# Chapter 2588: Condensing Sword Dao Sacred Will
Puppet beasts capable of unleashing god-level combat power could still only be called puppet beasts.
However, the Earth Demon Sparrow was called a divine artifact, and was one of the three great hall-guarding divine artifacts of the Origin Divine Temple.
Such a supreme treasure, if controlled by a god with sufficient spiritual power, could have its internal Celestial Pivot structure pushed to its limits, unleashing combat power that was simply unimaginable.
Zhang Ruochen also developed a strong interest in the Earth Demon Sparrow, yet he knew that the Earth Demon Sparrow's artifact spirit was evil and powerful. Even if he went with the Divine Dragon Sun Moon Chaos Tower, he could probably only kill the artifact spirit, not make it submit.
Worried about A Le, Begonia Granny, and the others still outside, Zhang Ruochen turned his gaze back to the six divine swords and said, "Fellow sword spirits, I have received the Sword Ancestor's inheritance and have sworn to revive the sword path. Will you all emerge and assist me?"
The best-preserved sword, the Big Brother Sword, said, "I sense the aura of Sword Dao Essence on you, as well as an unparalleled sword path spirit. You are indeed the best candidate for us six swords to recognize as master. Unfortunately, your cultivation is too weak!"
"At your realm, having such sword path attainments is indeed impressive. A pity, a pity—such attainments are still insignificant compared to a Sword God."
"My weight is comparable to a star, enough to crush an entire great world. Even if I were willing to recognize you as master, I am so heavy that you could not lift me or take me away."
"You haven't even cultivated Sword Dao Sacred Will—how could we recognize you as master?"
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The words of the six divine swords were sharper than their sword bodies, enough to shatter a person's heart.
Zangjin Baihu, whose fate was linked to Zhang Ruochen, naturally hoped he could subdue the six swords. It revealed its true form and said, "If you are willing to recognize him as master, I can carry the swords for him."
"Oh! A god, no less."
"A god has recognized him as master? This kid, just what background does he have?"
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The six divine swords began chattering again.
Zangjin Baihu was furious inside. What did they mean by "recognized him as master"? He and Zhang Ruochen had an equal relationship, alright?
To win over the six divine swords, Zangjin Baihu had to endure and not explain.
At this moment, Ji Fanxin, who had been standing silently behind Zhang Ruochen, spoke up: "If he can break the boundary of heaven and earth's rules and condense a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will, will you recognize him as master?"
All voices fell silent.
One of the divine swords said, "Impossible. A third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will does not exist in this world, just as there is no absolutely perfect sword in this world."
Another sword said, "Sword Dao Sacred Will can only infinitely approach third-rank; it cannot reach third-rank."
"And if he actually achieves it?" Ji Fanxin asked.
The Big Brother Sword made the final decision: "If he can condense a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will, that would be unprecedented. Who else would we recognize as master if not him?"
Ji Fanxin turned to Zhang Ruochen and said, "That day in Hundred Clans Royal City, you said you wanted me to help you condense a third-rank Sword Dao Essence, and I refused."
Zhang Ruochen looked slightly embarrassed and said apologetically, "I understand. I was too rash at the time. Let's not mention it again."
Ji Fanxin shook her head. "Actually, it's not that I truly didn't want to help you."
Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled.
Ji Fanxin stepped forward lightly, her delicate and graceful figure standing beneath the blood moon, meeting Zhang Ruochen's gaze. "At that time, your sword path attainments were far inferior to now. You hadn't even cultivated the Heavenly Sword Soul, and you had no Sword Dao Essence to support you. Even if I had helped you, you would never have succeeded."
"But now it's different. You have all the favorable timing and circumstances. If you add my full assistance, you might not be without a chance of success."
Zhang Ruochen had already learned from Mo Yin that after flower-type beings cultivated physical bodies, their flowers would only bloom for the one they loved most.
Although he desperately wanted to condense a third-rank Sword Dao Essence and obtain the six divine swords, he did not want to put Ji Fanxin in a difficult position. After all, the price was too great.
"Fairy, there is no need for this." Zhang Ruochen shook his head vigorously.
Ji Fanxin extended her snow-white jade finger, pointing to the sky where the six divine swords hung.
At the center of the six divine swords was a hazy, chaotic light mist, seeming to contain an endless sea of stars, as if myriad things were born and extinguished within.
She said, "The six swords lock a vast amount of Origin Essence, turning that place into an Origin cloud cluster. That is your favorable circumstance. Amidst such abundant Origin Essence, you will surely be able to shape the most perfect Sword Dao Sacred Will. I have faith in you. Do you have faith in yourself?"
Zhang Ruochen stared at her exquisitely defined, beautiful profile and saw that she had already made her decision.
Gradually, he calmed down and stopped being pretentious. "If Fanxin can help me, I have full confidence to attempt a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will. I will remember today's kindness, Zhang Ruochen. Through the rolling red dust, until the heavens grow old and the earth decays, I will never let you down."
Ji Fanxin's gaze was deep and profound, then she smiled faintly. "You don't have to carry such a heavy psychological burden. If there were no feelings in my heart, I would never give myself to you. Since there are feelings, then any decision I make now, I will take responsibility for. If one day we drift apart, and I leave you or stop paying attention to you, then don't come looking for me again. Because that would mean there are no longer feelings for you in my heart."
Bai Qinger watched them and chuckled lightly. "Today, a fairy is sullied, colluding with a great villain. I wonder how many cultivators across the Heavenly Court Myriad Realms will weep with grief and sorrow."
The two of them ignored her.
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin turned into two streaks of light, flying toward the sky where the six divine swords hung.
