Mortal: I am the young sect master of the Thousand Illusions Sect

Chapter 79 The Four Realms of Swordsmanship

Aside from the daily buying and selling, inquiring about the two main materials for one's natal magic weapon, and studying the art of weapon crafting and formations in one's spare time.

Su Mixin spent the vast majority of her time cultivating and enriching her supernatural abilities, as well as studying and deeply researching the "General Chapter of the Secret Record of Taibai Cave Profound" of the Taibai Sword Sect.

In the realm of supernatural powers, he cultivated the Great Luo Thousand Illusion Body as recorded in the Great Luo Thousand Illusion Technique to a state of perfect mastery. At the same time, he also fully cultivated the Ice Soul Divine Light supernatural power to a minor completion level.

Su Mixin has also learned many of the powerful or unique supernatural abilities secretly passed down by the Thousand Illusions Sect. For example, there is a supernatural ability called "Illusion Demon Hand", which is very similar to the legendary supernatural ability "Innate Great Capture", and can transform into a giant energy hand that extends outward.

In the original story, within the secret realm of the Spirit Eye Tree in Yunmeng Mountain, Du Dong apparently used this supernatural power to pierce the chest of the illusion of Old Demon Han, which was transformed by Silver Moon.

Considering his own spiritual root talent, he also extensively studied various ice-based spells and a few secret techniques, making up for all his shortcomings in combat.

Kendo is the area where he has devoted the most effort and studied the most deeply over the past few years.

The "General Chapter of the Secret Records of Taibai Cave," passed down by the Taibai Sword Sect, exhausts the sect's accumulated sword skills over ten thousand years, organizing sword cultivation into four distinct realms. These four realms are not superior or inferior to each other; they are simply four ultimate branches of sword cultivation, four paths to heaven.

The first realm is called "Sword Qi Transformation." At the beginning of this realm, ordinary cultivators can infuse their true essence and magical power into their flying swords.

A slash from a distance, but that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to swordsmanship; it's not even the beginning of the true way of the sword.

However, only one in a hundred cultivators can truly enter this realm.

This realm may seem like a beginner level, but in reality, the threshold is extremely high.

The true essence of sword energy transformation lies in the unity of body and sword, and the enlightenment of the sword heart.

As this realm continues to advance, the "Sword Qi Transformation" gradually reaches its peak. The cultivator's divine sense merges with the sword's spirituality, the sword becomes one with oneself, and oneself becomes the sword. With the slightest thought, sword light arises spontaneously, and sword intent flows with the divine sense. Without deliberate control, its sharpness already points directly to the source.

Such sword light, when unleashed, pierces through gold and iron as easily as cutting through mud, and shatters armor and formations as if destroying withered leaves, carrying an undeniable sharpness.

The second realm of swordsmanship is called Sword Qi Thunder Sound. Every time a sword is swung, it is accompanied by rolling thunder sound, which stirs up the power of wind and thunder.

This realm cannot be reached simply by increasing the speed of a flying sword; rather, it is a profound state where the heart of the sword path resonates with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

When a swordsman wields his sword, his sword intent stirs up the power of wind and thunder. Rolling thunder roars burst forth with the sword light, shaking the universe. Each sword strike carries twelve percent of its power, not only a physical strike, but also the pressure of the power of heaven and earth.

If a cultivator can reach this realm, they are already a peerless swordsman, with few rivals among their peers. Their sword strikes are thunderous, and their power is awe-inspiring.

The third realm of swordsmanship is called "Refining the Sword into Silk." This step pursues ultimate lethality, condensing the vast sword intent into a single line, transforming the sword light into a sharpness as fine as a hair, yet containing indestructible power.

Regardless of whether the enemy possesses exquisite protective spells or wields high-level defensive magic treasures, this wisp of sword thread can pierce through layers of spiritual light and take life as soon as it wraps around the neck.

All kinds of spells and treasures are utterly powerless before this sword intent, which has been refined to the extreme.

When this realm is cultivated to its highest level, it embodies the true meaning of "one sword can break all laws," a phrase sung by sword cultivators throughout the world.

The fourth realm of swordsmanship is called Sword Light Differentiation, which emphasizes that with a single sword strike, countless sword lights are created, filling the sky and destroying the world.

