As he spoke, Chu Qinghe slightly raised his index finger.

The next second, in Jellyfish Yin Ji's perception, Chu Qinghe clearly did not use any true energy, but a wisp of azure sky power suddenly condensed on Chu Qinghe's fingertip and was quickly stretched into a semi-transparent, half-inch-long sword-shaped phantom.

Seeing this, Jellyfish Yin Ji exclaimed in surprise, "How can one summon the power of heaven and earth without using true energy?"

Chu Qinghe nodded and said, "Since everything in heaven and earth can be a sword, the power of heaven and earth is naturally included within it."

Upon learning that the Heavenly Sword Realm actually allowed Chu Qinghe to gather the power of heaven and earth with his thoughts, Shui Mu Yin Ji's surprise only increased.

It should be noted that even martial artists at the Celestial Realm need true essence as a medium to draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

However, Chu Qinghe is now able to mobilize the power of heaven and earth in an instant without using true essence or even true qi.

Even ordinary martial artists at the Celestial Realm cannot do this.

Its power is self-evident.

After a moment, Dongfang Bubai asked, "Just now I observed that your five sword intents, Qinghe, had actually merged?"

Chu Qinghe smiled and said, "That's right."

Having received confirmation from Chu Qinghe, Shui Mu Yin Ji and Dongfang Bubai showed slight surprise.

"Can sword intent really merge with sword intent?"

It should be understood that sword intent itself is a special and unique energy that top swordsmen generate through their swordsmanship, existing somewhere between spiritual power and true essence.

Every kind of sword intent contains the swordsman's understanding of the way of the sword.

There are three thousand great paths, and while they are said to lead to the same destination, in reality, there isn't even a single leaf that is exactly the same in the world. How can they truly be said to lead to the same destination through different paths?

The sword intent that different people comprehend will also be different.

Therefore, it is precisely because of this characteristic of sword intent that it is difficult for sword intents to merge with each other.

Too much sword intent can lead to conflicts between different sword intents, thus hindering one's comprehension of the sword path.

Therefore, even a top swordsman like Ye Gucheng only follows a single path of sword intent.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Bubai and Shuimu Yinji, on Chu Qinghe's side, had also mastered the sword intent.

Especially Dongfang Bubai, whose Flying Immortal Sword Intent and Proud Snow Sword Intent have both reached the perfect level. Dongfang Bubai once tried to merge the sword intents, but in the end he found that sword intents simply cannot be merged.

This is why the two women were so surprised.

Upon hearing this, Chu Qinghe focused his mind and poured all his sword intents—the Snow-Proud Sword Intent, the Flying Immortal Sword Intent, and the Drizzle Sword Intent—into the sword-shaped phantom in his hand.

Then, in the women's sight, the originally translucent and azure sword-shaped phantom became even more solid.

"Too much sword intent is more harmful than helpful to the improvement of swordsmanship. The main reason is that sword intent contains a swordsman's understanding and insights into the way of the sword."

"But no matter how profound the concept of sword intent may be, it is nothing more than a special kind of energy. As long as one's understanding of the sword path surpasses one's original understanding of the sword path contained within sword intent, one can naturally incorporate it into one's own sword path."

"Upon entering the Heavenly Sword Realm, with the improvement of sword cultivation and the influence of the power of heaven and earth, one can integrate different sword styles into a unified whole, achieving a state of perfect harmony."

When a martial artist is in a state of perfect harmony with his sword, even if he has mastered multiple sword intents, he can only manipulate those intents and integrate them into his attacks.

In Chu Qinghe's understanding, it's equivalent to enchanting.

Each additional sword intent thereafter is equivalent to one more enchantment, but the effect will become weaker and weaker.

If too much sword intent is added, it may even lead to an uncontrollable backlash from the sword intent.

However, once one enters the Celestial Realm, through powerful sword cultivation and the influence of the power of heaven and earth, one can successfully integrate sword intent with other sword intents, achieving a synergy greater than the sum of its parts.

At this point, Chu Qinghe's face also showed a clear smile.

In fact, in Chu Qinghe's view, entering the Heavenly Sword Realm, the fourth realm of swordsmanship, was more important than obtaining the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will Technique".

After all, Chu Qinghe himself cultivated the "Innate Body-Breaking Formless Sword Qi". As his sword cultivation entered the Heavenly Sword Realm, the addition of the power of heaven and earth and another application of this sword intent enabled Chu Qinghe to contain the power of heaven and earth and several fusions when he released each sword qi.

This undoubtedly elevates the power of the "Innate Body-Breaking Formless Sword Qi" to a new level.

It is by no means inferior to the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will" technique, which reaches the realm of "returning to simplicity".

The benefits it brings are naturally greater.

After learning about the effects of the Heavenly Sword Realm after the fourth stage of swordsmanship from Chu Qinghe, Qu Feiyan exclaimed in astonishment, "If that's the case, then although you are only at the early stage of the Grandmaster Realm, you can already easily mobilize the power of heaven and earth. Doesn't that mean that you are now not much different from a martial artist in the Celestial Realm?"

Listening to what Qu Feiyan said, Chu Qinghe thought for a moment and said, "Aside from the fact that the true qi has not yet been transformed into true essence, the difference is indeed not significant."

Upon hearing this, Qu Feiyan turned her head to look at Shuimu Yinji and said, "So, even without using that secret technique that can drastically increase cultivation, the young master's strength has surpassed that of Sister Situ and Sister Dongfang?"

Jellyfish Yin Ji nodded and said, "It definitely surpasses it! After all, I can't mobilize the power of heaven and earth like Qinghe does right now. Just based on that alone, Qinghe's strength is above mine."

Despite her words, Jellyfish Yin Ji showed absolutely no sign of unhappiness.

She even smiled more than Chu Qinghe.

It was as if she was the one whose strength had increased so much.

Even Dongfang Bubai smiled when he saw Chu Qinghe's improved strength.

After all, as far as Dongfang Bubai is concerned.

In this courtyard, it's a good thing if anyone's strength increases significantly.

Except for the Moon Invitation.

(End of this chapter)