System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

193: Broken sword, remnant soul, and the annihilated legacyThe sword hum was faint, yet it seemed to resonate directly within Ye Chen’s heart, carrying a loneliness and desolation that spanned through eons of time.

Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning, instantly locked onto that rusty broken sword. He saw the pure Nirvana Sword Intent lingering around the broken sword, now like a Dragon awakened, slowly swirling and rising, resonating strangely with the nascent Nirvana Sword Intent naturally radiating from Ye Chen’s body due to his contemplation.

In the Void Realm, the two Nirvana Intents, originating from the same source but possessing different qualities, communicated in silence, like old friends reunited after a long separation.

Following that, under Ye Chen’s solemn gaze, an extremely dim, illusory point of light, appearing as if it could extinguish at any moment, slowly condensed above the broken sword. The point of light twisted, finally transforming into a blurry, nearly transparent humanoid phantom.

The phantom’s features were indistinguishable, only his upright posture could be vaguely discerned, like a sharp sword that would rather break than bend. He quietly ”looked” at Ye Chen, devoid of any life fluctuations; only an extremely pure Sword Intent, as if stripped of all emotions and Impurities, leaving only the essence of ”ending,” permeated the space.

This was a remnant Soul! It was the last imprint left in the world by the owner of this broken sword!

”Latecomer...”

A weak, dry intent fluctuation, like sandpaper rubbing, intermittently entered Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness, carrying endless exhaustion and the deathly silence accumulated over time.

”You... carry the foundation of Chaos... to be able to touch the true meaning of Nirvana so early... rare...”

Ye Chen’s heart trembled, but he maintained a calm expression, responding with his Divine Thought: ”Junior Ye Chen, arrived here by chance, greetings, Senior. May I ask who Senior is...”

”My name... has long since decayed with my Physical Body, scattered into Guixu... no need to mention it.” The remnant Soul’s intent was calm. ”I spent my life seeking the ultimate Dao of the sword, wishing to use the sword in my hand to sever Karma, shatter all laws, and reach the true meaning of eternal Nirvana... yet I ended up here, attempting to glimpse the Origin of Guixu, but alas... fell short at the final step.”

His intent swept over the closed bronze giant gate, carrying a trace of undisguised regret and... relief?

”This gate cannot be opened by force. It is the manifestation of the ’Nirvana’ rule. Only when the heart and intent are in harmony, when intent and Dao are one, causing your own ’Nirvana’ to resonate with the ’Guixu’ of this gate, can you trigger its ’recognition’ and reveal the path to enter.”

The remnant Soul’s guidance confirmed Ye Chen’s previous speculation.

”Your Nirvana Sword Intent has taken initial shape, yet it relies too heavily on external objects (Chaos Qi), and is not pure enough. Nirvana is the end, it is nothingness, it is the final destination of all things. It is not destruction, but the other side of ’existence,’ an indispensable link in the cycle of the Great Dao. To comprehend this Dao, you must first ’Nirvana’ your own Impurities, and even... parts of your ’existence’.”

Before the voice faded, the phantom formed by the remnant Soul suddenly became a fraction more solid, and an even purer, deeper Nirvana Sword Intent surged toward Ye Chen like a tide! This time, it was not an attack, but an unreserved display and Legacy!

Before Ye Chen’s eyes, an endless dark Void Realm seemed to appear, where stars withered, worlds disintegrated in silence, and all things returned to stillness, with even time losing its meaning. Yet, in this ultimate ”nothingness,” an indescribable, cold ”Dao” was gestating!

This was the remnant Soul owner’s lifelong comprehension of the Nirvana Sword Intent!

At the same time, the remnant Soul’s weak intent, like the final flicker of a candle, was undergoing its final combustion:

”Contemplate this scene... feel Nirvana... strip away the reliance on Chaos... with your original heart, face the ending directly...”

”Remember... Guixu... is also the beginning of rebirth...”

As the final intent fell, the remnant Soul phantom suddenly brightened, as if in a final flash of brilliance, then shattered with a boom, transforming into countless points of light flashing with the true meaning of Nirvana, rushing into Ye Chen’s Sea of Consciousness between his brows like moths to a flame!

