The Sword Dao That Sword Cultivators Can Comprehend

The Qi of the Purple Essence Pill dissipated, and Xie Xuanyi smoothly completed his breakthrough.

A faint golden glow ignited all over his body.

Xie Xuanyi stood up.

"Rumble——"

The sound of wind and thunder echoed within his one hundred and eight major acupoints!

The injury to his right shoulder, pierced by Jia Liu, had already healed... As for the Gu blood that had invaded his body and spread, it had been completely annihilated, reduced to nothingness!

This was the Immortal Spring!

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hands, feeling the Bloodline Power surging like dragons within his body, but frowned slightly.

"After being nourished by the Immortal Spring, has my path of cultivation become different?"

In the first realm, Qi Refining, others only need to absorb the Qi of heaven and earth.

But he needed Golden Qi.

Now that he had reached the second realm...

The normal second realm is called "Foundation Establishment" in the Daoist tradition, while the Great Grain Sword Palace calls it "Divine Sense." The reason for the different names is because the direction of subsequent cultivation is different. The Sword Palace's second realm mainly cultivates the divine soul in order to control one's Natal Sword in the future, while the Daoist "Foundation Establishment" realm is so that when one becomes a True Person in the future, they can condense a mature Dao Fruit, thereby simulating a nascent soul.

Thus, the third realm is called "Controlling Qi" in the Daoist tradition, while the Sword Palace calls it "Controlling Weapon." They sound similar, with only a one-word difference, but in reality, they are vastly different.

But by the fourth realm, "Grotto-Heaven"—the cultivation ideas of the two major sects become extremely similar again. In this realm, the Daoist tradition uses the "Dao Fruit Seed" to achieve a Grotto-Heaven, so this realm is also called "Core Formation." When the Grotto-Heaven in the Daoist cultivator's dantian is completely mature, they naturally achieve a "Nascent Soul."

And the fourth realm of the Great Grain Sword Palace is to construct a "Sword Qi Grotto-Heaven" with one's Natal Sword. In the early stage of this realm, sword cultivators need to expend a lot of essence, qi, and spirit to nurture their Natal Sword.

And later, the entire Sword Qi Grotto-Heaven would nourish the sword cultivator in return.

"Logically speaking, this so-called second realm only requires condensing the divine soul and constantly establishing a connection with one's Natal Object..."

Xie Xuanyi murmured, "With my current accumulation of divine soul, I should be able to easily cross this second realm."

He slowly raised his hand.

A large rock on the summit of Small Barren Mountain floated up leisurely.

He clenched his fist.

With a bang, the large rock exploded, and the dozens or nearly a hundred pieces of rock that exploded were also neatly suspended in the air.

This had actually surpassed the scope of the Divine Sense Realm's abilities.

It could be said that this was a method that only the Weapon Control Realm could use.

But at this moment, Xie Xuanyi did not have the "perfectly integrated" mysterious feeling of the divine soul that he had when he broke through to the second realm in the past.

"Is it because I have already gone through the 'Divine Sense Realm' once?"

Xie Xuanyi fell into thought.

No one had ever been resurrected from the dead, but he was an exception.

Thus... the demon slaying in Jade Pearl Town, a matter that did not conform to common sense, appeared so unreasonably.

A Qi Refiner, using Weapon Control methods, unleashed a destructive power far exceeding that of the first realm.

Although Xie Xuanyi no longer had Qi, his divine soul was still there, and the foundation of his Weapon Control technique was still profound.

This allowed him to "ignore" the underlying cultivation rules.

Although he was in the first realm, he could still use Weapon Control methods.

This relied on the divine soul!

"Wait."

Suddenly, Xie Xuanyi realized something.

Over the years, he had been a fairly pure sword cultivator... The cultivation methods, breathing techniques, and killing techniques he practiced all came from the Great Grain Sword Palace.

There were tens of millions of paths in this world.

Sword cultivation was just one of them.

Although Xie Xuanyi had gone very deep on this path, he did not understand other cultivation paths.

