"I have already taught you all my swordsmanship, but I cannot help you with the final realm. You have to figure it out on your own."

"The final realm?"

Zhou Changsheng had never heard of it. In his understanding, the basis of swordsmanship is one's own strength. Only by guiding the power of heaven and earth into swordsmanship can one use a powerful sword style.

Therefore, the stronger one's own strength, the greater the power of the sword in his hand! But he had never heard of the final realm mentioned by Duan Aotian.

"The way of controlling the sword does not rely on the power of heaven and earth. Ordinary sword styles are not the essence of swordsmanship. The way of the sword is based on cutting. The sword that I used before was not an ordinary sword style that relied on the power of heaven and earth, but the power exerted by the sword itself!"

"In ancient times, our ancestors used paper swords to cut through mountains. If you reach the ultimate realm of swordsmanship, even a paper sword can exert immortal power. In the battle with others, it is better to spend extra energy to think about how to defeat the opponent instead of spending energy to guide the power of heaven and earth into the sword style."

Duan Aotian was also a little melancholy. Even he could not reach the ultimate realm he mentioned.

For some reason, he always felt that he was just one step away, but he had been looking for that key opportunity for decades.

The fact that there has been no master of the divine realm for thousands of years is not just because people are not talented enough, but there may be various reasons.

Duan Aotian did not continue to think about it. These were just his guesses. He continued:

"If you reach the final state, you can do any sword move at will. The sword energy you cut out will naturally merge with the power of heaven and earth in this world, and then burst out with more powerful power. To achieve this, strength is only secondary. The most important thing is your consciousness."

"To integrate consciousness into the sword is not to control the sword in your hand, but to regard yourself as the sword in your hand. Every move is launched in your consciousness, and then you can exert the true power of the sword."

"If you do this, you will reach the final state, the Sword God."

Zhou Changsheng's brain is spinning rapidly, trying to understand the meaning of Duan Aotian's words as much as possible. If he reaches the Sword God state mentioned by his master, he will surely be able to catch up with him.

Duan Aotian paused for a moment and then said:

"Throughout the ages, there are only a few who can reach the level of Sword God. Even I have only touched the threshold of Sword God, and can be regarded as a half-step Sword God."

"Your talent is not worse than mine. I believe that one day you will be on par with me. It's just a matter of time."

Duan Aotian still has great hope for Zhou Changsheng.

At this point, Duan Aotian turned around and looked in a certain direction, where there was only a jungle with no end in sight.

"Go quickly, the chaos is coming. I'm afraid that even I can't protect myself by then. If I die somewhere unfortunately, don't forget me as your master, hahaha..."

After saying that, Duan Aotian took a deep breath, and his eyes were full of sharpness. He could see that the war would soon be fierce.

Zhou Changsheng couldn't resist his decision. Although he improved rapidly by following his master, he couldn't force himself to grow. Some things still needed Zhou Changsheng to feel in battle after battle.

Strength is gradually strengthened in battle after battle!

Zhou Changsheng clasped his hands and bowed deeply three times to Duan Aotian's back. When he raised his head, Duan Aotian had disappeared, and even his breath disappeared.

Only the Qingshuang sword was left, inserted diagonally into the soil.

There was a strange smell in the air, and Zhou Changsheng sighed:

"Is the war coming...?"

Time returned to the present, Zhou Changsheng's left hand supported the unconscious Xiang Luoxi, and in front of him was the overwhelming willow branches. At this time, he had no expression on his face. Facing such an attack, he had no fear at all, and his right hand holding the Qingshuang sword slowly relaxed.

"Haha, facing such an attack, it's just a mantis trying to stop a chariot. What a pity. After all, he is the disciple of Duan Aotian, but he can't even take a single move from me. It's really shameful!"

The black-robed man in the distance also saw this scene. He had already imagined what Zhou Changsheng would look like after enduring this attack. Facing such an attack, even he would find it difficult to come out intact.

"Ah! It's over!"

Xiaogua looked out through the crack and saw only the huge willow branches covering the sky. His heart was full of the figure of his elder brother, wondering why he didn't come to save him.

Despair slowly replaced his expression. Xiaogua sighed and whispered:

"In the next life, will the Lord of the Tree of Life let me out so that I can be buried with this human?"

Zhou Changsheng closed his eyes tightly, but his heart was surging like a river and sea. His body was shaking a little due to excitement, but in Ning Su's view, such shaking was just the fear of facing death.

