"Next… let's see if I can deduce the Sixteenth Sword of Severing Life!"
The thought of having no bottlenecks flashed across Jiang Li's mind for just a moment. He didn't dwell on it.
Having no bottleneck was nothing but a good thing for him.
His next goal was to deduce the Sixteen Swords of Severing Life.
Back then, Yan Shisan had created a Sword Domain when cultivating the Fifteenth Sword. This proved the potential of this sword art—its power was not inferior to the Shengling Jianfa at all.
Naturally, Jiang Li grew interested in continuing its deduction.
In an instant, within Jiang Li's consciousness, the Thirteen Swords of Severing Life surged forth like a tide.
The first eighteen swords of the Shengling Jianfa were swords of emotion; everything beyond those became swords of ruthlessness.
Just from the name "Severing Life Thirteen Swords," one could tell—they were created solely for killing, even more merciless than the Shengling Jianfa.
As for the Fifteenth Sword, the original text described it as a sword that signified nothing but death and destruction. It should not exist in the human world.
Even Yan Shisan, who created the sword, was terrified by it. In the end, he chose to die beneath Xie Xiaofeng's sword in order to bury this horrifying swordsmanship with him.
He had said it before:
By borrowing the enlightenment brought by the immortal fruit, he barely comprehended the sword; he almost killed himself in the process.
Inside his consciousness, Jiang Li followed the core intent of the Thirteen Swords of Severing Life, pushing the deduction further and further, striving to extend this sword technique—created solely for slaughter—all the way to the Sixteenth Sword.
[You have created the Sixteenth Sword of Severing Life—Youming Fuchen!]
The Sixteenth Sword… emerged!
Youming Fuchen—Netherworld Rise and Fall.
Just like the fifteen swords before it, it pursued the extreme of slaughter, a sword born for death alone.
But unlike the Fifteenth Sword—
The Fifteenth created a Sword Domain, killing through that domain.
Simply put, the Fifteenth Sword destroyed the physical body, while the Sixteenth Sword killed from the spirit and primordial soul.
[Sixteenth Sword of Severing Life: Youming Fuchen — a profound Sword Dao secret art, valued at 1.8 billion points. Upload?]
Jiang Li opened the chat group's appraisal for Youming Fuchen.
One billion eight hundred million—honestly, for members of the chat group, this was already an astronomical number.
But for Jiang Li… a secret art of this point value was still far from enough.
Of course, the fact that he could deduce a secret art of this caliber from the Thirteen Swords alone was already astonishing.
"Yes!"
A mere 1.8 billion wasn't enough for Jiang Li to treat it as his exclusive trump card. Without hesitation, he uploaded it.
Chat Group
[Group member Jiang Li has uploaded "Sixteenth Sword of Severing Life: Youming Fuchen." Please check it promptly!]
Yan Shisan: "???"
Wudang Centenarian Daoist: "Damn! Jiang Li-dage already created the Sixteenth Sword?"
Long Bo: "I'm going to take a look!"
Xiao Li Feidao: "No need, I already checked. One point eight billion!"
Chen Beixuan: "Hissss! Terrifying!"
Tiandi Wuji Qiankun Borrowing Method: "Jiang Li-dage, can you stop being so monstrous? You're giving all of us too much pressure!"
Zombie Daozhang @ Yan Shisan: "How does it feel?"
Yan Shisan: "I originally had great ambition to continue working on the Sixteenth Sword… but since this Sixteenth Sword is worth 1.8 billion, it seems I'll never succeed in my lifetime. I feel hopeless!"
Long Bo: "Good. Despair is the correct reaction. You haven't been in the group long—eventually you'll go numb."
Swallowing Lord @ Yan Shisan: "This is my Sixteenth Sword, not your Sixteenth Sword. Don't let me affect you."
Xiao Li Feidao: "Jiang Li-dage, no use comforting him. This level of psychological damage can't be fixed with a few words."
