Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 22 The Celestial Sword Path: A Solid Foundation

At this moment, Taiwei's aura suddenly changed. The ever-changing aura of humanity merged with the indifferent and sublime aura of heaven. Taiwei unleashed a sword strike, and the great power of heaven and humanity was perfectly and harmoniously controlled by Taiwei's sword.

Humanity guides Heaven, and Heaven governs humanity; the two paths of humanity and Heaven are perfectly intertwined in Taiwei's sword strike.

Harmonious, bright, lively, and natural, Shenxiao's face first showed a blank expression when he saw this sword, followed by a bitter smile. The divine incarnation that descended was cleanly and neatly cut in half by Taiwei's sword.

In the Divine Firmament Palace, Taiwei and Shenxiao sat facing each other, their eyes closed, still savoring the exciting and intense clash and battle that had just taken place.

After a long while, Shenxiao slowly opened his eyes, looked at Taiwei who was smiling across from him, and showed a look of admiration on his face: "Fellow Daoist was able to open up a brand new branch of swordsmanship on his own. Shenxiao admires you."

"Hehe, what branch of swordsmanship? It's just some swordsmanship insights I had back then. I never expected that it would be successfully evolved with the help of you, fellow Daoist."

Taiwei looked at Shenxiao, a hint of joy on his face. The sword technique he had just used was something he had gradually come to understand during his battle with Shenxiao. Taiwei called this sword technique he had just come to understand the "Celestial Sword Technique".

Using the heavens to govern people, and using people to guide the heavens, the heavens and people are in harmony, and people and swords are in harmony. This is the unique sword path of Taiwei, and it is also a new branch of the sword path mentioned by Shenxiao.

As the most widely spread acquired path in the primordial world, the way of the sword has been practiced by countless beings. The branches of the way of the sword are also vast and numerous. However, in general, the way of the sword can be roughly divided into four major branches.

The first is the Flying Immortal Sword Way, which pursues the ultimate speed and chases after light and lightning; the second is the Power Sword Way, which uses force to overwhelm others and employs wide and sweeping movements; the third is the Killing Sword Way, which is fierce and violent and specializes in killing; and the fourth is the Heart Sword Way, which is about understanding one's own heart and controlling the sword with one's mind.

Taiwei had long harbored a desire to delve into the Dao of Sword since the beginning of time, and his own swordsmanship was quite formidable. However, Taiwei had never had any intention of pioneering the Dao of Sword.

In Taiwei's view, he already possessed enough supernatural powers and techniques. Even if he had comprehended the way of the sword, it would have been nothing more than icing on the cake for him at that time, offering little help.

However, he never expected that one of his Dao Fruit clones would comprehend the Heavenly Sword Dao of the Heavenly Man Reincarnation and Man and Sword Interaction.

Although this sword path has only just been opened up, Taiwei, who has comprehended it, has already begun to receive immense fortune from countless sword cultivators.

Furthermore, at this time, Taiwei was merely a Golden Immortal cultivator, and the Heavenly Sword Dao was not something dispensable to him.

Having mastered the Celestial Sword Dao, Taiwei's current combat strength can be said to be approaching that of Long Qiao, whom he had seen before. There should not be many beings in the Golden Immortal realm who can pose a threat to Taiwei.

"Fellow Daoist's abilities have truly broadened my horizons. I originally thought my foundation was solid enough to prepare for advancing to the Taiyi realm, but now it seems that my foundation still needs further refinement."

Shenxiao looked at the awe-inspiring sword intent slowly receding from Taiwei's body and sighed. Recalling the eighteen paths, twelve great divine abilities, and the Heavenly Sword Dao that Taiwei had displayed, Shenxiao understood that if he were at the same level as Taiwei, he would likely not be Taiwei's opponent.

This is something Shenxiao cannot tolerate. As someone who has cultivated from an ordinary thunder spirit to his current state, Shenxiao does not believe that he is inferior to others. This absolute self-confidence is a mentality shared by every powerful being in the primordial world.

Therefore, Shenxiao has decided to further refine his foundation. He will absolutely not attempt to advance to the Taiyi realm unless he surpasses the foundational strength that Taiwei has already revealed!

"Fellow Daoist, you are too modest. Everyone's foundation is different, and their pursuits are also different. How can you imitate the way of others?"

Taiwei looked at Shenxiao, whose face was full of fighting spirit, and advised him. In his opinion, Shenxiao's foundation was already solid enough. The five heavenly thunders almost covered all the laws of the primordial world, and the three great thunder seals were even more precious treasures of heaven and earth. Each of the three great thunder seals was a spiritual treasure.

The combined Great Thunder Seal of the Three Directions is comparable to a post-natal treasure. If such a foundation still needs polishing, then almost all Golden Immortal cultivators in the Primordial World need to further polish their foundation.

As for Taiwei, his foundation and starting point were different from Shenxiao's from the very beginning. He was born much earlier than Shenxiao and was a top-level power in the world. Naturally, he would try every means to strengthen his foundation.

Because only he knew how terrifying the foundations of those top beings were, Taiwei believed that what Shenxiao needed most right now was to advance to the Taiyi realm.

Only after reaching the Taiyi realm can Shenxiao see a wider world, obtain more cultivation resources, and understand that the extremely powerful foundation of Taiwei in his eyes is not considered strong at all compared to those top-level Yuanshi True Saints; it is merely barely adequate.

The Primordial True Saints of the Taiyi Realm in the current Primordial World have all spent hundreds of millions of years in the Taiyi Realm, accumulating a foundation that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Take Taishang at the beginning of creation as an example. Taiwei knows that before Taishang advanced to the Taiyi realm, he created three thousand golden immortal incarnations, each representing a different Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

It is precisely for this reason that Taishang was not the first cultivator to advance to the Taiyi realm. Later, Taishang merged his three thousand avatars and ascended to the peak of the Taiyi realm in one step.

Later, Taiwei also heard that Taishang seemed to intend to create three thousand avatars again and planned to raise all three thousand avatars to the Taiyi realm before advancing to the Daluo Daojun realm.

Only such a foundation can be considered extremely solid. Compared to it, the so-called solid foundation of Taiwei mentioned by Shenxiao is probably not even qualified.

However, as Zi said, everyone's pursuits and ideas are different, and blindly pursuing the great path of others is simply not advisable.

Just like Taishang, even though he evolved three thousand avatars of the same level when he was in the Golden Immortal Realm, there were still beings among all the Golden Immortal Realm cultivators at that time who could rival Taishang.

At that time, Taiwei only cultivated a few major paths, but he was still able to contend with Taishang head-on. It was hard to say who would win or lose.

Therefore, Taiwei has always pursued his own path. He would try to understand and comprehend the paths of others, but he would not learn them. He has his own path.

(End of this chapter)