Vol 25 Chapter 12 (1/2)

Book 25, Novessence Thunder, Chapter 12 – The Nature of the Sword

On this day, Ji Ning was seated within the levitating wooden study, working on his calligraphy Every single character was filled with his surging sword-intent

Next to hi hi wrote Usually, the Flamefairy was a woman with a temper that was just as fiery as her narind his ink wasn’t just because she was his retainer; it was also because she wanted to spend as much time next to him as possible That hen Daolord Solesky caive her some off-hand advice as well

“That Daolord is siht of Daolord Solesky, she was filled with ad the past three years, allowing et a clear picture of what I need to do to advance to the World level Once I break through this bottleneck, I’ll become a World-level expert!”

Su Youji had benefited tre

Daolord Solesky was a Sae There was no one else like him in the entire Badlands Territory; even Daolord Badlands was slightly weaker than hiet advice fro for her! When she had to learn on her own and struggle throughpaths, she had still becoh she was just a Ki Refiner These days, she was i pace and was just a breath away fro a World-level expert herself

Ning had nificant improvements as well Daolord Solesky had even personally sparred with hi’s understanding regarding the nature of the sas undergoing a series of fundaes

If one was at a completely different level of power, one would have a different perspective on the Dao Although World God Blackure, there was a lih Daolord Solesky didn’t really focus on the Dao of the Sword, there were certain cole Dao shared

“What is the sword?”

“Haha, I once heard Emperor Mirrorsnow discuss what the sword is I felt that his words reat deal of sense” Daolord Solesky had once said these words to Ning “The sword is a weapon which living beings created in order to kill others! The sword has a tip, two edges, and two flat sides It was designed to kill In order for you to discover and understand the Dao of the Sword, you need to start with its creation and its design”

“How should the tip of the sword be used to kill?”

“How should you use a single edge of the sword to kill?”

“How should you use both edges together to kill?”

“How should you use the flat of the blade to kill?”

“When all these things are ether…how should you use them to kill?”

“When you meditate on the Dao, youYou should focus on siets more and more complex, eventually you will lose yourself within it! Your Dao can appear to be coht as a“Remember this This is very important”

“Also – all techniques spring from the same source! If you reach a bottleneck that you cannot overcome in the Dao of the Sword, you can switch to other tasks such as calligraphy I saw that your calligraphy isn’t bad, and you can infuse it with your Dao of the Sword This is soht However, these two things will share ards to helping you understand the Dao Based on what I know, the majority of Samsara Daolords who focus on the Dao of the Sword also enjoy painting and calligraphy I iood reason for this”

“I can also see that you have high affinity towards water, lightning, and space Don’t discard or abandon these insights Focus on thele Dao For exah I’ve never focused on the Dao of the Sword, if I spent four or five days on it my mastery over the Dao of the Sould become comparable to that of some weaker Samsara Daolords who do focus on the sword”

Ning had felt as though a brand new gateway had just appeared before hi at the Dao of the Sword

Ning had never intended to give up on water, lightning, space, or any of his other Daos He did understand that all Daos shared certain commonalities

As for calligraphy, he had always felt that that writing calligraphy was very pleasing and relaxing However, only after listening to Daolord Solesky’s words did he truly understand how helpful it could be

A neorld had truly opened up before him

“Right Long, long ago, one of the first creatures of the primordial chaos created the very first ‘sword’ Ever since then, countless living beings have used his ‘sword’ Their techniques constantly improved until it all reached the level of a Dao unto itself that only became more and more powerful Only then did the Dao of the Sword, a Dao feared by countless cultivators, come into existence”

“The tip of the sword…the edge…the double edge…the flat…”

Ever since that day, the way in which Ning viewed the sword coed

In the past, he had always felt that the Dao of the Sas truly unfathomably profound, and he had dedicated hi all of its mysteries

Now, Ning had a different view of the sword Although the Dao of the Sas indeed profound, its fundamental essence remained quite simple; it lay in the sword itself If you could truly understand the structure of a sword, you would be able to quickly grasp the essence of the Dao of the Sword itself

Ning noed the [Brightmoon] sword-art and the [Nameless] sword-art in coan to retrofit the the ‘Blood Drop’ stance purer, the ‘Soleheart’ stance ’ stance , and the ‘Shadowless’ stance slightly less unpredictable but even faster than before

In fact, he split the Heavenbreaker stance into two different stances The first used the edge of the sword to attack and was known as the ‘Heavenbreaker Hacker’; the other used the flat of the blade to attack and was known as the ‘Heavenbreaker – Eliminator’