In the room.

The lights gradually dimmed, but the red vertical mark on Liu Zixuan’s forehead became even more dazzling.

Gradually, Liu Zixuan seemed to sense the presence of another power.

Buzz~!

The hilt of the Nameless Sword placed on the bedside suddenly trembled twice. Without Liu Zixuan’s control, the blade directly emerged from the hilt, and in an instant, it flew straight toward Liu Zixuan.

Liu Zixuan’s pupils shrank. At the moment when he felt a strong killing intent, the Piercing Gaze involuntarily activated.

He seemed to feel incredulous, but for some reason, as the sense of bewilderment in his heart grew stronger, he seemed unable to control himself.

Swoosh!

Seeing the Nameless Sword attacking, Liu Zixuan frowned and dodged forcefully. The blade brushed past his shoulder, leaving a red blood mark on it, and then plunged straight into the wall behind him.

Buzz~ Buzz!

The Nameless Sword seemed to be under someone else’s control. After stabbing into the wall, it didn’t stop and kept vibrating violently, trying to break free.

Liu Zixuan didn’t pay attention to the wound. Supporting himself, he jumped off the bed, his eyes fixed on every movement of the Nameless Sword.

In the usual course, even if the Nameless Sword was controlled by someone else, he could easily resolve it, as it was a sword that had been recognized by blood. But now, not only was the sword controlled, but the X-ray Vision was controlled by someone else as well. Even his consciousness seemed to be about to be replaced by something.

While watching the Nameless Sword, he was also pondering how to deal with the situation before him.

But Liu Zixuan discovered that the methods he came up with in his mind were instantly countered when he was about to implement them.

For example, when he thought of grabbing the Nameless Sword to control it, the sword suddenly left the wall and flew to the other side.

Or, when he thought of sitting cross-legged on the ground to calm his mind, the Nameless Sword suddenly came at him.

It was as if Liu Zixuan was fighting against another side of himself!

Such a thought would seem utterly ridiculous to anyone, but this was exactly the reality for Liu Zixuan right now!

Watching the Nameless Sword attacking him again, Liu Zixuan didn’t dodge this time. Instead, he leaped directly and grabbed the hilt of the Nameless Sword with both hands, pressing it firmly to the ground and holding it tightly.

Using his unstable consciousness, he forced the blade to retract back into the hilt. But at that moment, he lost control of his left hand, which suddenly rose and hit himself.

"Damn it, what the hell is going on!" Liu Zixuan cursed out loud.

Even someone as skilled as Liu Zixuan was helpless in this situation. If it were an ordinary person, they might have been killed by their ’self’ already!

Against enemies, Liu Zixuan had a hundred techniques, but against himself...he had never thought about it! He couldn’t just hit himself to death!

Huh...

At this thought, a flash of inspiration suddenly shot through Liu Zixuan’s mind!

Currently, a part of his consciousness and the Nameless Sword were under control, but he had more than just the Nameless Sword as a treasure!

Immediately, Liu Zixuan opened the Folding Fan, and with a single thought, several Ghost Gate Needles shot out. This time, he used the two Silver Needles, Profound Thunder and Profound Cloud, as the array bases to directly cast a small Qiankun Nine Dragon Array.

Of course, it wasn’t against an enemy but to trap himself within the array.

The Nameless Sword, originally on the bed, flew up again without his constraint, attacking the array fiercely.

Boom! 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Boom!

Several consecutive attacks all failed, being repelled by the array.

Liu Zixuan saw that it was effective, and his mind cleared up significantly. He quickly took out the two Silver Needles, Profound Yin and Profound Yang, and let them hover above the Celestial Spirit. This way, whenever his consciousness was about to be replaced, the Silver Needles would instantly wake him up, so he feared nothing.

After a simple test, it worked just as Liu Zixuan thought, indeed very effective.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Zixuan sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly closing his eyes, the Qi sinking into the Dantian.

Boom!

Just as he entered a meditative state, a violent tremor occurred within his Dantian, followed by a deafening dragon roar that echoed in Liu Zixuan’s mind.

"This...seems familiar."

He vaguely remembered that when he entered the Dragon Vein Seven-Star Tomb in Qian Nan Land with the Nameless Sword, he encountered a similar situation while fusing the Dragon Vein Essence.

Could it be...

Liu Zixuan started to have a very bold, yet absurd conjecture. He remembered that the ancestor of the Willow Association once said that the Dragon Vein was the strongest among the Hidden Dragon Veins and that due to its long history, some spiritual intelligence had already developed.

When Liu Zixuan took the Nameless Sword to fuse with it, he also heard the dragon roar, so now he boldly guessed that it might be the Dragon Vein controlling the Nameless Sword?

In other words, because Liu Zixuan and the Nameless Sword entered the light beam together, not all of the Dragon Vein Essence was given to the Nameless Sword; some was given to Liu Zixuan.

The spiritual intelligence born from the Dragon Vein Essence couldn’t be understood with common sense, so it had the power to control the Nameless Sword and also the power to attempt to seize Liu Zixuan’s body?

Thinking of this, cold sweat suddenly broke out on Liu Zixuan’s back.

"I thought it was a treasure at first, but now I realize what a terrifying existence I have provoked!"

Now Liu Zixuan also understood one thing: no wonder the middle-aged man from the Jiang Family and the Great Elder of the Kongshan Group said that Liu Zixuan’s demonization was peculiar.

It wasn’t demonization at all; it was the spiritual intelligence born from the Dragon Vein Essence aiding Liu Zixuan in enhancing his strength.

For a moment, Liu Zixuan didn’t know whether to be happy or worried.

On one hand, during the so-called ’demonization,’ Liu Zixuan’s strength soared, making him a match for the Emperor Realm Great Elder of the Kongshan Group.

But on the other hand, the source of this demonization seemed to be attempting to seize Liu Zixuan’s shell. If it succeeded, it would mean the real Liu Zixuan was dead, leaving just a shell in Liu Zixuan’s form, with its consciousness being a murderous weapon of the Dragon Vein Essence?

No one can claim not to be greedy.

Liu Zixuan didn’t rush to think about whether he would die but suddenly thought boldly about whether he could negotiate with the Dragon Vein Essence to merge it into his power, completely under his control.

If successfully done, wouldn’t Liu Zixuan gain a most powerful trump card?

Truly merging with that power would enable him to advance to the Emperor Realm!

But this...didn’t seem like an easy task!

However, just as Liu Zixuan conceived this idea, the dragon roar in his Sea of Consciousness grew louder, suddenly shaking like a furious roar across the seas, causing Liu Zixuan to feel his vision blackening and to faint...