Starting With 100 Million Lives

Before this, no one had ever done it like Qiu Yuxuan.

Everyone who entered the Celestial Dao Sword Sea did so to integrate their sword heart into the Dao.

If they didn't even have the foundation of a sword heart, what could they integrate?

So, people would form teams, gathering sword hearts other than Life and Death, hoping their teammates had mastered what they hadn't.

Only Qiu Yuxuan took a different path.

She treated the unfamiliar black rain sword hearts as opportunities for trials.

Through observing each drop of black rain, she continuously perceived the mental realms of different sword hearts.

Not only did she gain insight into three new sword hearts, but she also raised the tiers of her sword hearts as a whole.

Now, all her seven sword hearts of Everlasting, Eternal Night, and Five Elements have astonishingly reached Tier Nine.

In a sense, she stood shoulder to shoulder with Brother Cheng.

As for the other seven sword hearts, they'd reached Tier Eight.

Other than Sect Leader Jiang, she was the most accomplished in the Celestial Dao Sword Sea.

Most remarkably, Brother Cheng's sword hearts were acquired with system cheats, while Sister Qiu truly understood them on her own.

However, her weakness in the Life and Death Sword Heart was evident.

No matter what, she couldn't achieve the effortless, all-encompassing style of Brother Cheng.

The sky once again descended a drop of grey rain.

The familiar ambiance of life and death interwove around her.

For other immortals, they could only bow their heads and sigh at this moment.

But in Qiu Yuxuan's deep and beautiful eyes, a heavy longing and expectation shone through.

For her, this desperate situation was a perfect opportunity to comprehend the Life and Death Sword Heart!

Unlike Jiang Cheng, she first shattered the other drops of black rain.

Only then did she focus on that drop of grey rain.

If she couldn't break through directly, her consciousness would linger within that drop of grey rain for a long time.

For a raindrop, it might be just a brief two or three seconds falling from mid-air.

But for Qiu Yuxuan, immersed in that life and death mental realm, it felt like thousands upon thousands of years had passed.

There, she again and again experienced the delicate balance between life and death.

Time and again, she perceived the mysteries within.

That drop of grey rain ultimately fell onto the leaf where she stood, without being shattered by her.

A hole appeared once more on the leaf.

The hole was like the last straw, leaving her already tottering little boat beyond the point of maintenance.

When Qiu Yuxuan emerged from that mental realm, she found herself beginning to sink into the Celestial Dao Sword Sea below.

She was still savoring the previous interplay of life and death, where an inexplicable balance seemed to exist.

So faced with the Celestial Dao Sword Sea about to swallow her, her mindset remained unusually calm.

She still regarded the new experience of death with a mind of comprehension.

Her slender feet were the first to disappear into the sea, followed by her long, straight calves, thighs, and finally, her waist, which could be held in one hand...

It was only at this point that she suddenly slashed a sword towards the sea's surface.

A wondrous scene occurred.

She slowly rose from the sea's surface, with her previously consumed lower half gradually reforming and restoring.

The entire process was akin to playing the previous scene in reverse.

The only difference was that the leaf she stood on could no longer be restored.

"One Sword to Extinguish..."

"One Sword to Birth..."

"Snatching a sliver of vitality from the jaws of death for one's own use..."

At this moment, she finally understood the legendary Supreme Sword Heart—the Life and Death.

And it was also at this point that the entire surface of the Celestial Dao Sword Sea suddenly radiated with a golden light.

The other immortals going through their trials all cried out in surprise.

"What is happening?"

"What's going on?"

"Why has the Celestial Dao Sword Sea undergone this change?"

"I seem to feel an even stronger power of the Celestial Dao!"

From a distant side, Brother Cheng also peered in astonishment at the sea's surface, which seemed coated in gold.

"This is the real power of the Celestial Dao, not just a projection of it."

Ling's voice was heavier and more earnest than ever.

"The Celestial Dao has personally appeared and recognized someone present here."

"The Emperor Sword Star is about to have a master."

Within her tone was a thread of surprise.

"Who would have thought that someone could conquer this upper-rank main star and become its Star Monarch."

Hearing this conclusion, Brother Cheng couldn't help but perk up.

"So who is this person?"

Ling quickly composed herself.

"I don't know."

Her eyes twinkled with a playful color swiftly rising.

"But it definitely won't be you."

This left Brother Cheng a little unable to accept.

Though at first, he hadn't planned to become the Emperor Sword Star's Star Lord, being the head of the Celestial Pill Department wasn't less than being an upper-rank Star Monarch.

But when the position that was supposed to be unclaimed suddenly had a candidate, and while he was present, and the candidate wasn't him...

His ego was a bit bruised.

This isn't the kind of treatment a protagonist should have, right?

"This doesn't make any sense!"

"With my fifteen sword hearts all maxed out, who could be more qualified than I am?"

"If I were the Star Lord, it would be the Emperor Sword Star's honor, wouldn't it?"

"How could the Celestial Dao have such a blind eye?"

"Choosing rubble over a beautiful gem?"

"Heh..."

Ling chuckled, without any attempt to conceal her mocking intent.

"I don't know whether that person is rubble, but you don't even have a Celestial Heart. How could the Celestial Dao choose you?"

"From the beginning, you never had any chance."

"Didn't you realize that?"

Brother Cheng was stunned.

"You need a Celestial Heart, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Upon reflection, it made sense too.

The Emperor Sword Star was created by the Heavenly Dao.

He had refused integration back then and thus wasn't aligned with the Heavenly Dao anymore.

To put it extremely, even if the Celestial Dao were to choose any random Body Tempering Realm from the lower realm to be Star Lord, it wouldn't choose him.

After all, a Body Tempering Realm at least counts as a citizen of the Celestial Dao, whereas he wasn't even remotely part of the Celestial Dao's own people.

"Thinking of it this way, I can accept it."

This brother's earlier bruised ego was restored.

It wasn't about his lack of talent or power, nor his lack of handsomeness.

It was because the Celestial Dao had preset conditions.

"Indeed, with my status, being the mere Star Lord of the Emperor Sword Star wouldn't do me justice."

He started to feel buoyant again.

And at this moment, the golden light of the Sea of Celestial Dao swiftly ascended into the sky.

They converged towards a single point.

The center of that gathering was Qiu Yuxuan.

Yes, the mid-stage Emperor Realm Ninth Layer Qiu Yuxuan had been recognized by the Celestial Dao, surpassing numerous Ultimate Daoist Venerables and even Divine Monarchs to become the Star Lord of this upper-rank main star!

In this place where flight was impossible, she slowly floated up into the sky.

The endless golden light fused into her being, making her appearance in a black long dress seem utterly sacred, as if she were a legendary divine mansion.

She felt the mystical star power.

So she waved her hand, and the entire Sea of Celestial Dao surged accordingly.

She discovered she had become one with this upper-rank main star.

Her will was the will of this star.

Here, she was like an omnipotent, supreme God!

The entire Emperor Sword Star began to undergo dramatic transformations, no longer just the shape of a sword.

The surrounding fog slowly dispersed.

Mountains rose up from the ground, and rivers flowed unceasingly.

Spectacular palaces stood atop the peaks.

Mysterious star force permeated every corner of the Emperor Sword Star.

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