Chapter 177: Chapter 105: 99 Sword Intent_2
In just one year, Lu Yi had broken through two realms, reaching the Golden Core Third Layer.
Besides the enhancement of his cultivation base, the greatest improvement for Lu Yi was his sword intent.
Due to Elder Ming’s breakthrough to the Cave Void Realm, his sword intent had also greatly improved, resulting in significantly better rewards for the sect tasks that Lu Yi discussed with him.
Furthermore, since Elder Ming had now retired and no longer oversaw the Book Storage Pavilion, Lu Yi had more time and frequently discussed the Dao with Elder Ming.
This led to Lu Yi’s sword intent improving at an extremely fast pace. Just a few days ago, his sword intent had reached 99%, only one step away from perfection.
If his sword intent achieved perfection, he could consolidate his sword intent into a Sword Dao Domain, and at that time, Lu Yi’s combat power would see a massive increase.
Unfortunately, this final step was incredibly difficult, and there had been little improvement in sword intent from his recent discussions with Elder Ming.
This had caused Lu Yi some distress.
Besides this, the improvement in Lu Yi’s Thunder Intent Realm was also commendable, especially since his junior sister had been practicing diligently, progressing well in her cultivation, which consistently and steadily improved his understanding of Thunder Intent after sparring with her.
However, compared to his sword intent, there was still a significant gap; to this date, it was only at 85%.
This was even after Lu Yi had experienced a sudden enlightenment in the Heavenly Thunder, which had significantly enhanced it.
As for the Water Intent Realm, since senior brother Jiang Fan was always out on missions gathering resources, its improvement was relatively slower, currently only reaching slightly over 50%, which was still better than the Heart of Ice and Natural Realm.
After all, it was rare for Lu Yi to see Yun Xi and Han Yu, and he hadn’t sparred with them at all in the past year.
Besides this, Lu Yi’s progress in his cultivation skills was rather rapid.
The previously acquired Blood Burning Secret Technique had been cultivated to level 8; the amount of essence blood burned had reduced significantly, while the power it granted had increased substantially.
The newly refined Heavenly Thunder True Dragon Technique, improved a year ago, had advanced to level 6. At this moment, Lu Yi’s physical strength was astonishing, lifting mountains and overturning seas was effortless for him.
The Golden Core Skill “Seven Mysterious Sword Skill” had reached its limit long ago, the same was true for his Transformation Technique.
Besides this, the Tribulation Sword Form had also been progressively perfected by Lu Yi, reaching level 7.
Even the Nascent Soul Skill “Green Wood Transformation Skill” that he had acquired not too long ago, Lu Yi had cultivated it to level 6.
It could be said that Lu Yi’s progress was quite comprehensive, with significant improvements in all aspects.
Many events had also occurred over this year.
Lu Yi often ran errands for his master, buying food and drinks at the workshop, where he also heard many pieces of news.
After the tri-sect exchange meeting, the three sects had already decided to attempt attacking the mountain gates of the Heavenly Snake Sect and the Blood Spirit Sect.
Among them, Elder Ming, as a Cave Void sword cultivator, was the primary central force.
Nine months ago, Elder Ming had headed to the mountain gate of the Blood Spirit Sect with the allied forces of the three sects.
The cultivators included several Divinity Transformation Realm Supreme Elders from the Three Sects, tens of Nascent Soul Elders, and naturally, even more Cultivators from the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Realms.
However, they were intercepted before they could even reach the mountain gate of the Blood Spirit Sect.
The interceptors were naturally the powerhouses from the Blood Spirit Sect and the Heavenly Snake Sect, along with two other sects, the Yellow Mountain Sect and the Youluo Sect.
A bloody battle ensued, and a Cave Void Old Monster from the Youluo Sect, extremely formidable, managed to hold back Elder Ming.
If it weren’t for Elder Ming’s incredibly powerful sword dao cultivation, surpassing that Cave Void Old Monster slightly and eventually forcing the retreat of the Blood Spirit Sect’s four-sect coalition, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Even so, the Great Sects’ warriors still paid a heavy price, many of the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Cultivators died, and even several Nascent Soul Elders perished, along with one Divinity Transformation Realm Supreme Elder from Cold Winter Valley.
Of course, the four sects of the Blood Spirit Sect also suffered tremendously.
The battle was extremely fierce, and from the snippets of firsthand experience shared by brothers and sisters at the workshop, the battlefield was terrifying, a land drenched in blood, rivers formed from the flow, the Cultivators of Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Realm barely able to protect themselves.
Surviving was merely due to the powerhouses from both sides having their reservations; otherwise, not a single Cultivator from the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment would have been left alive.
“Surviving to return was purely by luck,”
When those brothers and sisters spoke of this battle, their faces still bore expressions of lingering fear, illustrating how dreadful the battle had been.
All seven sects had suffered such heavy losses, which inevitably fueled their vengefulness.
The previously subsiding Five Sects Great War ignited once more, this time even more fiercely than before.
Last time, it was five sects involved; this time, there were fully seven.
The Yellow Mountain Sect was not weaker than the White Cloud Sect’s tri-sect, and with the even stronger Youluo Sect, the three sects gradually found themselves being suppressed, and the situation wasn’t very favorable.
It was only because of the previous battle where Elder Ming, with his awe-inspiring sword intent, made the four sects of the Blood Spirit Sect extremely cautious and reluctant to press too hard; otherwise, their aggressiveness would have been even greater.
Even so, in these battles, the three great sects still lost many disciples, and even powerful figures at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm fell.
Under such circumstances, the White Cloud Sect, the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect, and Cold Winter Valley naturally wouldn’t sit by and await their doom, and just as the Blood Spirit Sect and the Heavenly Snake Sect could continue to ally with other sects, so could they.
The vast Qingzhou region was home to countless sects, among which were thirteen top-tier sects with formidable strength.