Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Li Han first planned to forge the swords long before he had the means to do so. He deliberately sought wood-attribute soul rings to purify the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo's attributes, regarding this as preparation for the future Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword. 3

Before the true swords were forged, Li Han used Thousand Transformations to make his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo resemble a Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword. Although a Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword is named during his battle with Xu Ding, Li Han later distinguishes the transformed imitation from the genuine refined treasure. 21 52 54

After absorbing the soul ring of a thirteen-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc, Li Han's Heavenly Thunder Bamboo reached the ten-thousand-year threshold and evolved into Golden Thunder Bamboo. A new Heavenly Thunder Bamboo sprouted alongside it, allowing the evolved Golden Thunder Bamboo to be refined without eliminating his original martial soul. 54

Li Han forged the first Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword by melting a Golden Thunder Bamboo into cyan liquid and shaping it through the Azure Essence Sword Art and his artifact-refining methods. The process consumed extreme amounts of Soul Power and more than a dozen Energy Recovery Pills. 55

Li Han's fourth soul ring caused additional Golden Thunder Bamboos to grow. He subsequently refined all three of these extra stalks, bringing the set to four swords and increasing its Evil-Warding Divine Thunder reserves fourfold. 65 69

Following his fifth soul ring, Li Han obtained five more Golden Thunder Bamboos and refined them into additional swords. By then, the set consisted of nine Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 94 When Li Han later dispersed his cultivation to rebuild his soul rings, the swords retained the imprints of his former soul skills. Silver Moon became their weapon spirit so those abilities could remain usable. 108 109

Following the acquisition of two rebuilt soul rings, Li Han's Golden Thunder Bamboo reached one hundred and twenty thousand years of age and produced three more swords, raising the total to twelve. 120 By the time he hunted his sixth soul ring, he had expanded the set to thirty-three swords. The sixth ring then supplied enough Golden Thunder Bamboo for seven further refinements, resulting in forty swords. 138 159

During Li Han's third cultivation reconstruction, Silver Moon exhausted much of her life force to save him and fell into a slumber. After her recovery in the Blue Silver Forest, she continued serving as the weapon spirit of the retained Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 170

Li Han's first soul ring after his third reconstruction came from an eighty-thousand-year Lone Bamboo. The absorption upgraded his torso-mounted Lone Bamboo Sword Bone from sixty thousand years to one hundred thousand years, further reinforcing an artifact that had already improved the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords' sword qi and sharpness. 109 171

While hunting a 110,000-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger, Li Han planted and pre-charged thirty-six Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords around the battlefield. He used them to form an Extreme Thunder Prison before channeling their accumulated Evil-Warding Divine Thunder through Kirin to annihilate the soul beast. 196 The resulting sixth soul ring raised the Golden Thunder Bamboo's cumulative soul-ring age to 570,000 years, enough for fifty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and a Demon-Extinguishing Arrow. 197

Li Han later identified a roughly 150,000-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear as a prospective seventh-ring target. Its Ultimate Metal attribute could replace the Geng Metal required for the Great Aureate Sword Formation and potentially strengthen the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, though Li Han remains concerned that one such soul ring may not provide enough Ultimate Metal for all seventy-two intended swords. 221

Abilities & Functions

Refined Golden Thunder Construction

The swords are forged from Golden Thunder Bamboo rather than merely created through Thousand Transformations.

• Possess enhanced strength and sharpness compared with Li Han's earlier transformed sword. 55
• Carry inherent golden Evil-Warding Divine Thunder. 55
• Remain connected to Li Han more intuitively than his original Heavenly Thunder Bamboo martial soul. 55
• Can be concealed within a scabbard formed from Li Han's Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. 55
• Each sword's quality is assessed by Chen Xin as being no inferior to the Seven Kill Sword. 121
• The Lone Bamboo Sword Bone increases the sharpness of the entire set, while the sixth soul ring further reinforces and sharpens the sword bodies. 109 140
• Li Han's Lone Bamboo Sword Bone later evolves from sixty thousand to one hundred thousand years, improving a soul bone highly compatible with his sword qi. 171
• Silver Moon can absorb excess attributes from newly acquired soul rings, allowing the swords to retain pure lightning-and-wood attributes despite Li Han absorbing rings with mixed properties. 136 140

Object Control and Multi-Sword Combat

Li Han can direct the swords remotely through the Object Control Technique.

