Inside the residence.
It took Chen Lin a long time to finish absorbing the inheritance information.
This True Explanation of Sword Dao contained three sections, corresponding to the three great stages of sword cultivators in this realm.
The first stage was "Have Sword."
This section recorded three realms.
They were the keen sword, the heavy sword, and the wooden sword.
The keen sword phase pursued famed swords and precious tools, relying on a sword's sharpness to strengthen oneself. Dependence on the sword was immense.
As long as one possessed a peerless sword, one could be called a powerhouse and rise above others.
The heavy sword phase, however, did not pursue sharpness.
Its principle was that a heavy sword needed no edge, and supreme skill needed no ornamentation-one overwhelmed others through sheer force.
At this phase, the embryonic form of sword will had already emerged. In terms of comparison, it could be considered the level of a White-Clothed Swordsman.
As for the wooden sword phase.
One was no longer bound by objects. Grass, wood, bamboo, and stone could all serve as swords. One relied on sword will and no longer depended on techniques.
Beyond this phase lay the ability to turn the decayed into the miraculous, bestowing extraordinary power upon ordinary objects.
This already counted as the quasi-Grandmaster Realm.
But to become a grandmaster, another breakthrough was required.
One had to reach the "No Sword" stage.
This stage had two phases.
The first was Man and Sword as One.
A sword was no longer needed.
The person was the sword, and the sword was the person, with no distinction between them.
The second phase was Abandon Sword.
No Sword, No Self-only a single will remained.
And that was sword will!
At this point, sword will was pure conceptual power, requiring no