Chapter 489 - 415: Heart Control (2)
Chapter 489: Chapter 415: Heart Control (2)
’Although the tall woman is only at the Spirit Realm Seventh Level: Inner Mansion Pass, her status is likely extraordinary to have reached this Realm at her age.’
’I’ll question her later.’
Chen Li gathered his focus and turned his attention back to the Flying Sword Skill Secret Manual.
The cultivation of the Flying Sword Skill was also divided into three layers.
The first layer was Qi Sword Manipulation, which involved controlling a Flying Sword with Inner Qi projected from the body.
Though this method seemed simple, the Qi Control Technique was actually extremely refined. It could greatly conserve Inner Qi and enhance the Flying Sword’s power.
With Chen Li’s current Cultivation, his Primordial Qi was so pure and dense that cultivating this technique was naturally a simple matter.
He closed his eyes and focused his mind, circulating his Primordial Qi according to the technique described in the Secret Manual.
After a mere quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes again, his gaze falling upon the longsword hanging from the tall woman’s waist in the corner of the temple.
With a flicker of his thought.
HUMMM...
The longsword trembled and shot from its sheath, transforming into a streak of light that flew before Chen Li and hovered silently.
Chen Li formed a sword with his fingers and jabbed forward.
The longsword responded instantly, streaking out of the temple like a bolt of lightning and slashing toward a giant boulder the size of a resting ox a thousand feet away.
BOOM!
The sword light flashed, striking the boulder right in the center.
There was a dull boom, and the boulder split cleanly in two, its halves crashing to the ground on either side.
The longsword traced an arc through the air and flew gracefully back, once again hovering before Chen Li, its blade unstained by a single speck of dust.
’An increase in power of about thirty percent.’
But Chen Li’s brow furrowed slightly as he made a silent calculation.
At his current level of Cultivation, projecting his Primordial Qi to strike a rock from a distance with a weapon was already an easy task.
However, the Flying Sword Skill’s Qi Control Technique did indeed allow for a more precise and concentrated application of Primordial Qi, thereby increasing its power.
But a mere thirty percent boost was hardly a fundamental change for him at his current level.
’Even if I master this technique, the power will increase by fifty percent at most... In the end, it’s just icing on the cake.’
Chen Li shook his head and turned his gaze to the second layer described in the Secret Manual.
Divine Sword Control.
This layer was the true key.
Compared to the physical body, one’s Divine Sense was inherently frail.
Even if an ordinary Grandmaster could make a longsword dance through the air with Inner Qi, using Divine Sense to control a Flying Sword to kill enemies was a far more difficult task.
This was because the Power of Divine Sense struggled to manipulate physical objects, let alone imbue them with enough force to be lethal.
Even if one managed to lift a longsword, the force behind it would likely be insufficient to kill even an ordinary adult.
Of course, this was not difficult for Chen Li.
He had long since passed the Guiyuan Pass and formed his Primordial Spirit, within which his Primordial Qi was inexhaustible.
For him, Divine Sword Control was simply a natural progression.
But that wasn’t what he was after.
Chen Li’s gaze fell upon the final lines of the Secret Manual.
"The sword unites with intent, and intent harmonizes with the spirit."
"To control the sword with the spirit is not truly to control the sword, but to control the heart. Where the heart goes, the sword follows—that is the true essence of Sword Control."
Reading this, realization dawned on Chen Li.
This was faintly reminiscent of the phrases "Refining Intent with Divinity" and "Merging Spirit with Will" that he had encountered when he passed the Divine Intent Pass.
’It seems that to truly unleash the power of this Flying Sword Skill, I need to find a sword that can resonate with my heart and spirit.’
As Chen Li pondered this, his gaze involuntarily turned back to the cyan Flying Sword.
’Although this sword’s material is special, it’s too fragile. Not an ideal Mystic Sword.’
’Never mind. Now is not the time.’
He gathered his focus and turned his attention back to the Jade Sword.
After all, awakening the Spirituality of the Second Primordial Spirit was his current priority.
His Primordial Spirit sank into the Jade Sword once more.
Having now done some preliminary cultivation in the Flying Sword Skill, his perception of the scene within the sword was different this time.
’Use the sword as a boat to cross the Sea of Bitterness and reach the other shore?’
He muttered softly as his Primordial Spirit slowly ascended, flying toward the resplendent longsword.
Just as he came within a hundred feet of the longsword.
HUMMM!
The Intention Sword trembled violently, erupting with a light even more dazzling than before.
A wave of Sword Qi—more solid and sharper than the Sword Intent at the entrance—shot out from the blade, slashing ruthlessly down toward Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit.
This strike was not a trap, but an autonomous counterattack from the very source of this True Intent of Martial Dao.
The majestic Sword Intent seemed powerful enough to sunder heaven and earth, purging all foreign evils.
’A worthy strike.’
The Qiankun Ruyi Staff materialized in the hand of Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit. With a simple motion, he brought the staff smashing down.
Faint runes of Law flowed across the staff, carrying a weight that could suppress all things and an edge that could shatter all techniques.
CLANG...!
The Sword Qi and the staff collided, letting out a roar that was silent yet shook the very soul.
Strong as the Sword Qi was, it was still no match for the Qiankun Ruyi Staff wielded by Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit.
The Sword Qi shattered with a single blow.
The Intention Sword seemed to sense the danger. The blade turned, transforming into a streak of light as it tried to flee into the depths of the Sea of Bitterness.
’Trying to run?’
Chen Li snorted coldly. He would not let it escape.
Moving like a bolt of lightning, he caught up to it again. The Qiankun Ruyi Staff, imbued with an even more tyrannical suppressive force, smashed down a second time.
BOOM!
The Intention Sword trembled violently from the blow, its light flickering erratically, until it could no longer maintain its sword form.
With a POP, it dissolved into a ball of the purest, most condensed Qi, circling uncertainly above the Sea of Bitterness.
The Primordial Spirit opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing the Qi whole.
The moment the Intention Sword was swallowed, the boundless Sea of Bitterness below instantly lost its calm. It began to churn and roar violently, raising an earth-shattering tsunami.
Towering waves surged toward Chen Li’s Primordial Spirit.
Each torrent of water contained terrifying negative emotions: greed, anger, delusion, fear, sorrow, despair...
If an ordinary Martial Artist were to be tainted by even a single trace, their mind would instantly collapse, and they would sink into the Sea of Bitterness, never to escape for all eternity.