Meng Zhao had mastered the martial arts of a hundred schools. sabers, spears, swords, and halberds; Fist, Palm, Finger, Claw, and leg techniques—there was none he did not excel in, none he did not understand. Among weapons, however, he was best with the saber and sword.
Among saber arts, what he cultivated was not an ordinary Way of the Saber, but the use of the saber to carry the Dao. The saber was a vessel, bearing his tyrannical and invincible martial path.
Take the Profound Ice Blade Intent he had used to kill Ma Tianyi and Zhao Zhen. Mystic ice was the foundation, while the saber was merely an aid. If he wished, Meng Zhao could likewise employ the Mystic Ice Intent through palm arts, fist arts, or finger arts, freezing all things.
But this Overlord Blade was different. It was Meng Zhao's true realization of the Way of the Saber and his own martial path.
He cultivated the Ziwei Emperor Dao, the Way of the Emperor Dragon. The Emperor Dao was a fusion of kingly way and overbearing way.
Meng Zhao's conduct carried the air of the kingly way, but the momentum and essence of his martial arts, born from his invincible sweep across all foes and his record without defeat, suited the overbearing way more closely. With his cultivation and his belief in remaining undefeated through a hundred battles, he had brought overbearing dominance to its utmost limit.
When overbearing dominance became the Way of the Saber, it became the Overlord Blade. Swords traveled with nimble grace, sabers with heavy force; swords followed the kingly way, sabers the overbearing way.
Meng Zhao's will and spirit had transformed into the Overlord Blade Intent, condensing divine power from within without seeking anything outside himself. Only thus could he, within the