Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao

Chapter 1448 - 185: Breaking Dao Approaching the King

However, in Breaking Dao, Zhou Yan derived his own Path Cutting Technique, derived his own Killing Spirit Divine Dao, and derived his own True Void Heavenly Prohibition.

This was the most top-notch Dao during the era of Lei Yan King.

At this moment, integrating as one, it presented itself through the method of Breaking Dao; amidst the endless powerful origin energy, Zhou Yan’s realm also began to improve.

The Dao that Zhou Yan created was the King’s Dao, and the Immortal Breaking Principle he comprehended was also akin to a transformation process. Although it wasn’t entirely the King’s Dao, it wasn’t far off.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Yan’s transformation and progress seemed rather arduous. Each time, the transformation of the soul body and the following transformation of the Eternal Spirit were quite painful and complex.

But Zhou Yan persisted.

The final origin energy caused Zhou Yan’s realm to remain at the Fifth Realm of the Eternal Life Five Rules.

The Immortal Breaking Principle was cultivated by Zhou Yan to the extreme of the Fifth Level.

And the twenty percent of energy was finally completely consumed and refined.

Ultimately, Zhou Yan did not inherit any special Dao, but after the refinement was complete, Zhou Yan felt that both his soul body and the Eternal Spirit had gained an extremely terrifying resilience. Combined with his own Nirvana techniques, Zhou Yan felt that even if he were to suffer severe injuries like before, he would have the ability to slowly recover himself!

Only then did Zhou Yan understand how terrifying and immense the arm’s inheritance was!

There was no direct inheritance, nor any manifestation of a powerful artifact, only a ’healing’ ability carried by the arm.

And this ability was enough to drive a king to madness.

...

"This kind of ability is truly an undying power, Zhou Yan. It seems that results tend to be better than expected."

Hong Jun Ancestor exhaled gently, finally relaxing his tense nerves.

Even Hong Jun Ancestor’s reaction was enough to show the gravity of the situation they had experienced this time.

Zhou Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "The improvement of the realm is becoming increasingly difficult. It seems I must quickly find those secret realms from the past and strive to enhance my cultivation strength. As for this Shanjian City, I will discuss it with them and, when necessary, let the entire Shanjian City move to the Elf Domain.

However, for now, as they continue to grow and my foundation isn’t solid, I won’t take them with me for the time being."

"Yes, Shanjian City, after all, has its own rules and development. However, about Suxin..."

Hong Jun Ancestor pondered.

However, he couldn’t quite give an opinion on matters concerning Suxin.

"For now, let Suxin assist Su Na in Shanjian City. Once her inner conflicts are resolved, she will excel in all aspects. Although her presence in the Elf Domain would indeed greatly assist me, it would cause some trouble for the Su Family.

The Su Family is not yet stable, and it’s apparent that Suxin is on the verge of a breakthrough. For now, it’s best to keep things unchanged."

"This is good, then. Once you quietly return to the Elf Domain, there will be no associations with your affairs in Shanjian City. Taking anyone from Shanjian City is likely to bring some matters to light. Indeed, you have thought through things thoroughly."

Hong Jun Ancestor said.

Zhou Yan nodded in agreement. Since these public occurrences were bypassed due to the King’s Rule and vanished, he felt no pressure in Shanjian City. However, he could only leave quietly and could not leave as freely as he wished.

After all, he had once appeared in the Extreme North, whereas Shanjian City was in the Southernmost Land.

...

After finishing his conversation with Hong Jun Ancestor, Zhou Yan chose an avatar and then left this Supreme Treasure land in the form of Su Wen.

At this moment, Zhou Yan truly gained the power to protect himself.

In terms of the power of Su Wen’s avatar, Zhou Yan’s strength was already not inferior to Suxin’s.

When Zhou Yan emerged, Suxin and others were aware of it, and they all came to meet Zhou Yan.

However, having temporarily lost their memories regarding the Master of Thunder Flame, the Su Wen in their eyes was the real Su Wen.

"Husband, how is your cultivation going?"

Suxin was the first to ask, clearly having missed him a lot during these days of absence.

After all, those emotions had already been elevated, and during those nine days, she had also newly experienced another kind of wonder, so she was quite longing.

Zhou Yan felt Suxin’s affection, and the heaviness in his heart gradually dissipated. He smiled gently and said, "Hmm, very successfully. However, from now on, I probably won’t be able to stay in the Su Family for a short while. As for the reason, you should all understand through some instinctive feelings, right?"

When Zhou Yan inquired like this, Su Na, Suxin, and the five Elders of the Eternal Nine Rules Realm all nodded instinctively, acknowledging the point.

"Husband, stay a few more days before you leave. Suxin... will accompany you to consolidate your cultivation."

Su Xin blushed, feeling quite shy as she spoke.

