Chapter 895: Union
Everyone inside the shrine could feel the repeated tremors caused by the fierce battle, as if the entire structure were on the verge of collapse. This filled many of the shinkan with deep fear.
They had considered rushing in to give support, but the moment they reached the stone door, they were forced back by the surging sword qi within. The space behind the door was enveloped by two currents of sword qi, revolving endlessly like the Daoist Taiji symbol, flowing in an eternal cycle.
This was none other than the Dragon-Tiger Sword Technique, wielded in unison by Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu.
As a perfected method, it was far more than simple joint attacks. The true essence lay in the sword qi it produced.
One of them was like the Yangtze River, while the other was like the Yellow River.
Both were two major rivers that nourished the entire Central Plains. The clarity of the Yangtze River and the murkiness of the Yellow River corresponded to the cosmic principle of pure qi rising to form the heavens and turbid qi sinking to form the earth. This was the origin of yin and yang, from which life and death, growth and decay all emerged. It encompassed all under heaven.
These two sword qis transformed into a black-and-white Taiji symbol, forming a talisman.
That talisman was itself a small world, with all the basic elements, so it could be considered a prototype of a paradise. If expanded infinitely, it would become a true paradise.
The sword qi born of the Dragon-Tiger Sword Technique formed two concentric circles, one large and one small.
The larger circle encompassed the space behind the stone door, keeping all the shinkan shut outside.
The smaller circle seeped into the jokai-rank shinkan’s body, confined within it, filling every meridian, acupoint, and Dantian. It was like river water filling a channel, but with no source and no outlet, turning it into stagnant water.
The jokai-rank shinkan had tried to crush the two sword qi, but the Dragon-Tiger Sword Technique’s yin and yang complemented one another, one fading as the other emerged. The sun hid when the moon rose, and the moon vanished as the sun appeared. If one sword qi was destroyed, it would draw upon the other to regenerate, forming an eternal cycle.