Sword Dao Cultivation System

On Hidden Sword Peak, while Little Black was away in the Star Dou Forest capturing soul beasts, Qian Renxue had not been idle either.

Following Ling Feng's instructions, she continuously swung the Juque Sword in her hands, thoroughly mastering the moves recorded in the Juque Sword Manual.

As time passed, Qian Renxue's Sword Styles became increasingly fluid, and the transitions between different styles grew more seamless and smooth.

Suddenly, Qian Renxue's gaze sharpened.

Holding the Juque Sword high overhead with both hands, she fiercely brought it down upon a massive boulder before her.

The blunt blade struck down, splitting the boulder cleanly in two.

The greatsword sank deeply into the ground.

Staring at the Juque Sword in her hands, Qian Renxue suddenly exerted force and pulled it out of the ground.

Her strength had now risen from one hundred jin to two hundred jin.

"Not bad. You're improving quickly."

"In just half a day, your strength has risen from one hundred jin to two hundred jin!"

Seeing her progress so quickly, Ling Feng could not help clapping in praise.

"However, this rate of improvement is still too slow."

"So next, I'm going to raise the intensity further."

"Instead of swinging the sword fifty times, you'll swing it one hundred times every day."

At the mention of swinging the sword a hundred times a day, Qian Renxue's delicate face immediately fell.

She looked utterly miserable.

The joy that had just risen from Ling Feng's praise was instantly crushed.

"One hundred times is only the starting point. Later, it will rise to two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, even fifty thousand times."

"Until you can fully adapt to the weight of the Juque Sword, and your strikes become so fast that no one can defend against them."

Qian Renxue pouted unhappily and muttered under her breath, "What's the use of practicing so much? In the end, won't it still come down to Soul Power?"

Hearing her mutter, Ling Feng merely gave Qian Renxue a calm glance.

He did not explain much.

He simply said to her, "Do you know why I can stand alongside your grandfather, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen, and Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi as one of the Four Peerless Douluo?"

Qian Renxue shook her head.

Curiosity appeared in her eyes as well.

Ling Feng continued calmly, "In terms of soul ring configuration, I cannot compare to your grandfather, nor can I compare to Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi. As for secret techniques, I have none."

"Logically speaking, I should not be able to stand alongside them as invincible."

"Your grandfather and Bo Saixi are both guardians of gods.

To a certain extent, they can borrow a trace of divine power in battle and are invincible within their respective domains."

"Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen possesses the Haotian secret manual, and the Great Sumeru Hammer is an incredibly powerful divine skill.

Once he unleashes its ultimate profundity—Explode Ring—his combat strength multiplies, approaching that of a god without limit."

"Then why is that?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.

Ling Feng smiled confidently. "Because I have the sword in my hand!"

"My invincibility in the Sword Dao was not self-proclaimed. With the sword in my hand and this Soul Power of mine, I fought one against three, earning the recognition of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Chen, Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, and your grandfather together."

Qian Renxue still did not quite understand and tilted her little head.

"What is the Sword Dao?" With bewildered eyes, Qian Renxue posed a soul-searching question.

Even now, she had never seen what the Sword Dao was.

What exactly was the Sword Dao?

Was it what she imagined—summoning one's martial soul, then unleashing soul skills related to swords?

Qian Renxue's clear, innocent, gemlike eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge.

"The Sword Dao is an alternative cultivation system, completely different from the Soul Ring Cultivation System built upon soul beasts."

"The Soul Ring Cultivation System has a serious flaw: cultivation is inseparably tied to soul beasts."

"If soul beasts were to suddenly go extinct one day, then the Soul Ring Cultivation System would collapse outright."

"But my Sword Dao Cultivation System would not."

"Then what exactly is the Sword Dao Cultivation System?" Qian Renxue was even more confused.

She felt like her brain was no longer enough.

She had understood since childhood that the Soul Ring Cultivation System was built upon soul beasts.

It was indeed inseparably linked to soul beasts. As long as soul beasts existed, the Soul Ring Cultivation System would not collapse.

If soul beasts went extinct, the Soul Ring Cultivation System would collapse like a defeated army.

But without soul beasts, Soul Power Levels could not break through either.

They would be locked at level ten, or level twenty.

Without the boost from Soul Power Levels, how could the Sword Dao be any different?

Even body cultivation systems cultivated Soul Power. The body's toughness and strength were also directly tied to Soul Power.

Without powerful Soul Power, the body could not be exceptionally tough, nor could one possess immense strength.

"The Sword Dao lies in the sword. What it cultivates is the Sword Heart, and what it tempers is Sword Qi."

"Soul Power merely adds icing to the cake."

"The Sword Dao is its own distinct path. Thus, it is not as grand and majestic as martial souls, expressed through all sorts of dazzling soul skills."

"The Sword Dao exists to kill. Every move pursues ultimate simplicity, and every form contains killing intent."

"You probably still won't understand even if I explain it. I'll demonstrate it for you!"

Seeing Qian Renxue's eyes grow increasingly blank and her thoughts drift farther and farther away, Ling Feng immediately lost the desire to explain the Sword Dao to her.

Ling Feng casually drew a sword and performed a set of sword moves so simple they could not be simpler.

"The sword's primary means of attack are Sword Qi, Sword Light, and sword radiance, so watch carefully."

The moment his warning ended, Ling Feng moved.

Sword Qi flowed around his body as his foot fiercely scraped against the ground.

Terrifying Soul Power sent the swords embedded in the ground flying up. With a stomp from Ling Feng, the longswords burst from the earth and floated through the air.

One swordmaster after another materialized, each wielding a longsword as they charged toward him.

At that moment, Ling Feng swiftly swung the sword in his hand.

In Ling Feng's grasp, the longsword seemed to come alive as it rapidly traced a dazzling sword flower.

Every strike precisely neutralized the swords of those swordmasters and landed upon their bodies.

Cold light surged from the longsword, Sword Qi swept across the field, and the scene was immensely shocking.

All the projected swordmasters were instantly cut into two pieces, three pieces... a thousand pieces.

At last, Ling Feng sharply withdrew his sword and plunged it into the ground.

Qian Renxue did not understand what she had seen and became even more confused.

What exactly was he doing?

Was he performing a Swift Sword display by slashing apart swordmaster projections for her!?

Qian Renxue tilted her little head again in confusion.

"Did you understand?" Ling Feng finished and sheathed his sword, then asked Qian Renxue, who stood beside him with her head tilted and brows furrowed.

Qian Renxue nodded as though she half understood, then quickly shook her head after coming back to her senses.

"No, I didn't understand anything."

"Excuse me, what was so special about that?" Qian Renxue found it very strange.

"Ah!" Ling Feng let out a long sigh. "When I demonstrated the Sword Dao just now, where was your attention?"

"Did you not notice even a little of my Sword Intent?"

"Those swordmasters' attacks had clearly already come down, so why didn't they land on me? Aren't you curious?"

"Facing more than a hundred swordmasters, I only struck a dozen or so times, yet they all vanished into smoke.

Did you see the sword radiance and Sword Light hidden within that?"