No matter how intense the pain, it weakened after one adapted to it over time.
No matter how strong the enemy, they could be slain with a sword.
Jiang Ding held the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword in the endless radiance. His tightly furrowed brows began to relax as he gradually adapted, and his expression became tranquil and peaceful.
The powerful tempering brought by the Sun Sword Refining Method gradually became subtle and intangible. The sword cultivator's divine soul and flying sword took their first step toward a foundation Above Dao Integration.
"If the Sun Sword Son and Taiyin Sword Son cultivated together, it seemed they could achieve a similar effect as well—a smooth road all the way. That was inevitable..."
Jiang Ding's Sword Soul had once more recovered to near-complete perfection and began to think.
"Yet what would the Sun Sword Son and Taiyin Sword Son lose?"
"They would lose an enemy, lose an opportunity along their Dao Path. Their Sword Souls would thus lose an opportunity to defeat themselves and transform."
"This was the peculiarity of a sword cultivator's path. One had to grow through battle; one could not be as steady and unruffled as Dharma cultivators."
"One opportunity meant nothing."
"But when missed opportunities accumulated again and again, the resulting gap became the gap between the Sun Moon Sword Pavilion and the Great Sun Sword Pavilion. History had long proven it."
The dark-gold membrane on the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword was gradually absorbed completely, revealing the blue-gold sword body once more, blooming with gentle light.
The first sword refinement through the Sun Sword Refining Method was half complete.
The remaining half would be tempered and transformed bit by bit over the next nearly hundred years. It would be gentler, no longer as perilous as it had been at