Just when the willow branches reached Zhou Changsheng, he finally moved!

"Master, I understand!"

Zhou Changsheng quickly raised the Qingshuang sword in his right hand and simply drew two crosses in front of him.

His eyes were fixed on the sword light that followed, which was the strongest attack he could release at the moment!

"This is the purest slash!"

The sword energy was like two streams of light. Almost in an instant, the length of the sword energy increased by dozens of times. The two crescent-shaped sword energy directly slashed at the willow branches.

"Integrate yourself into the sword, the sword is yourself, and the heart is the sword. I have finally reached your original realm, a half-step sword god!"

"How is this possible!"

The two crescent-shaped sword energy was swung out, unstoppably cutting a large gap in the willow branch, as if it was cut off by a huge long sword, and the willow branches that lost their guidance also lost their power and fell to the ground one after another.

The dim moonlight shone on the area again, the ground was covered with dust, and in the air, Zhou Changsheng stood there unscathed.

Ning Su couldn't believe what he saw. His full-strength attack was actually taken by Zhou Changsheng.

Rather than saying that he took this move, it would be better to say that he broke his own move.

You know, the huge willow tree that he transformed with the power of nature has reached an astonishing level of strength. Even a strong man in the Heyang realm would have to spend some effort to cut off these willow branches. How could it be solved by the two sword energies he casually swung? Not to mention such a huge number, it is absolutely impossible!

"He actually has such strength?" The black-robed man showed a look of astonishment. He knew best what kind of strength the hall master had. Even he couldn't easily destroy those willow branches. The inside of the willow branches was filled with unimaginable natural forces, and its own strength was beyond words.

"I actually took the initiative to attack him earlier. Tsk, tsk, tsk, if he could react earlier, I'm afraid I would be in trouble."

They didn't know that Zhou Changsheng was not hiding his strength, but at that critical moment, he once again broke through himself and understood the meaning of what Duan Aotian told him at the beginning, which made him leap to the half-step sword god.

If he had such strength earlier, I'm afraid the Shi brothers would not dare to jump in front of him and could easily take their lives.

Ning Su frowned, the development of the matter had long been beyond his expectations, although they had learned about Zhou Changsheng's life experience and his identity in advance.

But the people of Tianyin Sect did not think that Zhou Changsheng was the second Duan Aotian. Until now, he has not shown the talent that makes Tianyin Sect headache.

"Today, we must kill him here no matter what, otherwise, he will become a big trouble in the future!"

Ning Su's eyes were filled with murderous intent. Even if it cost him some money, he would keep Zhou Changsheng here. Tianyin Sect could not accept the birth of a second Duan Aotian!

Ning Su's figure burst out and instantly arrived above the huge willow tree.

"Hah!"

Ning Su shouted loudly, and the natural forces from all directions seemed to be guided and rushed towards him, and then all merged into the willow tree under his feet.

It can be clearly seen that after receiving a large amount of natural power, a layer of faint green light appeared on the surface of the huge willow tree, and each willow leaf was trembling constantly, as if it was nourished by the natural power and became excited.

Zhou Changsheng stretched his muscles and bones, and looked at Ning Su who was gathering the natural power. Zhou Changsheng's eyes revealed a strong desire to fight. Having initially broken through the realm of the half-step sword body, he wanted to test his own strength!

"Are you still not giving up? I want to see what tricks you have!"

The luster on the surface of the huge willow tree became more and more obvious, and the willow leaves that were more than one meter long were shaking constantly, and then they broke away from the roots and floated in the air.

What kind of scene is this? There are thousands of willow branches that are as thick as tree trunks, and each willow branch has countless willow leaves. These willow leaves break away from the branches at the same time, and then new willow leaves grow out. It's simply a miracle!

There are not many people in the entire Wilderness Realm who can control the power of nature to this extent.

Controlling such a large number of huge willow leaves at the same time, even Ning Su is a little tired, and beads of sweat gradually appear on his forehead, falling one by one.

"I don't believe that you can be so capable after only a few years of breaking through the Heyang Realm!"

Ning Su's usual gentleness was swept away, replaced by a strong sense of madness.

"Die!!!"

The willow leaves in the sky were pointed at Zhou Changsheng's position. Each willow leaf was full of natural power. These willow leaves were like enlarged flying needles. Under Ning Su's guidance, they all stabbed Zhou Changsheng.

Zhou Changsheng looked serious. He felt the natural power contained in the willow leaves. Facing this power, he was not very confident.

"Come on!!!"