110: Chapter 011: Comprehending the Nine Concealing Souls Ancient Prohibition 110: Chapter 011: Comprehending the Nine Concealing Souls Ancient Prohibition This kind of Ancient Rune describes an unknown Tao’s breath, which at a glance emits a distinctive aura that calms the heart and tranquilizes the soul.

Zhou Yan was just carefully examining the silk when he felt as if his intentions of slaughter and desire were being cleansed, those negative emotions disappearing significantly.

Zhou Yan was also somewhat astonished and unsettled.

If this object had such an effect, how could its possessor become even more ruthless and wicked?

That brother of Xie Wuyang from the Purgatory Sword Sect, his personality, surely did not seem like someone who had truly comprehended such a Sword Array, yet he seemed able to use it?

This Sword Array had been newly constructed as well, besides him, who else could have assembled such a Sword Array?

Zhou Yan was somewhat bemused.

But he did not continue to ponder, instead silently analyzing within the Sword Array.

At the same time, Zhou Yan was carefully sensing the situation at the center of his eyebrows, attempting to enter and achieve Enlightenment.

Since the last time he entered the center of his eyebrows, nearly three days had passed, and within those three days, he had been unable to continue entering and initiate that state of Enlightenment.

This time, Zhou Yan sensed something different once again.

As the three days came to an end, a sovereign-like sensation reappeared.

Upon feeling this, Zhou Yan immediately understood in his heart that he could seize another opportunity for comprehension!

Moreover, the last time, he comprehended too much all at once, and although many puzzlements were resolved, the overall gains were in fact minimal.

This time, Zhou Yan’s mind was only filled with the mystique of the Ancient Sword Formation and the true pursuit of such a Sword Array, focusing all his thoughts on the Ancient Runes on the silk, his heart filled with unsolved doubts.

With such an intent and such an opportunity, Zhou Yan naturally did not hold back.

This Sword Array, being difficult to detect even with his abilities, Zhou Yan resolutely threw caution to the wind and directly condensed his soul within the eyebrow space, thus appearing within that Heaven and Earth.

In such a state, Zhou Yan did not know his own condition, but he did not need to know, because upon arriving there, a terrifying Vitality Energy had already enveloped his soul.

The size of the space remained only a thousand cubic units, and although it had expanded ever so slightly, the increase was minuscule, almost imperceptible.

Zhou Yan appeared there, his soul taking form with the silk of the same size in his hand.

At this time, the text on the silk began to behave strangely.

It seemed like living text, swimming in the spiritual Vitality Energy like tadpoles or fish moving in the water.

Zhou Yan still did not understand this, but as he seriously pondered, suddenly, he had an inexplicable feeling of “a heart free of malice widens the bounds of Heaven and Earth.”

Once this sensation appeared, Zhou Yan felt as if all the myriad things in Heaven and Earth suddenly had life in a bizarre way.

In addition, Zhou Yan felt as if he had suddenly understood a kind of Tao, a Tao that was indescribable and unfathomable.

This Tao was suddenly imprinted into his body and into his soul.

Zhou Yan felt that at this moment, with just such confidence, shooting beams of light from his eyes could annihilate a Sword Soul First Layer Heaven expert.

It was an unknown Tao, a Tao of unrivaled self-confidence, an attitude of “who but me?”

Just as if, by suddenly understanding this Sword Array, Zhou Yan’s own Tao had also ascended.

Zhou Yan stood there, allowing countless Runes to be merged and refined by the Purple Flame Breath, flying into the Purple Flame Refinement, becoming the energy for the lotus seeds to grow.

He simply watched as the scene unfolded, feeling nothing.

During this process, Zhou Yan had no notion of the time that had passed, it seemed like an instant, yet as if an eternity.

This sensation, much like the toiling and Condensing Essence Blood in the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm, was an indescribable sense of Transcendence beyond rules.

The mutation of the Purple Flame and lotus seeds allowed the lotus seeds to take root and grow amidst the Thunderflame, a mysterious transformation.

Moreover, the growth of the lotus seeds consumed a great deal of Energy and resources!

Most of the Elixirs and Spirit Stones from the Qiankun Rings of the two Cultivators previously, once placed into the eyebrow space, now turned to ash, wiped out of existence.

…

“Humm—”

In the Heaven and Earth, an inexplicable fluctuation manifested, and Zhou Yan’s soul stirred, almost flying out of the eyebrow space.

But his will was strong, and he forcefully stopped that uncontrollable feeling, directly conveying a message to the Purple Flame Lotus Seed, “What’s going on?

Give me an explanation!”

His intention reached out, touching the terrifying Purple Flame Lotus Seed, which did not impact Zhou Yan’s intention or display any power, nor did it respond.

It was as if it were an inanimate object, lying there quietly, burning.

Silent.

“You’re not speaking?

Or are you too disdainful to answer?

As the host, don’t I even have the right to know?”

“I just want to understand what exactly the mutation is, so I can analyze my various abilities and make plans for my cultivation.”

Zhou Yan transmitted the messages again.

