"I'm ready to set off." Lu Qingshan put down the newly arrived intelligence report and said in a deep voice.
"Have you made up your mind?" Ji Chuan and Yu Canghai both frowned.
Yu Canghai warned, "You need to think it through. If you truly go to the Black Armor Domain, you'll have no assistance at all — besides you, none of us can directly enter the Black Armor Domain. If you encounter danger, you'll be isolated and helpless, your body and spirit might both perish."
"The smoke of war rises outside Guangling Pass, both you and I know that relying solely on the Martial Debate Hall and the Central Martial Domain cultivators, it is extrely difficult, extrely difficult to defend against the Asura Clan, known for their prowess in battle," Lu Qingshan said calmly.
"We must give them a hand, but after the battle at Central Spirit, the Sword Sect has suffered a great loss of vitality and cannot endure another western crusade."
"As it stands, this thod is the most effective and has the least impact on Yun Pass."
"I will be careful and asured," Lu Qingshan said.
"The Black Armor Domain and the Burning Moon Domain happen to be adjacent domains. If the War Demon side also cannot hold back and launches an attack, the Sect Master can conveniently return to the Burning Moon Domain from the Black Armor Domain and carry out the original plan; indeed, this is a feasible strategy," Ji Chuan thought for a mont and agreed, "Leave Yun Pass to us."
"You are the Sect Master; since you've made up your mind, we have no reason to oppose," Yu Canghai and Xue Wujian exchanged a glance, sighed heavily, and said no more.
"Be extrely careful. If it's only the Burning Moon Domain, returning is still sowhat convenient, but if you are surrounded and intercepted in the Black Armor Domain, the way back will be long," Yu Canghai said calmly, giving a final warning.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
According to the original strategy, he planned to go straight to the Demon Race's rear when they attacked Yun Pass to gain a proactive advantage for the Human Race.
Yet, even as the War Demon continued to bide their ti and probe, it was the Asura Clan, who hadn't shown much movent all along, that unexpectedly launched an offensive against Guangling Pass first.
The predicant of Guangling Pass is well known in the world.
Undoubtedly, if Guangling Pass doesn't receive external help this ti, it will be hard to overco this hurdle.
After the battle at Central Spirit, Sword Sect doesn't need to hesitate about whether to support or not, having already made a decision.
But how to provide support has beco a difficult problem — the current state of Sword Sect is akin to a clay Bodhisattva crossing the river, unable to ensure its own safety.
Then, Lu Qingshan conceived this extrely daring idea.
To go directly to the Asura Demon Clan's rear, gaining the initiative for Guangling Pass.
The good news is, in the Abyss, the Burning Moon Domain, where the War Demon Clan resides, and the Black Armor Domain, belonging to the Asura Clan, are neighboring domains.
This ans Lu Qingshan can completely travel through the Burning Moon Domain to enter the Black Armor Domain, while also being able to react first and return to the Burning Moon Domain in case of any movents there.
Moreover, aside from these strategic needs, for Lu Qingshan himself, venturing into the Black Armor Domain is also of great significance:
For a full ten years, his Dao had only slightly progressed due to the constraints of advancing to the Seventh Tribulations Realm.
He had also experienced anxiety, finding it hard to remain calm.
Because ti waits for no one.
And now, after another ten years have passed, his age increased from thirty-three to forty-three, nearing the critical age of fifty.
Fifty, that is already the age of knowing one's destiny.
In fact, prior to this, Lu Qingshan had always set a goal for himself to advance to the Sword Immortal Realm before the age of fifty.
This would ensure that during the second war between Dao and Demons, he would have enough strength to influence the outco.
It seems, however, that this goal is very difficult to achieve now.
After all, the Seventh Tribulations is still far off, with the Eighth and Ninth Tribulations above that, not to ntion the Sword Immortal.
Yet later, Lu Qingshan suddenly realized that although his Dao was difficult to advance, there were changes within his body, and he also gained so insight into the Sword Dao.
This is a rare accumulation, which can solidify the foundation of his Dao.
It is known that back then, Li Qiubai left hidden dangers because his path was too smooth, eventually severing his own great way and starting anew.
With this precedent, Lu Qingshan understood even more that even if his Dao couldn't advance now, it could still be seen as a stroke of fortune, allowing him to build a higher future achievent amidst the tribulation.
During this process, he began to realize his shortcomings.
In cultivation of the Eighth Realm, although his first seven realms were advanced using the "Deep Blue," through reconstruction, accumulation, and sublimation, as well as the Dao Source Realm's cultivation of the mind, they were extre perfection and sublimation.
Only in this Tribulation Crossing Realm, driven by a sense of urgency and so opportunities, did his progress beco especially fast—from the First Tribulation to the Sixth Tribulation in less than a year.
