"You're learning fast."

Gao Xuan sneered, initially worried that the other party's spirituality was too weak to learn effectively.

Their learning ability was exceptional, and they even had their own judgment, not just blindly copying, which showed considerable intelligence.

Gao Xuan swung his sword again, and the other party imitated his movements to meet him.

Moreover, the longsword urged by the Water Source Essence surprisingly transformed into ripples of water light, making the sword light shimmer in all directions.

This ripple technique lacked a bit of Gao Xuan's sharp Sword Intent. However, the transformation of Water Elemental Source Power was more exquisite, its supple and agile nature even stronger than Gao Xuan's.

Gao Xuan couldn't help but admire it; indeed, it was the Water Source Essence. The innate talent for controlling Water Elemental Source Power was unparalleled.

After only demonstrating ripples twice, the opponent had learned it. They even innovated, elevating the transformation of Water Elemental Source Power into the sword light to a higher level and endowing it with greater power.

Gao Xuan did not hesitate to swing his sword to meet it. This time, he didn't use ripples but instead launched a sharp chop with the Hongyi Sword.

No matter how ingeniously the opponent evoked the ripple sword light, their use of swordsmanship was still too immature.

This swordsmanship move had no name. It was simply endless Water Elemental Source Power transformed into a sharp, fierce sword light, breaking reality with illusion, subduing strength with might.

Although the sword light urged by the Water Source Essence was wonderful, it was, after all, a transformation of Water Elemental Source Power. It was vastly different from a Sword Artifact like the Hongyi Sword.

Especially when the Hongyi Sword slashed directly, it relied purely on the sharpness of the blade.

The eight mechanical arm blades behind the Mechanical Combat Body opened simultaneously, eight incandescent lights forming a wall, completely blocking Gao Xuan.

Primordial Magnetic Ten Directions Shield, a secret technique among the Eight Extremes Divine Weapon.

Hundreds of ripple sword lights fell on the Primordial Magnetic Shield, instantly shattered by the shield's divine light.

However, Gao Xuan's Hongyi Sword slashed through the Primordial Magnetic Shield, with the Water Source Essence raising its sword to intercept.

The duel of the swords, with the longsword formed by the Water Source Essence turning into a ripple, almost transforming the Hongyi Sword's edge with flowing water light.

Gao Xuan turned his slash into a thrust, striking directly at the center of the ripple, piercing the Water Source Essence's humanoid form with the Hongyi Sword.

The sword qi on the Hongyi Sword was so fierce that the Water Man exploded into countless points of water light.

In an instant, the Water Man reformed again.

The difference was that this time, the half-transparent Water Man exhibited a dense metallic texture.

Miraculously, the Water Source Essence refined the Water Elemental Source Power to an extreme.

In this state, the Water Source Essence exuded a sense of impenetrable strength and solidity.

Gao Xuan nodded: "You're learning well, fighting is about breaking the void with reality and overpowering the weak with strength. Only when both sides are on the same level do skills matter."

Gao Xuan spoke in the human language, yet the Water Source Essence understood. It directly comprehended Gao Xuan's divine sense fluctuations and grasped his expressed meaning.

The nature of the sound he made was irrelevant.

The Water Source Essence brandished its longsword, unconsciously revealing a hint of Sword Intent.

Gao Xuan couldn't help but laugh: "Continuing to fight like this, it won't be long before you become more powerful than me."

He paused and added, "Unfortunately, you won't have that chance."

The Water Source Essence sensed something amiss, raised its sword to attack, but the invisible Soul Chain was already linked to its Divine Soul.

The Soul Chain can connect with any intelligent spirituality. Even the Divinity Transformation powerhouse Xue Tiejun could not withstand the Soul Chain, falling directly into the trap.

Let alone a naturally spiritual life like the Water Source Essence.

The Water Source Essence vaguely sensed danger but lacked the knowledge to mount a defense.

The invisible Soul Chain also served as an information channel. Gao Xuan activated the sharing mode, unloading his myriad experiences and vast, complex information onto the Water Source Essence.

Gao Xuan's life was incredibly rich, and the information he knew was vast. Not to mention, this information carried a strong personal spiritual imprint.

It was like the oldest hacking technique, overloading the opponent's system with a flood of information to crash it.

The Water Source Essence also crashed directly. The overwhelming information impact caused it to lose all capacity for thought.

Gao Xuan easily slashed his sword down, directly shattering the Water Source Essence. Its spirituality was also broken by his sword.

Gao Xuan had been in the Cultivator World and had refined the Infinite Godslaying Spear.

Although he had never refined a Sword Artifact, he acted without hesitation.

With a turn of the Hongyi Sword, he absorbed the scattered Water Source Essence completely.

According to Gao Xuan's experience, the first importance in artifact refining was in embedding layers of restrictions in the Sword Artifact.

The more layers of restrictions, the more Water Elemental Source Power the Hongyi Sword could control.

Gao Xuan had practiced the Celestial One Scripture and mastered Five Elements Magic. He could be considered a master of manipulating water and fire among the Five Elements.

In the Star River Cosmos, few would have a deeper understanding of Water Elemental Source Power than him.

The Hongyi Sword was originally crafted by an Evil God. Gao Xuan, at that time, was too weak to alter the Hongyi Sword.

With this great opportunity, Gao Xuan naturally wanted to reforge the Hongyi Sword.

The Water Source Essence permeated deep into the Hongyi Sword, with Gao Xuan using his divine sense to inscribe layers of restrictions within it with the essence as ink.

The Hongyi Sword, being a Sword Artifact, prioritized not magical power, but the control of power, to perfectly align with Gao Xuan's needs.

Gao Xuan chose the Profound Nether Curse as the restriction.

Profound Nether, referring to the Divine that governs water and the profound and endless path.

In the Celestial One Scripture, the Profound Nether Transformation is a relatively basic Secret Technique, one that can control Water Elemental Source Power and convert its qualities.

For instance, the Profound Nether Ice Needle uses the Profound Nether Curse as its foundation.

This time, with the boundless Water Source Essence, Gao Xuan delved into the Hongyi Sword's core and erased the Power imprints left by the Evil God to start anew.