Extreme Sword Cultivators completely abandoned their Spiritual Roots in pursuit of the realm of "oneness between man and sword."
They drew upon the spiritual resonance of metal between heaven and earth, refining their Life-Bound Lung Palace Gold Wu to forge a Sword Seed distinct from the conception of a Spiritual Root.
This object existed between the illusory and the real, gradually growing with the cultivator's realm and cultivation, much like a Dao Foundation, a Golden Core, or even a Nascent Soul.
This was the Sword Pellet.
A Sword Pellet took the shape of a pellet, but its essence was a sword.
Ordinarily, the Sword Pellet hung within the Dantian's Qi Sea, nurtured by the cultivator's Spiritual Power, True Essence, and Sword Qi.
When facing an enemy, it transformed into a Sword-Ray, baring its edge and cutting through anything.
Ultimately, a Sword Pellet was not so different from the Life-Bound Flying Sword a Sword Cultivator attained by comprehending Sword Intent and the Dao Heart after performing Slay the Spirit and Plant the Sword.
A Life-Bound Flying Sword was, in fact, also an internal sword.
It was just that cultivators who cultivated Sword Pellets placed their lives and their entire cultivation within that single pellet.
The Spirit Transformation Chapter judged this path as having more than enough killing power, but insufficient comprehension of the Dao.
In a life-and-death struggle, this Sword Pellet certainly offered a tremendous advantage.
Yet those who walked this path were prone to neglecting their understanding of the Great Dao of heaven and earth during cultivation, leaving them without the strength to advance later.
Neither the Sword Sect's orthodox tradition nor the path of the Sword Pellet was truly superior to the other. It was only a matter of whether they suited the cultivator, and what fate and opportunities