The crowd outside the Elemental Tower swelled, with the eliminated now numbering over six hundred, approaching seven hundred, while only just over three hundred remained inside.

Meanwhile, the Son of Buddha continued his ascent, having reached the sixty-fourth floor. This level featured the Element of Zha, a composition rarely encountered in the natural world, seldom utilized in the transformation of various substances. Yet, within the Elemental Tower, mastering this element was mandatory to breach higher tiers. The Son of Buddha's Buddha-Heart Mirror faced considerable strain on this floor. Even so, the Son of Buddha managed to forcefully clear the sixty-fourth level.

The highest recorded achievement in the Elemental Tower stood at eighty-four floors. Now, it seemed highly probable that the Son of Buddha would challenge this peak record. Outside the Tower, discussions buzzed fiercely about precisely how high he would ascend—a matter of intense public fascination, with the vast majority watching his progress.

Trailing in second place, Ling Qingyun had reached the fifty-third floor. Ling Qingyun was presently quite content; reaching the fifty-third level was already a significant feat. He intended to break a record, though not that of the entire 〖Central〗 Celestial Dynasty—he lacked the capability for that, as the achievements of the Seven Sons of Destiny remained firmly entrenched beyond his reach. He aimed instead to surpass the former highest record of the Confucian Civilization, which stood at sixty-one floors. Breaking that would bring immense honor to the Confucian Civilization. The element on the fifty-third floor was Iodine.

Third-ranked Lei Qi was currently on the fifty-first floor, corresponding to the element Antimony.

Fourth-ranked Zhan Bai occupied the fiftieth floor, which featured the element Tin. He was locked in a tight contest with Lei Qi, determined not to let Lei Qi gain any advantage.

Behind them, the main contingent of aspirants hovered around the fortieth floor.

Naturally, it was at the fortieth floor that eliminations began to occur at a frenetic pace.

Lu Yuan was situated on the thirty-seventh floor.

Lu Yuan let out a long cry toward the heavens, questioning the sky with his heart and seeking the Dao with his sword.

At this moment, the over one hundred Immortal Swords residing in the Small Sword Realm radiated diverse and varied auras. These infinite energies enveloped Lu Yuan, bolstering his confidence to an immeasurable degree, as if countless ultimate techniques were detonating within his core. With a sudden jolt, Lu Yuan unleashed this strike.

Sword Eight: Myriad Swords Return to One!

As this sword strike manifested, endless radiance immediately burst forth from Lu Yuan’s blade.

What a dazzling strike this was!

It was as if the pinnacle techniques of a hundred different Sword Daos unfolded within this single move. When this sword emerged, the feeling it evoked could only be summarized by four words: U-N-B-E-A-T-A-B-L-E!

Indeed, far too many profound skills were merged within this single sword technique. This move possessed an abundance of advantages, merits too numerous to fully list—within one form resided countless sharp edges, countless terrifying possibilities. Such a sword strike could barely be described by any language; it could only be characterized as U-N-B-E-A-T-A-B-L-E!

This strike was: D-A-Z-Z-L-I-N-G! This strike was: U-N-B-E-A-T-A-B-L-E!

Normally, fusing one hundred powerful ultimate moves would be impossible, but within Sword Eight: Myriad Swords Return to One, it was the absolute exception. This was because these Immortal Swords had already dwelled in the Sword Realm for extended periods, allowing them to harmonize long ago, preventing any internal conflict. Countless techniques could be layered upon one another endlessly.

This was Sword Eight: Myriad Swords Return to One.

Currently, it comprised only a hundred swords, but in the future, as communication with the Sword Realm deepened, it would inevitably evolve into Myriad Swords Return to One. The terrifying power it would possess then was unimaginable.

It had been mentioned before that the highest tier of techniques was World-Ending Grade. That was not entirely accurate. The true highest tier for techniques is Civilization Grade, but only those at the Civilization Realm possess Civilization Grade techniques; others have no access to them whatsoever.

The techniques Lu Yuan had been creating, starting from Sword Four: Void, already bore the shadow of Civilization Grade sword techniques, moving beyond World-Ending Grade strokes. Of course, one couldn't definitively say that the techniques Lu Yuan had created thus far—Sword Five, Sword Six, etc.—were inherently Civilization Grade. More accurately, these techniques were upgradeable; once Lu Yuan reached the Civilization Realm, these techniques would correspondingly ascend to that tier.

For example, Sword Seven: Small Sword Realm was definitively a World-Ending Grade technique in its current iteration. However, once upgraded to Sword Seven: Sword Realm, it would absolutely become a Civilization Realm technique.

Similarly, Sword Eight: Myriad Swords Return to One, now merely a synthesis of a hundred sword skills into one strike, qualified as World-Ending Grade. But once it truly became Sword Eight: Myriad Swords Return to One, it would no longer be World-Ending Grade but a Civilization Realm technique.

Thus, this set of Ancient Sword Daos Lu Yuan was forging, while superficially appearing as World-Ending Grade strokes, was far more terrifying than ordinary ones because they possessed the capacity to grow into Civilization Grade techniques.

Lu Yuan suddenly recalled something: the matter of when the Sword Realm was established. If it was founded in this current Epoch, then it was unremarkable. But if it existed in the