Chapter 436 - Perfect Accomplishment Intent Realm! Memory Severing Dao Sword. (2/2)

According to Zhou Chen’s memories, he should be going to the Chi Yue Sword Faction to be formally accepted as a disciple, comprehending the Dao of Swords for ten years and obtaining the first place in the sword competition that was held ten years after his arrival. Only then was he granted the right to leave the sect and return to his village.

However, when he got back to his village, he found out that his beloved woman had already died ten years ago and felt that destiny had made a fool out of him. All of his glory until that moment turned into ashes. All of his emotions shattered like a broken mirror. He cut down the only Malus Halliana left in the village and made it into a wooden sword. He then cultivated bitterly for one hundred years just to seek revenge for her!

Ning Fan did not participate in the sword competition. He directly turned into a ray of sword light and left Chi Yue to return to his village.

The illusory dream realm began to collapse. It was a sign that the sword technique was being broken.

*Bang*

The remnant dream that had lasted ten years suddenly collapsed when Ning Fan set foot in the village.

The village was exactly the same as ten years ago. Peaceful and joyful. No one was killed and there was no sorrow.

Under Ning Fan’s protection, Mu Haitang also survived. Thus, there was no sorrow to him.

Since there was no sorrow, the sorrowful sword technique was no longer sorrowful. The first style of Zhou Chen’s sword technique, Ten Years of Life and Death, was broken like that!

Ten years in the dream realm was just a blink of an eye in the outside world.

However, in these ten years, Ning Fan had established the foundation for sword cultivation. It made up for his inadequacy in his cultivation of the Dao of Swords.

After withstanding Zhou Chen’s sword strike, it benefitted him quite a lot instead of hurting him.

After breaking free from the illusory dream, Ning Fan in the real world suddenly opened his eyes. They flashed with brilliance, dispersing all of Zhou Chen’s sword intent.

“The first style of this sword intent of yours has no effect on me!”

“What?!” Outside the Thunder Court Pavilion, the expressions of the three Void Glimpse Stage experts changed greatly after seeing Ning Fan break free from the illusory realm of Zhou Chen’s sword intent and opened his eyes. Even Hong Yi was slightly surprised.

As a matter of fact, even Void Inquiry Stage or Void Pierce Stage old monsters would fall into the illusory dream without being able to extricate themselves from it after being charmed by Zhou Chen’s sword technique.

Ning Fan, however, directly broke the first style of Zhou Chen’s sword intent and woke up!

Zhou Chen’s eyes revealed a hint of respect for Ning Fan. In all of his battles with other sword cultivators in his life, he had only met three individuals who could wake up from the first style of his sword intent. They were Yun Tianjue, the Sword Sovereign of the Sword World and the rogue immortal of the Four Heavens. Ning Fan was the fourth person!

He indeed did not see wrongly. Ning Fan was a prodigious sword cultivator. Moreover, in terms of innate talent in the Dao of Swords, Ning Fan was even better than him!

“My single sword strike is separated into four styles. Even though you managed to wake up during the first style which is the first sorrow, Ten Years of Life and Death, you have yet to completely defeat the four styles of my sword intent!”

At this moment, Zhou Chen was no longer concerned about winning or losing in his battle with Ning Fan. He just wanted to learn from Ning Fan by exchanging views with him.

Ning Fan nodded his head, signaling to Zhou Chen that he could attack him with all of his strength. During their confrontation, he could also verify his Dao of Swords based on Zhou Chen’s, greatly enhancing his understanding of it.

Zhou Chen rotated the tip of his sword. An immense sense of sorrow drowned Ning Fan.

“I joined the Chi Yue Sword Faction when I was 16 years old and left Haitang. However, I didn’t expect that we would be forever separated ever since that day. She died under the hands of an evil man. However, I had no idea. When I found out about her death, it was already ten years later. Be forever separated… Ten years! I was always looking forward to reuniting with her and staying together. I had always longed for that day to come for ten long years! Unfortunately, I lived but she died! The first style of this sorrowful sword contains the regret of my entire life which I can never make up or express. There is no way I can ever forget or amend it! The sorrow of this sword technique can kill a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator!”

