"Colorless and Obscure · Bright as a Thought."

The sudden flash of sword light made Bai Yan lose his balance, revealing his figure.

Even a strong warrior in the Divinity Realm would momentarily feel unadaptable losing one of their senses. Bai Yan had been moving at high speed, and this momentary discomfort revealed a flaw.

Eighth Sword · Xuan.

Sword light flashed, Sword Qi crisscrossed. Although Bai Yan prepared in time, he was still struck by the Sword Qi and sent flying several feet away, giving Qing Yu an opportunity.

Qing Yu turned around and reached out, his left hand grabbing the Heavenly Division Sword Handle, intending to pocket this once World's Number One Divine Sword.

But at this moment, clear Sword Qi blocked his way; just as Qing Yu intercepted Bai Yan before, someone else was now preventing Qing Yu from retrieving the Heavenly Talent.

"Hmm?"

With a light exclamation, Qingyu Sword's edge twisted, the sword momentum lunged forward, dealing with this unexpected Cheng Yaojin.

The pure white sword light was ephemeral and indefinite, but every move was filled with the intent of Absolute Kill. The clear Sword Qi was also fierce and decisive, clashing with Qing Yu on the spot, amazingly showing no signs of falling behind.

"Clang—"

The Heavenly Talent Sword activated Sword Qi, resisting Qing Yu's grasp, but against formidable power, even the once World's Number One Divine Sword was difficult to contend with.

Sword Qi shot onto Qing Yu's hand, sparking fierce flames, but to no avail.

Yet at the critical moment, Yuan Jianyi from the other side manipulated it with Qi Mechanism, causing the already assembled Heavenly Talent Sword to disperse again, with the sword body and sword tip breaking apart.

"Heavenly Talent!"

Bai Yan, who had been repelled by Qing Yu, again demonstrated incredible speed, his figure suddenly flickering, grabbing at the flying sword tip.

Simultaneously, the swordman blocking Qing Yu reached out her pale fingers and pinched the sword body.

"Zing—"

The Heavenly Talent Sword tip touched Bai Yan's hand, but like Qing Yu, Bai Yan was neither the Sword Master nor even a Swordman. The palm filled with True Qi immediately suffered a Sword Qi attack upon touching the sword tip.

The Sword Qi of the world's most lethal weapon immediately severed a digit of Bai Yan's finger, the sword tip shot through the air, aiming to return to Yuan Jianyi.

But along the way back to the Sword Master, a snow-white Holy Sword blocked its path, the clear sword edge and sword tip contacting with a harsh screech.

"Don't even think about it!"

Bai Yan and that swordman moved simultaneously, surrounding Qing Yu, determined to prevent him from acquiring more fragments of the Heavenly Talent.

Faced with the duo's assault, Qing Yu stirred Sword Qi, the Nirvana Sword exploded with a surge, bouncing away the Heavenly Talent sword tip, the sword edge sweeping across, Sixth Sword · Absolute.

With three moves colliding, the air surged, propelling the bounced sword tip further into the just-opened Sword God Lake.

"Mo Guming, go."

Qing Yu called out and was the first to transform into sword light, shooting into the somewhat hazy scene below.

Ripples spread in the air, and Qing Yu had already entered the Sword God Lake, which had integrated with the Secret Realm.

Mo Guming saw this and charged forward, the Demon Heart Reverse Sword sweeping against Bai Yan and the other swordman, entering the Sword God Lake second.

Bai Xingkong saw this and immediately called out, "Palace Master Qiu, you and Little Yuan go in first, we will hold off Heavenly Demon Palace's Undecomposed Bone."

The one who appeared later to block Qing Yu from obtaining the Heavenly Talent Sword was precisely the Palace Master of the Sword Palace, Qiu Jiling, who was also Yuan Jianyi's master.

Qiu Jiling was also decisive, immediately slashing open a path through Bai Yan, entering the unexpired spatial ripples with the arriving Yuan Jianyi.

"Lan Cang, enter with me."

A blue figure flashed, swiftly following Bai Yan into the Sword God Lake.

It felt like passing through a curtain of water as Qing Yu entered another world.

The Sword God Lake had already merged with the Secret Realm; the inner and outer worlds were vastly different. The light in the Secret Realm typically required an Array as a light source, but this place had been abandoned for a hundred and fifty years, the Array as the light source had long ceased to function, only the sword light from the Ten Thousand Sword Sealing Tribulation Array provided this place with a hint of brightness.

In the dimness, Qing Yu landed by the lakeside.

Where the Sword God Lake was, there was a Lake Heart Island, and Qing Yu was at the lakeside, able to faintly see distant pavilions in the darkness.

Not far from Qing Yu's left front stood an upright monument, inscribed with three large characters – Buried (Sunken) Sword Lake.

The word "Buried" covered the word "Sunken," the engraving for both words interleaving, yet clearly layered, making it obvious "Buried" was pressing on "Sunken," turning this once symbol of glory into a product of defeat.

Sword Immersion Lake, which is the beside this great lake, once immersed countless swordmasters' weapons over centuries, was also the prototype of Buried Sword Peak's Sword Pool.

A Sword Pool with only part of Sword Immersion Lake's phenomena allowed Yuan Jianyi to skip significant time advancing to the Divinity Realm, moreover becoming a strong warrior, not the kind merely breaking through into the Divinity Realm.

So what incredible uses did Sword Immersion Lake have?

It was rumored that every Sword God Lake Master was a Strongest due to the Sword Immersion Lake.

Yet now, Sword Immersion Lake was no longer the Sword Immersion Lake of old, the immersed weapons in the lake were all broken, just like the three words engraved on the monument, it was already a Defeated Sword Lake.

"One hundred and fifty years ago, I witnessed the Sword God engrave the word 'Defeated,' and from then I knew the status of sword and blade had reversed, as long as the Sword God lives, the defeated sword will forever be defeated."

Mo Guming approached from behind and sighed softly.

He too was someone who trained in swordsmanship, witnessing the decline of the sword Dao made him feel introspective.

"Existence will inevitably decay, Sword God Lake has already been defeated; instead of continuing to uphold this decaying presence, it is better to hand valuable items to us useful people. Do the two of you agree?"

Qing Yu smiled at the two arrivals, seemingly asking for their agreement.

"No matter how decayed, it's better than giving it to someone as evasive as you."

Qiu Jiling raised the Thousand Cloud Snow Crystal Sword in her hand, locking her Sword Intent firmly onto Qing Yu, the clear Sword Qi poised to burst.

Beside her, Yuan Jianyi held the Heavenly Talent Sword Body with two fingers, sharp sword light fluctuating, his calm words filled with determination, "I have received favors from Vice Hall Master Bai and others, so I must rebuild Sword God Lake."

"Rebuild Sword God Lake, just you?" Mo Guming scorned.

The leader of the Demon Sword Dao was always unruly, even Qing Yu had to subdue him before he could comply. For Yuan Jianyi, a youth at most in his thirties, to boldly claim he would rebuild Sword God Lake, Mo Guming's ridicule was already giving him much face.

Were it not for being in this place, Mo Guming might have directly attempted to snatch the Heavenly Talent Sword Body.

"So what do you friends of Heavenly Demon Palace think?"

Qing Yu again looked past Yuan Jianyi and the two back to the Heaven Demon Palace pair.

"Haha, what do we think, indeed..."

One of the blue-robed young Taoists laughed heartily, seemingly without any firm idea, as if the question had caught him off guard.

'This guy, why does he look like that unrecognizably overweight blue elf?'

Qing Yu's eyes flashed with a trace of blood as he looked at the jovial blue-robed Taoist and thought.

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