Chapter 972 - 435: Sword of Reincarnation
His path, destined to be different!
His sword, fated to cut through all bonds!
Reincarnation, likewise!
"If reincarnation is a wheel"
"Then"
Xu Ran’s lips curled into an almost maniacal grin!
"I shall be the one to shatter the wheel!"
Boom!
An intent utterly different from any previous Sword Intent, erupted from the depths of Xu Ran’s soul!
It wasn’t "Resilience", not "Silence", not "Battle", not "Life", and not even the all-encompassing "One"!
It was a form of transcendence!
A severing!
A final denial of this endless cycle!
"Though reincarnation is eternal, my intent can sever it!"
With this roar, in Xu Ran’s Sea of Spirit, the sword shadow representing "All Things" shone brightly!
Countless laws, as if commanded, ceased their mere harmonious operation and began to resonate in a peculiar way!
Their power, through the Sword of "All Things", converged upon Xu Ran’s newborn intent to "Sever Reincarnation"!
Shrrrack!
As if something invisible had been forcibly severed!
The endless reincarnation illusions before Xu Ran shattered like a broken mirror!
The overwhelming emotions that assaulted his Heart Spirit receded like a fast-retreating tide!
His consciousness instantly regained clarity!
And in the center of his Sea of Spirit, the sixth sword shadow slowly took shape!
That sword, exhibited a peculiar form.
It seemed both real and unreal, as if existing between presence and absence.
On the sword’s body, there were no intricate patterns, only cracks that seemed to symbolize destruction and termination!
A sharp intent to sever karma, transcend fate, and obliterate the cycle emanated from it!
This intent even caused the nearby sword shadow representing "All Things" to tremble slightly, as though encountering some natural foe?
"Sword of Reincarnation!" Xu Ran muttered to himself, sensing this sixth Sword Intent.
It was not to understand reincarnation, nor to control it, but to sever it!
With supreme will, cut through that seemingly eternal cycle!
This was not the ordinary "Enlightenment"!
This still bore Xu Ran’s unique dominance!
The seal deep within his Sea of Consciousness trembled violently once again!
Crack!
A clear sound of shattering echoed from the depths of the seal!
More golden light seeped through the cracks, carrying an even vaster, more ancient, and more daunting aura!
This aura even caused the Sword Tomb Space to slightly distort!
"Succeeded again?" Yu Kong’s voice arose, no longer with shock, but with an intense fright! Even fear!
"Severing reincarnation?! You dare to make cutting through reincarnation your Sword Intent?!"
"Madman! You’re simply a madman!" Yu Kong’s voice was somewhat out of control, "Reincarnation is the cornerstone of the world’s operation, one of the fundamental Laws that maintain the balance of the Cosmos! How dare you conceive of severing it?!"
"You’re challenging the very order of the world! You’re courting death!"
Yu Kong’s voice echoed across the vast starry sky, imbued with an apocalyptic dread.
Yet Xu Ran seemed not to hear.
He simply gazed silently at the sixth Sword of "Reincarnation".
Severing reincarnation
This thought appeared to touch upon some taboo?
But he did not regret it.
For he could feel, this was the Sword Dao truly belonging to him!
Unyielding! Indestructible! Defiant!
Battle the heavens! Battle the earth! Battle reincarnation!
This is the sword of Xu Ran!
"Senior," Xu Ran slowly raised his head, his gaze calmly meeting Yu Kong’s, "there are three more swords."
Yu Kong stared at Xu Ran’s serene eyes, and the sense of terror in his heart grew even stronger!
This young man seemed utterly oblivious to the earth-shattering, heaven-defying actions he was undertaking!
With each sword he comprehended, he seems to challenge the limits of this world!
From forcefully mastering All Things, to daring to sever reincarnation
What will he do with the next three swords?!
Yu Kong suddenly had a feeling, that this Sword Tomb trial, enduring through endless ages, might today, encounter an unprecedented variable!
And where this variable will ultimately lead, he dared not imagine!
After a long silence, Yu Kong’s voice rose again, carrying a weariness as if all strength had been drained.
"The seventh sword, ’Void’!"
Void!
The moment these words appeared, Xu Ran’s Heart Spirit sank heavily!
If "All Things" represents "existence", representing everything that is.
Then, does "Void" represent "non-existence"?
Representing the antithesis of all?
Buzz!
The seventh area on the Sword Ring lit up.
The light was of the ultimate black!
Not darkness, but an absolute void that devours all light, all existence!
The next moment, Xu Ran felt his world vanish!
Sound disappeared.
Light disappeared.
Space disappeared.
Time seemed to halt in its flow!
He could not feel his body, could not sense his Divine Soul, not even his existence!
He seemed to be cast into an absolute realm of void!
Here, there was no up nor down, no past nor future, no laws, no energy, nothing perceivable!
Only nothingness!
Eternal, absolute nothingness!
This sensation was more terrifying than death!
Death, at least, possesses the concept of "annihilation", offers potential for reincarnation.
But void is where even the "concept" itself ceases to exist!
Xu Ran’s consciousness flickered like a candle flame in a storm, wavering violently within this absolute void, seemingly on the verge of being extinguished!