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103: Chapter 102: Sword Spirit Draws Cake (5/3, First subscription of 6000 for additional updates) 103: Chapter 102: Sword Spirit Draws Cake (5/3, First subscription of 6000 for additional updates) Raising his hand, An Jing, originally a scion of his family, had practiced martial arts since childhood, and together with Hanging Fate Manor’s stringent training, his hands bore not a few calluses and scars. But now, as he meditated and cultivated these past few days, drawing spirit into his body, not only had the scars and calluses disappeared, but his entire skin faintly exuded the color of white jade, flowing beneath his skin. And facing the glassy platform he sat upon, An Jing also discovered a spiritual light flickering in his pupils. This spiritual light was slowly dimming and converging, but this was precisely the proof that he had mastered the first prohibition of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban. “The foundation is quite solid.” Seeing this, the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit was deeply satisfied: “The first divine skill is named ‘Solid White’. What is most solid grinds without thinning, what is most white dyes without blackening. It cleanses the meridians, toughens the body, nourishes the essence and spirit, and secures the soul and spirit, untainted by filth, unafraid of the five poisons.” “All methods of cultivation, methods of killing, refining laws, cultivation methods, are essentially for the purpose of developing various ‘divine skills’. Only when you have developed divine skills can you claim that your cultivation method has achieved recognition, and you are just beginning, with an initial transformation of the body.” At this point, the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit sighed lightly, “However, one must not cultivate divine skills recklessly. Once a divine skill is formed, it is difficult to alter in this world. Each divine skill you do not need to activate will operate automatically, but they will make your Complete Circuit cycle even more intricate and arduous and will take up the spiritual power you can access.” “The more divine skills, the deeper the cultivation naturally, but the future will be completely fixed. If in the future you discover a new divine skill that can better complement your other divine skills, or even further your cultivation pathway, but you have no spare spiritual power to cultivate and operate it, you can only sigh with regret.” “So that’s how it is.” Reflective, An Jing tried to understand with his limited experience from a previous life: “Each cultivation method will eventually solidify into a passive ability, a ‘divine skill’, which can operate effortlessly.” “But divine skills will take up the cap of spiritual power, and if the cap is reached, you won’t be able to cultivate new methods or obtain new divine skills, and your abilities become fixed, no longer able to optimize, unless you advance to the next realm.” “Indeed,” the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit affirmed, its tone wistful: “Although there are secret techniques that can demolish old divine skills to make way for new ones, it comes at the cost of lifespan. Truly great cultivators of the Great Sect, from the beginning of their cultivation, will have well-planned paths. And the cultivators of the Great Sect have a significant advantage over those of lesser sects and schools.” “Like the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, the most crucial is at the end, where many minor divine skills merge into a great divine power, inexplicably reducing the consumption by half, equivalent to wielding the power of twelve divine skills of an ordinary sect with the spiritual power of six minor divine skills.” “A genius from a lesser sect, if practicing separately twelve Taibai methods, could in the end upon the Taibai path be comparable to a cultivator of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban at the pinnacle. But the latter could also practice other methods and divine skills, and the overall strength would far surpass that of the smaller sects.” ——Listening to this tone, the Subdue Evil Sword Master, or perhaps the sword owner of yore, must have recklessly cultivated various methods with his talent, paying a great price before returning to the right path. However… the Sword Spirit’s tone and perspective seemed somewhat confused? Was it originally a person or a sword? Was it first a Sword Spirit or a Sword Immortal gravely wounded and inseparable from the sword? Does it… still distinguish clearly? An Jing pondered, continuing to listen silently. “In any case.” The Sword Spirit guided An Jing to continue the Complete Circuit, purifying the Gold Fiend within his body: “‘Solid White’, this divine skill, lays the foundation for subsequent divine skills, acting as a preparation, ensuring your essence and spirit are abundant, your body is robust, and you can endure pain and torment, an extremely important link. That you were able to develop this first prohibition of the divine skill within five days proves your mind is quite excellent, enough to draw the attention of the elders in the Sect.” “Mental acuity alone can draw the attention of the elders?” While rotating the Complete Circuit, An Jing asked, “Between innate talent and mental acuity, which is more important?” “Of course, it is mental acuity,” the Sword Spirit stated calmly: “The body and Spirit Root can be the foundation, but can also be external factors. As an Innate Wisdom Bearer, having