The Sovereign's Ascension

But when Lin Yun continued to circulate his sword sutra, more origin energy was produced within his body. The Iris Flower had undergone a thorough transformation after the Iris Sword Sutra reached the eighth stage, and the recovery speed of his origin energy was unparalleled.

The Iris Sword Sutra is truly worthy of being a cultivation technique from the Golden Age. Every single improvement after the seventh stage is shocking. Lin Yun sighed inwardly.

His eyes were brightly lit and filled with boundless sword intent. He never felt so clear-headed before, and it felt miraculous. Lin Qiushan said that those who refined the Imperial Sword Herb would have a short moment of connection with the sword, and it was beneficial to the comprehension of sword techniques.

Many people could practice sword techniques that they couldn’t in the past, and some monstrous geniuses could even have their sword technique reach complete mastery. She must have meant this very moment because Lin Yun could feel his brain becoming clearer than before, and found answers to many questions we had in the past. 

“Interesting...let me test out the Flicking Divine Sword first!” The Flicking Divine Sword was a secret technique left by the Iris Sword Saint. Secret techniques were hard to practice, to begin with, not to mention one from the Golden Age. 

The secret technique had five stages in total. The first stage being Flashing Aura, Flicking Fingers, which Lin Yun was in right now. He could condense his aura into sword gleams in this stage and kill by flicking his finger. The second stage—Graceful Moment, Absolute Hit; the third—Heart Connection, Spiritual Sword; fourth—Pinnacle Finger, Great Disaster; fifth—Fingers Flick, Descending Stars.

Lin Yun took out the jade strip and placed it on his forehead. He then closed his eyes and started to comprehend the secret technique. A brief moment later, Lin Yun slowly opened his eyes with his eyes shining like the stars at night.

The accumulation of his insights over the years instantly gave Lin Yun an insight. The origin energy in his meridians then started to circulate. A moment later, nine strands of violet origin energy gathered towards his right hand. When the nine origin energy clashed together, an Iris Flower appeared on the back of Lin Yun’s hand. It was like an Iris Sword Seal, which contained boundless origin energy.

When Lin Yun flicked his finger, the Iris Sword Seal on the back of his hand roared like an enraged dragon that shot out like a violet ray. Instantly, a hundred meters tree at a thousand meters away collapsed. Lin Yun was shocked when he looked at the mess, “What speed!”

The tree collapsed practically in an instant when he flicked his finger. After reaching the second stage, the Flicking Divine Sword was ten times more powerful. The speed was the one that had been mainly increased, and Lin Yun even doubted if he could avoid it with the Seven Profound Steps. He couldn’t believe that he could unleash such lethality by just flicking his finger.

“I can’t waste any more time. This state won’t last long. Let’s put aside the Flicking Divine Finger’s third stage for now and go with the Overlord Sword!” Lin Yun’s eyes flashed with defeat when he mentioned the Overlord Sword, and he just hoped that he could gain insight.

“I don’t believe that I can’t bring the Overlord Sword to greater mastery!” The defeat in his eyes gradually faded and replaced with confidence.

He picked up a tree branch and started to perform the Overlord Sword under the connection state. He could sense that the Overlord Sword felt more smooth compared to before, with countless thoughts appearing in his mind.

Time gradually passed and Lin Yun was fully immersed in the Overlord Sword. Compared to other sword techniques, the Overlord Sword only had a single sword, and it was naturally a lot dryer compared to other sword techniques. Suddenly, the sword intent in Lin Yun’s eyes disappeared with endless insights appearing in his mind. At the same time, the connection state also gradually faded.

“What a pity. I’m only one step away from reaching greater mastery, and I’m now certain that the Overlord Sword given to me by Guardian Plum is incomplete. It might not only have a single sword after all. But it doesn’t matter. Even if the connection state doesn’t disappear, I also won’t be able to endure being in the connection state with so many insights appearing in my mind.”

Although Lin Yun didn’t manage to reach greater mastery with the connection state, he was already satisfied. Suddenly, several whistles were approaching. He could sense that those aura were powerful, and they weren’t on the level as ordinary outer disciples. When he felt those aura, even he couldn’t help having a trace of fear in his heart.

But he soon figured out the reason when he looked at the tree that was reduced to ashes a thousand meters away. The elders supervising the Alliance-Union Battle must be alerted by the commotion he caused.

“Let’s leave and head to the second stage,” smiled Lin Yun. He tossed the tree branch away. The tree branch plunged into the ground and buzzed like a treasured sword. In the next second, he executed the Seven Profound Steps and disappeared like a Golden Crow.

