Chapter 156 : I’ll Take You to Kill
Chapter 156: I’ll Take You to Kill
“Buzz!”
As comprehension flowed within her heart,
with the added support of insight and intuitive understanding, Li Yunqing herself directly entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
And as the two Divine Intent Incarnations continuously poured in their cultivation insights,
the clarity within her heart grew more and more.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by.
Having reached the Profound Realm, as her cultivation level rose, the duration of each of Li Yunqing’s cultivation sessions also gradually lengthened.
Perhaps upon reaching the Divine Realm, a single session of cultivation would require half a year, a year, or even ten years.
Fortunately, she cultivated immortal Dao techniques, allowing her to independently draw in spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
Otherwise, going ten days without food or water—even in the Profound Realm—would leave one utterly debilitated.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing sat cross-legged on the bed, her palm unconsciously spreading open.
Five-colored radiance rotated endlessly within her palm, gradually transforming into five streams of divine brilliance.
The Pure Yin Dao trembled, and the Five Elements Return to Origin also circulated instinctively.
After an unknown amount of time, the five-colored radiance in her palm suddenly trembled, then transformed into a mass of illusory mist.
The mist resembled a sphere and rapidly expanded.
Especially within the mist sphere, it seemed as if a void-like world had appeared, growing ever more vast.
The light and dust around her were directly drawn into it.
“So this is the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm?”
“It can only trap and suppress? It can’t kill?”
“No! What I need is a killing move that can suppress and annihilate Divine Realm experts!”
“Wait… Sword Domain!”
Thoughts surged through Li Yunqing’s mind as she seemed to realize something.
In that instant, within the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, endless sword qi suddenly erupted.
“Still not enough—this sword qi can’t kill Divine Realm experts!”
“Five Elements Return to Origin, and also, Frost Sword Canon, Myriad Swords Return to the Origin!”
As her thoughts flickered, within the mist sphere in her palm, a long river of sword Dao appeared.
Within that river, five-colored sword qi intertwined, transforming into strands of hazy, nearly transparent sword qi.
At that moment, the power of the sword qi surged dramatically.
“Myriad Swords Return to the Origin experience +30.”
“Myriad Swords Return to the Origin (Minor Completion → Mastery 0/10000)”
“Myriad Swords Return to the Origin has reached Mastery, trait derived: Sword Technique Reaches Divinity.”
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing did not notice these words, but the moment they flashed past—
the mist sphere in her palm, filled with endless sword qi, seemed to gain substance, humming loudly.
With each flicker, the sword qi seemed to possess the power to turn decay into the miraculous.
Though it was merely a strand of sword qi, it carried terrifying might.
So much so that the mist sphere formed from the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm seemed on the verge of being torn apart.
“Not enough, not enough! Still not enough!”
“I want absolute suppression and annihilation—annihilation that allows no resistance!”
Li Yunqing remained immersed in her cultivation, seemingly losing all awareness of the outside world.
Even as more words flashed before her eyes:
“Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance experience +20.”
“Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance (Initiated → Minor Completion 0/3000)”
“Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance has reached Minor Completion, trait derived: Nirvana Flame.”
“Formless Tribulation Finger experience +50.”
“Formless Tribulation Finger (Minor Completion → Mastery 0/5000)”
“Formless Tribulation Finger has reached Mastery, trait derived: Five Elements Tribulation Qi.”
“……”
Ten days of cultivation—even if only through Divine Intent Incarnations—combined with her own sudden enlightenment, continuously increased the experience of her techniques.
Various traits were also born.
Yet Li Yunqing paid no attention, remaining immersed in cultivation.
Outside the room, Xiaolan looked at Li Yunqing with worry.
If not for the fact that over these ten days Li Yunqing’s expression and aura had not changed, she would have already entered to wake her young lady.
Ten days without food or water—even for someone in the Profound Realm—should not be sustainable.
“Thankfully, Miss’s complexion hasn’t changed!”
After another uneasy glance, Xiaolan quietly turned and left.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, two more days silently went by.
The sky was overcast, snowflakes drifted down, and overnight the entire Capital was cloaked in silver.
The plum blossoms in the courtyard bent under the weight of the pure white snow, yet had already quietly bloomed with crimson, white, and pink petals.
A faint fragrance of plum blossoms lingered, subtle and soothing to the senses.
Unknowingly, November was already halfway through.
Inside the room, Li Yunqing suddenly opened her eyes. The two Divine Intent Incarnations transformed into streams of light and merged into her body.
At the same time, words rapidly flashed before her eyes.
“You have comprehended the essence of Five Elements operation—forward is flow, reverse is tribulation—deriving a divine ability: Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.”
“You have integrated the profundities of the sword Dao into the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, forming a new divine ability. Please name it.”
“You have comprehended your own sword Dao. The Frost Sword Canon and Myriad Swords Return to the Origin have been unified under your sword Dao and naturally fused. Please name it.”
Looking at the words before her, Li Yunqing’s smile grew brighter.
“Greater Yin Sword Dao!”
“Sword World in the Palm!”
Almost instantly, she decided on the names.
“Sword World in the Palm (Initiated 0/3000) Traits: Five Elements Return to Origin, Five Elements Tribulation Qi.”
