Chapter 283: One Sword, One Dao

Sever ties? Ye Guan's face darkened at Little Pagoda's words. He couldn't believe that he was now being encouraged to sever ties with his father. He would get beaten up if he were to do that! Little Pagoda had truly gone too far this time.

Little Pagoda sounded excited as he said, "I'd still support you, even if you were to make that decision. Cutting ties with your father and starting a new family line sounds pretty exciting!"

"Really?" Ye Guan replied calmly, "I wonder what father and grandfather will think once they hear your thoughts.”

“Fuck!” Little Pagoda immediately panicked. "Don't snitch on me, come on!”

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Ye Guan shook his head and smiled.

He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. He had decided to focus on studying the True God Dao Manual. Raising his strength was crucial, as he had such excellent study material. He didn't want to waste this opportunity.

He decided to ignore Little Pagoda's words just now, as he would be thrown out to the streets if he were to sever his ties with his family.

Of course, Ye Guan was aware that the strength and prestige of both his father and grandfather belonged to those two alone. He was reminded of his weakness during his encounter with the Adjudication Sword Master.

What was he without his relatives? He was nothing!

His father and aunt were invincible, but he wasn't invincible.

He had to make sure that he had the correct mindset.

One moment of carelessness could easily lead him astray.

It would be absurd of him to think that he was invincible just because his father and aunt were invincible. With that attitude, he would rely on their strength all the time. Ye Guan didn't want that; he wanted to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his father and grandfather. He wanted to surpass them rather than become a spoiled child.

Casting aside these thoughts, Ye Guan began studying the Martial Arts Manual.

It contained two powerful martial arts: the Unbeatable Fist Art and the Eternal Moments. He had mastered some of the Unbeatable Fist Art's moves, but he still didn't have a grasp of the Unbeatable Fist Art's sixth move—Bury the Gods.

Ye Guan was already an Ultimate Realm cultivator. His cultivation base wasn't that high, but it wasn't too low either. In other words, he had no issues cultivating Bury the Gods.

A fist to bury a god!

Under the guidance of the mysterious voice, Ye Guan quickly grasped the core elements of Bury the Gods.

Three days later, Ye Guan stood in front of the sea with his eyes closed in concentration. He looked as though he were an old monk in meditation. After a long while, his eyes shot wide open, and he clenched his fists.

Boom!

A powerful Fist Force burst out of his fists, and the sea before him surged and boiled beneath the intense pressure. Ye Guan smashed his fist fiercely on the ground.

Crack!

The heavens, the earth, and even the spacetime were torn open as a massive illusory fist descended with tremendous force.

Rumble!

An extremely tall column of water took to the skies, and a curtain of seawater soon engulfed the distant horizon.

Bury the Gods!

Ye Guan clenched his fists, looking disappointed. It was too weak. Ye Guan could still remember Ba Wan executing the Bury the Gods, and it was drastically more powerful when she had executed it.

I have to keep training! Ye Guan dedicated five days to pushing the Bury the Gods' power to his current limit, and he trained without even a moment of rest for the sake of achieving his goal.

One day, however, Ye Guan asked, “Senior, what is the Palm Dao?”

The mysterious voice explained, "The Palm Dao is a move that refines one's palm and fist techniques. Each hand is a Dao. Big Sister when she was your age. I remember seeing her obliterating a world with a punch, and her fist became the harbinger of death soon afterward."

A punch to obliterate a world! Ye Guan was thrilled at the revelation.

"Actually, you shouldn't tackle this move yet. Actually, Ba Wan was the only one who had mastered it before the age of twenty." The mysterious voice continued. "It is a good thing that you're quite talented, and your comprehension is great as well."

Ye Guan nodded. "I'll give it a try."

With that, he closed his eyes and continued on his training.

Each hand is a Dao. Ye Guan suddenly jumped to his feet.

The mysterious voice asked, “What's wrong?”

Ye Guan didn't reply. He opened his palm, and a sword made out of sword energy soon manifested in his hand. He was silent for quite a while until he shattered it with a sword thrust.

Crack!

The sword thrust created a hundred-meter-long rift in the spacetime in front of him.

No, this isn’t right! Ye Guan closed his eyes. The rift in spacetime had vanished by the time he returned to his contemplation. Moments later, however, Ye Guan thrust his sword once more.

The sword thrust was strengthened by his sword energy, sword domain, sword intent, and sword soul.

Boom!

The spacetime ahead of Ye Guan was obliterated, creating a vacuum that engulfed everything, including sound, so the silence was deafening despite the cataclysmic explosion.

Ye Guan frowned and grumbled, "This isn't it!"

With that, he closed his eyes once again.

Little Pagoda suddenly asked, "What is he trying to do?"

The mysterious voice replied, "I don't know."

Ye Guan's eyes shot wide open, and he thrust his sword once more.

Boom!

A few kilometers of spacetime ahead of Ye Guan disintegrated into nothingness. It didn't look that different from the previous sword thrusts, but it was far more powerful than the previous ones. It had obliterated three layers of spacetime, revealing the boundless patch of spacetime beneath the layers.

Ye Guan was thrilled. "Faith! The most important part of this sword move is my faith in my swordsmanship. Each sword is a Dao, and each Dao is a sword. I am on the Invincible Sword Path! Haha…”

"This is unbelievable!" Little Pagoda gasped.

The mysterious voice chuckled. "Indeed, it is unbelievable. He has advanced his swordsmanship using a fist art as an inspiration. I truly didn't expect this from him; I can actually see traces of my Big Sister on him."

Little Pagoda asked, "What is she like? How is her temper?"

"Her temper's great," the mysterious voice said, "The issue is that she has a penchant for snapping other people's necks."

