As the sky gradually darkened, Fu Hua finished teaching Hong Meiling the Sword Heart Art and the introductory martial arts of Taixuan Sword Qi. By then, the daylight had already faded.
This time, Hong Meiling's return to human form would not last long, only briefly. Though she wanted to stay by Fu Hua's side, she could not leave the water while in her carp form, so she had no choice but to return to the pond in the courtyard.
However, with the Sword Heart Art's help, it probably would not be so painful from now on.
Fu Hua sat in her chair, drinking tea that had already gone cold as she recalled the details of Taixuan Sword Qi. After becoming Azure Empyrea, like the other Valkyries, she had inherited their abilities even though she had not gained many of their memories.
And Taixuan Sword Qi, one of Fu Hua's signature arts, naturally had not been left out.
Taixuan Sword Qi consisted of the five aggregates of Heart, Form, Intent, Soul, and Divine. Each aggregate was a culmination beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The Heart aggregate of the Taixuan Five Aggregates was the forging of a sword heart: treating heaven and earth as one's dantian, and one's flesh as meridians. That was merely the beginning.
Next came the Form aggregate, which contained the four disciplines of Guard, Transform, Initiate, and Open, with twenty-one forms in total. It was praised as "one martial art encompassing all," for the Form aggregate already included every martial art in the world.
Then came the Intent aggregate. It required Xuanyuan Sword to master. Once one's mind resonated with Xuanyuan Sword, sword intent would naturally take shape. When Xuanyuan Sword itself formed a resonance with its wielder, it would gather energy and change form.
As for