Blazing Sun Spirit Iron Emerges

"Students, the sword dao is relatively extreme."

Jiang Ding slowly spoke of his own insights. "The process of comprehending sword intent is the process of standing firm on one's path and goals, never wavering again, allowing one's divine soul to undergo an unregretful transformation."

"Once you waver, once you are no longer resolute, your sword dao has reached its end."

Jiang Ding thought of Burning Bone True Lord and True Lord Yinjiu.

Both of them had wavered in their own sword intent. One had turned toward spells, while the other had turned toward devouring the sword intent of other cultivators. They seemed like shortcuts, but in truth, both were manifestations of no longer trusting their own sword intent. Their chances of breaking through to Spirit Transformation were exceedingly slim.

Of course, perhaps those chances had been slim from the start, which was why, driven to desperation, they sought change.

But this was not the path of orthodox sword cultivators.

At such times, orthodox sword cultivators should cultivate in silence, accumulating strength without cease until they reached their limits. Then they should seek out a suitable enemy and fight to the death. Failure meant death; victory brought the possibility of advancement.

If their luck was poor and they still failed to advance or surpass themselves, then they would continue seeking enemies and continue fighting to the death.

They repeated this process again and again.

Generally speaking, no more than nine battles of life and death were needed to guarantee advancement.

This was a conclusion drawn from the experience of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion. It had been verified many times throughout history and had a sound scientific basis.

Below, students such as Hua Xiaohua and Fang Yilong, who looked like a dark-skinned old farmer, listened in bewildered incomprehension.

"Therefore, an extreme