Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1986: Chapter 1039: Comprehending the Dao (Part 2)

At present, ten thousand Fifth Grade Energy Flying Swords are enough. Unless he goes into seclusion for hundreds of years at a time, he simply cannot create any more Fifth Grade Energy Flying Swords.

He flashed out of the Grotto Heaven, and Sword Elder, who had been paying constant attention to his situation, discovered him immediately.

Sword Elder’s avatar used Space Movement and appeared beside Li Yuanba.

”Hiss!” When Sword Elder’s avatar sensed Li Yuanba’s aura, he couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.

He sensed a Sword Intent aura that made even a Great Power Avatar feel a threat of death. Although a Great Power Avatar’s strength was inferior to the main body, this sense of mortal danger meant Li Yuanba’s strength had surpassed his main body.

”Junior Brother, it seems the gains you obtained from the discourse have caused your strength to surge!” Sword Elder shook his head and sighed.

Such a great opportunity was something any Sword Cultivator would be extremely envious of. Over the past thirty years, quite a few Sword Cultivators had gone to the Debating Stone, trying to activate it.

That day, many Sword Cultivators had seen it: the Taoist Lotuses born from the Debating Stone were not just two; there were still many Taoist Lotuses hidden within the Debating Stone.

As long as they could activate the Debating Stone, they could obtain the Ancestor’s inheritance within it just like Li Yuanba had.

Unfortunately, those Sword Cultivators got nothing for their trouble; they were busy in vain.

Sword Elder was not surprised by this. If it were really that easy to obtain the Ancestor’s inheritance within the Debating Stone, would they have needed to wait until this day?

Throughout the generations, how many astonishingly talented Sword Cultivators had there been, yet none had activated the ’Debating Stone’. How could these comparatively ordinary Sword Cultivators possibly activate the ’Debating Stone’?

”My cultivation is too shallow. I rely only on the power of Sword Intent, like rootless duckweed, far inferior to Senior Brother’s deep foundation!” Li Yuanba shook his head and said.

He had a clear understanding of himself. Although he had extremely strong comprehension of the ’Gold Rules’ and ’Sword Intent Rule’, he had, after all, only recently advanced to Great Power; the construction of his Grotto Heaven was far inferior to Sword Elder’s.

The Grotto Heaven was the true foundation of a Great Power, and he had seen Yunji Ancestor’s Grotto Heaven with his own eyes.

Within Yunji Ancestor’s Grotto Heaven, a forest composed of Sword Intent and sword light had been created; the number of Sword Intents and sword lights there was beyond counting.

Whereas within his Grotto Heaven, he possessed only ten thousand Energy-converted Flying Swords.

If he were to face Yunji Ancestor, then due to the disparity in Grotto Heaven accumulation, it was highly likely that he would be suppressed by Yunji Ancestor.

When facing a Great Power of that level, his only hope of victory was to resolve the battle quickly and kill the opponent in an instant with his strongest might.

”Junior Brother, you are too modest!” Sword Elder’s avatar said with a smile.

He discovered that Li Yuanba had not become arrogant because of his explosive increase in strength; instead, he had a clear understanding of himself, which made Sword Elder hold great expectations for Li Yuanba’s future.

”By the way, Junior Brother, can you tell me the method to trigger the Debating Stone? The Debating Stone left behind by the Ancestor has lain fallow for tens of millions of years; in the future it might continue to be wasted like this!” Sword Elder’s avatar thought of something important and hurriedly asked.

Normally, he should not be asking about such an opportunity.

A Cultivator’s fortuitous encounter was a highly personal matter, belonging to one’s own secrets.

But Li Yuanba’s opportunity this time was different; he had received the Ancestor’s Dao-rhyme transmission, and the Debating Stone had always been placed in Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

If Li Yuanba left behind the method to trigger the Debating Stone, it would at least give later Sword Cultivators a sliver of hope.

So that it would not be that in the next tens of millions of years, the Debating Stone remained merely a legend.

”Senior Brother, I do have some conjectures about the Debating Stone. Comparing them to my own situation, I think the primary condition to activate the Debating Stone is Sword Intent!” Li Yuanba had no intention of hiding anything and directly voiced his judgment.

”Sword Intent!” Sword Elder’s avatar lowered his head in thought. A moment later, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly swung his arm excitedly. ”Yes, it’s Sword Intent!”

Li Yuanba’s Sword Intent came from comprehending the ’Sword Intent Stele’, but among the Sword Cultivators who had also comprehended the ’Sword Intent Stele’, the Sword Intent he obtained was the strongest.

The Sword Intent he had named ’Chaos Sword Intent’ suppressed all Sword Intents within Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion in terms of power, except for the Sword Intent contained within the ’Sword Intent Stele’ itself.

