Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2987: 608: Opening the Heavenly Gate, Breaking the Shackles! Sword Qi Great Wall, Eternal Guardian of Nora!
Previously on Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method...
It had placed far too much faith in the astral world while seriously undervaluing the insect race's strength.
Engrossed in the demands of warfare over this span, it overlooked the developments beneath the Multidimensional Plane. When its subordinates delivered their updates, its gaze expanded in shock, and its visage twisted into a mask of utter revulsion.
"The Dusk Palace Master has attained level 10?"
"He successively triumphed over four Monarchs? Frightened away the Lost Monarch? "
"What exactly is going on with the Six Hundred Thousand Miles Sword Qi River? I've pondered the Art of War for ten thousand years without piercing level 10—how in the world did he achieve it?"
"What on earth is occurring in this realm?"
In that instant, the Amethyst Saint found itself questioning its very existence.
"My prompt submission proved wise; else, the Dusk Palace Master could have hunted me down by now. Shielded by the astral world, he'd likely hesitate to stir up strife, wouldn't he?"
The Dusk Palace Master had triumphed in his monumental endeavor.
Facing such a foe, it could merely flee, yearning for Nightmare and Abyss to swiftly obliterate Nora and the Dusk Palace Master, thus rooting out potential threats....
Nora Calendar 2240, Blood Battle 2128.
With a single sword stroke, the Dusk Palace Master rent the heavens asunder, dissolving the restraints and etching a sixty-thousand-mile Sword Qi River into the shadows along Nora's outer fringes, forever known as: [Dusk Sword River].
Together with [Dragon Claw Sky Abyss], it emerged as an eternal marvel of this cosmos. [Nora’s Sun] and [Dusk Sword River] earned acclaim as Nora's twin wonders.
Legends whisper that at the edge of [Dusk Sword River], demons recoil in fear, nightmares fail to penetrate, and even the Heavenly Father dares not step foot—any who venture in face execution by the river's relentless sword qi!
Truth in these tales remains unknown, and none possess the daring to test them.
Be they from the Nora Wan Clan or the denizens of the Multidimensional Plane—particularly the myriad sword practitioners— all hail the Dusk Palace Master as "The First Sword God".
Certain voices dub him the "Master of the Ten Thousand Miles Sword Qi River", while fervent devotees among sword skill adepts proclaim him:
Ancestor of Sword Skill!
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"How did I end up as the Ancestor of Sword Skill once more?"
Levi lacked the brazen assurance to declare himself a sect founder or ancestral figure. Yet the masses invariably bestow such honors on the mightiest, slowly elevating the supreme to "ancestor" status.
Sauron held no claim as the inaugural wizard, but through pioneering legendary status and establishing the Nora Council, he ascended to wizardry's progenitor.
The Ancestor of Frost Giants followed a similar path.
Regardless of Levi's reluctance, before he knew it, accolades like "Ancestor of Magicians", "Ancestor of Knights", and "Ancestor of Sword Skill" had been thrust upon him as paramount honors.
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Ten years onward.
Nora Calendar 2250, Blood Battle 2138.
Across the Sauron Continent, vast expanses of metal elemental energy churned, manifesting amid the skies as a Bronze War Chariot radiating an ancient, timeless presence.
A solitary form piloted the chariot westward, venturing into the profound voids of space.
Half a year onward.
A formidable imperial silhouette, exuding level-10 power, urged the chariot ahead, trailed by legions of Iron Warriors and mounted troops wielding bronze spears, axes, and broadswords.
Evoking the image of an antiquity's sovereign commanding a vast host on a imperial campaign.
Observers identified this fresh legend as a Metal School affiliate, a Nine Rings Perfected wanderer dubbed [Bronze Walker].
Accounts suggest he gained enlightenment from the Platinum Wind atop Roger Mountain, and across prior warzones, he felled foes without number, amassing considerable martial accolades.
The following day.
The Supreme Council released its decree:
Bronze Walker Gode has risen to legend, ennobled as [Bronze Warlord], with legendary vocation [Copper Puppet Master], demiplane [The Royal Tomb]. His legendary epithet reads [Great Artisan Copper King, Master of Thousand Puppets], and his legendary Wizard Tool is [Bronze War Chariot].
As the council's 19th legendary wizard seat and the Metal School's sole legend, Bronze Warlord stands as the 17th living legend worldwide.
Prior to his legendary breakthrough, Bronze Warlord journeyed to the Ancient Dragon Continent, seeking counsel from Princess Louise of the Ancient Tomb race on stone puppet lore, which may have illuminated his path to this vocation.
In turn, the Supreme Seat swelled to 58 positions!
Having weathered the splendor of the Platinum Era and endured eras of faltering heirs, in this burgeoning grand age, the Metal School at last surges forth.