• The swords can pursue targets, change direction mid-flight, and attack from multiple angles. 55 70
• Four swords can form a pincer attack while each releases an Azure Origin Sword Ray. 70
• Three swords, empowered by Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, were used to strike all three heads of the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King. 82
• Nine swords significantly increase Li Han's combat power, though he states he cannot yet deploy a sword formation. 94
• Li Han can control all twelve swords outside his body at once, rapidly repositioning them after their combined giant-sword attack is broken apart. 121
• Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed — uses Object Control Technique and the swords' inherent Evil-Warding Divine Thunder to launch a dense succession of flying-sword attacks. 121
• With thirty-three swords, Li Han can employ Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique to produce sixty-six streams of sword light, combining real blades with sword shadows. 138 139
• Forty swords can form a row of sword wheels behind Li Han, producing enough collective pressure for Tang Hao to recognize them as a threat. 159
• Li Han can conceal thirty-six pre-charged swords around a target and activate them together as six massive lightning pillars, turning Extreme Thunder Prison into a prepared execution field. 196
• He can dispatch a portion of the set independently; during the battle against the Golden Holy Dragon, nine swords surrounded the evading target after its initial dodge. 217

Soul-Skill Integration

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords can serve as the medium for Li Han's martial-soul abilities.

• As-You-Will — changes the swords' length, weight, and thickness; Li Han can enlarge them into giant swords or towering pillars. 52 91
• Extreme Thunder Prison — splits the swords' thunder power into blades that surround and imprison a target. Its high output consumes substantial Evil-Warding Divine Thunder. 55
• Life Force Transfer — drains life force from targets; Silver Moon later modifies it into an array that transfers life force from multiple Lone Bamboos into one. 66 109
• Sword Qi into Threads — Li Han's fifth soul skill, a lethal sword-qi technique associated with the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords' characteristics. 91
• World Severance — Li Han's sixth soul skill releases an extreme sword radiance through the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, emphasizing pure sharpness capable of cleaving all things apart. 140 161
• Sword World Descent — by combining Sword Qi into Threads with the Azure Immortal Right Arm Soul Bone's Vine World Descent, Li Han can create a sword-and-vine world that devours enemy Soul Power, though it consumes an enormous amount of his own Soul Power. 190
• Thousand Transformations — after Li Han rebuilds his soul rings, this skill can transform Golden Thunder Bamboo into other martial-soul forms and imitate their functional effects, rather than merely copying their appearance. 155

Advanced Sword Arts

Li Han supplements the swords' martial-soul abilities with techniques from the Azure Essence Sword Art and his soul bones.

• Azure Origin Sword Ray — Li Han can release sword rays through individual swords or have multiple controlled swords fire in unison. 70
• Giant Sword Technique — consolidates multiple Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords into an enormous sword enhanced by Azure Origin Sword Ray. Twelve swords together shattered Chen Xin's defensive barrier. 97 121
• Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique — produces a sword shadow from each sword, with each shadow retaining one-tenth of the original sword's power. 138
• Ten Thousand Swords Art — granted by the Lone Bamboo Sword Bone; it improves Li Han's sword-qi cultivation and complements his mass sword-control methods. 109
• Great Aureate Sword Formation — a prospective formation that requires Geng Metal to condense. Li Han seeks Ultimate Metal from the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear as this world's substitute material for the formation and the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 221

Weapon Spirit: Silver Moon

Silver Moon merges with the swords and becomes their weapon spirit.

