Chapter 1093: You Tu, Eat My Sword

"The situation is showing a slight improvement..."

"Perhaps he really can pull himself out of the qi deviation state on his own!"

In Juren Guodu, on the ancient long street, Mei Si Ren still stood guard by Xu Xiaoshou’s side, his heart burning with anxiety, yet he refrained from intervening.

He simply waited like that.

Quietly waiting for Xu Xiaoshou to surprise him and live up to the name of a true genius!

After all, qi deviation was something utterly impossible for others to resolve on their own, but for a genius, it was nothing more than a slightly larger stepping stone.

If it were Ba Zun An facing qi deviation right in front of him today, Mei Si Ren believed Ba Zun An could handle it himself, given his extraordinary talent.

So, since he had already equated Xu Xiaoshou with a genius on the level of Ba Zun An in his mind and placed such high expectations on him, why not give him a bit more time to see just what kind of results Xu Xiaoshou could achieve?

It was in Qiji Zhi Sen that those events, which should have been mere "accidents" but turned into "stories" that broadened Mei Si Ren's horizons, were all orchestrated by Xu Xiaoshou himself!

"The only one..."

Mei Si Ren stared intently at the young man ahead, gripping the stone sword in his hand tightly as he murmured.

Then, at a certain moment, a change occurred in Xu Xiaoshou once again!

This time, it was different from before, when he had repeatedly teetered on the brink of full demonization, only to be pulled back at the last instant by his own purification abilities.

The fluctuations from Xu Xiaoshou this time were even greater!

Greater than all the previous ones combined!

"Crack."

"Crack, crack, crack—"

The long street suddenly split open.

The surrounding city towers were affected by an invisible force, and the walls covered in moss began to crawl with countless cracks.

It was as if an invisible divine hand had descended from the heavens, slamming down with tremendous pressure, sinking the ground three feet and making it hard for anyone to breathe.

"This is..."

Mei Si Ren steadied his sword image, resisting this sudden pressure, and felt a faint sense of unease in his heart.

"The manifestation of 'yi'!"

This level of aura and pressure meant little to Mei Si Ren, but it was emanating from Xu Xiaoshou in his qi deviation state, so Mei Si Ren quickly confirmed his thought, his face lighting up with joy.

Xu Xiaoshou might have succeeded!

Glancing over again, in the blink of an eye, the young man floating in the air was radiating a surging aura.

That overwhelming aura, visible to the naked eye, was the manifestation of "yi"! It was exactly what the Heart Sword Technique aimed to cultivate! At that moment, it transformed into waves of energy, surging out from around Xu Xiaoshou and covering hundreds of li in an instant.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

The surrounding area, which had been cracking earlier, now collapsed entirely under this unstoppable force amid the roaring sounds.

Even the earth was pressed down by the aura Xu Xiaoshou was exuding, sinking a full zhang!

"Bang!"

Caught off guard, Mei Si Ren was slammed into a deep pit in the ground by this suddenly intensified pressure.

He dusted off his backside as he got up, his face showing no anger—in fact, it was filled with delight!

"He's done it!"

"Absolutely done it!"

Leaping back up, Mei Si Ren suppressed his sword image's instinct to protect him, afraid it might disrupt Xu Xiaoshou’s state in the slightest.

For his own flight, he even used spiritual yuan instead of his own sword intent, as if terrified that it might "contaminate" things and adversely affect Xu Xiaoshou's sword intent.

Whoosh!

In an instant, he returned to Xu Xiaoshou’s side and looked up, intending to carefully examine the young man's current state.

But what he saw made the "feeling" of the person before him seem changed.

The demonic qi that had been swirling around Xu Xiaoshou due to qi deviation was now completely gone, absorbed into his body—who knew if that was good or bad...

Xu Xiaoshou’s temperament had also changed, becoming very cold, no longer exuding the "sunny" vibe he had before closing his eyes in meditation.

Instead, he now seemed enveloped in a chilling, gloomy aura, undoubtedly influenced by absorbing the demonic qi into his body...

Mei Si Ren’s gaze wavered, filled with hesitation.

For a moment, he doubted his own judgment.

Perhaps there was only one Ba Zun An, and Xu Xiaoshou hadn't yet reached that height.

If he let this kid continue cultivating in his qi deviation state, it might damage his foundation and end up doing more harm than good.

"I should intervene."

With a soft sigh, Mei Si Ren raised the stone sword in his hand, and his sword image behind him began to act accordingly.

But just then...

"Boom!"

