“I am actually able to sense your presence?” Zhou Yan said in a surprised tone.

“Yes indeed, brother Zhou Yan, within your body was the Blade’s Essence of Infinity, besides I, lil’ Frost is now currently brother Zhou Yan’s main sword and as long as your soul is powerful enough you will have no problem sensing my presence.”

Lil’ Frost explained.

It was only at this moment, Zhou Yan finally came to understand how Feng Lingqing was able to understand everything that had happened after talking to Silver Frost.

To be in possession of a Blade’s spectre this unique, it seemed to record every event that had ever happened within the confines of a newly created Blade’s Realm would be an astoundingly easy task.

At this very moment, the young lad felt a strong surge of new emotions, a single sword, a single sword of life actually had its own personalized sentience!

“Since you are my temporary main sword, why do you address me as brother Zhou Yan and not master?” Zhou Yan finally spoke his curious mind.

“That was all because, in the entirety of my lifespan, the only master I have is Master Feng Lingqing.”

“Besides, I truly love you from the bottom of my heart, and after noticing how much you enjoyed being called brother Zhou Yan by Gu Xi, it’s only natural for me to…address you as such, so do you like it?”

Lil Frost proceeded to explain, as her expression was slightly nervous when she spoke.

Staring at such an adorable sight, it was only natural for Zhou Yan to absolutely adore her.

“So it seems that was the reason. Of course I loved being addressed as ‘brother Zhou Yan’ by you, I also do very much love my Blade’s Spectre little sister as well.”

Zhou Yan spoke in a compassionate tone.

At this very moment, the young lad had stopped perceiving a sword as an object, instead he treated it as a sentient lifeform, hence he had grown to respect it’s life.

“Brother Zhou Yan, you’re the best!” Lil’ Frost was ecstatic as the blade’s body danced around the room and cheered merrily. It’s call sounded as charming as a nightingale.

Such charming cheers, could this possibly be the cries of a blade? Zhou Yan was completely perplexed.

…

“Brother Zhou Yan, lil’ Frost, I don’t know what this ‘Blade’s Menace’ is, but as a Blade’s Spectre, I am able to unleash the Blade’s Menace, brother Zhou Yan, you may try to feel it’s power.”

“Alright, then go ahead and try, I would love to feel the power of the Blade’s Menace.”

Zhou Yan nodded as he focused his mind, even though the Blade’s Menace was sealed within the hand carved effigy, however, when the young lad was being hunted by the Lady of the Snow-Jaded Palace and her people, the instant he unleashed the sealed Blade’s Menace, he could not sense a thing.

The only that was left behind were the three Blade’s Spectre that had been sealed within Sorrow’s Breaker when the Lady of the Snow-Jaded Palace repaired the blade; everything else was completely erased.

…

Hence, even till this very day, the young lad had never experienced how the Blade’s Menace felt like. Not to mention, this young lad would never even come close to having an opportunity of manifesting a Blade’s Spectre of his own. Hence, the young lad was extremely excited at this moment.

After receiving the young lad’s orders, lil’ Frost proceeded to focus her mind while she carefully stood beside Zhou Yan, after doing so, both her eyes sprung open revealing her huge wide eyes, as two blinding rays of light that was as bright as the sun were unleashed out of her eyes.

Instantly, both ray of Blade’s light shot directly at Zhou Yan that were as fast as lightning, and before Zhou Yan could even react, he could feel the aftershock that was reverberating throughout his entire body, causing the lad to instantly cough out puddles of blood!

He felt two rays of Blade’s Light pierced through his soul, the impact was enough to murder his very own soul.

In the deepest depth of the young lad’s heart, a heavy omen of death could be felt coming from within!

However, with his unbending will alone, he suppressed these intense and morbid feelings of soul destruction and the grim feelings of death.Thus, the young lad took a deep breath and struggled to sit down.

“Ah…Brother Zhou Yan…you, are you alright…” Lil’ Frost was completely horrified, since Zhou Yan’s soul had been shred to pieces, she was extremely frantic at the moment.

