Blazing Sun Spirit Iron Emerges

"Students, the sword dao was inherently rather extreme."

Jiang Ding slowly spoke of his own insights. "The process of comprehending sword intent was the process of affirming one's own path and goals, no longer wavering, allowing one's spirit to undergo an unregretful transformation."

"Once one wavered and could no longer remain steadfast, one's sword dao had reached its end."

Jiang Ding thought of True Monarch Ran Gu and True Monarch Yinjiao.

Both of them had wavered in their own sword intent. One had turned toward the path of spells, while the other had turned toward devouring the sword intents of other cultivators. They seemed like shortcuts, but in truth, both were signs that they no longer trusted their own sword intent. Their chances of breaking through to Spirit Transformation were exceedingly slim.

Of course, perhaps those chances had been slim from the start, which was why, driven to desperation, they sought change.

But this was not the path of orthodox sword cultivators.

At such a time, orthodox sword cultivators should cultivate in silence, continuously accumulate strength, reach their limits, then seek out suitable enemies for a Battle of Life and Death. Failure meant death; victory brought the possibility of advancement.

If luck was poor and they still failed to advance or surpass themselves, then they would continue seeking enemies and continue fighting to the death.

They would repeat this process without end.

Generally speaking, one would certainly advance after no more than nine Battles of Life and Death.

This was a conclusion drawn from the experience of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, proven time and again throughout history. It had solid scientific grounds.

Below, students such as Hua Xiaohua and Fang Yilong, who looked like a dark-skinned old farmer, listened in a daze.

"Therefore, this extreme sword dao must be