This Immortal Sword Art was founded on the Life-and-Death Great Dao.
Every move corresponded to a law node governing the transition between life and death. When the sword struck, its intent actively intervened in the cycle of life and death within the target, accelerating its decay, severing its vitality, or reversing its withering and flourishing.
Chen Xuan sat cross-legged in the center of the valley and divided his divine sense into two streams. One studied the patterns on the rock face; the other sank into the wheel of interwoven emerald and gray in his dantian, allowing him to verify each against the other.
The sword art was of an exceptionally high grade, far surpassing any cultivation method he had encountered before.
Xiang Yunzhou had once said that the Immortal Sword Domain contained Immortal Art Imprints. This sword art on the fifth floor was clearly one of them. Though it was only an opening form founded on the Life-and-Death Great Dao, its approach to applying laws already far exceeded the understanding of the Saint Realm.
But comprehending it did not go smoothly.
The subtlety of the Life-and-Death Great Dao lay in balance. The two powers of life and death had to be controlled simultaneously to unleash their true might. Any imbalance would cause the sword art to collapse.
In his first few attempts to circulate the life-and-death origin imprint along the trajectories of sword intent within the patterns, Chen Xuan either let the power of life overwhelm the power of death, leaving his sword intent insubstantial and weak, or suffered a backlash from the power of death, making his sword intent excessively cold and violent.
He adjusted it dozens of times, but every attempt fell a little short.
Then, at a certain moment, he recalled his experience comprehending the Karma Dao: