Sword intent, originally meant to be more profound than the divine powers of a Perfected Lord.
And titled sword intent was a step further. Even looking at the entire Sword Pavilion, only [Perfected Lord Gangxing Budao] and Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon had achieved it.
The difficulty was imaginable.
Simply because sword intent had nothing to do with cultivation base, with dao comprehesion, or external objects. It only depended on the cultivator's own "Intent". Without great experiences, it was hard to name the sword intent.
But Lu Yang did it.
What [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] brought him was definitely not just the harvest after settlement and the chance to start over; the experience of each life was also precious wealth.
It was just that this wealth was not conspicuous, hard to truly transform into strength. Until the previous life, when Lu Yang entered the Sword Pavilion and became Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's disciple, cultivated sword arts, and realized sword intent. The deeper his understanding of the world, the more he understood the helplessness of this wretched place, and the more he polished and tempered his sword intent.
Until this moment, it has blossomed and bore a fruit.
If it were just pure titled sword intent, perhaps it couldn't influence the outcome of this battle, just adding a means close to a Dao Fruit wonder.
However, adding the [Sword Dao Fruit] changes everything.
This time, Lu Yang didn't need false holding. His [Unyielding Sword Intent] alone elicited a spontaneous response from the [Sword Dao Fruit], amplifying the power of the sword light.
To put it bluntly,
The power of this sword had already broken through the stature limit of Dao Fruit concept, faintly reaching the level of Dao Fruit fundamental wonder, infinitely approaching an orthodox Perfected Lord!
If [Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde] were here, this sword would be enough to cut off one of his arms.
"Cut!"
The loud voice penetrated heaven and earth. The sword light soared straight up ninety thousand li, forcibly breaking through thousands of Buddhist lights, illuminating [Sky-Shrouding]'s face, making him laugh generously:
"Good, good swordsmanship."
[Sky-Shrouding] never hesitated to praise the strong. He was always able to take things in stride. At this moment, he finally raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Yang with great seriousness:
"You are remarkable!"
As his voice fell, [Sky-Shrouding] had absolutely no intention of dodging. After all, he was currently just borrowing an unorthodox Dao form; his main body was safe in the Netherworld without any worries.
For a time, the long-forgotten youthful blood courage was aroused, he applying all divine abilities and spiritual power onto the Buddhist palm.
Unmoving and unshaken, a head-on collision!
Unlike when Lu Yang false held [Heavenly Fire] and fought [Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] earlier, which was more of a competition of each other's Dao Fruit concepts.
This time, there were no fancy moves, only the purest power roaring forth. With a single strike, heaven and earth fell into a brief stillness.
Utter silence.
This wasn't an absence of sound, but the sound was too violent, too grand, so much so that it exceeded the range everyone could hear and perceive.
Immediately after, a ripples visible to the naked eye spread outwards centered on the Jiangxi Pure Land. The boundless wave of destruction carried the shattered Dao Fruit concepts.
If the battle weren't located above the sky, and instead struck on the earth, it would be enough to sink one of the five regions under heaven!
Only then did sound gradually return.
As if sounding from an infinitely distant place. At first just sporadic, like mosquito buzzing, but soon these sounds began to intensify.
Rumble!
Only then did everyone hear clearly. This wasn't the sound of the moment of collision, but the aftershock after the collision... It was still shaking heaven and earth at this moment!
Such thing were rare since ancient times!
After all, when Perfected Lords fought, concepts came first, often killing without trace. How could they use such a violent collision? The impact on the world was too great.
this single collision caused eardrums of countless mortals in the present world to rupture, eyes to go blind. Qi Refining cultivators knelt and vomited blood; severe cases fainted on the spot. Foundation Establishment cultivators discovered in horror that their Dao Foundation stature within the Foundation Establishment realm wavered, seeming about to fall, only returning to normal after a long while.
"Amazing..."
Looking up at the sky, a touch of amazement appeared in the depths of Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's eyes. Naming a sword intent at the Foundation Establishment realm—he originally thought he was the only one in the world today.
Who would have thought another one appeared today!