*Chi*

A rush of sadness spread across the Thunder Court Pavilion like tidal waves. As soon as the three Void Glimpse Stage experts saw this sword technique, all of them were deeply terrified.

Standing at the center of the sword intent, Ning Fan did not move at all. The sword intent would only be able to seal his mindscape once. There would never be a second time.

He felt lingering sharp pain in his heart at the next moment. The pain was the regret and hatred originating from his inability to protect his loved ones.

Ning Fan’s eyes were filled with emotion. If his beloved woman dies and he only finds out about it ten years later, he certainly would also experience this kind of excruciating pain and the hatred that pierces through the marrow of his bones. Hence, he must never make a mistake in his life. He must never leave any hatred or regrets.

Hence, he would rather be infamous just to have no regrets in his life!

“Break!”

The firmness of his Dao Heart would not waver in front of sorrow. He opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing all of the sorrow from Zhou Chen’s sword intent.

He recalled his comprehensions about the smoke-like sword intent in the incomplete dream. Then, he did the same thing as Zhou Chen. He randomly grabbed a wooden chair beside him, crushed it entirely and condensed the wooden fragments into a wooden sword.

A weak sword gave out strong sword intent!

A sorrowful sword intent which was exactly the same as Zhou Chen’s gathered on the wooden sword!

“I can also display the sorrow of Ten Years of Life and Death!” Ning Fan’s voice was flat, as if he was saying something normal. However, his words filled Zhou Chen’s eyes with astonishment.

Ning fan had actually secretly learned his strongest sword intent!

The three Void Glimpse Stage experts found it even more hard to believe. The fact that Ning Fan was able to break the first style of Zhou Chen’s sword intent was already unimaginable. Now, he even managed to learn Zhou Chen’s sword intent. How could this be possible?!

“What kind of prodigious sword cultivator is this young man exactly? He could actually learn the third elder’s sword intent in an instant!”

The three of them exclaimed in surprise. They naturally did not know that Ning Fan had actually experienced ten years to comprehend the sword intent. Instead of learning the sword intent instantly, he had gone through Zhou Chen’s journey in his sword cultivation in the illusory dream to learn the sword intent of smoky sword.

After that, he repeated what Zhou Chen had done by fusing his sorrow into the smoky sword to create the first style of the sorrowful sword.

Hong Yi’s cold eyes were slightly filled with amazement. Ning Fan had gone beyond her expectations once again.

The tip of Zhou Chen’s sword slashed horizontally. Since Zhou Chen could not defeat Ning Fan using the first style of his sword intent, he had to use the second style.

“After I joined the Chi Yue Sword Faction, I cultivated to the Tenth Level of the Vein Opening Realm in ten years. After I found out about the death of my beloved woman and my enemy who was an old monster at the Harmonious Spirit Realm, I ran away from the sect and cultivated bitterly for one hundred years. After one hundred years, I formed my own gold core and slaughtered the Chi Yue Sword Faction! I have endured the bitterness of longing. I sat alone in my cave for one hundred years and meditated. Each day was filled with sadness. Ten Years of Life and Death can kill a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator while One Hundred Years of Loneliness can eliminate a Void Inquiry Stage expert!”

Ning Fan suddenly raised his head. His black hair danced wildly in the air. He also wielded his wooden sword by imitating what Zhou Chen had done. On the foundation of the Ten Years of Life and Death, he added the One Hundred Years of Loneliness.

Ning Fan had also felt lonely before. His loneliness was not about being overwhelmed by sadness alone. Instead, it was the loneliness of facing the bloodsheds of the cultivation world.

His loneliness was different from Zhou Chen’s. However, he could understand the latter’s loneliness.

Even though he faced the sword intent head-on, Ning Fan remained unscathed. His eyes, however, became deep.