”Senior!” Ye Chen’s heart shook as he felt a vast and cold Sword Intent surge in, which was the most essential exposition and understanding of the ”Nirvana” rule.

On the broken sword, the pure Nirvana Sword Intent that had lingered for who knows how many ten thousand years dissipated completely. The rusty sword body seemed to lose its last bit of spirituality, and with a ”click,” it snapped in the middle, turning into fragments of ordinary iron that scattered into nothingness.

He had used his own existence as the price to pave the way for Ye Chen to reach a deeper level of Nirvana Sword Intent!

Ye Chen closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground, his aura instantly becoming faint. He no longer deliberately circulated the power of Chaos, but completely let go of his mind, immersing himself in the Nirvana Legacy that was pouring in.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the chaos ancestral talisman was still suspended, but its radiance was restrained. In its place was a dark Void Realm that constantly generated and destroyed, enacting the scene of the end of all things. He seemed to have become an Incarnation of one of the stars within it heading towards Nirvana, feeling the dissipation of light and heat, the disintegration of matter, and finally returning to cold nothingness; he also seemed to have become an Incarnation of a thread of consciousness about to dissipate, feeling the blurring of memories, the stripping away of emotions, and finally turning into absolute blankness.

This was an extremely dangerous comprehension; a moment of carelessness could lead to being truly assimilated by that Nirvana intent, with his Divine Soul completely sinking and returning to nothingness.

Ye Chen guarded the last trace of clarity in his mind, using his supreme Sword Intent as a guide, constantly struggling, comprehending, and stripping away within the Nirvana illusion.

He realized that Nirvana was not mere destruction, but a kind of ”reset,” a process of energy and matter returning from ”being” to ”nothing,” an inevitability for the Universe to maintain balance. His Guixu Sword Intent originally focused more on ”devouring” and ”assimilating,” but now, it was transforming towards the more essential ”ending” and ”reset.”

The nascent Nirvana Sword Intent around his body began to undergo subtle changes. Its color became deeper and more restrained, no longer attached to the Chaos Qi, but independent, as if forming an invisible ”Nirvana Domain” that isolated everything around him. Within this Domain, even the concepts of time and space seemed to become faint.

On the flying boat, Iron Battle and the others held their breath, not daring to make a sound. They saw Ye Chen sitting there, his aura becoming weaker and weaker, until finally it was almost imperceptible, as if he had passed away, merging with the ancient remains around him. But they could also feel an unsettling, cold Sword Intent that seemed capable of freezing the Soul, slowly spreading from Ye Chen as the center, making this already deathly silent Void Realm even more unsettling.

It was unknown how much time had passed, perhaps an instant, perhaps an eternity.

Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes!

In the depths of his pupils, it seemed as if two miniature Universes were heading towards their final heat death, an expanse of cold and deathly silence. But in this ultimate ”nothingness,” there was also a glimmer of undying light, like a Nirvana singularity, containing incredible vitality.

He slowly raised his right hand, his fingers forming a sword shape.

At his fingertips, there was no brilliance, no energy fluctuation, only an absolute ”emptiness.” That emptiness was not simple darkness, but a region where even ”existence” itself was negated.

He gently slashed at the Void Realm in front of him.

There was no sound, no light and shadow, and no spatial rift.

But along the trajectory where his fingertips passed, the feeling of that Void Realm suddenly became ”different” from other places. It was as if the ”existence” there had been temporarily ”erased,” forming a subtle, absolute trajectory of ”nothingness.”

Although this trajectory only lasted for a split second before returning to normal, the meaning contained within it made even Ye Chen feel a trace of awe.

Nirvana Sword Intent, Minor Achievement!

He stood up and cast his gaze once again toward the towering bronze giant gate. This time, he did not attempt to forcefully probe with his Divine Sense, nor did he think about how to push it open with force.

He just stood there quietly, releasing his transformed, pure Nirvana Sword Intent without reservation, like mercury spilling onto the ground, gently yet firmly permeating toward the bronze giant gate.

The heart reflects Guixu, only then can one see the true path.

He used his own ”Nirvana” to knock on this door of ”Guixu”!