Chapter 247: Power Surges! The War Begins

At the same time, it was also a path of cultivation that led directly to the pinnacle of the Sword Dao.

However, the sword it taught one to cultivate was not just the blade in one’s hand, but also the will in one’s mind and the very essence of one’s soul.

Sword Skill was Soul Technique, and Soul Technique was Sword Skill; the two were fused, inseparable.

‘The blade cuts the flesh, while the mind cuts the soul?’

Qin Yu mused.

Cultivating this technique required one not only to comprehend a trace of the Sword’s Mental Realm, but also the True Intent of the soul.

Only then would it be possible to continuously hone one’s Mental Realm and forge the Godslaying Soul-Slaying Dao Foundation.

This, too, could allow one to reach the level of a Perfect Dao Foundation!

‘Although I’ve practiced Sword Skill since I was young, I’ve only reached the state of Unity of Heaven and Man. I haven’t comprehended that profound, mysterious sword intent, let alone the Mental Realm of the soul.’

‘It will take some time just to get started.’

Qin Yu looked at the shattered *Godslaying Soul-Slaying Saber* Jade Scroll, a smile in his eyes. He had been right.

Although he couldn’t even begin to master the *Godslaying Soul-Slaying Saber*, it was indeed an Immortal Tier Technique that led directly to the very source of the soul.

Moreover, it contained the method for forging the Godslaying Soul-Slaying Dao Foundation—a Soul Dao Foundation!

That was enough.

The Insect Swarm’s greatest weakness could finally be addressed.

“Insect Swarm, use my bloodline to gestate ten thousand Clones. Have them collectively analyze the *Godslaying Soul-Slaying Saber* to comprehend the True Intent of the soul and the True Intent of the saber with utmost speed!”

Gestation began swiftly in one Insect Nest after another. They were even provided with Bone Blades, similar to the Dragon-slaying Saber, as they were created.

As the Dominator of the Insect Swarm, he rarely had the chance to fight personally, and even fewer opportunities to fight with a saber.

His human form was not the optimal combat form compared to units like Rapid Insects, cockroaches, or Thunder Beasts.

And although the Insect Swarm had over a hundred thousand spy units, they hadn’t been active long and thus hadn’t seen much combat.

Fewer still used sabers.

‘But what did that matter?’

The Sword Dao was the path of slaughter.

He could gestate enough Clones, throw them onto the front lines of the Insect Swarm’s expansion, and send them into the most brutal of battles.

Forced to fight on the brink of life and death, they would achieve comprehension soon enough.

「At the same time.」

“Insect Nest! Using the Magic Skill of the *Godslaying Soul-Slaying Saber* as the core, combined with the *Tower of Void* and the *Ten Thousand Swords Soul Seal*, build defensive and offensive systems within the Insect Swarm Soul Network! Reinforce the network’s integrity and Enhance its defensive and counter-attack capabilities.”

Acquiring this Cultivation Technique wasn’t just for his own Cultivation—to use the Law of the soul to forge the core of his Myriad Phenomena Infinite Dao Foundation. Even more importantly, it was to build a complete Insect Swarm Soul Network.

This was his true foundation.

Having done all this, Qin Yu finally picked up the *Eight Desolates Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Body* and probed it with his Divine Thought.

His consciousness was met with the image of a boundless, desolate, and ancient land.

The sky was vast and distant; the earth, profound and heavy.

ROOOOAR—!!!

As if crossing endless time and space, a roar that shook the heavens and dwarfed the mountains and rivers exploded deep within Qin Yu’s soul!

It was the roar of a Dragon Elephant!

Following the furious roar, an impossibly majestic Dragon Elephant emerged from the Void. It strode upon the earth, its four limbs propping up the heavens and its presence suppressing the Eight Desolates and the cosmos. Towering mountain peaks were but motes of dust beneath its feet.

The earth boomed.

A deep, resonant voice, like the toll of a great bell and brimming with power, issued from the Dragon Elephant’s mouth.

“Eight Desolates Dragon Elephant, suppressing demons across the four corners of the world!”

“Take the might of the Dragon and the size of the Elephant, fuse them with the profoundness of the Eight Desolates, forge an undying body, and achieve supreme power!”

“Use Dragon Elephant Essence Blood as the catalyst to cleanse the marrow, shed impurities, replace the bones, and reforge the muscles!”

“Use the will of the Eight Desolates as the furnace and your Qi Blood as the charcoal to forge your very self!”

“Awaken the divine potential within, until every particle of your being rouses like a Dragon Elephant! Open the great furnace, let your Qi Blood boil like the Eight Desolates! Your Demon Suppression Dharma Body shall be able to crush three thousand worlds! Your undying sacred body shall be the unmoving cornerstone against countless tribulations!”

“Achieve sainthood through the flesh, and prove the Dao through strength! Overwhelming strength defeats all techniques; a single power suppresses all laws!”

The voice was just as incomparably domineering.

If the *Godslaying Soul-Slaying Saber* pursued the ultimate path of the soul and annihilation, then the *Eight Desolates Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Body* was a pure Body Refining Method.

It pursued the ultimate in raw strength, defense, and power.

The core of the first level of the *Eight Desolates Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Body* was Foundation Establishment and Blood Exchange.

The “Foundation Establishment” part referred to laying the initial physical groundwork for this Body Refining Skill.

‘Let Dragon Elephant Essence Blood enter the body, perform Muscle and Bone Forging, and flush it through all the meridians, bones, and fascia, allowing the physical body to gain a trace of the Dragon Elephant’s characteristics?’

‘And then it will spontaneously devour Qi Blood, producing even purer and heavier Dragon Elephant Blood Qi in return?’

Qin Yu couldn’t help but smile as he reviewed the cultivation method.

The *Eight Desolates Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Body* clearly stated that the cultivation process was excruciating, like having one’s bones scraped and marrow cleansed. If a cultivator was even slightly careless and unable to withstand the Dragon Elephant Power…

…they would simply explode and die!

But upon success, the physical body would be dramatically enhanced, far surpassing that of other Cultivators at the same level. One’s Qi Blood would become scorching and full of yang energy, naturally repelling any yin or demonic auras.

Therefore, there was one critical factor in cultivating this technique.

Namely, the Dragon Elephant Essence Blood used had to come from an immensely powerful Dragon Elephant with a pure bloodline.

The purer the Essence Blood, the better the foundation, and the greater one’s future potential.

‘The core of this Cultivation Technique is to alter one’s bloodline to forge the body of a Dragon Elephant. This would be incredibly difficult for anyone else, but for me, it’s child’s play to get started!

After all, having analyzed the Dragon Elephant, who understands it better than I do?’

The core of Body Refining Methods like the *Wind and Thunder Poison Dragon Technique* and the *Wind and Thunder Tribulation Destruction Scripture* was to use Wind and Thunder Power and potent poisons to temper one’s body.

Although this process could be accelerated in the Cultivation Rooms tailor-made for him by the Insect Swarm—allowing him to train his body down to the most minute level—

However!