Before her lay a vast, tranquil lake, its surface as clear as a mirror, yet its depths unfathomable, with a few fallen leaves floating on its surface, all blown there by the wind.
The tall trees growing around the lake are all some distance away, as if they have some unknown tacit understanding, so that their dense leaves do not block out the sky above the lake.
Everything around was quiet, with some sounds from animals and monsters, but no creature dared to disturb the area, simply because of the faint, dangerous sword aura emanating from the person sitting cross-legged there.
A gentle breeze swept by, carrying away some fallen leaves.
Kreeher opened her eyes, and a leaf fluttering in front of her was instantly sliced in two by the divine sword energy emanating from her gaze.
She was just practicing the visualization method that Chen Hao taught her, and the image she visualized was a sword. Through visualization, she touched her own soul and used her mental energy, which was sword energy, to forge her soul into a divine sword. The whole process was extremely painful. The sword energy turned into countless tiny sword threads that cut into her soul, and in an instant, it was healed by the strengthening mental power contained within.
The essence of training is the continuous process of destruction and healing, making it stronger. In this process, one's will is also sublimated through pain. This applies to training the body as well as training the soul.
She had been confused for a while because her limited perspective restricted her understanding of swords. Swords and swordsmanship seemed to be limited to skills and physical strength, causing simple physical damage.
Whether it's Freya's infinite-level magic of learning and mastering all things, or Chen Hao's restorative magic of creating and distorting all things through gradual sublimation, the sword seems to be only capable of causing damage within three feet.
But that's not the case. Chen Hao, who comes from another world and has a broader perspective than the people of this world, enlightened Kree: the ultimate skill of the sword is far more than that.
Swordsmanship, sword energy, sword intent, sword momentum, sword heart, sword soul, the way of the sword.
Completely in control of one's own body and strength, without carrying any energy during movement, 100% of the energy is concentrated in the sword technique, without causing any ripples or making any sound, instantly accelerating from stillness to the extreme, the sword technique of the world's strongest swordsman from another world, [Swords of the Wings].
Sword energy pierces through celestial space, uniting the user with heaven and earth, endlessly borrowing external energy to transform into sword energy to injure people—the innate formless body-breaking sword energy.
The spirit and will are condensed into a sword, the heart is the sword, and it is the "Sword of the Mind" that can wound the spirit from afar.
The sword techniques unleashed, including the "Sword of Nature" and the "Thirteen Deadly Swords," wielded the power of heaven and earth and the destiny of death.
No sword in hand, but sword in heart; all things in heaven and earth can be swords, the Sword of the Demon of Swords, a unity of heaven and man.
Every sword strike and every move has its own life and soul, giving swordsmanship a realm of life and soul: the Sword of Life.
Matter, spirit, soul, cause and effect, time, space, energy, probability—everything can be divided in two, and all things can be slain by the [Ultimate Sword].
Although these are just ideas and rumors, and Chen Hao doesn't actually have a method for practicing them, Kree is already satisfied because she has seen the future of swordsmanship. Now that she has a direction, there is no need to be confused anymore.
A sword is a tool for killing enemies.
Man is the master who wields the sword.
“It’s not the same as before. I was immature before, and I only knew how to be a tool, a sword, not a person.”
"The sword was created by man, and man is the strongest."
"Human beings have progressed through continuous learning and imitation, taking all things in heaven and earth as their teachers and learning their principles, which is how they have developed into what they are today."
“Now, I have returned to the right path and am no longer obsessed with the sword, because it is people who wield the sword. The meaning of the sword is to destroy matter and give life and death. So, as long as I can destroy matter and give life and death, no matter what means I use, it is a sword.”
Kreeher calmly recounted her realization.
Before she knew it, her original sword had been shredded to ashes by the sword energy.
She had already discarded the sword because she no longer needed it.
The energy within her body transformed into the fluctuations of a sword, naturally merging with her surroundings. Everything in the outside world was within her perception, as if it were her body, at her complete control. Whether it was the wind and dust flowing in the air, the water in front of her, or... the spatial fluctuations she could sense, everything she could sense could be transformed into her sword.
【Myriad Sword Auras? Harmony of Heaven and Man】
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