Soul Emperor Martial God

The Sky-splitting Sword Demon needs no further mention.

The Sky-splitting Sword Maiden, in that distant era, she... was a legend.

Even Xiao Yi, who was in Northern Mountain County, had seen her name in the historical records.

Xiao Yi opened the cultivation technique and took a glance.

His heart immediately surged with tremendous shock and joy.

"Impressive, impressive, worthy of a Heavenly Rank Middle Grade Technique," Xiao Yi exclaimed in surprise.

The Ice Sword Gang is a cultivation technique, not a martial technique.

Cultivators can cultivate the Cold Ice Gang Qi.

It is precisely that kind of extreme cold ice that was on the body of the Ice Puppet just now.

Its power is extremely astonishing.

However, this places enormous demands on the cultivator.

The cultivator's Martial Soul must be of the Ice Attribute.

And it cannot be weak.

But Xiao Yi couldn't estimate just how strict this criterion was.

According to historical records, the Sky-splitting Sword Maiden never had a disciple in her life.

There simply wasn't anyone to inherit her mantle.

The requirements of the Ice Sword Gang Technique for cultivators were just too high.

Xiao Yi gave it a try, attempting to cultivate according to the methods described in the technique.

After a while, a look of joy appeared on his face.

He was able to practice the technique.

However, he chose not to continue cultivating it.

Calculating the time, the trial was about to end; it was time to leave.

There would be time later to slowly study this Ice Sword Gang Technique.

This trial truly yielded a tremendous harvest.

He had comprehended sword momentum and grasped 80% of the Sky-splitting Sword Demon's Sword Dao knowledge.

His martial arts bottleneck had even advanced beyond the Earth Extreme Realm.

And then there was this Ice Sword Gang.

Without a doubt, once he had mastered it, his strength would greatly increase.

At the very least, the 'Ice Mountain' within his Small World could finally be utilized.

In the past, using the 'Cold Ice Sea Covering Slash' would deplete the power of the Ice Mountain in an instant.

Once he had mastered the Ice Sword Gang.

The powerful Ice Control ability granted by the technique would allow him to use the 'Ice Mountain' as naturally as moving his limbs.

Even when executing the Cold Ice Sea Covering Slash,

it wouldn't result in the previous situation where not a single 'seed' of power was left.

Within the Mysterious Space, a light flashed.

Xiao Yi left the Sword Pavilion.

…

Outside the Sword Pavilion.

The Sect's Great Elder and a group of trialists were still waiting.

"Great Elder, ten minutes have passed, hurry and save the Northern Mountain Sword Master," urged Zhou Yueyao.

Jie Mo and Zhong Wuyou both frowned slightly.

After all, they had a certain relationship with Xiao Yi from the first round of assessments.

"Just do it, Great Elder," the Wanshan Sword Master said with a smug smile.

"If you're too late, there might be nothing left of the Northern Mountain Sword Master, but if you go now, you might still salvage his corpse."

The Great Elder looked troubled, "The Sword Pavilion has existed in the Sect for countless years."

"The rules were also set by the ancestors."

"We elders, indeed, cannot enter the prohibitions on the first and second floors."

"Moreover, even if I were willing to disregard the rules."

"The prohibitions in the Sword Pavilion have been reinforced by successive powerful figures of the Sword Sect."

"I simply cannot break them by force."

"Oh?" Wanshan Sword Master laughed, "The Great Elder speaks very correctly."

"There's no reason to break the rules for a dead man."

"Shut your mouth," Zhong Wuyou said coldly, "Keep running your mouth and see if you dare to leave the Sect for the rest of your life."

"Step outside the Sect, and I'll take your life."

The Wanshan Sword Master's face turned pale.

Through several days of trials and his own investigations,

he had come to understand that the former Zhong Wuyou was an assassin.

The Wanshan Sword Master wisely closed his mouth.

The Great Elder furrowed his brow, "Let's do this, I'll go find the Sect Master to see if there's a way to forcibly break the prohibition."

"You all need not worry."

"The Northern Mountain Sword Master possesses a Sword Master Token for protection and should not be in any danger."

The Great Elder spoke and was about to leave.

Suddenly, a flash of light passed through the Sword Pavilion.

A figure appeared out of nowhere before everyone.

It was Xiao Yi.

Only now, Xiao Yi looked extremely disheveled.

His body bore injuries, his face was pale, and his clothes were covered in bloodstains.