This is a terrifying thing, a speed of progress that astonishes everyone, and there are even countless rumors that Lu Qingshan is a naturally born cultivator, unparalleled in talent, destined to rise with the tribulations.
But such swift progress in cultivation is not entirely a blessing, eventually leaving hidden dangers.
The ten years spent in the Sixth Tribulations Realm happen to have provided Lu Qingshan the chance to eliminate these hidden dangers and perfect himself.
While accumulating fortune, he calmingly cultivated, reflected, found his own shortcomings, and began to nd them.
This took nearly eight years, but the gains were enormous.
The most direct manifestation is that his original base of 2.929 million Elent Qi silently and naturally increased to three million without any significant progress in cultivation.
On the surface, the increase seems small.
But one must understand that purely from a ga design perspective, having a base of 2.929 million, with so portions having decimals, implies a flaw, a lack of perfection.
The foundation of three million Elent Force is the true perfection.
It's like the difference between a full score and ninety-nine looks like just one point, but the gap within is indescribable to outsiders.
But at the mont when his Elent Force foundation reached three million, Lu Qingshan had a premonition, faintly sensing that the upcoming heavenly tribulation he would face would ascend to another level, becoming imnsely terrifying, a world-shaking thunder tribulation.
From this point, Lu Qingshan's Dao foundation was completely honed to perfection, yet he fell into a true bottleneck.
Even though there was still an urgent mood for enhancing his cultivation, Lu Qingshan had long understood the principle of excess, turning instead to comprehend the Dao, beginning to reflect on his path.
He recalled all the techniques he had learned and mastered.
From the four True Intents to the Six Secret Swords, from the Flying Sword Technique to the Sword Domain Divine Ability........
This is still not enough, far from enough.
Xia Daoyun once told him, one must play a thousand tunes before understanding sound, observe a thousand swords before recognizing craftsmanship.
Moreover, among any three people, there is bound to be one who can teach sothing.
Even Sword Cultivators with cultivation far below Lu Qingshan's might have created sword techniques with advantages he had not yet achieved.
Let alone those Great Sword Cultivators once renowned.
Thus, Lu Qingshan sought the archives of the Sword Sect, learning those ancient chapters, understanding the evolution of sword techniques and the differences between the past and present.
rely understanding is not enough; true mastery is required for verification.
Even though the Sword Sect's archives have been strictly curated to extres, the number of Sword Canons passed down over so many years is still as nurous as the hairs of an ox, vast as the sea.
Even not seeking proficiency, just aiming for preliminary mastery, undoubtedly is a massive undertaking, requiring extrely extended ti.
But for Lu Qingshan, this task was not as difficult as imagined.
Because....he has two great cheats.
The [Innate Swordseed] endowed him with unparalleled supre talent in the Sword Dao, and with his current insight and Sword Dao attainnt, he could grasp many Sword Canons almost at a glance—just like a university student solving elentary school math problems.
Of course, so Sword Canons were more complex and not so easily understood.
But Lu Qingshan had a second cheat.
"Deep Blue."
Grasp at a touch.
Grasping at a glance plus grasping at a touch, equates to understanding all thods.
In two years, Lu Qingshan mastered countless new techniques again.
For him, most of these techniques held no practical combat significance, but this did not an they were without value.
Various techniques circulated in Lu Qingshan's mind, constantly intertwining.
What Lu Qingshan needed to do was to unravel them, find a thread of coherence, and then ultimately rge them into one, creating his path, a thod suited for him.
re theoretical summary, obviously, cannot reach the extre.
Lu Qingshan encountered difficulties again.
Firstly, pure theoretical learning was already very hard to achieve any breakthrough; he must go through actual combat for honing.
Secondly....his Experience Points, through such consumption, were finally running out.
Lu Qingshan urgently needed new Experience Points replenishnt.
This was an urgent matter.
Lu Qingshan did not want to finally complete the advancent task, only to be halted by a lack of Experience Points.
Reflecting like this, the journey to the Black Armor Domain appeared indispensable.
He must head to that perilous place, to accumulate for his future attainnt of Dao.
.....
Lu Qingshan's execution ability and action power have always been strong.
Since the decision was made, and matters at Yun Pass were already arranged, Lu Qingshan did not hesitate, taking Dragon Sparrow and Qin Yitian, he set out imdiately.
Twenty years later, Lu Qingshan stepped onto the path to the Abyss for the second ti.
Unlike the caution and careful planning of the previous ti, this journey to the Abyss Lu Qingshan went with killing intent, destined to stir up a far greater storm than the first ti.
In twenty thousand years, only three people of the Human Race had ever ventured alone into the Abyss.
Ancestral Patriarch Xia, Xie Qingyun, and...
Lu Qingshan.
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