Chapter 244: Chapter 227: Breaking the Core, Birthing the Nascent Soul (Part 2)

After Pei Min stepped into the Reflection World, he learned much, including various incidents about the Unity Sword Master.

Unity Sword Master, born from humble beginnings, ascended step by step from the mundane world to Sword Mountain River, holding down an entire era with just one sword.

In the void, the Unity Sword Master guarded the Celestial Gate with one sword, slashing a Tier Three Black Insect, and when the power of Sword Mountain River had not yet declined, he single-handedly repelled the entire Void Insect Tide, becoming a renowned Sword Master.

Pei Min, already possessing the mindset of a Sword Cultivator, struggled to accept the current state of the Unity Sword Master.

Unlike those eccentric higher beings, the Unity Sword Master was once the face of Sword Cultivators and one of Pei Min’s few role models.

“Madman? You once shook the void under the name of Unity Sword Master, with your sword dominating the world!”

Pei Min lifted his head, taking half a step forward, and spoke earnestly.

“Sword Master? Sword? Where is the sword?” The Unity Sword Master waved his hand as if being frivolous.

“The Nine Heavens and Luo God you once wielded, even though the world doesn’t remember the name of the Unity Sword Master, everyone in the Reflection World still remembers you.”

“But now I am empty-handed…”

Pei Min quietly watched the Unity Sword Master.

He seemed to sense something; the Unity Sword Master had not a trace of Sword Intent on him.

According to records, the Unity Sword Master mysteriously disappeared. Being the previous generation’s Sword Master, and the next after the Changfeng Sword Master, he was supposedly alive even today according to his age.

But it seems… there was some unexpected incident…

“Why did you abandon the sword?” Pei Min tentatively asked.

The Unity Sword Master laughed.

“Hahaha, because… I am me, and the sword is the sword; ultimately, they are separate paths.”

“But you with a sword in hand are invincible!”

“But without a sword, I can hold the universe and let my heart roam the Great Dao…”

“The Great Dao must be earned, taking sword as my path.”

“No contest, no contest. The Dao is in mountains and rivers, in spring and autumn, and in the eternal void. I can sever all under heaven, yet I cannot save it.”

“As Sword Cultivators, we should break it with one sword! Success or failure isn’t spoken!”

“No, no, the sword… cannot save… cannot save… hahahaha.” The Unity Sword Master laughed heartily again, “In face of the true Great Dao, the Sword Dao, is too small… the sword, is not the Dao…”

“Then what did I pursue with lifelong practice?” Even faced with the Unity Sword Master, Pei Min wouldn’t accept this view.

Pei Min continued: “As long as Ancient Moon isn’t destroyed one day, Sword Spirit Heaven won’t have peace for a day. Why don’t you continue wielding your sword to defend the void, senior…”

“During that time, where did you go, senior?”

“I was in the mountains, in the waters, in the grass, in the wood, in the stars, in the smoke and fire…”

“Why are there so many of you?”

“Because I am empty-handed, without a sword.”

Pei Min said nothing more.

He could see the state of the Unity Sword Master before him was very wrong, someone who attained Dao with the sword was actually rejecting the Sword Dao.

“With my longsword in hand, I will cut through all blocking me.”

“Only three feet, how can it decide everything.”

Pei Min’s gaze remained unwavering.

He flipped his hand, and the Peak Sword appeared in it.

“With a three-foot sword, I can decide a thousand miles!”

A gleam of sharpness flickered in Pei Min’s eyes, and the Sword Qi on him shot skyward, making the surrounding cloud seas tumble violently.

The Unity Sword Master slowly stood up, quietly watching Pei Min.

“Just like I was back then.”

The Unity Sword Master pointed lightly, touching Pei Min’s brow.

In the Cave Mansion.

Pei Min, who had fainted, suddenly opened his eyes.

A scorching heat surged in his brow.

Even his entire body’s blood became scorching hot.

“This is…”

“Unity Sword Body!”

Pei Min murmured.

He could feel his Unity Sword Body continuously improving, reaching higher levels.

It was the power of the Unity Sword Master, his Sword Body…

Not only that, in Pei Min’s mind appeared a sealed library of information.

Even two longswords fell before Pei Min, one exquisite azure, the other sharp and aggressive.

