“True, Yao Ancestor indeed entered the Tao Comprehension Realm within Sixty Years and defeated all other saintesses, a truly dazzling talent.”
Other Alchemists were also exchanging thoughts and praising.
All being from the same circle, their voices carried a light tone.
Li Hao, hearing them mention Yao Ancestor, was quite surprised and glanced over at Yao Ancestor, only to notice that she had also glanced back.
But when their gazes met, hers just lightly swept past him without lingering.
Li Hao hadn’t expected that this Semi-Saint had been so stunning in her youth; indeed, those who become Semi-Saints were top geniuses of their times.
This is precisely why the trials get increasingly tough: those who can cultivate to such a level had also been capable of crossing realms to defeat enemies, dominating unchallenged.
A Semi-Saint like this was truly monstrous, let alone the Saints.
“Stop talking now, place your bets, it’s starting.”
Lin Shanhai said languidly.
Several people promptly placed their bets.
Li Hao then watched the defending stage where a tall, graceful young man stood.
He didn’t hide his aura, naturally revealing it like a True Dragon standing majestically on the stage; seemingly gentle but with an extremely domineering presence.
Soon, someone stepped up to challenge.
But they quickly fell defeated as the young man simply unleashed his Dao Domain, pressing them till they couldn’t move.
Then came the second, and the third—successive challengers went up but were all effortlessly defeated until the seventh person, who appeared to be another Inner Sect prodigy. Their Dao Domains clashed, and they drew swords to fight.
Both their swordsmanship reached the peak of the Seventh Stage with fierce momentum.
“Acquired superficial knowledge, record it?”
A prompt popped up before Li Hao.
Li Hao smiled slightly and selected yes.
Quickly, successive movement and sword techniques were recorded into his panel.
Four new Cultivation Techniques appeared in his panel, comprising the movement techniques and swordsmanship demonstrated by the two combatants.
As he recorded the Cultivation Techniques, a wealth of information poured into his mind. Li Hao digested and assimilated it slowly, mastering it soon enough. Although his movement technique wasn’t quite at their level, his understanding of the Sword Dao Eighth Stage refined both sword techniques to a higher tier, realizing their Sword Intent!
Thus, when Li Hao observed their sword moves again, he found their styles intense yet plainly flawed.
If one realized the Sword Intent, a single sword strike could break the opponent’s Sword Momentum!
A momentum without intent condensed is merely loose and vulnerable to a single strike!
However, having comprehended the Sword Intent from their techniques, Li Hao felt his own unique Sword Intent becoming more complete.
His unique Sword Intent could sever anything he wished to cut through.
But to truly achieve that, one must have a deep understanding of all things in the world.
Only with understanding can one solve mysteries.
That is, collecting more Sword Intent makes my unique Sword Intent stronger… Li Hao realized inwardly, suddenly curious, could there be different levels to Sword Intent?
If he understood enough Sword Intents, could his unique Sword Intent reach a truly complete level?
Li Hao’s eyes sparkled, regardless, the more Sword Intents he gathered, the stronger his unique Sword Intent would become.
Li Hao’s Divine Thought spread out, observing the fights on ten different stages simultaneously.
Soon, multiple prompts sounded.
“Acquired superficial knowledge, record it?”
Yes, yes, yes!
Li Hao kept confirming, with more and more Cultivation Techniques appearing on his panel, primarily focused on swordsmanship and movement techniques – after all, Sword Ancestor Holy Land was dedicated to the Sword Dao!
Unlike academies or other top-tier forces that dabbled in various Cultivation Techniques.
Within the Holy Land, led by Saints, cultivation was more focused and pure.
This seemed less comprehensive, but the extreme purity eased the making of powerful figures capable of standing alone against many!
When swordsmanship is strong enough, it can break anything.
When Fist Skill is strong enough, it can suppress all other skills!
Within the Holy Land, the cultivation Realm rises faster, not just because of the intense energy, but also due to the purity!
Purity often touches extremity.
Unless one reaches a certain level of cultivation, hitting a bottleneck with no progress, would they start to slowly explore other Cultivation Techniques to increase their versatility.
Through observing the competitions, Li Hao found his movement technique similar to that of general Inner Sect Disciples, but far inferior to the top Inner Sect prodigies.
Here, the prodigies had been diligently practicing for decades, their movement techniques reaching around the Sixth Stage.
However, with Returning Ruins Extreme Realm, Li Hao could compensate for the lack in movement techniques.
As he recorded the sword techniques, Li Hao’s understanding of Sword Intent also increased.
Each Inner Sect Disciple’s sword technique was Daoist-level.
In the Sword Ancestor Holy Land, there was no shortage of top-tier sword techniques, and what the Inner Sect Disciples cultivated were these types, varying only in depth of mastery.
Li Hao felt that, having gone through one round of recording, he had probably stealthily learned about ninety percent of the sword techniques available in the Sword Ancestor Holy Land.
Under his Sword Dao Eighth Stage comprehension, all these techniques now comprised condensed Sword Intent.
As the number of Sword Intents he mastered rose from dozens to hundreds, Li Hao, even with his strong physique, felt a bit of swelling in his brain. But his unique Sword Intent, incorporating more understanding, became even more formidable.
Previously, when Lin Qingyue practiced her swordsmanship, Li Hao felt that he could easily sever her weak points; now, he felt that even if she fought with her strongest gentle Sword Intent, he could still easily sever it.
Through association and insights into numerous Sword Intents, understanding their deficiencies, his comprehension of Sword Intent was nearing Entering Dao.