Myriad Dragon Divine Sovereign

The only trouble now was the miasma, but Wen Qingye had the Profound Pearl. It could provide a massive amount of pure Primordial Qi, so he figured it wouldn’t be too difficult.

The surrounding Black-Scaled Crocodiles slowly turned and retreated in all directions. In the blink of an eye, they had vanished without a trace.

SWOOSH!

Just then, an exceptionally pure and incomparably sharp Sword Aura slashed toward the Ice Python.

The Ice Python also sensed the extreme danger. It immediately whipped its body around and dropped low, allowing the Sword Aura to scrape right past it.

”That was close!”

The Ice Python watched the Sword Aura fly past and couldn’t help but mutter.

Wen Qingye took a deep breath. ”The power of this Sword Aura is only increasing,” he said. ”It means we’re getting closer to whatever is producing it. I have a feeling this thing isn’t simple. We need to be extremely careful.”

Although he had sensed the Sword Aura, he couldn’t perceive its trajectory at all. His cultivation was simply too low.

Even with the Dragon Pearl to deter other beasts, the Ice Python no longer moved as quickly as before. Wen Qingye sat on its head, the Profound Pearl in his hand continuously supplying him with a massive amount of Primordial Qi.

Wen Qingye couldn’t cultivate in the Purple Nether Swamp, so he immersed his Heart Spirit and began to comprehend the Slaying Immortal Sword Dao instead.

The man and the python traveled several more miles forward. Along the way, they unexpectedly encountered a Demon Beast at the Life and Death Realm Seventh Layer Heaven: a Nine-Bluestone Demon Pattern Bead. Fortunately, the Ice Python spat out its Dragon Pearl just in time to intimidate it. If it had been a moment slower, they both would have been entangled in the beast’s silk and strangled to death.

As they pressed onward, Wen Qingye gradually sensed an intense sharpness in the air. It felt as if he were constantly immersed in a pure Sword Intent, which made his efforts in comprehending the Slaying Immortal Sword Dao twice as effective.

”Look, what’s that up ahead?” the Ice Python asked suddenly.

Wen Qingye opened his eyes and looked. Ahead, amidst the purple ripples of the water, grew several clumps of weeds. However, these were clearly different from the others.

”This is Black Tobacco... no, that’s not right,” Wen Qingye said, frowning as he looked at the plants. ”This area is shrouded in an aura of formless Sword Qi. This Black Tobacco has not only been steeped in the essence of the Purple Nether Swamp but has also been tempered by this Sword Qi. It’s mutated. Let’s go take a look.”

The Ice Python glided slowly forward, and Wen Qingye reached out and grabbed one of the mutated Black Tobacco plants.

The mutated Black Tobacco had only a single leaf, over three feet long. It was narrow and sharp, so keen it seemed tangible. A black, spine-like ridge ran down its center, and its tip was oval-shaped. Gripping the root, Wen Qingye felt as if he were holding a marvelous Supreme Treasure Sword, its Sword Qi on the verge of erupting to slaughter the world.

”It actually contains the purest Sword Dao Laws?” Wen Qingye murmured, looking at the mutated Black Tobacco in his hand.

The Ice Python asked curiously, ”Then can you comprehend the Sword Dao Laws inside it to cultivate your Slaying Immortal Sword Dao?”

Wen Qingye smiled slightly and nodded. ”I can, but there are too few Sword Dao Laws in this one. It won’t have a major effect on my comprehension of the Immortal Slaying Sword Dao Laws, but it’s better than nothing. If there are a lot of these mutated Black Tobacco plants, however, the effect could be significant.”

The Ice Python nodded. Only after Wen Qingye had collected all the surrounding mutated Black Tobacco did it continue onward.

Along the way, Wen Qingye used the mutated Black Tobacco to comprehend the Slaying Immortal Sword Dao. Meanwhile, the Ice Python carefully avoided Demon Beasts and stray Sword Auras, collecting many more of the mutated plants for him.

Unexpectedly, the farther they went, the more mutated Black Tobacco they found.

By continuously comprehending the pure Sword Dao Laws from the numerous mutated Black Tobacco plants, Wen Qingye’s Slaying Immortal Sword Dao progressed significantly. The Overlord Law reached the third layer of the Human Dao Realm, the Rock Law successfully reached the Second Layer of the Human Dao, and the Vibration Law also saw some improvement.

However, as he used the mutated Black Tobacco more and more, he began to develop a tolerance to their Sword Dao Laws. The effect they had grew smaller and smaller, so Wen Qingye gradually stopped collecting them.

Wen Qingye looked at the One Thought Sword in his hand. ’I have a feeling the One Thought Sword isn’t suitable for the Slaying Immortal Sword Dao,’ he thought. ’Looks like I’ll have to forge a new sword when I get back to the Celestial Profound Sect.’

”Be careful. I feel like we’re getting very close to that thing,” the Ice Python said slowly.

TSSSSS!

Suddenly, the purple water beneath them seemed to surge, forming distinct ripples that flowed in from the distance.

This was the heart of the Purple Nether Swamp, a place almost no one had ever reached. The purple water was unusually mesmerizing, as if it could bewitch a person’s Heart Spirit. Qingfeng blew past, causing the surrounding water plants to sway gently.

The ripples emanated from a single point, extending infinitely outwards as if from a pebble dropped in the water. In the very center grew a massive patch of mutated Black Tobacco.

SWOOSH!

Just as the Ice Python was about to charge forward, a sharp Sword Aura shot out from the center of the ripples. It kicked up a huge spray, and purple droplets hung in the air.

The Sword Aura shot off to the left, disappearing from their sight in the blink of an eye.

”It’s right there,” Wen Qingye said, his gaze fixed on the center of the ripples.

With that, Wen Qingye struck the water with his palm.

BOOM!

Agitated by Wen Qingye’s Primordial Qi, the purple water erupted skyward again. A dense Sword Aura gushed out like a fountain, shooting into the heavens and brightening the dim sky.

As the purple water splashed away, the treasure within was revealed: a sheet of what looked like yellowed iron.

Wen Qingye’s eyes and hands were quick. With a pulling motion of his palm, the yellowed iron sheet flew directly into his grasp.

WHOOM!

In the next instant, an incredibly powerful Sword Dao will surged directly into Wen Qingye’s Heart Spirit.

A pure, peerless Sword Aura stabbed mercilessly toward the Wen Qingye within his Primordial Spirit. It was vast and mighty; where its edge pointed felt like the simultaneous strike of ten thousand Flying Swords. Such sharpness was a rare sight in the world. This peerless Sword Aura could have slain anyone in the entire realm—anyone except Wen Qingye.

CRACK!

Wen Qingye’s brow furrowed. A vast power surged from his Primordial Spirit. Its sheer might was more than enough to withstand the Sword Aura, and it blocked the peerless attack directly.

The battle in his Sea of Consciousness wasn’t as fierce as one might imagine, but it was nevertheless heart-stopping.

Finding itself blocked, the peerless Sword Aura didn’t persist. It immediately retracted, seemingly retreating back into the yellowed iron sheet.