Little Pagoda was at a loss for words.

Meanwhile, Ye Guan was brimming with excitement.

Every sword move had to be suffused with his Dao. Whenever he made a move, his faith in his sword had to be clear and pronounced. He needed to have faith and believe that his sword was invincible!

Ye Guan's swordsmanship underwent a profound transformation. Ye Guan looked down at the sword in his hand and noticed that his sword intent had changed as well.

Ye Guan smiled and started studying the final move of the Unbeatable Fist Art—Unbeatable.

However, the mysterious voice suddenly said, "You can't learn it at the moment."

Perplexed, Ye Guan asked, "Why not?"

The mysterious voice continued. "There are two reasons. First of all, this move requires a certain mindset to execute. You need to look down on all living beings, and you don't have that kind of mindset yet.

"The second and last reason is that this move places tremendous pressure on your body. It is an extremely powerful move—world-shattering if I were to describe it, but at your current level, it'll shatter your physique and soul as well."

Ye Guan went silent.

"It's too powerful for you to learn at the moment. You should postpone learning it until your cultivation base and physique have reached a certain level," the mysterious voice said, "As for Eternal Moments, you have to enter the river of time and comprehend the profundities of time first before you should attempt to learn it."

"It is an endeavor that you cannot do at the moment. My Big Sister created these martial arts herself, and they're not exactly suitable for cultivators with low cultivation bases."

"I understand." Ye Guan nodded. He flipped the pages and quickly arrived at the section called Sword Manual. Ye Guan took a moment to compose himself before flipping to the first page of the Sword Manual.

The words he saw on the first page were—Sword Law: the sword is your guide, and the sword’s edge is your truth.

Ye Guan frowned at the incomprehensible words.

"You're reading the essence of the Adjudication Sword Master's Dao," the mysterious voice explained before asking, “Are you interested in it?”

"Yes!" Ye Guan nodded and explained, "How do you think she's going to react if I defeat her using her own Sword Dao?”

The mysterious voice's reply came a bit late as she said, “Her ultimate goal has always been to become stronger than anyone. She'll fall into the abyss of despair if you succeed at defeating her using her very own Sword Dao.

"However, it is going to be an extremely difficult endeavor. She's as talented as you are in the sword. Actually, it is nigh impossible for you to defeat her in just a year.

"It doesn't matter even if you spend the next year cultivating in the world inside the tiny pagoda. You were too rash when you made that bet with her."

Ye Guan sighed deeply and said, “I want to honor the faith that you and Ba Wan have in me, and I want to prove to her that both of you didn't make a mistake by choosing me!”

"Choosing you?" the mysterious voice said, "I'll consider you my disciple, then."

Ye Guan was stunned. Moments later, he regained his senses, and his expression darkened. He could feel a headache coming as he inwardly lampooned. Goodness. I really hate the Adjudication Sword Master for even making me think of such a thing!

Ye Guan set his thoughts aside and started to comprehend the Adjudication Sword Master's Sword Dao—Sword Law. It was a domineering Sword Dao, and its summit was to adjudicate all beings using the sword as the law.

The law is my sword; everything else is meaningless!

Ye Guan cultivated in the next couple of months without even a minute of rest.

Time in the world inside the tiny pagoda flowed differently from the outside world, so Ye Guan had a lot of time up his sleeve.

One day, Ye Guan exited the world in the tiny pagoda and took to the clouds.

He stood on the clouds and suddenly waved his sleeve.

A dazzling sword light flashed in the distance.

Boom!

The spacetime a kilometer ahead of Ye Guan was shredded into pieces, and a kaleidoscope of sword lights erupted afterward. Ye Guan opened his palm, and a sword returned to his hand.

He looked down at it and shook his head in disappointment. He wasn't happy with his progress. He had mastered the Sword Law, but his sword moves enhanced by the Sword Law were still not as powerful as his sword moves using the Path Sword.

Fortunately, every single stroke of the sword enhanced by the Sword Law was still extremely powerful.

"Ah, I almost forgot!" Ye Guan exclaimed and quickly closed his eyes. Sword Master Qingshan had left a sword art for him to peruse, and it was none other than the Beheading Heavens Sword Art!

Ye Guan scrutinized it and was astonished to find that it was similar to the Critical Method. He didn't waste any time and started to comprehend the profundities of the sword art.

The Beheading Heavens Sword Art and the Critical Method had one thing in common—they allowed the power of the swordsman's sword moves to reach even greater heights. Of course, the Beheading Heavens Sword Art was better.

Ye Guan used another month to master the Beheading Heavens Sword Art.

His current limit was thirty applications of his Dao in one sword move.

He couldn't go further than that; his fleshly body and soul simply couldn't withstand it, but it was understandable, as powerful techniques would always exert more pressure on their wielders.

To make matters worse, they also consumed a ton of profound energy to execute.

He could only unleash both the Sword Law and the Beheading Heavens Sword Art twice before running out of profound energy. His fleshly body and soul would also be thoroughly exhausted afterward, so Ye Guan had to exercise caution using them.

Otherwise, he would collapse and lose before the fight started.

On the same day, Ye Guan stopped cultivating. He couldn't cultivate in seclusion.

He had to go out and gain more experience through fighting.

Ye Guan left the world inside the tiny pagoda and departed for his next destination—the Time World. He also had another goal aside from becoming even stronger. Naturally, it was the goal of finding Ba Wan.

The mysterious voice suddenly asked, “What if Ba Wan fails to recognize you?”

At that, Ye Guan asked softly, “Have you ever liked someone, Senior?”

“Have you ever had a good knuckle sandwich?” the mysterious voice asked.

Ye Guan had no idea what to say to that.