Translator: CinderTL
"Li Chunjun, the Sword Prodigy, is worthy of our Taixu Sword Sect's full dedication and cultivation. I will apply to the main sect for a top-grade Golden Core Pill to enhance his chances of refining the sword into the core," Huan Ming solemnly agreed.
"A top-grade Golden Core Pill?"
At these words, even Jiang Yuqiu was moved!
An ordinary Golden Core Pill is already a precious treasure for core formation, and a top-grade one is no less valuable than a fourth-tier spiritual material!
As for a top-grade Golden Core Pill...
It is nearly priceless and scarcely available.
"Comprehending Sword Intent at the Qi Refining stage, my future Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy deserves such treatment!"
Huan Ming definitively set the tone for Li Chunjun's status.
After speaking, he directly activated his Divine Sense, locking onto one probing towards Flaming Phoenix Peak: "Lei Yuan Peak Master, have you seen clearly?"
The Divine Sense was silent for a moment before replying, "Indeed remarkable, the youth these days..."
"Since it's clear, then there shall be no further doubts about Li Chunjun's identity! Otherwise, if we disappoint Li Chunjun and create discord, it will be a loss for our entire Taixu Sword Sect!"
Sect Leader Huan Ming spoke in an indisputable tone.
"Leader, you jest, I have never questioned Li Chunjun's identity..."
"Just using Li Chunjun's strength to seek benefits for your own disciple!?"
Huan Ming did not hesitate to expose these previously unspoken rules: "Want to secure sect benefits for your own disciple? Fine! Show the strength! If your disciple can also cultivate Sword Intent at the Qi Refining stage, our Taixu Sword Sect will spare no expense, exhausting all our resources, to cultivate him with the same treatment as a Sword Prodigy! But if not..."
He paused, then said heavily, "From now on, I do not wish to hear any unfavorable remarks about Li Chunjun within the sect."
Lei Yuan was left speechless.
Cultivating Sword Intent at the Qi Refining stage?
Are you kidding?
Apart from those with special bloodlines or those born with innate Dao Bodies surpassing top-tier Spirit Roots, who else could achieve this?
And such geniuses...
Not just in a hundred million, but even in ten billion or a trillion people, one might not find such a talent.
Truly, once in a lifetime.
However...
Carefully sensing the destructive Sword Intent emanating from Li Chunjun's courtyard, this seasoned Nascent Soul True Lord had to admit one thing: once the Flaming Phoenix Power is activated...
It's all monsters!
Comprehending Sword Intent at the Qi Refining stage!
Isn't this a bit too heaven-defying?
How should other Qi Refining cultivators view this? What about those self-proclaimed grandmasters at the Core Formation stage?
"Whew!"
On the Battleground Peak, the peak master in charge of the Taixu Sword Sect's external wars exhaled deeply.
He glanced at Pan Ruo, who was also diligently practicing and learning killer moves...
No comparison.
Feeling Huan Ming's "gaze" still upon him, Lei Yuan softly said, "I just thought that reasonable internal competition would benefit Li Chunjun's growth... Since the Leader thinks it's inappropriate, then forget it."
After speaking, he retracted his Divine Sense.
...
On Flaming Phoenix Peak, Jiang Yuqiu heard Lei Yuan's somewhat stubborn words and smiled.
Then she turned to Huan Ming: "Leader, would you like to come down and sit for a while?"
"No need, we shouldn't disturb Li Chunjun's cultivation," Huan Ming said, then mused, "I have come to understand that for a true peerless genius like Li Chunjun, we only need to provide him with a little opportunity and a platform, and he will immediately soar on his own abilities, reaching the heavens."
Jiang Yuqiu nodded.
"Geniuses have their own ways of cultivation, we mediocre and mundane people cannot comprehend, we can only provide support from behind, how they grow, it's up to them," Huan Ming said.
Like parents teaching their children homework, thinking it's elementary level and ready to show off their skills, only to find out the child has self-taught to high school level?
