A crimson sword light swirled around Ji Huang’Er, making her look like a queen descending from the Yao Platform.

Dressed in red, she was like a flame that had set the hearts of the crowd ablaze.

A world-toppling beauty!

Across the square, many of the young geniuses couldn’t help but be mesmerized.

Even Tuoba Ye, Wan Jiansheng, Wan Guiyi, and the few top-tier geniuses hidden in the shadows looked up with a fiery passion gleaming in their eyes.

From this day forward, many of these young men would forever remember this moment, and this peerlessly beautiful girl, as proud as a phoenix.

Ji Huang’Er’s gaze fell on the Black Sword before her, which was as tall as a mountain. With a shudder, a massive crimson sword light erupted from her body!

RUMBLE!

A stream of crimson Sword Qi pierced the Firmament, making the very heavens and earth change color as one illusion after another appeared!

The First Illusion: Sword Qi soaring to the heavens. The Second Illusion: The winds and clouds changing color. The Third Illusion: A deluge of thunderbolts. The Fourth Illusion: Condensation into rain.

The Fifth Illusion: Sword Lotuses in the Void.

In the blink of an eye, she had conjured five successive illusions.

Faintly crimson Sword Lotuses spun in the Void. Their petals resembled flames, and wisps of scorching Sword Intent were contained within, threatening to burn through the Void itself.

Watching this scene, Qin Feng thought to himself, ’She’s very strong. Ji Huang’Er’s Sword Dao Cultivation is by no means weaker than mine. She must have at least reached the Third Realm of Sword Dao: Heavenly Dao Formless!’

"A Fire Attribute Sword Intent! Perhaps it should be called the Nanming Li Fire Sword Intent!" Behind Baiyun, a strange light flickered in Yun Mo’s beautiful eyes.

"Nanming Li Fire Sword Intent?" Hearing this, Qin Feng’s eyes flickered.

Legend has it that the flame that burns upon the Innate True Spirit Five Virtues Phoenix is the Nanming Li Fire itself!

Nearby, Lû Chunyang chuckled. "That’s not surprising. Ji Huang’Er cultivates a Peerless Sword Technique called the Nine Heavens Phoenix Transformation Sword Technique!"

"Nine Heavens Phoenix Transformation Sword Technique? Brother Lû, how do you know? You seem to know a lot about Ji Huang’Er?" Qin Feng asked, turning to look at the red-robed youth with great interest.

Lû Chunyang scoffed and rolled his eyes. "My dear Elder Qin, everyone knows this. You’re probably the only one who doesn’t, you Cultivation Fanatic who’s cooped up in his Cave Mansion all day!"

"Everyone knows?" Qin Feng was astonished.

"Yes!" Zhao Zhijing chimed in. "From the very first day Ji Huang’Er arrived at All Stars Academy, she’s been the center of attention. Her background, her Cultivation, the Cultivation Technique she practices... even what she’s wearing under her robes is a topic of conversation for everyone!"

Qin Feng was taken aback. "She’s that popular?"

"More than that? Senior Sister Ji is the goddess of every male student in all four academies of All Stars Academy!" When he spoke of Ji Huang’Er, Zhao Zhijing’s eyes were practically glowing.

Seeing Zhao Zhijing’s completely intoxicated expression, Qin Feng clicked his tongue. He turned and looked around, only to see that most of the men present had the same idiotic, lecherous look on their faces.

Their eyes were glued to Ji Huang’Er, unblinking.

’This haughty girl actually has so many admirers?’ Qin Feng pursed his lips, finding it a bit unbelievable.

RUMBLE!

Just then, the Fifth Illusion in the Void began to dissipate.

But then, a Sixth Illusion was born! The Great White Sunset!

A streak of fiery red light shot across the heavens, like a crimson sun flying through the sky. The sight was incomparably stunning.

But it wasn’t over yet!

SHIIING! SHIIING! SHIIING!!

Atop the Sword Mountains, countless longswords began to sing, humming and vibrating!

In the arena, many of the young cultivators were shocked to find their own swords vibrating uncontrollably, letting out clear, humming cries.

The Seventh Illusion: Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect!

Ji Huang’Er’s mastery of this Realm was beyond imagination! She had done the unprecedented and triggered a seventh illusion!

Many of the Sword Dao geniuses stared at the Elder Vermilion Bird in disbelief.

"Her Sword Dao Realm is this formidable!" Within the Vermilion Bird Academy, some of the geniuses hidden in the shadows who had been aiming for the Elder’s seat groaned inwardly.

Qin Feng turned and looked at the Ancient Sword in his hand, which was trembling incessantly. It seemed about to fly right out of its sheath!

Qin Feng’s gaze shifted to Yun Mo, whose eyes met his. Following his line of sight, her own gaze fell upon the sword in her hand.

Strangely, her sword wasn’t humming in the slightest.

It was as if it couldn’t feel the world-suppressing Sword Intent emanating from Ji Huang’Er.

