Gu Changyuan leaned back in his rocking chair, feeling the warmth of Tushan Hanyan’s arm wrapped around his own. A strange sense of wonder suddenly welled up in his heart.
He never imagined that the disciple he had picked up back then, Tushan Youyao, was not only a collateral branch of the celestial fox bloodline.
And the disciple’s own apprentice, whom she later took on, turned out to be the direct bloodline of the nine-tailed celestial fox.
Gu Changyuan opened his eyes and gazed up at the parasol leaves above.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled shadows across his face.
The clan members who had ostracized Tushan Youyao because of her different fur color... those who had mocked Tushan Hanyan for her white fur, calling her a "freak"... those who had wished to drive her out of the clan entirely.
If they ever learned how foolish their choices had been back then, what would their expressions look like?
He truly wondered if he should thank those Tushan clan members who had once spread such prejudice based on fur color.
Of course, that was a joke.
Those nine-tailed fox clansmen had never been worth his concern.
But if they insisted on courting their own doom and coming around to trouble him, Gu Changyuan wouldn’t mind swatting them all dead with a single palm strike.
Leaning back in his rocking chair, Gu Changyuan tapped lightly on the armrest with his fingers, his mind drifting elsewhere.
Suddenly, a thought struck him. He raised his right hand and lightly slapped his own forehead.
He had almost forgotten.
Now that his demonic beast disciples had arrived in the immortal realm, they could complete their bloodline awakening.
That meant his human disciples’ techniques should also have evolved into their complete forms.
Back when the system had granted those techniques, it had clearly stated—those techniques were sealed immortal-grade techniques.
Being sealed meant they weren’t the same as what had been displayed in the Nine Heavens Realm.
Just like the demonic beast bloodlines—once the suppression vanished, evolution would follow.
No wonder the elders on Human Peak were still in seclusion.
Gu Changyuan had initially thought they were just cultivating, adapting to the immortal energy of the immortal realm, and stabilizing their Human Immortal cultivation.
But now that he thought about it, it had to be more than that.
They were likely still comprehending the full, evolved versions of their immortal-grade techniques.
If it were merely a matter of stabilizing their cultivation, calm and steady people like Ye Qingxue and Yue Lingxi might have the patience to stay in seclusion.
But the most restless and clingy of them all, Bai Ling’er, would never willingly stay locked in her cave for days on end without surfacing.
Just as Gu Changyuan was about to extend his divine sense to check on his disciples...
Atop the Immortal Pavilion on Human Peak, Ye Qingxue opened her eyes.
Her gaze was clear and luminous, a brilliant spiritual light shimmering deep in her pupils. Her face glowed with the joy and clarity of having broken through her shackles and fully grasped a new technique.
She looked down at her hands. Sword marks rippled faintly across her palms. Clenching them lightly, she felt the immense power surging within her—so much stronger than before. A slight smile tugged at her lips.
Her figure flickered into a streak of sharp, graceful sword light, crossing the distance between Human Peak and the Celestial Abode, heading straight for Gu Changyuan.
The moment she landed, she saw at a glance the ten demonic beast disciples surrounding their master.
Ye Qingxue’s gaze swept over each of them, and surprise flickered in her eyes.
In her perception, though only a few days had passed, the auras of these ten demonic beast disciples had undergone a massive transformation.
Their foundations were now vast and profound—several times more heavy and abundant than before. The vitality in their blood and qi was fierce and immense. Their demonic power was pure and condensed, and faint traces of beastly Dao patterns lingered around them. Compared to before their ascension, the difference was like mud versus clouds.
Ye Qingxue withdrew her gaze from the ten demon clan junior brothers and sisters and refocused it on her master.
Seeing Gu Changyuan smiling and looking at her, she walked forward slowly. With a proper posture, she slightly bowed and saluted, speaking in a gentle and respectful tone:
"Master."
Gu Changyuan nodded slightly, and his gaze lingered on her for a moment.
"How do you feel?"
He glanced at the demon clan disciples around and slightly curved the corner of his mouth.