Honoring the legacy of the Seven Elements School!
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Invisible Heaven of Six Saints.
The Tenth Layer.
"The Metal School endures hardships; may Victor emerge as the subsequent legend." Levi rose from his seat, directing his sight skyward.
After a century of fortifying his spiritual power post-level 10 ascension, he likewise propelled the Black Emperor Dragon Breathing Technique to level 10.
One devastating strike sundered the Ten Layers of Heaven, propelling him into the Black Emperor Dimension—a sign that the Land of Darkness had forsaken its grip on Levi and grown lax.
This ordeal paled in comparison; even absent his dual ascensions, Levi would have navigated it with ease upon first try.
In truth, the Land of Darkness had exploited Levi's trailblazing role, imposing aberrant challenges and tactics amid his Red Emperor Dragon ascent to forge him into a marionette.
Yet it never foresaw Levi inverting those ploys, seizing the Knight’s Great Tribulation authority and supplanting its hold.
Although Levi wielded the tribulation's reins, he refrained from overreach, prompting the Land of Darkness to drop the matter.
For this blood tribulation, merely the Blood Tribulation Master's fragment embedded in Levi’s bloodline intervened to hinder, refraining from total onslaught—rendering the trial laughably mild.
His blade flashed, unleashing sixty miles of Sun Invisible Corona Sword Energy to purge all barriers, swiftly restoring calm to the realm.
The Emperor Star offered no defiance, yielding to refinement by Levi into Dragon Ball and Dragon Soul forms, which he then devoured—propelling his velocity and spiritual force into swift escalation.
Time in cultivation slips by unmarked; in a flash, another decade elapsed.
Nora Calendar 2260.
Black Emperor Heaven.
Trailing Levi in the shadows loomed a subtle vision of crimson, golden, and ebony stars drifting and submerging.
"The Black Emperor Dragon attains level 10 as well."
He summoned the proficiency interface.
Levi————————
Black Emperor Dragon Breathing Technique: Twenty-two Stage (1/1 billion), Special Effect: Black Emperor Dragon Body Supreme Level (level 10 early stage); Exclusive Weapon: Invisible Shadow (level 9); Bloodline Divine Patterns: 81/81; Heavenly Sovereign Authority: Invisible Sanctuary (Ten Layers); Star Sovereign Authority: Invisible Star (Zero Star).
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Levi ventured to the Land of Darkness, intoning the Invisible Secret Word.
[Eight-direction Traceless, Ancient and Modern Invisible! Swift!]
Instantly, he spanned thousands of miles, virtually bypassing spatial bounds. In ordinary large worlds, Levi traversed them in a single inhalation.
"Boasting this velocity, barring exceptional spatial-defying arts, beneath the supreme, none can rival me. In the great world, is there any place beyond my reach?"
Through a series of warps, Levi dove into Nora's domain.
"Truly invigorating—I long to storm the Nightmare Headquarters straightaway, raiding in and out sevenfold. For caution's sake, I'll hold until every six emperor dragons hit level 10 before moving."
Levi rested his palm upon the Klein Crystal Ball.
[Spiritual Force: 88000/88000]
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"Merely around 12,000 spiritual force shy of the baseline for Legendary Wizard status—this round, unhindered by the Dragon Soul, the refinement proved far more thorough."
Nine Rings Body rivals a legend.
It appears genuinely attainable.
"I shall further solidify my spiritual force, then hoist the remaining breathing techniques to level 10—my might will anchor at level-10 zenith. Once my Wizard Path crosses into legend too, the Nightmare Four Emperors fall within my grasp to vanquish!"
Of the leftover trio of breathing techniques, White Emperor Dragon resides at 10-layer Holy Realm, while Green Emperor Dragon and Nightmare Dragon both linger at nine-layer Holy Realm, teetering on level 10—needing just centuries of dedication.
Levi presently anticipates the Succubus Queen dispatching the Seven Element Demon Lords of her own accord, enabling him to forge the paramount chaos artifact variant and affirm his legendary stature.
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Six years hence.
Nora Calendar 2266, Blood Battle 2154.
With Hell plagued by myriad vacant pillar slots, Bloody Queen Mary resumed her role as the 60th pillar. She also claimed the giant dragon corpse demon, drawing from it for her inventions.
The Death Knight bequeathed portions of undead heritage to Mary alongside select level 9 undead such as Lady White Bone, prior to departing for the Ancient Dragon Continent.
Levi regarded this Skeleton Knight, who had rescued him from peril on numerous occasions—a bearer of profound favor toward him. With gravity, Levi inquired:
"Are you truly resolved to forsake this life's cultivation and embark on rebirth?"
The Death Knight responded:
"In pursuit of loftier summits, I embrace the peril of death without remorse!"