The aura on Pei Min’s body slowly calmed.

On Pei Min’s brow appeared a sword scar.

Within it was the unmanifested power of the Unity Sword Body and that vast library of information, the Sword Dao in the Unity Sword Master’s mind, not directly infused into Pei Min’s mind, but rather allowing Pei Min to actively learn in this form.

The yellow Sword Talisman in hand completely turned to dust.

“Unity Sword Master…”

Pei Min’s expression was complex.

He picked up the Nine Heavens Sword and Luo God Sword before him.

These were two longswords at the peak of Spiritual Treasure.

On them were the two Sword Daos of the Unity Sword Master, rigid, supple.

These two longswords were not left for Pei Min to use by the Unity Sword Master, but for him to understand the Sword Dao.

It seems… the Unity Sword Master has already left this world.

These legacies are the best evidence.

And the Unity Sword Master wasn’t killed by the Void Black Insects, nor did he die of old age; his cause of death became a mystery…

[You failed to break through to Nascent Soul, but the Nascent Soul aura temporarily lingering on you activated the inheritance within the Sword Talisman left by the Unity Sword Master.]

[You successfully gained the Unity Sword Master’s inheritance, but doubts also fill your heart about the Unity Sword Master’s ultimate fate…]

[You explore numerous tomes, finding only that the Unity Sword Master disappeared seven hundred years ago, with no other records, and even before those seven hundred years, the Unity Sword Master was guarding the void.]

[He simply vanished like that. You went to ask Mr. Huishan, sought out the Sword Venerable, but all in vain, with the only certainty being that any Unity Sword Body reappearing in the world is that of the Unity Sword Master’s disciple.]

[You continue your cultivation, swearing to break through to Nascent Soul.]

[The gifts the Unity Sword Master brought you are immense; the sealed library of information in your brow seems to contain all Swordsmanship under heaven, from which you’ve benefited endlessly, and your Sword Dao began rising step by step due to the vast Swordsmanship.]

[You can also feel an improvement in your constitution; the Unity Sword Body’s quality is slowly rising.]

Jiang Ming sighed lightly upon seeing the golden words.

The earlier Unity Sword Body was only worth five thousand Spirit Points, but now it’s worth at least six thousand Spirit Points, seemingly not much of an increase, yet the difference between the two is already quite significant.

[Celestial Sword Calendar 98,215th year, you struck down four Tier One Black Insects with one sword in the void, fiercely battled a Tier Two Black Insect for three days and nights, then slew it, leaving many Golden Core cultivators in awe of your Sword Dao.]

……

[Celestial Sword Calendar 98,228th year, you slay another Tier Two Black Insect.]

……..

[Celestial Sword Calendar 98,277th year, your Sword Dao cultivation reached its peak, and you completely digested the bloodline gifts of the Unity Sword Body.]

[Your talent rose again; the Unity Sword Body provided you with comprehensive growth.]

[In the same year, you successfully broke through to Nascent Soul, shattering the core to form the infant.]

[Sword Mountain River welcomed another Nascent Soul Sword Venerable!]

The aura from Pei Min’s body shot skyward.

The countless cultivators within Sword Mountain River showed expressions of delight.

Sword Mountain River gained another Sword Venerable!

White light emitted from Pei Min’s eyes, and for that moment, he was one with the world.

The Golden Core at his Dantian had shattered, and a phantom infant, 90% resembling Pei Min, sat solemnly within Pei Min’s Dantian, actively absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

This feeling was quite wondrous, as if there had been a shackle, and now Pei Min had broken this shackle, proving the Dao to all.

“Three hundred sixty-seven years, achieving Nascent Soul…” Pei Min murmured.

The Nascent Soul enjoys a lifespan of two thousand years.

This meant Pei Min still had over one thousand six hundred years left to spend.

Pei Min’s white robe whistled, and the sword scar on his brow had faded somewhat.

Countless Sword Cultivators around came forward to bow to Pei Min.

Pei Min just looked at the sky, thinking of something unknown.

[Your second breakthrough successfully broke through to Nascent Soul.]

[Without the Unity Sword Body, breaking through would have been difficult; luck wasn’t on your side this time, but you forced your way through with a solid foundation.]

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