Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Dueling?”

[You’re at the f*cking peak of the Nascent Soul realm, half a step into the Soul Formation realm, and the number one in the Ancient Sword Path of the Azure Mist Sect. Like hell will I fight you!]

“Master! I refuse—”

He had barely finished speaking.

Rumble!

The terrifying sword pressure swamped and enveloped everything!

In an instant, everything around him changed, the wind and clouds rolled backward, and the surrounding void was spontaneously orchestrating the profound, pulsating rhythms of a sword!

Then, the sword pulses condensed and shot into the sky, where thunder could be faintly heard!

The sword intent had transformed into lightning!

This was a divine sword technique, driven by pure and vast sword intent!

It was the simplest and most direct, yet also the most domineering technique!

“Damn it, what does this woman want?”

“Does she want to have me devoured by this sword intent torrent to feed her sword spirit?”

“No! No! I can’t die!”

“I’ll fight you!!”

In an instant, Lin Xiao gritted his teeth. The veins on his forehead visibly popped out, as his handsome face morphed into an extremely terrifying countenance!

At this moment, he was really angry!

As a scumbag villain, he could accept being crushed by an expert with a flick of their finger, but he absolutely could not tolerate it when…

Someone didn’t play by the script!

If he, Lin Xiao, were to die in this life, he would only die by his own hands!

“Sword, come to me!”

At the critical moment, Lin Xiao’s sword intent erupted to its maximum intensity as he reached into the void!

WHOOSH!

A divine sword so dreamy, cloudy, and misty, as if it was made of white jade, emerged from the void and fell steadily into his palm.

‘Yes!’

He had already entered the Connate Realm!

And in the Spirit Platform, a Purple Mansion Mystic Realm was incubated!

And this divine sword was the Intrinsic Spirit Sword —also known as the Cloudy Dream Lake —that he had developed in the Purple Mansion Mystic Realm!

“My dear disciple, you’ve been up the mountain for so long. This is the first time I’ve seen you being this serious about riding a sword.”

“Hmm… The sword qi is not bad. The sword intent is a little weak, but it can still be considered as… promising!”

“Alright, I’ll give you a show today!”

A playful smile appeared on Xiao Hongling’s red lips. She casually slashed down with her sword, instantly forming a thousand-foot sword realm that enveloped the entire Goddess Cliff!

At the same time.

In the night sky, thunder roared and lightning struck everywhere. Wherever her sword pointed, it created a monstrous torrent that roared towards Lin Xiao!

“This woman really wants me killed!”

“Damn it, everyone’s characters have collapsed!”

“This villain—forget it, there’s no point continuing on this role anymore!”

Lin Xiao’s eyes were bloodshot. He did not dodge, instead choosing to face the sword head-on!

Now—all he wanted was a quick death!

Kaboom—

In the next moment, thunder bellowed in his ears and the wind howled.

Lin Xiao was surprised to discover that he was not dead!

Instead…

All of a sudden, when the terrifying sword qi was just inches away from him, it exploded and transformed into a natural sword-qi-domain that enveloped his entire body!

At this moment, he could feel that time and space were frozen in this domain, completely isolated from the outside world!

He instinctively closed his eyes, clearly feeling the mysterious sword pulses around him morphing into golden blooming lotuses…

Every sword qi golden lotus that bloomed emitted a wisp of the Supreme Sword Dao True Scripture!

“Disciple, watch carefully.”

“This move is called—”

“Sword Intent Empowerment, Near Sword Immortal!”

He heard a cold and solemn female voice.

Lin Xiao’s heart trembled as he opened his eyes.

He saw a peerlessly beautiful face.

At this moment, their eyes met, and they could each feel the other’s breaths!

The atmosphere… was rather nice!

“Xiao’er, hold on. Master… is coming in!”

Xiao Hongling’s red lips parted slightly as she spoke gently.

“What… what kind of horrible line is that?”

Lin Xiao’s body shivered.

The next moment, he felt a pain in his lower body. He lowered his head in a daze, only to see that…

Xiao Hongling was holding the divine sword “Azure Phoenix” and had pierced it through his abdomen!

“Master, are you trying to…”

Even Rukia would not be able to beat that!

In his gradually fogging consciousness, Lin Xiao vaguely remembered a classic anime scene from his previous life!

“Shut up!”

“Since I already know what will happen in the future, I will not sit back and do nothing!”

“The Chosen One? Reincarnation and destiny? To hell with it all!”

“Xiao Hongling’s disciple will dominate the world, reach the stars, and will not be weaker than anyone!”

“And all of this…”

“Will commence with the battle between you and Ye Chen tomorrow!”

In his daze, he heard Xiao Hongling’s voice.

Although he could only make out a few words.

But Lin Xiao finally recalled something!

“Master! You’ve got the wrong target! This should have been for that rascal, Ye Chen!”

He cried out in his heart!

….

At this moment.

Outside the Azure Mist Sect.

Inside a guest room.

A handsome young man in black suddenly woke up from his meditation!

“Elder Stone, why are you bothering me?”

“Pal! This is bad. I was performing divination just now. I vaguely felt that… the opportunities on Azure Mist Mountain that should have been for you…”

“More than half of them disappeared!”

“You have to know that these opportunities will never disappear into thin air. Therefore… someone must have intercepted and snatched them away!”

A panicked sound came from the ring on the young man’s index finger.

“What!?”

“I’ve always been the one snatching everyone else’s opportunities. How can I tolerate others ruining my fortunes?”

“The Azure Mist Sect can never allow such a heaven-defying existence!”

“I’ll go up the mountain tomorrow—and kill!”

