Chapter 508 - 503: Comprehension

Above the South Sea, a flying sword shuttled through the air.

At this time, Li Fan had already left Stone Island, but was still within the Penglai Sea Area.

There were countless islands in the Penglai Sea Area, but they were not all connected. After all, this territory spanned tens of thousands of miles, similar to a state of the Da Li Dynasty.

Li Fan looked down at the sea ahead, where there was a black deserted island, resembling a place of death.

The flying sword descended, and moments later, Li Fan arrived at the area of the black deserted island. The seawater here seemed still, giving off a sense of desolation.

Li Fan’s pupils flickered with a golden light, the sword light flashed, landing on a black mountain of the deserted island. He stepped off the flying sword, sat cross-legged, surrounded by strands of sword intent, and began meditating with his eyes closed.

Days later, his body was enveloped in sword aura, releasing undisguised energy outward.

On the seemingly stagnant sea surface, waves began to rise and intensified, crashing against the cliffs of the black island.

"It’s arrived."

Li Fan thought to himself, still keeping his eyes closed, and asked, "What kind of demon is it?"

"An old turtle," a voice from within replied.

"Quite cautious," Li Fan mused. He had come here knowing there was a great demon in this sea area, deliberately releasing his aura while meditating for days to lure it out.

The sea gradually roiled intensely, forming a terrifying vortex. The black island was shaking, rapidly sinking, swallowed by the sea vortex.

Li Fan suddenly opened his eyes, seeing the island beneath him being submerged, he straightened his body, soaring upward. But at this moment, the vortex of the sea rushed out of the surface, like a bloodthirsty maw, enveloping everything around him in the vortex. A massive devouring force struck, creating an air current in the space around him, like a hurricane dragging him downwards.

"Boom..."

Swords swirled around Li Fan, emitting a persistent sound, the Silent Extinction Sword Intent spread, he looked down, engaging myriad sharp swords as lightning to break through below.

Using this force, he propelled upward, but at this moment, a boundless demon shadow appeared above him, its giant black hand slapping down. A terrifying pressure bore down around Li Fan, with the vortex below, the combined forces seemed inescapable.

"Come out," Li Fan shouted, a terrifying demonic aura erupted from within him, a demon shadow emerged behind him, glancing disdainfully at the demon shadow above before charging upward.

Li Fan’s body, however, dived downward, letting the vortex swallow him into the sea, a Sword Immortal phantom appeared, his whole body shimmering with glazed sword light, surrounded by a sword array.

"Slay!"

The moment the vortex swallowed Li Fan, a giant star sword filled with a Silent Extinction aura descended, the sea exploded violently, the terrifying vortex swept outward, and the sword aura seemed to evaporate the seawater, revealing the figure of a great demon, a massive Mystic Turtle.

Seeing the giant sword coming, the Mystic Turtle retracted its head, dragon-like patterns emerged on its giant turtle back, emitting blinding light. The sharp sword struck the turtle back as if hitting a magical treasure, unable to pierce through.

The Mystic Turtle turned to flee rapidly, attempting to devour Li Fan in an instant, but seeing things go awry, it immediately retreated.

But Li Fan would not give it a chance, a Treasure Tripod rapidly expanded, pinning down with a thunderous roar on the Mystic Turtle’s back.

Li Fan’s body flashed like lightning, piercing a sword straight into the Mystic Turtle’s head, blood spraying from the wound.

"Die."

The sharp sword frantically tore through the Mystic Turtle’s insides, and moments later, Li Fan held a large Demon Core in his hand.

"Go."

Li Fan glanced upward, then soared through the air.

......

Months later, in a sea domain of the South Sea, the sky was covered with thunderclouds, countless lightning bolts struck down relentlessly, the sea roiled with raging waves, resembling an apocalyptic scene.

In the sky above the sea, a white-robed Sword Immortal stood in mid-air, eyes seemingly containing sword light. In front of him, above the sea, a demon with a human head and snake body with nine tails glared at Li Fan with bloodshot eyes.

"Fall."

Li Fan flicked a finger, turning thousands of thunders into swords, an awe-inspiring spectacle emerged between heaven and earth, billions of thunder swords surged across the sky, targeting the great demon.

"Get lost."

The great demon roared, the sky iced over, an extreme chill enveloped the battlefield, even the thunder swords in the sky seemed frozen.

Li Fan felt everything around him cease flowing, the Great Dao became sluggish.

"You’re courting death."

A cold voice came, Li Fan saw a terrifying tsunami overturn everything, the great demon riding the surging waves rushed at him, swift as a streak of light.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Great Demon had yet to arrive, but the terrifying shockwaves were already pounding against his body, like heavy hammers falling upon him.

