Chapter 1186: Chapter 1077: The Way of Nothingness Cuts through the Black Smoke

The stone stumps within Origin Valley, at this moment, are all undergoing a transformation, fundamentally different from before.

The previously evolved Sword Dao was breathtaking and reached the pinnacle of the Sword Dao, infinitely vast and majestic.

But the presently evolving Sword Dao is light as a wisp of wind, elusive as a cloud, serene as a handful of creek water, silent as a speck of dust.

Even Sword Nameless, Yuan Wuji, and others didn’t feel any sense of dread.

This evolution of the Dao is as calm as water.

However, that sinister black flower in the Sky Vault was instantly alarmed.

“What kind of Sword Dao is this… overlooking the heavens through eternity, it has never appeared before!”

Facing this Sword Dao, it actually feels… unfathomable!

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And with the emergence of this sword intent, suddenly, all the Sword Cultivators present felt an inexplicable sword dao thundering.

“My sword intent is evolving autonomously… heading towards perfection? How is this possible!”

A master from the Sky Sword Sect couldn’t help but speak out.

“The sword intent at this moment is resonating with my own, it feels as if it’s about to erupt…”

“I have a sense of invincibility, as if I have seen the true path of Sword Dao!”

In an instant, all Sword Cultivators were blessed with a profound connection, as if struck by a sudden realization.

Sword Nameless, such a master, was so agitated that he was beyond words, his sword intent derived within My Dao Scenic Area, almost becoming Fuyao, turning into endless light.

This, this is simply like a divine sign from heaven!

An unparalleled great opportunity!

And it’s not just Sword Dao masters, other Cultivators felt their own Dao stirring at this moment as well, undergoing some wondrous transformation.

As the saying goes, all laws return to the one same truth, the extreme evolution of Sword Dao at this moment, is pulling all the great Daos into resonance!

Everyone has made significant gains!

At the same time.

Dugu Yuqing, nearly wrapped up in Corpse Wrapping Cloth, suddenly sensed something, all thoughts in his heart vanished completely, at this moment, he seemed to see his master appearing before him, wielding a brush…

He subconsciously raised the brush in his hand, then, once again wrote five characters!

“One… Not the one that charges forward, but the one of natural flowing spring water.”

“Sword… Not the sword that reveals its edge, but the sword that sheathes its edge, the steadfast.”

“Suppress… Not the suppression that controls eternity, but the gentleness of morning dew pressing on the fragrant grass.”

“Sky… Not the dazzling Sky Vault, but the sky that frees all beings.”

“South… Not the south where darkness engulfs all, but the south of a casual breeze brushing the face.”

At that moment, his heart was full of unrestrained joy, effortlessly striking with a brush, the four characters reappeared.

One Sword Suppressing the South Heavens!

But this time, One Sword Suppressing the South Heavens no longer shattered the sky, nor did it shake the universe.

Instead, there is a gentle softness after extreme rigidity, a return path after standing at the summit, a blossoming of thousands of pear trees amid the bitter cold.

This is a supreme transformation, One Sword Suppressing the South Heavens, once an air of sweeping the eternal with a toast, contained an invincible belief, encompassed an irresistible determination… but now, it has transformed into being as good as water, the Dao that is formless!

Like the Divine Sword turning into a rose!

With one strike, at this moment, the sword intent within those stone stumps in the valley was completely integrated into these five characters.

The sword intent brought forth by these five characters surged upward, against the current, like a river directly sweeping up that sinister black flower in the Sky Domain.

“What kind of Dao is this…”

Within the sinister flower, countless layers of dark energies burst forth, as if to collapse the Sky Domain, to cut off karma, to bring about the destruction of the world.

But being submerged into this river of sword intent, they all vanished without a trace, completely disappearing!

This sword intent could even suppress the dark Secret Forces.

Immediately after, the river of sword intent engulfed the dark flower and the sinister secret eyes.

“No……”

A scream filled with shock came from the dark flower, which then suddenly vanished without a trace.

The sinister secret eyes, struggling to open, were also submerged.

Like a flower suddenly devoured by a black hole of nothingness, it ceased to exist in this world.

Not turning into a haze, without even the chance to reemerge, it just disappeared, unknown where to!

At this moment, there is profound silence between heaven and earth.

“How is this possible!”

And in the valley, the black smoke that was slashed into a haze by Dugu Yuqing, and reappeared by the sinister black flower, let out a sound of terror.

What did it see?

The flower at the source, the eye at the source, were actually suppressed by some power of this world.

And so thoroughly at that!

This… for the first time in eternity.

Even that person… never achieved this!

While it was in shock, not far away, in front of Fan Yaoyao and others, the skull of the Rotten Sword Immortal, which had just been standing, picked up the broken sword hilt and delivered a strike towards the black smoke!

— The Rotten Sword Immortal’s broken Blade Shards, even her lifelong obsession with the Sword Dao, were also activated by this sword intent.

She had practiced the Swordsmanship True Form Diagrams in Origin Valley, so when the Realm of the Swordsmanship True Form Diagrams was altered, her Sword Dao realm, her Sword Dao obsession, also changed along with it!

