Chapter 740: Bottleneck
Qin Sang had begun cultivating the art created by Senior Qingzhu.
At first, the process of comprehension went smoothly. After all, it followed the same lineage as his original cultivation method.
However, when he truly started to cultivate it and attempted to inscribe the sixth killing symbol onto his life-bound spiritual sword, he ran into problems.
First, the new killing symbol provided less assistance to his cultivation compared to a genuine killing symbol.
If it had been a real killing symbol, Qin Sang’s cultivation speed might have surpassed that of dual-spiritual-root cultivators. He would have truly stepped into the ranks of a gifted prodigy.
But there remained a gap.
Second, the killing symbol invented by Senior Qingzhu was not flawless. Although Qin Sang could cultivate with it, it did not completely suit him. A single moment of carelessness risked collapse. Because of that, it placed extremely high demands on both the cultivator and the life-bound spiritual sword.
In this situation, if the ebony sword was not further improved, it would be unable to bear the full might of the killing symbol.
That meant, during the middle stage of the Core Formation Realm, he would already find himself stuck halfway, facing the awkward predicament of his life-bound sword collapsing. The bottleneck would arrive earlier than expected, catching him completely off guard.
The situation was even more severe than Qin Sang had anticipated.
"A bottleneck! A bottleneck! I only have a few decades left, and I haven’t even gotten any leads. I’m searching blindly. Can I really find one of the Ten Divine Woods? Must I wait until I return to the Small Cold Domain and search for the Infinite Blood Mulberry Wood in Endless Valley?"
Qin Sang awoke from meditation, gazing blankly at the dome of the cave dwelling.