Dark Sky Military Camp!
The Divine Dark Military Training Ground.
The training ground had a radius of a thousand meters and was surrounded by black pillars as thick as a burly man's waist. Each pillar was covered with marks.
There were marks left by swords and sabers, marks left by fists and palms, holes left by finger techniques, and so on.
These black pillars were the tools used by the soldiers to test the power of their martial arts. They were made from the Black Devil Gold obtained from the Void Battleground. Not only were they extremely hard, but they were also terrifyingly tough.
It was reasonable to say that such Black Devil Gold should be an excellent material for forging Saint Weapons. Unfortunately, although the Black Devil Gold was extremely hard and tough, it was also extremely heavy and could not conduct energy.
Whether it was a Spirit Artifact or a Saint Artifact, it needed to be able to conduct energy in order to display its full strength. If it could not conduct energy, what was the use of it?
Naturally, the Black Devil Gold was reduced to a tool to test one's attack power.
Each piece of Black Devil Gold could withstand the full-force attack of a peak Saint Rudiment Stage master, but its attack power was not as strong as the full-force attack of an ordinary peak Saint Rudiment Stage master. It could only leave shallow or deep marks on its surface.
Chen Zong stood in the training ground. There was no one else besides him, so it was the perfect time for him to cultivate.
Calm his mind and focus his mind!
Chen Zong's shut eyes instantly opened, as a wisp of blazing red light shot out. In an instant, the Scarlet Prison Flowing Flame Sword was unsheathed, transforming into a wisp of red light. The red light was highly condensed and compressed, as it pierced through the air and shot towards the Black Devil Golden Pillar.
A sharp sound reverberated in the air. The red light was shattered, and a small outline the size of a finger was left on the Black Devil Gold Pillar, but it was very faint.
"The Crimson Light Sword focuses on speed. What it pursues is extreme speed. This sword only has the form, but not the essence." Chen Zong did not attack again. Instead, he mumbled to himself.
The Scarlet Hellish Flame Sword was a Grade Five Saint Artifact. Its previous master had used this sword to kill many Void Demons. Who knew how much faith he had poured into this sword, and over time, it was absorbed by the sword.
Furthermore, its previous owner had intentionally imprinted his own self-created sword technique into the sword. After his death, the Scarlet Hellfire Flowing Flame Sword possessed its previous owner's belief, willpower, and self-created sword technique information.
The three sword moves that Chen Zong saw earlier were the self-created sword moves created by the previous owner of the Scarlet Inferno Flaming Sword.
Of the three sword moves, the first one was called Bursting Flames, the second one was called Crimson Light, and the third one was called Ashes.
Strictly speaking, there was no difference between the three sword moves because they each had their own unique characteristics.
For example, the Exploding Flame was extremely violent and would instantly erupt with an incomparably shocking power.
The scarlet light was astonishingly fast. It pierced through the sky like an aurora, piercing through everything.
It was like the ashes, blazing to the extreme. The temperature was incomparably high, incinerating everything in the world, turning everything into ashes.
Each of the three sword movements was powerful and perfect. Even with Chen Zong's experience and comprehension, he could only marvel at them after comprehending them.
After comprehending them, Chen Zong knew that these three sword movements were created based on the Fire Dao Intent. Its function was to unleash the power of the Fire Dao Intent to the extreme.
Moreover, the person who created these three sword movements was very creative and talented. His methods were brilliant as well. He split the power of the Fire Dao Intent and created a move from each of them, unleashing its characteristics to the extreme.
A thought suddenly appeared in Chen Zong's mind. Perhaps, that was the correct method and correct path to cultivate and utilize Dao Insights.
Only in this way would he be able to cultivate Dao Insights better, and only in this way would he be able to better utilize the might of Dao Insights to the limit.
At the end of the day, he had talent, comprehension, and sufficient foundation and experience, but he had only just broken through to the Saint Rudiment Stage. Although he also had the Great Abyss King's memories, those memories were fragmented and very limited.
There was very little information about the Saint Rudiment Stage in the fragmented memories of the Great Abyss King and Honorable Xie Luo.
But no matter what, Chen Zong had to carefully comprehend these three sword movements after obtaining them.
It was important to create one's own ultimate move, but it did not mean that one should reject the moves created by others.
All Flows to the Sea!
All Swords to the Origin!
Only by comprehending all the sword techniques and Sword Principles in the world could one forge the purest, best, and strongest Sword Principles without any flaws.
Moreover, by cultivating more suitable sword techniques, one could further enrich one's techniques. The more techniques one had, the more adaptable one would be in battle and the harder it would be to be restrained.
After cultivating for a while, Chen Zong grasped the basics of the three sword movements and felt their profoundness more and more.
The power of the three sword movements far surpassed the Blood Drop Sword Technique.
In other words, it was because the three sword movements were created based on the Fire Dao Intent, while the Blood Drop Sword Technique was not. Chen Zong also realized that the Blood Drop Sword Technique needed to be activated by the Blood Dao Intent to unleash its full power.
Cultivating these three sword moves was equivalent to cultivating one's own Fire Dao Insight. Fully excavating its potential and improving its level would allow one to attain the second transformation even faster, and it was even to the extent that one had a chance of finding a critical factor to break through into the intermediate-grade Dao Insight.
Fire Dao Intent!
It was as if the fire of heaven and earth possessed the characteristics and power of fire.
