Qin Yitian stared absentmindedly at the volcano not far away.

There, an escaping light shot straight up into the sky.

Soon after, the escaping light halted, and a familiar young figure stood in mid-air, looking at her with a smile in his eyes.

"Young Master..." Qin Yitian looked at Lu Qingshan's handsome face, paused for a moment, and finally couldn't help but call out softly, her voice filled with irrepressible joy.

She never expected Lu Qingshan to appear at this moment.

Qin Yitian sized up Lu Qingshan, and then, as if sensing something, an expression of joy immediately appeared on her charming cheeks.

—She felt her own strength increasing.

The Sword Spirit's power comes from the Sword Master, and there's only one reason for this change: Lu Qingshan's cultivation has advanced, having opened up the Law Domain, breaking through to the Seventh Realm.

While Qin Yitian was overjoyed by Lu Qingshan's appearance, Tian Mang let out a voice filled with extreme ferocity.

"Lu, Qing, Shan!"

His demonic claw halted, slowly turning around, his eyes beneath the Golden Armor locked tightly onto Lu Qingshan.

Tian Mang scrutinized Lu Qingshan, and a look of growing seriousness appeared in his eyes.

Because he discovered that, although Lu Qingshan had not fully recovered from his injuries, he was much better compared to before.

This, however, was not the key point; the key point was the faint pressure he felt from Lu Qingshan.

The Lu Qingshan in front of him seemed like an abyss, unfathomable.

This threw Tian Mang's heart into turmoil.

He couldn't believe that, in just less than half a day, Lu Qingshan, whom he viewed as a lamb to be slaughtered, seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation.

Tian Mang said nothing, only staring intently at Lu Qingshan, making judgments in his heart.

Although he had been in seclusion in the Great Wilderness for many years, experiencing few battles, the nature he inherited from his father, the Heavenly Venerable, granted him exceptional mental fortitude, never easily deceived by mere appearances.

He didn't believe that Lu Qingshan, who had previously fought desperately to kill his Soul Split and fled like a defeated dog, could turn around in less than half a day to become a reclusive expert?

"An empty city ruse?" Tian Mang snorted coldly, convinced that Lu Qingshan was putting on an act to bluff him.

What a joke, he's an Eighth Grade, Second Forging Demon Lord—could he possibly show fear in front of a Sixth Realm Sword Cultivator?

Even if it wasn't an act, could Lu Qingshan truly turn the world upside down?

"Do you think you can feign stance and posture before me?" The moment Tian Mang's voice fell, he dashed out, no longer sparing Qin Yitian a glance.

At this moment, Tian Mang's eyes were solely focused on Lu Qingshan, his second choice for a Soul Split.

He struck with one palm.

Only to see a massive, blood-red palm print descend heavily from above Lu Qingshan.

Within the palm print, the thick scarlet blood light flowed, as if a Blood River in reverse flow.

Upon witnessing this scene, even though Qin Yitian knew Lu Qingshan had broken through, her expression still changed.

Because she could sense that Tian Mang was truly furious with this strike, far exceeding any attack made by the prior Soul Split.

"Young Master, be careful!" Qin Yitian frowned instinctively.

Tian Mang, however, wore a sinister smile hidden under his Golden Armor, unnoticed by others.

"This strike will render you powerless to resist, allowing me to snatch your soul!" He thought to himself.

The subordinates Tian Mang brought with him also wore confident expressions, seemingly assured of their victory.

Yet beneath this terrifying strike, Lu Qingshan remained unfazed, showing no change in expression.

He snorted coldly, and with a thought, the Oblivion River Sword appeared in his hand.

Lu Qingshan swung the sword toward the blood-red palm print, and immediately, immense Element Force surged from the blade into the sky.

The Element Force radiated with a brilliant and noble purple-gold glow, unleashing a vast might that covered the heavens and swept across the wilderness.

The demonic cultivators present couldn't help but change their expressions, their eyes filled with shock as they looked at Lu Qingshan's purple-gold Element Force.

"What terrifying Element Force... Is this?!"

It was just the Element Force alone, without any other technique, yet it was enough to make them tremble.

"Ancient Element Force..." Lu Qingshan murmured softly.

While in the Sixth Realm, his Element Force was exceptionally pure due to the ultimate presentation of the Ten Flower Realm, showing a returning to ancient hues, and after breaking through to the Seventh Realm, his Element Force finally transformed, exhibiting its unique might.

In the uncertain glances of the Heart Demon Clan's assembled Soul Splits, the purple-gold Element Force surged skyward from the Oblivion River Sword.

In the next moment, a massive Sword Light slashed through the Void, carrying with it a vast and powerful force, crashing into the blood-red palm print, striking it head-on.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of the collision was deafening, and the aftermath rolled out in waves.

A colossal surge of air burst forth in the Heaven's Vault.

Everyone watched as the Sword Light, with the force of cutting a river in half, directly sliced the overpowering blood-red palm print into two pieces and shattered it.

Countless blood-red light spots scattered like a rain of blood, staining the sky a sinister crimson, eerily bizarre.

Tian Mang's face froze for an instant, a strange light flickered in his pupils as he locked his gaze on Lu Qingshan, his eyes narrowing slightly, "You've... broken through to the Seventh Realm?"

He finally understood the reason for the change in Lu Qingshan's aura—astonishingly, within this short span of half a day, pushed to the brink of death, he had broken through from the Sixth Realm to the Seventh Realm.