After comprehending Enhanced Sword Aura, which is basically a superior version of Sword Aura that uses his soul strength instead of spiritual energy, Yuan's Sword Aura had reached peak masterly level, and his understanding for the swords also increased significantly.
<You have understood the basics of Enhanced Sword Aura>
<Your understanding of swords has reached a new level>
<Your 'Advanced Sword Mastery' has developed into 'Grand Sword Mastery'>
<Congratulations! You have been awarded the title 'Grand Swordmaster'>
[Grand Sword Mastery]
[Description: Very few Swordmasters have reached this level. Drastically improves your control with swords by 75% and increases all damage dealt with swords by 150%. Your enemies will feel more pain from your sword attacks as your damage increases. Your sword techniques will also have more impact. Requires no activation.>
"Brother Yuan really did it… He's learned Enhanced Sword Aura…" Xiao Hua muttered with a look of disbelief and awe on her face.
"What?! Enhanced Sword Aura?!" Feng Yuxiang exclaimed with a terrified expression on her face.
"What's that?" Lan Yingying asked with her head slightly tilted to the right.
"It's not surprising that you don't know about Enhanced Sword Aura since that only exists in the upper heavens." Feng Yuxiang said, and she continued, "Anyways, Enhanced Sword Aura is basically the next level of Sword Aura. It's incomparably stronger compared to Sword Aura and incredibly hard to learn at the same time."
Xiao Hua then spoke, "Even in a place like the Supreme Heaven, where the most talented people in the Nine Heavens gather, anyone that can comprehend Enhanced Sword Aura before they are 100 years old are considered peak prodigies. Brother Yuan isn't even 20 years old…"
"It's that amazing…?" Lan Yingying turned to look at Yuan with a look of admiration on her face.
"There's a saying that if Sword Aura can cut mountains, then Enhanced Sword Aura can split the world into two parts. The fact that it hasn't even been that long since he learned Sword Aura is even more terrifying…" Feng Yuxiang's body trembled before Yuan's unfathomable talent.
"If he's just your ordinary genius, that is." Lan Yingying smiled. "He's the Lord's reincarnate, after all. Something like this should only be natural."
Feng Yuxiang then said, "I don't know anything about this 'Lord', but if he can teach people Enhanced Sword Aura just by leaving behind a few sword marks, I cannot even begin to imagine the level of swordsmanship he'd achieved in his past life."
"By the way, since there's Enhanced Sword Aura after Sword Aura, I can assume that there is something even stronger than Enhanced Sword Aura, right?" Lan Yingying suddenly asked.
Xiao Hua nodded, "Yes, but the amount of people that have reached such a level is so miniscule that it might as well be non-existent."
Shortly after Yuan learned Enhanced Sword Aura, the masked figure returned.
"Congratulations on learning Enhanced Sword Aura. Your restrictions will return soon with an additional restriction."
Yuan couldn't wait for the challenge to begin, as he was itching to use his newfound powers.
<Your body has been restricted by a mysterious force!>
The following moment, Yuan's enthusiasm dropped to zero when all of the spiritual energy inside his body suddenly disappeared.
"The sixth restriction is cultivation restriction. Your Dantian and all of your spiritual energy has been sealed off, so you're no different than a mortal now." The masked man said to him.
"..."
He was already partially crippled before this. Now that his cultivation is sealed, he has truly become a cripple.
Yuan despaired for a second before suddenly recalling the description of Enhanced Sword Aura.
'My spiritual energy may be sealed, but my soul strength is untouched, and Enhanced Sword Aura uses soul strength! I still have a chance!'
If he hadn't learned Enhanced Sword Aura, even all of the talents in the world wouldn't help him pass this challenge.
When Yuan held the Empyrean Overlord, he could immediately tell how drastically different the sword felt in his grasp compared to before learning Enhanced Sword Aura.
'Even though I don't have any spiritual energy, I feel like I can defeat any opponent with this sword in my grasp…'
Yuan's body began emitting Enhanced Sword Aura, creating this weird effect in the air around him that made it seem like it was constantly being sliced by a sword.
In fact, if one closed their eyes and tried to sense Yuan, they wouldn't even sense a human presence, but an entity— a 'sword'.
Yuan stared at the masked man with a tranquil expression. Even though he had no cultivation and his opponent was a peak Spirit King, he didn't feel pressured in the slightest.
The challenge began a few seconds later, and the masked man immediately rushed at Yuan while swinging his sword that was covered in Sword Aura.
Almost as though he was only taking a stroll, Yuan casually took a step forward while swinging the Empyrean Overlord.
Foosh!
An invisible blade of Enhanced Sword Aura flew towards the masked man and clashed with his Sword Aura.
The Enhanced Sword Aura looked easy to dodge at glance, but when the target tried to dodge it, they immediately realized that escape was impossible, as the sharp pressure coming from it was strong enough to instill intense fear in their soul, making them feel as though they'd be cut into a thousand pieces if they dared to move, so their bodies could only stiffen from shock and await its inevitable death.
With a single strike, Yuan had cut down his opponent and defeated the peak Spirit King without breaking a single sweat.
"Enhanced Sword Aura… How terrifying…" Yuan mumbled as he stared at the Empyrean Overlord before showing a slight smile.
"Congratulations, you have defeated the sixth floor."
Another masked man appeared before him.
"You are…" Yuan narrowed his eyes at the masked man.
Unlike the previous masked figures, this one didn't have any weird animal masks and looked more like the real Nameless Emperor.
"Let's have a proper conversation on the seventh floor."
The masked man disappeared afterward.