Chapter 140: Life-Bound Spiritual Sword
After planting the Nine-Illusion Heavenly Orchid, Qin Sang sealed off his cave dwelling and took out his Five-Elemental Breaking Sword. Once he had refined it, he set it aside, withdrew his spiritual consciousness, and began studying the Primordial Spirit Sword Nourishment.
The Primordial Spirit Sword Nourishment, a fragmented art, consisted of five stages. The first stage guided the practitioner through the process of drawing the sword into the primordial spirit, nourishing the sword with the primordial spirit, and visualizing a killing symbol. The path of true cultivation only began with the second stage. The second through fourth stages corresponded to the Foundation Building Realm, while the fifth stage corresponded to the early stage of Golden Core Realm. Beyond that, the art was incomplete.
Just reading through the process for the first stage was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.
Qin Sang read through the entire method. Although he had the protection of the Jade Buddha, which prevented his mind from being eroded by the intent of slaughter, he still felt uneasy.
To draw the sword into the spirit, the primordial spirit first had to endure the excruciating pain of being cut by the spiritual sword. When the sword was lodged in the primordial spirit for nurturing and began to merge with it, the pain of the sword’s sword qi devouring the spirit had to be constantly endured.
During cultivation, one needed immense willpower to stay calm and focused. Only after condensing the first killing symbol would the control of the sword qi become smoother over time.
Nurturing the sword with the primordial spirit was also a process of refining the sword.
At each stage of the art, one had to visualize the killing symbol within the art, drawing in the purest intent of slaughter into the primordial spirit. Using the primordial spirit as a furnace, this slaughter intent would temper the spiritual sword until the killing symbol was engraved onto the sword's body.
Once the killing symbol was successfully engraved, the sword qi of the spiritual sword would carry an intense killing intent.