Clouds rolled in the sky, and the wind blew the clouds.
Chen Zong stood quietly with his eyes closed in his own courtyard. He held the Gilded Mountain Sword in his left hand, and his entire body was extremely relaxed.
Lowering the shoulder and dropping the elbow!
Gathering the mind into the sea of consciousness!
His mind was completely empty, and there was no trace of consciousness. There was only the vast and boundless sea of consciousness.
Suddenly, Chen Zong opened his closed eyes, and a wisp of extremely pure cold light shot out like a sword, piercing through the sky.
Then, the Gilded Mountain Sword seemed to shoot out of its scabbard on its own, and it soared into the sky as if it was weightless. His right hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed the hilt of the Gilded Mountain Sword. A tyrannical and direct sharpness spread out in an instant, and it went through the sword and soared into the sky.
Half-step sword intent!
A sword soared into the sky!
The golden sword mark seemed to pierce through the heavens and the earth, and it only disappeared after a few breaths.
Returning the sword to its scabbard, Chen Zong stared at the golden sword mark, and his eyes flickered with a bright light. He only withdrew his gaze when the golden sword mark disappeared.
"It's still seventy percent. It's not so easy to break through to eighty percent." Chen Zong said to himself, and then a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. "But, it's almost there. If there's enough external pressure, there's hope to break through and advance to eighty percent. At that time, its power will increase by a few times."
Every ten percent increase in half-step sword intent would increase its power by a few times.
Ten to thirty percent of half-step sword intent was more basic, so the increase wasn't much, and it was only about twenty percent.
From thirty to forty percent half-step sword intent, its power would increase by thirty percent.
From forty to sixty percent, it would increase by thirty percent.
The increase in power from 60% to 70% was as much as 40%.
From seventy to eighty percent, Chen Zong estimated that it would also increase by forty percent.
From eighty to ninety percent, it would be the same. From ninety to one hundred percent, it would increase by more than ninety percent.
Then, his half-step sword intent was the Heart Sword Dao Intent, which was at least an intermediate Dao Intent, and its power would be stronger than a basic Sword Dao Intent. In other words, his seventy percent half-step sword intent could completely rival an eighty percent basic half-step sword intent, and it might even surpass it.
If the Heart Sword Dao Insight was at the high level, then his 70% Half-Step Sword Intent was sufficient to rival a low level 90% Half-Step Sword Intent.
He still didn't know what grade of Dao Insight it was. Only after it became a true Dao Insight would he be able to determine it, or he could go to a special testing place to test it.
However, Chen Zong didn't know where to test it.
If his Half-step Sword Intent improved, the power of his attacks would also increase, and the power of his sword arts would be even stronger. Especially when he used his own unique skill, it would be even more shocking.
At that time, his strength would increase significantly, and he would even have the strength to challenge the tenth place on the Netherworld Ranking.
"Soon. I have a hunch that the eighty percent Half-step Sword Essence is not far away," Chen Zong murmured to himself.
Zheng Tuo and Nan Wukong came back from their stroll outside and brought a book for Chen Zong.
《Prodigy List》
Chen Zong glanced at it, and his interest was piqued. He flipped it open and read carefully.
The names listed were the sky-prides who were participating in the Regional Tournament. Of course, it was not all of them, only a portion of them. Most of them were sky-prides from the Heavenly Cloud Prefecture, while a small portion came from the Mountain Flow Prefecture, Horizontal River Prefecture, and Copper Mountain Prefecture.
On the first page of the Prodigy List, the name of the prodigy was Yang Quan, a member of the Heavenly Cloud Prefecture's Yang Clan. He was known as the Heavenly Sun King. His exact age was unknown, but it was estimated that he was younger than fifty, and he possessed the Heavenly Sun Treasure Body.
He cultivated a superior Saint Grade Cultivation Technique called the Heavenly Sun Illumination Technique, and he had already cultivated it to the thirteenth level. His martial arts were the Heavenly Sun Finger and the World Illumination Seal.
His best battle record was to fight against an ordinary First Heaven Saint Realm expert and kill him after 100 moves.
Chen Zong was shocked when he read this.
A half-step Saint Realm expert could kill a First Heaven Saint Realm expert. It was terrifying.
One had to know that the gap between the half-step Saint Realm and the Saint Realm was huge. It was like the gap between heaven and earth. This piece of information shattered Chen Zong's previous beliefs.
In the past, Chen Zong thought that a half-step Saint Realm expert could at most escape from an ordinary First Heaven Saint Realm expert. That was extremely rare. After all, he had relied on the third move of the Blood Dripping Sword Seal to escape from a First Heaven Saint Realm expert. It was also the most powerful move.
Moreover, he had also relied on the terrain of the forest and the presence of high-tier demonic beasts. Otherwise, even with the third move of the Blood Dripping Sword Seal, he would have been caught and killed.
As for the First Heaven Saint Realm experts that he had killed, he had relied on the Heavenly Fiend Force Field of Asura's doppelganger. It could not be considered the strength of his true body.
This Heavenly Sun King had actually killed a First Heaven Saint Realm expert in a head-on battle. Even the most ordinary First Heaven Saint Realm expert was terrifying.
Of course, the information didn't indicate how he had killed the First Heaven Saint Realm expert, so Chen Zong didn't know.
"Heavenly Sun Treasure Body …" Chen Zong couldn't help muttering to himself.
Treasure Body!
The Great Abyss King's memory fragments had some information about it, but not much. Therefore, Chen Zong knew about this treasure body, but he didn't know much about it. He only knew that it was similar to a bloodline, but different. It was even rarer than a bloodline.
A bloodline could be passed down, but a treasure body wasn't. It was even more uncertain.
