Chapter 1 Unexpected Breakthrough

"I didn't expect the Dao Heart to break through first..."

Jiang Xuan thought to himself. This could be considered a culmination of accumulated knowledge and experience. After all, the other Jiang Xuans had long realized the importance of the "Heart." Regardless of which realm they were in, they were all comprehending the Dao Heart.

For example, the Desolate Jiang Xuan had his second primordial spirit and its incarnations spread throughout the Three Realms, comprehending the Dao in the mortal world. The Confucian Jiang Xuan preached in the starry sky, educating the people. The Martial Extremes Jiang Xuan trained in various realms, comprehending the heavens and earth…

All the Jiang Xuans knew that their Dao Heart was not pure. There was always a shackle in their hearts because they knew too much. They had no "awe" of many things. Moreover, this was not "fearlessness" but rather knowing everything, so there were no waves or ripples.

When he was weak, knowing everything was naturally good, allowing him to avoid misfortune and seize opportunities. But as he grew stronger, knowing everything would cause him to lose his sense of awe.

People fear the unknown, but they also grow stronger because of the unknown. Without awe of the unknown, how could they explore and expand? How could they become stronger?

"Thank you!"

Jiang Xuan said to the blood-armored figure. Although it was a coincidence, the appearance of the blood-armored figure had indeed helped him.

"Do you still want to fight?"

Now that he had seen through his original heart, returned to simplicity, and transformed his Dao Heart, although his realm had not broken through, the blood-armored figure before him would no longer be his opponent.

"Naturally!"

The blood-armored figure said coldly. Although shocked by Jiang Xuan's transformation, he still had to follow the rules of the Bloodfire World.

"Please!" Jiang Xuan chuckled, and a Eternal True God-level divine blade appeared in his hand. He had not yet refined his own exclusive divine weapon, and the True God-level weapons he had were all obtained in the Bloodfire World.

Although there were many opportunities in the Bloodfire World, and the artifact rewards were at least Eternal True God artifacts, most of them were swords. After breaking through to the twentieth level, only three were not divine swords.

"斩!" (Zhan - Chop!)

The blood-armored figure transformed into a giant sword light. Wherever the sword light passed, Jiang Xuan's spatial-temporal domain was split open. This was his strongest sword, enough to kill ordinary True God Sovereigns!

"《Shikong Dao Dao》 (Shikong Blade Path), Second Form, True Self Eternal!"

《Shikong Dao Dao》(Shikong Blade Path) was created by himself, combining the three Daos of time, space, and blade. The previous spatial-temporal destruction was only the first form. Now, at the moment his Dao Heart broke through to the Gui Zhen (Return to Truth) level, Jiang Xuan also comprehended this blade in a logical way.

With a single slash, the heavens and earth collapsed, and the universe changed. Like a point of light in endless darkness, it pierced through the void and chaos and slashed down directly!

Even if the blood-armored figure carried the Sword Dao of its true self, it could not resist in the face of absolute power and was directly submerged.

The world seemed to be emptied in an instant, and all matter dissipated into nothingness, forming a vacuum zone.

After a long time, the energy of heaven and earth poured back, and the formation left by the Sword Master also began to operate. This world was gradually being repaired. Even the current Jiang Xuan was still amazed by such methods.

Soon, the blood-armored figure was resurrected again. He was originally a creation of the Sword Master. Even if he was destroyed, he could be resurrected infinitely as long as the Bloodfire World was not destroyed.

Moreover, the fact that this blood-armored figure could be resurrected before Jiang Xuan left the Bloodfire World indicated that it was even more special and could not be compared to ordinary Bloodfire life forms.

"Congratulations, you won."

A strange smile appeared in the eyes of the blood-armored figure, and then he said to Jiang Xuan: "It's a pity that you are not a sword cultivator, so you can't get the true inheritance left by the true self."

This was decided by his true self, and the Sword Master agreed in the past, so he could not change the rules. Moreover, he was unwilling to let his inheritance fall into the hands of a being who was not a sword cultivator.

"Follow me."

The blood-armored figure turned around, and a spatial passage was formed at the same time. Jiang Xuan could only vaguely sense how it was formed.

Jiang Xuan followed behind the blood-armored figure and entered the spatial passage. Soon, he came to a blessed world.

In the center of this world, there was an altar with three divine swords on it. Each one had a sharpness that could open up the sky and the earth!

"Could it be… Void Divine Weapon?!"

A divine weapon that surpassed the True God artifact, if he could get it, then this time he would have made a huge profit.

"Don't bother looking, you can't get it. These three Void Divine Weapons will only be given to pure sword cultivators. Even the master allowed this." The master the blood-armored figure was talking about was naturally the Sword Master.

"This is my true self's former cave dwelling. In addition to the inheritance left to pure sword cultivators, my true self also left six inheritances in the past. Over the long years, three of them have been taken away. Now there are three left, and you can choose one of them."

The blood-armored figure had a hint of helplessness in his eyes. Three inheritances had been taken away, but he still hadn't found a pure sword cultivator. Now the fourth one wasn't either. He was also very helpless.

"The three remaining inheritances, one is 《Luo Tian Jian Dao》(Nether Heaven Sword Path), which is a Void God-level sword path secret manual. Even among Void Gods, it is considered extraordinary."

"The second is 《Jian Shen Ti》(Sword God Body). This is the supreme body refining method created by the true self. Once it is complete, your physical body can be comparable to the Void God realm!"

"The third is 《Shen Jian Fen Shen》(Divine Sword Incarnation). This is a secret technique created by the true self. You can create a Divine Sword Incarnation. The stronger you are, the stronger the incarnation will be."

