the Heavenly Slaughter Demon Lord is one such example.

Shen He was no different now. Looking at the demonic sword and Dao sword guarding the Great Dao Nascent Soul in his dantian, he nodded with great satisfaction.

Guardian Demon Blade
Item Class: Seeker (Exclusive)

Item Rank: Rank 6 (Seeker's Experience Refinement)
Item effect: Guardian of the Dharma, Destroys Demons.

Item effect: Swords clashing against each other.

Item Effect: Sacrificial Demon Blade (Can be used to refine the demon blade using sacrificial methods, enhancing its destructive and creative power, and also giving it the characteristics of a "Taoist sword")
Item Description: The blade transforms destruction into creation!

Battle Sword
Item Class: Seeker (Exclusive)

Item Rank: Rank 6 (Seeker's Experience Refinement)
Item effect: Fighting to defend the righteous path.

Item effect: Swords clashing against each other.

Item Special Effect: Karmic Fire Dao Sword (Can be used to refine the Dao sword with the method of karmic fire, enhancing the Dao sword's power of creation and destruction, while also giving the Dao sword the characteristics of a "demon blade")
Item description: The sword is for creation and destruction.

……

Both the Demon Blade and the Dao Sword have reached the sixth rank. As exclusive items for seekers of the Dao, they have gained a new class trait: the ability to refine the Dao Sword using the Demon Blade's techniques and the Demon Blade using the Dao Sword's techniques.

In other words, the Dao sword, which could originally only be forged by the sword master through "sacrifice," can now be improved like the demonic blade by absorbing various demonic materials, flesh and blood essence, and the Three Calamities and Four Tribulations techniques.

The demonic blade, which originally required absorbing large amounts of flesh and blood and forging itself through slaughter, can now be forged by its master through sacrificial rituals, without needing to rely on external aids.

In addition, with the [Sword and Blade Sharpen] trait he gained at the fifth rank, even if all the demonic cultivators in the Taiyuan Realm were to die out now, and there were no more people to feed Shen He on his swords, he could still continuously improve the rank of his demonic swords and dao swords by "eating himself".

Self-sufficient, no longer needing to ask others for help!
In addition, the Demon Blade and the Dao Sword can complement each other's strengths. Not only do they enhance the power of destruction and creation, but they can also possess each other's characteristics, such as the Demon Blade's Karmic Fire mechanism and the Dao Sword's Demon-Slaying stat.

The complementary nature of the mechanisms and numerical values ​​is incredibly powerful!

Finally, Shenyang took one last look at his career panel.

Zhong Chuan (Shenhe)
Occupation: Seeker of the Way (Tier 4, Level 10)

Lifespan: 10036/20000.

Cultivation level: Immortal Martial Spirit Mastery, Great Dao Nascent Soul.

Professional Talents: Longevity Fisherman, Longevity Immortal Blessed Land, Longevity Nourishing Method, Iron Heart. Professional Skills: Xingyi Quan, Five Elements Technique, Spirit Control Scripture, Shennong's Herbal Classic, Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture, Five Elements True Spirit Technique, Alchemy Advancement Method, Talisman Advancement Method, Weapon Advancement Method, Array Advancement Method…

Professional items: Guardian Demon Blade, Battle Dao Sword.

General Skills: Karmic Fire Three Calamities Blade Technique, Sacrificial Dao Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, Demon Blade and Dao Sword Obscurity Technique...

My professional experience is sufficient; I am ready to advance at any time.

But Shen He had no such intention.

Those who seek their way through fishing, those who live in seclusion, those who strive for immortality, and those who seek the Dao.

He has developed this cultivation system into an extremely powerful career path, so powerful that even in the real world, he would be a figure who stands out from his peers.

Now that he's come this far, Shen He doesn't mind going a step further, creating a greater impact, gaining more experience, and thus improving the quality of his advanced career, making this career path even stronger.

Therefore, we can put aside things that require further advancement.

After professional rank comes lifespan and cultivation level.

His cultivation level has reached the sixth stage, and he is cultivating the three methods simultaneously, reaching the Great Dao Nascent Soul stage.

Thanks to this, his lifespan increased dramatically to 20,000 years, making him comparable to a Mahayana cultivator.

This time, he used the Myriad Roots Great Law to comprehend the "Demonic Blade Dao Sword Obscurity and Clarity Method" in the Free Heaven Realm, consuming more than nine thousand years of life essence, which allowed him to reach a lifespan of ten thousand years.

Long live the Emperor!

Even a powerful being at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul realm can only live for ten thousand years. He is only at the sixth level now, yet he has already lost the lifespan of a Nascent Soul realm being, which shows how enormous the Myriad Paths Origin Great Art consumes.

Fortunately, he possesses the power of longevity, so this expenditure is insignificant. On the contrary, he can use the advantage of "cultivating immortality in old age" to accelerate his progress.

The tribulation has passed, the nascent soul has been formed, and the demonic blade and the Dao sword have been forged.

Then...

Without pausing, Shen He unleashed a sword beam and headed straight for the outer edge of the island.

Outside Dongting Lake, the cultivators watched, eager to make a move but hesitant. They all wanted to go to the island to pay a visit and ask for help to lift the siege of Cangjian Mountain, but they were also wary and dared not make contact easily.

Just then, a sword light shot out, transforming into a long rainbow and disappearing in an instant.