The aura from Xu Xiaoshou in front of him surged upward again, his "yi" manifesting so powerfully that it formed a soaring pillar of energy, piercing through the layers of clouds in the sky!

"This..."

Mei Si Ren's eyelids twitched wildly, his heart filled with disbelief.

Could Xu Xiaoshou's "yi," his "true self," be strong enough to affect even him?

Was this the result of a junior just beginning to learn the Heart Sword Technique?

Or the aftermath of withstanding various pressures?

Absolutely not!

Perhaps, deep in Xu Xiaoshou’s heart, beneath all the arrangements others had imposed on him, a seed of grand ambition had already been planted due to various hardships.

And now, that seed was fully unleashed by the Heart Sword Technique!

Before he could think more, a sudden premonition gripped Mei Si Ren's spirit and will—danger was approaching!

Without hesitation, Mei Si Ren swiftly pulled back, retreating more than ten zhang.

Because he could sense that this danger wasn't from an outsider—it was from Xu Xiaoshou himself!

Forcing himself to calm his emotions, Mei Si Ren looked toward Xu Xiaoshou again, wanting to see just what kind of surprise this kid could bring.

But to his astonishment, when he looked...

Xu Xiaoshou was gone!

In that spot, all that remained was a massive silver moon hanging high in the nine heavens!

"This is..."

Mei Si Ren's eyes widened suddenly, as if realizing something, and he swept his spiritual sense toward his own back.

His sword image—was gone!

This meant he had entered Xu Xiaoshou's realm of imagery, stepping into his spiritual world.

But wasn't Xu Xiaoshou cultivating "Eye Under God Buddha"? For a normal person, that would just release their inner "true self," manifesting as a "monster," right?

How had Xu Xiaoshou constructed an entire world?

Had he gone mad? Human energy was limited—how could it support building a complete world with the Heart Sword Technique? That was more like Illusion Sword Technique, and even then, it was all fake!

Doing this would collapse his spiritual body!

No sooner had these thoughts flashed through his mind than his spiritual sense, unable to detect his sword image, revealed the shattered, chaotic world around him.

Nine heavens of thunder disasters, volcanic eruptions, floods and tsunamis... This was the apocalypse of a spiritual world!

"As expected, Xu Xiaoshou has messed himself up. I should have intervened earlier." At that moment, Mei Si Ren's heart was filled with regret.

But before that emotion could spread, a bold and fearless voice drifted into his ears.

"This tower should only exist in the heavens..."

"This person is for me alone to cultivate..."

What did that mean?

Before Mei Si Ren could react, he was shocked to see that in this ruined spiritual world, under the silver moon, a towering ancient tower with ninety-nine floors rose up.

A familiar ancient tower... Tian Shang First Tower?

Was this Xu Xiaoshou's imagery? His true "Eye Under God Buddha"? But why was it a tower?

Not just a tower!

Mei Si Ren focused his gaze and clearly saw the vague, yet cold and lonely figure on top of the high tower.

"This figure..."

Moon, tower, figure.

With just these three images, as an ancient sword cultivator, how could Mei Si Ren not realize just how audacious Xu Xiaoshou's true "Eye Under God Buddha" was?

This was the image of "Sword God Gu Lou Ying"!

I told you to surpass, to explore the unknown, but not to go this far... Mei Si Ren was already filled with bitterness.

He could almost imagine the massive damage to Xu Xiaoshou's spirit from constructing this imagery.

It was almost irreparable harm!

Now, recalling that rebellious declaration... This tower should only exist in the heavens, this person is for me alone to cultivate.

Mei Si Ren knew Xu Xiaoshou was about to fail.

No one had ever surpassed the imagery of Sword God Gu Lou Ying, though it was the eternal dream of ancient sword cultivators.

But one must know their limits!

Yet, before he could stop it or even speak, Mei Si Ren was stunned to see the figure on the tower go from vague to solid in an instant!

"How is this possible..."

In that moment, Mei Si Ren’s mind was overwhelmed with endless doubts.

In this chaotic, apocalyptic scene, on the distant ancient tower before the silver moon, that figure materialized into black robes, black hair, black sword...

It was too detailed!

Detailed enough that even without turning around, Mei Si Ren knew it was Xu Xiaoshou replacing that figure.

"This is impossible!"

Mei Si Ren simply couldn't believe it.

Without mastering the Nine Great Sword Techniques, what state of mind could allow someone to replace the imagery of Sword God Gu Lou Ying?