Don't know!
Don't teach!
Do it yourself!
Jiang Yuqiu looked at him, not knowing what to say.
Mediocre and mundane people?
Huan Ming became the Leader of the Taixu Sword Sect, a Nascent Soul True Lord, who dares to call him mediocre?
In the vast and boundless cultivation world, Nascent Soul cultivators are significant figures.
They are immortal True Lords that countless ordinary cultivators will never meet in their lifetime, their status and position stand above hundreds of millions.
Such achievements, who dares to call him mediocre?
...
Li Chunjun did not know that at the moment he comprehended Sword Intent, the external rumors and gossip vanished instantly.
So fast that he hadn't even heard these voices coming his way.
At this moment, after mastering the Destruction Sword Intent, he focused his mind on the Great Void Sword Intent.
And successfully integrated the Great Void Sword Intent with the Destruction Sword Intent, making its destructive nature even purer and more thorough.
Jiang Yuqiu, Huan Ming, and others sensed that his erupted Sword Intent was gradually converging, but it was not actually converging.
It was just that this Sword Intent was evolving into nothingness...
Or rather, the nothingness characteristic inherent in the Sword Intent itself used the void to conceal the destructive force, forming nothingness, thus making it difficult for others to sense.
However, Li Chunjun's current level of integration with this Sword Intent was limited, hence leaving some residual fluctuations, leading Jiang Yuqiu and others to mistakenly think it was a converged Destruction Sword Intent.
After all, they were only sensing from the side, and to avoid disturbing Li Chunjun's cultivation, they didn't dare to extend their Divine Sense, let alone use their own Sword Intent to make contact.
The fusion of Sword Intent continued.
Along with it, Li Chunjun's own understanding of Sword Intent also improved significantly.
Whether it was the Destruction Sword Intent, or the Void Sword Intent derived from the compatibility of the Destruction Sword Intent with the path of the void, the profundities within were quickly revealed.
Especially the primary cultivated Destruction Sword Intent, from entry to minor success, took only two days.
Moreover, the moment Li Chunjun's understanding of the Destruction Sword Intent stepped into minor success, he faintly felt something.
The Flaming Phoenix Blood within his body...
Became even more scorching!
A large amount of Profound Phoenix Sword Qi merged with the Flaming Phoenix Blood, significantly increasing the power limit that the Flaming Phoenix Blood could accommodate.
This sudden change quickly made Li Chunjun think of something.
"Second cycle," he said.
The Flaming Phoenix Blood within his body had entered its second cycle.
If possible, he could now undergo a rebirth from the ashes.
No matter how severe the injury, he could rely on the regenerative power within these flames to revive from death.
Just like completely destroying some substance, then letting new life absorb nutrients from the destroyed substance, revitalizing anew.
"Destruction and rebirth, they have achieved a certain balance within the Flaming Phoenix Blood, truly miraculous," Li Chunjun said.
Therefore, the Sword Intent that the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture could ultimately comprehend should not be limited to the Destruction Sword Intent.
Perhaps there is also a Life Sword Intent?
It's just unclear why it hasn't been passed down.
Is the level of the Flaming Phoenix Chaos Scripture insufficient?
Or...
Even the founder of the Taixu Sword Sect—the Yan Huang Immortal Venerable, had not fully comprehended the power series of the Life Sword Intent?
Li Chunjun's thoughts flowed.
Just as he continued to comprehend the Destruction Sword Intent and integrated it with the Void Sword Intent, while pushing them towards the major success stage, he suddenly felt something.
"It's time to level up."
This thought emerged, making Li Chunjun somewhat regretful.
He thought that as long as he didn't cultivate and forcibly suppressed the transformation of "insight" into strength enhancement, he could maintain the experience without increasing and keep the epiphany state for dozens of days, but...
It was uncontrollable.
Humans simply cannot control their own bodies.