Suddenly, Zhou Yan was unable to sense lil’ Frost’s presence, however, the instant he was about to crumble, he was able to hear the panic from lil’ Frost’s voice.

Zhou Yan cracked a bitter smile, since this naive child had only unleashed one tenth of her Blade’s Menace and just from that alone, had almost killed him.

This…this was beyond the realm of imagination.

Zhou Yan had finally understood why exactly he felt immense pressure whenever he was faced with terrifyingly powerful foes. That was the pressure that had been exerted by the raw Blade’s Menace!

This Blade’s Menace was truly terrifying!

As the young lad reflected upon everything, he proceeded to take out a piece of Spirit Crystals as he got ready to recover from the injuries he had sustained, However, at this moment a flash could seen coming out from a void, Feng Lingqing flew out and had appeared next to Zhou Yan’s side while frantically saying,, “Are you alright Zhou Yan? Silver Frost went a little too far, since her mind is similar to a seven or eight year old child…you’ll need to be careful alright!”

Feng Lingqing who had rushed out in a frantic state let out a huge sigh of relief upon noticing that Zhou Yan’s life was not in danger.

However, it seemed the young lass had rushed out in a hurry as the edge of her mouth had streaks of blood, and upon noticing that, Zhou Yan knew she had forced herself out in a state of utmost urgency.

The young lad felt a slight warm feeling in his heart. Thus he remorsefully said, “I’ve been careless, all I wanted was to awaken my Blade’s Menace earlier, I didn’t expect this Blade’s Menace to be this potent and powerful. Sigh, I was indeed careless.”

Zhou Yan chuckled bitterly.

“Don’t you do that next time alright, the truth about awakening one’s Blade’s Menace was actually condensing your own will into a sharp blade, and it’s through that, you would give form to your Blade’s Menace.

“Another thing to take note of, even by doing so, this is only the most basic form of Blade’s Menace. True Blade’s Menace stems from the soul, morphing the soul into the form of a blade is the key to the power of the Blade’s Menace!

“So to put things in simpler terms would be, the Blade’s Menace is simply the soul’s blade and the ferocity of one’s will.”

“The ferocity of one’s soul morphed into the form of a Blade is the true meaning of Blade’s Menace?” Zhou Yan was suddenly enlightened, since it seemed his combat prowess had massively increased after painfully mastered the Form of The Dragon, hence everything that was impossibly difficult to understand that was spoken by Feng Lingqing was extremely simple to him.

“You…Understood it…?”

Feng Lingqing was stunned.

“Indeed, I understood every bit of it.” Zhou Yan replied as he nodded.

Zhou Yan knew, he had seemingly broken ‘The laws of Nature’.

“It seems to me, you are not far from actually awakening the basic form of Blade’s Menace now. If it’s possible for you, work harder, strive to morph your soul into the form of a blade before the age of sixteen!”

Feng Lingqing was stunned, as this natural gift was literally breaking the laws of nature!

After she was done speaking, the young lass turned around and got ready to disappear.

At this very moment, Zhou Yan was unsure where a sudden rush of strength came from, however, he was able to grab onto Feng Lingqing’s arm, and with a slight tug, he pulled her into his loving arms.

“This time, I’ve made you worry, and had indirectly injured your body even more. Let me heal you now.”

As Zhou Yan hugged this young lad, he gently patted her back.

Although his actions were somewhat bold, however, this young maiden never resisted him.

“Sigh, you are indeed your father’s son, the chip of the old block. Like your father, you are a living breathing lustful man!”

The young lass sighed. However, it felt slightly flirtatious and frustrated. From the tone of her voice, it sounded slightly submissive and odd.

“Well, if that’s the case, why don’t you marry this lustful man then.” Zhou Yan teased as if ignoring her complicated emotions.