"After your junior brothers and sisters arrived in the Immortal Realm, the bloodline suppression was reduced, and they all completed their bloodline evolution."
While asking Ye Qingxue about her situation, he explained the doubts in her heart.
Ye Qingxue understood and then respectfully reported:
"Reporting to master."
Ye Qingxue's voice was calm and steady.
"My cultivation technique has evolved to its complete form."
She paused, as if choosing her words carefully.
"The complete form of that cultivation technique is called 'The Sword Canon of the Nine Annihilations of the Great Void'.
It's just that this sword canon is too vast and mysterious. I've been delving into it whole - heartedly for several days, but I've only touched a little bit of the surface. The Great Dao is obscure and difficult to comprehend. Please, master, enlighten me."
There was a rare sense of frustration in her voice, which even she herself didn't realize.
Since she fully comprehended her own Supreme Void Sword Body, there was no cultivation technique she couldn't learn and no sword - way she couldn't understand.
Any cultivation technique in her hands could have its essence mastered within three days, be integrated within ten days, and she could outshine the original within a hundred days.
But for this Sword Canon of the Nine Annihilations of the Great Void, after several days of study, she hadn't even grasped the basics.
Ye Qingxue knelt on one knee, with her head slightly lowered, waiting.
Gu Changyuan looked at her, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.
Was there really a sword - way cultivation technique that this eldest disciple couldn't understand?
Gu Changyuan knew Ye Qingxue's talent in the sword - way. Her understanding of the sword, her grasp of the sword intent, and her application of sword moves were unparalleled among her peers.
She wasn't someone who would easily say "Please enlighten me". She was more used to researching, comprehending, and solving problems on her own.
Now that she had said these four words, it meant that this cultivation technique was indeed beyond the scope of her current independent comprehension.
Gu Changyuan slowly straightened his body.
Tushan Hanyan timely let go of his arm, stepped back from him, and retreated behind the rocking chair, standing obediently without causing any trouble.
Ye Qingxue took a step forward, knelt on one knee in front of the rocking chair, leaned her body forward slightly, and tilted her head in Gu Changyuan's direction.
Her posture was just right, neither too high nor too low, neither too far nor too close, making it convenient for her master to make contact.
Gu Changyuan raised his right hand, and his fingertips gently touched Ye Qingxue's forehead.
The moment his fingertips touched her forehead, a sword intent surged out from Ye Qingxue's spiritual sea and flowed into Gu Changyuan's spiritual sea along the point of contact.
Gu Changyuan closed his eyes.
In his spiritual sea, a huge sword canon slowly unfolded.
The Sword Canon of the Nine Annihilations of the Great Void.
Six characters written with sword intent. Each character was like an unsheathed sharp sword, showing its edge and imposing grandeur.
Those six characters were suspended in Gu Changyuan's spiritual sea, emitting nine different kinds of light.
Black, white, gold, transparent, illusory, chaotic, void, dominant, and non - existent.
The nine kinds of light intertwined, illuminating his entire spiritual sea.
The sword canon unfolded.
The First Annihilation: Star Annihilation - Shattering the Stars with the Sword
The Second Annihilation: Moon Annihilation - The Transformation of the Lunar Yin
The Third Annihilation: Sun Annihilation - The Golden Crow's Incineration
The Fourth Annihilation: Void Annihilation - A Line without Distance
The Fifth Annihilation: Time Annihilation - The Reverse Journey of Time
The Sixth Annihilation: Dao Annihilation - The Collapse of Laws
The Seventh Annihilation: Self Annihilation - The Return of the True Self to Nothingness
The Eighth Annihilation: Dao and Self - The Sovereign of the Void
The Ninth Annihilation: Return to the Sword at the Primordial Beginning - Nothingness
Gu Changyuan opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing across them.
It's not that he had never seen profound cultivation techniques.
After all, during his time in the Disorderly Ruins, he had obtained quite a few cultivation techniques that were unattainable even in the Nine Heavens Realm, let alone in this Ten Thousand Luo Immortal Realm.
However, this "Nine Annihilation Sword Canon of the Void" still left him somewhat shocked - not because of its power, but because of its "completeness".
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