When one suddenly comprehends certain key points, the body naturally undergoes changes, not guided by the cultivator's "subjective consciousness."
"No wonder the Core Formation stage requires trying to control the subconscious with subjective consciousness... The Spirit Refining stage is essentially a process of cultivators gaining perfect control over their own bodies."
It is said that when Spirit Refining is complete and the Primordial Spirit reaches major success, cultivators can even precisely control every cell in their bodies.
As long as there is a trace of their own tissue left, they can achieve rebirth from a drop of blood.
The key is, they can also multitask, dividing their thoughts into tens of thousands of parts.
Such abilities...
Are indistinguishable from the gods in ancient myths of Blue Star.
As his thoughts flowed, Li Chunjun's actions were not slow.
The Scarlet Gold Sword manifested.
All the essence within his body concentrated, transforming into Essence Blood, which spilled onto the Scarlet Gold Sword.
The fierce and violent Flaming Phoenix Power within his bloodline was drawn out, turning into flames that burned intensely, continuously seeping into the Scarlet Gold Sword and the Taiyi Essence Gold.
Unlike before, when it could only passively seep in, this time, he directly used Sword Intent.
The Sword Intent and the flames seeping into the sword seemed to resonate, making them as if they had a soul, pulling the Scarlet Gold Sword and the Taiyi Essence Gold to continuously melt and merge, becoming inseparable.
At this moment, Li Chunjun thought of something else.
The Destruction Sword Intent seemed to be refined and sublimated by the Void Sword Intent, turning into pure destructive nothingness.
The consumption of mental energy increased manifold.
But the effect was also immediate!
The extremely sturdy and difficult to melt Taiyi Essence Gold within the Scarlet Gold Sword was decomposed and dissolved at a speed ten times faster than the Destruction Sword Intent, turning into golden streams of light, completely integrating with the Scarlet Gold Sword.
If the process of the Destruction Sword Qi melting the Taiyi Essence Gold into the Scarlet Gold Sword was like using high temperature to turn both into molten iron, then remolding, then the Destruction Sword Intent with the characteristic of nothingness undoubtedly split the Taiyi Essence Gold and the Scarlet Gold Sword into molecules and atoms, then reshaped and recombined them at an extremely fast speed.
Before the power of this Essence Blood was completely consumed, the Scarlet Gold Sword had already completely transformed, strengthened by the Taiyi Essence Gold, directly advancing from a top-grade Magical Artifact to a Spirit Artifact, and then without losing momentum, optimizing into a high-grade Spirit Artifact!
And it was the most outstanding high-grade Spirit Artifact.
Only a step away from the top-grade Spirit Artifact.
"It's done," Li Chunjun was somewhat surprised.
The speed of the Lifebound Flying Sword's transformation...
Was unexpected.
However, before he could digest the joy brought by this surprise, a gentle force surged from within his body, quickly replenishing all the deficits caused by the massive loss of essence.
At this moment, Li Chunjun could not care about the Lifebound Flying Sword, nor about learning any killer moves or secret techniques. He concentrated all his mind on the Destruction Sword Intent, the Great Void Sword Intent, and the Great Void Destruction Sword Intent, taking advantage of the remnants of the "epiphany" state.
This kind of Sword Intent had too much advantage in the refining of the Lifebound Flying Sword, he naturally could not miss it.
...
A month later, Li Chunjun ended his cultivation.
The "epiphany" effect brought by the state of perfection gradually faded away over time.
Half a month ago, the remnants of the epiphany had all disappeared, and the remaining time was spent in summarizing and concluding.
And the conclusion...
Also made him quite satisfied.
The Destruction Sword Intent was nearly at major success!
The Great Void Sword Intent, minor success.
And the Great Void Destruction Sword Intent he valued the most...
Finally, through continuous attempts, stepped into the threshold.
From then on, in terms of Sword Intent alone, he had surpassed the previous Flaming Phoenix Sword Prodigy.
(End of the Chapter)
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