Chapter 216 - 208: Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique
[Magic technique update complete. This was a major version update. The technique’s effects have been adjusted as follows:]
[Removed Magic Technique: Nanming Sword Demon]
[New Magic Technique: Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique]
The moment the notification appeared, before Qi Yun could even ponder what this change meant, his Sea of Consciousness suddenly jolted!
A vast, pure, and profound torrent of information surged forth from nowhere, like a long-buried seed that had been instantly spurred to life!
Countless ancient characters, shimmering with a crimson luster and imbued with a scorching Sword Intent, galloped through his Heart and Spirit, combining and evolving!
These characters interlinked, finally coalescing and taking shape, astonishingly forming a Vermilion Rainbow of overwhelming power and unparalleled dominance!
The Sword Intent of this Vermilion Rainbow was blazing and pure, carrying a supreme majesty that could incinerate the eight wildernesses and obliterate the myriad ages.
The mere manifestation of its intent caused the Daluo Ten Thousand Laws Dao Foundation in Qi Yun’s Purple Mansion to resonate faintly, as if it greatly approved of this sword technique.
As he digested and absorbed the essence of the Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique, a glint of sudden understanding flashed in Qi Yun’s eyes.
"So that’s how it is..."
A dusty piece of history regarding this sword technique, now completed by the Magic Technique Panel, also surfaced in his mind.
It turned out that when the Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique first emerged from the Celestial Court, it had sparked a massive conflict, and in the fierce struggle, its legacy was split in two.
One half was seized by a Great Demon of heaven-defying Cultivation and a violent temperament.
Relying on his own profound understanding of Demon Fire, that Great Demon fused the half of the sword technique he had stolen with his own origin Demon Fire, carving a new path and creating a bizarrely powerful new sword technique that leaned toward the Demon Dao.
And that Great Demon’s only son later fell at Qi Yun’s hands.
His Demon Essence Divine Techniques were refined by the Magic Technique Panel.
This ultimately formed the Nanming Sword Demon technique that Qi Yun had previously mastered.
As for the other half, the orthodox legacy of the Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique, it passed through many hands before coincidentally ending up with Qian Xin Master, becoming one of the Techniques Fragments from the "Celestial Court" that he had mentioned.
Now, by a twist of fate, Qian Xin Master had imparted this half of the fragment to Qi Yun.
The two parts had now been merged into one by the Magic Technique Panel.
It had sifted the false from the true, returning to its original source!
Thus, this supreme sword technique, which had been split in two and scattered after leaving the Celestial Court, had finally, after countless years of hardship, been made whole once again in Qi Yun, with the miraculous help of the Magic Technique Panel!
Qi Yun sensed the blazing, magnificent, and utterly domineering Vermilion Rainbow in his mind and understood.
The potential and grade of this complete Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique were far beyond what the previous Demon Dao-leaning Nanming Sword Demon could ever compare to.
It was more than enough to become one of his powerful tools during the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Moreover, it would complement the Ten Thousand Laws characteristic of his Daluo Ten Thousand Laws Dao Foundation.
Seeing him close his eyes in concentration, his aura subtly shifting as if he’d had some insight, Qian Xin Master couldn’t help but let a trace of anticipation flash in his eyes.
He had no idea that the "fragment" he had given away had, in Qi Yun’s hands, already transformed into a complete and generous gift far beyond his imagination!
Just as the complete version of the Nanming Li Fire Sword Technique fully materialized in Qi Yun’s sea of consciousness, its Sword Intent present but concealed, the Magic Technique Panel in his Sea of Consciousness did not go silent.
Its brilliance flickered urgently again, and new text swiftly appeared!
[Magic technique update complete. This was a major version update. The technique’s effects have been adjusted as follows:]
[Removed Qi Refining Realm Talismanic Skill]
[New Foundation Establishment Realm Talismanic Skill]
In an instant, unlike the blazing dominance of the sword technique, countless profound insights into the way of Talismans, methods for drawing Spirit Patterns that could only be controlled in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and Dharma Gates for carrying Daoist Intent flooded into Qi Yun’s Heart and Spirit with vast, majestic power.
All the knowledge of Talisman Skill from his Qi Refining Stage was rapidly integrated, refined, and sublimated into a much grander and more profound system of talismanic arts.
However, it wasn’t over yet. The text on the panel changed again:
[Foundation Establishment Talisman Technique 2.0: New Talisman—Three Rivers Cold God King Talisman].
"Huh?" Qi Yun was slightly startled. ’Isn’t that...’
The Magic Technique Panel was so domineering! It had directly replicated the foundational Talisman of Nine Kings Mountain and incorporated it into its own Talisman Skill system!
But the very moment he grasped the profound essence of this Three Rivers Cold God King Talisman...
BOOM!!!
...a vast Power of Cause and Effect—formless and intangible, yet as heavy as a mountain and as boundless as a Star Sea—was triggered, descending with a crash!
Like countless invisible chains, it instantly pierced through the void and locked firmly onto Qi Yun!
A profound sense of terror, of being watched by a Supreme existence, suddenly seized his Heart and Spirit!
...
「At the same time, in the south, on Nine Kings Mountain.」
Deep within the ethereal immortal realm guarded by nine majestic Divine Mountains, a great and majestic existence, wreathed in the brilliant radiance of a scorching sun as if it were the source of light itself, slowly opened its eyes, breaking an eon of silence.
The moment its eyes opened, all the light in the immortal realm seemed to grow purer and brighter, and the Heaven and Earth Laws hummed in response.
"Who... dares to touch my Sect’s foundational technique?"
The voice, like the tolling of a great bell, was devoid of emotion yet possessed supreme authority, echoing through every inch of space attached to Nine Kings Mountain.
