[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-quest-for-immortality":3,"chapter-the-quest-for-immortality-the-quest-for-immortality-chapter-1580":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Quest for Immortality",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},738464,975,"Chapter 1580: Sword Fiend (part 2)","the-quest-for-immortality-chapter-1580",1580,"\u003Cp>And this thread of pain also made Mo Hua’s perception of his own Life Soul and Seven Souls more distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that his Divine Soul was being tempered by the Sword Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after several temperings, the Sword Intent within Mo Hua’s Divine Soul gradually emitted an indescribably astounding aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce Sword Intent was frightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua’s gaze also gradually sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The presence of Sword Intent within him was also climbing bit by bit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after rising for a while, it quickly halted, unable to advance any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that this was the limit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how he used the \"Soul-Shocking Sword Skill\" to refine his Divine Soul and integrate his Sword Intent, the momentum of the Sword Moves would not rise any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes, took out a mirror, and looked at his obedient and delicate face, then his gaze focused, activating the \"Soul-Shocking Sword Skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the mirror, he could clearly see his gaze gradually brightening, and at the same time, the Sword Intent shining in his eyes was hard to look at directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Shui Yama’s pupil skill, it was far inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least when Shui Yama performed the pupil skill, his eyes were blood-red, as if immersed in blood, with demonic and monstrous presences inside, screaming fiercely, full of intense Evil Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of momentum and effect, both were far stronger than his Sword Dao \"pupil skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even worse than Shui Yama, how can that work...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua propped his chin, pondering where the problem lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, Mo Hua concluded that it could only be due to two reasons:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, the foundation of Sword Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another, the method of soul emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subjective Divine Sense is based on objective external things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, \"Sword Intent\" must be based on the foundation of Sword Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foundation of Sword Dao refers to the blood, sweat, and tears poured into Sword Dao by a Sword Cultivator from childhood to adulthood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including years of learning, practicing, comparing the sword, the honing, thinking, and understanding of Swordsmanship, all these experiences combined into a kind of Sword Dao experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are not conjured from nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are the Dao painstakingly refined by Sword Cultivators over the years, the integration of their Swordsmanship skills, insights, and perceptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing, if there is, then there is; if not, then there isn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Mo Hua didn’t have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this is not something that can be \"suddenly enlightened\" upon suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sudden Enlightenment is built upon long-term practice and contemplation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like his daily Formation Painting, constantly pondering the principles of formations, one day in the future, he may achieve \"Sudden Enlightenment\" in formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someone who doesn’t study formations cannot have sudden enlightenment in formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, someone who doesn’t practice sword cannot achieve sudden enlightenment in Swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before entering Qianxue State Boundary, Mo Hua had hardly touched a sword and hadn’t learned even half a move of Swordsmanship. Naturally, he couldn’t have any foundation in Swordsmanship skills, experience, or insights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Sword Dao foundation was extremely poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also determined that the \"Sword Intent\" he cultivated would also be weak, and the pupil skill containing Sword Intent would naturally lack power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is one point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, there’s also the aspect of the method of soul emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of the broken sword, namely \"Senior Xuan,\" used a method of \"emerging by borrowing the sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, after the Sword Intent emerges, it attaches to the sword, amplifying the power of the Sword Qi and enhancing the killing aura of the Sword Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only Senior Xuan, but previous generations of Sword Cultivators in Taixu Gate possibly all used the method of \"borrowing the sword to emerge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem precisely lies in this \"sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua didn’t have a Spirit Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Sword Dao foundation was weak, and he wielded a \"self-destructive style\" Spirit Sword, lacking the type of sword other Sword Cultivators had, which was nurtured over time, connected with the heart, and used as a personal name sword as a Magical Treasure in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he couldn’t borrow the sword to emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Intent was inefficient, and the pupil skill’s power was insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the amplification method of a Sword Weapon, the power further decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, this Taixu Shocking God Sword Skill lost a lot of its power and instead seemed rather useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mo Hua was still somewhat unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Thought into Sword, how can such power do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua frowned and pondered hard for a long time, finding no clue, and somewhat disheartened, he lay back on the meditation cushion, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One is Swordsmanship, the other is pupil skill...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swordsmanship emphasizes Sword Intent, borrowing the sword for emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pupil skill nurtures Evil Qi, borrowing the eyes for emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he has abandoned Evil Qi, replacing it with Sword Intent, borrowing the eyes for emergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lacking the deterrence of Evil Qi, without sharp Sword Intent, and unable to borrow the amplification of a Sword Weapon, it is akin to abandoning the advantages of both techniques while instead maximizing the weaknesses of one’s Sword Dao...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endure and slowly practice the sword in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foundation of Sword Dao emphasizes the grind of water drops stone wear, which cannot be achieved overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s more, starting to practice now, by the time Sword Dao has a minor achievement and this Soul-Shocking Sword can exert its power, who knows how long it will take...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Need to think of a way...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cannot be inflexible in facing problems, must know how to adapt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All Techniques in the world, ever-changing, the wonder of application, lies in the heart...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua continued to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was essentially using the \"soul emergence method\" of the Water Prison Sect’s Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil to cast the Soul-Shocking Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Soul-Shocking Sword were strong enough, there would be no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, his Sword Dao foundation was weak, and the Soul-Shocking Sword was not strong enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he couldn’t abandon the original framework of the Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil Skill for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\" Mo Hua’s mind flashed, \"Integrate the Soul-Shocking Sword Skill into the framework of the Seven Souls Blood Prison Pupil Skill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But how to integrate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Hua continued to frown in deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>",1074,"2026-06-02T11:31:21.758Z",1,"novelbin.me","c961298b19711c91d251feb6824207c86d5a2f5cc6b0dd3ee64658adbebcdef5","the-quest-for-immortality-chapter-1538","the-quest-for-immortality-chapter-1537",2429,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-quest-for-immortality-cover.jpg"]