"Clang! Clang!"

The sound of two long swords clashing.

Two Luochen Sword Palace disciples were sparring in front of Wang Qi.

The two long swords thrust, chopped, slashed, and parried, performing countless exquisite sword moves. Meanwhile, Wang Qi occasionally shouted lazily, "No, no... you're stabbing wrong... first stab at the Quchi, then flick upwards... you shouldn't be defending this strike! You're missing a great chance..."

Although his voice was languid, the two Luochen Sword Palace disciples felt inexplicably motivated listening to him.

——This is Senior Brother Xia after all…

——This is Senior Brother Xia, the number one in swordsmanship among the Golden Core Stage disciples…

——Oh my god… I can actually receive guidance from Senior Brother Xia…

——My swordsmanship is bound to make great strides!

But in Wang Qi's heart, he was somewhat anxious, as if waiting for a download progress bar: "Hurry up... hurry up... I'm giving serious guidance just so these two can keep fighting together... hurry up..."

In fact, he was indeed waiting for a "progress bar." However, he wasn't the one downloading something directly; rather, he needed one of the two duelists to "directly transmit" something from within themselves to the other person.

One of these two Foundation Establishment cultivators from Luochen Sword Palace had been cursed with Wang Qi's Divine Plague Curse Technique, while the other had not.

In the fierce battle, both of them fully unleashed their mana power intent, and the one infected with the Heart Demon Curse was constantly transmitting the Divine Plague Curse Technique from themselves to the other disciple through mana waves.

However, this method of transmission was painfully slow. It felt like using a 500K tiny water pipe.

Whenever their swords clashed, their mana would directly touch, and a large amount of data could be transmitted at once, like a trial membership of a download software. Thus, Wang Qi intentionally maintained a balanced situation between these two so they could continue fighting for a long time.

Once the transmission of the Heart Demon Curse between the two was completed, Wang Qi subtly favored one side, casually guiding one of them to defeat the other.

Seeing a brand new Heart Demon Curse infected, a new human computing unit, Wang Qi felt somewhat pleased. However, after the two left, Wang Qi furrowed his brow instead.

The transmission of the Divine Plague Curse Technique was painfully slow. Without the sustained and stable channel provided by the Heart Demon Curse, the spread of the Divine Plague Curse Technique was limited.

If it were a purely destructive spell, it wouldn't be a problem, since such a destructive Divine Plague Curse Technique only needed the ability to self-replicate and continuously occupy thinking space in others' souls, with a very simple structure and no requirement for control. This was exactly what Feng Luoyi worried could become a destruction of the world disaster.

But Wang Qi's Divine Plague Curse Technique used for manipulating others' mana just couldn't be compressed into a smaller "file."

"Even now, it hasn't completely infected the entire Luochen Sword Palace, not even a single Nascent Soul cultivator…" Wang Qi sighed slightly, "The Divine Plague Curse Technique excels in flexibility and power, but its spread is far less efficient than the Heart Demon Curse."

"However, it has at least met your minimum requirements, hasn't it?" Zhen Chan asked in Wang Qi's spiritual sense.

The so-called "minimum requirements" referred to the smallest number of people needed to construct a virtual Divine Country.

Wang Qi's "virtual Divine Country" plan aimed to cover a small area with the Holy Emperor Venerable's Divine Country, achieving the effect of blocking the Holy Emperor Venerable's surveillance.

It's akin to hacking a piece of the Holy Emperor Venerable's Divine Country and then using the virtual Divine Country created by Wang Qi to make it seem like "everything here is normal."

"Success or failure rests on today..."

Wang Qi took a deep breath and left the square. He passed through towers and crossed gardens.

The scenery of Luochen Sword Palace was no longer quite the same as when Wang Qi first arrived. This was the result of the array's restructuring. The three Great Elders did their best to maintain the wooden and earth structures of the buildings, modifying them based on this foundation. The entire interior of Luochen Sword Palace was renewed, and all parts that could potentially serve as array nodes were renovated.

Wang Qi wandered around Luochen Sword Palace, noting that the changes to the scenery hadn't deviated significantly from his expectations. After mentally calculating a bit and correcting a few small errors, Wang Qi returned to his room.

Xia Mi was meditating in Wang Qi's room.

Recently, several female Nascent Soul cultivators had asked Wang Qi to take Xia Mi as a disciple. The human form Xia Mi transformed into was exceptionally talented, enticing even these old monsters who were thousands or nearly tens of thousands of years old.

However, Wang Qi declined their offers by saying, "My sister is still young; she'll be safest staying by my side for now." Even if they argued with him saying "this is also for your sister's good," Wang Qi would rebut, "My sister is merely in the Qi Cultivation Stage; I'm still able to guide her through this stage."

For True Law practitioners, going from Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment would take at least a dozen years. By the time over ten years had passed and "Xia Mi" became an adult, these old eccentrics believed that by then "Xia Li" naturally wouldn't obstruct them. For cultivators, a span of ten years passes in the blink of an eye, so they didn't press the matter further.

However, this did solidify the reputation of Xia Li as a "sister complex"—though the Ancient Method Practitioners didn't know the term "sister complex," they understood many words similar to it.

