As he practiced the two combat techniques, Lu Yin understood why Eight Colors had insisted he train in them. Cultivating a sword deepened divine power's influence over him. (Due to caching issues, please visit the website directly in your browser for the fastest chapter updates.)
Nurturing a sword of Green Divine Power was also a way of deepening divine power's influence over his thoughts.
It was an influence that crept in by degrees.
As he nurtured the sword, divine power took on a sharper edge. That edge was directed not only at his enemies, but at himself as well.
The sharpness made it easier for divine power to affect him, and the Divine Tree's imprint became increasingly distinct. Even with Lu Yin's familiar understanding of divine power, he was struggling to bear it.
His consciousness wasn't that of a White Bone Clone. It was his real self.
That meant his true body would be affected in the same way, and would struggle to bear it.
To Eight Colors and the others, even a White Bone Clone like him was affected to this degree. If his true body came, who knew what might happen? It would surely exceed the limits of his consciousness, ultimately changing his attitude toward The Unknown.
He had always guarded against The Unknown. Whether or not it had helped him, he was wary of it and firmly believed it was an enemy. Only by holding fast to that belief could he persevere.
He had been thinking that perhaps his true body could come here after all. Now, he knew it still couldn't.
After who knew how long, Plant Sword was complete, and sword after sword of Green Divine Power hovered in the starry sky.
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