896 Treasure Sword Drawn From Ancient Sheath, Wind and Rain Washed Off the Lead Dus (2/2)

However, the sword skills were his Sword Dao. The Third Writing of Calamity Sword, the Writing of Facing Calamity.

Facing Calamity was a Sword Dao he created based on the calamities the Primordial Realm had experienced, the drastic changes experienced by Eternal Peace, and the spirit of all living things that faced the calamities.

This sword was the result of him being in the dream world, repeating the calamities and countless battles, and finally producing a sword that was able to defeat the calamities in the dream world!

The Writing of Facing Calamity of the Calamity Sword took the initiative in meeting calamities, facing natural disasters, and facing the misery of living beings and the impermanence of things head-on, as well as facing the strongest enemies, god heart, devil heart, and human heart head-on!

In the Writing of Facing Calamity, the first person to face the calamity would be the swordsman himself.

Qin Mu faced the calamity, sweeping through his celestial palace and razing his various great divine treasures, leaving only his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure. He had destroyed his path of retreat and reached the point of no return.

Only when there was no path of retreat could one advance without retreating!

This was the predicament he was facing, as well as that of Eternal Peace. There was no path of retreat, only forward. Fight a path out, kill a path out!

No matter what, this was a path that had to be taken!

Boom!

His spirit embryo was shattered into pieces, but in the next moment, it reappeared, continuing to face calamity with the sword. This time, his power was stronger.

His spirit embryo was crushed and recovered again. Every time it was crushed, it recovered. Each time he faced calamity, he was stronger than before.

After Celestial Venerable Yu opened up the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, the next divine treasure was the Celestial River Divine Treasure. He sought power from outside, comprehending the celestial river that was between heaven and earth.

This time, however, Qin Mu wasn't learning from Celestial Venerable Yu.

He sought power within his body. The power of heaven and earth from outside may be strong and convenient, but when Celestial Venerable Yu opened up the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, he didn't borrow the power of heaven and earth but power from within himself.

Hence, Qin Mu not only abandoned the cultivation systems of divine treasures and celestial palaces—which were built upon the power of the ancient gods—he even forsook the cultivation system of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth that was seen when Celestial Venerable Yu opened up the Celestial River Divine Treasure.

This time, he wanted to employ what Celestial Venerable Yu did when he first opened the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, in which he used the cultivation system of his own body. This was the most primitive cultivation method, to cultivate one's body without any foreign external objects!

He wouldn't borrow the power of gods and devils or heaven and earth.

The calamity that the Primordial Realm faced this time… heaven and earth were deaf to his cries for help. The inaction of the remaining survivors of Founding Emperor, the cowardice of Heaven Duke, the silence of Earth Count, and the sinister acts of Celestial Emperor had left him feeling powerless. He also realized that powers that were borrowed weren't reliable at all.

The only person reliable was oneself!

With no soul, he would perform the groundbreaking feat of recreating one!

With no vital qi cultivation, he would face calamity to subdue vital qi and raise his cultivation.

This was a path of no return, walking until the end and until dark!

His spirit embryo continued to go through destruction and recovery. Finally, he felt his power had reached its limits.

The Writing of Facing Calamity of the Calamity Sword that was in his hands transformed into unprecedented sharpness, dividing Yin and Yang in one blow, cutting the dawn and twilight, and opening up the two qis of gods and devils

The shaking Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure had finally stabilized.

His spirit embryo stood on the two flowing qis of gods and devils, the Yin and Yang divided, looking very distinct from each other like a taiji diagram.

From the perspective of his spirit embryo, these two qis were circulating smoothly, vast and endless, like a pure holy land.

This was his spirit platform, a foothold for his spirit embryo.

A sun slowly rose from the air currents that were transformed from god vitality, its brilliance shining in four directions. On the other side, the moon slowly retracted its moonlight and sank among the devil vitality.

Qin Mu's spirit embryo raised its head. The sky was filled with radiant starlight, and the twirling galaxy was like a bright mirror, reflecting his face.

The face within the center of the galaxy was like the high and mighty Heaven Duke. He was his own Heaven Duke.

Qin Mu's spirit embryo looked down. Below the spirit platform was darkness, reflecting his face. He was like the Earth Count in his own world.

His spirit embryo put down the sword. There was calmness throughout.

Within the spirit embryo, he felt as though there was something growing.

That was his soul, his groundbreaking soul. It was as though it was a seed of this heaven and earth, slowly growing.

The soul and spirit of other people were separated, and when combined, they would be a primordial spirit. However, his soul was born from facing calamity. When it was born, it was already merged with his spirit embryo, inseparable.

The spirit embryo sat down in a lotus position, lost in thought.

Outside, the dragon qilin and Yan'er were terrified. They saw Qin Mu's corporeal body shrinking, and it wasn't as big and fat as before.

Soon, Qin Mu returned to his original size, neither fat nor skinny but well proportioned.

The skin on the dragon qilin's big ears had already been gnawed off by Yan'er and was drenched in blood. Yan'er's wings, which had also been gnawed by her, were now shorter by a great deal.

The two were about to ask Qin Mu about the outcome of his cultivation when he suddenly collapsed to his knees, howling and crying on the ground.

The dragon qilin and Yan'er looked at each other in dismay. They could hear the boundless grievances and humiliation from Qin Mu's crying.

This humiliation was from his own personal encounters and also from the suffering Eternal Peace had experienced!

The dragon qilin was about to go forward and console him when Qin Mu's crying slowly turned into laughter, a laughter that was getting louder and more high pitched.

His face was covered with tears, but the laughter was from his heart, sweeping away his prior depression and grievances.

Among the loud laughter, Qin Mu stood up, not kneeling again.

The dragon qilin and Yan'er were dazed. At this moment, Qin Mu looked as though he had changed into a different person.

All along, even though Qin Mu usually had a smile on his face and never wore a troubled expression, they could feel the weak delicateness and hopelessness in his heart.

But now, he looked as though he was reborn, returning to the bright and cheerful boy he used to be.

However, there was something different, though they couldn't tell what it was exactly. They only felt Qin Mu's blazing sun that came after the thunderstorm.