Longevity: Comprehending the Heart Method

BZZZZZ...

Endless Sword Qi enveloped the entirety of Vast Mist Peak. Visions of beautiful rivers and mountains appeared one after another, and even space itself seemed to tremble in response.

As a Middle-Grade Treasure, Stabilize the Realm had already given birth to an Artifact Spirit and possessed its own consciousness. Therefore, even without being wielded by a Purple Mansion Great Cultivator, it could unleash considerable power through the Grand Array.

Gazing at the thousand-zhang-long sword gleam, Silver Moon’s pupils constricted. It sensed an extremely dangerous aura from within it.

Speaking of which, Stabilize the Realm had quite the history.

It was originally the personal sword of a Golden Core Master from the Brocade Banner Song Clan when he was young. He had nurtured it for several hundred years, and it was brimming with Spiritual Attribute.

After being passed down through two generations, it eventually came into the hands of Song Taiyi, becoming his Lifebound Treasure.

After Song Taiyi failed in his breakthrough attempt and perished, the sword was passed on to the clan’s only Purple Mansion Great Cultivator, Song Yungui.

However, Song Yungui had no interest in the Sword Dao and shelved the treasure. Instead, he spent a great price to refine his two Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, the Black Tortoise Mountain-Sealing Seal and the Heaven-Shaking Halberd, into Low-Grade Treasures.

After Song Yungui passed away from his grievous injuries, the line of Purple Mansion Great Cultivators in the Song Clan was broken, and no one was left who could unleash the true power of these Magical Treasures.

Later, Song Xianming appeared as if from nowhere, becoming the only Tier Three Low-Grade Array Master in the clan’s history.

To better utilize the power of the Magical Treasures, he refined the Middle-Grade Treasure Stabilize the Realm, left behind by Song Taiyi, and the Low-Grade Treasure Illusion Mist Gauze into the Clan Protection Array as its Array Hubs. One for offense and one for defense, they complemented each other perfectly.

Afterward, he invited an Earth Master to link seven cities in the Mortal Realm and their subterranean Spiritual Veins, using the Low-Grade Treasure, the Black Tortoise Mountain-Sealing Seal, as the Array Hub to lay down the Seven Stars Locking Mountain Array.

Facts proved that Song Xianming’s choice was correct. It was precisely with these two Grand Arrays that twenty years ago, the Lieyang Sect’s old ancestor, He Tai, was caught off guard and forced to retreat with heavy injuries.

After lying dormant for over twenty years, Stabilize the Realm finally revealed its peerless edge once more!

AWOOO—

Silver Moon threw its head back and howled. Immense Demon Qi erupted from it, faintly forming the phantom of a fierce wolf behind it. The phantom sat there quietly, its gaze disdainful, looking down on all creation.

This was the progenitor of the Silver Moon Demon Wolf clan—the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf, a powerful Fierce Beast that could once contend with True Dragons. Only a Tier Three Silver Moon Demon Wolf with a relatively pure bloodline could awaken this phenomenon.

SHIIIIING—

The thousand-zhang-long sword gleam descended from the sky like the Milky Way itself. The dense fog all around was devoured by it. From a distance, it looked as if Vast Mist Peak had been split in two by this single strike.

AWOOO—

The Howling Moon Celestial Wolf phantom let out a heaven-shaking roar and spat out a gigantic crescent moon. Everything in its path was razed to the ground. Trees and plants were turned to dust, leaving a large, bald patch on the once-beautiful scenery of Vast Mist Peak.

The crescent moon and the Sword Qi collided mid-air, creating an earth-shattering explosion. In an instant, all the Spiritual Qi within a radius of more than ten li centered on Vast Mist Peak was completely scoured away.

CLANG!

From within the dazzling ball of light created by the explosion, an even more brilliant sword gleam shot forth.

Silver Moon’s pupils constricted. ’It wasn’t blocked?’

SHLICK!

The Sword Qi easily tore through its Protective Gang Qi and sliced into its shoulder, leaving a sword gash so deep the bone was visible.

Looking at the wound, which was gushing blood like a fountain, Silver Moon let out an enraged roar. This human it had regarded as a mere ant had actually wounded it in the first exchange!

"Human, you will pay the price for this!"

Silver Moon spoke in human tongue as a hurricane formed beneath its paws, lifting its massive body into the air. At this moment, the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf phantom behind it appeared even more majestic and terrifying.

Although the first strike was a success, there was no joy on Song Xianming’s face. A Great Demon’s regenerative ability was monstrous. To it, a wound like this was no different than a small cut on a hand; it would recover in a matter of moments.

"Alas, what a pity."

Song Xianming sighed helplessly. If he had the cultivation of the Purple Mansion Stage, this one strike would have been enough to teach it a painful lesson.

AWOO—

Silver Moon was enraged. It stared at the tiny human holding the Array Banner and opened its cavernous, bloody maw.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!

Thick beams of light shot out from the mouth of the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf behind it, surging toward Song Xianming like a world-ending flood.

Song Xianming stood firm and unmoving. With a wave of the Array Banner in his hand, a thin layer of gauze materialized before him. The beams of light crashed against it, setting off a chain of explosions.

Seeing that its attack was ineffective, Silver Moon grew rather annoyed. It considered using *that* move, but after a moment’s thought, it decided to give up on the idea for now.

CLANG!

Just then, Stabilize the Realm rang out once more. Endless Sword Qi swirled around it, ready for the next attack.

Silver Moon’s eyes narrowed. Before the sword could strike, it surprisingly turned its head and retreated.

It wasn’t that it was afraid. Rather, it didn’t want to fight Song Xianming to a mutually destructive end at this moment. Inside this detestable Array, it couldn’t exert its full strength at all. Furthermore, the power of that sword was not to be underestimated.

To annihilate the Song Clan, it first had to find a way to break the Array.

But after two probing attacks, it still hadn’t figured out the Array’s secrets, which left it feeling rather frustrated.

After a moment of thought, it let out a long howl and withdrew its subordinate Demon Wolves...

As the Demon Wolves retreated, Song Chang’an wiped the blood from his face and slumped powerlessly to the ground.

He had just been desperately holding off a Tier Two Middle Grade Demon Wolf. He’d had several near-death escapes and had almost perished, but thankfully, the Demon Wolf had withdrawn.