wjnovel Chapter 666: Through the Eyes of the Abyss
Chapter 666: Through the Eyes of the Abyss
"Relax your breathing, Elder," said Ethan, his deep baritone carrying a calm, clinical authority that instantly commanded obedience. "This process will take a considerable amount of operational time."
Heidy slowly let out a shaky, shallow breath, burying her face into her crossed arms as she tried to force her racing heart to settle. A second later, she violently stiffened as she felt the heavy, warm pressure of Ethan’s large palm making direct contact right at the center of her upper back.
The moment his skin touched hers, a profound, incredibly soothing sensation exploded out from his fingertips. It wasn’t the volatile, burning qi of standard cultivators; it was a deeply restorative, dense energy that smoothly cascaded down her spine and began traveling through the deepest, most agonizing recesses of her broken inner being. To Heidy, whose internal body had felt like a desert of jagged glass for twenty long years, the sensation felt as if her entire physical vessel was being gently submerged into a pristine, perfectly balanced bath of warm mountain spring water.
Ethan slowly closed his eyes for a single, focused second. When he snapped them open again, a brilliant, blinding amethyst light erupted from his pupils like twin celestial lamps.
Deep within the irises of his eyes, the dark energy violently fractured and divided, forming a chilling, geometric symbol resembling )o(.
His ancient Primordial Void Body wasn’t the only aspect of his fundamental existence that had undergone a massive, terrifying evolution; his inherited Amethyst lineage had also mutated into a vastly more potent, unrestricted state. With these evolved eyes active, his structural perception had transcended local reality, though the sheer, terrifying brilliance of the light meant he could never use it openly in public without instantly alerting the highest powers of the continent.
Furthermore, the operational limitation regarding cultivation disparity had been drastically reduced. Ethan could now completely scan, dissect, and inspect the internal anatomy of any master sitting up to two entire major realms above his own current level. For a rogue physician on a frontier peak to possess the absolute capability to effortlessly analyze a supreme powerhouse of the legendary Spiritual Sea Realm was a mathematical impossibility—yet for Ethan, it was entirely normal. It meant inspecting these high-tier capital elders was mathematically effortless, allowing him to systematically locate their vulnerabilities and absorb vastly greater amounts of raw, unrefined energy than ever before.
With his cosmic sight engaged, Ethan began to slowly trace his gaze along the map of her back, his eyes cutting straight through her pristine skin and muscle tissue to look directly at the hidden skeletal and energetic framework beneath.
[Analysis sequence locked, kid,] said Crul, speaking directly inside his mind with the clear, unbothered precision of an advanced internal computer. [Holy hell... whoever ambushed this woman twenty years ago didn’t just want to kill her; they wanted to thoroughly erase her lineage from the face of the earth. The amount of deep-set, calcified scar tissue inside her thoracic cavity is absolutely staggering.]
Ethan’s eyes narrowed as he tracked the internal destruction.
[Look at her primary governing pathways,] said Crul, mapping out the glowing structural lines in Ethan’s vision. [The three central meridians connecting her Dantian to her upper chest aren’t just fractured—they are completely and utterly destroyed. They have been ripped into fragmented, isolated threads that are actively leaking raw spiritual energy into her surrounding flesh. It’s a miracle she hasn’t entirely self-detonated yet. To fix this, standard pills are completely useless. We are going to have to manually bridge and forge entirely new pathways from scratch using the Spiritual Gold needles.]
Ethan remained completely silent, his hand firmly anchored to her back as his amethyst eyes systematically mapped out every single microscopic laceration and deadened node within the fallen valkyrie’s body, calculating the exact trajectory of the bloody restructuring that was about to begin.
"I would highly prefer to tell you that this administrative procedure will be smooth and completely painless, Elder," said Ethan, his voice dropping into an ice-cold, thoroughly ominous register. "But the absolute structural reality is that you are about to experience the deepest, most agonizing fires of hell inside your own flesh. What you are about to feel will be so thoroughly horrific that your consciousness will actively beg for the sweet release of death. If your mind is fully prepared, I can initiate the treatment. If not, we can pack up your robes and permanently pretend we never attempted this."
Heidy let out a sharp, deeply cynical laugh from the table, her fingernails digging violently into the smooth edges of the obsidian surface as a wild, thoroughly unhinged light flashed deep within her eyes.
"Listen to me closely, boy," said Heidy, her voice trembling with twenty years of suppressed, burning hatred. "If there is even a single, microscopic fraction of a percentage chance that I can completely restore my sword and take ultimate vengeance against the faction bastards who executed my destiny... I would unhesitatingly tolerate the deepest pits of the underworld and watch its absolute demons fuck me day and night just to secure that power. Do exactly what you logistically must do. I am a true, blood-tested warrior of the capital. Absolutely nothing you inflict upon my flesh will ever make me beg for your clemency."
Ethan slowly shook his head, a dark, dangerous smile curling the corners of his lips as he casually reached into his medical kit, retrieving ten long, gleaming needles made of pure Spiritual Gold.
"Once this structural process initiates, your warrior pride will mean absolutely nothing," said Ethan, his baritone carrying a cold, predatory finality. "You will scream, and you will absolutely beg for me to stop, but my hands will not cease their execution until the blueprint is fully complete. If those are truly your final operational words, then let us begin."
"Do not waste your remaining saliva trying to scare me, boy," said Heidy, her jaw locking into a tight, rigid line as she pressed her bare chest firmly against the cold stone table. "Execute whatever is necessary."
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From this moment forward, to avoid confusion regarding cultivation ranks, I will include this footer with the current established levels.
Note: These are only the ranks mentioned so far to avoid spoilers.
Body Refinement Realm
Skin Refinement / Bone Refinement / Organ Refinement
Spiritual Gathering Realm
Spiritual Perception / Spiritual Mist / Spiritual Condensation
Spiritual Core Realm
Core Solidification / Core Awakening / Spiritual Collapse (Half-step Spiritual Core)
Spiritual Soul Realm
Spiritual Soul Awakening / Soul Nourishing / Soul-Core Fusion
Golden Core Realm
Prime Fusion / Core Perfection / Core Destruction
Spiritual Sea Realm
Stage 1 ?? / Stage 2 ?? / Stage 3 ??
Dao Manifestation Realm
Stage 1 ?? / Stage 2 ?? / Stage 3 ??
Spiritual Transcendence
Stage 1 ?? / Stage 2 ?? / Stage 3 ??
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Sword mastery levels
Sword Intent.
Sword Aura.