Chapter 1237: The Flicker of Time
Zhang Qian, who was in the Yuanshi Void Realm, was blessed with the power of tens of millions of rules and gods. He was in an absolutely rational state. His comprehension and thinking speed were improved tens of millions of times, reaching an incredible level.

In this extremely mysterious state, countless sword cultivators in the entire Shanhe Shejitu world, the one billion sword geniuses selected by Buhuizi, and countless sword cultivators in the dozen or so worlds of the Immortal Divine Mountain, all gathered to him with their insights and spiritual thoughts when they comprehended the sword art of killing and trapping.

At some point, a long circular river of swords appeared beside him. The river slowly subdivided and eventually became four circular rivers that surrounded him.

These four circular rivers are the sword rivers of the four sword arts of Zhulu, Xianjue and Jue.

In these four long rivers, one can clearly see the figures of countless sword cultivators, all of whom are sword cultivators who practice the four sword techniques of killing, trapping and destruction.

Zhang Qian sat cross-legged in the center of the four long rivers of sword dao. His mind was connected to the four rivers, absorbing the endless mysteries of sword dao from them.

The path of kendo is very simple if you say it is simple, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky if you say it is difficult.

Now Zhang Qian has spread his four sword techniques of killing, trapping and destruction, and countless people are practicing them. Every person who practices the four sword techniques helps him advance in his sword techniques.

Even though he was in an absolutely rational state, the constant stream of insights into the way of the sword made him extremely happy.

He couldn't help but wonder what the scene was like when the Sword Ancestor, who once stood at the top of the sword path in the universe, was practicing?
The Sword Ancestor stands above all the masters of the sword. All the insights gained by every sword master when practicing the sword will be obtained by him. He is the most supreme existence at the top of the pyramid of the sword.

It is precisely because of this that the Sword Ancestor has become a despairing existence for countless sword practitioners and billions of sword masters, because all sword practitioners below the Sword Ancestor have no possibility of defeating him with the sword.

It is extremely unfair that the Sword Ancestor can get all the insights from billions of sword masters.

What Zhang Qian is doing now is actually no different from what Sword Ancestor did. His four sword techniques of killing, trapping and destruction are sword techniques that even Sword Ancestor cannot control.

After he spread these four sword arts, all the cultivators who practiced these four sword arts would never have the slightest chance of defeating Zhang Qian with these four sword arts in their entire lives. This was something like a fairy tale.

However, for these sword practitioners, if they do not rely on the four sword arts of killing, trapping and destruction as their own reliance on achieving enlightenment, these four sword arts are indeed four supreme means of protecting their own path.

Zhang Qian, who was immersed in the mysteries of swordsmanship, soon discovered that no matter whether it was the sword cultivators in the world of Shanhe Shejitu or the sword cultivators in the dozen or so worlds of the Immortal Divine Mountain, none of them could compare to the insights brought to him by the one billion swordsmanship geniuses.

These one billion sword-wielding geniuses are truly gifted. They have only been exposed to the four sword arts of killing, trapping and destruction for a year, but they have already generated countless fantastic ideas and insights that even surprised Zhang Qian.

The one billion sword-fighting geniuses are the best selected from the tens of trillions of cultivators in the entire Immortal Divine Mountain. Each of them is extraordinary and can be described as a brilliant talent.

Buzz buzz...!
As time passed, a sword shadow that reached the sky and penetrated the earth appeared almost simultaneously above the four long rivers. The four sword shadows emitted different sword intents and had different images.

The Zhuxian Sword, Luxian Sword, Xianxian Sword and Juexian Sword stood above the long river, connected to the long river, madly absorbing all the mysteries of swordsmanship in the long river.

Then Zhang Qian used these four magic swords to integrate and condense the complex mysteries of swordsmanship into something useful to him.

The moment the four divine swords appeared, the terrifying sword intent rushed out of the Yuanshi Void Realm and permeated the Immortal Divine Mountain. In the world in the shape of the Immortal Divine Mountain, countless creatures were attacked by this terrifying sword intent and felt a great fear in their hearts.

Zhang Qian promptly retracted the sword intent of the four divine swords and confined them to the Yuanshi Void Realm. Otherwise, the cultivators in the Immortal Divine Mountain would not be able to practice at ease under the influence of this terrifying sword intent. The time outside the Immortal Divine Mountain flowed forward unswervingly, and every moment it flowed, countless years passed inside the Immortal Divine Mountain!

With such an outrageous difference in the speed of time flow, a thousand years passed just like that.

In a thousand years, Zhang Qian had only advanced from the initial stage of Yijianlidao to the middle stage.

This made him a little suspicious, and he thought to himself: "My sword aptitude is now purple, just like Luo Qinghong, we are both the most supreme existences in the universe. But Luo Qinghong only spent more than ten years to cultivate to the realm of unique avenue, but why did I spend a thousand years with the same aptitude, but only improved from the initial stage of Yijianlidao to the middle stage?"

He was a little confused and felt something was wrong.

He asked himself that he was stronger than Luo Qinghong, but why was there such a huge difference in breakthrough speed?

"Or is it because the four sword arts of killing, trapping and destruction are too profound?"

He frowned and thought for a moment. The four sword arts of killing, trapping and destruction were indeed much more advanced than any other sword art in the heavens and myriad worlds. Moreover, it was naturally countless times more difficult for him to comprehend four sword arts at once than for others to comprehend only one sword art.

However, he felt that these were not the fundamental reasons why there was such a huge gap between him and Luo Qinghong. With the same qualifications, it was unlikely that such an outrageous difference would occur.

"It's the Dongyuan Sword Gourd!"

Zhang Qian's heart moved, and he thought of the precious Dongyuan Sword Gourd in Luo Qinghong's hand.

That gourd was the fruit of Pan Jiao's innate spiritual roots. Although it was not yet mature, its power was so mysterious that he could not understand it.

Perhaps the main reason why Luo Qinghong achieved a unique realm in just over ten years was the Dongyuan Sword Gourd.

While comprehending the way of the sword, Zhang Qian did not forget to activate the Heavenly Jade Body and his own practice method. However, he could only devote a small part of his mind to both the Heavenly Jade Body and his own practice method. As a result, even though a thousand years had passed, he had not made much progress.

If the Heavenly Dao Jade Body successfully breaks through to the next realm, Zhang Qian's body will achieve the realm of invincibility, equivalent to a saint. He estimated that his body would not be able to break through in the short term.

How difficult is it to reach the realm of the Supreme Saint?
Moreover, compared with the path to immortality, breakthroughs in the path of body refining are countless times more difficult. If one wants to achieve the supreme saint through the path of body refining, the difficulty is so great that it makes people despair.

And his realm of immortality also depends on comprehending the Xuanhuang Law to make breakthroughs and progress. He focused on comprehending the realm of swordsmanship. After a thousand years, the Xuanhuang Law can be said to have remained at the same level.

After temporarily exiting the state of absolute rationality, Zhang Qian only felt a wave of fatigue in his mind and spirit. This fatigue lasted for a hundred years before disappearing.

After the feeling of fatigue disappeared, he once again blessed the Dao God with tens of millions of rules, entered the Dao realm, and continued to comprehend the mysteries of the sword.

This time, the time in seclusion was even longer. Five thousand years passed before Zhang Qian opened his eyes again. His soul was extremely exhausted. With the support of tens of millions of rules and gods, he had to endure terrible pressure all the time. If his soul had not transformed into an immortal soul long ago, he would not have been able to stay in this state for a long time.

(End of this chapter)