The 635th Day: The Plot's Ridiculous Momentum-You Ruo Still Died, Thankfully

All things arose from within,

the sword pierced the abandoned acupoints;

the martial arts returned to the origin,

their legacy stretched far and wide.

These were the two small lines on the first page of the Myriad Swords Return to Origin manual.

Just like the Bixie Sword Manual, which began with "To practice this art, one must first castrate oneself," learning Myriad Swords Return to Origin came with conditions.

In fact, the first four lines together made the words "cripple your own martial arts" plain to see.

Cripple your own martial arts!!

Just to learn a flashy martial art, you had to throw away the skills you'd "worked hard" to cultivate. What kind of idiot would—

(′`) Huh~~

Wasn't that exactly me?!

My golden core and meridians were completely empty now, without a trace of true essence. Didn't that count as crippling my own martial arts?

Although the Fengyun World had plenty of martial arts stronger than Myriad Swords Return to Origin, even in the way of the sword, Myriad Swords Return to Origin might not be as powerful as Wuming's Heavenly Sword or the Sword Saint's Twenty-Three Swords.

But the Heavenly Sword and Twenty-Three Swords weren't suited to Hao Shuai. After all, he wasn't a pure swordsman. He couldn't devote himself to nothing but the sword, nor become one with it, until man was the sword and the sword was man...

Asking Hao Shuai to do that would be asking the impossible!

Although the sword qi unleashed by Myriad Swords Return to Origin spread out, each strike wasn't especially powerful and was only suited to taking out minor underlings, it could still leave an opponent flustered. Unless they had a powerful defensive technique, they'd find it almost impossible to block the endless streams of sword qi.

Besides, Hao Shuai