Eternal Reverence Chapter 1010

Patter!

When Li Fuchen dealt with the seventh Forbidden Stone Monkey, a grayish rock emerged from its body. The moment this stone was exposed to the open air, it immediately began to absorb the curse qi presence radiating from its surroundings. "Rock of Forbidden!" Li Fuchen exclaimed as he retrieved the Rock of Forbidden. This artifact naturally possessed the ability to absorb curse qi and was instrumental in dispelling curses. "Congratulations to the Primary Extreme Lord," the Sky Saber Dao Lordess and the Earth Sword Dao Lord offered their felicitations upon witnessing the scene. Neither of them harbored any jealousy. The Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor had already pledged rewards to them, contingent upon their participation, even if they hadn't personally discovered the Rock of Forbidden. Otherwise, their presence in the Forbidden Grotto would have been unlikely. After a full year had passed, the trio finally managed to eliminate all the Forbidden Stone Monkeys. To be precise, Li Fuchen was the one performing the eliminations, while the Sky Saber Dao Lordess and the Earth Sword Dao Lord offered their assistance. "Let us depart then," Li Fuchen stated, showing no interest in uncovering the secrets of the Forbidden Grotto. Having secured the Rock of Forbidden, he saw no further reason to remain. ... "This is the Rock of Forbidden?" In Scarlet Sword City, the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor's hands trembled as he accepted the grayish rock. His granddaughter's curse had resurfaced the previous year, and her pitiable condition had caused him immense worry. The arrival of the Rock of Forbidden was a great relief. "Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor, please attend to your granddaughter first. We will wait here," Li Fuchen advised. "Indeed, don't forget our promised rewards after you've saved her," the Sky Saber Dao Lordess added with a laugh. The Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor chuckled in agreement and said, "I have already prepared your rewards in advance; I shall bestow them upon you now." Prior to the trio's expedition to the Forbidden Grotto, he had guaranteed 30% of the reward. Now, he was settling the remaining 70%. "The Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor is truly magnanimous," the Sky Saber Dao Lordess remarked. She requested peak-grade spirit stones and rare resources. As for the Earth Sword Dao Lord, he, like Li Fuchen, sought elder points. "3 million elder points should suffice for acquiring some new secret techniques or exchanging for valuable items." Gazing at the 3 million elder points displayed on his elder token, Li Fuchen felt a significant boost in his confidence. The 900 thousand elder points previously granted by the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor seemed substantial, but Li Fuchen intended to learn secret techniques, each more costly than the last. Consequently, 900 thousand elder points were truly insufficient. After disbursing the agreed-upon rewards to the trio, the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor promptly retreated into the depths of the sword manor. Not long thereafter, the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor reappeared. "Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor, has it proven effective?" the Earth Sword Dao Lord inquired. A look of profound relief washed over the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor's face as he laughed heartily and declared, "Effective, highly effective." The Rock of Forbidden surpassed his wildest expectations in efficacy. In the past, he had procured artifacts capable of absorbing curse qi presence, but whenever confronted with his granddaughter's curse qi, those artifacts would either shatter or explode after absorbing even a minuscule amount. Only the Rock of Forbidden demonstrated the capacity to absorb his granddaughter's curse qi without any limitations. "That is wonderful news. You must express your gratitude to the Primary Extreme Lord; of course, we too owe him our thanks," the Sky Saber Dao Lordess acknowledged. She recognized that few entities in the vast universe could withstand Li Fuchen. Without his presence, they would have surely met their demise within the Forbidden Grotto. The Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor nodded, adding, "Primary Extreme Lord, my possessions are modest, but I possess an abundance of elder points. I implore you not to refuse these additional 2 million elder points." As he spoke, the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor bestowed an extra 2 million elder points upon Li Fuchen. Had Li Fuchen merely returned with the Rock of Forbidden, he would have received only 3 million elder points, as the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor believed in fair compensation for arduous labor. However, Li Fuchen not only secured the Rock of Forbidden but did so with remarkable speed. To fail to show further appreciation would have reflected poorly on the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor's character. Li Fuchen, naturally, did not refuse. While elder points might not hold the same significance for the Scarlet Fire Sword Progenitor, they were exceedingly valuable to Li Fuchen. Following their farewells, Li Fuchen immediately set his course back to Sword Radiance City. Among the extreme-grade secret techniques, the Eye of Sword God and Sword Lock World were considered rather common. Superior extreme-grade secret techniques existed, demanding a significant expenditure of elder points.

