Seeking the Flying Sword Path

As Qin Yun watched the changes happening to the Three Realms, the change of Yin and Yang drove changes in the Myriad Things in the Heaven and Earth. He carefully pondered over its profound charms.

After half a month of observation, he suddenly felt something arise in him.

The accumulated insights over all his years of cultivation had finally reached the breakthrough point.

“Yin and Yang are just two sides of the same coin for the Myriad Things. The changes of Yin Yang are the fundamental reason for change in the Myriad Things.” Qin Yun’s mind was brimming with joy. The moment he figured out the Dao of Yin Yang Changes and naturally combined it with the Dao of Supreme Yin and Dao of Supreme Yin, the three Dao fused into one… forming a perfected Great Dao—Great Dao of Yin and Yang!

The Yin Yang Great Dao was also known as the Yin Yang Opposing Forces Great Dao. It similarly represented a supremum under the Heavenly Dao and also represented a core rationale of the Heavenly Dao.

Acquiring comprehension of the Dao in the morning leaves one contented even if one dies in the evening.

To see through the myriad objects to their core with a glance indeed gave cultivators an infinite joy.

Added to the fact that he had grasped the Great Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man previously, the combination of the two pushed Qin Yun’s comprehension of the Myriad Things to a far deeper level.

“Up to this day, I have figured out the Great Dao of Yin and Yang. Together with my former Great Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man, my realm can finally match that of Ancestral Dragon, Hou Yi, and the other half-step Heavenly Dao realm existences,” thought Qin Yun. “It’s the first time I’m feeling that I’m not too far from the Heavenly Dao realm.”

The Heavenly Dao and Myriad Things seemed extremely profound, but every perfected Great Dao pointed to their essence. The more he grasped, the more he understood of the Myriad Things in the Heaven and Earth. When he grasped two perfected Great Dao, his combat strength was already very close to the Heavenly Dao realm. When he grasped three perfected Great Dao, it would generate a qualitative change, allowing the three to synergize into the Myriad Things, and letting him fully comprehend the Dao of the Myriad Things in Heaven and Earth and attain the Heavenly Dao realm.

“However, luck was involved in me being able to figure out the Great Dao of Yin and Yang.”

“Firstly… I relied on the Spirit Enlightening Fruit to be able to figure out the Dao of Supreme Yin and Dao of Supreme Yang in a short period of time. Then it took tens of thousands of years, together with the changes in the Three Realms, for me to figure out the Dao of Yin Yang Change,” thought Qin Yun. “If not for the Spirit Enlightening Fruit and this change in the Three Realms, I might not even have figured it out even after spending millions of years or more.”

“Therefore, Master and the rest, and even Amita, who has recently broken through, are indeed impressive. They have gone through great ordeals and have reached the Heavenly Dao realm through long periods of cultivation,” thought Qin Yun.

For instance, for Hou Yi to be as powerful as he was, it firstly had to do with his extremely high realm. He was in no way inferior to the Ancestral Dragon and the rest. Secondly, he had created the Heart Force lineage by himself and had cultivated to an extremely high realm. Combining all these means, he was able to produce terrifying strength that far exceeded his level.

Every expert was not a fluke of chance.

Under the threat of the Itinerant Immortal tribulations, Qin Yun had been forced to cultivate to an extremely powerful state in a short ten thousand years. Otherwise, death would have been his only option. He had even forged a new sword immortal lineage, with its Essence Soul taking the form of a human. It was qualitatively different from the sword-shaped Essence Soul. The cultivation Dharmic formulation also influenced one’s heart and mind; for instance, fiendish cultivators would become crazier and more relentless.

It was unknown how big the difference was between a sword-shaped Essence Soul and a humanoid Essence Soul.

But without a doubt—

From the experience of all the lineages in the Three Realms, a humanoid Essence Soul was the orthodox method.

All the Daoist Three Pure Ones were as such. Although the Grand Supreme Dao Ancestor had created the sword cultivator lineage out of thin air, he did not cultivate it himself, so his Essence Soul was still that of a humanoid form.

“The combination of Yin Yang and the Heaven, Earth, and Man requires furthermore fortification. I believe having offensive moves that reach the Heavenly Dao might wouldn’t be difficult,” thought Qin Yun. Although he had focused on offensive moves in the past tens of thousands of years, and had an Intrinsic Connate Merit Cardinal treasure that improved his offensive might to the point of being close to the Heavenly Dao realm, they were still lacking something. Clearly, breaking through that bottleneck was an extremely difficult thing.

However, Qin Yun was very confident after figuring out the Great Dao of Yin and Yang.

His offensive moves would definitely reach the might of the Heavenly Dao realm. If he were to burn his Essence Soul, he might even match Hou Yi’s Essence Soul-burning fifth or sixth arrow.

When it came to the offensive, Qin Yun still had to admit that… even as a sword immortal, he was still inferior to Hou Yi who had fused the Heart Force into everything he had. Furthermore, Hou Yi had obtained many treasures in the spatial tide. For instance, the three curved sabers from Bohan Island Lord and the Spirit Enlightening Fruit and Chaos Origins Fruit. As long as he consumed the Spirit Enlightening Fruit and entered seclusion, his strength would increase further, and it was a possibility that he would break through to the Heavenly Dao realm.

“Although I’ve improved tremendously, I’ll still have to cultivate a long time before I can reach the Heavenly Dao realm.” Qin Yun closed his eyes and continued cultivating.