How many pills to repair spiritual wounds would he need to recover from the damage of constructing this imagery?

And it wasn't even about success—pills wouldn't help, especially since Xu Xiaoshou was cultivating the Heart Sword Technique without any at all!

But the next second, reality hit Mei Si Ren hard.

He saw the black figure on the tower seem to gain a soul, slightly turning its head, lightly lifting its eyes...

"Boom!"

The instant their gazes met, Mei Si Ren felt his inner faith collapse, his mind exploding with scattered thoughts, and his spiritual body plummeting from the nine heavens into this chaotic world of disasters.

"It's impossible... to succeed..."

As an ancient sword cultivator, Mei Si Ren naturally knew what the greatest "God Buddha" was for their kind.

Sword God Gu Lou Ying was the biggest inner demon for ancient sword cultivators, and no one had surpassed it yet.

But this was an inner demon that didn't need to be feared, as it belonged to a figure from eras ago.

Yet Xu Xiaoshou’s Heart Sword Technique had revived the imagery of Sword God Gu Lou Ying in the most formidable way, bringing it into his spiritual world.

And his Heart Sword Technique lured people into that world—a realm born from the intent of Sword God Gu Lou Ying, filled with disasters that could harm one's spiritual body.

But that wasn't all; Xu Xiaoshou used his authority as the world’s master to forcefully restore the aura of Sword God Gu Lou Ying, delivering the most substantial spiritual strike to any uninvited guest who entered.

"A crazy idea, an unforeseeable success..."

Trapped in this prison, Mei Si Ren couldn't help but applaud Xu Xiaoshou's actions.

But the next second, he realized something was wrong.

After locking eyes with the figure on the tower, his spiritual body seemed "contaminated," and something unclean emerged!

"Hiss—"

He clutched his head in disbelief, staring at the faint demonic qi starting to emanate from his spiritual body.

Only then did he realize that the booming roar in his mind wasn't just from his shock at Xu Xiaoshou's success—it was also from the absolute spiritual attack!

"Ugh—ah—"

Emotions like pain, madness, and chaos invaded Mei Si Ren's spiritual body in this black, chaotic world, eliciting a scream.

Mei Si Ren finally understood the terror of Xu Xiaoshou's "this sword"!

He had truly mastered the power of qi deviation and incorporated it into his "Eye Under God Buddha," allowing him to deliver the most merciless strike to anyone struck by the sword.

"No, my state is all wrong—something's going to happen..."

As someone with experience in Heart Sword Technique, Mei Si Ren sensed the danger.

Qi deviation was no trivial matter; even for a semi-saint, a single misstep could be fatal!

It had nothing to do with the attacker's cultivation level.

No matter how simple, ridiculous, or weak the attack seemed, once you were hit and fell into qi deviation, you weren't facing the attacker anymore—you were facing yourself, your inner demon!

Now, Mei Si Ren couldn't afford to care about Xu Xiaoshou's achievements in Heart Sword Technique anymore.

Because if he wasn't careful, he might actually be killed by this single glance from Xu Xiaoshou in his spiritual world, and the true killer wouldn't be an enemy—it would be the "inner demon"!

"Wait, I can't think about this..."

His thoughts reached this point, and Mei Si Ren regretted it instantly.

But there was no medicine for regret in the world. In just a moment, the emotion called "fear" was amplified by the surrounding demonic qi in his mind.

Mei Si Ren's pupils contracted sharply as he tried to resist.

The next second, he clutched his head with both hands and let out a pained roar.

"Roar—"

In this demonic, black chaotic world, a "sword image" monster, stepping on the Ten Kings of Hell, rose up abruptly. This time, the sword image's eyes were blood-red—it had entered a state of qi deviation!

Looking up...

In the hazy blood light, the lonely figure under the silver moon had fully turned around.

But now, it was no longer in Xu Xiaoshou’s image—it was the enemy Mei Si Ren believed to be his lifelong foe!

With hands behind his back, letting the stormy disasters of the apocalypse billow his clothes, he held no sword, yet he smiled lightly and said,

"I didn't expect that after all these years, you, Mei Si Ren, could cultivate such a sword image. Impressive..."

"So, come on, fight me."

Don't go up, absolutely don't— it's all fake, it's demonic thoughts... A sliver of clarity in his spiritual platform tried to stop it, but the sword image had already roared and charged forward.

Equally absurdly, Mei Si Ren felt his own consciousness roar out in an inhuman bellow:

"You Cha, eat my sword!"

Chapter 1075: You Cha, Eat My Sword!