Chapter 1330: All Collapsed (Part 1)

After adjusting for a full six hours, seeing that the sun in the east had already jumped above the horizon, Zhang Xuan felt that his depleted true qi was completely restored, and his spirit, energy, and vitality had once again reached their peak.

Having injured Jian Qinsheng, he also sensed something was wrong, knowing that staying there would surely bring trouble. He decisively collected the many longswords and returned to his own courtyard.

"Truly worthy of being the true interpretation of the sword path, focusing on offense—its power is formidable!"

Recalling the battle from the previous night, Zhang Xuan's eyes sparkled with excitement.

Although Jian Qinsheng had controlled his power to only one percent, his combat strength was still not something an ordinary early-stage Saint Domain Seventh Heaven could match. A single sword strike sent him flying back injured—didn't this show that once this move was fully unleashed, even a strongman of that level would find it hard to withstand?

Saint Domain Seventh Heaven, the Void Entry Realm, transitions from substance to void, touching the mysteries of emptiness, making the domain both real and illusory, strange and unpredictable.

Normally, the domain that appears in the Saint Domain Sixth Heaven Domain Realm, like formations, has mist and halos visible to the naked eye. But upon reaching this realm, it becomes like divine sense—invisible and intangible. When used in battle, it is unleashed silently, with power several times greater than before.

Just like Luo Xuanqing earlier, who kicked Elder Su Bing flying. It wasn't that the latter couldn't dodge, but that when he acted, he had already enveloped him with the Void Entry Realm's domain, leaving no chance to escape.

With such a strongman, relying on his mere early-stage Saint Domain Fifth Heaven Out-of-Body Realm strength, winning was originally impossible, but with this sword technique, it became a reality.

"It's dawn, just in time to finish the Jia Alley test!"

A night had passed, the red sun rose, shining in all directions.

Zhang Xuan once again walked toward the Righteous Hall.

Soon arriving at the front desk, that Qingyu was still there.

"I'll continue to challenge Jia Alley!"

Familiar with the way, Zhang Xuan didn't waste words and directly handed over the spirit stones.

Reading, studying sword techniques, recovering strength... a night had passed, now it was the next day, so he could continue the challenge.

Seeing it was him, Qingyu nodded and handed over the card.

Zhang Xuan turned and walked over.

"He didn't pass last night, and now he's here at dawn. In such a short time, his strength shouldn't have changed much, right? Why is he in such a hurry?"

The previous attendant was also there and couldn't help asking.

Even if he wanted to pass Jia Alley, he should accumulate enough before coming again.

Cultivation is a matter of dripping water wearing through stone; it can't be achieved overnight. What change could happen in one night?

"I don't know either..." Qingyu shook her head: "Maybe... he's cultivated some secret technique and wants to try again!"

"Secret techniques are harder than martial skills. Many people study powerful ones their whole lives and only grasp the surface. How much can he learn in one night?"

The attendant shook her head.

It wasn't that she didn't believe him, but the time interval was too short.

Jia Alley, the hardest checkpoint for the Out-of-Body Realm, is difficult even for ordinary late-stage Domain Realm experts. Even if this Zhang Xuan passed Yi Alley yesterday, trying to break through this one in such a short time was surely impossible.

"By the way, I remember that the little princess of the Luo family also challenged Jia Alley, and it seems the current record was set by her!"

Sighing, remembering something, the attendant said.

"She set it, passing in three minutes..." Recalling the record left by the Luo family's little princess, Qingyu's eyes filled with admiration.

Others struggle with Jia Alley, exhausting every effort and even suffering severe injuries, but that little princess passed in three minutes, and most importantly... not even a speck of dust touched her clothes, still looking like a fairy...

Even without thinking of this, she was already in awe.

Since the Holy Son Hall had these assessment corridors, no one had ever achieved such a record!

In other words, the record left by the Luo family's little princess was unparalleled through the ages—none had existed in the tens of thousands of years before, and likely no one would break it in the future!

"Yes, too amazing..." The attendant nodded, about to continue speaking, when she suddenly saw ripples forming in the tea in her cup, spinning continuously, and then the table in front of her began to shake.

"What's happening?"

She abruptly stood up.

"I don't know..."

Qingyu was about to speak when she felt the ground shake violently, like an earthquake, and then a huge explosion sounded from afar.

"Oh no, it's Jia Alley..."

Their brows jumping, they quickly stood up from the front desk and rushed toward the place of the explosion. Before they even arrived, they saw a young man walking over with an apologetic look: "I'm really sorry, when I acted just now, I couldn't control my strength..."

Her brows jumping, Qingyu looked toward Jia Alley not far away, and saw a pile of ruins, still emitting green smoke. Her divine sense swept over, and the puppets contained within were slashed into pieces, not a single intact part remaining... indescribably miserable.

"What... move did you use?"

Unable to hold back, she quickly asked.

She knew very well the strength of the puppets in Jia Alley. Even normal late-stage Domain Realm experts were no match for them. This guy easily defeated them and chopped them so finely... how did he do it?

Most importantly... from the time he took the card until now, it was less than three minutes, right?