What were the characteristics of fire?
It burned at high temperatures!
It was blazing and violent!
It was like a bolt of lightning!
Since the ancient times until now, since the birth of humans, they'd gradually discovered the profundity of fire. Using fire for warmth and cooking food, high temperatures and burning were certain, whereas blazing and violent flames were indeed extremely violent and shocking when they burned. As for flames that were like bolts of lightning, burning flames would emit flaming lights.
The speed of light was extremely swift, and flaming lights could be considered to be a type of light.
Of course, the characteristics of fire might not be limited to these three, but these three characteristics were the most common and the easiest to notice and grasp.
The previous owner of the Crimsonhellflame Sword had created these three sword movements based on these three characteristics of fire. Not only was it able to allow him to better excavate the potential of the Fire Dao Intent and cultivate it more easily, it was also able to excavate the might of the Fire Dao Intent to the limit and strengthen his own strength.
It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone. In this way, it was equivalent to opening up Chen Zong's train of thought and understanding the direction of his cultivation in the future.
It turned out that the ultimate moves he created when he was at the Half-Saint Realm seemed to be so crude and shallow when compared to this.
However, Chen Zong was not discouraged. When he was at the Half-Saint Realm, he had only mastered half-step Dao Intent, so its power was limited and he didn't know how to excavate much of his potential.
Only when he stepped into the Saint Realm and transformed half-step Dao Intent into Dao Intent could he understand the true profundity of it.
Chen Zong had a feeling that the Saint Realm seemed to be the true starting point of cultivation and the beginning of transcendence.
Collecting his thoughts, Chen Zong swung his sword again.
When the sword rose, a wisp of crimson sword light broke through the air like a stream of flames. In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the sky and hit the Black Demon Golden Pillar, leaving a sword mark on it.
The speed of this sword was even faster than before.
However, it was still not enough. Chen Zong could clearly feel that he hadn't truly grasped this sword and still needed more cultivation.
As for the other two sword movements, he didn't have extra time and energy to cultivate them at the moment.
In the cultivation room, every time Chen Zong swung his sword, he would pause for a dozen breaths to quietly comprehend and ponder before swinging his sword again.
Time passed slowly. Chen Zong didn't seem to know fatigue. He kept cultivating, swinging his sword, and comprehending. After a day, the speed of his sword had increased a lot. After two days, the speed of his sword had increased again. After three days, the speed of his sword had increased.
On the fourth day, the speed of his sword seemed to have reached its limit and it was difficult to increase it any further.
"Initiation," Chen Zong muttered to himself.
The Crimson Light Sword had finally reached the Initiation Level and could display its initial power. However, reaching the Initiation Level meant that he had reached a bottleneck. It would not be easy to break through.
Chen Zong put it aside for the time being and cultivated the second sword movement, Bursting Flames!
This sword movement focused on the fury of fire. Its terrifying power erupted in an instant and reached its limit, destroying everything in its path.
Boom!
Raging flames shot out like a ball of fire. It streaked across the sky like a stream of flames, blazing fiercely. It directly hit the Black Demonic Golden Pillar and exploded in an instant. Terrifying fluctuations of fire spread all around the Black Demonic Golden Pillar, constantly stirring up the sound of explosions.
When the fire dissipated, there was a large hole and many smaller holes on the Black Demonic Golden Pillar.
Chen Zong frowned slightly.
The power was too scattered. He needed to continue cultivating.
After another three days, the Bursting Flames Sword struck the Black Demonic Golden Pillar and exploded. When the fire dissipated, there was a hole left on the pillar.
Initiation!
Then, Chen Zong began to cultivate the third sword movement, Ashes.
Ashes!
Ashes of the Dying Flames!
When the raging flames had burned away, only a layer of ash was left. Ashes.
Although there was no difference in the three sword movements, Chen Zong felt that Ashes was the most terrifying one.
It turned out that Chen Zong was right. After three days of cultivation, he still hadn't mastered Ashes.
It wasn't until the sixth day that Ashes was considered Initiation. It was much more difficult than Crimson Light and Bursting Flames.
At this point, all three sword movements had reached Initiation and could display their power.
In comparison, Chen Zong found that Ashes was more useful and practical than his Limitless Sword Prison. After all, the Limitless Sword Prison was created when he was at the Half-Saint level and was based on half-step Dao Intent.
"Creating a unique skill is just a way to explore the path of cultivation," Chen Zong said to himself.
What was the essence of cultivation?
Survival?
Longevity?
Supremacy?
None of them. None of them.
At the beginning of cultivation, it was to master great power and survive better in danger. When one could survive, one would begin to pursue other things, such as longevity.
When one could live longer, it was more than that. One hoped to surpass the shackles of lifespan and the shackles of heaven and earth and pursue eternity.
The higher one stood, the further one could see.
As for combat, it was only to serve cultivation. It would allow one to go further and stand higher, and ultimately surpass everything.
After all, there were too many dangers on the path of cultivation. When faced with these dangers, one couldn't resist them without sufficient means and ability. If one couldn't withstand them, one could only die and become nothing.
The sudden enlightenment shook Chen Zong's heart and soul. It was as if a storm had swept up in his soul. Vaguely, Chen Zong seemed to have understood something. He felt as if he had peeked into a mystery.
However, his realm was too low and he couldn't really touch it.
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