Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 469: Mastering Tianshu Ancient Town

The Samadhi Celestial Fire contained three types of flames: True Fire, Karmic Fire, and Hellfire. It also embodied justice, evil, and a neutral state that was neither good nor evil.

The Celestial Fire flowed silently around Ye Tianling’s body.

Ye Tianling’s Battle Power had also finally reached the state of Near Nine, touching the very edge of the Nine Forbidden.

His Realm transformed further, and he stepped into the Late Stage of the Sword Void Three Transformations Realm.

Without the Hellfire, endless Demon Souls began to spawn within the Hell Demon Gate.

These countless Demon Souls all possessed true killing Demon Hearts and were saturated with terrifying, negative emotions.

Within the Hell Demon Gate, these Demon Souls awakened one by one, gradually growing stronger and recovering their original, terrifying power.

Previously, it was the Hellfire’s suppression that allowed these Demon Souls to slumber in peace.

The growth of the Hellfire had also relied on the Demon Soul Energy provided by these very Demon Souls.

But now that the Hellfire was gone, the Demon Souls naturally all awakened, and the Hell Demon Gate transformed into a true gate to Hell.

WHOOSH—

A Demon Soul surged forward, attempting to devour Ye Tianling whole. But Ye Tianling immediately activated his North Nether Divine Skill and devoured it instead.

TSSST—

After he devoured the Demon Soul, its energy tried to invade his bloodline, but as the Samadhi Celestial Fire circulated, all of it was swiftly purified.

And the process was incredibly fast.

One Demon Soul after another swarmed toward Ye Tianling, each stronger than the last. He was like a radiant lighthouse inside the Hell Demon Gate, a fatal beacon drawing them in.

With each act of Devouring, Ye Tianling’s Soul Origin grew, repeatedly pushing against its limits.

Time continued to pass.

While circulating the Chaos Destiny Scripture, Ye Tianling pushed his North Nether Divine Skill and Heaven-Devouring Taotie technique, evolving them to their absolute limits time and again.

Ye Tianling recalled the incomplete Cultivation Technique from the Small World—the Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique. He finally used it as a foundation to cultivate this Devouring Technique anew.

Gradually, Ye Tianling became completely immersed in the process of Devouring.

More time passed.

「In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.」

A month later, a deathly silence filled the Hell Demon Gate.

Nearly one hundred thousand Demon Souls had been devoured by Ye Tianling, leaving nothing behind.

Ye Tianling’s Realm had advanced to the Sword Void Three Transformations Perfection Realm, not far from the Sword Void Four Transformations Realm.

Not only that, but Ye Tianling had merged the North Nether Divine Skill and the Heaven-Devouring Taotie technique into the Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique, successfully mastering it as a brand-new Devouring Technique.

His Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique had also reached the Fourth Layer of Perfection.

The Dragon Soul Divine Blood within the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower had been unlocked up to the Twenty-Ninth Layer.

He had also fused his Turtle Breath Technique, Hidden Dragon Technique, and Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique to create his own unique technique for both movement and Concealment: the Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique.

His Hidden Dragon Swordsmanship and Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique had been completely fused, evolving into the all-new Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao.

Through new insights, his Soul-Slaying Dao and Asura Killing Dao were combined to create the new Asura Soul-Slaying Killing Dao.

His Returning Butterfly Cocoon Technique and Nirvana Nine Transformations technique transformed into the Nirvana Rebirth Skill.

His Reincarnation Life and Death Fist, under the enlightened transformations from the Chaos Destiny Scripture, was further optimized and became even more powerful.

Currently, his Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique had reached the Fourth Layer of Perfection, and his Chaos Destiny Scripture had reached the first layer of Perfection.

The remaining techniques—the Bloodthirsty Soul Refining Technique, Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao, Kunpeng Hidden Dragon Technique, Nirvana Rebirth Skill, Reincarnation Life and Death Fist, and Asura Soul-Slaying Killing Dao—were all new Cultivation Techniques he had created by evolving the originals to suit his unique condition.

Each of these techniques was at the first layer of Perfection, with the potential for even further advancement.

Each of these techniques was a work of breathtaking genius; if news of any one of them were to spread, it would be enough to cause a bloodbath.

After consolidating these new techniques, Ye Tianling’s soul completed its transformation from a state of Dual Soul coexistence to one of three souls coexisting.

Of the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, Ye Tianling had now opened all Three Souls.

The instant his Three Souls opened, Ye Tianling suddenly gained control over the Blood-Colored Crescent Secret Realm.

At the same time, he discovered that the Blood-Colored Crescent Secret Realm was not its real name. It was actually the ’Celestial Sacrifice Ancient City’.

Upon learning the true name of the Secret Realm, Ye Tianling gained a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ancient City Secret Realm.

An image of the Ancient City’s regions gradually materialized within Ye Tianling’s soul. The entire landscape was bathed in a bloody light.

An ancient city that pierced the heavens and was rooted in the earth manifested silently between his brows.

The Space-Time Soul-locking Tower—the sole, central structure within the Celestial Sacrifice Ancient City.

The remaining areas were all shrouded in a bloody mist and had not yet been unlocked.

However, through his spiritual sense, he could see a Demon Heart Sword Body on the Ancient City’s sacrificial altar.

A Demon Heart Sword Body that was withered and decayed—yet radiated a heaven-shattering Battle Intent.

’There’s another Demon Heart Sword Body.’

Ye Tianling’s heart trembled, but he was immediately overjoyed.

’With this Demon Heart Sword Body, as long as I nurture it, I’ll be able to slaughter countless Sword Ancestors again! Absolutely heaven-defying!’

Ye Tianling’s eyes glittered, a fierce light glinting within them.

After a moment of Sensing, he ignored the situation with Mu Yuxi and the eight others. Instead, with a single thought...

OMMM—

Just as he expected, in the next moment, he entered the Celestial Sacrifice Ancient City.

The Space-Time Soul-locking Tower was still there, but in Ye Tianling’s eyes, the Ancient Tower was now unreachably high, as if it stood connecting heaven and earth.

Ye Tianling ignored the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower. After his consciousness projection entered the Celestial Sacrifice Ancient City, he immediately felt the Celestial Secret Soul Seal he had left there begin to burn with extreme heat.

At that moment, Ye Tianling gathered the Celestial Secret Soul Seal into the hand of his projected Void Body.

PUFF—

The Celestial Secret Soul Seal suddenly shattered.

Then, a vast, torrential stream of information slammed directly into Ye Tianling’s soul.

Ye Tianling’s entire body trembled as incredibly profound and complex runic information manifested in his eyes.

’The Ancient Soul Extinction Forbidden is just one of the most basic, most superficial manifestations of the Tianshu Ancient Town. The Tianshu Ancient Town actually uses Runes to derive the Aspects of a Law, and uses those Aspects to achieve a Dharma Aspect... The Aspect of no-self, the Aspect of no-other, the Aspect of no-sentient-beings, the Aspect of no-life-span...’

’It’s so complex...’

’One thought to lock a soul, and the Soul Dao blooms. One thought gives birth to all things; all things give birth to the Ten Thousand Realms.’

’The Soul Dao is eternal. Within the Soul Energy Particles, a world of particles is derived...’

’And in that world of particles, the arrangement of its rules and the randomness of its movements... they match the way the Celestial Dao operates?’

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