Chapter 333: Chapter 333: One Heart, Many Thoughts, Two Modes, Four Symbols

In Ye Tianling’s heart, a sword had already taken form.

And in his hand, a sword also appeared.

A Blood Sword, a shadow of crimson light, coalesced from the Power of Slaughter.

The Blood Sword looked utterly ordinary, yet the flowing, mystical, and profound transformations of its Runes were both deep and distinct!

Ye Tianling gripped the blood-red Blood Sword.

In that instant, his presence was as profound as an abyss and as unshakable as a mountain—he had achieved the Unity of Man and Sword.

In that moment, Ye Tianling felt as if he and the blood-red Blood Sword had become one.

He was the sword, and the sword was him.

"Eternal Silent Extinction, One Heart, Many Thoughts! When the One Heart Sword is drawn, heaven and earth rage!"

’The first sword... The first sword of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique. It should infuse the sword with Soul Qi, manifest Sword Intent, and descend with terrifying might. It is a single strike of slaughter that brings silent extinction to heaven and earth.’

Ye Tianling mused for a moment. Then, with a slight tremor of his hand, a terrifying beam of sword light suddenly slashed through the Void.

OMMM—

It carved a trajectory of silent extinction through the Void.

In that single strike, Sword Intent, Sword Heart, and even the conceptual state of Sword Essence manifested.

"This—"

In that instant, seeing the aura and trajectory of that sword, Wan Jimie was completely stunned.

His eyes were stretched wide, looking as if they would bulge from their sockets, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

It seemed he was excited beyond measure.

Not just Wan Jimie, but even Wan Xuegui, who was beside him and learning with rapt attention, nearly pissed his pants—the scene was too shocking!

This single strike from Ye Tianling completely obliterated his own version of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique, turning it to dust!

It was as if Ye Tianling’s Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique was a Top Grade, Divine Level technique, while his own was the absolute lowest of the low—a Yellow Tier Lower Grade Cultivation Technique!

Even an ordinary person could see the difference at a glance, let alone an expert like him who specialized in the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique!

"Master is really something else! So amazing!"

Wan Xuegui was thrilled beyond belief. At the same time, he shot a reproachful glance at Wan Jimie. "The Wan Family’s Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique is such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique! Why didn’t you tell us sooner, Elder? We must have been practicing it wrong all this time. What Master is doing now, that’s the correct way, isn’t it?"

This look of his gave Wan Jimie the impulse to slap him to death, but he held back, acting as if he hadn’t seen it.

In truth, Wan Jimie was just as floored. He was practically dumbstruck.

Having cultivated the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique for countless years, how could he not know its strengths and weaknesses?

But now, seeing the killing blow Ye Tianling had just executed, Wan Jimie knew—he truly knew nothing! He didn’t know the true Cultivation Technique for the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique!

’How... how can it be so complete? I’m supposed to be his temporary master... Please don’t let me end up becoming the student. That... that would be a complete joke...’

Wan Jimie was completely shocked, and even mumbled to himself involuntarily.

With a mere thought from Ye Tianling, the Blood Sword shot back like a streak of Flowing Light without any further action. It then began to hum softly, as if it possessed a spirit of its own, resonating perfectly with Ye Tianling’s heart.

Even without using any of his Sword Dao Talent, Ye Tianling felt an intense connection, a sense that he could command the Blood Sword at will. It was as if the blade had become an extension of his own body, completely under his Control!

"Senior Brother Jimie, was there anything wrong?"

Ye Tianling retracted the Blood Sword, transforming it into a wisp of Dao light that dissipated into the world.

Then, he looked at Wan Jimie.

"Wrong? Uh—no, nothing’s wrong. You... you’re cultivating very well. No flaws for now."

Wan Jimie said, stammering slightly. His old, yet still handsome face twitched almost uncontrollably a couple of times, and a fanatical, strange glint flashed in his eyes.

Ye Tianling was a little surprised, but he quickly understood.

It was because his cultivation speed had exceeded Wan Jimie’s expectations, and his Talent had shocked him.

After all, his comprehension came from a complete Supreme Dao, and he wasn’t affected by the Heaven and Earth Laws of this broken World.

Whereas Wan Jimie, living in a broken Law Realm, had incomplete comprehension in many aspects.

After a moment of thought, Ye Tianling knew the reason.

Ye Tianling pondered for a moment, then spoke again: "Senior Brother Jimie, what about the later parts of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique?"

"This first sword, this first move, is about grasping the might of Sword Intent, letting it flow from your will, and achieving Sword Heart Clarity."

"So, what are the subsequent transformations?"

The subsequent changes, Ye Tianling found, were indeed difficult to deduce using the Path of Time Origin.

The general outline of the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique was too broad, and the complexity of the Soul Dao transformations it contained was unimaginable.

Wan Jimie fell into deep thought. Then, his figure moved, and a sword condensed from Ancestral Dao Soul Qi appeared in his hand.

The sword wasn’t real, but the moment it appeared in his hand, it immediately manifested a different Dao.

Ye Tianling felt that he was not just the sword, but a Perfect union of Sword Heart, Sword Spirit, Sword Soul, and Sword Spirit!

However, amidst this Perfection, Ye Tianling always felt there was some flaw, but for the time being, he couldn’t spot what was wrong.

Wan Jimie began to manifest waves of sword shadows.

With a single move of his sword, light flashed, and one strike produced two sword shadows.

The two sword shadows quickly became four sword shadows.

The four sword shadows then split into eight sword shadows.

This change occurred within the span of a breath.

And it continuously formed one Reincarnation after another.

After a hundred or so breaths, Wan Jimie finished his demonstration. After withdrawing his sword, he looked at Ye Tianling with eyes full of expectation.

By now, Wan Jimie was completely ignoring Wan Xuegui’s suspicious glares.

"Tianling, now that you’ve seen my demonstration, what are your thoughts?"

Hearing this, Ye Tianling’s brows furrowed slightly. He said, "I feel there are very serious problems."

"Oh? And what might those be?"

Wan Jimie’s gaze sharpened.

His voice even held a slight trace of excitement.

Ye Tianling didn’t think much and said directly: "Your Sword Dao has both might and presence. Your Sword Heart is manifest, and you’ve displayed Sword Intent, Sword Heart, Sword Spirit, Sword Soul, and Sword Spirit. But for the second level of Sword Dao, doesn’t that seem too complex? There’s another point. For the Ten Thousand Thoughts in One Heart Sword Technique, using Soul Qi to form a sword, one sword giving birth to two, and two swords giving birth to four—all of that is correct.

But after four swords, it absolutely should not be eight swords!"

"If not eight swords after four, then how many?"

Wan Jimie’s gaze sharpened, his voice incomparably solemn.

"Sixteen swords!"

Ye Tianling said with certainty.

"What makes you say that?"

Wan Jimie immediately asked again.

Ye Tianling pondered for a moment and said, "One becomes two, two becomes four. I paid attention to the changes in the Dao Patterns. It’s not a division, but a single whole."

"The four are a single entity!"

"After four, generating one is a return to unity."

"Returning to one will again generate two, which will become four."

"A four-fold combination is four times four, which is sixteen. There’s no need for eight swords in between. The appearance of eight swords isn’t a continuation, but an interruption of the Sword Dao. It interrupts the process of returning to one that should happen after four."

"Therefore, this kind of Sword Dao won’t be powerful. On the contrary, its Battle Power will be greatly reduced!"

Ye Tianling said with great conviction.