Not only did he kill the puppets, but he also demolished the entire Jia Alley?

"A sword technique..." Zhang Xuan said sheepishly.

Entering Jia Alley, although he didn't use a weapon, only sword qi, once he unleashed the One Sword Splits the Sea, it was still beyond his control. The puppets opposite had just appeared when they were slashed into powder, and the remaining power continued to attack... leading to the current situation.

He had thought that the reinforced seals of this assessment venue were strong and should be fine... but he never expected such a commotion.

Fortunately, after the puppets were shattered, the mechanism judged that he had passed the test, and the books at the end of the alley appeared, which he took the opportunity to collect into his mind. Otherwise, if he had worked hard and gained nothing, he would have cried to death.

"A sword technique?"

Qingyu and the attendant felt like crying.

They had seen sword techniques before, but when had they ever had such power?

Not only were the puppets killed, but the entire alley was reduced to ruins?

"Wait here. I can't handle this matter; I must immediately report to the elder..."

Knowing that the destruction of Jia Alley was beyond her control as a front desk clerk, Qingyu warned him and hurried away.

The assessment corridors of the Righteous Hall were property of the Holy Son Hall. If everyone destroyed them, even the continent's top academy couldn't afford it.

"Alright!"

Knowing that damaging things would require compensation, Zhang Xuan didn't plan to leave. He found a place to sit down and slowly recovered his internal strength.

He hadn't used a holy artifact just now, so the power wasn't strong, but the consumption of true qi was still considerable—nearly half of his true qi was gone!

"I used to think that Sword Elder might not have gathered enough weapons, but now it seems that even if he had, he might not have been able to execute it..."

He had cultivated the Saint Seal Unlocking, and the thickness of his true qi was unmatched at the same level. Even so, he could barely sustain it... Sword Elder, even if he created this move, probably couldn't use it easily.

Knowing that full recovery would take at least one or two hours of cultivation, he wasn't anxious. He immersed his consciousness in his mind to look at the books he had just collected.

Jia Alley had only five books, corresponding to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each was of extremely high level, considered the most profound techniques of the Holy Son Hall.

"Correct!"

Gathering all the Out-of-Body Realm books together, he exclaimed softly.

Whoosh!

A new book appeared. Gently opening it, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

He had finally assembled the Heaven's Path Out-of-Body Realm technique... thinking of the difficulties, hardships, and bitterness along the way, he almost wept.

"I wonder if Sun Qiang has found out about the whereabouts of the supreme-grade spirit stones!"

After reading through the technique and committing it to memory, knowing that without a sufficient grade of spirit stones he couldn't cultivate, Zhang Xuan frowned.

Above the fine-grade superior spirit stones, there is also the supreme-grade spirit stone, extremely pure. If he could buy one and use it for cultivation, it would definitely solve the problem of insufficient spiritual energy.

In a place like Qingyuan Empire, supreme-grade spirit stones are rare, but the Holy Son Hall should have no trouble finding them.

"He's that Zhang Shi who destroyed Jia Alley..."

As he was pondering, he heard a voice not far away. Looking up, he saw Qingyu approaching with an old man.

The old man walked while looking toward Jia Alley, his brows twitching uncontrollably.

Zhang Xuan quickly stood up.

"Zhang Shi, Elder Liao is in charge of all matters concerning the Out-of-Body Realm assessment corridors. You destroyed Jia Alley, so he is handling it..." Arriving, Qingyu introduced.

"Zhang Xuan pays respects to Elder Liao!"

Quickly cupping his fists, Zhang Xuan lowered his posture.

No choice—when under someone's roof, one must bow the head.

He still couldn't be as domineering as his brother-in-law.

"You say you used only a sword technique to turn this place into this?" Suppressing his anger, Elder Liao said.

"Yes..." Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Give me your card!"

Zhang Xuan handed it over.

Taking the challenge card, Elder Liao examined it carefully for a while, his brow furrowing.

Jia Alley not only had powerful puppets but also strong formations. Under normal circumstances, even a peak Domain Realm expert couldn't achieve this unless... cheating!

But the card showed a perfect pass... meaning there was no fraudulent behavior.

Could a mere sword technique really achieve such a level?

"What sword technique did you use just now? Can you demonstrate it for me?"

Curious, he couldn't help asking.

"Demonstrate it for you? This..." Zhang Xuan looked troubled: "I haven't mastered this sword technique well, and I still can't control its power. If I use it, I'm afraid... it might hurt you!"

"Hurt me?"

Elder Liao sneered: "Although I am the lowest-level executive elder, my cultivation has reached the Saint Domain Seventh Heaven Void Entry Realm. You are only at the early Out-of-Body Realm. Hurt me? What big talk!"

The elders of the Holy Son Hall are divided into many levels. Those like Su Bing and Elder Liao are executive elders, requiring Saint Domain Seventh Heaven strength to serve.

"Well... even if the elder won't get hurt, I'm afraid the sword qi might not be contained and could damage other buildings..." Zhang Xuan was still worried.

"With my strength, could I let your released sword qi escape? What a joke!"

Sneering coldly, Elder Liao's eyes showed intense confidence.