The sword unleashed at this moment, although only half the power of the True Form Diagram, nonetheless held a similar supreme transformation within it, striking forth with that sword.

“You dare!”

The black smoke roared in anger, struggling to intervene, but to discover that the sword intent surpassed time and space, utterly unstoppable, directly engulfing it.

In an instant, the Dao of this sword intent ground the black smoke into nothingness!

The black smoke was extinguished!

…

In the valley, sunlight once again shone down from the sky vault overhead.

This final battle, so harrowing and breathtaking, occurred in utter silence. Not a single blade of grass or any creature around was disturbed, yet a formidable foe had already been vanquished.

Even the black smoke that made the Imperial Court of the mundane world fearful was entirely obliterated.

At this moment, everyone in the valley was somewhat dazed.

“What level of Sword Dao is this… that even the source of the black fog has been completely annihilated…”

“It’s simply… breaking the iron law that the black fog is indestructible.”

“How… how did they do it…”

Sword Nameless and others were shocked to the extreme.

What they witnessed today… could definitely be called a miracle.

If word were to spread, probably no one in the Forbidden World would believe it.

But, it happened right before their very eyes…

“No… what about my Sword Dao? The Sword Dao I just comprehended? That true intent of the sword… it’s actually receding…”

At this time, a master of Sword Dao exclaimed in surprise.

Instantly, others also felt something similar.

“My Dao’s recent evolution… that trace is disappearing? How is that possible!”

“No, I must engrave it into my heart, I must grasp that feeling, the true intent of that Dao, it can completely transcend this mundane world!”

“It cannot fade, it cannot!”

Everyone was in a panic.

The evolution of the Sword Dao just now had pulled their own Dao along, experiencing a mysterious change as if a great path had been revealed to them. But now, that Dao was vanishing without leaving a trace.

They all desperately tried to capture everything from the moment before.

But, just as this thought occurred to them, everyone suddenly spat out blood!

“Puh!”

An old man, not only failed to grasp the Dao from just before, but instead went insane, standing and dancing wildly as he said:

“Haha, I have entered the Dao, the Dao is mine, I have grasped it!”

Upon saying that, he started running frantically as if mad, bolting from the valley.

He was just the beginning.

“Entered the Dao, I have entered the Dao!”

“Haha, Master Mother, I have entered the Dao, this Dao feels so comfortable… Master Mother, let’s fly together…”

“The Dao that can be expressed is not the eternal Dao, it seems so far away yet is right before us, flowers wilt, flowers float, flowers fill the sky… Hahaha…”

The entire place went mad!

Even Sword Nameless, Linyihao, and others went crazy, running out like lunatics.

“Ah, what’s going on?”

Fan Yaoyao was utterly bewildered.

“They… why have they all gone mad?”

Fan Paiming was also very confused.

Next to them, the decaying Sword Immortal turned into a white skeletal figure, but said:

“The Sword Dao just now is the legend within legends of Sword Dao myth… it shouldn’t exist in this world, shouldn’t exist in the long river of countless ages…”

“Vanishing without a trace, their attempt to forcefully retain it… is akin to courting disaster upon themselves, hence, they all went mad.”

Saying so, the sword hilt in her hand fell to the ground as her white bones slowly crumbled to dust.

The Sword Dao’s true intent was also fading from the obsession within her Sword Dao.

She too could not hold onto it.

“You two, although young, indeed possess extraordinary mind and nature…”

The obsession of the Rotten Sword Immortal spoke up approvingly to Fan Yaoyao and Fan Paiming:

“Having seen such Supreme True Intent and yet able to naturally let it slip away… Such temperament promises great achievements in cultivation.”

In the field, only Fan Yaoyao and Fan Paiming had not gone mad, so the Rotten Sword Immortal’s obsession naturally assumed that they had not retained that hint of the Dao’s intent.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yaoyao weakly said:

“No… it’s not true, I, I haven’t forgotten… that trace of true intent’s change, it seems, it still resides within my Dao Scenic Area, with something so terrifying, I, I won’t go insane too, will I…”

Fear was written all over her face!

Fan Paiming was also breaking out in a cold sweat, adding:

“But… why haven’t I forgotten, that change of true intent from earlier seems to still linger in my Dao Scenic Area, visible and observable!”

Upon hearing this, the Rotten Sword Immortal’s obsession with Sword Dao paused for a moment, but looking at Fan Yaoyao and Fan Paiming, she suddenly had an epiphany and was filled with immense envy.

“Descendants of the Forebears, and having traveled with that person before… What tremendous fate, such great fortune…”

She expressed her envy in admiration, and after speaking, the skeleton crumbled completely into ashes.

The Rotten Sword Immortal had vanished utterly.

Meanwhile, Fan Yaoyao and Fan Paiming were extremely perplexed…

What in the world was happening…

Traveling with “that person”…

“Could it be… she was referring to Fan Li?!”

Fan Yaoyao suddenly thought of a possibility. Her heart began to race.

Fan Paiming’s face also changed dramatically, could it be that Fan Li… actually had such an enormous background?

This… this is a background bigger than the heavens…

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