The Primordial Path of Kong Xuanming

As a true martial arts practitioner, unwavering willpower is an essential quality. Yan Nanfei was precisely such a martial artist. He persistently and tirelessly circulated the energy within his body according to the method. After completing one full cycle of the internal energy, he felt a jolt throughout his body, followed by the opening of all 100,000 pores. A vast amount of energy from the universe surged into his body through these pores. Overjoyed, Yan Nanfei channeled all this energy into his body and began circulating it according to the instructions of the method.

Countless cosmic energies relentlessly destroyed his physical meridians and muscle tissues, while the mysterious nature of the cultivation technique perfectly repaired them. Yan Nanfei used his powerful will to continuously imprint network marks on the cells of his body, transforming, activating, and evolving them. A hundred years passed in this way. Through countless cycles of destruction and rebirth, Yan Nanfei's willpower reached an extremely high level, and the Nine Revolutions Undying Life and Death Profound Technique finally broke through to the first stage of Great Perfection. Feeling the immense power of his physical body, Yan Nanfei felt more than ten times stronger than before his retraining. Even a light strike could create spatial rifts. Sensing the changes within himself, Yan Nanfei realized that he could now proceed with the next stage of deducing and cultivating the Undying Will Sword Body.

The third level of the Undying Will Sword Body Technique is Sword Control. The power of Sword Control is greater than that of Sword Mastery, but it is not quite the same. To be more precise, Sword Control is more of an extremely fast flying technique. While flying on a sword, Sword Control can also be used in combat, and its power is even greater than that of Sword Mastery.

The difference between the characters "驭" (yù) and "御" (yù) is evident from their literal meanings. "驭" implies controlling or manipulating, requiring considerable effort from the person seeking to take control; "御," on the other hand, means to command or control, as easily as using one's arm or fingers, clearly requiring less effort. Mastering the art of sword control allows one to wield a three-foot-long sword with the agility of an arm or finger, striking precisely where one points. It can be said that body and mind are one, mind and sword are one, man and sword are one.

The art of sword control is more profound than the art of sword maneuvering, and therefore takes much longer to master. After three years, upon waking from meditation, Yan Nanfei had only mastered half of the art of sword control, enabling him to fly on a sword.

However, although he had deduced the method of flying on a sword, he lacked a good sword. Before his retraining, Yan Nanfei had already reached the point of abandoning the sword, where every blade of grass and every tree could become a sword in his hand. Therefore, with a thought in his mind, he plucked a strand of hair, and with a slight tremor of his index and middle fingers, the originally hanging thin hair became as straight as a long sword, as hard as steel, and as sharp as a blade.

Yan Nanfei's mind sank into his sea of ​​consciousness. Within this vast world of consciousness, nine enormous sword bodies formed from spiritual energy surrounded him, with a massive, chaotic-colored bead at the center. These ten sword bodies were formed by Yan Nanfei absorbing spiritual energy with his three souls and seven spirits. The central sword body of the sword formation was the location of his life soul's consciousness imprint, responsible for controlling all commands. Within the central sword body of his life soul sat a humanoid spirit that constantly shifted between reality and illusion, with a crystal on its forehead gleaming with a strange light. Seeing this crystal brought to mind a heaven-defying ability Yan Nanfei had been unaware of: spatial ability. This ability was activated after he obtained a chaotic-colored bead and, using the methods of a cultivator's treasure refining technique, initially imprinted it with his consciousness. Through decades of absorbing spatial energy, he had successfully formed a spatial crystal. According to Yan Nanfei's deduction, perhaps continuous absorption and comprehension of spatial energy would lead to the formation of a godhood, as in Western mythology.

Yan Nanfei used his powerful mind to continuously absorb the consciousness energy from outer space and inject it into his consciousness sword bodies, constantly compressing and condensing the consciousness energy sword bodies. At the same time, Yan Nanfei used spatial energy to continuously refine his three souls and seven spirits, his mind comprehending the rules of space amidst immeasurable pain. The ten consciousness sword bodies became smaller and more real, but the spiritual energy within them became increasingly pure, with any impure energy being eliminated. His consciousness became more and more transparent through continuous refinement, like a dirty glass being gently wiped with a damp cloth. Although there is still a lot of dirt that obscures what is behind the glass, it is believed that with continuous friction, it will become more and more transparent until the essence can be fully seen. This is similar to a cultivator comprehending the laws of the Great Dao. The path of the Great Dao is shrouded in mist, and only by constantly clearing away the mist can one see the path ahead.

The third level of sword control technique has finally been perfected after years of deduction and practice. It can command nine sword bodies to attack at the same time. The invisible energy sword bodies contain the imprint of three souls and seven spirits, and can switch between the real and the virtual. It can carry out soul attacks and also penetrate all things in heaven and earth to attack. Of course, if one cultivates to the highest level and has an innate spiritual treasure, it can be indestructible!