Ye Chen’s eyes were bloodshot and his face contorted. He gritted his teeth so hard that sound came out from the friction, he looked like a ferocious beast that had been exposed!

…..

Goddess Cliff, Divine Phoenix Peak.

Everything was in a daze…

Some time passed.

Lin Xiao moved his fingers and vaguely sensed something…

He opened his heavy eyelids.

He saw a fair and beautiful face looking at him with a smile!

This distance was ridiculously close!

So much so that her silky black hair fell on his cheeks, and an indescribable warm fragrance rushed to his nose.

“Mas… Master!?”

Lin Xiao was finally fully awake!

He felt a soft, cool touch on the back of his head. This meant that…

He was lying on this beautiful master’s fair and beautiful legs!

“Tsk, I was the one who instilled sword intent into you, but you’re the one who is exhausted.”

Xiao Hongling chuckled and took a sip of wine. Then, she brought the wine pot to Lin Xiao’s mouth. “Come, drink some. Let’s celebrate the fact that you’ve obtained the Formless Sword Body that I had given you. Your Sword Dao cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds. In the entire Divine Phoenix Peak, even your second junior sister, that sword fanatic, can’t compare to you.”

“From now on, your reputation, as the Eldest Senior Brother, can be considered to be well-deserved.”

Formless Sword Body!?

Hearing these words, Lin Xiao felt numb!

He had to open his attribute panel to confirm!

That’s right. After all, since he was a transmigrator, he also had his character panel!

However, as he had been too focused on completing the story, he never really cared about his cultivation attributes!

“System, open the character panel!”

Ding!

Name: Lin Xiao

Age: 22

Cultivation: Middle Connate Stage

Physique: Formless Sword Body (Lesser Mastery)

[Description: Colorless and formless. For those with such a physique, their comprehension of the Sword Dao is at the peak of the current world. They can cast a spell with just a spur of the mind when using the sword technique. They can use sword intent in replacement of their true essence. When they master it, they can [fuse] all the Sword Dao laws in the world. These laws include space, time, karma, reincarnation…]

Cultivation Technique: “Azure Mist Sword Manual: Exterior 32 Writings”



F*ck, he really had the Formless Sword Body!

Upon seeing the screen displayed by the system, Lin Xiao was in complete despair!

The storyline was completely ruined!





So, according to the original book.

The Azure Mist Sect was a sword cultivator sect that had existed for tens of thousands of years. As long as an inner sect disciple passed the Sword Dao assessment, they could go to the underground sword tomb, inject their sword intent into the furnace there, and forge their Innate Spiritual Sword!

As the sword wielder’s Sword Dao realm improved, they could have a chance for their swords to hatch a powerful sword spirit!

Case in point, Second Junior Sister Guo Yourong’s Chilling Ice Sword Spirit!

Third Junior Sister Chu Youwei’s Zither Heart Sword Spirit!

As for him, Lin Xiao… Alright, as he was the villain, the original author did not arrange anything for him at all.

But the point was!

His beautiful master, Xiao Hongling’s Innate Spiritual Sword, the Azure Phoenix Sword, was very special!

The wielder could use this sword as a medium to impart their sword intent to others!

This was a very powerful ability!

One had to know that in the cultivation world, cultivation techniques could be imparted through specific secret techniques, but sword intent—

That could only be learned by oneself!

Therefore, this Sword Intent Empowerment was equivalent to breaking the shackles of heaven and earth and contradicting everything!

As for this sword, Lin Xiao did not know what its characteristics were.

After all, he had only read two-thirds of the original novel. It was not mentioned anywhere at the beginning.

What struck him the most was that the person the technique was imparted to had to be a man!

In the middle-to-later stages of the story, Ye Chen was severely injured by his enemy, the Empress of Great Zhou. His sword realm fell, and it was Xiao Hongling’s sword intent that helped him awaken the Formless Sword Body, allowing him to kill his way back to the Imperial Capital and defeat his enemy!

The original author had created a huge cheat for the protagonist!

And now, the protagonist’s great opportunity had been intercepted by him!

What the hell was going on!

Lin Xiao was very worried. If he was unable to control his strength during the disciple recruitment ceremony tomorrow, he might just stab Ye Chen to death!

….

“Hai, you rascal, what are you thinking about? You aren’t even drinking the wine I gave you?”

He heard a rather impatient female voice.

Only then did Lin Xiao snap out of his thoughts!

“Master, you have just used this wine jar. If I drink from it directly, I’m afraid… it won’t be appropriate.”

Lin Xiao hastily found an excuse.

“It won’t be appropriate? Tsk tsk, then is it appropriate for you to be resting on my lap right now?”

Xiao Hongling raised her eyebrows as she smiled subtly.

“Ah, this…”

Lin Xiao, finally realizing what was happening, stiffened and quickly stood up.

“Pfft.”

Seeing Lin Xiao’s flustered expression, Xiao Hongling could not help but laugh.

The next moment, the smile faded from her lips.

With her face resting on her hands, she looked at Lin Xiao with her lovely eyes, not speaking for a long time.

‘Something on your mind, it seems?’

“Master, what’s wrong?”

Lin Xiao showed some slight concern.

“Here, your Master has a very important question for you. Answer me truthfully…”

Xiao Hongling suddenly leaned close to his ear, her face turning solemn.

Seeing his beautiful master’s rare serious expression, Lin Xiao tensed up. He gritted his teeth and said, “Master, please ask! I’ll tell you everything I know!”

Then, under his stunned gaze,

This beautiful master tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and her cheeks were flushed. Her seductive red lips curled up slightly, as she said flirtatiously, “Is your master… pretty?”

Lin Xiao: ???