Moreover, treasure bodies didn't have any clear classification. Every treasure body had amazing potential. If it was properly developed, it would be terrifying. It wouldn't be inferior to a transcendent bloodline. It might even surpass it.
To a certain extent, a treasure body was rarer and more powerful than a bloodline.
Of course, a transcendent bloodline was also extremely rare and powerful.
Speaking of which, Chen Zong didn't have a bloodline or a treasure body. He didn't have these advantages. Naturally, he was inferior to those who had a bloodline and a treasure body.
However, he had a strong soul spirit and shocking comprehension ability. He also had the determination and boldness to press forward.
The first page of the Prodigy List recorded Heavenly Sun King. He wasn't a real King-Ranked martial artist. Therefore, Heavenly Sun King was a title. It represented a King-Ranked prodigy.
If they were referred to as titled martial artists, that would mean that they were truly King-Ranked formidable martial artists.
Title!
Title!
One was a title given by people. It was like a legend among the people. A title came from the King-Naming Pagoda. It was like being recognized by the heavens and earth.
The second page recorded another King-Ranked prodigy named Hei Yanze. He was from the Black Flame Clan and had a transcendent bloodline, the Black Flame Bloodline. He cultivated the supreme-grade Black Flame Sky-Burning Technique and its accompanying martial arts secret skills. He had cultivated to the thirteenth level and had also killed a First Heaven Saint Realm martial artist. As for whether Yang Quan or Hei Yanze was stronger, it didn't mention.
The third page recorded another top prodigy from the Heavenly Cloud Sect. He was called the Heavenly Sword King, Ye Chendao. He was born with a sword bone and cultivated the supreme-grade Heavenly Cloud Sky Universe Skill and its accompanying martial arts secret skills. He had also cultivated to the thirteenth level. Like Yang Quan and Hei Yanze, he had also killed a First Heaven Saint Realm martial artist.
Yang Quan!
Hei Yanze!
Ye Chendao!
No one said who was stronger among the three of them.
The fourth page recorded another top prodigy from the Heavenly Cloud State. He was a King-Ranked prodigy.
Yang Feng!
He had the same surname as Yang Quan and was from the Yang Clan of the Heavenly Cloud State.
Yang Feng cultivated the Heavenly Sun Illumination Technique and its accompanying martial arts secret skills. It was said that he had cultivated to the twelfth level. He didn't have the Heavenly Sun Treasured Body and didn't have the battle record of killing a First Heaven Saint Realm martial artist. However, he had the battle record of fighting a First Heaven Saint Realm martial artist without being defeated.
The Prodigy List had thirty pages and each page recorded information about a top prodigy. It wasn't very detailed and might even be a little unreal.
But no matter what, it still brought great shock to Chen Zong.
Thirty pages!
Out of the thirty top prodigies, twenty of them were from the Heavenly Cloud State and had extraordinary backgrounds.
For example, the Heavenly Cloud Sect, the Yang Clan, and the Black Flame Clan.
Chen Zong guessed that these three were probably the strongest forces in the Heavenly Cloud State.
The other ten pages recorded the top prodigies of the Mountain Flow Mansion, the Horizontal River Mansion, and the Copper Mountain Mansion.
Among them, there were three top prodigies from the Mountain Flow Mansion. One of them was the Blazing Phoenix King, whose real name was Feng Yanyan. She had a transcendent bloodline and cultivated the Proud Phoenix Technique, which was a top-grade Saint Grade technique. She had also cultivated it to the twelfth level and was extremely powerful.
The second one was Zhao Xingkong. He also cultivated a top-grade Saint Grade technique.
Third, his name was Scholar Tang. The Martial Technique he practiced was not Top Grade Sage Grade. Instead, it was High Grade Sage Grade.
There was one more person in the Mountain Flow Mansion. It was Xu Mubai.
Xu Mubai, the Mysterious Nether Prince, cultivated the top-grade Saint Grade technique, the Mysterious Nether True Technique. It was suspected that he had a treasured body related to his eyes, but it was unclear what it was.
"Xu Mubai also has a treasured body." Chen Zong's eyes shone brightly.
Treasured body!
It referred to a miraculous physique that wasn't necessarily reflected on the body. It could be reflected in other parts of the body, such as the eyes.
Xu Mubai was very powerful, so it wasn't strange that it was suspected that he had a treasured body.
The next six people were from the Horizontal River Mansion and the Copper Mountain Mansion.
Chen Zong noticed that among the 30 people on the Prodigy List, at least half of them cultivated top-grade Saint Grade techniques, while the other half cultivated top-grade Saint Grade techniques.
There was a huge gap between top-grade Saint Grade techniques and top-grade Saint Grade techniques. There was an obvious difference in power between techniques of the same level.
Therefore, martial artists who practiced Saint Class Top Grade Cultivation Methods were usually stronger.
Compared to them in terms of techniques, Chen Zong didn't have any advantage. In fact, he was at a complete disadvantage.
"If I use the Innate Ferocious Force Field of Asura's doppelganger, I wonder if I can fight with the people on the Prodigy List?" Chen Zong thought to himself.
Everyone on the Prodigy List was very powerful. At the very least, they were at the same level as Jian Lingxiao. However, there was still a huge gap between his current strength and Jian Lingxiao's.
Moreover, even if he had a trump card, his opponents would have one as well.
Of course, regardless of whether he could fight them, Chen Zong didn't plan to use the Asura's doppelganger's power unless it was absolutely necessary. If he could rely on his true body, then so be it.
Although the Asura doppelganger was created by him cultivating the Thousand Appearances Asura, it was still an independent lifeform.
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