Seeking the Flying Sword Path

“Misty Rain Sword.” Qin Yun looked at the flying sword floating before his very eyes.

The sword’s body was covered in mist as it floated there. The sword seemed to contain a vast world in and of itself.

Qin Yun could sense that…

Deep inside the Misty Rain Sword, the three Heaven, Earth, and Man Great Dao were beginning to evolve, evolving into other Great Dao. There were even gradual hints of the Limitless Great Dao, Life Great Dao and Yin Yang Great Dao. However, their appearance was only insignificant at the moment.

“The Lotus Seed of Fate is indeed miraculous. Not only has it easily made up for my original three aspects of my Sword Dao, it has even begun to demonstrate ‘Three begets all things.’ It’s slowly evolving into the Dao of all manifestations. My flying sword is already capable of evolving the Dao of the Myriad Things in Heaven and Earth.

“That way, it will exceed a Connate Cardinal treasure, reaching an even higher realm.” Qin Yun reflected on it.

Connate Cardinal treasures were the strongest treasures. Just one contained a complete perfected Great Dao!

As for whether there were treasures at the higher Heavenly Dao realm? There were none to date. The experts of the Three Realms had suspected that Pangu’s Heaven Opening Ax he used to split the heaven and earth might have reached the Heavenly Dao realm, but that was only a guess. After all, both Pangu and the Heaven Opening Ax had been sacrificed along with the birth of the Three Realms.

An analogy would be…

The twenty-four Sea Calming Beads. Although they had transformed into the twenty-four heavens, the Sea Calming Beads had dissipated into nothingness.

The Three Realms was a lot more powerful than the twenty-four heavens. To open up such a universe required an unimaginable price.

After Qin Yun gazed upon his transformed Misty Rain Sword, he had a guess that if he had a few more Lotus Seeds of Fate, perhaps he could really enhance his flying sword to an even higher realm. Unfortunately, only one Lotus Seed of Fate had yet to appear in the Three Realms. Qin Yun did not dare pin any hopes on obtaining the final seed. The fact that he even got the one was thanks to the light from providence that shone on him. To get two? It was no longer luck, but strength!

“The Misty Rain Sword is done.

“It contains the three Great Dao within! It has also evolved portions of the Limitless, Life, and Yin Yang Great Dao. It can also be considered as guiding me towards the study of the Heavenly Dao realm.” Qin Yun laughed as he extended his hand to grab the three-inch flying sword in his palm. “But what’s most pressing for me now is to first have a breakthrough in my Sword Dao.”

His flying sword had broken through, but it was not so simple for himself.

“I’m just short of a sliver.” Qin Yun looked at the flying sword in his palm. He carefully took it in. With the complete Sword Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man before his eyes, it made Qin Yun’s insights churn like they would spew out at any time.

Clearly, the flying sword’s guidance pushed Qin Yun closer to his breakthrough.

This was also one of the reasons why his master had instructed him to use the Lotus Seed of Fate to nurture his flying sword.

******

After the breakthrough in his flying sword, Qin Yun also temporarily returned to Mt. Lightning Roar.

“Brother Yun, aren’t you traveling the world to gain insights into the Great Dao of Man? Since you’re back, does that mean you figured it out?” Yi Xiao was pleasantly surprised to see Qin Yun’s return.

“How could it be that simple?” Qin Yun sat down and drank some flower tea his wife brewed herself. “I’ll be staying at home for a longer period of time.”

Yi Xiao was puzzled. “You mentioned that the human world, in the secular world is where you can find the Great Dao of Man. Isn’t figuring out the Great Dao of Man the most pressing issue for you so as to attain a perfected Great Dao? Why are you entering seclusive cultivation at home?”

“Look.”

Qin Yun flipped his hand as a three-inch Misty Rain Sword floated in his palm.

Yi Xiao looked at the blurry Misty Rain Sword and was alarmed. She could not help but say, “I don’t understand it, but I can sense that the Misty Rain Sword is different from the last time I saw it. Even its appearance has changed.”

“Inside the flying sword is a completed perfected Great Dao,” said Qin Yun with a smile. “It’s the Sword Dao of the Heaven, Earth, and Man. Therefore, the Great Dao I’m pursuing… is in the human and secular world, but it’s also in my flying sword. There’s no need for me to be out for now. I can seclude myself at home to study the flying sword. Perhaps a few days would be enough for me to figure it out.”

“A completed perfected Great Dao? Didn’t you say that only Connate Cardinal treasures have a completed perfected Great Dao in them?” Yi Xiao quickly realized what was happening as she felt disbelief. “Has the Misty Rain Sword turned into a Connate Cardinal treasure?”

Qin Yun nodded slightly.