Seventh Realm Cultivator, borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth Dao.

Li Fan actually closed his eyes, sensing the flow of the Great Dao’s aura in the world, while the sword in his hand trembled incessantly.

"Open!"

Suddenly, Li Fan leaned forward, his long sword sliced through the air, and the terrifying shockwave seemed to have been forcibly cut open, forced to bypass Li Fan’s body.

Without the slightest pause, Li Fan’s figure vanished from the spot, charging head-on with his sword at the Great Demon coming to kill him, with no forces hindering him.

A deep abyss-like purple Thunder Sword Light swept past, slicing through the void in an instant, and Li Fan’s body disappeared from the spot, reappearing behind the Great Demon.

The body of the Great Demon was torn open from the middle, leaving a smooth cut, with lingering Silent Extinction Thunder aura at the cut.

Bang...

The Great Demon fell into the sea, and a Demon Core flew towards Li Fan, landing in his palm.

Within Li Fan, tendrils of demonic tentacles emerged, coiling around the Demon Core, and Li Fan did not stop them, allowing them to take the Demon Core away.

"Devouring so many Great Demon Cores, if you keep evolving, can you evolve into a Demon Saint?" Li Fan asked.

"Now we’re one, whether I can become a Demon Saint depends on you, not me." A vague demonic shadow appeared behind Li Fan, revealing a pair of extremely sinister eyes.

"But you’ve been crazily hunting Great Demons in the Sea Domain these days, and your understanding of Sword Dao has progressed rapidly. Now you can kill late Seventh Realm Great Demons. It seems your comprehension of Sword Dao has grown deeper. Could it be that you’re close to understanding what your teacher told you, ’Great Dao Belongs to Me’?"

"It’s still early. I just have a deeper understanding of borrowing the power of the Great Dao, but I haven’t fully comprehended ’Great Dao Belongs to Me’." Li Fan replied. If he truly comprehended it, would he possess a trace of Saint’s Power as a Seventh Realm?

Although he had been cultivating in the Sea Domain for some time, his cultivation was still only at the early stages of the Seventh Realm, yet his understanding of the Great Dao might have reached the late Seventh Realm.

The sword he used to slay the Great Demon just now was a realization of the ability his teacher taught him on Stone Island, sensing the essence of Dao.

His teacher’s Breaking Illusion Sword was derived from this understanding.

However, he did not need to follow his teacher’s Sword Dao completely; he had his own path.

Buzz...

Sword Aura sliced through, and Li Fan’s figure instantly vanished from the spot.

Three years after Li Fan left Stone Island.

On a deserted island in the South Sea, a figure in white sat with eyes closed, surrounded by terrifying phenomena.

Sometimes the Storm Sword sliced through the heavens, sometimes the Thunder Sword Intent descended from the sky, sometimes the Geng Metal Sword... Threads of terrifying Great Dao Sword Intent pervaded the world, extremely chaotic.

"Boom..."

A terrifying aura shot straight into the clouds, and dark purple terrifying sword lights on Li Fan’s body pierced the sky, as if the heavens were punctured, terrifying thunderclouds appeared above the sky, seemingly merging with the Sword Intent, transforming into the light of the Great Dao Tribulation falling down.

In an instant, the island where Li Fan was turned to dust.

Li Fan opened his eyes, dark purple sword light swirling.

"Silent Extinction Sword Dao has transformed again." Li Fan muttered to himself, and his cultivation had also broken through to the Middle Realm of the Seventh Realm.

These three years, apart from hunting demons and cultivating, he had not stopped. Unfortunately, the top Great Demons in the Sea Domain were still too few, and despite crossing the Endless Sea, the Seventh Realm Great Demons he hunted were still limited.

"Middle Realm of the Seventh Realm, still not enough."

Li Fan thought to himself, for now, in Da Li, the pressure he faced came from the Saint Realm, and he needed at least to reach the Half-Saint Realm to have the power to protect himself.

He wondered how the Old Blind Man and Xuanyuan Sword were faring in their cultivation, and how many years it would take to break through to Sword Saint.

But he was not in a hurry, time was on their side.

If ten years were not enough, then cultivate for twenty years, and if still not enough, then thirty years.

"There are Immortal Mountains in the South Sea, leaving behind Immortal legacies, but after several years, I have not encountered a single one. It seems that although there are Immortal legacies, they are ultimately few and far between. Even a thousand years ago, cultivators at the Transformation Realm were as rare as phoenix feathers."

Li Fan’s figure broke through the void once again, not turning back, but continuing forward.