A Celestial Emperor’s Self-Cultivation - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: A Great Vision!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The value of that what he received from Elder Yan was beyond imagination.

What was Sword Intent?

Sword Intent was a state of the mind. It was a kind of mysterious energy that existed at the spiritual level.

When a cultivator broke their Core to produce a Nascent Soul, they would gradually transition from cultivating with tangible things to cultivating in the intangible.

The state of mind was one of the major contents of the intangible.

The state of mind was divided into nine grades, with grade-1 being the lowest and grade-9 being the highest.

Only after comprehending the state of mind to a certain level could cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage gain the opportunity to transform their Nascent Soul into a powerful Original Spirit.

For most cultivators, after they break into the Golden Core or even the Nascent Soul stage where their spiritual power would be greatly improved, then they would gradually come into contact with the realm of the mind.

Of course, since ancient times, there had been no shortage of peerless talents in the Cultivation World.

Some prodigies were able to comprehend a Sword Intent in advance—when they were at the Foundation Establishment stage. It was not that it could not happen, it was just extremely rare.

Once this kind of genius appeared, he would inevitably become a sweet pastry that all the forces would fight over.

Because prodigies who could comprehend a Sword Intent when they were at the Foundation Establishment stage had comprehension levels that were beyond ordinary cultivators.

For this type of cultivators, as long as their innate talent was not too atrocious, they could break their Core to produce a Nascent Soul with almost guaranteed success.

Should they have a miraculous encounter, even breaking into the Soul Formation stage was not entirely impossible!

Their future was limitless!

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Sword Intent was the most lethal among those classified as a state of mind.

And among the many Sword Intents, the Righteous Sword Aura was one with the highest power level and potential.

Among the cultivators of the same stage, the existence of those who managed to condense the Righteous Sword Aura could become near invincible.

Let alone the Righteous Sword Aura at the highest grade-9!

A grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura was what allowed YanChixiao to make great contributions, leading to the rise of his position as the Righteous Hero Sword Sage!

Once the grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura was unleashed, 99 percent of cultivators in the world paled in comparison before Yan Chixiao.

This was a supreme state of mind!

Your Sword Intent is powerful, but now it belongs to me now!

Li Hanguang had anticipation on his face. “I wonder how extraordinary a grade-9 Sword Intent will be!”

Before the Bronze Mark recognized him as its master, he was also a prodigy swordsman.

Under the guidance of the Vast Ocean Swordsmaster, he cultivated in the Long River Sword Aura. And by the age of ten, he already comprehended the intent of the Long River Sword.

Of course, what he got was just the weakest grade-1 Sword Intent.

Grade-1 Sword Intent also known as ‘Embryonic Sword Intent’ which could be regarded as ramparts that just barely touched the edge of the state of mind.

However, this Embryonic Sword Intent already made Li Hanguang invincible. No one of his age within the entire Taicang Residence could be his rival.

Now that he had acquired the Righteous Sword Aura of a grade-9, Li Hanguang could not imagine how powerful he would become!

“Merge!!!”

Chanting the word ‘Merge’ inwardly, the tiny sphere of light merged into Li Hanguang’s body.

In the next second, he closed his eyes slowly.

A gust of an aura with supreme strength, heat, greatness, and hardiness permeated the space between heaven and earth.

Clang~

The Sword Auras within Li Hanguang’s body chimed as if countless tangible swords were sonorously clashing together!

Influenced by the Righteous Sword Aura, the Five Elements Sword Aura was triggered once again.

The power of the Sword Aura unleashed this time was at least ten times more terrifying than the previous one!

In the midst of the brutality of this new Sword Intent and Sword Aura, the wooden house, which had previously already become ruins, was completely reduced into ashes which then drifted away with the wind.

Behind Li Hanguang, a river of Sword Intent thousands of miles long emerged.

Its waves were tall and mighty.

The turbulent waters flowed eastward, carrying away the heroes with its waves!

This was not a physical Sword Aura, but a vision formed by the condensed Sword Intent!

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This so-called vision was a special scene formed when one’s state of mind arrived at a high level and achieved resonance with the Great Path of Heaven and Earth. More often than not, it was not lethal.