• She is linked to Li Han's thoughts and can activate the swords independently on his behalf. 108 109
• She can use the five soul skills retained within the swords even while Li Han is rebuilding his cultivation. 109
• Her control is described as exceptionally smooth because she has become the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 109
• Li Han can subdue her with a thought through their weapon-spirit bond. 109
• Silver Moon developed an Age-Accelerating Array by embedding eight swords in thousand-year Lone Bamboos and channeling their life force through a ninth sword into a target Lone Bamboo. 109
• She can take in undesirable soul-ring attributes herself, protecting the swords' inherent lightning-and-wood composition. 136 140
• Even after expending life force to rescue Li Han and falling unconscious, she recovered and continued to identify herself as the weapon spirit of the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 170
• After jointly absorbing the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger's soul ring, Silver Moon reaches eighty thousand years of cultivation and gains the Shadow Domain. She intends to combine it with her Blue Silver Domain, greatly increasing her independent combat potential. 197

Combat Record

• Three-Eyed Demon Wolf — The first sword trapped the twelve-thousand-year soul beast in Extreme Thunder Prison and killed it in one attack. 55
• Xu Ding — Li Han used the sword's sudden extension to escape a close-range explosion, then combined a Heavenly Thunder Bead delivery with Giant Sword Technique. 52
• Martial Soul Hall Soul Emperor — Four swords and coordinated Azure Origin Sword Rays killed the level 61 opponent in under three seconds. 70
• Nine Soul Sages — Li Han used the swords alongside Evil-Warding Chidori Stream to defeat nine opponents instantly in the Hell Slaughter Arena. 77
• Greenwood Immortal Vine — Four enlarged swords broke the vine's restraint by expanding to thirty meters. 91
• Thirty-Thousand-Year Scale-Armored Beast — Li Han killed the soul beast instantly with Sword Qi into Threads released through the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 96
• Liu Erlong — Li Han stacked Sword Qi into Threads onto Giant Sword Technique, allowing his twelve-sword-derived giant sword attack to slice through her Red Dragon Avatar. 97
• Chen Xin — Li Han's twelve swords formed a giant sword that broke Chen Xin's Spirit Sword Guardian barrier; he subsequently used multi-sword control and Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed against the restrained Title Douluo. 121
• Shadow Sabertooth Tiger — Five swords effortlessly captured a two-thousand-year-old Shadow Sabertooth Tiger for Zhu Zhuqing's third soul ring. 137
• Seventy-Six-Thousand-Year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger — Li Han used thirty-three swords and Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique to counter the tiger's Shadow Sword Slash with sixty-six sword lights. 138 139
• Tang Hao — Sword Qi into Threads shattered Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer barrier and wounded him; Li Han followed with World Severance, forcing Tang Hao to activate Clear Sky Avatar. 161
• Hundred-Thousand-Year Greenwood Immortal Vine — Li Han finished the soul beast with Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique after Silver Moon suppressed it with the Blue Silver Domain and Heavenly Fox Demon Fire. 190
• 110,000-Year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger — Li Han lured the dark-attribute soul beast into a prepared battlefield, trapped it with a thirty-six-sword Extreme Thunder Prison, and annihilated it by combining the stored Evil-Warding Divine Thunder with Kirin. 196
• Golden Holy Dragon — Li Han sent Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords after the Golden Iron Triangle's fusion avatar; after it evaded the initial attack, nine swords surrounded it in the air. 217
• Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear — Li Han ambushed the roughly 150,000-year soul beast with World Severance, cutting through its Darkgold Bear Armor and inflicting a serious wound. 221

Trivia

• Li Han's long-term goal is to refine seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. He calculates that this would require a cumulative seven hundred and twenty thousand years of soul-ring age. 55
• Before creating the true swords, Li Han used Thousand Transformations to imitate a Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword; he considered that imitation less powerful. 21 54
• The Lone Bamboo Sword Bone later increases the sharpness of all nine Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 109
• Li Han had refined forty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords by the time of his confrontation with Tang Hao. 159
• By the time Li Han gains his sixth soul ring after the third reconstruction, the Golden Thunder Bamboo's cumulative soul-ring age is 570,000 years, enough for fifty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and one Demon-Extinguishing Arrow. 197
• Li Han considers Ultimate Metal from a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear necessary for the future Great Aureate Sword Formation, which is intended to support the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. 221