"You are saying that fellow named Li Yun managed to reach rank six hundred and thirty-seven?"
The purple-robed youth suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly at the black-robed youth standing before him.
Invisible lightning seemed to flash within his pupils.
The black-robed youth’s heart immediately trembled.
"Indeed. I saw it myself."
He barely steadied his mind before answering.
The purple-robed youth before him was one of the elite members of the Genius Training Camp.
His strength was sufficient to rank among the top fifty of the entire camp.
There was an enormous difference between them.
The black-robed youth dared to act arrogantly before Li Yun and the others, but before this purple-robed youth, he did not dare show even the slightest disrespect.
"I understand."
The purple-robed youth spoke indifferently.
"I will send someone to deal with that fellow."
"My lord, do you not intend to take action personally?"
The black-robed youth was momentarily stunned.
"Personally?"
A burst of thunder erupted from the purple-robed youth’s eyes.
He looked coldly at the black-robed youth.
"Are you joking?"
"I, Lei Xuankong, am at least a top-fifty existence in this training camp. You expect me to personally deal with a mere cultivator at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm?"
"Do you want me to lose all face and become a joke throughout the Genius Training Camp?"
"This..."
Cold sweat immediately appeared on the black-robed youth’s forehead.
He could not even form a complete response.
"Enough. You may leave."
Lei Xuankong spoke indifferently and stood up.
In truth, he did not care about someone at the 5th level of Heavenly Core Realm like Li Yun.
However, the fact that Li Yun had obtained core member status without having to fight for it made him deeply dissatisfied.
He could not directly strip Li Yun of his status.
But he could certainly arrange for someone to teach Li Yun a lesson and make him suffer.
Naturally, Li Yun knew nothing about the meeting between the black-robed youth and Lei Xuankong.
After leaving the Endless Pagoda, his next objective was to inspect the Six Great Secret Realms.
His first destination was naturally the most important of them all.
The Enlightenment Pagoda.
Before long, Li Yun arrived outside it.
"Li Yun, according to your current ranking, you may cultivate inside the Enlightenment Pagoda for only one hour every month."
At the entrance, a green-robed guard checked a list before continuing.
"However, because you possess core member status, you receive an additional seven days."
"You may use those seven days all at once, or divide them across several sessions."
"I will use them all at once."
Li Yun answered without hesitation.
After his battles inside the Extreme Dao Pagoda and Endless Pagoda, he had accumulated many insights.
Now was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of that momentum.
"Very well."
The guard nodded.
"Room Six is currently empty. You may cultivate there."
"Remember that when your time expires, you must leave immediately. Otherwise, you will lose your qualification to enter the Enlightenment Pagoda next month."
"Understood."
Li Yun nodded and entered the Enlightenment Pagoda.
Unlike the Extreme Dao Pagoda and Endless Pagoda, the Enlightenment Pagoda contained only one floor.
It was not particularly large either.
There were only nine modest stone rooms.
At this moment, eight doors were tightly shut.
Only Room Six remained open.
Li Yun walked inside.
"Hm?"
The moment he entered, surprise flashed across his face.
Although he had already heard that Extreme Dao Spiritual Sandalwood Incense burned continuously inside the Enlightenment Pagoda, hearing about it and personally experiencing its effects were completely different matters.
The moment Li Yun entered the stone room, he felt his comprehension ability increase dramatically.
Many questions and doubts that had previously troubled him suddenly became much clearer.
The feeling was extraordinary.
Furthermore, the stone room contained several hidden formations designed to gather spiritual qi.
The density of spiritual qi inside was far greater than anything found within Profound Origin Immortal Mountain.
"No wonder everyone in the Genius Training Camp is desperately trying to increase their rankings so they can spend more time cultivating here."
Li Yun could not help sighing.
Such a cultivation environment was simply too luxurious for cultivators from the 1st to 3rd levels of Spirit Manifestation Realm.
It was no wonder these geniuses competed so fiercely for every ranking position.
Li Yun closed the stone door, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.
Of his three souls, one focused on the Fast and Slow Sword techniques.
Another concentrated on deducing and perfecting Destruction Sword Intent.
The third practiced Sword Control Art.
Among these three paths, Li Yun’s progress with the Fast and Slow Sword was the quickest.
By the third day after entering the Enlightenment Pagoda, he had integrated forty percent of the profundity of the Mountain River Sword Art into his sword techniques.
By the seventh day, that level of integration had already reached fifty percent.
At this stage, the power of Slow Sword had increased significantly.
Furthermore, regarding the future fusion of Fast Sword and Slow Sword, Li Yun had vaguely begun to sense a possible direction.
Of course, he had only touched upon that possibility.
Truly fusing Fast Sword and Slow Sword remained far beyond his current capabilities.
For now, he first needed to completely integrate the Mountain River Sword Art into both techniques.
Even accomplishing that would require a long period of cultivation.
’I should also use Fast Sword more often now to polish it even further.’ Li Yun mused.
Aside from this, Li Yun’s Destruction Sword Intent also improved further.
The increase was not as dramatic as his progress with the Fast and Slow Sword, but the foundation of the intent became far more stable.
The same was true for Sword Control Art.
Although Li Yun had improved somewhat, a true qualitative transformation would likely only occur once he could simultaneously control three thousand precious swords.
Only then would the power of Sword Control Art undergo a fundamental change.
After this, Li Yun also began to stabilize the Five Element Intent that he recently comprehended. This intent could be said to be the most destructive and yet at the same time most unstable one he currently possessed.
Even the Destruction Sword Intent wasn’t as unstable as the Five Element Intent.
And so after putting everything else aside, he focused on stabilizing the Five Element Intent for the rest of the time he had.

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