Villain: Capture The Loli Sword Spirit At The Beginning

"In fact, no matter which realm one breaks through, it ultimately comes down to the soul, the physical body, and the comprehension of swordsmanship. If all three meet the standards, then naturally one will enter the next realm."

"Sometimes we say that the foundation is unstable because among these three aspects, one of them falls short of the standards while the other two exceed them, resulting in this problem."

"Tianming has a deep understanding of swordsmanship, in my opinion, he has already met the requirements to break through to the Dao realm. However, the strength of his soul and physical body is still insufficient. After all, the cultivation time is too short. Even with a large number of treasures, it is difficult to accumulate enough to reach the next realm."

"So my idea is simple, to gather the power of all of us to help Tianming break through. This method will cause our cultivation to regress and also damage Tianming's foundation. However, in this special period, this method may be the fastest."

Everyone understood.

Occasionally, they would use this method on some less talented but favored juniors, using their own cultivation to enhance the other person's cultivation.

But using it on Tianming...

"I think it's possible. If Tianming breaks through to the Dao realm, those people from the immortal realms will also be somewhat wary of us."

The head of the Chen family nodded, being the first to express agreement.

"Tianming is a junior of our family. I don't mind enhancing his strength."

The ancestral elder of the family also nodded in agreement.

If it were someone else, no matter how talented they were, they wouldn't be trusted.

But Tianming carried the bloodline of the family, and he was trustworthy.

"I also agree! Tianming, the Sword Emperor, will definitely break through to the Dao realm and lead us to defeat those invaders!"

"Hahaha, if I can lend my cultivation to Tianming, then in the future, I can also boast that Tianming, the Sword Emperor, defeated the invaders with my help!"

"Tianming, the Sword Emperor, is invincible! We all believe in Tianming, the Sword Emperor."

"I agree!"

One by one, the sword cultivators raised their own lifebound spirit swords, pointing their sword tips towards the sky.

This was their way of expressing their vows.

The lifebound spirit swords were raised to the sky, like lamps illuminating the path in the darkness, deeply moving Tianming.

But he still shook his head. "I'm sorry, I can't accept this suggestion."

"Why, Tianming, the Sword Emperor?"

"If I agree to this proposal, then everyone present will experience varying degrees of regression in their cultivation."

"It doesn't matter. If it's for the future of the Extreme Sword Cosmos, we don't mind the regression in cultivation."

The people present were all heroic, patting their chests to show that they didn't mind.

They were still alive now, just wanting to avenge their friends.

Regression in cultivation was nothing to them.

"But if you all place all your hopes on me and I fail to break through, then at that time, we won't even have the power to fight. Without breaking through to the Dao realm, I won't be much stronger than I am now."

Tianming remained calm.

He had to consider the consequences of defeat.

Upon hearing this, everyone present also calmed down.

Indeed, they had to consider the consequences of failure.

"Tianming makes a lot of sense. Whether or not to do this depends on all of you. All I can provide is a period of shelter. This formation probably won't last long against them. In the end, whether you can obtain a glimmer of hope depends on yourselves."

In the Ancient Sword Tomb, the voice of the senior once again resounded.

The sword cultivators fell silent.

This so-called glimmer of hope was probably Tianming breaking through to the Dao realm, right?

As for the other aspects, they couldn't figure out what hope there was.

...

Boom!

Outside the ancient sword tomb, seven spirit boats flew towards the direction of the tomb.

The words "Duānmù" were boldly written on a black and red flag, which fluttered in the wind.

"What's going on? Why are people from the Duānmù family here?"

"When the division was made... the Duānmù family was clearly assigned to the Juechen Sword Sect."

"Lord Shengzi! I just communicated with the Duānmù family's spirit boat, but... they ignored me."

The expression on Shengzi Yaoxing's face immediately turned ugly.

Duānmù Qingyu's arrogance was really disrespectful to him.

He believed that Duānmù Qingyu must know that this area was assigned to him.

"Brother Duānmù, you've crossed the line!"

Shengzi Yaoxing flew out of the spirit boat and headed towards the Duānmù family's spirit boat.

Duānmù Qingyu stood on the deck of the spirit boat, holding a three-legged wine cup in one hand, and disdainfully glanced at Shengzi Yaoxing.

"Get lost, you waste!"

Shengzi Yaoxing's face turned red.

This was his first encounter with Duānmù Qingyu.

He had heard early on that Duānmù Qingyu was an extremely arrogant person.

Even before reaching the Holy Realm and challenging those in the Holy Realm, he would call them "old thing" and "waste".

But he thought those were exaggerated rumors.

It was impossible for someone to be so arrogant.

If he really was that arrogant, he would have been killed long ago.

But he never thought that the rumors were not only not exaggerated, but also embellished quite a bit.

"You..."

"What about me? If you can't force the people in the sword tomb to come out, then get lost."

Duānmù Qingyu finished the wine in the cup in one gulp, and then threw the cup in the direction of Shengzi Yaoxing.

The cup, enveloped in powerful demonic energy, rapidly spun towards Shengzi Yaoxing, as if countless ancient and unparalleled demons would continuously emerge from the cup.

In the next moment, Shengzi Yaoxing felt as if he was in a wilderness, with countless ferocious demons with green faces and fangs rushing towards him.

With a "clatter," Shengzi Yaoxing couldn't help but sit down on the ground, his face full of horror as he looked at everything in front of him.

After a moment, hearing the mocking laughter from the Duānmù family, Shengzi Yaoxing realized that he had just fallen into an illusion and his soul had been shaken.

"Waste!" Duānmù Qingyu shook his head and no longer looked at him. Instead, he looked at the other members of the Duānmù family and said, "Go and try to break this formation. If you can't, find a formation master."

"Yes!"

Shengzi Yaoxing stood up somewhat embarrassedly, clenching his fists tightly as he stared at Duānmù Qingyu.

If looks could kill, Duānmù Qingyu would have died countless times already.

Han Wen stood dumbfounded in place.

He was shocked.

Duānmù Qingyu's strength completely exceeded his imagination. Just by casually throwing a wine cup, he defeated Shengzi Yaoxing, who was equal in strength to him.

Is this the true strength of the young generation in the Immortal Realm?

Even if he used his strongest move, he would definitely not be the opponent of the other party!

"Terrifying... truly terrifying!"

Han Wen couldn't help but mutter, feeling a renewed sense of awe for this world.