Yan Chihuo asked, "Do different cultivation arts require different methods for entering Sword Momentum?"
Iron Sword Daoist shook his head. "The methods are mostly the same, but I cultivate a fire-attribute art, so I understand fire-attribute Sword Momentum better and can offer you more guidance. If you go astray, I'll be able to spot it. But for now, I can only teach you how to cultivate Sword Momentum. Since your art has a different attribute, you'll have to rely on your own insight."
Yan Chihuo bowed and said, "Please teach me the sword, Elder Iron Sword."
Iron Sword Daoist asked, "When you crossed swords with Zhang Jiucheng, did you notice the characteristics of Sword Momentum?"
Yan Chihuo thought for a moment before answering. "Senior Brother Zhang seemed to have fused swordsmanship and flames into one. There was Sword Qi in every flame, and flames in every strand of Sword Qi. I faced wave after wave of fire. Those flames had merged with heaven and earth, leaving me with almost nowhere to strike."
Iron Sword Daoist said, "Exactly. You observed it with remarkable care. Sword Momentum means fusing your swordsmanship with your cultivation art and spells. You cultivate an earth-attribute art, so once you master Sword Momentum, a single slash will be like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart. For someone who cultivates a water-attribute art, mastered Sword Momentum would be like rivers and seas."
Iron Sword Daoist took the blue longsword in hand again and slashed. Three flames appeared before them, transforming into Fire Dragons that surrounded Yan Chihuo.
Yan Chihuo examined them with his Spiritual Eye divine ability and was deeply astonished. The flames around him seemed to form a world of their own, with not a single gap. The flames curled inward and shrank back into the