"In addition, you can also get some treasures, but of course, their value is much worse compared to these three inheritances."

The blood-armored figure's tone was calm, but Jiang Xuan was very surprised. This Ninth Divine General was indeed worthy of following a peerless existence like the Sword Master. His talent was terrifying. Each of the three inheritances, when fully mastered, was enough to be comparable to a Void God, which was of great value to him.

"I choose 《Luo Tian Jian Dao》 (Nether Heaven Sword Path)."

Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and then said. Since he had already decided to cultivate the Sword Dao, he might as well choose the strongest one at this stage.

Moreover, like the incarnation secret technique, he had 《Twelve Du Tian Divine Devils》 to deduce. In the path of body refining, he also had the "Yang" secret to comprehend. The other two were indeed not very attractive to him.

"Good."

The blood-armored figure did not hesitate. 《Luo Tian Jian Dao》 (Nether Heaven Sword Path) was not his true self's true sword path either. The value of these three inheritances was similar, so it didn't matter which one Jiang Xuan chose.

Soon, Jiang Xuan completed the inheritance, and the blood-armored figure also sent him out of the cave dwelling.

This cave dwelling was the former cave dwelling of the Ninth Divine General. Although it was placed in the Bloodfire World, it was considered the true core of the Lakeside Island. Even if Jiang Xuan was a guest of the Lakeside Island, it was impossible for him to stay for a long time.

The next moment, Jiang Xuan returned to the twentieth Bloodfire World. The Bloodfire Gate leading to the next world had already been opened. The flapping Bloodfire was like countless hideous Bloodfire life forms. Even True Gods would feel uncomfortable with the terrifying aura.

"Continue!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Xuan's mouth, and he rushed into the Bloodfire Channel.

It was impossible for him to retreat. Such an opportunity was too rare. He knew that the previous blood-armored figure was just the inheritance test of the Ninth Divine General. There were at least eight more Divine Generals behind, and even the Sword Master's inheritance might appear!

In the twenty-first level, all that appeared were True God Sovereign-level Bloodfire life forms. Although there were only nine, even if they were just ordinary True God Sovereign-level, there were not many people in the entire universe who could break through.

"No wonder even powerful existences like the Blood Blade God Emperor are afraid. This is only the twenty-first level, and there are countless dangers behind."

Jiang Xuan thought in his heart. The Blood Blade God Emperor was now infinitely close to the level of a Void God, and his strength was unfathomable. He was the strongest in this great universe. Although Jiang Xuan had transformed now and was strong enough, he did not have complete confidence in defeating the Blood Blade God Emperor.

"I wonder which level I can break through to?!"

In Jiang Xuan's heart, a fighting spirit rose, and he began to slaughter those Bloodfire life form kings, and then continued to charge towards the Bloodfire Gate.

Twenty-second level… Twenty-third level… Twenty-fourth level…

Thirtieth level, the situation changed again. It was still a figure, still a blood-armored figure, but it looked more like a foreign race, with two curved horns, like a demon king. Endless killing intent permeated its scarlet pupils.

"In this cosmic epoch, you are the second one to come here."

The demon king figure said coldly. Jiang Xuan felt that the first one might be the Blood Blade God Emperor. There were very few people in this universe who could get here, and even fewer who were willing to take the risk. The Blood Blade God Emperor was one of them.

"Defeat me, and you can obtain the inheritance left by my true self."

What this demon king was holding was a long dagger, about a foot long, with a bloody glow, as if it had been stained with endless blood.

"Specialize in the Dao of Slaughter?!"

Jiang Xuan was vigilant in his heart. This Dao was very strong, unparalleled in slaughter. If he was not careful, he might lose his life.

The spatial-temporal domain immediately unfolded, and he directly began to fight with this demon king-like figure. The heavens and earth rose and fell, and there seemed to be mountains of corpses and seas of blood. As soon as this figure made a move, it was as if endless wronged souls crawled out of the Nine Nether Hells.

That dagger shuttled through the invisible, and every strike exceeded the speed of light. Its power was enough to shatter a galaxy. Jiang Xuan had to fight cautiously, constantly using the Dao of Time and Space to affect the opponent, and at the same time, relying on various methods to fight with it.

After a long time, Jiang Xuan finally won. He had taken advantage after all. This demon king was obviously a killer-like existence. If it hadn't appeared beforehand, Jiang Xuan would have been in great difficulty.

This demon king also took Jiang Xuan to his true self's cave dwelling to retrieve the inheritance, but the treasure of this cave dwelling had already been taken away. This made Jiang Xuan even more certain of his guess. In the entire universe, the one with the strength to defeat this demon king and known for assassination and slaughter, he could only think of the Blood Blade God Emperor.

However, Jiang Xuan was not specializing in the Dao of Slaughter, and the opportunity of this Eighth Divine General was inherently destined to be unrelated to him, so he chose a supernatural secret technique from the remaining opportunities - 《Xin Mo Huan Jie》(Heart Demon Illusory Realm).

"With this secret technique, my strength can be further improved…"

Jiang Xuan thought in his heart. This secret technique was at the Void God level and was an illusionary supernatural power. It could make people fall into the world of heart demons. The stronger one's own Dao Heart, the stronger it would be when used.

Jiang Xuan had also learned from it before. If his Dao Heart had not already transformed, he would definitely have fallen into the world of heart demons, and his external true self would be at the mercy of the demon king.

Therefore, when he saw this supernatural secret technique, Jiang Xuan did not think much and directly chose it.