Previously, Sword Elder could still rely on the advantage of his own realm to suppress Li Yuanba with his Sword Intent.

But after Li Yuanba advanced to Great Power, now that they were at the same level, whether Sword Elder’s Sword Intent could still suppress Li Yuanba’s Sword Intent was hard to say.

Not to mention that Li Yuanba’s Sword Intent had now been greatly enhanced; Sword Elder’s Sword Intent was even more no match.

”This condition is far too harsh, but now that we have a direction, among the later generations there will definitely be Sword Cultivators with talent comparable to yours!” Sword Elder’s avatar sobered from his excitement and understood how difficult this condition was, speaking with emotion.

He believed that since Li Yuanba could comprehend ’Chaos Sword Intent’, in the future there would naturally be Sword Cultivators as talented as Li Yuanba who could likewise comprehend ’Chaos Sword Intent’.

If he knew that the most crucial factor in comprehending ’Chaos Sword Intent’ was having IBMz15 as a bonded life-bound treasure, he wouldn’t be thinking this way.

Ordinarily, the Sword Intent one comprehended needed to be on par with one’s realm.

With IBMz15’s help, Li Yuanba had been able to master a Sword Intent that usually only a high realm could possibly grasp while still at a low realm.

”There will be.” Li Yuanba did not shatter Sword Elder’s fantasy.

”There’s one more matter. You now have no Disciple. I think you should take on another Disciple to leave a line of inheritance for Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion!” Sword Elder then raised his request.

He had his reasons. After Li Yuanba advanced to Great Power, his Life Span would be incomparably long.

During such a long time, rather than wasting it, he might as well cultivate Disciples for Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

The various factions within Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion today were all formed by the Disciples left behind by Great Powers of the past.

Just like their Jian Family, which was the lineage passed down directly from the Ancestor.

”Such matters still depend on fate. I’ll consider it.” Li Yuanba answered noncommittally.

The death of his only Disciple, Lou Wu, had left him with little desire to take in new Disciples.

However, it still depended on opportunity; if he truly encountered a Sword Cultivator he favored, it wouldn’t be impossible to take them in.

Within Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming savored Spiritual Tea, waiting for the Great Powers to arrive.

His mind sank into his body; the IBMz15 that had originally been in his Grotto Heaven had now returned to his body.

Inside his body, a Taoist Lotus was swaying at the spot between his brows.

At the center of the Taoist Lotus was IBMz15. The IBMz15’s manifested size was not small; there must be another space inside this Taoist Lotus, as IBMz15 did not seem cramped within it.

This was the result of his research on the Taoist Lotus. After he fully accepted the Tao-rhyme transmission from Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s Ancestor, he completely took control of the Taoist Lotus.

The Taoist Lotus’s enhancement of IBMz15’s performance made him want to keep IBMz15 permanently in this boosted state.

When he finished comprehending the Tao-rhyme transmission of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s Ancestor, he lost the Taoist Lotus’s blessing, which made him feel extremely lost.

Having a hundred and fifty brains running in overclocked mode felt far too wonderful; no matter how profound the knowledge, he could easily accept it.

In order to retain the effect of the Taoist Lotus’s blessing, once he was able to control the Taoist Lotus, he tried to have the Taoist Lotus bless IBMz15.

It was just that at first, when IBMz15 was manifested in the Grotto Heaven, after the Taoist Lotus was likewise manifested, it could not move far from the fleshly body.

If he added the blessing in that state, he himself would suffer extremely severe restrictions.

After a round of experimentation, he unexpectedly discovered that once IBMz15 was converted into energy, it could actually be taken into the Taoist Lotus’s interior.

In fact, this Taoist Lotus was not something deliberately created by the Ancestor of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion; it was an accidental birth within the Debating Stone.

Cultivators continuously discoursed upon the Dao atop the Debating Stone. The process of discourse was a study of the Rules and also infused their own Spirit energy into the Debating Stone.

When a Sword Cultivator was in a discourse state, their Spirit energy was at its purest, without the slightest impurity.

These impurity-free Spirit energies, upon encountering the Ancestor’s Dao-rhyme, underwent a marvelous transformation and nurtured the Taoist Lotuses.

The reason there were many Taoist Lotuses was that they were the product of a vast amount of Spirit energy combined with the Ancestor’s Dao-rhyme.

The Taoist Lotus that Li Shiming obtained could be said to be a Spirit body purely derived from Dao-intent, containing the miracles of the Taoist path.

With IBMz15 within the Taoist Lotus, its computational speed was doubled, equivalent to having one more IBMz15.