Chaos Heaven-Dominating Technique

Chapter 466: Chapter 464: Endless Sword Formation

More than two months passed in the blink of an eye within the Sword Tomb. Inside the Endless Sword Domain, Shen Haoran remained immersed in his arduous cultivation.

CLANG CLANG CLANG...

Sounds of clashing steel echoed throughout the Endless Sword Domain. Countless beams of Sword Light collided in midair, erupting in a shower of dazzling sparks before annihilating each other and vanishing.

Below them, both Shen Haoran and Ni Jianshuang stood with their hands clasped behind their backs. Countless small vortexes manifested behind each of them. From within these vortexes, innumerable longswords emerged and shot toward their opponent.

Ni Jianshuang’s face was filled with disbelief. Just a moment ago, Shen Haoran had asked to spar with her, and this was the result. ’Endless Sword Formation! Shen Haoran actually managed to execute my Endless Sword Formation! It’s just a prototype, but it’s still the Endless Sword Formation! It’s only been a hundred days since he first encountered the Sword Dao. To be able to use the Endless Sword Formation in just a hundred days... this is simply monstrous! It took me a lifetime to perfect this technique.’ The comparison was truly maddening.

Shen Haoran himself was also somewhat surprised. A moment ago, he truly knew nothing about the Endless Sword Formation. But during his cultivation, he had suddenly entered a state of enlightenment. The scene of Ni Jianshuang executing the technique replayed in his mind, projected at an extremely slow speed. In that flash of insight, he had grasped the essence of it and managed to execute a prototype of the Endless Sword Formation.

However, Shen Haoran understood that the real reason he could use Ni Jianshuang’s Endless Sword Formation wasn’t his own prodigious talent, but her guidance.

Ni Jianshuang truly lived up to her reputation as a Sword Emperor from ten thousand years ago. Her understanding of the Sword Dao had reached an incredibly profound level. She could explain the most abstruse and difficult concepts with extreme simplicity; a single sentence from her could resolve all of Shen Haoran’s doubts. For an ordinary Martial Artist, cultivating the Sword Dao was a constant process of trial and error—finding mistakes through failure, making corrections, and eventually reaching mastery. But with a teacher like Ni Jianshuang, who had already reached the absolute peak of the Sword Dao, Shen Haoran’s cultivation was like having a cheat code. He never had to worry about going down the wrong path. Combined with his own talent for comprehension, two months was more than enough time for him to develop his Sword Intent.

CLANG CLANG CLANG...

The two clashed for several dozen more rounds. Shen Haoran’s Endless Sword Formation was only a prototype, after all, and Ni Jianshuang eventually shattered it with her own.

After breaking through Shen Haoran’s attack, Ni Jianshuang lowered her hands and stared at him as if he were some kind of monster. During their exchange, she had noticed that he hadn’t just executed the Endless Sword Formation; he had seemingly improved upon it. The Sharp Swords formed from his Sword Intent contained an intensely scorching aura. ’He must have integrated the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian into his Sword Intent.’ This innovation made even her feel a sense of inadequacy.

After giving Shen Haoran a long, deep look, Ni Jianshuang waved her hand. The world around them began to dissipate, and the Endless Sword Domain vanished, returning them to the Purple Bamboo Forest.

"Senior, what’s wrong?" Shen Haoran asked in confusion, seeing her dismiss the Endless Sword Domain.

"You’ve learned everything I can teach you. Your Sword Intent has now taken shape, so I have nothing left to give," Ni Jianshuang said with a wry smile. ’Two months. In just two months, he learned everything I have. This Shen Haoran... he’s truly terrifying.’

"Nothing left to teach? What about the Endless Sword Domain...?" Shen Haoran asked, scratching his head. He was still very interested in her domain technique.

Hearing that he wanted to learn her Endless Sword Domain, Ni Jianshuang rolled her eyes at him. "You’ve got some nerve, kid. A Sword Domain is something only a Martial Artist who has reached the absolute peak of the Sword Dao can comprehend. You’ve only just condensed your Sword Intent, and you already want to possess a Domain? That’s not something I can teach you. You’ll have to figure it out on your own!"

At her words, Shen Haoran scratched his head in embarrassment. He had only been asking casually. Just being able to condense his Sword Intent had already far exceeded his own expectations; his gains this time were substantial enough. Not only that, but he had also learned all the Martial Skills of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, both great and small, and had committed the One Sword Asura technique to heart. His strength had taken another huge leap forward.

"Alright, I’ve taught you everything I can. You can go now," Ni Jianshuang said softly, giving him another deep look.

Shen Haoran was taken aback by her words. After spending two months together, a bond had formed between them—not a romantic one, of course.

"What about you?" Shen Haoran asked.

"Me? I... I have to wait for him to return. He said he would come back." A look of longing filled her eyes, and her expression softened into one reminiscent of a young woman in love, which surprised Shen Haoran.

Shen Haoran knew who she was talking about and nodded. He had been in the Sword Tomb for a long time. It was time to leave.

"Oh, right. There’s one more thing you need to watch out for. There are some... unclean things in this Secret Realm. If you encounter them, you must eliminate them," Ni Jianshuang’s icy voice rang out just as Shen Haoran turned to leave.

Hearing this, Shen Haoran paused and nodded lightly. During his two months in the Endless Sword Domain, he had tried to ask about the great war of the Ancient Era, but Ni Jianshuang had always changed the subject. She seemed incredibly secretive about that war—or more specifically, the enemies in that war. He figured the "unclean things" she mentioned must be remnants left behind from that conflict.

Shen Haoran gave Ni Jianshuang another deep bow, then turned and walked out of the Sword Tomb.

Meanwhile, outside the Sword Tomb, a group of Martial Artists had gathered—the very same ones who had entered earlier. Their faces were beaming with joy; it seemed their time in the Sword Tomb had been quite fruitful.

"So, why are we all still hanging around here? You can’t enter the Sword Tomb a second time, right?" one Martial Artist asked the person beside him. He had just been standing here with the group ever since he came out.

"Are you an idiot? We’re all waiting for someone."

"Waiting for someone? Who?"

"Shen Haoran, of course! That bastard stole all of our Storage Rings before we even entered the sect gate, and then outside the Sword Sea, he plundered everything we’d obtained from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Are you just going to swallow that insult? We have to get our things back," that Martial Artist said viciously.

"Yeah! That stuff is ours! We can’t let Shen Haoran get away with it! We’re taking back what belongs to us!" the surrounding Martial Artists chimed in. In that moment, they all reached a consensus, their collective animosity aimed squarely at the yet-to-appear Shen Haoran.