Not long after he left, two elders appeared where he previously stood. They were both shocked when they saw the ruins left on the ground.

“What’s going on? Where did the trees in the surroundings go?”

“Could it be that an outer disciple’s cultivation increased after refining the Imperial Sword Herb and leveled this place to the ground?”

“Look!” The two elders soon noticed Lin Yun’s departing silhouette.

“I remember him! He’s Zhong Yunxiao who obtained the first Imperial Sword Herb!” The supervising elders were familiar with Zhong Yunxiao, and they recognized Lin Yun with a glance. They couldn’t help smiling bitterly. This brat probably had no idea what kind of shock he caused back in the observation platform.

It involved a bet of 5,000 second-grade spiritual jades, and his sudden appearance left all the elders shocked. After all, no one could guess that he would be the one obtaining the first Imperial Sword Herb.

“This tree branch seems to be left by him.” They could still see the tree branch buzzing on the ground. The supervising elder then walked over and pulled the tree branch out of the ground. The sword intent contained in the tree branch suddenly exploded, creating cracks on the ground that soon spread out along with a domineering aura.

The two elders then exchanged a glance with a grave expression, “Let’s deliver this piece of news back.”

The atmosphere on the observation platform was still in a heated debate even after the fight for the Imperial Sword Herbs came to an end. There would also be news coming from the Burial Sword Peak occasionally.

“You guys heard about it? Chu Haoyu only used a single move to kill a sixth stage demonic beast after refining the Imperial Sword Herb.”

“I’ve already heard about it. That fellow is a monster. He has already transcended the Mortal Ranking with his strength.”

“Don’t say that too early. Ye Xiu also killed a sixth stage demonic beast easily without drawing his sword!”

“That’s right. Jiang Feng isn’t any worse. I heard that his sword gleam was ten foot after refining the Imperial Sword Herb.”

“There’s also Han Zhengyang. You can’t underestimate him. I speculate that he will enter the Earth Ranking after the Alliance-Union Battle, and he might even be able to challenge the Sky Ranking in the future.”

Many elites who obtained the Imperial Sword Herbs had undergone a shocking transformation. At this moment, some disciples started to regret that they didn’t join the Alliance-Union Battle. But when they thought about the high casualties, they couldn’t help shaking their heads again.

Bai Ting no longer frowned his eyebrows at this moment. He looked at the other elders and stroked his beard with a smile, “See? I’ve already said that those who obtained the Imperial Sword Herb will undergo a drastic transformation in their strength. So what if that sword slave hides for the first round? Let’s see how he continues to hide in the second round!”

All the elders here naturally know about Bai Ting’s grudge with Lin Yun. They merely responded with a smile. After all, Luo Feng was around, and even if they agreed to what Bai Ting said, they didn’t want to get on Luo Feng’s bad side. But everyone knew that Bai Ting’s words were meant to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng wasn’t bothered about that, and she smiled, “Old geezer, there still isn’t any news about Zhong Yunxiao’s transformation after refining the Imperial Sword Herb. Why don’t you take a guess?”

Bai Ting’s face instantly became ugly upon mentioning Zhong Yunxiao. He sneered, “He’s just a nobody, so what transformation can he possibly have? Chu Haoyu relied on his talent and accumulation that he could soar into the sky after refining the Imperial Sword Herb.”

All the elders nodded their heads inwardly. What Bai Ting said was right, and the Imperial Sword Herb was useless to someone who wasn’t talented. Bai Ting sneered, “What does Zhong Yunxiao have? He’s just lucky. So what if he obtains an Imperial Sword Herb? Old geezer, you’re really naive to think that you can anger me with him.”

Right at this moment, a deacon came up and bowed to the elders before he gave his report, “Elders, I’ve just received news that after Zhong Yunxiao refined his Imperial Sword Herb, he leveled all the trees within a thousand meters of radius!”

When he gave his report, he noticed that the elders had fallen into silence. Everyone was looking at him. The deacon couldn’t help feeling uneasy with his face ashen.

“Get lost!” Bai Ting raged. He smashed the cup on the ground, which terrified the deacon into trembling.

“That’s interesting. Old geezer, what did you say earlier? I didn’t hear it too clearly. Do you mind repeating it again?” Luo Feng placed his cup down and looked at Bai Ting with a playful smile.

Bai Ting was on the verge of losing it, and his hatred for Zhong Yunxiao nearly reached Lin Yun. When everyone heard what Zhong Yunxiao did, it piqued the interest of all the elders and disciples. They were all wondering who was Zhong Yunxiao.