12 Heavenly Power (1/2)

Ye Yuyan sat in lotus position with his eyes tightly shut in his mind revolved the mantra of the heartsword code.

The formulas for sword force stirred the various nomological forces around him. Ye Yuyan's mind would scan over a sword truth that drifted in the air currents before moving on to another truth.

The heartsword code was special because it started from the inside. Where most practitioners started on the outside by absorbing the sword forces and forming intents and even legendary sword hearts, the heartsword technique did exactly the opposite.

It confirmed the sword truths with the desires of the user and with Ye Yuyan it examined each sword truth looking for blood.

Each sword truth was engraved with a character, some were a slaughter, and others were power and speed. Each conforming with a human desire but only the blood would be absorbed.

After a moment the sword truth would engrave itself on the red lotus, the chrome slowly extended along the second leaf. The original 10% had already risen to a stunning 40% because he had been cultivating nonstop since he received the sword code.

Even when he was talking he was still practicing the mantras and formulas of the heartsword. All that was left for him to do was sit down and absorb the necessary essences. Each stroke of sword truth looked like a sword slash on the chrome leaf. The leaf emanated an aura of sharp and bloody domination.

The sword force originated from the powers of metal but has become a special type of force due to the Sword Bearer.

The Sword Bearer was a legendary bearer from antiquity who founded the first chivalry school and changed Metal into a Sword. Because of his actions, the sword can now support any school even a blood school.

Ye Yuyan's eyes flashed open with a sharp metallic light and sword forces gathered around him. Ye Yuyan's robe became worn and partially scratched up due to the sword forces that seeped into his body.

Ye Yuyan snapped his fingers, and snowflakes appeared all over his robes slowly repairing them.

”I might be able to reach the peak of Rank 2 soon. I'll have a lot more assurance that way.” He mumbled to himself, he couldn't help but recall the fight against the Third Prince. The prince held back and although Ye Yuyan looked calm yet in his heart he was pressured by the prince's power.

Using only his frost powers he couldn't beat him. He could have drawn out more of the prince's power using his sword force and maybe even his red lotus. But such revelations could have brought more tribulations rather than blessings.

This had to do with the cultivation in this world. There are nine ranks, Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 3, and etc all the way to Rank 9. Among humans, there are three conventional paths, Sealing, Bloodline, and Chivalry. With all the paths, the nine ranks are split into three big watersheds.

In the first watershed, the focus is on building a foundation. In the second it is the mastery of laws, and the final is laws as a world. In each system, there are specific titles for a warrior at that rank. A rank 2 Chivalry Practitioner is respectfully given a Knighted Nickname.

Knighted Maven is an old man who started cultivating late in life but showed immense natural talent. With his great talent, he went from a Rank 1 Apprentice to the peak of Rank 2 and gained the title of Knighted Maven.

The common denominator among all the systems is the basic foundation. In the foundation, the goal of a Rank 1 is to absorb an essence. For Chivalry that means getting a sword code and with Sealing, that means absorbing slaughter qi.

For Rank 2 experts their goal is to cultivate a totem, totems are special in that they help a practitioner focus their energies. For sealers, they need to absorb their first demon. For knights, they manifest a totem using their cultivation method.

This is where the amount of essences a cultivation technique has becomes incredibly important. If the cultivation code is too weak then a totem can't be formed or it will at best be a weak totem that can't develop. With demon sealing, this issue is circumvented because all that matters is having a strong demon absorbed.

Considering how weak a sealer is in the beginning compared to the powerful demons, it is almost impossible to start with a strong demon sealed.