When a swordsman wields his sword, it is not a phantom or illusion, but thousands of real sword lights that fill the heavens and the earth, covering everything with destructive power.

What's even more exquisite is that the cultivation of this realm requires the sword cultivator to gradually integrate the true meaning of the Great Dao that they have comprehended into the sword light. At the deepest level of this realm, each sword light is integrated with the true meaning of the Great Dao that the sword cultivator has comprehended. The Dao and the sword are united, and the sword is born with the Dao. What appears to be thousands of sword lights are actually of the same origin and resonate with each other. This is the supreme realm of "one sword gives birth to ten thousand laws". With every move, one can rewrite the landscape and hold the power of life and death.

Su Mi thought of this world. This world did not have a sword sect as famous as the Taibai Sword Sect. Although sword cultivators were also one of the mainstreams, their understanding of swordsmanship was incomparable.

However, based on what we know from the original work, the sword cultivators in this world have also been involved in all four of these realms.

Needless to say, the transformation of sword energy into form is a skill. Although no sword cultivator in the original work has studied this skill in depth, its rudimentary application is common. For example, Han Laomo's commonly used giant sword technique is a representative of the basic application of this skill.

Sword Qi Thunder Sound is probably the least studied direction among sword cultivators in this world. It may be limited by the spiritual materials used to refine flying swords in this world. After all, practicing this direction of swordsmanship requires the highest quality flying swords. Ordinary flying swords and magical treasures cannot withstand the shock force when using this supernatural power.

Although the original work doesn't mention it at all, it's speculated that there should be a small number of sword cultivators in the Spirit Realm who have dabbled in this realm.

Refining swords into silk is one of the signature supernatural abilities of top sword cultivators in this world. For example, the Fire Dragon Child, who was able to enter this realm at the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage, was famous among his peers in Tiannan.

As for Han Laomo, he only occasionally used a rudimentary understanding of this technique when he reached the Spirit Realm. Although he used the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword as his natal magic weapon, he was not deeply involved in the way of the sword and was in reality just a superficial sword cultivator.

The ability to differentiate sword light is one of the necessary prerequisites for all sword formations to be executed. Before his ascension in this world, Qing Yuanzi must have been one of the most outstanding sword geniuses in a thousand years. He had a deep understanding of this art and was able to create a supernatural ability like the Sword Shadow Splitting Technique. He simplified the basics of this art and achieved the illustrious reputation of the Great Geng Sword Formation.

With over 1,300 sword techniques from the "General Chapter of the Secret Records of Taibai Cave," Su Mixin possesses complete cultivation and advancement methods for all four realms of swordsmanship, allowing her to progress simultaneously across all four realms.

Although there is no hierarchy among the four realms of swordsmanship, the difficulty of entering them does differ. The transformation of sword energy and the differentiation of sword light are much easier to enter than the thunderous sound of sword energy and the refining of sword into threads.

However, for Su Mixin, the Supreme Pure Sword Nourishing Gourd can improve his sword aptitude and comprehension, so his sword dao is progressing by leaps and bounds, and he will probably be able to master each of the four realms in a few years.

Even if one only has a superficial understanding, it is enough to roam freely in this mortal world of cultivation.

As autumn deepens and frost falls, a long wind sweeps across Tianxing City. The entire celestial city sheds its summer lushness and vitality, taking on a serene and desolate autumnal hue.

It was now the eighth year since Su Mixin came to Tianxing City. On the forty-eighth floor of the Holy Mountain, in the cave dwelling of the Earth Fire Chamber that Su Mixin rented, he was sitting cross-legged in front of a refining cauldron with a bright golden flame burning at the bottom.

Su Mixin's eyes were focused, her divine sense constantly enveloping every inch of the spiritual materials inside the cauldron. Her brows furrowed slightly, her mind completely focused, and her fingertips occasionally made fire control hand seals. As the hand seals flowed, they drew the alchemical fire to become more gentle and intense, clearly indicating that she had reached the most crucial stage of refining the weapon.

Half an hour later.

Suddenly, the cave was illuminated!

The long-silent refining cauldron trembled violently, and a fiery red spiritual light burst forth from its mouth. The scorching yet not violent spiritual power swept through the entire Earth Fire Chamber, with layers of crimson spiritual light surging and flowing, like a wildfire that had burned away the autumn frost.

