Chapter 1365 — Slaying Foes in Succession
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In Jingping, so long as one studied at the academies and schools and had the ability, one could enter the library pavilion to read and learn. As for whether one could master them, enter the dao and reach the Dao Realm, enter the dao through the sword, or cultivate the Dao Domain or Sword Domain—that still depended on one's own ability. This young god named Xiao Chujue had been at Wendao Academy for over a year, and his talent in the sword dao was terrifyingly high.
Yet even so, he had not mastered Sword Twenty, nor comprehended the Sword Domain—which was why he had come to ask the Village Head for guidance.
The Village Head opened the book and found Sword Twenty.
"Sword Twenty was created by Kaihuang Shen Ye; he comprehended it from Sword Eighteen and Sword Nineteen. When you learned Sword Nineteen, you should have understood—so long as one masters Sword Nineteen, one can enter the dao through the sword.
In this world, among hundreds of millions of divine ability users, only a hundred or so can master Sword Nineteen. But Sword Twenty demands more: it requires first cultivating the Sword Domain, achieving the domain of the sword dao, before Sword Twenty can be refined.
" At these words, Yu Chenzi, Crown Prince Youming, and the others could not help but look bewildered. Crown Prince Youming murmured, "Brother Su, isn't this General Explanation of Sword Forms of yours the most basic book? Why does mastering it instead require cultivating the Sword Domain?
" "Wrong! " The Village Head laughed. "To master the General Explanation of Basic Sword Forms, you must first study the book Sword Domain. To master Sword Domain, you must first study the Sword Canon. And to master the Sword Canon, you must first study one thousand two hundred and eighty-two volumes of sword dao texts. " The others were aghast.
The Village Head smiled. "But Chujue has already entered the dao through the sword; his foundations are solidly laid. What he lacks is not foundation but a deeper comprehension of the sword dao.
And that requires a top-tier grandmaster of the sword dao.
" He drew his sword and said calmly, "Xiao Chujue, let me be your whetstone, to help you advance further on the sword dao. Draw your sword! " Xiao Chujue bowed, stepped back, and boldly drew his sword!
The sword light shot straight to the clouds; his sword dao was grand and imposing, with an extraordinary bearing, as if he would reign over the world and command Tai'e!
Crown Prince Youming and Yu Chenzi cheered in unison, praising, "What a magnificent bearing! " Just then, an arrow of light flew in. Before the three powerhouses could react, it had already shattered Xiao Chujue's sword and pierced his brow!
Boom— Xiao Chujue's body exploded. Freed from the shackles of flesh, his spirit soul suddenly swelled, as if a great emperor ruling the Heavenly Emperor had descended in person!
The second, third, fourth, and fifth arrows of light followed in quick succession, so fast that one could scarcely react!
Crown Prince Youming was, after all, an existence of the earliest Imperial Throne realm. Without a word he manifested his Black Tortoise spirit soul, about to block the remaining arrows of light, but when he saw the spirit soul bursting from within Xiao Chujue, he froze and blurted, "Heavenly Emperor—" The Village Head's sword thrust straight at the second arrow of light; hearing this, he forcibly halted, shock flooding his heart.
"The Heavenly Emperor's spirit soul?
This Xiao Chujue is. .
.
" Boom, boom, boom— The other four arrows of light nailed into the Heavenly Emperor spirit soul's brow.
Four great explosions burst in succession across the sky, each farther than the last.