Truly worthy of being his Fellow Daoist!
With this thought, Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's expression suddenly turn cold. Then he similarly urged sword light, taking this opportunity to start a large-scale harvest of the Pure Land!
At the same time, at the heaven above...
[Sky-Shrouding] stood with hands clasped, pondering in his heart—titled sword intent, Saint Sect style, unknown unorthodox Dao Fruit, plus Nether Whisper's false holding method.
It should be correct.
This person must come from that place... Otherwise, it's impossible to gather the strengths of many schools.
Thinking of this, [Sky-Shrouding] suddenly looked up. No dejection was seen on his face; instead, he revealed a smile full of mockery, as if watching a show—
World Honored One, oh World Honored One. This is the cause you sowed in the past; how can you escape the effect of today?
This junior has exhausted his strength and has no other choice.
With this thought, [Sky-Shrouding]'s figure shattered quietly. Like fireworks blossoming, it exploded into thousands of brilliant splendors above the Pure Land.
[Sky-Shrouding]'s last divine sense dissipated!
[Bodhisattva Coiled Dragon Shadow] died!
As for that [One Mind] and the trapped [City Rampart Earth], Lu Yang's sword light didn't destroy it but smashed it directly into the Foundation Establishment realm.
"All of you, go into seclusion!"
Foundation Establishment realm, the place carrying the Dao Foundations of the world, detached from the present world. At this moment, [City Rampart Earth] was clearly blasted in by Lu Yang.
The prominent sword light turned into a seal, suppressing it in the deepest part of the Foundation Establishment realm. Even if the World Honored One sent down a Buddha Child Dharma Aspect again, He could no longer use the Dao Fruit.
…
At the same time, in the land of Jiangxi.
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon also became ruthless at this moment. The [No Kill Sword Intent] surged like a tidal wave, leaving only headless corpses in its wake.
A massive number of Buddhist cultivators were absorbed into his storage bag.
But just then, the [Heavenly Fire] high in the sky suddenly blazed with brilliant light! Amidst the exploding flames, a brand new rule emerged:
[Only when my thousand-year lifespan ends will there be a flourishing of Buddhism!]
Lu Yang put sufficient spiritual power into this rule, driving it directly into the land of Jiangxi. Even if he stepped down from the false holding position, this rule wouldn't dissipate because of it!
Unless a Perfected Lord took action, only then could it be worn down.
And before that, no one in the land of Jiangxi could cultivate Buddhism! Whoever cultivated would suffer the punishment of burning by heavenly fire. It truly cut off the Pure Land's Dao lineage for a thousand years!
Huan Ming Abolishes Buddhism, True Martial Vanquishes Demons!
For a time, heaven and earth lost their voice.
Countless Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones looked at the rule writing hanging high like the sun and moon above the Pure Land, unable to help opening their mouths wide, having only one thought in their hearts—
How dare he?
Audacious!
This wasn't cultivation; it was clearly stepping on the entire Pure Land to rise. No matter how magnanimous the World Honored One was, He couldn't possibly ignore such a thing, right?
Boom!
In an instant, Buddhist light faintly appeared in heaven and earth. Because of the experience from the previous life, Lu Yang knew clearly this was the sign that the World Honored One was about to 'look' over.
However, the next second, the Buddhist light seemed to be extinguished, disappearing instantly, and all was silent. Lü Yang stood quietly in the sea of clouds, a smile gradually spreading across his lips:
"Hahahaha!"
His laughter was passionate and arrogant, like that of a spirited young man, attracting the attention of countless Foundation Establishment cultivators.
How many years has it been? How many years has it been since such a figure appeared!
Thinking this, everyone's gaze turned even more complex as they looked at the tall figure bathed in the sun and moonlight, as if witnessing a legend about to become famous throughout the world.
At the same time.
Lu Yang looked up at the sky, only to see that the light of [Heavenly Fire], which was originally only the size of a candle flame, had clearly reached unprecedented brightness at this moment.
The current him undoubtedly stood at the highest peak of ten lifetimes of cultivation.
Seek the Golden Core?
Now?