Su Mi's eyes remained calm, showing no sign of panic. She suddenly closed the hand seal on her wrist and softly uttered the secret incantation to close the cauldron.

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"Boom!"

The elixir fire slowly subsided, and the intense light within the cauldron gradually receded. A crimson, translucent flying sword slowly floated up and landed steadily in mid-air.

The sword is slender and long, clear as glass, with faint crimson clouds flowing slowly within. The blade is sharp and white, with a restrained cold light that is not ostentatious, yet it possesses the unique radiance of a magical treasure.

The sword's tail is adorned with fine fire-elemental runes, and its touch is warm and not scorching.

Su Mixin raised her hand and gestured, her fingertips lightly touching the sword, and a clear sword hum suddenly rang out.

A faint smile flickered in his eyes, and he felt satisfied.

Once he had decided that his natal magic weapon would be the Voidless Sword, he had already made his choice.

The art of weapon crafting is vast and all-encompassing; he doesn't seek to be proficient in everything, but only to specialize to the extreme.

After thoroughly understanding the theoretical knowledge of weapon crafting, steadily entering the field, and mastering all the basics of weapon crafting, he decisively focused all his energy on this area and devoted all his research efforts to the crafting of flying swords.

He walked this road for several years.

From initially forging a flawed and useless sword, to barely forming a low-grade spiritual sword, to now calmly forging a high-quality magic weapon-grade flying sword.

In fact, a year and a half ago, he had already ventured into the realm of crafting flying swords and magical artifacts. During this period, he spent a huge amount of money and a vast amount of precious spiritual materials, and opened the furnace more than twenty times before he could steadily reach his current level.

Now, crafting magical flying swords is no longer difficult or challenging for him.

Controlling earth fire, blending spiritual materials, engraving patterns—every step is mastered, executed with effortless skill and natural ease.

Su Mixin stared at the crimson flying sword floating in front of her. She gently channeled spiritual energy through her fingertips, and the crimson glow on the sword instantly surged by three points. The sword pressure spread out in layers, and the sharp and fierce aura rushed over her, enough to crush ordinary Core Formation magic treasures. It was truly a top-quality item.

After playing with it for a while, Su Mixin took out a large jade box, carefully placed the magic weapon flying sword inside, closed the lid, and then took out several spirit-sealing talismans to stick on the jade box before putting it into her storage bag.

This approach has its own deeper meaning.

The sealing talisman completely isolates the flow of spiritual energy from the inside and outside. When it is taken out for sale in the future, once the jade box is opened, a burst of precious light will suddenly emerge, clean and transparent, without any sense of staleness or stagnation.

Anyone could tell at a glance that this was a brand-new magical flying sword, freshly forged and unrefined by anyone.

Unrefined magical artifacts are highly malleable. Once purchased, they can be directly refined into a natal flying sword by cultivators, which is enough to raise the price even further.

After putting the jade box into her storage bag, Su Mi scanned it with her spiritual sense and found several identical jade boxes lying quietly inside, neatly arranged.

Su Mixin lowered her eyes and pondered.

Over the past year and a half, he has crafted nearly twenty magic weapon-grade flying swords. Some of them were sold through the Jade Flower Pavilion in Tianxing City, some were sold at private trading fairs for high-level cultivators, and some were sent to the Thousand Illusion Sect's treasury, where they were exchanged for a large amount of rare spiritual materials needed for crafting and a small amount of spirit stones.

Besides this, including the newly completed Crimson Crystal Sword, he still possesses eight flying sword magic weapons.

He already had the Cold Swan Sword, and since he didn't think much of these flying swords for his own use, he naturally wanted to get rid of them all.

Six months later, the Fengle Merchant Alliance, one of the four major merchant alliances in the Chaotic Star Sea, will hold a large-scale auction held once every thirty years at the Fengle Auction House in Tianxing City.

This auction is of a very high standard, and it will be packed with people, including Core Formation cultivators and even Nascent Soul level monsters.

Su Mi already had a plan in mind.

If he fails to sell the remaining eight flying swords within the next six months, he will send all of his stock to Fengle Auction House for auction.

Taking advantage of the hype surrounding the large-scale auction, they sold these flying swords at a high price, cashing out in one fell swoop.

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