Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect
Chapter 377 - 237 Comprehending Sword Dao Rhythm_2

Chapter 377: Chapter 237 Comprehending Sword Dao Rhythm_2

"Elder Qian Yuan, please follow me."

He then led Li Qian into a deep gorge within Heavenly Sword Manor.

Here, clouds and fog concealed the area, and arrays densely littered the space, with fierce Sword Qi harboring lethal intentions.

Li Qian could feel the peril of this place.

Suddenly, a hall appeared amidst the clouds ahead.

Inscribed above—Heavenly Sword Hall.

After entering the hall, Elder Bai bowed to an old man with white hair seated in meditation and said, "Seventh Great-Uncle, guest Daoist Qian Yuan, wishes to observe the Heavenly Sword Stele."

Li Qian looked at the white-haired old man, whose aura was exceptionally robust, clearly a strong practitioner of the Longevity Secret Realm.

What was most peculiar was that this person seemed to be one with the surrounding environment.

He speculated that this person must have practiced a special technique, thus actively integrating his own domain with the universe to create a Guardian Domain.

Such a Guardian Domain could not move; otherwise, all previous efforts would be discarded.

However, within this Guardian Domain, the power was immense.

In some sense, the Chen Bell Domain could also be considered a Guardian Domain, albeit a special one.

Clearly, this elderly man was specifically guarding the Heavenly Sword Stele, a powerful being from the Longevity Secret Realm.

The white-haired elder opened his eyes, glanced at both of them, then rose and proceeded to the back of the hall.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, I am afraid I cannot enter."

Elder Bai spoke.

Li Qian nodded and followed the white-haired elder into the back of the hall.

The white-haired elder remained silent.

Behind the hall was a deep passageway that ended abruptly at a portal.

The old man produced a round disc in his hand, forcefully pressed it into a depression on the door, and in an instant, the portal opened. However, beyond the portal was a valley obscured by clouds.

"The entire Heavenly Sword Valley is enveloped by the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, and this portal is the only exit and entrance. Exiting from other places will trigger a backslash from the Ten Thousand Swords. Since it is temporarily opened, you may observe the Heavenly Sword Stele for a maximum of one month. You must leave on time; otherwise, you will suffer the painful backlash of the Ten Thousand Swords."

The white-haired elder suddenly said,

but instead of speaking aloud, he used ventriloquism.

Thus, the tone and speed of his voice were very strange.

"Thank you for the guidance, Daoist friend."

Li Qian nodded, then stepped through the portal into the valley.

Clouds and fog obscured visibility, rendering even Spiritual Sense penetrable.

It was as if a terrifying will of Myriad Sword Intent had locked the place down.

"Originally, I thought the formation of Heavenly Sword Manor was just of the Eleven Base, but this core formation, the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, is probably of the Twelve Base."

Li Qian muttered to himself.

Because he could feel an intangible sense of spatial illusion, likely caused by the influence of the Ten Thousand Sword Formation.

The foundation of this Heavenly Sword Manor was much stronger than he had imagined.

Suddenly, Li Qian’s gaze fell on a stone stele in the center, over ten feet tall.

It looked ordinary, seemingly just a plain stone stele.

However, it was inscribed with many characters, seemingly carved out with a sword.

"Eh, it seems to be a verse of the Sword Dao?"

Li Qian carefully began observing.

"Wait, it’s not just a verse of the Sword Dao; these characters seem to contain a special Sword Dao aura."

He was greatly shocked.

In his Enlightenment State, he immediately realized there was an issue.

Oddly, the characters originally on the stele began to move as if they had come to life, each character appearing to be constructed from twisting Sword Qi.

In an instant, this Sword Qi in the form of characters flew out from the stele, danced in the air, and finally formed a sword that shot fiercely toward Li Qian.

Boom!

The sword fused into his body.

Subsequently, Li Qian’s consciousness seemed to be pulled into a grand space where a figure was practicing swordsmanship.

Li Qian was completely immersed.

He did not know how much time had passed when he suddenly came out of the Enlightenment State.

When he looked around, innumerable Sword Qi danced around, forming an ocean-like expanse.

But bizarrely, this surging ocean of Sword Qi could not approach him at all, as if an invisible force was fending off the invasion of the qi.

"I didn’t expect that I meditated under this Heavenly Sword Stele for a full two months, exceeding the time limit of one month, causing the Ten Thousand Sword Formation to activate its attack..."

Li Qian murmured to himself.

In normal circumstances, under the terrifying attack of the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, even as a practitioner of the Nineteen-step Reversal Longevity Realm, he would find it difficult to withstand and definitely get injured. Over time, he would be worn down by the formation.

But now, the reason was simple...

He had, in his Enlightenment State, grasped a wisp of the Sword Dao Rhythm.

At the next moment, a very faint sword mark appeared between his eyebrows.

This was the manifestation of the Sword Dao Rhythm.

He ultimately advanced the Myriad Phenomena Sword Intent further, grasping the Sword Dao Rhythm.

If Martial Intent pertains to a martial artist’s understanding of their own martial path,

Then Dao Rhythm... pertains to a martial artist’s comprehension of the universal rules.

Suddenly, Li Qian summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Indeed, he saw that Heartless Sword Intent had now evolved into Sword Dao Rhythm (Entering Dao 1/100).

Entering Dao represents the first level of Dao Rhythm.

Just like Martial Intent, it has the classifications of Illusory, Illusion, Reality, Heavenly Phenomenon, and Myriad Phenomena.

And naturally, Dao Rhythm also has these classifications.

As for the levels beyond Dao Rhythm... Li Qian did not know.

The system interface does not display subsequent levels.

However... he speculated that the subsequent levels could only be utilized in the Upper Realm.

After all, being able to grasp Dao Rhythm in the Nineteen-step Reversal Longevity Realm was a miracle in itself.

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