In the next instant, a gaze concentrated with its supreme will and Daoist cultivation, like a sharp sword parting the mists of eternity, stabbed brazenly into the boundless Sea of Cause and Effect that entangles all living beings.
Following the just-disturbed thread of karma, it moved at a speed that transcended time and space, precisely seeking and locking onto the audacious "technique thief"!
...
「Taixu Mirror Heaven, Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple.」
Every hair on Qi Yun’s body stood on end. An intense sense of unease and crisis, sharp to the extreme, washed over him like a bucket of ice water.
Frowning, he instinctively pinched his fingers together to divine the karma of his own fate.
There was nothing!
The karmic threads around him, which had once been clearly discernible, were now completely erased, as if wiped away by a great, invisible hand, vanished without a trace!
’Someone has obscured the karma on my body... A True Monarch is locking onto me, preparing to strike!’
Qi Yun’s heart pounded as he came to an instant realization.
’It’s because of this Talisman!
The Three Rivers Cold God King Talisman is the foundational Secret Skill of Nine Kings Mountain, used to venerate their Divine King. It must not be passed to outsiders.
I mastered this skill, so I was sensed by the True Monarch of Nine Kings Mountain. He’s following my karma to find and punish me!’
The might of a True Monarch could cross a thousand mountains and rivers to lock onto one’s karma; it was far beyond what he could currently resist!
Just as Qi Yun frowned in thought, feeling the crisis hanging over him like a sword ready to fall at any moment, the floating Magic Technique Panel suddenly shuddered!
The line of text about the new Talisman that had just appeared suddenly blurred.
In just a tenth of a second, the text became clear again.
But its content had undergone a subtle change:
[Foundation Establishment Talisman Technique 2.0: New Talisman—Three Rivers Bitter Cold True King Talisman].
Divine King was changed to True King!
A single word was different!
The moment the words "True King" solidified, the immense Power of Cause and Effect that had clung to Qi Yun like a festering poison, locking him down, instantly vanished into thin air.
The suffocating feeling of being watched also came to an abrupt end.
...
「In the Sea of Cause and Effect.」
The gaze that had pierced through the void suddenly lost its target!
The once-crystal-clear thread of karma had been severed out of thin air.
The gaze lingered in the Sea of Cause and Effect for a moment, tinged with an indescribable hesitation, before finally retreating slowly.
...
Inside the Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple, Qi Yun let out a long sigh of relief, his back already soaked with cold sweat.
The karma on his body had reappeared.
This meant that the mysterious True Monarch had lost his connection to him and could no longer strike.
’This Magic Technique Panel... it can actually sever karma at its very root.’
After calming his mind, a flicker of movement in Qi Yun’s eyes betrayed the wild idea that was involuntarily forming in his mind.
The major Sects of the world, especially those with a True Monarch presiding over them, generally had no fear of their foundational Secret Skills being leaked.
Because even if one was inadvertently leaked, as long as someone dared to practice it, the karmic connection would inevitably be sensed by the True Monarch.
Under this karmic lock, unless the other party was also guarded day and night by a True Monarch, the True Monarch could use the connection to directly execute the technique thief whenever an opportunity arose.
But now, with the support of the Magic Technique Panel, Qi Yun was completely exempt from this restriction.
He could cultivate the foundational Secret Skills of other major Sects without any fear of a True Monarch tracking him down through karma.
An irrepressible smile curved the corners of his lips, and Qi Yun chuckled lightly.
"Excellent! Excellent! This way!
All the techniques under heaven will be mine to command!
Only then can I live up to the name Daluo Myriad Skills!"
...
「On Nine Kings Mountain, beneath that brilliant, scorching sun.」
The golden divine sun in Chi Ming Shu Sheng True Monarch’s eyes, which could illuminate the Grand Thousand worlds and perceive the most subtle of things, slowly dimmed its light within the Sea of Cause and Effect.
He had just used his supreme Divine Techniques to scour all causes and effects, his Divine Thought spreading like a net to cover the ten directions.
Anyone with the slightest connection to the Origin Dao Intent of the "Three Rivers Cold God King Talisman" should have been unable to hide.
However, there was nothing. Not a single trace.
The karmic thread, once crystal-clear, had completely vanished the moment he was about to lock onto his target.
Chi Ming Shu Sheng True Monarch slowly closed his eyes. The surging Daoist Intent of light around him stagnated slightly, revealing that his state of mind was not as calm as it appeared.
A moment later, he opened his eyes again, his gaze now as placid as an ancient well, though a faint, cold glint flickered in their depths.
"The karma... was severed?"
He muttered to himself, his deep voice echoing through the ethereal immortal realm before turning into a soft, inscrutable chuckle.
"Heh. How decisive. What a method."
"To protect the secret and avoid being found by me, they killed him directly, is that it... Quite ruthless."
He snorted lightly. Although he was somewhat surprised by their decisiveness, that was all.
"Hmph! A scurrying rat, unfit for the grand stage."
With a cold rebuke, Chi Ming Shu Sheng True Monarch stopped wasting his attention on the matter.
The person was already dead; there was no point in investigating further.
However, the dignity of a True Monarch could not be so easily insulted.
He sent one last, icy thought, like an invisible brand, into the Sea of Cause and Effect.
"No matter who you are, or who is behind you... if you dare to offend again, if you dare to covet the foundational technique of my Nine Kings Mountain again..."
"I... will find you!"
With those final words, the core of the immortal realm returned to eternal silence and light.
Only the great, majestic figure remained seated, like an unchanging, scorching sun, illuminating the dao lineage and territory that belonged to him.
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