’A Spirit Sword?’ Qin Feng’s brow twitched. He knew that the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect illusion could subdue ordinary Mortal Swords—even his own Ancient Sword was affected—but it couldn’t sway a true Spirit Sword.

Yun Mo’s sword was a Spirit Sword, too!

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

In the arena, as the illusions faded, over a hundred streaks of light suddenly flew from the distant Sword Mountain, their sharp Sword Qi shattering the Void.

It was a hundred Spirit Swords!

The scene was exceptionally stunning!

The three leading Spirit Swords were the most brilliant among them, radiating an immense pressure, as if they were kings among swords.

HUMMM!

As the three Spirit Swords let out a cry, the other Spirit Swords darted back several dozen yards, not daring to approach them!

A few Mid-level Spirit Swords attempted to draw closer!

HUMMM!

A crimson light slashed out. The few Mid-level Spirit Swords let out a mournful cry as their own light scattered, and they were sent spinning hundreds of yards away, defeated by a single strike.

A High-level Spirit Sword!

Such a domineering High-level Spirit Sword!

Many of the Sword Dao experts were visibly moved, their eyes red with greed!

There were High-level Spirit Swords, and three of them at that!

Of the three Spirit Swords, one was cyan and two were red-hued.

Unprecedentedly, a line of text appeared on the central Black Sword, revealing the names and origins of the three Spirit Swords.

Ji Huang’Er’s gaze fell upon the cyan Spirit Sword. A line of faintly glowing text appeared on the Black Sword.

"Cyan Wilderness Sword: A High-level Spirit Sword of the Wood Attribute. This sword was forged from a core of Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Wood Essence, quenched in the Abyssal Cold Water of a ten-thousand-zhang-deep abyss, forged in Pure Yang spiritual fire for forty-nine years, and tempered by Celestial Thunder. It was the personal sword of Elder Qinghuang, a Giant from All Stars Academy 530 years ago. With this Spirit Sword, Elder Qinghuang once slew the Qingyang Demon Monarch, who was at the Half-Step Reincarnation Realm!"

The Martial Arts Realms, starting from the Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven, are followed by the Condensing Vein Realm, the Sea of Reincarnation Realm, the Nirvana Realm, and the Reincarnation Realm.

Half-Step Reincarnation Realm... that was already the Quasi-Supreme Realm!

Ji Huang’Er was quite tempted. She had a Fire Attribute constitution. Since wood feeds fire, it would complement her perfectly.

Ji Huang’Er’s gaze fell on the first of the red-hued Spirit Swords, which was emitting a white flame, its entire body a lustrous ivory.

"White Sun Sword: A High-level Spirit Sword of the Fire Attribute. Its body was forged from White Sun Stone, which gestated for ten thousand years within ancient Earth Fire. The sword is three feet, four inches long and innately contains a wisp of Earth Core White Yang Fire. It was the personal sword of All Stars Academy Elder Baiyangzi 1,400 years ago. Baiyangzi once used this sword to fight off an ambush by six experts of the same realm!"

A ripple passed through Ji Huang’Er’s eyes. Without a doubt, this Fire Attribute Spirit Sword suited her far more than the first Wood Attribute one.

Ji Huang’Er then set her sights on the final Spirit Sword, which burned with such intense flames it seemed to have been born from fire itself.

This was the same domineering Spirit Sword that had just repelled those restless Mid-level Spirit Swords with a single blow!

With just a single glance, Ji Huang’Er knew. ’This is the one!’

"Red Phoenix Sword: A High-level Spirit Sword of the Fire Attribute. This sword was forged from the Red Phoenix Essence left behind after the True Spirit Red Phoenix—a being said to be second only to the Five Virtues Phoenix—failed its Nirvana. The sword is four feet, four inches long and innately contains a trace of Red Phoenix Nirvana Flame. Seven hundred years ago, it was the personal sword of the Fire Peak Master of the Star Sect’s Shihuo Peak!"

"Red Phoenix Sword, you’re the one!"

Her eyes shining, Ji Huang’Er reached out. The Red Phoenix Sword let out a joyful hum.

The other two High-level Spirit Swords let out a series of unwilling, crisp cries before transforming into two streaks of Spiritual Light and flying back to Sword Mountain.

The Red Phoenix Sword flashed. Like a soaring Red Phoenix Divine Bird, it transformed into a crimson light that enveloped Ji Huang’Er.

’The Spirit Sword is giving feedback... Sword Qi Infusion!’ A fiery glint flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.

This feedback was a phenomenon that occurred only after a High-level Spirit Sword acknowledged a master!

Ji Huang’Er’s aura skyrocketed, climbing steadily. In the space of a few breaths, her Realm broke through from the Martial Arts Eleventh Layer Middle Stage to the Late-stage Martial Arts Eleventh Layer. Then, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, she blasted through the Third Level of the Martial Arts Divine Gate and broke through to the Early Stage of the Martial Arts Twelfth Layer!!