“Infinite Sword Body. An energy burst sword dao secret technique. There are a total of 10 ranks and each rank allows the burst of two times the energy. At the 10th rank, it allows a burst of 20 times the energy. Exchange cost of 1 million elder points.

Compared to the Burst Battle Body, the Infinite Sword Body wasn’t just stronger by a little. The Burst Battle Body was only able to burst out 12 times the energy, but the Infinite Sword Body could burst out with 20 times the energy.

“God Sword Shift, sword shift secret technique. At sub-completion rank, it can increase speed by 9 times. At completion rank, it can increase speed by 18 times. At perfection rank, it can increase speed by 27 times. Exchange cost of 1.2 million elder points.”

A 27 times increase in speed was a terrifying notion. Li Fuchen’s speed was already unbelievably fast. If it was increased further by 27 times, no one would be able to catch up to him apart from half-gods.

However, the God Sword Shift could only be used for escaping. It wasn’t possible to use it for pursuit. When pursuing an enemy, one would require precise tracking, but the God Sword Shift emphasized on extreme speed. It was the same as comparing a bird with an arrow. The bird would be superior in agility while the arrow was superior at speed.

“Sword Lock Universe, a seal-type sword dao secret technique. At sub-completion rank, it can trap a pinnacle lord. At completion rank, it can trap a normal unparalleled lord. At perfection rank, it can trap powerful unparalleled lords. Exchange cost of 1.8 million elder points.”

This was the main topic, the Sword Lock Universe. It was an enhanced version of the Sword Lock World. At sub-completion rank, it was comparable to the perfection rank of the Sword Lock World. At perfection rank, it could trap a powerful unparalleled lord and it meant that if Li Fuchen was ruthless, it could kill a powerful unparalleled lord.

As of now, in the Swordsmen Guild, there was only one unparalleled lord who managed to cultivate the Sword Lock Universe. Not even the Cardinal Bright Sword Progenitor could cultivate it.

“It is a pity that there isn’t any stronger spiritual awareness secret technique.”

The Eye of Sword God was already the best spiritual awareness secret technique in the Swordsmen Guild. It was unknown if there was any stronger spiritual awareness secret technique, even if Li Fuchen had the correct connections.

Li Fuchen knew very clearly that the spiritual awareness secret techniques had a limit and it was restricted with the strength of the spiritual awareness. It wouldn’t be as powerful as a soul dao secret technique.

Generally speaking, a spiritual awareness secret technique that could injure an elite lord’s saint spirit was already the strongest spiritual awareness secret technique. For anything stronger, only soul dao secret techniques could achieve it.

In other words, at the lord level, spiritual awareness secret techniques were useless and it was hard to produce any decisive results.

Due to Li Fuchen’s overly powerful spiritual awareness, it forcefully upgraded the spiritual awareness secret technique by two levels.

Three elite extreme-grade secret techniques cost Li Fuchen 4 million elder points. As for the remaining 1 million elder points, Li Fuchen wanted to reserve it for emergency use.

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Deep Blue Plane…

There were more individuals joining in the comprehension of the World Fruit.

Iron Cloud Saint Lord, Heaven Ruin Saint Lord, Jasper Flower Saintess, Deep Blue Sword Saint Lord, Wind Cloud Sword Saint Lord, Red Leaf Sword Saintess, and other friends that had ties with Li Fuchen were all invited.

As for the White Rainbow Heaven Lord, Sword Wind Heaven Lord, and others who were other plane heaven lords, they were unable to enter the Deep Blue Plane. Therefore, Li Fuchen planned to let them comprehend the World Fruit later on.

However, Li Fuchen knew that the World Fruit would actually deplete too.