experienced reincarnation and awakening from the confusion within the womb, don’t you now possess a second body of your own? You should have some insight into this.” “All things are changeable, the only constant is the Dao Heart.” “Not to mention, you have awakened your Fate Pattern. One who awakens a Fate Pattern is like being born with a divine skill that does not occupy spiritual power, and cultivating corresponding methods is greatly beneficial. Just like with your Seven Fiend Fate, cultivating methods involving Evil Qi is indeed very convenient.” “And the divine skill of Coalescing Qi into Soldiers is even more beneficial for the cultivation of intangible methods like ‘Riding the Void Six Qi Sword’, ‘Illusion-Breaking Formless Sword’, and ‘Primordial Nameless Axe’ of the ‘Great Five Elements Yin and Yang Cosmic Starlight Extinction Divine Blade’.” “Even if your talent is mediocre, my Great Sect of that time would have spared no effort to find heavenly materials and treasures to change your innate talent.” “So that’s how it is.” An Jing followed Subdue Evil’s instructions and began to exhale the surplus Gold Fiend Qi. A stream of pale white mist emerged from his nostrils and mouth, and he asked curiously, “So, do you still remember those invincible great divine powers that sound so formidable, Sword Spirit?” “I remember!” Contrary to expectation, An Jing, who thought that the other party would get stuck and be unable to speak again, heard the Sword Spirit reply with confidence, “Why do you think I have been guiding your cultivation? It is to wait until you have the strength, so I can pass on the invincible divine skills to you!” “However, your comprehension is too good. I originally wanted to train you to activate Qi Soldiers divine skills more often and master their agility, but you taught yourself the Art of Magic without a teacher, surpassing my highest goal.” “So I am still thinking about how to train a genius of your Heavenly Mandate caliber in a way that does justice to your talent.” The Sword Spirit summarized, “In any case, you don’t need to rush. The Spirit Awakening and Qi Refinement stages are all about laying the foundation. Just focus on your cultivation!” “Then I look forward to it!” An Jing smiled and nodded in response to the Sword Spirit’s enticing picture, but his heart still harbored doubt, “Just that, Subdue Evil… By comparison, Martial Arts and Qi Refinement seem quite different; the requirements and characteristics of advancing in each are not the same.” “Can the two complement each other? Will practicing both Martial Arts and Immortal Cultivation be beneficial in mastering these divine skills, or might they conflict with each other?” “I don’t know; that’s actually why I haven’t immediately passed on various great divine powers to you.” Subdue Evil Sword Spirit spoke honestly, “That’s why I said I can’t be your teacher yet. I know very little about the current era’s Embracing the Void, and divine powers mostly require tapping into the power of heaven and earth; they’re not something you can learn recklessly.” Sёarᴄh the NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. “We probably need to explore the essence of Embracing the Void’s current strange situation. Only after verifying this point will I dare to teach you these great divine powers.” “As for now, you have completed the First Prohibition, and it is not possible to complete the Second Prohibition in the following day, so it’s time to get a powerful Magic Artifact.” “You’re right; it is time to go out.” Having agreed, but An Jing did not immediately get up to leave. Instead, he patiently continued the Complete Circuit, settling all the Phenomena generated by the condensation of the First Prohibition before standing up. At this moment, streams of Taibai Fiend Qi continuously flowed within An Jing’s body, and his presence faintly emitted a sharpness akin to that of arms and armor, similar to the female cultivator who was the steward of Mount Xiao Zhe, showing it was no ordinary demeanor. In this way, it was naturally known that he was a cultivator, and perhaps even a Qi Refinement Realm cultivator, which should spare him quite a few trivial matters. Presently, there were a total of thirteen streams of Taibai Fiend Qi within An Jing’s body. Ordinary cultivators who gather Qi in the Gold and Stone Earth Veins only gather Qi twice a day, requiring sixty strands of Gold and Stone Fiend Qi to condense a single stream of Taibai Fiend Qi. A portion of Jade Cutting Steel contains Qi that far exceeds what an ordinary cultivator can gather in a year. But with Subdue Evil Sword Spirit’s guidance for An Jing to weed out the dross and strive for essence purity, coupled with the foundational Lifebound Fiend Qi that An Jing forged for the first time with Subdue Evil Sword Fiend’s help, he now has a total of thirteen streams. It’s not a small number, but it’s not particularly large either. Because An Jing is essentially still an early-stage practitioner at the ‘Spirit Awakening’ level, but relying on advanced cultivation methods, he can manipulate Spiritual Qi earlier than others, giving him an absolute advantage over those of the same level. However, compared to genuine Qi Refinement cultivators, the Essence Qi within his body is not abundant, and can only be described as ‘neither high nor low – Essence Qi like a river.’ Put another way, his ‘recovery’ speed is not fast. If all thirteen streams of Fiend Qi were to be depleted, he would probably need to clutch Jade Cutting Steel and spend a whole day meditating to recover.