Yan Shisan: "I still feel despair… but Jiang Li-dage's words made my heart feel a bit better. I won't compare myself with him anymore."
Wudang Centenarian Daoist: "That's the right mentality. Jiang Li-dage is a freak. Comparing yourself to him is just asking for pain."
Sun Wukong: "Are you all here? Old Sun has arrived!"
Wang Chao: "Move aside, everyone, my Monkey Bro is here!"
Shipo Tian: "Greetings to Monkey Bro!"
Chen Beixuan @ Sun Wukong: "Monkey Bro, you haven't come online for a few days. How's your cultivation going?"
Sun Wukong: "I'm not sure… but in these few days, I completed two mergers of Dao!"
Chen Beixuan: "??? You can merge your Dao multiple times?"
Swallowing Lord: "My Hundun Benyuan Fa requires continuously merging Dao—each time you comprehend a new Dao, you merge it with the previous one. You keep merging… until you fuse all the Daos of existence into one."
Chen Beixuan: "Damn! That's terrifying. No wonder Jiang Li-dage said I wasn't qualified to practice it!"
Chen Beixuan: "Back then, it took me four hundred years just to merge my first Dao!"
Wudang Centenarian Daoist: "No, what's terrifying is Sun Wukong. In just a few days, he merged Dao twice!"
Wang Chao: "No wonder Jiang Li-dage passed this technique to Monkey Bro. Only he deserves to cultivate the Hundun Benyuan Fa."
Yan Shisan: "I'm more curious—Jiang Li-dage is the one who created this method. How many Daos has he merged now?"
Xiao Li Feidao: "Jiang Li-dage must have already merged all the Daos under heaven."
Swallowing Lord: "You're exaggerating."
Swallowing Lord @ Sun Wukong: "The further you go, the harder it is to comprehend a Dao. You must be patient."
Swallowing Lord: "Right now you're progressing fast only because you're digesting your foundation from countless past eras."
Swallowing Lord: "Once that foundation is exhausted, you'll have to rely on yourself."
Swallowing Lord: "But once it's all consumed… in your world, few will be able to match you."
Sun Wukong: "Alright, Jiang Li-dage! Here are the fruits my monkey and monkeys didn't finish these past days!"
[Sun Wukong has sent Jiang Li an exclusive red envelope!]
Sun Wukong sent Jiang Li the accumulated rewards from the days he was offline.
But this time… it wasn't even one-third of the previous amount.
Jiang Li didn't mind.
After all, all those monkeys and monkey grandchildren still needed to eat.
[Wuxia World — A-Xing has joined the chat group!]
A-Xing?
Jiang Li paused. The name felt a little unfamiliar.
Xiao Li Feidao: "Damn! Another newcomer!"
Shipo Tian: "Welcome, newcomer!"
Wudang Centenarian Daoist: "Newcomer, show your face! Reveal your cultivation!"
Zixia Junzijiàn: "Why is it another person from a Wuxia world? Are Wuxia worlds the most common among the myriad realms?"
Tiandi Qiankun Wuji Borrowing Method: "What? You looking down on Wuxia worlds?"
Sun Wukong: "Oh? A newcomer? Hopefully a bigshot appears!"
Wang Chao @ Sun Wukong: "Impossible. How could a bigshot come from a Wuxia world?"
A-Xing: "What… is this thing?"
In the world of Kung Fu, A-Xing revealed a shocked expression.
He suddenly encountered some kind of "chat group invitation." He thought his brain had glitched. Out of curiosity, he tapped "agree."
Who knew he wasn't hallucinating at all?
A small box appeared before him—visible only to himself.
Inside it… many people were speaking.
They were even welcoming him.
What shocked him even more—every time he had a doubt in his heart, that thought automatically appeared as text in the box.
Xiao Li Feidao: "Yup, another clueless newbie. Fine, let this mighty expert explain!"
Wang Chao: "I'm the strongest here. I'll explain. Newcomer, pay attention—this is the Chat Group of the Myriad Worlds. Every member is from a different universe!"