The Sword Sect Master’s expression remained calm, a trace of pity appearing on his face.

"This divine ability does have its exquisite points. Unfortunately, Your Excellency only grasped its form, not its spirit."

"You haven’t comprehended its true essence."

"Otherwise, the power of this divine ability could be several times stronger."

Aether’s face was filled with horror, he never expected that Silver Willow’s dynasty-protecting divine technique would be broken so easily.

If it were only this, he would not be so deeply shocked.

Although the divine ability was powerful, he had merely scratched the surface of it.

Furthermore, the Sword Sect Master was a Proving the Dao existence, a full minor realm higher than him.

He had not truly believed that a mere Kingdom of Ice and Snow could trap and kill a Proving the Dao existence, nor had he thought he could defeat the Sword Sect Master single-handedly. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

His attack just now was merely a probe to test the Sword Sect Master’s strength, he never expected that his probe would yield absolutely nothing.

However, to shatter his divine ability using such ordinary means meant that the Sword Sect Master’s strength far exceeded his imagination.

The other four Imperial Ancestors were also shocked by the move the Sword Sect Master had displayed. Their eyes filled with solemnity, exchanging a glance, their auras surged simultaneously, and they charged forward to kill him.

All five were peerless experts at the Mortal Supreme level.

Any single one of them would find it hard to meet a match across the entirety of the Silver Willow dynasty, especially the Second Imperial Ancestor, who had similarly stepped into the Proving the Dao realm.

Although the Second Imperial Ancestor lived in an era where the shackles of heaven and earth were not as severe, making his ascension to Proving the Dao much easier than the Sword Sect Master’s, Proving the Dao was Proving the Dao after all.

It was already the absolute pinnacle of a mortal dynasty.

The aura of the Second Imperial Ancestor alone overshadowed the other four combined.

The five joined forces.

Their momentum shook the heavens and rocked the earth, terrifying to the extreme. They unleashed their killing moves one after another, determined to slay the Sword Sect Master right then and there.

The Sword Sect Master sighed softly, a trace of profound compassion and pity in his eyes, his entire body radiated dazzling sword light, and above his head, a Sword Lotus slowly began to manifest.

From within the Sword Lotus, wisps of sword qi cascaded down like a waterfall, enveloping the Sword Sect Master and forming a protective barrier of sword astral energy.

The killing moves of Aether and the others arrived one after another. However, striking against this protective barrier was like clay oxen entering the sea, they completely dissipated without a trace.

"That’s a Sword Lotus! You actually managed to comprehend a Sword Lotus?!"

The Thirteenth Elder’s eyes were filled with absolute horror.

The moment he saw the Sword Sect Master summon the Sword Lotus, he froze in place like a wooden post. It took him a long while to gradually regain his senses.

A Sword Lotus, legend had it that only those with supreme wisdom and immense karmic affinity with the Sword Dao could comprehend one.

Legend said that when the Sword Ancestor founded the Sword Dao, his body was surrounded by three thousand Sword Lotuses.

Once the three thousand Sword Lotuses appeared, none of the myriad methods in the world could come close to him.

Not only did the Sword Lotus possess astonishing defensive power, placing the sword cultivator in an inherently invincible position, but it could also purify the mind and condense the divine soul.

Its effects were no less than the Buddhist sect’s supreme treasure, the Bodhi Seed, providing immense help in cultivating the Great Dao.

But from ancient times until now, of those who could comprehend the Sword Lotus, which one was not a figure who had left a dazzling, monumental legacy in the Sword Dao? Could the Sword Sect Master before him also be such a figure?

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible.

Comprehending a Sword Lotus required an incredibly profound understanding of the Sword Dao to even have a sliver of a chance.

He never denied the aptitude of the Sword Sect Master before him.

An existence that could step into Proving the Dao during the Dharma-Ending Age absolutely deserved the title of peerless talent.

Over the past few days, he had gained some understanding of the Sword Sect.

But as far as he knew, it was merely a sect established three hundred years ago, its foundation was not deep, and the strongest figure it had ever produced was the founding ancestor.

However, the founding ancestor was merely a Mortal Supreme.

What kind of powerful Sword Dao inheritance could a sect founded by such a figure possibly possess?

Without a profound understanding of the Sword Dao, comprehending a Sword Lotus was fundamentally impossible.

The Sword Dao giants recorded in ancient history who managed to comprehend the Sword Lotus already possessed incredibly powerful Sword Dao cultivation beforehand.

At the very least, they were Deity-level existences whose attainments in the Sword Dao had already reached an extremely profound realm.

But this Sword Sect Master had comprehended a Sword Lotus while only at the Proving the Dao stage, this completely contradicted the ancient texts.

Could this Sword Sect Master be the reincarnation of some ancient Sword Dao giant?

The Thirteenth Elder stared at the figure before him, a trace of deep suspicion in his eyes.

In the Misty Ghost Forest, Adam took out the Divine Spring from his storage bag to prepare for cultivation.

Suddenly, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He had clearly filled an entire purple-gold gourd with the Divine Spring water, so why was only half a gourd left? That should not be.

The Divine Spring contained immense vitality.

When fused with the Qi of Death in the Misty Ghost Forest, it was incredibly beneficial for cultivating the Dao Laws of Creation.

Over these past few days, relying on this excellent cultivation spot, his comprehension of the Dao Laws of Creation had deepened rapidly.

But he could not consume more than a few drops of the Divine Spring in a single night of cultivation!