"Xiao Yi." Zhou Yueyao and the others' faces lit up with joy.

But seeing that Xiao Yi was unharmed at the moment, they began to tease him.

"Tsk, tsk, Northern Mountain Sword Master, what happened to you?"

Xiao Yi gave an awkward smile.

However, the Wanshan Sword Master, seeing Xiao Yi emerge alive, felt a surge of resentful venom in his heart.

"Impressive, Northern Mountain Sword Master, enduring the most difficult trial on the second level."

"And yet you managed to persist for three days without dying."

"But, it's useless."

"You've missed out on two full days of trials and can no longer make it into the top six."

"No," the Great Elder suddenly said emphatically.

Then, he widened his eyes.

"The toughest trial on the second level, the Northern Mountain Sword Master has passed."

He had his ways to know if the trialists had passed their trials.

"What? He passed?" Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

"Impossible," said the Wanshan Sword Master with an incredulous look on his face.

"The hardest trial on the second level is difficult even for those at the Heavenly Element First Layer."

"How could he, a mere Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer, possibly pass?"

"Great Elder, could there be a mistake?"

The Great Elder's face showed displeasure, "The Sect's Sword Pavilion Spiritual Artifact connects to the prohibition's aura; how could it be wrong?"

The Wanshan Sword Master was startled and hurriedly said, "Great Elder, I didn't mean that."

At this moment, Jie Mo and the others looked at Xiao Yi with a completely different expression.

"Northern Mountain Sword Master, just how formidable are you really?"

Xiao Yi chuckled and said, "I'm not all that strong, just luckily passed is all."

Beside him, the Great Elder spoke in a deep voice, "There's no such thing as 'luck' in a Sword Pavilion trial."

"If you passed, it's because of your own ability."

"The most difficult trial on the second level is worth a thousand, no, tens of thousands of the first."

"For the second round of assessment, the first place belongs to no one but you."

After speaking, the Great Elder checked the trialists' situations.

Finally, based on the scores, he announced the rankings.

The top six were naturally the Meteor Sword Masters, Jie Mo, and their peers.

And the Wanshan Sword Master, with his strength, should have definitely been in the top six.

However, he previously aimed to 'perish together' with Xiao Yi.

He emerged two days early.

Naturally, his score was very poor, not even making the top ten.

At this moment, the Great Elder looked at everyone with an approving face.

Among them, his gaze toward Xiao Yi was the most joyful.

"Very good, very good."

"The Sword Masters of this generation all have remarkable talents."

"Truly the blessings of the Sword Sect's forebears."

Everyone listened attentively.

Only Zhong Wuyou pursed his lips and muttered quietly.

"What blessings of forebears, we cultivated our skills ourselves."

Of course, his voice was very low.

The Great Elder was giving an impassioned speech and didn't hear him.

On the other hand, his companions Jie Mo and Zhou Yueyao almost burst out laughing.

The Great Elder spoke a stream of encouraging words.

In the end, he said, "The first round and second round of assessments have concluded."

"The Sect assessment has only the third and final round left."

"The third round of the assessment is known as the Struggle for Titles."

"That will be the true contest of your real strength."

"The assessment will be held in half a month."

"During this half-month, you must seize the time and cultivate diligently."

"The forest during the first round of assessment will be your place of closed-door training for this half-month."

"Within half a month, no one will enter to disturb you."

What the Great Elder meant was that the forest would belong only to these Sword Masters for the next half-month.

At this time, the Great Elder continued, "Furthermore,"

"The rewards for the first and second rounds of assessments will also be distributed today."

"For the first place in the first round, the earned sword points will be tripled."

"And you may choose any three items within your privileges from the Sect Treasure Vault."

"From second to sixth place, points are doubled, and you can choose two treasures."

"From sixth to thirty-sixth, points won't increase, but you can choose one treasure."

For the first round of assessment, the top 36 would receive rewards.

"For the second round of assessment, the first place gets a reward of ten thousand sword points."

"And you may also select one item within ten thousand sword points from within the Sect."

"From second to sixth place, you'll get five thousand sword points."

"And you can select one item worth up to five thousand sword points from within the Sect."

"From seventh to tenth place, points won't increase."

"But you can choose one treasure worth up to three thousand sword points from within the Sect."

That was the end of the second round of assessments.

Only the top ten received rewards.

Having said that, the Great Elder led everyone to the treasure vault.

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