The fusion of Yin Yang and Heaven, Earth, and Man.

When applied to the Misty Rain Array, how would it fare in fending off enemies? How was it used to kill enemies? How could it be used to trap enemies?

He had to admit that ever since the Cyclic Sword Flash he used from a young age, he had quite some insight when it came to defensive arts. In addition to the ten thousand years worth of focusing on defensive means before the Itinerant Immortal tribulations, he truly had talent when it came to defense. Now that he was fusing the Great Dao of Yin and Yang into the Misty Rain Array… the Misty Rain Array rapidly improved when it came to its defense capabilities.

“I’m a sword immortal; yet, I’m so fast when it comes to figuring out defensive means, but so much slower when it comes to offensive moves,” Qin Yun grumbled secretly.

…

In a blink of an eye, a month had passed since Amita broke through.

Qin Yun also cultivated for a month, and news of him figuring out the Great Dao of Yin and Yang was naturally unknown to the outside world.

“Mom, what happened to the Three Realms?” On Mt. Lightning Roar, Qin Yiyi was somewhat anxious. “Countless Small Worlds are seeing their Heaven and Earth spiritual energies go into decline. Even the Heavenly realm’s Heaven and Earth spiritual energies have thinned tremendously. It’s about half it originally was. I even feel that… it’s still decreasing in the Heavenly realm. The level of its decline is something even I can sense. This is way too terrifying.”

“The Heavenly realm, Great Worlds and Small Worlds—everywhere is having their Heaven and Earth spiritual energies thin out. And Heaven and Earth spiritual energies are fundamental to cultivation. The lesser there is, the harder it is for cultivation. Many Small Worlds can allow ascension when one cultivates to the Essence Soul realm. With the spiritual energies so thin, it’s not even possible to form an Essence Soul. They can only reach the Connate Golden Core. Ascension has also become tens of not a hundred times harder,” asked Qin Yiyi. “Mom, what exactly happened to the Three Realms?”

“I’m not sure either.” Yi Xiao shook her head and said, “I know that your father began cultivating a month ago and forbade us from disturbing him.”

“I’ve asked Yuluo,” added Qin Yiyi. “Yuluo’s master, Senior Hou Yi, also began cultivating a month ago. He forbade his disciples from disturbing him.”

Yi Xiao said, “I’m guessing that your father, Hou Yi, and the rest likely know what has happened to the Three Realms. Calm down. Let’s wait till they exit seclusion.”

“Yeah, that’s all we can do.” Qin Yiyi nodded. “However, everyone is worried at this moment. Sigh.”

The Misty Rain Sword Sect had penetrated countless Small Worlds. With the Heaven and Earth spiritual energies decline across countless Small Worlds, many of the disciples noticed it during their communications… that even the Heavenly realm was no exception in the Three Realms. Naturally, people turned worried.

Unfortunately, their Ancestral Master, Sword Immortal Qin, was in seclusion and no one was to disturb him.

******

Heavenly realm, by the bank of a lake.

A black-haired black-robed elder, Numinous Treasure Dao Ancestor, stood there, watching the lush weeds and the fish in the pond as he took in the changes of the world.

He placed great emphasis on the changes the Three Realms were undergoing. He felt that the effects of these changes were far-reaching and now, with the Heavenly realm’s spiritual energies thinning to half its original state, Numinous Treasure felt that… it was only just the beginning.

“Oh?”

Numinous Treasure suddenly had a change in expression.

“The Three Realms…” Numinous Treasure sensed it. “they’re finally forcing us to leave? That quickly?”

Ever since Gonggong smashed into Mt. Buzhou, the Three Realms had been constantly weakening despite Goddess Nüwa’s mending of the heavens. The Dao Ancestors and Buddhist Ancestor had long expected that… the Three Realms would force them to leave. However, they had expected it to be a million years into the future. But after Amita’s breakthrough, the changes in the Three Realms accelerated. Now, it was beginning to force their departure.

Whoosh. A white-haired elder appeared beside him.

“Elder Lord, you sensed it too?” inquired Numinous Treasure.

“Both of us have sensed it,” said Grand Supreme Dao Ancestor with a nod. “Amita’s breakthrough has accelerated the changes in the Three Realms. Furthermore, the changes are happening at very fast speeds every day. Now, we are sensing that the entire Three Realms are rejecting us. Perhaps, it won’t be long until, if we don’t leave… the entire Three Realms will forcefully expel us. Just like how we aren’t able to enter Great Worlds with our true bodies, our true bodies will be unable to enter the Three Realms in the future.”

Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning also walked out of the void and said, “We have long expected this day, but it has come too soon.”

“It’s just a matter of time before we ultimately leave,” said Numinous Treasure with a laugh. “To us, a million years early doesn’t really matter. Instead, it’s Black Lotus… who’s probably really anxious.”

“Yeah,” agreed Primordial Beginning. “He stirred up the Daoist-Fiend war and had it break out in the countless Small Worlds. Massive numbers of cultivators have died be they Daoists, Buddhists, or Fiends. It has indeed lessened the burden of the Three Realms over the recent years. He probably imagined that… he could drag out the fateful day by a million years, but who knew that Amita’s breakthrough would instantly cause the Three Realms to change. It’s now forcing us to leave and all his years of scheming have been for naught.”

“Since we have to leave the Three Realms, let’s prepare,” said Numinous Treasure as he turned to leave.

The Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning and Grand Supreme Dao Ancestor left as well.