Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 2987: 608: Opening the Heavenly Gate, Breaking the Shackles! Sword Qi Great Wall, Eternal Guardian of Nora!
Previously on Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method...
It had overestimated the astral world while underestimating the insect race.
In the midst of handling war matters during this period, it failed to monitor the developments beneath the Multidimensional Plane. Upon receiving updates from its underlings, its eyes bulged, and its expression grew profoundly grim.
"The Dusk Palace Master has attained level 10?"
"He consecutively overcame four Monarchs? Frightened away the Lost Monarch? "
"What's going on with this Six Hundred Thousand Miles Sword Qi River? I've pondered the Art of War for ten thousand years without reaching level 10—how did he achieve it?"
"What on earth has transpired in this world?"
For an instant, the Amethyst Saint questioned its very existence.
"My decision to pledge loyalty early was wise; otherwise, the Dusk Palace Master might be pursuing me now. With the astral world's safeguard, he likely wouldn't dare to stir trouble, would he?"
The Dusk Palace Master has accomplished his magnificent endeavor.
Facing such an individual, it could merely flee, yearning for Nightmare and Abyss to swiftly eliminate Nora and the Dusk Palace Master, thus removing potential threats....
Nora Calendar 2240, Blood Battle 2128.
With a single sword stroke, the Dusk Palace Master rent the heavens apart, dissolving the constraints and forging a sixty-thousand-mile-long Sword Qi River amid the shadows at Nora's outer edges—eternally known as: [Dusk Sword River].
Together with [Dragon Claw Sky Abyss], it stands as an eternal marvel of this cosmos. [Nora’s Sun] and [Dusk Sword River] are hailed as Nora's twin wonders.
Legends whisper that at the edge of [Dusk Sword River], demons recoil in fear, nightmares dare not encroach, and even the Heavenly Father cannot set foot there. Any who venture in face execution by the river's ruthless sword qi!
The truth of these tales remains unknown, and none possess the boldness to test them.
Be it from the Nora Wan Clan or the denizens of the Multidimensional Plane—particularly the myriad sword skill cultivators—all venerate the Dusk Palace Master as "The First Sword God".
Certain voices dub him the "Master of the Ten Thousand Miles Sword Qi River", while zealous devotees of sword skills proclaim him:
Ancestor of Sword Skill!
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"How did I end up as the Ancestor of Sword Skill once more?"
Levi lacked the audacious assurance to establish a sect or claim ancestral status. Yet, humanity has a way of bestowing the mantle of "ancestor" upon the mightiest over time.
Sauron wasn't the inaugural wizard, but his pioneering attainment of legend and founding of the Nora Council elevated him to the wizards' ancestor.
The Ancestor of Frost Giants followed a similar path.
Regardless of Levi's reluctance, before he knew it, he had garnered the exalted honors of "Ancestor of Magicians", "Ancestor of Knights", and "Ancestor of Sword Skill".
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Ten years afterward.
Nora Calendar 2250, Blood Battle 2138.
Above the Sauron Continent, a vast expanse of metal elemental energy churned across tens of thousands of miles, manifesting into a Bronze War Chariot between the skies and earth, radiating an ancient presence.
A silhouette piloted the chariot westward, venturing into the profound voids of space.
Half a year on.
A formidable imperial form, exuding level-10 power, propelled the chariot ahead, trailed by innumerable Iron Warriors and mounted troops wielding bronze spears, axes, and swords.
It resembled an antiquity's sovereign commanding a legion of thousands on an imperial campaign.
Observers identified this freshly elevated legend as a Metal School associate, a Nine Rings Perfect achiever dubbed [Bronze Walker].
Accounts suggest he garnered wisdom from the Platinum Wind atop Roger Mountain and, in prior conflicts, felled foes without number, amassing substantial war achievements.
The following day.
The Supreme Council released an announcement:
Bronze Walker Gode has risen to legend, bestowed the title [Bronze Warlord], with the legendary vocation [Copper Puppet Master], and demiplane [The Royal Tomb]. His legendary moniker is [Great Artisan Copper King, Master of Thousand Puppets], and his legendary Wizard Tool is [Bronze War Chariot].
Bronze Warlord claims the 19th seat among the council's legendary wizards, the Metal School's sole legend, and ranks as the 17th living legend across the realm.
Prior to his legendary ascent, Bronze Warlord journeyed to the Ancient Dragon Continent, seeking counsel from Princess Louise of the Ancient Tomb race on stone puppet lore, which may have illuminated his path to this vocation.
Consequently, the Supreme Seat now encompasses 58 positions!
Having endured the splendor of the Platinum Era and the ensuing scarcity of heirs, in this burgeoning era of greatness, the Metal School at last ascends.
