Boom!

It was as if a massive mountain smashed into the crevice, causing several nearby calamity storms to violently tremble, instantly unleashing even more ferocious and twisted chaos, surging with layers upon layers of tangible waves in all colors, sweeping forward with terrifying, ripping might.

In the instant Xu Yang stood there, he felt a pain that tore him apart!

The pain was so intense that he barely sensed the shocking chaos around him.

His skin split open in an instant, blood pouring out!

His tendons and bones trembled, his flesh on the verge of shattering!

The chaotic intent, wrapped in a powerful storm of calamity, pierced straight into his heart and soul.

Spurt!

Xu Yang trembled like a leaf in the wind, mouth wide as a blood arrow sprayed out.

"Suppress!"

He was prepared, roaring fiercely.

Threads of Heaven-Locking Divine Chain condensed within him, hanging down from above and piercing through all his bones!

In just a moment, relying on the astonishing power of the Heaven-Locking Divine Chain, Xu Yang barely stabilized his stance.

But the chaotic pressure crashed in wave after wave, as if sensing an intruder—determined to crush him completely, never letting up!

Xu Yang gritted his teeth against the agonizing pain, suddenly biting his tongue tip, forcing his mind to steady!

Swish!

The Asura Blood Saber materialized in his hand.

The next moment.

Xu Yang moved within the crevice.

Blood saber in hand, he seemed to dance!

He endured the crushing pressure and assault, with barely enough strength to move within the narrow confines.

His saber glimmered agonizingly slow, as if mired in a quagmire, each swing tearing viciously against tremendous restraints.

Yet Xu Yang dared not stop for a second!

The moment he stopped, the surging attacks from all directions would instantly shred him apart!

Crack!

Spurt!

Xu Yang's tiger mouth split open, blood sprayed!

He seemed oblivious, mind touching the edge of chaos, blood saber ceaselessly weaving through the air.

As time passed, a weak trace of chaotic intent began to arise within him!

Though compared to the inundating chaos here, it was but a candle against the storm.

Still, as it appeared, Xu Yang clearly felt a faint easing of the force around him.

In fact, the force was not truly diminished.

But by wielding chaos and blades, he slightly redirected the onslaught bearing down on him.

The chaos here would never fade, only grow stronger.

To survive here, there was only one way—divert the force!

A flash of joy crossed Xu Yang's eyes; biting down hard on his lip, he suddenly gripped the blade with both hands, saber swinging faster and faster.

Buzz!

Swish!

Within those moments, his body was already soaked in blood, his garments stained strangely eerie under the blade's gleam.

The saber art Xu Yang wielded left no trace!

Entirely at his whim, without form or method!

But this was exactly what chaos demanded!

As the Chaotic Void Celestial Saber evolved, the chaotic intent swirling from him grew ever stronger.

Three hours passed.

Xu Yang, now drenched in blood, stood upright, blade light dancing in a halo about him, lingering and persistent.

Whenever the chaos struck the edge of the blade-light, ripples would form, and easily as lifting a feather, nearly forty percent of the chaotic force was swept aside.

The pressure on Xu Yang kept easing, and his mind, brushing against chaos, also deepened his insight into it.

Five hours.

The saber shadows grew so dense not even air could slip through, shielding his body from all sides.

From outside, only a blurred blood-shadow could be seen.

The surging saber light was like a massive, oval blood-colored bubble several meters in diameter.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

The saber light leapt, flickering on without pause, the bubble quivering like a heart, expanding slowly and taking up more space.

By now, Xu Yang had forgotten everything!

He did not know where he was, nor what he was doing—no purpose!

But chaos had burned into his soul, brandishing the Chaotic Void Celestial Saber was memory woven into bone!

Instinctively, he kept whipping the blade, ever faster.

The next day!

The blood-red bubble had swelled to a radius of nearly twenty meters.

It was especially striking within the crevice!

Like a storm of blade plumes, layer after layer, ceaseless!

Suddenly.

A storm erupted!

The surrounding calamity storms, seemingly provoked by the bubble, reached a tipping point—blazing forth in a frenzy.

Boom!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Chaos exploded, shrieking like a wild beast, ferocious and ravenous!

The central crevice contracted sharply, with the storms closing in, battering the blood-red bubble as if hit by lightning.

Spurt!

Bang!

Large swathes of saber-light and blood-rain shattered and scattered.

The bubble collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The balance was utterly destroyed in that instant!

With balance gone, chaos rampaged without restraint, crashing in all directions!

Spurt!

Xu Yang grunted, spewing blood, jolted awake from his trance, darting his gaze around—seeing seven or eight calamity storms closing in menacingly, his scalp tingled.

"What's happening?"

"Was it my blood blade storm that broke the balance here?"

Xu Yang instantly realized the cause.

He'd been so deep in the trance, he hadn't noticed a thing.

But even knowing the outcome, he couldn't have done otherwise—if he'd held back, he couldn't have lasted here.

Now, he had no time to reflect on his gains, gripping the saber with both hands, going all out.

Boom!

One stroke churned the void, saber shadows fell like rain, merging into a massive wave of blood heading straight for the twisted space ahead.

Boom!

A crack appeared—Xu Yang darted through like lightning.

But perhaps his sudden burst had pushed the nearest black calamity storm to its peak; it shattered in an instant, surging down like a tidal wave to smother everything.

Rumble!

The rift was sealed in an instant.

Endless annihilation poured down like a vast ocean, smashing headlong into him!

The pressure surged straight to the Realm of True Monarch!

Xu Yang was chilled to the core, his eye twitching violently; he yelled, "Teacher, help!"

"Heh, I thought you wanted to do this on your own, kid."

Gu Jun chuckled softly.

Xu Yang's mouth twitched. How could I dare?

This destruction, matching a True Monarch's might—he'd die even if he risked it all!

But hearing Gu Jun's relaxed tone, it was clear this force was nothing to him; Xu Yang felt a weight lift off his shoulders.

Whoosh!

A formless tide burst out from the Cyan Jade Yin Yang Pendant, slicing through everything before it, shoving all the raging storm force aside.

"Now!"

At Gu Jun's prompt, Xu Yang shot out like lightning.

Dozens of heartbeats later.

Xu Yang looked back after escaping the crevice, heart pounding with lingering fear.

Rumble!

By now, the crevice had been swallowed by several calamity storms—no gap remained.

It had become a realm of chaos and violent calamity!

The collision of several storms—the force unleashed—in just a few blinks had reached the true Realm of True Monarch!

And it was still growing.

There were even signs they'd merge into a single, even more terrifying catastrophe.

Watching the storms surge, Xu Yang kept retreating, slowly exhaling a stale breath.

Only now did he have time to process his gain.

"A solid minor mastery—by the three-month deadline, perhaps not full perfection, but I'll wield it with expert control!" Xu Yang's face lit up with joy.

Without this environment, reaching such a stage would've taken at least half a year!

Chaotic Void Celestial Saber minor mastery—confidence for the duel with Song Yuanhao rose by at least twenty percent!

But it's still not enough!

Suppressing stray thoughts, Xu Yang lifted his gaze, surveying the remaining storms.

Time was running out; he figured Mr. Su would arrive soon.

Once Heaven Locking stabilized, these calamity storms would dissipate!

"Perhaps…"

A sudden, bold, even crazy idea popped into Xu Yang's mind.

He pondered for a brief moment, eyes suddenly bright, blazing as he fixed his gaze on one sprawling storm after another: "I can definitely do it!"