Chapter 618: What Is Sword Dao Is Defined by the Strong

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and took a long time to adjust his state of mind.

For a long time,

he opened his eyes.

"Let Daoist Yu see the joke."

Jiang Ding descended from the sky, speaking with slight apology: "You are too powerful, making me feel a life-or-death crisis, so my reaction was a bit excessive; please do not take offense."

On the ground, wisps of dark green spiritual light appeared in the void at some unknown time, falling onto Yu Yu Qianzi.

Ruptured skin, broken bones, and torn meridians, even the flesh that had turned to powder, began to restore themselves; with high-level power intervening to heal, there were no aftereffects whatsoever.

As a hostage, Yu Yu Qianzi enjoyed extremely high security standards within the Immortal Sect.

It could be said that as long as the Immortal Sect's strategy did not change, it would be very difficult for her even to commit suicide; the power of a Jin Dan was still too weak.

"Great Sun Sword Disciple,"

"your words do not sound like those of a sword cultivator."

Yu Yu Qianzi stood up, using her magic power to repair her damaged moon-white palace skirt, covering her snow-white skin, and sighed lightly: "Sword duels distinguish victory and defeat, and occasionally life and death; this is utterly ordinary. Any pure sword Dao sect would not blame anything over a same-level sword duel."

"This would bring ridicule from peers and disappointment from elders."

"It is just... you used external objects—I still maintain this view—making this sword duel no longer pure; I have regret."

"Regret, is that so?"

Jiang Ding remained noncommittal on this, smiling as he said: "Then next, I will practice sword techniques even harder, striving to mutually benefit with Daoist without using the sword sheath; that would be good."

In fact, he felt no guilt at all about nearly killing Yu Yu Qianzi; it was purely a polite greeting.

Because, this woman had also intended to kill him just now, thereby causing a qualitative change in her sword intent and sword heart; one big brother does not mock another.

That instant of cold killing intent was absolutely unmistakable; this was the judgment made by a soul five times stronger than the same level.

"You say you will practice sword techniques even harder?"

Yu Yu Qianzi seemed to have no grievance about nearly dying; she seemed to be long accustomed to it.

Hearing Jiang Ding's words at this moment, she immediately shook her head as if hearing something very funny.

"Daoist Jiang, give up. The sword Dao lies in specialization, in unity; apart from the sword, there is nothing else; this is a lifelong bond."

"For someone like you who is distracted in many directions,"

her words paused, as if difficult to utter: "having this level is already very good; there is no need to force it further."

"There are many means to become stronger: spells of magic cultivators, numerous magical treasures, mechanical puppets, corpse refining, talismans, and so on; there is no lack of earth-shattering great power methods; it is not only the sword Dao that excels."

Her words were sincere.

Jin Lingfeng snorted lightly and pouted.

This woman appeared sincere, but in fact she was still unconvinced; she still carried a sense of superiority in her heart, believing she stood at least at the peak of the sword Dao, able to look down on others and offer calm instruction.

"Daoist says the sword Dao lies in specialization, in unity."

"Is this the summary of your sect's exploration experience of the Immortal Dao? I have learned from it."

Jiang Ding nodded, stuffed the Taqing Flying Sword into his brow, wrapped An Siyan and the other two in wisps of sword qi, tore through space, turned, and left: "Pity, I do not walk the sword Dao, but my own path; thank you, Daoist, for your instruction; I will keep it in mind."

Zizi...

Accompanied by a sword sound like thunder, the three vanished instantly.

"Not the sword Dao."

"But your path?"

On the spot, Yu Yu Qianzi murmured to herself, keenly tasting something extremely arrogant from this sentence.

In comparison, she had always been chanting how the sword Dao should be, what was best to do, what was forbidden to do; everything was planned out clearly, with distinct rules and constraints, which seemed to lack much spirit.

"Arrogant!"

"If not the sword Dao, then what?"

Yu Yu Qianzi pondered for a moment and sneered: "Pioneering one's own path is indeed suitable for oneself; one can easily do as one pleases without transgressing rules; every word and deed aligns with one's true heart, no longer obeying any constraints; what I do and say is the 'rule', the 'rule' that later followers must obey."

"But this is undoubtedly a pipe dream!"

"Dozens of thousands of years of exploration by past predecessors, or even explorations from far earlier, how can they be compared to a path pioneered by one person?"

"Sigh, I had thought that a sword Dao powerhouse would be born in this realm in the future; regardless of who wins or loses later, the light of the sword Dao would not fall; the sword Dao would surely flourish."

"Now it seems, only I walk alone."

Yu Yu Qianzi sighed lightly.

People who want to pioneer paths have existed in every era; the world never lacks arrogant fools who do not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth.

The only result is that all becomes void.

"However, such a battle is useful to me; my sword intent and sword techniques seem to have improved somewhat."

Yu Yu Qianzi recovered her state of mind and slowly walked toward the Guanghan Immortal Palace: "Much more useful than dueling swords with senior brothers and senior sisters; the terrifying life-or-death pressure, the extreme speed; vaguely, I felt as if I were facing the Great Sun Sword Disciple of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion of those years; the sword qi thunder sound seems to be trending toward breaking through to the third realm..."

She suddenly froze.

Sword qi thunder sound.

Sword qi thunder sound.

Just now, when that person left, the sword light tearing through space seemed, abruptly, to have produced a thunder sound?

Did he break through?

"Impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible; it should not be like this! He clearly used external objects!"

Yu Yu Qianzi's face changed drastically; she placed the scene from just now into her consciousness sea, replaying it again and again, analyzing every sword light and every detail of the thunder sound, to determine whether it was the thunder sound of the sword Dao or merely the thunder of spells.

"It really seems to be sword qi thunder sound!"

Yu Yu Qianzi collapsed, somewhat unable to accept it; the sword Dao education she had received since childhood was now in violent conflict.

Just moments ago, he had been speaking with absolute certainty that the other's Sword Dao could break through no further and would remain forever stagnant, yet in the blink of an eye, after merely one full-power sword duel, he had entered the second realm of the Sword Dao: Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

"Go!"

Yu Yu Qianzi, unwilling to accept defeat, flicked the moon-white flying sword before her, and it vanished amidst the roaring of Lei Ting.

Boom!

Almost at that same instant, Lei Chong Guang exploded in the distance; before the sword even arrived, the thunder sound already manifested within her sea of consciousness, roaring loudly, shaking her divine soul and causing a slight obstruction in its circulation.

Ding!

Only the sound of two Lei Ting sword lights colliding several times in the sky dozens of li away could be heard; finally, the moon-white flying sword, as if struck by lightning, retreated violently backward and was forced to return to its master's side, its spiritual light dimming immensely.

"He really broke through..."

Yu Yu Qianzi's heart sank.

She knew very well the gap between herself and this generation's Great Sun Sword Disciple.

Divine soul, sword intent, flying sword—she was behind in every aspect!

Only in sword technique did she lead by a vast margin, even to the point of crushing her opponent; this was what allowed her to overcome such a large gap and defeat him in the pure Sword Dao.

But now, it seemed her advantages in the Sword Dao were about to be lost.

"Daoist Yu,"

"Please break through to the third realm of the Sword Dao, forging the sword into threads, as soon as possible."

Jiang Ding's voice, mixed with thunder sound, came from afar and entered her divine soul: "Otherwise, since our sword techniques are at the same realm, I fear you will no longer have the opportunity to speak of how the Sword Dao should be before me."

"Because the authority to explain how the Sword Dao should be lies in the hands of the victor."

Yu Yu Qianzi bit her lip.

(End of this chapter)