Both Feng Lingqing’s cheeks were blushing slightly. She said, “Marry you…in future, I’m worried you wouldn’t say the same thing…I’ll be attending to my wounds now, since this debacle has interrupted my healing state, so I would be hibernating for a little longer.”

The tone of her voice sounded slightly conflicted, she was tempted to struggle out of Zhou Yan’s embrace, however, she had seemingly thought about something, and with that, she tiptoed and proceeded to kiss Zhou Yan on his forehead then after doing so, her body shattered like fragments of glass as it dispressed into a cloud of messy Blade’s Essence then finally it entered Silver Frost’s body.

“This young lass knows way too many secrets, however she refused to share even the slightest with me…sigh.”

Zhou Yan sighed.

He felt an empty feeling of loneliness from within his heart.

However, this feeling only lasted a mere moment as the temptation of awakening his Blade’s Menace massively eclipsed his own feelings. Hence, he carefully recalled everything Feng Lingqing had told him, and repeatedly thought about that ferocious and potent explosion of Blade’s Menace from Silver Frost. The young lad reflected upon his thoughts repeatedly.

Whenever he felt his body and mind exhausting, the young lad would shift his focus to study every detail of the Manuscripts of Clear Waters Heaven’s Blade, then study the ‘Introductory Blade’s Formation’ and ‘Introduction to Revitalizing Blade’ two distinct manuscripts, in order to expand his knowledge, thus never limiting his search for knowledge.

During this entire process, it seemed Zhou Yan had completely forgotten about the passage of time.

…

The young lad had no clue how much time had passed, however, Zhou Yan felt a thick layer of dust had been collected around his body, finally, the young lad snapped out of the enlightened state he was in as he slowly opened both his eyes.

It seemed under this state of pure enlightenment within the realm he was in, had seemingly reached its limits, if the young lad had not made an effort to deliberately suppress his progress within his realm, he would have ascended to the first rank within the realm of the Blade’s Essence way earlier.

However, it seemed that he had remained in the third rank within the realm of the Blade’s Cardinal. The lad had not ascended yet.

However, the instant both his eyes were opened, there was a hint of Blade’s Menace forming within his eyes.

Within those clear pupils, it was as if two rays of Blade’s spectre had just been birthed as it danced around his eyes. However, this state was unstable.

“Sigh, it seems I am still unable to unleash the same potency as lil’ Frost’s Blade’s Menace, and it’s merely the unstable condensed shape within my eyes…although I have fully understood what the Blade’s Menace is, however, the process of condensing and giving it shape would require a really long time…”

Zhou Yan was certain he had been completely enlightened by the true meaning of the Blade’s Menace however, it was only after he had been enlightened, he knew to fully shape his Blade’s Menace, it was uncertain how long it would take to accomplish this task!

At the very least, he was able to collect and focus his Blade’s Menace in his eyes. However, he was only able to maintain it for a brief moment, this process was not as smooth as he hoped it would be, and the act of focusing and giving his Blade’s Menace shape would be exceedingly out of his reach…

“Being enlightened is a major progress, I should take it one step at a time…”

The young lad sighed, as he was displeased of his result. However, he knew he had done everything he could…

The moment he stood up from the ground, there was a mark of where the young lad once sat, as around that spot was a thin layer of dust.

“Did I really…took that long?”

Zhou Yan panicked, if a cycle of moon’s time had passed, he would have been in deep trouble!

“Brother Zhou Yan, you’ve been in confinement for a week now, both sisters Chan Er and Lin Er had been waiting for you outside for six days and six nights now. Father said there were some slight movements coming from where you are, can you come out now?”

Gu Xi’s voice could be heard coming from outside the hidden chamber’s door.

If the young lad was still training, he would not be affected by these sounds, however, now that he was ready to get out, the young lad was able to clearly hear those sounds.

“Oh thank god…it’s only a week.”

Zhou Yan let out a sigh of relief and proceeded to reply in a cheerful tone, “Yes, I am now ready to get out, sisters Chan Er, Lin Er and lil’ Xi, you guys can come in now.”