Darkness descended

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The morning sun was rising.

In the middle of the Li Family residence's training grounds.

A stern young man stood there.

Practicing his martial arts.

He held a saber in one hand.

It was a straight saber forged from refined steel, nothing exceptional, but sharp and cheap—he would not miss it if it broke.

"The Five Elements Prison Demon Saber, five properties: Metal's sharpness, wood's bending and straightening, water's flexibility, fire's ferocity, earth's heaviness..."

Li Xuan withdrew his saber,

thinking:

The five elements generate and overcome one another. The saber technique combines hardness and softness.

His master's demonstration remained vivid in his mind. The movements were identical to those Li Xuan had practiced, yet possessed an indescribable spirit that his lacked.

Alike in form, but not in spirit... Li Xuan pondered this.

He slowly opened his eyes, stepped forward, and approached a round stone stool.

"Whew..."

Li Xuan adjusted his breathing again and gripped the saber with both hands.

He struck, cutting diagonally.

The blade passed soundlessly through the hard marble stool.

One corner slid off.

The cut was smooth as a mirror.

Previously, the same strike had only chipped off a chunk of stone, leaving the web of his hand aching from the impact.

"Ha..."

His face flushed, Li Xuan exhaled a cloud of steaming white breath.

"That's it!"

Li Xuan was delighted.

"Earth Generates Metal. Use earth's heaviness to control metal's sharpness. That's why it cut through the stone like butter."

"Fire overcomes metal. Use fire's ferocity to offset metal's sharpness. That's why the backlash when withdrawing the saber disappeared, and my hand stopped hurting."

"Phew... I nearly disgraced my fellow transmigrators."

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth lifted, his eyes shining.

Yes, he was a transmigrator.

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