Sword Douluo Chen Xin was confident in his own sword Dao. Ning Fengzhi looked at him, then hesitated to speak, afraid that Tang Fan might say something that would shatter Sword Douluo Chen Xin's composure.
For someone like Sword Douluo Chen Xin, once his state of mind was shattered, he would probably find it hard to advance another inch.
Tang Fan paid no mind to what he thought. When Bibi Dong mentioned the Seven Kill Sword, he casually teased her.
"Heh, I thought you'd mention the Angel Holy Sword."
"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have even known that the Angel God's divine artifact was called the Angel Holy Sword."
"That's true. Let's talk about the Seven Kill Sword first, then. Sword Douluo Chen Xin is pretty popular where we're from. The producers even made a movie about him that wildly altered the original, though not many people bought into it.
"But if you ask me, Sword Douluo Chen Xin is a flimsy character. A lot of his established traits just don't hold up.
"Take his sword Dao, for example. He spent his whole life comprehending the sword Dao, and what came of it? He doesn't have a single Self-Created Soul Skill.
"That makes it hard to believe he has any talent for the sword Dao.
"And the Seven Kill Sword-the Seven Kill Sword. I doubt he even understands what the Seven Kills mean. Otherwise, his so-called secret Kill Character Technique wouldn't amount to simply drawing the character for 'kill.'
"Besides, he didn't create that secret Kill Character Technique himself. It was passed down through his family."
Over on Douluo Continent, Bone Douluo glanced at Sword Douluo again. His expression was indeed ugly, and it was plain to see that he was holding back his anger.
"Old sword bastard, if you want to curse him, go ahead. No one will laugh at you."
Sword Douluo glared at him and snorted. "Hmph, he actually says I don't understand the Seven Kills. I'd like to see what pretty words he can come up with."
Hearing Tang Fan belittle Sword Douluo like that, Bibi Dong smiled and said, "If you said that on Douluo Continent, he'd definitely come after you to settle the score."
"In an actual fight, I definitely couldn't beat him. I'm just an ordinary person, after all. But if we're discussing the Dao, Sword Douluo Chen Xin isn't even fit to carry my shoes."
What modern person wasn't a keyboard warrior? As long as nobody flipped the table, they could definitely roast the people of Douluo Continent until they couldn't tell north from south.
"Then tell me, what are the Seven Kills?"
"The Seven Kills are originally a concept from Purple Star Astrology in our country's traditional culture. They refer to the Seven Kills Star.
"The fate known as the Seven Kills also means pressing ever forward, charging into battle, making decisive kills, and never looking back.
"Killing represents breaking new ground and moving forward, not holding on to what one has.
"Yet Sword Douluo Chen Xin became a guardian of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In doing so, he already betrayed his own Martial Soul. That's also why he could never reach the same heights as his father.
"His father, Chen Jianjun, was at least on the right path. He pressed ever forward, and even in death, he died on the road to challenging the strong."
Sword Douluo Chen Xin was dumbstruck when he heard this. He muttered to himself, "I... I... betrayed my own Martial Soul? I... betrayed the Seven Kill Sword."
He summoned his Martial Soul, the Seven Kill Sword, and looked at the sharp blade in his hand. It felt more and more unfamiliar.
"Old sword bastard! Don't listen to his nonsense. He's just a wet-behind-the-ears brat. What does he know? Don't you still believe in the sword Dao you've immersed yourself in for so many years?"
Bone Douluo tried to persuade Sword Douluo, but Sword Douluo could no longer hear what he was saying.
He recalled the scene when his father had gone to challenge Qian Daoliu.
Though his father ultimately lost to Qian Daoliu, he burned his life to achieve a breakthrough at the final moment and left this life without regrets.
And what about him? He had become a Douluo guarding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, long since losing the Seven Kill Sword's rightful drive to kill and press forward.
No wonder he hadn't advanced an inch in all these years. It turned out he had blocked his own path.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin came back to his senses and looked at the sky screen again. Tang Fan was still talking about the Seven Kills.
"We don't usually talk about the Seven Kills alone. We group the Seven Kills, Army Breaker, and Greedy Wolf together and call them Kill, Break, and Wolf.
"People connected to Kill, Break, and Wolf are likely to wander all their lives and experience great rises and falls, but they also have the potential to become heroes who shoot to fame in a single stroke.
"Come to think of it, Sword Douluo's life was much the same. He seems to have wandered for a long time and experienced great rises and falls in the first half of his life before finally settling at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and becoming a Douluo guarding the sect."
"Can the things you're talking about predict someone's future?"
"Who knows? Most modern people take the view that it exists if you believe in it and doesn't if you don't. Not many people really get hung up on it.
"Here, I'll find you some videos of sword Dao grandmasters from other works of literature and show you what real sword Dao grandmasters are like.
"Every sword Dao grandmaster has forged a path of their own. Someone like Sword Douluo Chen Xin can only be considered an apprentice who's just taken his first step on the sword Dao."
Bibi Dong nodded repeatedly, and the people on Douluo Continent began looking forward to it too.
When Qian Daoliu heard Tang Fan mention Chen Jianjun, he too remembered the man.
"As far as attainment in the sword Dao goes, even I willingly concede inferiority to Chen Jianjun. If his Soul Power Level hadn't been lower than mine, he wouldn't have lost.
"What sort of figures are these sword Dao grandmasters you speak of?"
The moment the video Tang Fan played began, a flash of cold light swept across the screen. In its wake, only corpses remained on the ground.
Fast! Unbelievably fast! There was none of that flashy spectacle. It was simply fast.
Ximen Chuixue: his sword Dao was to be true to others and true to the sword, condensing everything he was into his sword. He pursued clean, decisive strikes, hitting his mark every time he drew his sword, because his heart was unblemished.
That single sword strike, a flash of cold light, was a height many people could never reach in their entire lives.
Then came Ye Gucheng. On the night of the full moon, atop the Forbidden City, a sword came from the west: Flying Immortal from Beyond Heaven.
That move, Flying Immortal from Beyond Heaven, was the ultimate expression of Ye Gucheng's sword Dao.
Unlike Ximen Chuixue, Ye Gucheng believed that one who learned the sword needed only to be true to the sword, not to others.
His sword Dao was beauty taken to the extreme of self-destruction.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin stared fixedly at the sky screen, trying to see through Ye Gucheng's Flying Immortal from Beyond Heaven, but he failed.
He had to admit that, just as Tang Fan had said, perhaps he had no talent for the sword Dao at all.
All of his sword Dao came from the Seven Kill Sword. Without it, he had no sword Dao of his own, not even a sword move of his own.
Qian Daoliu couldn't see through it either, but he could understand how terrifying Flying Immortal from Beyond Heaven was.
If they were at the same level-no, even if his opponent were a little weaker than him, that move could potentially kill him in an instant.
On Douluo Continent, that would be a divine skill only a god could possess.
Needless to say, Qian Xunji couldn't even see it clearly, much less comprehend it.
Bibi Dong didn't understand the sword Dao, but she couldn't help praising them.
"They all look amazing! Are you really just ordinary people?"
"Of course. Don't doubt it. These are all descriptions from books too. Let's keep watching."
Next, Bibi Dong saw Dugu Qiubai's Nine Swords of Dugu, which defeated every move under heaven. At the same time, a deep voice rang out, explaining Dugu Qiubai's complete set of sword Dao realms.