In the sea of consciousness of Zhou Bai, the voice of Xuan Nu's prayer as an Angel Envoy kept coming through.

"Are you there, Zhou Bai?"

"Did you obtain the Primal Dao Treasury?"

There was several seconds of silence...

Finally, Xuan Nu just said, "Zhou Bai..."

"...I really like you."

"Promise me, don't come to save me."

"Zhou Bai... Can you just reply once?"

"I want to hear your voice one last time."

Faster!

Faster!

Even faster!

Zhou Bai felt his mind becoming extraordinarily clear, as if the whole world had become more distinct before his eyes.

Choutu's aptitude enhancement was drastically elevated, and his comprehension of the Heavenly Dao, the void, Daoist techniques, and martial arts seemed to be continuously increasing every moment.

The five Divine Skills also seemed to become a bit simpler, and Zhou Bai felt that by stimulating them with the Heaven-Stealing Map, he could now deploy four of the five Divine Skills at once.

At this moment, the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword was operating automatically.

Zhou Bai didn't know why and wasn't aware of the principle behind it.

But as he realized, the gravitational force of the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword had already acted on him, propelling him like an electromagnetic cannon.

At the same time, the Human Sovereign Sword in the hand of the Twisted Shadow was fiercely cleaving out, allowing his form to continually accelerate and shuttle through space.

As his body continually leaped forward at super high speed, the air was shattered into pieces.

In the sky, a continuous series of booming explosions resounded, as if hundreds and thousands of thunderbolts were ceaselessly roaring open.

Wielding the Human Sovereign Sword in his hand, the greatly enhanced Zhou Bai suddenly felt a trace of discord, as if something was missing from the Human Sovereign Sword.

Previously, Zhou Bai didn't have this feeling, but now with his increased aptitude, he could distinctly perceive that his method of using the Human Sovereign Sword was somewhat incorrect, with some difficult-to-notice sluggishness.

... Zhou Bai's Daoization rate reached 65.1%

Whoosh! A golden Sword Qi over a thousand meters long directly spanned the sky, fiercely slashing at the black aura enveloping Xuan Nu.

Just as Si Yi Tianjun sneered, thinking this Sword Qi was useless.

A shadow had already flickered to Xuan Nu's side, gripping Xuan Nu's shoulder in one swift motion.

Black aura swept over from all directions, but the power of the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, Great Black Flame Fire Dragon Formation, and Ice Soul Freeze Light burst forth from the Twisted Shadow one after another, temporarily holding off the black aura.

Then, with a single slash of the Human Sovereign Sword, he had already flickered with Xuan Nu to a position over a hundred meters away.

Si Yi Tianjun said coldly, "Another one? Hmph, can you escape?"

While resisting Si Yi Tianjun's offensive, the Twisted Shadow cradled Xuan Nu in his arms and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm here."

Xuan Nu looked at the Zhou Bai in front of her dazedly without saying a word, merely burying her head deeply in his embrace, finally saying in a weak voice, "I'm sorry, I've been a burden to you."

Zhou Bai looked at the cyan fortune on Xuan Nu's head and sighed in his heart, "Growing so fast, the situation is urgent now, I must harvest it."

Upon hearing Xuan Nu's words, he just smiled, "I like being your burden."

Hearing this, Xuan Nu's body trembled, and she hugged Zhou Bai even tighter.

In the next moment, a surge of Gui Hai Black Fiend spread from the Twisted Shadow's body. Being a body crafted with Gui Hai Black Fiend as a material, spitting out black mud was a simple matter for the Twisted Shadow.

Then the black mud, capable of absorbing fortune, already enveloped Xuan Nu's legs in front of him.

Since Zhou Bai discovered that the cyan fortune on Xuan Nu could grow back, he had been protecting her diligently, but never harvested it, hoping that in battle, Heavenly Favor could enhance her vitality.

But at this moment, Zhou Bai needed even stronger power, deciding to harvest the cyan fortune Xuan Nu had regrown during this period.

"Xuan Nu, from now on, I will protect you."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Nu leaned her head against Zhou Bai's chest, nodding slightly in a well-behaved manner, saying nothing.

With a sweep of Zhou Bai's Gui Hai Black Fiend, he directly harvested five strands of cyan fortune from Xuan Nu's head.

Simultaneously, thanks to the face value provided by Xuan Nu, Zhou Bai's cultivation wisdom and effectiveness gained a terrifying boost.

Just now, he had some unresolved questions about wielding the Human Sovereign Sword, which suddenly became clear.

"I was using an incorrect swordsmanship with the Human Sovereign Sword, causing its operation to be somewhat unsmooth."

Looking at the Human Sovereign Sword in his hand, the secret lore of the Great Xia Imperial Family left by Ji Wuchang flowed through Zhou Bai's mind. The Imperial Family's peerless swordsmanship, specifically used for regulating mountains, rivers, and climate changes—the Heavenly Sword Technique, flowed through his mind.

Zhou Bai remembered that Ji Wuchang had once demonstrated this sword art during a debate in Daluo Heaven.

"It should be this."

Although he had never practiced the Heavenly Sword Technique left by Ji Wuchang, the current Zhou Bai, with the enhancement of aptitude and the boost of face value, felt he understood most of it after just a brief mental review.

He slashed with a sword, Sword Qi was like wind, like rain, elusive and uncertain, colliding with the black aura of Si Yi Tianjun, only to be instantly scattered.

As he saw Zhou Bai being pushed back repeatedly with an unfamiliar swordsmanship, Si Yi Tianjun sneered, "Learning swordsmanship on the spot? Can you still make it, Zhou Bai? What madness is this?"

Zhou Bai, holding Xuan Nu with one arm and using the Human Sovereign Sword to perform the Heavenly Sword Technique with the other, flickered around, dodging Si Yi Tianjun's offensive.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bai replied, "I can make it, of course I can. I learn things very quickly."

You could see Zhou Bai's Human Sovereign Sword cleaving out paths of golden Sword Qi, the Sword Qi transforming into wind and rain, thunder and frost mist, triggering various celestial phenomena, growing increasingly proficient.

The first sword still seemed as if he had just started learning.

The second sword already resembled having studied for years.

The third sword was akin to a Sword Dao master who had immersed himself for decades.

Zhou Bai slashed out, the golden Sword Qi from the Human Sovereign Sword in his hand directly transformed into a violent wind, traversing space, engulfing a host of wraiths released by Si Yi. As they self-destructed, the violent wind again transformed into Sword Qi, directly enveloping the self-destructing wraiths, traversing space, and entangling in a mass of black aura.

The wraiths exploded directly within the Primordial Spirit power of Si Yi Tianjun, causing a tremor in the sky.

"The Sword Qi actually transformed into a celestial phenomenon traversing space... It's the Heavenly Sword Technique of the Great Xia Imperial Family paired with the Human Sovereign Sword." Si Yi Tianjun was stunned in his heart, "Learning so fast! And Ji Wuchang actually passed this sword art on to Zhou Bai?"

As for Zhou Bai, a sense of enlightenment flashed through his heart, finding that pairing the Heavenly Sword Technique with the Human Sovereign Sword was more than ten times more profound and subtle than purely using the Human Sovereign Sword in the past.

'Legend has it that in the Human-Demon War, the descendant of Xia Country, 'Ji Wuchang', wielded the Human Sovereign Sword, slew the Demon god, and died exhausted. The Human Sovereign Sword really isn't that simple, a pity I never realized its profundity before.'

'The Heavenly Sword Technique of the Great Xia Imperial Family, specifically designed to regulate mountains, rivers, and climate changes, is the swordsmanship method for the Human Sovereign Sword.'