Yi Xiao said incredulously, “An Intrinsic Connate Cardinal treasure. T-this… Brother Yun, didn’t you say that one has to attain a perfected Great Dao first? With one’s own Great Dao as foundation, only then can one seek out numerous precious Connate Wonders to have hopes of nurturing a Connate Cardinal treasure? Why has it happened ahead of time?”

“I received a huge opportunity.” Qin Yun recounted what had happened to his wife. Only then did Yi Xiao know what a major incident had happened in the past three plus years.

Back when Qin Yun obtained the Lotus Seed of Fate, ancient existences, including the Fiend Ancestor’s destruction body and the Numinous Treasure Dao Ancestor, took action… However, the level at which the actors were at was just too high. The news became a secret. Even many ordinary mighty figures did not know of the matter. Likewise for Yi Xiao.

…

Tenebrous Fiend Abyss.

The Fiend Ancestor’s destruction body looked far into the Heavenly realm.

“This Qin Yun has returned to Mt. Lightning Roar.” The Fiend Ancestor carefully observed. “He sure is good at concealing the heavenly secrets. However, he can’t stop me. Let me take a look to see if he’s carrying the Lotus Seed of Fate with him.”

“Oh?”

He carefully observed and inferred.

Although Qin Yun was good at concealing the heavenly secrets and the Intrinsic Connate Cardinal treasure was capable of blurring out the heavenly secrets, so as to prevent others from probing it, the Fiend Ancestor was ultimately a Heavenly Dao realm existence. He figured it out after a moment of inference.

“He actually used the Lotus Seed of Fate to nurture his flying sword?” The Fiend Ancestor was enraged. “He actually made his flying sword turn into a Connate Cardinal treasure. In that case, even if I obtain his flying sword, it will take me much effort to refine it for myself.”

Absorbing a lotus seed was naturally much easier.

But it would be troublesome refining a Connate Cardinal treasure flying sword.

“Whatever, I can bear with that bit of effort. At the very least, Numinous Treasure did not snatch the Lotus Seed of Fate from his disciple.” The Fiend Ancestor was still rather happy. If the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure had taken the Lotus Seed of Fate for himself, there was no chance of him obtaining it. But if it was in Qin Yun’s hand? There was still chance against an Itinerant Immortal that barely had the strength of the perfected Great Dao.

…

“Qin Yun is back in Mt. Lightning Roar.”

“Where’s the Lotus Seed of Fate?”

“The heavenly secrets are blurred. This Qin Yun is getting better at hiding the heavenly secrets. I can’t infer it!”

Many ancient existences all over the Three Realms were watching Qin Yun closely.

Be it Qin Yun’s concealment or the Intrinsic Connate Cardinal treasure’s innate uniqueness, it made probing the truth very difficult. Only the few Heavenly Dao realm existences were capable of figuring it out.

******

Mt. Lightning Roar. In a chamber.

Qin Yun was cultivating in seclusion. The Misty Rain Sword was floating in front of him. After imbibing a drop of Samsara Dew, he continued studying it.

He studied the Misty Rain Sword with two goals.

First, it was the hope that he could rely on it to figure out the Great Dao of Man. That way, his Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man would be perfected.

Second, it was to better develop the Misty Rain Sword’s strength!

The moment his Misty Rain Sword broke through, it had become Qin Yun’s strongest treasure.

In terms of the mystical Great Dao it contained, the infusion of the Lotus Seed of Fate made the Misty Rain Sword even stronger than the Qingping Sword despite them both being Connate Cardinal treasures. After all, it was also Qin Yun’s Intrinsic Flying Sword. Its strength was naturally several times stronger. Furthermore, Qin Yun had been cultivating his Sword Dao all these years, so it was easier using the Misty Rain Sword than the Qingping Sword.

However, no one would grumble about being strong. Qin Yun studied with greater dedication, also with the hope to produce mightier strength.

“Oh?”

Qin Yun’s expression changed suddenly as he vanished from his chamber, appearing in the yard outside his chamber.

Standing in the yard, he looked up into the sky.

A blurry gray claw came crashing down on Mt. Lightning Roar. The gigantic claw was even bigger than Mt. Lightning Roar! The surrounding void shattered and the mighty stance made Qin Yun know that Mt. Lightning Roar’s array formation was definitely unable to withstand the blow. It was a perfected Great Dao existence who was delivering the blow. Furthermore, it was an extremely dominating blow. It attacked with the intention of reducing Mt. Lightning Roar into desolate ruins.

“Taowu, one of the Three Banes ¹ ?” Qin Yun instantly guessed when he saw the blurry gray claw.

These ancient lurking existences were all targeting him.

Ruin is caused by the greed of others! The Lotus Seed of Fate was just too alluring.