“Greater Yin Sword Dao (Initiated 0/3000) Traits: Greater Yin Sword Embryo, Intuitive Understanding, Sword Domain, Sword Technique Reaches Divinity.”
Looking at the words before her, Li Yunqing gently spread her palm.
A spherical orb of light suddenly appeared above it, shining with five-colored radiance, as if it could absorb everything.
Within it, endless frost and snow drifted—entirely composed of sword qi—closely resembling the scene within her dantian.
Only, it lacked the moon at the center.
This was also why Li Yunqing had been able to comprehend the Sword World in the Palm so quickly.
With a Sword Domain and an understanding of the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, she directly modeled it after her internal dantian world, merging it into the Sword World in the Palm.
No longer merely a trapping and suppressing Buddha Kingdom in the Palm—
but a Sword World in the Palm capable of killing!
Within it, all sword qi was formed from the fusion of the forward and reverse Five Elements.
Enhanced further by the Greater Yin Sword Embryo and Sword Qi Reaches Divinity, its power was immense.
If she were to encounter that Divine Realm expert Luo Xuan again, with this divine ability alone, she was confident she could suppress and kill him.
“Twelve days!”
“A full twelve days—I abandoned realm advancement and focused entirely on comprehension!”
“Finally, it’s done!”
With a light tap of her toes, Li Yunqing floated down from the bed, her expression finally returning to calm.
Her eyes were filled with confidence.
“Hm? It’s snowing?”
Standing by the window, Li Yunqing gazed at the vast whiteness outside, momentarily stunned.
This was the first time she had personally witnessed such a sky full of snow since arriving in this world.
“The plum blossoms have bloomed too… so fragrant!”
Looking at the pink, red, and white plum blossoms in the courtyard, becoming even more delicate amidst the wind and snow,
a line of poetry from her previous life suddenly surfaced in her mind.
“Without enduring a biting chill to the bone, how can plum blossoms release their fragrant scent?”
At this moment, those words struck directly at her heart.
With the pressure of Divine Realm experts and the killing intent within her, these twelve days had not been in vain.
At last, she could smell the fragrance of plum blossoms.
“How wonderful…”
Li Yunqing softly sighed, her spiritual power instinctively spreading outward as she looked over the snow-covered Capital.
“This world is too pale… it’s time to add some color.”
As she gazed at the endless snow, just as her eyes turned toward the imperial palace, her expression suddenly changed.
The next moment, her figure shot out of the room.
“Miss? What’s wrong?”
Seeing Li Yunqing rush out and head straight toward the gate, Xiaolan was startled and hurriedly followed.
For the first time—her first time ever—she saw her young lady in such a hurry.
Outside the Shang Residence, at a corner of the road—
“Senior Sister… is that you?”
A beggar-like figure, filthy and disheveled, with wounds covering her face and her body buried in the snow, made Li Yunqing tense instantly.
Without hesitation, several silver needles fell onto the beggar’s body.
In the next moment, the beggar’s extremely weak aura stabilized, and she slightly raised her head.
“Junior Sister… I’ve finally waited for you!”
Hearing that voice, Li Yunqing immediately lifted Ying Qianqian and rushed into the house.
“Xiaolan, prepare hot water.”
Inside the wooden tub—
After being nourished by Li Yunqing’s Immortal-Martial Power, Ying Qianqian curled up within.
Her once fair and beautiful face was now covered in blood-red scars.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”
“What exactly happened?”
Watching Ying Qianqian slowly recover, Li Yunqing held her hand, unable to hold back her question.
Tears instantly streamed down Ying Qianqian’s face.
“It’s that damned emperor!”
“I saw with my own eyes—his people deliberately lured Sword Saint Martial Uncle and my father to a mountain.”
“And then… they all disappeared!”
“My mother led a group of disciples, along with Senior Brother Lu and Senior Sister Xun Fei, to rescue them—and they never came back.”
“On the day they left, my mother told me that if anything happened, I should come find you immediately!”
“But the moment I left the camp, I was hunted down—by people we knew.”
“They used to look kind and gentle, always greeting me with smiles and giving me gifts.”
“But when my parents and the Sword God Sect disciples were in danger, not only did they not help—they came to kill me!”
“They’re all demons wearing human skin!”
“I didn’t dare stop running. Afraid of being recognized, I used a knife to slash my own face!”
“I disguised myself as a beggar, mixed in with other beggars, and only then escaped from them!”
“The people in this world may look human—but why are their hearts so vicious!”
As she spoke, deep hatred and killing intent filled Ying Qianqian’s eyes, before gradually softening.
“I waited for you outside for three days. Just when I thought I’d never see you again, you finally came!”
“Junior Sister… my home is gone!”
Listening to Ying Qianqian’s account, Li Yunqing’s heart tightened sharply.
Looking at her face, she had never imagined that the scars covering it had been carved by Ying Qianqian herself.
“Isn’t it ugly?”
Ying Qianqian’s eyes were lifeless, as if all hope had vanished.
“No! It can be healed!”
“Believe me, Senior Sister—I will definitely heal you!”
“Your home isn’t gone. You still have me!”
Li Yunqing tightly held Ying Qianqian’s hand, her tone full of reassurance.
“And now…”
As she raised her head and looked toward the imperial palace, her expression turned icy, killing intent surging.
“I’ll take you to kill.”