He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact

Kailen was headed towards the Sword Conclave Mountain because of a rumor he had heard about his father.

Turns out his father had set a record in the Sword Conclave Mountain during his time as a student of the academy—one that no one had been able to break as of now.

But this Senior Lian Yu, the chocolate-skinned fellow he saw in a post recently, having reached the 11th level of the Sword Conclave Mountain, was currently attempting to break his father's record?

If anyone should break his father's record, shouldn't it be him?

"I would have visited the place in the future to hone my katana skills anyway. Heading there now doesn't change anything. Besides, if anyone has to break the record of Father, it's got to be me."

Otherwise, wouldn't his father be disappointed in him from the afterlife?

After all, he was technically his father's disciple when it came to training in the way of the katana.

It was tradition for the disciple to protect the integrity of the master by either maintaining the same level of skill or surpassing the achievements of the master.

Kailen entered the teleportation gate.

When he came out of the teleportation gate, he appeared in a completely different region of the academy.

There were several mountains sprawled everywhere, their towering peaks piercing through the misty clouds.

Each of the mountains was emitting some sort of sharp, terrifying aura.

There were many students from different races heading towards the Sword Conclave Mountain.

"As expected of the Sword Conclave Mountain."

"Right, even the aura here is extremely different, pulsing with literal intent of sword-type weapons."

"This place is literally a haven for awakeners who specialise in using sword type weapons"

"Indeed, I heard that if one is fortunate, after reaching at least the 9th level, there is a chance of being exposed to the enlightenment of former geniuses who reached the ninth level and above. However, each one of these enlightenments requires strong comprehension skills to grasp, even after being exposed to them."

Kailen could hear several students discussing the Sword Conclave Mountain.

"Doesn't this mean that Sword Saber Lian Yu wants to gain the enlightenment of that monstrous alumnus, Saul Darkhaven?"

"Yeah, that is the most likely reason for him attempting to reach the fifteenth level. If he reaches the fifteenth level, he will have a high chance of being exposed to the senior's enlightenment. Whether or not he will be able to grasp it will be up to him."

"Also, once the enlightenment of a senior is grasped by someone, it disappears from the Sword Conclave Mountain."

A determined expression appeared in Kailen's eyes when he heard the conversations of the students as he headed towards the first level, which was literally the first mountain.

"Father's enlightenment? It seems I have to be more serious about this. As his son, wouldn't it be extremely shameful to have someone else claim his enlightenment?"

Suddenly, the time dilation artifact appeared before him.

"Use the Asura Enlightenment Physique. The sword-based intents in the Sword Conclave Mountain are literally modified forms of bloodlust at their core."

Kailen was shocked. However, before he got too excited, the time dilation artifact figured out his train of thought and continued.

"Before you get too happy though, know that the Sword Conclave Mountain is only here to help warriors hone their prowess in sword-based weapons. So the bloodlust of the Sword Conclave Mountain is not going to be able to feed your Asura Enlightenment Physique to help you increase its prowess. To cultivate your Asura Enlightenment Physique, you need pure bloodlust on actual battlefields that have tasted blood, death, and carnage.

However, because your Asura Enlightenment Physique thrives in bloodlust, it can help you breeze through this Sword Conclave Mountain's challenges, because the sword-based weapon intents here are modified versions of bloodlust."

Kailen nodded in understanding.

He wasn't disappointed though—maybe he was, just a little bit, because he couldn't use the bloodlust of the Sword Conclave Mountain to increase the prowess of his Asura Enlightenment Physique.

However, he brushed those thoughts easily to the back of his mind.

He had to focus on the bright side here.

Initially, he had planned on using sheer perseverance to breeze through the Sword Conclave Mountain. However, now that he had an easy way out, things wouldn't be hard for him.

Quickly, he headed towards the first mountain.

On reaching the first mountain, he noticed that the first mountain had a staircase reaching to the top.

He had read that the more one climbed, the more the sword-weapon-type-based intent would bear down on you, making it difficult to climb further.

However, the more one climbed, the sharper and deadlier your sword-type weapon intent would become.

"Hey, is that not the top ranker of the first years?"

"Yeah, that's him!" A dwarf senior accompanying a treant friend pointed at him.

"Oh my god! Is he gonna try to challenge the Sword Conclave Mountain?" the treant, noticing Kailen, exclaimed.

This drew the attention of several students who drew closer to observe his challenge.

After all, this first-year student was not ordinary. Had it been some other first-years attempting to challenge the Sword Conclave Mountain, they would have ignored the individual. However, this top-ranked first-year student was famous even among some senior-year students, especially after the ridiculous special achievement announcement—which was a testament to his insane alchemical prowess and his ability to skip ranks in battle, possessing the combat prowess of a rank 2 intermediate-stage Ascendant level while being only a rank 1 beginner-stage Ascendant-level lifeform!

Naturally, they paid everything he did special attention.

"Well, from his battles circulating online, he's a katana user, right?"

"Is this guy gonna cause an uproar again?"

"Hmm. I mean, first it was during the entrance exams of the first years, then the 98 percent purity level thing, then the insane ranking battle. Now, he's here to challenge the Sword Conclave Mountain? Has this guy even been in the academy for more than a week?"

"Never mind, let's just observe. I have to livestream this and post it on the virtual universe."

Kailen ignored the commotion his appearance had caused.

"I suppose my identity as the Crimson Devil is gonna be exposed today," he sighed, activating the Asura Enlightenment Physique.