“The Third Style, One Thousand Years of Intertwining! The Fourth Style, Ten Thousand Years of Wandering! After eliminating the Chi Yue Sword Faction, I obtained a trace of Haitang’s soul essence from the hands of the evil man. I carved the wood of the Malus Halliana at the entrance of the village into a wooden sword and sealed her soul into the sword so that we can accompany each other every day. Eventually, she became my sword! Ten Thousand Years of Wandering with her who had become my sword and my only company in my life. Even though it is saddening, I won’t abandon it! As long as my sword is around, I will continue to exist. If my sword is broken, I will perish!”

“The reason why I could not break through to the Void Pierce Stage is because my intent realm could not be improved anymore. It isn’t because I am unable to do it. In fact, it’s because I am not willing to do so… Even I will be immersed into my own sorrows. As long as I can abandon all of my grievances and forget all of our past, I can advance to the Void Pierce Stage. However, I am reluctant to do so!”

“If I can achieve a breakthrough in my cultivation realm at the expense of forgetting all about it, I would rather abandon my cultivation!”

Zhou Chen’s eyes glinted with sadness. He had great potential. If it wasn’t because he was reluctant to let go of Mu Haitang, he would certainly have become a Void Fragmentation Realm expert now.

However, he was reluctant… He just could not let go of her…

Waves of sadness drowned Ning Fan again without giving him time to breathe.

Zhou Chen had activated his sorrowful intent to its maximum power. There were his memories and his Dao in his sorrow.

More and more sadness invaded Ning Fan’s heart. In contrast, Ning Fan’s heart became firmer and stronger.

From the very beginning, he had never felt sad for Zhou Chen. Even now, he would still not feel sad for him.

With his Memory Intent Realm, he had seen all of Zhou Chen’s memories. He was well aware of all of Zhou Chen’s sorrows.

In the Ten Years of Life and Death, a couple lost each other forever. In the One Hundred Years of Loneliness, he cultivated in absolute loneliness. In the One Thousand Years of Intertwining, he felt so broken-hearted as if his liver and guts had been cut to pieces. In the Ten Thousand Years of Wandering, he abandoned his emotions and lost his sanity.

Ning Fan closed his eyes, trying to understand Zhou Chen’s feelings. He put himself in Zhou Chen’s shoes. After losing his beloved, he experienced thousands of years of loneliness. He followed the traces of Zhou Chen’s memories and slowly comprehended his sword intent.

Ning Fan understood the four styles of the sorrowful sword. Tears seemed to well up in his eyes. He felt like he was being influenced by Zhou Chen. Once his tears drop, his heart would feel sad and ten thousand swords would pierce through his heart.

He opened his heart. With his Memory Intent Realm, his emotions gradually left him. The sadness that had invaded his heart was erased by his Memory Intent Realm.

He opened his palm. Traces of black snowflakes were slowly condensing into a small black-colored sword. It glittered with the strange light of the Heavenly Dao.

This small black sword was condensed from Zhou Chen’s sorrowful sword intent that was devoured by the power of his Memory Intent Realm.

From the level of Large Accomplishment, his Memory Intent Realm had achieved Perfect Accomplishment!

Ning Fan had devoured Zhou Chen’s sword intent and created a sword of intent realm that belonged to himself.

“Ten Years of Life and Death, One Hundred Years of Loneliness, One Thousand Years of Intertwining, Ten Thousand Years of Wandering. All of the sad memories cannot be severed! From your memories, I have created a sword strike. It’s called the Memory Severing Dao Sword! Perhaps it can help you break through to the Void Pierce Stage. If you can’t give up your memories of her, then you should get rid of the sadness in your heart and just remember the joyous memories with her. Then, you can also attain the Void Pierce Stage. Sever!”

Ning Fan raised his hand. The small black sword soared from his palm and cut all of the sorrowful intent.

Zhou Chen just felt a sharp pain in his Sea of Consciousness. All of his sad memories vanished after they were struck by this strange small sword.

*Thud*

He fell to his knees on the ground heavily. His eyes flashed with surprise.

What shocked him was that Ning Fan had actually condensed a sword strike using the four styles of his sorrowful sword. That sword could sever one’s memories!

