In fact, viewed from another angle, the first and third lines of the mnemonic verse—"Myriad Swords Return to One" and "Abolish One's Martial Arts"—were easy enough to understand. The second and fourth lines—"Qi Flows Unceasingly" and "Life Acupoints Prolong Life"—however, seemed like complete nonsense.
But in truth, those two seemingly nonsensical lines each carried a deeper meaning.
In "Qi Charges Yuan Yuan," "yuan" referred to primordial qi, while "yuan" also corresponded to "complete," referring to the imperfections in one's primordial qi cultivation.
Thus, the overall meaning of this line was to use one's own internal energy to strike at the incomplete aspects of one's cultivation.
However, it was difficult for ordinary people to possess an absolutely clear understanding of their own flaws. If they did, they would most likely have already found ways to make up for them rather than leaving them unresolved.
Ye Weiming had previously collected the sword intents of myriad swords precisely to draw upon the martial arts experience of countless swordsmen over thousands of years, helping him identify the imperfect aspects of his own cultivation.
It was like game demos and closed betas. Their purpose was to leverage the numbers of players to uncover bugs in a game, then find ways to fix them.
However, the reason "Myriad Swords Return to One" was revered as the supreme secret canon of the Sword Dao was naturally not because it was that simple. While identifying flaws, it could also grant those flaws a rebirth through nirvana. During subsequent cultivation, those flaws and shortcomings could naturally be remedied, allowing one to truly reach a flawless state of perfection!
Of course, such a violent method of uncovering flaws would certainly come at a price.
And that price was what the third character of each of the four lines said when