Although Xu Feng was excited to learn that he could finally practice the blade art, he kept himself in check.
He sat cross-legged on the stone bed and slowly guided the newly formed mote of Death Force into his meridians.
The black mote and the azure Life Crystal hovered side by side in his Dantian, separated by a small gap, but the divide between them was no longer as distinct as before.
He tried activating both powers at once. Two streams, one azure and one black, flowed along his meridians toward his palm.
The Power of Life was gentle and soothing; Death Force was heavy and cold.
The two powers collided in his palm, yet instead of rejecting each other, they twisted together like two strands of rope, forming a grayish-azure vortex.
The vortex was small, but it carried a peculiar power Xu Feng had never felt before.
It was neither purely restorative like the Power of Life nor purely destructive like Death Force.
But the vortex was somewhat unbalanced, with noticeably more azure in it.
"This is the embryonic form of life-seizing power," Cang Jue's voice rang out in his mind. "It isn't stable yet, but you can use it now. Try channeling it and performing the first form of the Life-Seizing Blade Art."
Xu Feng immediately rose and went out into the courtyard.
"Whoosh-"
By now, color had returned to his left arm. His fingers opened and closed freely, and were even a little more nimble than before.
He could clearly feel that the blood and energy coursing through his meridians had grown stronger and more substantial.
The changes brought about by that cycle of life and death were subtle, but his body had truly undergone a transformation.
He flexed his wrist, then drew his blade.
The instant