At this moment in the dueling arena.

"Buzz——!!"

"Buzz——!!"

"Buzz——!!"

As soon as the giant sword appeared, the entire dueling arena exploded with bursts of sharp sword blade buzzing sounds.

The buzzing sound turned into ripples and spread above the space.

The giant sword itself was also trembling incessantly, and the light emanating from the patterns on the sword body grew increasingly intense.

Suddenly.

Under everyone’s gaze, the giant sword that appeared abruptly suddenly turned into a mist, disappearing in front of the crowd.

"It disappeared?" Xu Ran was somewhat astonished but quickly reacted, "No!"

Then, he glanced around.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

...

Instantly.

The entire dueling arena experienced violent tremors, and simultaneously, countless sword pillars descended where Xu Ran’s gaze reached. These stone pillars were like immortal swords piercing the sky, radiating piercing coldness.

Each stone pillar had engraved patterns identical to the giant sword’s, surrounded by sword Qi, intertwining.

"There are as many as three thousand sword pillars!"

Xu Ran swept his gaze over them and could clearly recognize their number, a great caution was evident on his face.

While glancing around, his gaze focused on one of the sword pillars, carefully observing the sword intent it contained.

"Stab!"

Suddenly, Xu Ran felt a sharp sword intent stabbing towards him, the sensation akin to facing a sword Dao Great Power.

"Drip drip!"

In an instant, a drop of golden blood flowed from Xu Ran’s palm.

This meant, he was injured!!

The soul bodies outside the dueling arena saw this scene, and their faces similarly showed solemnity.

"It hasn’t even fully attacked, and the newcomer is already injured?"

"No wonder it’s praised as the number one sword array under heaven—the Celestial Spirit Sword Array!"

"The sword pillars evolved from the Celestial Spirit Sword Array, each attached with Great Success Sword Intent, terrifyingly powerful!"

"This is only a projection, if it were the real Celestial Spirit Sword Array, heads would be separated in an instant!"

"..."

The strength of the Celestial Spirit Sword Array exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Xu Ran’s prior performance had always been undefeatable, yet before this Celestial Spirit Sword Array, he was injured in mere probing without fully engaging.

The gap between them is truly immense!

"Legend has it that the Sect Leader of the Sword Sect accompanied only the sword throughout his life, walking the Three Thousand Sword Dao, and on the day of proving the Dao, the Three Thousand Sword Dao spanned thousands of miles across the sky, unprecedentedly glorious!"

"The three thousand sword pillars transformed from the Celestial Spirit Sword Array should be the Sect Leader’s Three Thousand Sword Dao!"

The little junior sister also gazed solemnly at the Celestial Spirit Sword Array in the mirror.

With her thorough reading of ancient texts, she was particularly interested in cultural anecdotes from ancient times, especially the famous strong individuals, and quickly recognized those descending three thousand sword pillars.

"Something’s not right!" At this moment, the second senior brother also spoke.

He gazed coldly at Xu Ran in the mirror, continuing.

"Even if the Celestial Spirit Sword Array carries the Sword Sect Leader’s nurtured sword Dao, it’s only a projection, not the real Celestial Spirit Sword Array, nor the genuine sword intent. During probing, it shouldn’t have harmed the Great Success Innate Saint’s Sacred Body!"

Having personally experienced the great battles of ancient times, the second senior brother had also witnessed the power of the Celestial Spirit Sword Array firsthand. And under this circumstance, Xu Ran got injured due to projection.

Otherwise, the Great Success Innate Saint’s Sacred Body would be too worthless and could not be called the number one constitution under heaven!

A projection, after all, is just a projection; even if it were the divine soldier emerging from the Ancient Bronze Gate, having one ten-thousandth of its original power would already be good.

The senior brother remained silent at this moment, his gaze coldly fixed on Xu Ran’s hand in the mirror, moments later, his pupils shrank.

"This newcomer is utilizing the innate Qi attached within his body, analyzing the Sword Dao source!"

Analyzing the Sword Dao source!!!

These six words instantly appeared in all the soul bodies’ minds, all staring with wide eyes at Xu Ran in the mirror.

"This..." The little junior sister stammered upon hearing it.

Though she was reluctant to admit it, given that it came from the senior brother’s mouth, she had to believe.

"Senior brother, are you certain?" The second senior brother indeed had some doubts, speaking up to inquire.

Analyzing the Sword Dao source, the implications of these six words are anything but simple.

The source is the most crucial cultivation process for a Great Power Cultivator, containing all of the Great Power’s lifelong cultivation insights and flaws.

After all, even the strongest Dao has flaws; otherwise, even the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t be injured.

Analyzing the source is akin to seeing through a Great Power’s lifelong cultivated Dao; once fully analyzed, one can find the shortcomings of the analyzed source, which is fatal to any cultivator.

Individuals with this ability are without exception Great Powers, renowned figures in ancient texts.

How could this newcomer participating in the trial possibly possess such means!

"Senior brother, even the ancient texts documenting the Great Success Innate Saint’s Sacred Body don’t record any ability to analyze the source!"

The little junior sister pondered over the ancient texts’ records, her powerful spiritual power didn’t discover such records.

The other soul bodies also wore expressions of bewilderment, extremely incredulous.

That’s analyzing the source, and if their source were also analyzed, it would equate to placing their lives in someone else’s hands, so they also wanted to know the truth of this matter!

"Indeed, the Great Success Innate Saint’s Sacred Body lacks such capability!" The senior brother said after a moment’s silence, "However, this individual’s body also possesses the ability to continuously generate innate Qi!"