Inside the World Fruit was the world source. With each comprehension, it would deplete the world source a little. But to be serious, the combination of everyone below the heaven lords wouldn’t use up more world source than one regular heaven lord. A regular heaven lord would use far less world source than a city lord-level heaven lord. A city lord-level heaven lord would use far less world source than a regular lord.

For the Immortal Lord, even if he was to comprehend the World Fruit for 100 million years, it wouldn’t be possible to deplete the world source.

Therefore, the number of people comprehending the World Fruit wasn’t important, it was the strength of those people. If a huge number of lords were comprehending inside, it wouldn’t last long before the world source was depleted.

Not joining inside the World Fruit, Li Fuchen was diligently cultivating the secret techniques.

Firstly, he cultivated the Infinite Sword Body.

This secret technique possessed the capability to shatter the limits of Qi output, momentarily unleashing twenty times the normal amount. Naturally, the cost was substantial. To generate twenty times the Qi was equivalent to expending it at a rate of twenty times velocity, though the actual depletion could reach one hundred times or even more. This was primarily because the technique broke through natural bodily limitations, consequently damaging the source of one's physical being. Prolonged periods of such intense Qi bursts would inflict greater harm, thus necessitating significantly more Qi for recovery. Simply put, this secret technique for explosive Qi output was akin to overdrawing from one's own vitality.

Time flowed onward...

Utilizing spatial-temporal acceleration at three times the normal rate, Li Fuchen dedicated two hundred years to perfecting the Infinite Sword Body technique to its highest rank. This meant that without the aid of temporal acceleration, the process would have required six hundred years.

“An elite extreme-grade secret technique is truly astonishing!”

Li Fuchen then proceeded to cultivate the God Sword Shift, reserving the most intricate technique, Sword Lock Universe, for last.

...

Unbeknownst to him, another eight hundred years elapsed. Li Fuchen had successfully advanced the God Sword Shift to its perfect state. However, the Sword Lock Universe still eluded him, remaining at the completion rank, though he was already capable of trapping a standard unparalleled lord.

“Primary Extreme Lord, I am being pursued by the Dusk God Lord, I beseech your aid.”

On this particular day, the Crosswise River Primogenitor urgently transmitted a distress signal to Li Fuchen.

“Dusk God Lord.” Li Fuchen’s countenance grew grave.

The Dusk God Lord was a formidable peak unparalleled lord from the god race, holding the eighth position on the Lord Rankings. His might was enough to instill dread in any opponent.

Besides the Dusk God Lord, two other god race lords occupied spots within the top ten of the Lord Rankings. The Dusk God Lord was the lowest ranked among them.

Were it any other situation, few would dare to defy the formidable god race for the sake of rescuing someone with whom they shared no deep connection.

“The timely transmission from the Crosswise River Primogenitor enabled me to save the Immortal Lord, which in turn granted me the opportunity to comprehend the World Fruit. This led to a significant augmentation of my strength. I cannot forget this debt of gratitude; I must go to his rescue.”

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Fuchen promptly flew towards the coordinates provided by the Crosswise River Primogenitor.

Quicksand Star Domain…

The Crosswise River Primogenitor found himself in a dire predicament. Following the demise of a large contingent of unparalleled lords in the Water God Tomb, he had, by a stroke of luck, ascended to the Lord Rankings, officially transitioning from a pinnacle lord to an unparalleled lord. However, he was merely a standard unparalleled lord and was utterly outmatched against the eighth-ranked Dusk God Lord.

“Primary Extreme Lord, you must rescue me!”

The Crosswise River Primogenitor was uncertain if Li Fuchen would indeed come to his aid. In fact, he surmised that if he were in Li Fuchen’s position, he likely wouldn’t risk intervening. Yet, he was now in a desperate state, and without Li Fuchen’s intervention, he would inevitably be slain by the Dusk God Lord in a short span of time.

“Crosswise River Primogenitor, embrace despair! No one will come to your rescue!”

The Dusk God Lord was a muscular young man with dark-blue skin, adorned with numerous black patterns across his body. He had already placed the god race’s mark upon the Crosswise River Primogenitor, ensuring that no matter how far the latter attempted to flee, the Dusk God Lord could easily track him down.