True to the legacy of the Seven Elements School!
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Invisible Heaven of Six Saints.
The Tenth Layer.
"The Metal School endures hardships; I hope Victor emerges as the next legend." Levi rose from his throne, eyes lifted skyward.
After a century of steadying his spiritual force post-level 10 breakthrough, he likewise advanced the Black Emperor Dragon Breathing Technique to level 10.
A single strike from his fist demolished the Ten Layers of Heaven, propelling him into the Black Emperor Dimension. This revealed that the Land of Darkness had forsaken its grip on Levi and grown lax.
This particular trial, even absent his dual ascensions, Levi could have surmounted effortlessly on his initial try.
In truth, the Land of Darkness had exploited Levi's trailblazing status, imposing extraordinary challenges and tactics during his Red Emperor Dragon advancement, aiming to ensnare him as a marionette.
However, it never foresaw Levi countering its schemes, seizing the Knight’s Great Tribulation authority and supplanting it.
Although Levi wielded the tribulation, he refrained from excesses, so the Land of Darkness ceased its vendetta.
This blood ordeal featured only the Blood Tribulation Master's fragment integrated into Levi's bloodline mounting an interference, not a total onslaught, rendering the challenge vastly diminished.
He brandished his blade, unleashing sixty miles of Sun Invisible Corona Sword Energy to sweep away every hindrance, swiftly restoring calm to the realm.
The Emperor Star offered no defiance, yielding directly to Levi's refinement into a Dragon Ball and Dragon Soul, which he absorbed, causing his velocity and spiritual force to surge dramatically.
Cultivation flows ceaselessly; a decade slipped by in the wink of an eye.
Nora Calendar 2260.
Black Emperor Heaven.
Behind Levi, shrouded in mystery, faint visions of crimson, golden, and ebony stars drifted and submerged.
"The Black Emperor Dragon has reached level 10 as well."
He accessed the proficiency interface.
Levi————————
Black Emperor Dragon Breathing Technique: Twenty-two Stage (1/1 billion), Special Effect: Black Emperor Dragon Body Supreme Level (level 10 early stage); Exclusive Weapon: Invisible Shadow (level 9); Bloodline Divine Patterns: 81/81; Heavenly Sovereign Authority: Invisible Sanctuary (Ten Layers); Star Sovereign Authority: Invisible Star (Zero Star).
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Levi ventured to the Land of Darkness, intoning the Invisible Secret Word.
[Eight-direction Traceless, Ancient and Modern Invisible! Swift!]
In a flash, he spanned thousands of miles, virtually bypassing space itself. For ordinary large worlds, Levi traversed them in a single exhalation.
"At this velocity, barring those exceptional methods that transcend space, beneath the supreme tier, none can rival me. In the great world, is there anywhere I cannot reach?"
Through multiple warps, Levi dove back into Nora.
"Truly invigorating; I yearn to storm the Nightmare Headquarters right away, raiding in and out sevenfold. For caution's sake, it's wiser to await all six emperor dragons hitting level 10 before moving."
Levi rested his palm upon the Klein Crystal Ball.
[Spiritual Force: 88000/88000]
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"Merely around 12,000 spiritual force shy of the baseline for a Legendary Wizard; this time, sans the Dragon Soul's opposition, the refinement proved more thorough."
Nine Rings Body, on par with a legend.
It appears genuinely attainable.
"I'll fortify my spiritual force further, then hoist the remaining breathing techniques to level 10, anchoring my strength at level-10 pinnacle. Once my Wizard Path also attains legend, the Nightmare Four Emperors—I shall vanquish them all!"
Of the leftover three breathing techniques, White Emperor Dragon resides at 10-layer Holy Realm, while Green Emperor Dragon and Nightmare Dragon both linger at nine-layer Holy Realm, on the cusp of level 10, requiring just centuries of dedication.
Levi presently anticipates the Succubus Queen delivering the Seven Element Demon Lords willingly, enabling him to forge the ultimate chaos artifact and affirm his legendary status.
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Six years hence.
Nora Calendar 2266, Blood Battle 2154.
Due to Hell's abundance of unfilled pillar slots, Bloody Queen Mary resumed her role as the 60th pillar. She also claimed the giant dragon corpse demon, drawing from it for her inventions.
The Death Knight passed on portions of undead heritage to Mary and select level 9 undead like Lady White Bone, then departed for the Ancient Dragon Continent.
Levi regarded this Skeleton Knight, who had rescued him from peril on numerous occasions—a bearer of immense favor toward him. With gravity, Levi inquired:
"Are you truly resolved to forsake this life's cultivation and begin afresh?"
The Death Knight responded:
"In pursuit of loftier pinnacles, I embrace the peril of death without remorse!"