The closer they got, the more they could feel the majestic aura of the six divine swords. Each one was over ten miles long, heavy and scorching, their divine power seeming capable of piercing heaven and earth.
One of the swords emitted a deep, rumbling voice from within: "You may enter the Origin Essence light mist to condense your Sacred Will. However, the Origin Essence is something we have reserved for our future master. If you cannot condense a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will, do not expect to take even a trace of Essence from within."
"If you try to forcibly take the Origin Essence, you will be slain."
Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin flew between two of the divine swords and plunged into the Origin Essence light mist.
In Bai Qinger's view, the moment Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin touched the Origin Essence light mist, their bodies rapidly shrank, turning into two specks of light that merged into the mist.
Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin only felt a violent weightlessness before arriving at a boundless chaotic ocean.
This ocean was vast and hazy, filled with countless white specks of light and fleeting, ethereal strands of light.
"Is this the Origin Essence?"
Zhang Ruochen reached out a hand to grab a white light speck.
But the white light speck instantly slipped away, refusing to merge into his body.
The Truth Essence, Fate Essence, Space Essence, and Sword Dao Essence that Zhang Ruochen possessed had all been granted to him by others or obtained through the Heart of Truth. Thus, they could remain within his body, condensed and undispersed.
However, this kind of Essence drifting freely between heaven and earth was not something he could obtain just because he wanted to.
Ji Fanxin, on the other hand, was a completely different case.
As she arrived, the surrounding Origin Essence light specks became extremely active, landing on her skin and then merging into her body.
Her snow-white, delicate body seemed to be lit up like a celestial lamp, becoming increasingly crystalline and translucent, emitting a rich floral fragrance.
Ji Fanxin said, "Excellent! My body can indeed absorb Origin Essence and then transmit it to you. Are you ready?"
Zhang Ruochen nodded.
The clothes on both of them vanished.
Ji Fanxin lifted her beautiful, exquisite head, her jade-like arms wrapping around Zhang Ruochen's neck. Then, the two embraced, their lips meeting.
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"Rustle!"
After who knows how long, Ji Fanxin's physical body dispersed, transforming into a massive, snow-white Divine Illumination Lotus beneath Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen changed his posture, sitting cross-legged.
His masculine, upright body was already filled with a vast amount of Origin Essence, all obtained from Ji Fanxin's body.
The Heavenly Sword Soul hovered above his head.
Around his body, countless Sword Dao Rules flew densely.
The rules were like swords, converging into a river.
Furthermore, the profound and mysterious Sword Dao Essence merged with the river of Sword Dao Rules.
Despite the earlier exertion, Zhang Ruochen was still full of energy and vitality, intending to condense the Sword Dao Sacred Will in one go.
He took out the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill.
The spirit of the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill was also in the form of a Divine Illumination Lotus, possessing the cultivation realm of a Supreme Realm Great Saint. However, when it was formed into a pill, the spirit's power had been sealed at the peak of the Thousand Questions Realm.
In the world of alchemy, the highest grade of Sacred Will Pill could only reach King-grade.
However, when the Yama Clan's Tai Shang personally refined the Sacred Will Pills, ten reached the quasi-Emperor-grade level. As for the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill, it was an unexpected surprise that even Tai Shang had not anticipated.
It was precisely because he possessed this pill—unparalleled through the ages and having broken the rules of the Heavenly Dao—that Zhang Ruochen had entertained the thought of attempting a third-rank Sword Dao Sacred Will.
"Slap!"
With a wave of his hand, the seal on the pill spirit was undone.
Immediately, a terrifying power comparable to a full-force strike from a Supreme Realm Great Saint erupted from within the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill, shaking Zhang Ruochen's hands apart as it tried to fly away.
"Come back!"
Zhang Ruochen mobilized his Space Essence, opened his mouth, and inhaled.
Space twisted, and the direction of the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill's flight reversed, falling into Zhang Ruochen's mouth and being swallowed directly into his stomach.
In the end, it was just a pill. It might have the cultivation of the Supreme Realm, but it lacked corresponding combat power. In terms of combat strength, it could not even compare to Shi Shenghua.
"Boom."
The Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill dispersed in Zhang Ruochen's stomach, unleashing an impact force that even a half-god physical body could hardly withstand.
Zhang Ruochen's internal organs were nearly all shattered, turning into bloody pulp.
The intense pain stimulated Zhang Ruochen's nerves and will, but he gritted his teeth, his form unmoving. His hands formed sword seals as he rapidly circulated his cultivation technique.
Gradually, the energy contained in the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill merged with the flesh and blood in his abdomen, reshaping his five viscera and six bowels.
As the Emperor-grade Sacred Will Pill fully integrated with his physical body, it also subtly transformed Zhang Ruochen's Sword Dao Rules, sword soul, and sword intent.
The rule form presented by the Sword Dao Rules became closer to a perfect sword shape.
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There will be another chapter tonight.
Let me say something. Sigh, I get a lot of QQ messages every day. Opening QQ causes it to explode. It's impossible to reply to every single one—otherwise, I wouldn't be able to write. I can only pick a few to reply to.
Regarding some readers' comments on the sword path in the previous chapter, I already replied on Tieba today, so let me say it again. From the perspective of the six divine swords, they naturally think the sword path is number one under heaven, capable of breaking all paths in the world. The blade path is just a minor path, and the eternal paths are not worth mentioning.
If it were a divine blade, it would definitely say that the sword path is just a minor path, and the eternal paths are not worth mentioning.
If it were the Darkness Temple, it would definitely say that the darkness path is invincible under heaven, and fate and truth are not worth mentioning.
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In the end, the strength of a path ultimately depends on the person cultivating it.