In reality, she wasn’t a timid woman, but rather exuded the demeanor and charisma of a queen. However, under the current circumstances in the public space, her proactive behavior indeed required immense courage.

When Zhou Yan looked at her, his gaze was filled with deep emotion.

"I’ll stay for about a month to consolidate my cultivation, and then I truly need to strengthen quickly. After all, I bear too many burdens."

After thinking it over, Zhou Yan realized his understanding of the Immortal Breaking Principle hadn’t reached its peak, and his self-created Tao hadn’t been comprehended to the limit. Therefore, before these issues were resolved, entering any Secret Realm to enhance power and absorb Origin wouldn’t be very effective, thus Zhou Yan decided to stay.

Over the next month, the Su Family remained peaceful, but everyone spent it frantically cultivating.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yan and Su Xin frequently exchanged ideas and discussed the art of life.

During this time, Su Xin, with her whimsical ideas, developed many ingenious methods and was even very proactive.

As they were leaving arduous cultivation behind, Zhou Yan always complied with her, allowing her the freedom to experiment, the wonders of which are beyond words.

In the span of a month, Zhou Yan’s realm broke through once again, advancing to the Sixth Realm of the Eternal Life Five Rules.

This realm was nearly the pinnacle.

During this period, Su Xin even invited many from the Su Family who had understood the Immortal Breaking Principle to generously offer their insights for Zhou Yan’s contemplation.

The more Zhou Yan pondered others’ Immortal Breaking Principles, the more difficult his progress became.

Zhou Yan realized that his Immortal Breaking Principle was on the edge of the King’s Rule, and now, just one step away from reaching the King Breaking Immortal Rule level. Hence, reaching this point meant encountering a genuine massive bottleneck that many ordinary life forms faced.

Finding himself in such a predicament, Zhou Yan felt quite helpless, but there was no choice other than relying on opportunity, sudden enlightenment, and unique mindset breakthroughs.

After the breakthrough, the Immortal Breaking Principle is likely to drive forward the improvement of the previous Immortality Principle, thereby further causing the Eternal Spirit to transform once again.

This would mean that Zhou Yan truly walks ahead of the multitude of life forms.

Though not yet a match for Mu Qingyan in the short term, the future holds the promise of surpassing Mu Qingyan.

Such is the analysis in Zhou Yan’s heart.

In battles with Su Xin, without the disturbance of realms, the intensity increased.

Zhou Yan knew Su Xin favored those furious techniques, hence he rampaged wildly, yet Su Xin immensely enjoyed and appreciated it.

Thus, time eventually passed gradually.

The time to leave ultimately arrived. Despite Su Xin’s reluctance, she understood deep down that Su Wen truly had extremely important tasks and duties, seemingly related to the inheritance of the Master of Thunder Flame and future confrontation with the Sovereign of Evil Spirits.

This matter appeared to be linked to the future hopes of Eternal Life Beings.

Hence, Su Xin did not hold him back, but her gaze told Zhou Yan never to forget that in Shanjian City, there is a woman always waiting for him—to come home.

...

When leaving Shanjian City, the Ancestor Dragon Sacrificial Heavenly Sword at the First Layer of Ancestor Dragon Emperor Venerate Sword Dao was already nearing Great Perfection.

Throughout this process, Zhou Yan felt no awkwardness nor perceived any flaws, nearly reaching Great Perfection.

Even if there were some imperfections, they arose from Zhou Yan’s insufficient understanding of Tao, while in other aspects, Zhou Yan achieved the pinnacle.

With the Sixth Realm of the Eternal Life Five Rules, Zhou Yan was now even confident that purely relying on his body, he had the power to battle beings of the Eternal Eight Rules.

This was solely due to the Immortal Breaking Principle on par with a King’s Inheritance and his self-created King Sword Dao—the Ancestor Dragon Emperor Venerate Sword Dao.

Relying on these two points, Zhou Yan had immense self-assurance.

Moreover, the combat power enhancement of the Thunder Flame Yuan Ci Sword was nearly a thousandfold, the Hong Jun Sword also increased combat power nearly a thousandfold, and although unable to fully stack, partially combining them was indeed feasible.

Furthermore, Zhou Yan’s Eternal Spirit was of the Eternal Nine Rules, possessing soul strength at a billionfold intensity.

Such foundations are unattainable even for a King; Zhou Yan having such foundations, if unable to transcend several realms to defeat enemies, he would only be a mediocrity.

...

The world outside Shanjian City was equally vast, though Zhou Yan cloaked himself to leave a very far distance, eventually arriving at the extreme northern region, where, at a certain point, he broke through the barrier, subsequently traversing the world with his own body.

After crossing endless mountains and flying over endless wastelands, at a snowy location, Zhou Yan activated a frosty ice palace using the Thunder Flame Seal.

Inside the ice palace, there was nothing, like a void.

Yet upon an ice sculpture within, Zhou Yan unleashed the imprint of the Thunder Seal.