Upon seeing Wang Qi, Xia Mi immediately employed the Sea God Type's fine control over her body, squeezing out a seamless and purely innocent smile from the cellular level. In terms of appearance, she seemed utterly sweet and naive. Wang Qi also stretched out his arm to pat Xia Mi on the head. To outsiders, these siblings presented a picture of warmth and affection.

However, only the two of them knew what they were truly doing.

Wang Qi restored a part of his cultivation to the original form of the dataized cultivation method "Virtual and Real Two-Phase Other Chapter," and then this part of mana drove straight in, penetrating deep into Xia Mi's body. Inside Mi's body, some tissues had already transformed into the form of the Mystical Thought Body.

Xia Mi used Transformation Divine Power to turn herself into a Biological Calculator without anyone noticing.

All the data Wang Qi obtained over the past few months was stored in this young girl-shaped calculator.

This included the data on the Divine Country acquired during his remote battle with Holy Emperor Venerable three months ago, the deduction of the Divine Plague Curse Technique he improved over the past two months, and the deduction of Luochen Sword Palace's new Sect Protection Array.

Yes, the new Sect Protection Array.

In the first half-month, besides deducing the Divine Plague Curse Technique for refining specific Tianying Acupoints, Wang Qi also used a special Divine Plague Curse Technique on many elite Golden Core Stage disciples of Luochen Sword Palace — the same type he used on Jia Chenglie — to record what the cursed individuals felt, achieving the purpose of eavesdropping.

Since Luochen Sword Palace planned to reforge the Sect Protection Array, the array diagram of the original total protective array was no longer a core secret and was open in the Library Tower to all disciples aspiring to advance in the path of arrays. However, these disciples must swear a Heart Demon Oath to never disclose it when reading the array diagram.

Unfortunately, in front of Wang Qi, who was more of a Heart Demon than a Heart Demon, such security measures were completely useless.

After this, with the help of Zhen Chan, Wang Qi deduced the possibilities of the new array of Luochen Sword Palace based on the lectures of the three Great Elders, the original array diagram of Luochen Sword Palace, and the inspirations of other Sword Palace disciples.

Because the three Great Elders did not intend to carry out large-scale works, the areas they could modify were very limited. Moreover, forming an array with Sword Intent further restricted their performance. With the insights of Ring Grandpa, the computing power of the young girl-shaped calculator, and his own level, Wang Qi was naturally able to roughly see through the new array of the three Great Elders.

And today was the day the three Great Elders were to operate the new array.

After Wang Qi confirmed his plan with the data inside Xia Mi, he patted Xia Mi's head and smiled at his Senior Sister, "Sister, in a bit, the grandpas of the Sword Palace are going to activate some powerful spells. I must seize this opportunity to cultivate. Be good, okay?"

—Senior Sister, today is the day they operate the new array, I'm going to take this opportunity to perfect the Virtual Divine Country. Are you ready on your side?

Xia Mi raised her hand, "I'll be good!"

—No problem.

"By the way, you kept telling me you wanted to eat that thing... did you get it?"

—Senior Sister, did that thing arrive?

"I'm full!"

—It's here.

Wang Qi patted Xia Mi's head again and then took out an hourglass. This hourglass was a toy he made, which could display about fifteen minutes. Wang Qi handed it to Xia Mi, "Here, brother's cultivation this time is critical and can't be interrupted. Play with this, okay. Be good."

—Senior Sister, it's life and death. A quarter-hour after I start, remember to activate it!

"I'll be good!"

—No problem. By the way, how long is this stupid conversation going to last?

Even when no one was around, Xia Li and Xia Mi perfectly portrayed the roles of brother and sister.

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At dusk, when Yin and Yang intersected.

The operation of the new Sect Protection Array of Luochen Sword Palace began at this time.

Firstly, a soaring Sword Intent erupted. This Sword Intent, unparalleled and supreme, as soon as it appeared, shook the nature's spiritual energy, causing the surrounding nature's spiritual energy to spontaneously transform into Sword Qi. All the swords around with a trace of spirituality trembled, indicating submission.

This was the might of a thought from a Divine Separation Stage powerhouse.

Divine Separation Sense Transformation, just with a thought, could shake Heaven and Earth.

Then, another completely different Sword Intent was released. This Sword Intent was carefree and lively. The third Sword Intent followed closely. This Sword Intent was like dry wood and ashes, containing deadly death intent but, against the odds, seeking life within death.

The three Sword Intents gathered in the sky, forming a singular sphere, surprisingly mimicking Zhen Chan's original Taiyi Sword, Sword Qi forming a core!

All Luochen Sword Palace disciples knelt in submission in front of such Sword Intent. However, this was, after all, a Sword Cultivation Sect, and many genius disciples released their Sword Intent, seeking resonance with those three unparalleled Sword Intents.

Among these Sword Intents, Wang Qi's Sword Intent was not conspicuous.

However, Wang Qi's ultimate goal was not to resonate with those three individuals but to transmit signals to those infected by the Divine Plague Curse Technique.

Under this overwhelming Sword Power, Xia Mi silently turned over the hourglass.