"That is……"

"The Master of the Azure Sword?"

Where do you wish to go?

"Of course, they're going to relieve the siege of Hidden Sword Mountain!"

Several Nascent Soul cultivators exchanged glances, then leaped up and rode their escape lights toward Hidden Sword Mountain.

Let's leave aside what others think.

Shen He's sword flashed, moving with lightning speed, his escape was astonishing, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Ten Thousand Mountains, Red Maple Valley!

The secluded place, shrouded in miasma, served as a natural barrier.

Shen He rode his sword into the valley, but did not enter; he only left behind a message.

"After reaching the Core Formation stage, follow me to Hidden Sword Mountain to vanquish the demons!"

"This is……"

"Master?"

"Owner?"

His words, like a thunderclap, stirred up a huge reaction.

A sword light shot up, revealing itself to be the Ice Crystal Mystic Soul.

Then a fish-dragon and a golden silkworm worm flew out.

Zhong Yuxiu, Pan Wangpo, and Long Yu, who has already leaped over the dragon gate and refined the dragon pearl.

"Master!"

"Owner!"

The group arrived in high spirits, but had no time to catch up, for Shen He's sword light had already headed towards Hidden Sword Mountain.

Soldiers are very fast!
Several people knew this, and they had been preparing for it for many years. Without saying a word, they followed, and several streaks of light rushed straight to Hidden Sword Mountain.

On the other side, Hidden Sword Mountain, Heavenly Demon Formation.

The group gathered, their faces ashen.

"Our spies have reported that Li Qingming is undergoing his tribulation in Dongting Lake!"

"I heard that the tribulation clouds stretched across a thousand miles of territory, and finally the endless Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation descended, but it was still broken by Li Qingming's magnificent sword."

"This person has successfully transcended the tribulation and cultivated the primordial spirit dharma form. He will surely come here to relieve the siege of the Xuanmen."

"What should I do? What should I do?"

The group exchanged words, their brows furrowed, revealing a hint of panic.

Although they did not encounter "Li Qingming" on Xuanxiao Mountain back then, his feat of slaying three demons with a single sword is still terrifying.

Not to mention that now that he has broken through, survived the Undying Heavenly Tribulation, and become a Primordial Spirit Dharma Body, his strength will have skyrocketed to an unknown level. Even if these few Nascent Soul cultivators were tied together, they probably wouldn't be enough for him to kill with a single sword strike.

What to do?

"or……"

One of them tentatively suggested, "Should we retreat first?"

Such words reveal a guilty conscience.

However, when the crowd turned their gazes, they were indeed eager to try, and there was a tacit agreement.

"Where there is life, there is hope!"

“That person has already become a god, and we are truly no match for him.”

"Preserve your useful body in order to plan for the future."

The crowd was eager to act, but also somewhat hesitant.

"We've retreated, but what about that calamity...?"

The group exchanged glances, each with their own reservations.

After the initial attack, the Heavenly Slaughter Demon Lord went into seclusion, vowing that he would not emerge until he had achieved the Primordial Spirit. Everyone believed that he would definitely achieve the Primordial Spirit within a hundred years.

But now, that person has taken the lead and is about to besiege the city, leaving him no time to break through.

So, who will go and call him?

Just as everyone hesitated...

"boom!!!"

The central hub of the grand formation resounded with a deafening roar, as demonic energy surged forth.

A Nascent Soul cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Palace had a change in expression. His demonic energy and magical power overflowed uncontrollably, startling him so much that he hurriedly sat down on the ground and set up more than ten restrictions around himself.

"This is……"

"The Myriad Paths of the Heavenly Demonic Realm?"

"It's Heavenly Slaughter!"

The others' eyes narrowed, and they turned to look at the central point of the formation.

"At this very moment?"

"Is it a coincidence, or..."

"It's not a coincidence, it's triggered by the flow of Qi!"

"The Myriad Paths of the Heavenly Demon Art can transform extraterrestrial demons to perceive the world. Tianlu must have sensed Li Qingming's tribulation aura and was stimulated by it, thus breaking through!"

"Quickly, everyone return to your positions and hold the formation!"

The group's eyes sharpened, and they quickly returned to their base.

Meanwhile, in the Xuanxu Palace.

"That demon is about to undergo his tribulation!"

Mei Daoren suddenly stood up, released a golden boat, and rang the bells and drums.

"Brother Tao!"

"Master!"

Several streaks of light shot in, landing and transforming into three people: the South Sea Earth Nun, the Turtle-Fishing Old Man, and a handsome young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes.

Not just a few people, but also a group of Xuanmen cultivators outside Xuanxu Palace rushed over to catch up with the golden ship that saves them from calamity.

Mei Daoren ignored the others and looked only at the handsome young man: "That demon has succeeded in his mission and is about to undergo tribulation. This is our only chance. Shenxiu, remember, no matter what, you must fight your way out and fulfill your destiny!"

"Master!"

The handsome young man's expression changed, and he opened his mouth as if to speak.

"No need for further words, let's go!"

Mei Daoren grabbed him and flew into the ship with the old man fishing for turtles in the South Sea. The Golden Ship of Salvation transformed into a golden light, and the Three Talents Formation was detonated. Rolling spiritual energy rushed out of the secret realm with unparalleled force, directly attacking the Heavenly Demon Formation.

A life-or-death battle is about to erupt!
(End of this chapter)