All of the power of Zhou Chen’s sorrowful intent originated from his painful memories in the past. If his memories are erased, his sorrow would also not exist.

“You have lost!”

Ning Fan’s gaze swept across Zhou Chen indifferently. Then, he raised his hand to withdraw the small black sword and swallowed it into his abdomen.

Today, after withstanding a single sword strike from Zhou Chen, it made his Memory Intent Realm attain Perfect Accomplishment with the help of Zhou Chen’s ten thousand years of sorrow. In addition to that, he had also condensed the Memory Severing Dao Sword. It definitely was something extremely precious!

Ning Fan discovered that this sword had two great abilities.

Firstly, it could erase his opponent’s memories. Secondly, he could eliminate his opponent’s intent realm.

If someone fights against Ning Fan using the intent realm like Zhou Chen, he could defeat them using this Memory Severing Dao Sword!

“What sword is that exactly? It could actually crush all of the third elder’s sword intent in a single strike!”

“I can’t see through it! I can’t see through it! This sword is too mysterious. It’s something that I can’t understand!”

“I felt like I have read information similar to this sword before from an ancient book… This sword is like… like… What was that again…?”

The three Void Glimpse Stage experts were shocked by the destructive power of the small black sword and began discussing endlessly among themselves.

Only Hong Yi whose blood-red pupils flashed with a hint of astonishment held her palms tightly together and said.

“This is the Dao Weapon of Intent Realm. According to the records of an ancient book, only cultivators who have mastered a second step intent realm can condense the power of their intent realm as weapons of the Great Dao when their intent realm attains Perfect Accomplishment. Those weapons have strong divine ability and unimaginable power.”

“W-What?! This black sword is a Dao Weapon?! That is to say that the intent realm which Zhou Ming has learned is a second step intent realm. Moreover, when he is merely at the Divine Transformation Realm, he has already cultivated his intent realm to the level of Perfect Accomplishment!”

“A second step intent realm! Not to mention the kind of intent realm this young man has learned, there are only a handful of experts who comprehended second step intent realms in the Nine Worlds. Even in the Four Heavens Immortal World, those who can comprehend second step intent realms are mostly True Immortal Realm beings!”

“An intent realm at the level of Perfect Accomplishment! Normally, only Absolute Pierce Stage old monsters can cultivate their intent realms to such a level and thoroughly understand the word ‘void’. Even though this young man has yet to attain the Void Refinement Realm, his intent realm is already at the Perfect Accomplishment. His future certainly has unlimited potential!”

The eyes of the three Void Glimpse Stage experts revealed great amazement.

Zhou Chen knelt on the ground with one of his knees. The sorrow in his eyes gradually diminished. There was only the disappointment of being defeated in his expression.

“Little Friend, you not only withstood my single sword strike but also crushed all of my intent realm with a counterattack. In terms of strength of intent realms, I have lost to you… A moment later, I will bring 40 tufts of one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs to you. Please wait for a moment. I will have to sever one of my arms as an apology to my mistress.”

“There’s no need for that. Hurry up and fetch the herbs!” Hong Yi’s voice was icy cold. Her face looked displeased and impatient.

She had never said that she wanted Zhou Chen to sever one of his arms. It was Zhou Chen who was saying that all this time.

“Er…” Zhou Chen was stunned, feeling extremely confused.

In the past, if anyone goes against Hong Yi’s command, she would kill them without exception. Cutting off one of their arms was already considered as a light punishment.

The current Hong Yi, however, would actually show compassion to her subordinates. It was truly surprising.

There are some changes in my lord’s personality!

Zhou Chen’s eyes flashed with a hint of worry. Hopefully, the change that occurred in Hong Yi’s personality was a positive one.

He shifted his gaze to Ning Fan again and heaved a deep sigh.

Ning Fan had devoured his sorrowful intent and condensed a Dao Weapon. It truly shocked Zhou Chen.

This young man deserves to be roped in by my lord with all her power. He is worthy enough to obtain the one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs! In the future, he will certainly be a strong ally to my lord in her revenge!”