But to incite a vision, one must have either a top-grade state of mind or cultivate an ordinary state of mind to a very high level.

Either one of the two meant a terrifying growth in power level.

Therefore, there had always been an unwritten rule in the Cultivation World: If you meet someone with a particularly powerful vision, just surrender!

Behind Li Hanguang at this moment, there was a terrifying vision of a river of Sword Intent thousands of miles long.

A vision of this scale was both superb and high class.

Basically, only the Elders of the Holy Land and those at the level of Holy Lords could incite such a vision.

If this were to be spotted by a prodigy of the younger generation, they would probably tremble with fright.

If demons, devils, and followers of Unorthodox Paths were to see it, even being frightened to death was no exaggeration.

After all, among all the state of minds, the Righteous Sword Aura’s effectiveness against demons, devils, and followers of Unorthodox Paths was the best.

With the emergence of the mighty river, all lesser demons below the Soul Formation stage would probably become so scared that they lost control of their bowels.

Regardless of the lethality of his vision, its special effects were absolutely intimidating!

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“The Righteous Hero Sword Sage, Yan Chixiao, certainly does live up to his reputation!”

After absorbing the grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura, Li Hanguang slowly opened his eyes and revealed a piercing gaze.

“I never felt the Sword Auras inside my body so obedient before. I can circulate and mobilize them naturally and smoothly now, greatly enhancing my speed and power.

“A grade-9 Sword Intent indeed!”

Li Hanguang gasped in admiration as he stood up from the ground.

Yes, he was sitting on the ground right now.

When his Sword Auras were raging earlier on, the bed under him had been reduced into ashes along with the unlucky wooden house.

However, everything was worth it.

Li Hanguang could feel that after he merged with the grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura, the power of his Five Elements Aura had again increased by nearly ten times.

Yes, ten times!

One must know that when a Sword Technique was driven using Elemental Spiritual Energy, their power would already be increased by more than ten times.

Now that Li Hanguang had the Righteous Sword Aura that would further increase his power by tenfold, with the two stacked on top of each other, it would result in a nearly 100 times power boost!

If his opponent was a demon, devil, or a follower of Unorthodox Paths weak against the Righteous Sword Aura, the damage dealt would become even more explosive.

It was no exaggeration to say that even in the face of vile entities at the Foundation Establishment stage, he could still kill them indiscriminately!

It was noteworthy to point out that right now, Li Hanguang’s Cultivation Base was only at level 4 of the Spiritual Qi Refinement stage!

In this Cultivation World, the gap between every minor stage was already quite insurmountable.

If people were told that he could kill even those an entire major stage above him, they would probably die because of fright!

“It’s a pity that I only got his Sword Intent. The number of techniques I got from him is zero nada.”

Li Hanguang was regretful.

The state of mind comprehended by a cultivator was not completely random.

Most of them had to rely on a corresponding technique or Combat Artistry that was cultivated to a high and profound level.

For instance, Li Hanguang’s enlightenment over the Embryonic Sword Intent of the Long River Sword when he was ten was triggered by him cultivating in the Long River Sword Aura to the Apex level.

For some advanced techniques and the Crown Scriptures, one only had to attain very minor achievements in their cultivation in those techniques to comprehend a state of mind.

And after comprehending its state of mind, one could continue to nurture the corresponding state of mind to a higher and more powerful grade through practice.

…

Li Hanguang was almost certain that Yan Chixiao would have a technique to cultivate the Righteous Sword Aura with him.

If he could get that particular technique, he might be able to further increase the grade of his grade-9 Righteous Sword Aura.

Even though grade-9 was already the maximum, doing so would not be without meaning.

After all, using the Righteous Sword Aura to activate its corresponding Sword Technique should trigger some kind of set effect, causing its power to be greater than when it is used to activate other Sword Techniques.

“I wonder if he will pass down his trump cards to Chu Xiaolian.”

“If he does, the chances that I’ll get them will be doubled.”

Gazing at the red afterglow of the setting sun, Li Hanguang’s eyes glittered with anticipation.

“My next target will be a top-grade Metal Spiritual Root and a top-grade Earth Spiritual Root.

“And also… that mysterious Sword Technique!”