The Son of Buddha was now on the fiftieth floor, where the element was a form of light called Tin.

The Son of Buddha unleashed the Bright Mirror of the Buddha Heart technique; all things appeared as if they were shrouded within a bright mirror.

Ling Qingyun of the Confucian Civilization was on the thirty-eighth floor, where the element was called An, a silvery-white metallic element.

Lei Qi of the Thunder Civilization was on the thirty-sixth floor, where the element was known as Krypton, an element without color or taste, possessing extreme penetrative power.

Zhan Bai of the Night Civilization was on the thirty-fifth floor, where the element was called Bromine.

The current mainstream activity was between the twenty-second and twenty-eighth floors; few managed to surpass this range.

Lu Yuan was currently on the twenty-fourth floor, placing him quite far back.

Lu Yuan was only on the twenty-fourth floor, a stark contrast to his immense reputation.

Consequently, outside the Elemental Tower, many people were discussing him, ultimately concluding that Lu Yuan was nothing special, far inferior to the Son of Buddha; Lu Yuan was likely another case of fame exceeding substance.

It couldn't be helped; Lu Yuan had achieved great fame at a young age.

And with such great fame attained so young, there naturally followed all manner of admirers and jealous rivals.

Whenever Lu Yuan stumbled even slightly, others would seize the opportunity to launch all sorts of attacks against him.

Such was the nature of people.

The world had many common folk and few extraordinary individuals.

And even fewer individuals possessed lofty integrity and pure character.

Lu Yuan was currently on the twenty-fourth floor, where the element was called Luo, a blue-white element.

Lu Yuan estimated the time, spending over fifty shichen mastering the Luo element to a near-completion, yet he deliberately postponed the final step of controlling the Luo element.

He dedicated the remaining time to a single pursuit: contemplating how to forge Sword Seven, the Minor Sword Realm.

Sword Seven was not easily mastered.

Swords One through Six were all forged through extraordinary experiences such as the Stone of Sword Forgetting and the Tablet of Dust Oblivion, each being a reflection of his own heart.

What he had comprehended within the Tablet of Dust Oblivion had been completely exhausted in Swords One through Six.

Now, creating Sword Seven was no simple matter; moreover, Sword Seven had to possess significantly greater power than Sword Six, just as Sword Six surpassed Sword Five, and the single sword strike known as Wei Jian (Sole Sword).

Thus, Sword Seven had to be overwhelmingly powerful.

This strike was not easily conceived.

Of course, Lu Yuan also realized that once Sword Seven was created, it would be terrifyingly potent.

Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm.

In essence, it meant being able to borrow the power of the Sword Realm to attack the enemy, using the force of a Minor Thousand World against them.

For instance, with the move Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm, once one reached the ninth stage of the World Realm, the Realm of Unity, one could unleash their own Minor Thousand World upon their opponent.

If Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm, was perfected, one could deliver a single strike that involved two Minor Thousand Worlds crashing down simultaneously.

Two Minor Thousand Worlds were naturally more formidable than one.

This was the terror of Sword Seven, Minor Sword Realm.

The initial power of this sword technique would be immense, and subsequently, it could manifest the power of a Minor Thousand World in a single strike.

This was the unbelievable power of Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm; furthermore, it could aid in mastering elements, not just in combat.

But now the question arose: how to achieve the Minor Sword Realm? This was a major hurdle.

Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm! Lu Yuan sat cross-legged, meditating on the concept of Sword Seven, Minor Sword Realm.

The so-called Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm, required introducing the Sword Realm into this world.

The Sword Realm itself was a Minor Thousand World existing in an alternate dimension.

Introducing it required establishing a Spatial Reincarnation Bridge to link the two spaces.

Lu Yuan’s consciousness entered the Sword Realm.

As previously mentioned, the Sword Realm was a unique Minor Thousand World composed of countless swords, containing no inhabitants.

Lu Yuan was currently the only person capable of entering it at will, though he could only access a corner of it.

In this corner resided about a hundred immortal swords, each possessing its own domain and its own story.

Lu Yuan’s consciousness was within the Sword Realm; his goal for Sword Seven, Minor Sword Realm, was to transfer the domains of all these hundred swords into the world of the Central Heavenly Dynasty.

First, construct the Spatial Reincarnation Bridge and test it with a single sword.

Take, for example, this Great Fortune Immortal Sword.

Within this immortal sword, Lu Yuan vaguely perceived a peerlessly arrogant swordsman.

Lu Yuan began the process of establishing the Spatial Reincarnation Bridge.

Building this bridge initially was not easy.

The previous Three Extremes Unity Style had achieved unity, but it lacked the necessary finesse; that is, his control over the combination of reincarnation and space was not perfectly intricate.

Now, he strove to make every detail exquisitely precise.

In the void, a Spatial Reincarnation Bridge gradually materialized.

Initially, the bridge was quite coarse, but it continuously refined, becoming ever more perfect.

