Chapter 699 - 688: Sword Spirit Great Perfection

It was precisely because he felt his path blocked, unable to outrun Ding Ling.

That’s why Emperor Shitian decided to retreat first.

Although he had several experts to assist him,

those around Ding Ling, such as the Demon Lord and Wuming, were also very strong. The most critical factor was that Ding Ling himself was too powerful, and he had no confidence in stopping him.

Facts proved

his guess was correct.

The Celestial Sect was easily annihilated by Ding Ling.

The team of Japanese experts led by Xiaao Aoshi was also slaughtered by Ding Ling, reaching the Otherworld at one point!

This was something Emperor Shitian had just learned through a Pigeon Post.

He marveled at Ding Ling’s prowess.

Then Ding Ling descended from the sky with a sixteen-year-old maiden, battling intensely in the void, leaving Emperor Shitian terrified and astonished, not knowing how Ding Ling appeared out of nowhere above Phoenix Island!

This Phoenix Island could be hidden from others,

but how could it be hidden from Ding Ling?

Emperor Shitian was frightened, immediately hiding, not daring to run, just observing on the side, thus witnessing the entire battle process.

At this moment, seeing Ding Ling seemed to be practicing some Sword Skill, he dared not hesitate further, with a splash, he jumped into the water, diving deep into the sea, choosing to head west.

In Emperor Shitian’s view, even hiding on this godforsaken Phoenix Island!

Yet he was still found by Ding Ling!

Who could guarantee that hiding in other remote places, he wouldn’t encounter Ding Ling?

Therefore, he decided to return to the Central Plains once more. This time, he would disguise and change identities to hide in plain sight! He didn’t believe that hidden among the masses of millions, Ding Ling could still find him!

Besides.

He needed to wait for the right opportunity, seek fortune, and become stronger!

This cowardly, hiding life was not what Emperor Shitian desired!

...

Ding Ling was unaware there was someone on Phoenix Island.

Only because he had all his attention focused on the Twelve Sword Stars and naturally had no time to pay attention to other matters.

He didn’t even know the name of this island,

only felt the massive Spiritual Vitality contained within it, which moved his heart to use this island as the base to lay out the Eight Array Map to delay time.

In his confrontation with the Twelve Sword Stars, he had to be at his absolute best, so how could Ding Ling notice someone so well-hidden on this island?

However, though it was the case, when Emperor Shitian leaped into the water, he did have a sense of it, only he was engrossed in understanding the Profound Yin Twelve Swords at the time, so he did not pay attention to the anomaly.

After all, it was above the East Sea, filled with countless swimming fish, and some small animals on the island would be startled and flee during the fighting, many diving into the sea. Ding Ling had become used to it, so he didn’t pay it special attention.

Now, with the Profound Yin Twelve Swords at Full Level,

Ding Ling profoundly felt the terror of this Sword Skill.

"No wonder it can increase agility by 2.4 points. So these twelve swords represent twelve supreme Sword Skills!"

Who exactly are the Twelve Sword Stars?

Were they grown from the Residual Spirit of some ancient swordsman?

Ding Ling did not know,

but he did know one thing clearly:

These twelve Sword Skills had been practiced and studied to an Extreme Realm!

The intricate sword maneuvers eventually condensed into one sword!

Hence, these twelve Sword Skills can also be called the Twelve Swords!

And these twelve swords finally refined into one, forming a set of Sword Skills!

That is the current Profound Yin Twelve Swords!

The Profound Yin Twelve Swords include: Heaven and Earth, Only My Dao; Celestial Thunder Guiding Sword; All Things Become My Sword; Heaven and Earth Let Me Go; All Living Beings Are Destroyed by Me; Two-Level Bounce My Sword; Dazzling Color Annihilation; Sword Scorpion’s Cross and Vertical Movement; Instant Cold Reflecting Thousands of Years; Yin Yang Reversing Heaven and Earth; Sword Demon Born of the Heart; All Things Chaos Destruction.

Every sword move is terrifying to the extreme.

Ding Ling had previously faced several moves directly.

Moreover, these twelve swords can also form a Sword Array.

Arranged into one Ultimate Technique: Six Paths Reversal, No Rival,

In addition.

When the Profound Yin Twelve Swords reach a certain level, they can naturally form a ’Profound Yin Sword Armor’ for protection.

"Offensive and defensive, truly extraordinary."

Ding Ling looked at Little Zhao, utilizing his ninety-fold self-amplification, wielded the Profound Yin Sword Armor, boom! The Sword Armor fell on Little Zhao, then integrated into her Sea of Consciousness, stabilizing the precarious, seemingly on the verge of collapse, Sea of Consciousness in an instant!

The ninety-fold amplified Profound Yin Sword Armor was frightening, terror beyond words.

Changing the heavens and earth was all but trivial.

Stabilizing Little Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness naturally was a breeze.

The next moment.

"Young Master!"

Little Zhao awoke, calling out with bright eyes.

"Hmm."

Ding Ling smiled and nodded, with a thought, the Sword Spirit darted from Little Zhao’s Sea of Consciousness into his own body, boom! The Sword Spirit entered his body.

Ding Ling’s aura became even deeper, boundless!

The Sword Spirit had evolved again, reaching the Initial Tier of Great Perfection!

It just needed to return to the Sword Realm, absorb enough Spiritual Light, and it could naturally reach the Peak of Perfection. Upon reaching that step, the Sword Spirit would be able to walk freely in the real world like a True Person.

It could exist independently of Ding Ling’s form in the world.

If it did not reach the Peak of Perfection,

it couldn’t exist away from Ding Ling for too long.

It’s like Jian Yue and the Twelve Sword Stars, leaving the shelter of the Sword Realm, coming to the world, without a host, or having seized others, or without special fortune, etc., exposed to various places in Jiuzhou for long without absorbing Sword Thought and such, they would wither to death on their own even without enemies killing them!

Only upon reaching the Peak of Great Perfection

can it achieve a certain degree of ’fasting,’ meaning existing for long without needing to absorb ’Sword Thought’ and such.

"Jian Yue cannot achieve Great Perfection. It seems there’s no way to kill masters like the Twelve Sword Stars."

Ding Ling pondered:

"Jian Yue, outside the domain, seems to be at the level of the Twelve Sword Stars! Naturally, they cannot be killed, and thus cannot deprive this Supreme Yin’s Sword Intent, Sword Thought, and Sword Qi."

Invincible within the domain.

Limited power outside the domain.

"And for as strong as the Twelve Sword Stars are, they don’t have Domain Crystals. It seems my previous assumption was wrong."

"Perhaps only a very few exceptional geniuses can obtain a Domain Crystal. Perhaps, in the Sword Realm, only Jian Yue has a Domain Crystal?"

This probability is high.

Considering even the Twelve Sword Stars do not have one.

The probability of other spirits lacking it is greater.

"Why does Jian Yue have one? Besides being a peerless genius, perhaps because he is a complete and pure spirit?"

While the Twelve Sword Stars and others might be derived from residual spirits, souls, and thoughts.

Thus they lack the qualification to find and refine the Light of Dawn!

"That should be correct."

Ding Ling sighed.

In this sense.

The fact that he could kill Jian Yue was truly a stroke of luck.

However, fortunately, Jian Yue perished, enhancing his Sword Spirit; otherwise, he wouldn’t have navigated the Sword Realm so smoothly.

"How do you feel?"