I Am Loaded With Passive Skills

Chapter 3995: Chapter 1905: Claiming the Ancestor Title

"Has Hua Changdeng not shown himself yet?"

"Why do I feel like he deliberately sent the Netherworld Army to their deaths, along with those refined Aura of the God of Death..."

"Look at Bazhun’an again; could it be that he truly intends to break the Netherworld of the divine palace into pieces?"

"But the divine palace, can it be shattered..."

In the rear exile zone, discussions arose, the doubts deepened.

Then Bazhun’an took a brief rest, and did not delay further. With a grip in his right hand, he drew another sword from his body.

Crazy Eagle, Qingfeng, had already passed Heavenly Unravel.

Among the nine swords of the sword wheel, even The Bewitching Demon ranked second on the 21 Famed Swords, had been used.

The strongest merely slightly shook the netherworld, poking a few large holes into the divine palace, unable to successfully destroy it.

Everyone thought that to deal another blow to the divine palace, only the top-ranked Evil Sword might hold some hope, but...

"It’s not the Evil Sword!"

"That sword, is, is..."

The sword gradually drawn by Bazhun’an was slender, over three feet long, with a hexagonal guard, embedded with a round disc, displaying a black and white yin-yang fish meeting in a Eight Trigrams pattern.

This was clearly not the Evil Sword, but the Taoist Sword, Taiyi Shengshui Sword!

"Taoist Sword?"

Even Xiao Kongtong was slightly taken aback.

This sword he knew, was snatched from Yao Ye of the Yao Family from Dongtianwang City, ranked sixteenth.

The 21 Famed Swords evidently do not strictly follow the rule that the higher the rank, the stronger the sword.

But those placed higher are usually more famed, better matching Teacher Bazhun’an’s strength, and more hopeful to break the divine palace.

"Sixteenth" position could hardly be considered mid-ranked, belonging to one of the lower few on the list.

Using the Taoist Sword against the divine palace and netherworld?

Would its effect really be better than the Crazy Eagle Sword?

Yet some keen-eyed observers saw a clue, compared to the previously displayed swords like Crazy Eagle, Qingfeng, and The Bewitching Demon.

The appearance of the Taoist Sword Taiyi Shengshui was calm, unlike those impulsive famed swords eager to excel.

As if being used was merely proper.

Undervalued, it neither fights nor feels upset, always serene.

Bazhun’an poised the Taoist Sword, horizontally aligned his palm in reflection. Once their sword eyes surveyed, touching the Taoist Sword’s blade inch by inch, did it softly hum with a slight ripple.

He stepped forward once again, having traversed from the center of ten cities to the north of the netherworld, before the Gate of Fengdu.

"Arrived..."

From the south of the netherworld to the middle, to the Gate of Fengdu, totaling three steps, slicing twenty Holy Emperors.

When the White-clothed settled before the ominous black ancient gate, the onlookers glanced and felt their sight blurred, their spirit entirely captured.

In a trance, what they saw...

Some saw a celestial mountain shrouded in mist, where isolated aspirants as tiny as snowflakes strived to ascend, seldom transcending.

Some saw upon the vast Cloud Lake, a lone boat drifting with the waves; seeming to comfort itself as if pursuing direction, bewildered in the end.

"Dao..."

Five Domains Refining Spirit Masters, their lifelong pursuit boiled down to the word "Dao."

By sacrificing themselves into such an imagery, each felt confusion arise.

Where is Dao?

Atop celestial mountains, beyond the cloud sea?

Yet the path of enlightenment as witnessed now, even after countless years within such imagery, climbers still climb, boaters still drift.

Clinging to pursuits yet ensnared by them!

Who knows how long it took, the celestial mountains and cloud sea quaked, and the scenery shifted.

Pursuits fruitless, as a grand dream awakens, revealing only an emerging dawn breaking the boundless sea and infinite sky.

At this moment, everyone felt as though they had attained something, yet as if they had gained nothing at all.

The sunrise rose in the east, the yin-yang cycled as usual.

Life, like ants, how could it rival the vastness of nature?

Perhaps letting go, is picking up.

Perhaps seeing, is obtaining?

...

"Attain... Dao..."

Xiao Kongtong silently murmured, his lifelong quest was merely to follow in Teacher’s footsteps.

He sought neither to surpass, nor ascend, yet this too was pursuit.

Witnessing the imagery of the sunrise over the sea, with his path energy surging, he felt a breakthrough was just a step away, perhaps on this level of "Enlightenment."

What is it?

What is Dao?

No more childhood deities touching his head, soothing him from one to zero along the Path of the Ancient Swordsman; Xiao Kongtong, having reached this point, faced the sea sun and was instead lost.

...

"Dao..."

Mei Siren once sought Dao.

After reaching demi-saint, he too lost himself.

That night on Qingyuan Mountain, meeting the childlike heart Cao Erzhu, regained some confidence, currently witnessing that "sea sun," clarity returned to his eyes.

He experienced more than Xiao Kongtong, saw more.

Upon seeing the sea sun, he also saw within its depths a white-clothed figure rarely visible.

Mei Siren nodded, closed his eyes, observing no more.

That was his Dao, not his own.

Having seen the sea sun, it was acquired, continuing to see might lodge gods and buddhas in his gaze, extinguishing hope for further transcendence in life.

...

Amidst the sea sun, shadows as small as peas.

In the viewable realm of the Five Domains, few could perceive it, but Mei Siren, Elder Wuyue, and some more seasoned demi-saints did.

Outside the Time Realm Rift, the Third Ancestor cast his gaze, seeing more fully, witnessing the yin-yang sides of the sea sun.

"Indeed, he has comprehended ’Two in One’..."

In the phantom of the tomb under the tower, the Demon Ancestor’s voice bore slight gratification.

What He observed was not just the imagery within the netherworld but also the rising of celestial mountains, cloud lakes, and sea sun phenomena on Lingyu Mountain.

Ultimately, Bazhun’an stood within the sea sun, transforming into yin-yang sides.

He manifested within the divine palace, netherworld as White-clothed, White Sword.

Amassing the Power of Name of the Five Domains, manifesting on Lingyu Mountain, yet was youthful arrogance, Black-clothed, Black Sword.