Chapter 1657: Looking at the Universe
This made Zhang Qian extremely curious. Although he had cultivated the four sword arts of killing, trapping and destruction to the realm of unique great way, and elevated the four sword laws to the realm of Hunyuan Zhenxian, he did not continue to dig deeper into the sword arts.

Since the birth of the universe, there have been countless sword cultivators. Moreover, since the sword art was created, countless sword cultivators, even the most brilliant ones, could only cultivate to the level of creating their own unique path. The subsequent cultivation was only to improve the laws of the sword art.

However, this common sense that has been passed down through the ages was broken by Gai Xianfan. It was obvious that he had taken another step further in the realm of his own unique way. He did not choose to improve the laws of swordsmanship, but stepped into a new realm of swordsmanship, a more terrifying realm.

No one can reach this level, Gai Xianfan has become the number one person in the universe!
He paved the way for countless sword cultivators. This alone was enough to make him famous throughout the universe and become the Sword Master in the hearts of countless sword cultivators!

"Did you break through again?"

After pacifying Chi'ao, Zhang Qian brought Gai Xianfan to his residence in Shouyang Mountain and asked curiously.

"Yes, I have taken another step forward on my own path and entered a new realm." Gai Xianfan did not hide anything. He and Zhang Qian were true confidants and both practiced swordsmanship. With his free and easy temperament, there was naturally nothing to hide.

"After coming to the prehistoric world, the swordsmanship in my world has become more and more perfect, more and more powerful, and the realm of the swordsmanship rules has also rapidly improved." Gai Xianfan said slowly, his voice like the sound of a sword, extremely pleasant to the ear, "But no matter how much the swordsmanship rules are improved, my swordsmanship realm is always at the unique realm, unable to go any further. I often wonder, is the unique realm the end of the swordsmanship?"

This was also what Zhang Qian was curious about. He did not interrupt and listened to Gai Xianfan's story.

"Later, I gradually came to understand that the more swordsmanship one has, the better it is. The more perfect one is, the better it is. Instead, the simpler the better. Swordsmanship is ultimately a great art of killing. In essence, it is created for killing, killing living beings, killing all things, or killing all ways!
What is the essence of all things and spirits? All things and spirits, whether alive or dead, have a little spiritual awareness, which is the fundamental basis for their survival!
In a broad sense, the spiritual consciousness of the ancient world, the foundation of this world relies on the supreme heavenly way, and the spiritual consciousness of the entire universe is nothing more than the law of greatness!

After realizing this, my sword path collapsed like the stars, and what was left in the end was a bit of the most essential sword intent, and this bit of sword intent was the sword of extermination. When the sword was out, it did not kill the soul, the true spirit, or the physical body, but it destroyed the spiritual consciousness! "

"Spiritual awareness!"

Zhang Qian was secretly shocked. He certainly knew the existence of spiritual consciousness, which was the real basis for the reincarnation of all things and spirits, and the real foundation of a person's existence.

Once the spiritual consciousness is destroyed, all living things will be completely annihilated, and nothing will be left in the world.

The place of reincarnation in his Zhongda Great World, the Yellow Spring River that spreads across the depths of the earth, collects the spiritual awareness of all living things after death. The cycle of reincarnation regenerates countless spiritual awareness into all living things.

But Gai Xianfan, a simple swordsman, was able to comprehend the existence of spiritual consciousness through his sword skills. Zhang Qian was deeply shocked by his talent.

It was when he was in the place of reincarnation in the great world of Zhongda that he realized the mystery of the reincarnation of all things and spirits.

However, Gai Xianfan was able to understand it just by relying on swordsmanship. What's more terrifying is that through this little insight, he actually made his swordsmanship reach the point where he could look down on the universe.

This is what shocked Zhang Qian the most.

The reliance of all things and spirits is spiritual awareness. Many great powers in the ancient times are aware of this, and they also have some magical powers targeting spiritual awareness.

But Gai Xianfan's swordsmanship is not only aimed at all living things, but can also regard the supreme heavenly way that dominates the primitive world as a bit of spiritual awareness, and the great way that dominates the laws of the universe as a bit of spiritual awareness. If Gai Xianfan's cultivation continues to break through and his swordsmanship continues to grow, eventually all living things, the primitive world, or the entire universe will be no different in front of his swordsmanship.

If he can destroy the spiritual consciousness of an ant, he can also destroy the supreme heavenly way and even the great law.

"How can this be!"

Zhang Qian exclaimed, he really couldn't understand Gai Xianfan's current level of swordsmanship.

This was already an unknowable and unpredictable state. He collapsed his own perfect world of swordsmanship, returned to the basics, sought from the essence of swordsmanship, and finally obtained a little foundation of swordsmanship, looking down on everything!
Everything is an ant, everything is the supreme heavenly way, everything is the law of the universe, in front of Gai Xianfan's swordsmanship, there is no difference.

This state of mind has already touched upon the fundamental existence of the entire universe and the foundation of the existence of all things in the world.

And his swordsmanship is aimed at this kind of existence, making existence disappear and existence become non-existence!

"It seems that all the ways in the world really have the same destination. When I refined the Chaos Pearl, this treasure instilled in me the profound meaning of the primordial nothingness, but I am still not qualified to comprehend it. And the swordsmanship that Gai Xianfan is comprehending now is surprisingly the same. Isn't his swordsmanship the transformation of existence and non-existence? Everything that exists, all that exists, will be annihilated into the primordial nothingness with the swordsmanship!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Qian looked at Gai Xianfan in shock, causing him to frown and ask, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my swordsmanship?"

Zhang Qian shook his head silently, "You are already the best in swordsmanship, truly worthy of the title, no one can surpass you, how could there be any problem with your swordsmanship, it's just that I didn't expect you to be able to do this."

He had obtained the innate magical power of the Sword-Devouring Ancestor, which allowed him to endlessly devour the sword cultivators' sword talents. Later, he even devoured the talents of countless indestructible sword spirits in the Wanwuyi Cage in the Ruins of Epoch, allowing his own sword talents to reach a level that was unprecedented and unparalleled.

However, he now understood that talent alone was useless. Only pure sword practice that devoted all its heart to swordsmanship and did not seek help from outsiders could truly reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

This is the case with Gai Xianfan. His talent in swordsmanship is definitely not as good as Zhang Qian's, but he devotes himself to swordsmanship without any distractions. He is not tempted by all kinds of spiritual treasures, nor by those terrifying magical powers. He only practices swordsmanship, and finally, swordsmanship gives him enough rewards.

"You have been staying in the territory of the human race in the heavens?"

Zhang Qian turned and asked.

"No, after I came to the prehistoric world, I traveled around and experienced some battles. I narrowly escaped death several times, but it was thanks to the blessing of the sword that I survived. During those narrow escapes, I gained a special understanding of my sword, and then I slowly took a higher step. After the breakthrough, I came to the territory of the human race in the heavens. After all, I am very familiar with the people here, and they all come from the heavens and myriad worlds."

Zhang Qian nodded, "I see. Your speed of improvement is incredible. With your current sword power, you are already at the top of the world. Few people can be your opponent."

He was not exaggerating. After understanding Gai Xianfan's level of swordsmanship, he realized that in the entire prehistoric world, there were few people who could be Gai Xianfan's opponent.

This kind of sword art that ignores everything and only targets the spiritual consciousness, no matter how many treasures you have or how powerful your body is, it is useless. This sword looks down on everything. There is no difference between an ant or a true immortal in the eyes of Gai Xianfan!
(End of this chapter)