The Limits of Strength

This was Ding Ling's Sword Mind!

It could also be said to be the Sword Intent of Ding Ling, which had generated a Sword Spirit of its own after being tempered by the endless Spiritual Light of the Sword World!

A Sword Spirit carrying Ding Ling's consciousness.

"Return!"

With a thought from Ding Ling, the Sword Spirit immediately returned to his body.

"This feeling..."

With a thought from Ding Ling, the Mental Killing Sword appeared once more. Unlike before, this time the Mental Killing Sword possessed Sword Mind—in other words, it was empowered by the Sword Spirit. It had become extremely nimble, able to freely perform all kinds of transformations in the void. Compared to the past, its agility and power had increased by far more than a single level!

"This still seems to be only the Sword Spirit's initial form. If the Sword Spirit were tempered until it became as solid as Jian Yue and as lifelike as a real person, it would be unimaginably powerful. It could definitely dominate the Sword World, with few enemies capable of opposing it!"

However, that being said.

This Sword Spirit seemed to be able to receive the empowerment of the Sword Mountain in the Sword World as well.

Ding Ling sensed wave after wave of Sword World Spiritual Light surging over. The Sword Spirit was frantically absorbing and refining it.

The Sword Spirit was circulating the maxed-out Sword Mind Tempering Art to cultivate itself.

Only when a fundamental art reached max level

could one absorb a certain amount of Lingji essence and energy and condense streams of special qi;

and for the Sword Spirit, this Sword Mind Tempering Art was also a fundamental art.

It simply did not absorb Lingji essence and energy.

Instead, it absorbed the unique Spiritual Light of the