"The reason why I was previously trapped in the Qi Refining Realm, could it be because... I subconsciously used the path of sword cultivation to pass through this extraordinary first realm?"

Xie Xuanyi had heard that the Buddhist disciples in Southern Li were extremely diligent in their cultivation in the first realm.

Normal cultivation often required ten years, or even longer, of hard work!

But the combat power that Buddhist disciples could exert in the first realm was also the most superb and outstanding among those in the same realm, with Blood Essence like an ox and skin like iron.

Whether it was the Daoist tradition or sword cultivation, they both pursued rapid resonance with heaven and earth in the first realm in order to step into the next realm.

But Buddhist disciples were different. Their second realm was to pursue "Iron Bones" after "Copper Skin."

Then, they would achieve "Vajra."

Whether it was the Daoist tradition or the Sword Palace, both needed to melt Natal Objects. But Buddhist disciples could physically withstand treasures.

Now, Xie Xuanyi had successfully broken through.

He carefully reflected.

This so-called "Golden Qi" is actually very similar to a Buddhist cultivation method, a very extreme way of suppressing one's realm.

No matter how gifted you are, no matter how sensitive you are to Qi, it's useless!

If you want to condense Golden Qi, you need to put in hard work—

"The Immortal Spring changed my body."

Xie Xuanyi murmured, "At the same time... it also changed my cultivation method."

Many years ago, he wanted to cultivate two Sword Daos of the Great Grain Sword Palace at the same time.

But because his physique was insufficient, he was forced to give up.

Now, after being baptized by the Immortal Spring, Xie Xuanyi vaguely saw a radiance he had never seen before.

He lowered his head and "inspected" himself again.

That droplet, condensed and entwined by countless strands of Golden Qi, hung in the position of his dantian.

Next to the droplet.

The position belonging to [Chen Ke] was empty.

"After the peak of Qi Manipulation, open up a Sword Qi Grotto-Heaven... this is the path of a sword cultivator."

Xie Xuanyi suddenly realized and murmured softly, "The reason why I don't have the mysterious feeling of breaking through to the Divine Sense Realm back then is because I've already walked this path. Now my Divine Soul Power has long surpassed the 'Divine Sense Realm'."

Not to mention the Divine Sense Realm.

As long as conditions permit, Xie Xuanyi could control hundreds of flying swords, which is Divine Soul Power that crushes the Qi Manipulation Realm.

Although the Sword Dao is not just about cultivating the Divine Soul...

But in the first three realms, Xie Xuanyi's profound Divine Soul can almost run rampant all the way.

If he only walks the path of sword cultivation, he will walk this path very quickly.

But...

What if he doesn't walk the path of sword cultivation?

Xie Xuanyi suddenly realized that he now had many new possibilities.

Although he had transcended the Second Realm, he was still in the Second Realm.

"The cultivation method of using Golden Qi to irrigate acupoints is somewhat like the 'Body Refinement Dao' that combines Buddhism and Taoism."

Xie Xuanyi silently examined his body: "Does this mean that I can cultivate another Great Dao in addition to cultivating the Sword Dao?"

Or perhaps, two?

The thought appeared, and Xie Xuanyi's heart trembled.

His intuition told him.

If he could take back [Chen Ke] and hang it next to the Immortal Spring, then the Sword Qi Grotto-Heaven that originally belonged to him could be reshaped soon... This was originally the "Sword Dao" that he had walked before. Now that he is alive again, picking it up again does not require too much effort.

However, the wonderful use of this legendary Immortal Spring seems to be more than just "saving people."

"The main acupoints that need to be ignited in the First Realm are one hundred and eight."

"But if I continue to let Golden Qi flow throughout my body, covering every meridian..."

Xie Xuanyi's eyes lit up: "Isn't this the Buddhist 'Body Refinement Dao'?"

In his mind, countless thoughts were flying.

That sigh from his master in the Great Grain Sword Palace back then swept into his mind for the third time.

["Xuanyi..."]

["The Dao that a sword cultivator can comprehend is not necessarily just the Sword Dao!"]