One Sword Could Slay a God!

They made things convenient for Soul Masters and commoners alike, awakening martial souls for commoners free of charge and giving commoner Soul Masters a refuge.

They let children from poor families study at the Soul Master Academies established by Spirit Hall.

If not for that, the Soul Master community would have been monopolized long ago by the rich and powerful nobles of the Two Great Empires. How many commoners would ever get ahead? Unless they were especially talented.

And the era that currently looked peaceful was, in truth, filled with frequent friction, conflict, and even small-scale wars between the Two Great Empires. If Spirit Hall had not been keeping the balance between them, the Two Great Empires would have gone to war long ago.

If the two sides fought until the skies went dark, war would only bring suffering to the people.

As for how Chu Ye viewed Spirit Hall's future ambition to unify the continent, he thought there was nothing wrong with it.

Because the three-way balance between Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire could not last forever. One day, one side would decline, and another would grow strong.

Who had no ambition?

The Heaven Dou Empire wanted to unify the continent, and the Star Luo Empire wanted the same. They simply did not dare fight because Spirit Hall existed.

If one day Spirit Hall declined and could no longer balance the Two Great Empires, Spirit Hall might be destroyed first, and then the Two Great Empires would go to war. War would come sooner or later.

No one would share the world equally with the weak!

So in Chu Ye's view, Spirit Hall might as well unify the continent sooner or later. For one, it was ambition; for another, it was self-preservation.

The future in which Spirit Hall unified the continent might perhaps be even better.

Back to the matter at hand, Qian Daoliu's explanation stopped there. He said to Chu Ye and Qian Renxue, "I have finished explaining the origins of the two great ultimate skills and the history of our Six-winged Angel lineage. Now, it is time to teach you."

Chu Ye asked, "Great Worship Elder, will you teach us both great ultimate skills?"

"Hehe, if you could learn them now, so what if I taught you both? But the Six-winged Sword Art has a threshold. It requires a certain understanding of the Way of the Sword, and there are requirements for Soul Power and other conditions as well. The current you cannot learn it."

"The Six-winged Sword Art has a threshold, but the Angel Six Divine Sword Style doesn't. In that case, the Six-winged Sword Art is stronger?" Chu Ye guessed.

"No, the Angel Six Divine Sword Style is stronger." Qian Daoliu shook his head.

"The one without a threshold is stronger instead?" Chu Ye and Qian Renxue were a little unable to understand.

Qian Daoliu smiled. "Hehe, let me briefly introduce these two great ultimate skills to you."

"The Six-winged Sword Art is divided into six arts: Body Art, Strength Art, Speed Art, Defense Art, Control Art, and Spirit Art. These six different ways of using the sword correspond respectively to the body, strength, speed, defense, control, and spirit."

"Through six different methods of exerting force and ways of applying them, adding Soul Power, and most importantly, your conception of the Way of the Sword, it is ultimately released through sword intent."

Chu Ye sank into thought. There was something he did not know whether he should say, but after thinking about it, he still spoke bluntly. "Great Worship Elder, why do I feel like the Six-winged Sword Art is very similar to the Clear Sky Sect's Haotian Nine Ultimates?"

"Oh? You actually know about the Haotian Nine Ultimates."

Chu Ye casually found an excuse. "I once read a book that recorded the Haotian Nine Ultimates."

Qian Daoliu did not suspect him. He nodded and said, "What you said is correct. They are indeed very similar, but you are wrong on one point. It is the Haotian Nine Ultimates that are very similar to the Six-winged Sword Art."

"Oh? There's a story behind that?" Chu Ye muttered inwardly.

Qian Daoliu recalled the past and said, "Back then, the founder of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Chen, was my lifelong friend and also my rival. We traveled, adventured, and sparred together. I used the Six-winged Sword Art in front of him too many times. Tang Chen's comprehension was very strong, and after seeing me use it many times, he secretly learned part of the Six-winged Sword Art's techniques."

"Then, after his research, modification, and reinvention, he applied nine different methods of exerting force and altered application techniques to the Clear Sky Hammer, ultimately creating the Haotian Nine Ultimates. Now, they are regarded as the unique ultimate skill of their Clear Sky Sect."

"Well now, like great-grandfather, like great-grandson!"

"Tang San's Tang Sect Secret Techniques were all learned by stealing, and Tang Chen's Haotian Nine Ultimates were also learned by stealing. Both stole, but Tang San was clearly better at stealing!" Chu Ye laughed inwardly.

However, although both were stealing, Tang Chen was still all right. At the very least, he had comprehended someone else's ultimate skill himself and made an improved version. Besides, Tang Chen was indeed formidable. He could improve the Haotian Nine Ultimates, and even created the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and a divine technique like the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Tang San's theft, though, was true theft!

Petty and low. The Tang Sect did not allow him to learn, so he went and secretly learned it.

"So that's how it was. Then, Great Worship Elder, which is stronger, the Haotian Nine Ultimates or the Six-winged Sword Art?" Chu Ye asked.

"Hehe, naturally the Six-winged Sword Art." Qian Daoliu waved his hand and ended that topic, then spoke of the second ultimate skill. "As for the Angel Six Divine Sword Style, it is divided into six swords: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth."

"Only after mastering the first sword can you continue comprehending the second sword, and so on. Once cultivated to the fourth sword, it already surpasses the Six-winged Sword Art."

"Cultivated to the fifth sword, perhaps no one below god level can withstand it."

"Cultivated to the sixth sword, which is also the final sword, one sword could slay a god!"

Qian Daoliu was incomparably proud and full of longing, but very quickly, a hint of desolation appeared on his face. "Unfortunately, it has been a very, very long time since anyone could comprehend the fifth sword, let alone the sixth sword."

"It's that awesome?" Chu Ye cried out inwardly. Then he asked, "Then, Great Worship Elder, which sword have you comprehended?"

"I have been stuck at the fourth sword for several dozen years, unable to advance another level." Qian Daoliu shook his head with great unwillingness. He also felt he had failed his ancestors, because with such a powerful ultimate skill, they, the later generations, could not bring out its strongest might.

"Qian Daoliu's talent is already heaven-defying, yet he only mastered the fourth sword. Just how hard is this Angel Six Divine Sword Style to learn?" Chu Ye thought to himself, but he was extremely excited. Anyway, from the sound of it, this was absolutely a divine technique!

Qian Daoliu adjusted his state of mind and said, "You do not meet the requirements for the Six-winged Sword Art right now. We will discuss it later. Now, I will first teach you to learn the first sword of the Angel Six Divine Sword Style."

"But before I teach you, you must first cultivate your own sword intent."

"How do we cultivate sword intent?"

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue asked at the same time.

"First, during your own sword practice, continuously explore the Way of the Sword and comprehend sword intent."

"Second, find other experts of the Way of the Sword to spar with. The stronger, the better. It would be best if your opponent also possessed powerful sword intent. From the other party's sword intent, you can quickly absorb and comprehend your own Way of the Sword."

In other words, the fast-track method for forming sword intent was to find experts of the Way of the Sword to spar with. Speaking of experts of the Way of the Sword, the first person Chu Ye thought of was Sword Douluo, Chen Xin, of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Now, I will use my sword intent to help you quickly comprehend sword intent. Both of you, come with me."

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