Chapter 9: A Destiny of Sabers (2/2)
However, with the words barely out of his hed down by an unknown object Incredulously, he raised his arm, only to find that the lotus leaf had been replaced by a saber, glea laid his eyes on it, he knew that this saber would be irrevocably his
The entire saber was violet in color, a budding lotus forrip felt like a lotus steh these bu held the saber; they irip and a cooling sensation emanated from the very saber itself
He someho that no rip, the saber would not slip frouard was a sht concave that forle; it could prevent the ene as over his hands, as well as offsetting the resistance of his strength perfectly
The blade was icy and thin like a cicada’s wing; the fullest part of the blade was a bit thicker, the edge as long as 2 feet and 7 – 8 inches, while its point was sharp and longer than littered as if all the stars of the universe had been captured in it’s mirror-like surface; it should have looked bumpy but it was smooth and shi+ny even upon closer scrutiny
Streale of the saber was perfectly sculpted Even with Yun Yang’s considerably co tastes, he could not point out any flaw on the saber!
“Divine Edge!”
These tords blazed across Yun Yang’sother than God’s will; it was ie such a perfect saber!
Divine Edge Yes, it was certainly deserving of the name
“Destiny like saber, saber of destiny, kill with the saber, kill for God!”
Yun Yang held the saber reverently, slowly entering his subconscious In hiswith the saber
“Saber Truth: Destiny Blade3, Destiny’s First Form”
“Grip the hilt in concentration, watch the injustice without e and those who sinned, Destiny Blade will show no mercy!”
“One form, two styles First style, Merciless Saber Second style, Merciless Dao4!”
Yun Yang felt that he had entered an intriguing martial arts world; this Saber Truth: Destiny Blade, had exceeded all of Yun Yang’s expectations of for couldn’t help but iine that if he had a sufficient cultivation base, no one in this world could escape from his saber!
It was unfortunate that his cultivation base had only recovered, at most, one-tenth of his initial cultivation base He had to start all over again
Ti had already memorized technical nuances of Destiny’s First Forh it was only one forether in perfect unison for it to work
Although Yun Yang practiced with the lotus leaf consistently in his room, he could still feel the lack of power even as he was drenched in sweat and filled with exhaustion
“Looks like I can only practice and understand it slowly froht, “I can only unleash half of the effect of this first form with my current cultivation base and it’s already taken up all of y… the power of Destiny’s First Forhtly!”
He looked at the violet saber in his hand that was glowing like the night sky and sently Slowly, he drew the blade across his wrist, letting his blood drip onto the blade He wiped the crie, henceforth, you shall be my eternal partner Allow me to banish all the injustice in this world with you in my hands!”
The battlefield was filled with blood, and fire seeed into the fight while smoke rose and flames danced across the plains
First, the faces of his eight brothers flickered through his vision, faces that he would never forget
Then it was the battle at Tianxuan Cliff, the event that would be forever etched in his soul
The families of the heroes caht’s fath and purpose as the ness flashed across his eyes
Divine Edge began to vibrate in his hand with a wild keening, and the blade pulsed with a radiant glow It was like the constellations had fallen fro men, or an explosion of nuht before sucking all the radiance of the stars and rainbows alike like a thunderous maelstrom!
Translator’s Notes
1 Heavenly Marquis (天外侯, Tiānwài hóu) lit title: Marquis Beyond Heaven Yun Yang’s yet-unnamed father was first mentioned as 天外云侯,Tiānwài yún hóu, which had the additional character 云, yún, which means cloud As such, he was previously called Marquis of Heavenly Clouds We believe that Heavenly Marquis is a eneral term for a specially ranked marquis of the empire while Marquis of Heavenly Clouds is the special title assigned to Yun Yang’s father
2 Absolute Swordāoshǒu qī bù shāshēng) lit Extreme Swords Expert Seven Step Kill This naardless of how you play around with it, the na the Absolute Sword it could make the name much more concise and readable However, due to recent circu about the inaccuracy of translations,try to alter as little as possible
3 Saber Truth: Destiny Blade (天意刀法, Tiānyì dāo fǎ) lit Heaven’s Will Saber Law
4 First style, Merciless Saber Second style, Merciless Dao (第一式，刀不容情。第二式，道不容情, Dì yī shì, dāo bùróng qíng Dì èr shì, dào bùróng qíng!) Had to make a TL note for this as well, notice that the first phrase contains dāo which is the Chinese character for single-edged curved swords aka sabers The second phrase contains dào which is what most readers understand as the concept of the Dao Basically, the author Feng Ling Tian Xia is playing ords that are pronounced the same (except for the sound), which we are unable to convey by translating theof the words