202: Chapter 202 Exploring the Sword Abyss Deep Within the Secret Realm, Ancient Sword Formations Reveal Their Majesty

After breaking through to Lianxu Perfection, Ye Qing did not rush to leave the underground secret chamber. Instead, he spent some time thoroughly consolidating his Realm and further fusing the Void-Breaking Sword Intent with the Chaos Sword Dao, truly making it his own.

He sat cross-legged in the secret chamber, his Dharma Power surging within him like a vast sea of stars, several times more vigorous than when he was in the Lianxu Late Stage. He opened his palm, and a cluster of Chaos-colored light slowly emerged in his palm. Within that light, countless tiny sword shadows could be vaguely seen weaving and moving, emitting a sharp aura that seemed capable of severing the Void Realm.

"Lianxu Perfection... I am only one step away from the Dao Integration Realm." He gently clenched his fist, and the cluster of Chaos-colored light quietly dissipated. "However, this step is not so easy to take. It requires sufficient accumulation, and it also requires an opportunity."

He stood up and stretched his muscles and bones, his entire skeleton emitting a low rumble like muffled thunder. His gaze pierced through the stone walls of the secret chamber, looking toward the deeper parts of the Secret Realm, the area shrouded in even thicker gray mist, and a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

"Sword Abyss... That should be the true core of this Sword Ruins Secret Realm. Perhaps, the opportunity for me to break through to the Dao Integration Realm is hidden there."

He no longer hesitated, removed the Restriction around the secret chamber, and his figure flickered, turning into a stream of light as he sped towards the direction of the Sword Abyss marked on the map.

The further he flew into the depths of the Secret Realm, the richer and sharper the Sword Intent permeating the air became. Later on, those Sword Intents even began to condense into visible gray currents of Qi, weaving and interweaving in the Void Realm, emitting a wailing sound as if countless invisible sharp blades were cutting through the air.

Ye Qing operated his Chaos Dharma Power to the limit, forming a condensed protective halo on the surface of his body to withstand the omnipresent erosion of the Sword Intent. After flying for about a few hours, the gray mist ahead suddenly became thinner. A more shocking scene appeared in his field of vision.

That was a huge abyss that seemed to lead to the depths of the earth! The diameter of the abyss was at least dozens of miles, and the edges were steep, black rock walls that looked as if they had been cut by sharp blades. It was bottomless, like the maw of a giant beast, ready to devour any living creature that dared to approach.

An indescribable, ancient, and desolate Sword Intent surged continuously from the abyss like an invisible tide, permeating the space between heaven and earth. That Sword Intent was far more powerful and pure than anything he had felt anywhere else in the Secret Realm!

"This place... is the Sword Abyss." Ye Qing stood at the edge of the abyss, feeling the terrifying Sword Intent rushing towards him, as if it could tear him apart, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

He did not rush to approach, but first flew around the edge of the abyss, carefully observing the surrounding environment. He discovered that the black rock walls at the edge of the abyss were covered with countless sword marks of varying depths, crisscrossing each other. Some of these sword marks were as thin as hair, while others were as wide as gullies. Each sword mark emitted different fluctuations of Sword Intent, clearly left by different Sword Cultivators in different eras.

And directly above the abyss, in the Void Realm, one could vaguely see huge, chain-like gray runes slowly rotating, as if suppressing some existence within the abyss.

"These runes... are they a Seal? Or some kind of protective Restriction?" Ye Qing looked at the rotating gray runes, pondering to himself.

He tried to probe into the abyss with a wisp of his Divine Sense.

Hum—!!!

The moment his Divine Sense touched the edge of the abyss, an indescribable, terrifying suction force, like an invisible vortex, suddenly came, attempting to pull his Divine Sense into the endless abyss!

His expression changed slightly, and he quickly cut off the connection of that wisp of Divine Sense, thus avoiding the fate of his Divine Sense being devoured.

"What a powerful Restriction! It can even devour Divine Sense!" He felt a sense of awe in his heart, and had a deeper understanding of the danger level of this Sword Abyss.

He did not try again rashly, but retreated a certain distance, sat cross-legged, and began to carefully study the gray runes floating above the abyss. He could feel that these runes should be the key to entering the Sword Abyss. As long as he cracked the mystery of these runes, perhaps he could find a way to enter the abyss.

He immersed himself in the study of those runes, forgetting the passage of time. Those runes were extremely complex, as if they contained some supreme principles of heaven and earth. With his current cultivation and knowledge, he was actually unable to fully understand them.

But he was not discouraged. He observed them over and over again, deduced them over and over again, and verified the Formation and rune knowledge he had learned with these runes, trying to find a pattern from them.

I don't know how much time had passed, but when he felt that his head was about to explode, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility.

"These runes... do not seem to be simple Seals or protective Formations, but more like a... test? Or rather, a screening mechanism?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt this was possible. Since the Sword Abyss was the core of the Sword Ruins Secret Realm, it must contain extremely important Legacies or treasures. And the purpose of setting up these runes was probably to screen out those who were qualified to obtain these Legacies.

"Since it is a test, there should be a way to pass." He thought to himself, and began to try to touch the rotating gray runes with his own Chaos Sword Intent.

Hum—!!!

When his Sword Intent came into contact with those gray runes, those runes seemed to be activated, suddenly erupting with dazzling gray light!

A greater suction force surged from the abyss. This time, it was not aimed at his Divine Sense, but directly acted upon his Physical Body!

He only felt his body lighten, and his whole person was involuntarily pulled by that suction force, falling towards the bottomless abyss!