But still, there was no response, and he felt a kind of throbbing pain at his brow, indicative of his soul’s usage reaching a certain limit.

His mind stirred, and he voluntarily exited the Purple Flame Space in his brow.

Upon exiting that place, Zhou Yan’s body jolted, feeling as if his soul had returned to its rightful place, shedding the ethereal sensation and gaining a sense of reality.

But Zhou Yan couldn’t say whether he felt happy or unhappy.

The Purple Flame Lotus Seed in his brow, which had taken root in the flames, was stuck there like a mountain occupying the core of his brow, immovable.

Yet it seemed that at regular intervals, the Flame Lotus Seed would produce tremendous life energy in an eruptive state, and at these times, Zhou Yan could enter a state of Enlightenment.

During this process, comprehension became extremely simple.

His comprehension could rise, perhaps by no less than a million times.

Zhou Yan knew the benefits of this, but he couldn’t fathom the nature of such a thing.

“It must be some kind of mutation, and it definitely possesses a self.

I just don’t know why I can’t control it…

or perhaps I am just too weak…”

Zhou Yan sighed a little within his heart, but soon he let it go; maybe it’s better not to know.

For now, he would just exploit this capability for Enlightenment.

With that thought, Zhou Yan felt much relieved, no longer obsessing over understanding the key point.

He returned to his senses and looked at the Sword Array before him, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

“This is the Ancient Forbidden Nine Concealing Souls Array!”

“These are Runes evolved from ancient Tao Rules.

Although I don’t understand what they signify, it’s clear they convey a special Ancient Prohibition method of the Fusion Dao.”

This time, Zhou Yan suddenly understood the Ancient Array.

Then, with the aid of the ancient silk, Zhou Yan carefully analyzed it, and this time, he understood completely after just one look.

“So that’s how it is.

With this Dao, can I forcibly integrate the various Daos I comprehend with my soul’s potential and wield them fluently and without effort, all while keeping my energy fluctuations calm?”

“This is the Ancient Sword Intent from Ancient Times?

How incredibly powerful!”

“So, Sword Dao Sword Intent can also be comprehended in this way.

Truly fantastic!

Uniquely ingenious, unimaginable!”

…

Zhou Yan marveled intermittently in his heart, murmuring to himself.

This ancient scroll of silk provided him with tremendous help, and his own Array capabilities also greatly improved!

Finally, Zhou Yan finished reading all of the Ancient Runes on the ancient scroll of silk, feeling their vastness and exclaiming in wonderment again and again.

This time, his comprehension of the Ancient Array Runes helped Zhou Yan grasp a special way of the Fusion Dao, an ancient Sword Intent path.

This method of integrating Sword Intents gave Zhou Yan a new direction for comprehension in his cultivation.

He not only largely mastered the Ancient Forbidden Nine Concealing Souls Sword Formation but also learned the way of condensing the Concealing Soul Sword Intent from the silk.

The effects of the Purple Flame Lotus Seed were incredibly potent; the Enlightenment effect seemed to far surpass that of the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm.

Sadly, such an opportunity for Enlightenment came once every three days, and it seemed that was only after the Purple Flame refined lots of Spirit Crystals and special Elixirs.

Judging by Zhou Yan’s estimates, the resources in the Qiankun Rings of Xie Wuyang’s brother and that woman were definitely substantial, but nearly all had been refined…

It could only be said that the Purple Flame Lotus Seed was a major consumer of energy.

Under normal circumstances, how long would it take to have such an opportunity for Enlightenment?

Zhou Yan couldn’t judge specifically.

Moreover, Zhou Yan also knew that this kind of Enlightenment wasn’t truly all-powerful.

Just like with the Ancient Array, he’d only comprehended most of it, with some parts still murky and not fully understood.

It seemed this had nothing to do with his comprehension or the Enlightenment Lotus Seeds.

Perhaps, he’d simply reached his limit of comprehension or the limit his Realm could withstand.

After various analyses, Zhou Yan had to make a series of judgments, and then he began practicing his gains within this Ancient Forbidden Sword Formation.

The hallmark of the Concealing Souls Ancient Forbidden Sword Formation was the ‘Conceal’, thanks to a special method of soul manipulation that hides one’s various energies, making it impossible for others to gauge their depth at a glance.

At the same time, the Concealing Souls Ancient Forbidden Sword Formation also had the capability of concealing one’s self, enabling the easy realization of a concealing effect that prevents even those three great Realms above one’s soul from sensing them.

This might not be earth-shattering for an average powerhouse, but Zhou Yan’s soul was a special ability of his, unlike others.

Normally being unnoticed was naturally better.

Moreover, Zhou Yan’s Soul Strength was the true strength of his combat prowess.

Given the current display of his Soul Strength, Zhou Yan was confident that it was comparable to that of a cultivator in the Sword Soul Second Layer Heaven.

As such, targeting three great Realms above in Soul Strength would mean surpassing the Sword Spirit Realm into the Supreme Realm…

This was undoubtedly a remarkable ability, as if tailor-made for Zhou Yan.