The bridge arched gracefully, extending from the Sword Realm far into the distance, which Lu Yuan vaguely felt stretched towards the Central Heavenly Dynasty.

The Spatial Reincarnation Bridge was successfully formed.

Now began the task of transplanting the Great Fortune Immortal Sword.

Moving the location of the Great Fortune Immortal Sword temporarily to the Central Heavenly Dynasty was no easy feat.

No, more accurately, it wasn't transplantation but a temporary superimposition of two distinct planar spaces.

This superimposition would only involve one immortal sword at a time initially.

Lu Yuan meticulously guided the plane where the Great Fortune Immortal Sword resided to overlap with the plane of the Central Heavenly Dynasty.

After completing this, Lu Yuan did not proceed further, as the required time was nearly up.

Simply put, his hundred shichen on the twenty-fourth floor were nearly exhausted, so he needed to ascend to the twenty-fifth floor.

If he stayed, he risked being repelled from the twenty-fourth floor by the elemental force.

Lu Yuan entered the twenty-fifth floor, where the element was Manganese.

Mastering this Manganese element consumed a full sixty shichen.

Naturally, he did not complete the final step, instead returning to study his move, Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm.

His consciousness plunged back into the Sword Realm.

This time, he bypassed spending time on the Spatial Reincarnation Bridge, focusing solely on the planar superimposition.

This time, he superimposed the planes of ten immortal swords, including the Great Zhou Immortal Sword, with the current plane using the Spatial Reincarnation Bridge.

As time approached its limit of one hundred shichen, Lu Yuan barely managed to enter the twenty-sixth floor.

The twenty-sixth floor contained the element Iron.

Mastering the Iron element this time took him a full sixty-five shichen.

The principle that each level of the Elemental Tower was harder held true.

An explanation was needed here: the eighty-eight shichen used on the first floor were not all spent mastering the Hydrogen element; mastering Hydrogen itself didn't take that long.

Most of the time was spent refining his consciousness.

Lu Yuan suddenly realized that the time required for each subsequent floor was increasing.

He estimated that by the thirtieth-something floor, mastering an element would require a hundred shichen.

This meant he absolutely had to comprehend Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm, before then, or he would be eliminated from the tower.

He wasn't trying to compete with the Son of Buddha; he wasn't that idle.

His primary concern was rapid advancement.

With the duel against the Son of the Sword only a little over three years away, the Son of the Sword was undoubtedly his destined, formidable enemy whom he could not underestimate.

He needed to face the Son of the Sword in his absolute strongest state.

Having considered this, Lu Yuan again used the Spatial Reincarnation Bridge to superimpose a section of the Sword Realm with the plane of the Central Heavenly Dynasty where he currently resided.

This time, he successfully superimposed fifteen immortal swords.

Lu Yuan was now almost racing against time.

Lu Yuan entered the twenty-seventh floor.

Mastering the Cobalt element here took seventy shichen, and this time he successfully superimposed twelve immortal swords.

Lu Yuan entered the twenty-eighth floor.

Mastering the Nickel element this time took seventy-five shichen, and he superimposed another twelve immortal swords.

He was still short about fifty immortal swords from the target of one hundred—truly courting death with this speed.

Lu Yuan entered the twenty-ninth floor.

Mastering the Copper element here took eighty shichen, and this time he superimposed ten immortal swords.

He was now only forty short of the hundred immortal swords.

Lu Yuan entered the thirtieth floor, dedicated to the Zinc element, which took eighty-five shichen.

This time, however, he only managed to superimpose eight immortal swords due to the limited time.

He was now only thirty-two swords shy of the hundred.

The thirty-first floor held the Cadmium element and required ninety shichen.

This time he also managed to superimpose eight immortal swords, leaving him about twenty-four swords short of one hundred.

No, at this rate, he would be eliminated by the thirty-third or thirty-fourth floor at the latest, and at that point, he would still be about ten swords short of one hundred.

Was time running out? Lu Yuan’s heart sank; it seemed he wouldn't have time to master Sword Seven, Minor Sword Realm.

Wait, Lu Yuan suddenly realized something was amiss—there was an opportunity.

On the thirty-second floor, dedicated to the Bismuth element, he superimposed six immortal swords, leaving sixteen remaining.

At this point, Lu Yuan shifted his strategy.

Instead of mastering the element first, he would focus on Sword Seven, Minor Sword Realm.

He could remain on the thirty-third floor for one hundred shichen, which was definitely enough time to superimpose the final sixteen immortal swords with the plane of the Central Heavenly Dynasty.

Once these hundred immortal swords were superimposed, he could execute Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm.

There was completely enough time! Lu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

He dedicated himself entirely to practicing Sword Seven, One Minor Sword Realm on the thirty-third floor, certain of his success this time.

The final sixteen immortal swords were continuously overlapping with the current plane.

Beside Lu Yuan, a world of swords seemed to flicker in and out of existence.