Heavenly Sword Saint
Chapter 8 :The Heavenly Sword Scripture
Night quietly descended upon the Jian Clan.
The courtyard became silent.
The moon hung high in the sky, casting a pale glow through the broken window.
After making sure Liu Ruyan and Xiao Yue had returned to rest...
Jian Chen slowly sat cross legged on his bed.
His breathing gradually steadied.
He closed his eyes.
His consciousness slowly sank into the depths of his soul.
The next moment...
The familiar sea of consciousness appeared before him.
Endless darkness stretched in every direction.
Floating at its center...
Was the ancient golden scroll.
The Heavenly Sword Scripture.
It emitted a faint golden radiance, illuminating the surrounding darkness.
Jian Chen's eyes shone with anticipation.
The moment he obtained the Scripture inside the Heavenfall Secret Realm...
Lin Xue'er's sword had pierced through his back.
He had died before he could even examine what kind of inheritance he had received.
Now...
After a thousand years had passed...
He finally had the opportunity.
He slowly walked toward the ancient scroll.
This time...
Nothing interrupted him.
He reached out with his spiritual sense.
The instant he touched the scroll
Boom!
A deafening sword cry echoed throughout the sea of consciousness.
The golden scroll slowly unfolded.
Countless ancient sword runes rose into the air.
Each rune contained an indescribable mystery.
Even Jian Chen, who had once been recognized as the greatest sword genius of his generation, found them difficult to comprehend.
Then...
An ancient voice echoed through the endless darkness.
"The Sword..."
"Is the beginning of all blades."
"It is the king of all weapons."
"It can protect."
"It can destroy."
"It can sever fate."
"It can cut through reincarnation."
As the voice faded...
Streams of golden light poured into Jian Chen's mind.
An enormous amount of information flooded his consciousness.
His breathing became heavier.
The first chapter of the Heavenly Sword Scripture.
Sword Heart Foundation.
Jian Chen immediately immersed himself in its contents.
The more he read...
The greater the shock in his heart became.
"This..."
"This is impossible..."
During his previous life...
He had cultivated one of the Jian Clan's supreme cultivation techniques.
It had allowed him to become the greatest genius of the Divine Realm at such a young age.
He had believed it to be one of the finest cultivation arts in existence.
But compared to the Heavenly Sword Scripture...
It was like comparing a candle to the blazing sun.
The Scripture did not merely teach cultivation.
It revealed the true essence of the Sword Dao.
Every sentence contained profound truths.
Every word seemed capable of guiding a swordsman toward the peak of cultivation.
After an unknown amount of time...
Jian Chen slowly opened his eyes.
"So this is the true Sword Dao..."
A faint smile appeared on his face.
Then...
His smile gradually disappeared.
He had discovered a problem.
The Heavenly Sword Scripture required the cultivator to first condense a strand of sword qi before using it to guide spiritual energy through the body and temper the meridians.
Yet...
This body's meridians were completely blocked.
Spiritual energy could barely circulate.
Forget cultivating the Heavenly Sword Scripture.
He could not even cultivate the most ordinary technique.
Jian Chen fell into deep thought.
If an ordinary cultivator encountered such a problem...
They would probably despair.
But Jian Chen remained calm.
Although he had died at a young age....
He had stood among the greatest geniuses of the Divine Realm.
His understanding of cultivation far surpassed anyone in this small Mortal Realm.
"There must be a solution."
He carefully reread the first chapter.
His eyes scanned every ancient rune.
Suddenly...
His gaze stopped.
A paragraph hidden among countless sword runes caught his attention.
"The Sword Heart Foundation can only be cultivated by those born with blocked meridians."
He smiled as he thought to himself it seem this cultivation technique is made for me.
"The cultivator must first condense a strand of sword qi."
"Using the sword qi as a blade..."
"Open the blocked meridians one by one."
Jian Chen's eyes lit up.
"So that's the method."
But as he continued reading...
His expression turned serious.
The process was unimaginably dangerous.
Using sword qi to forcefully open blocked meridians was like carving a path through solid rock with a razor-sharp blade.
The pain would be excruciating.
One mistake...
Could permanently destroy the meridians.
Even death was possible.
Jian Chen slowly closed the Scripture.
His expression remained calm.
A dangerous path?
He had walked countless dangerous paths before.
If he feared pain...
He would never have become the greatest genius of the Jian Clan in his previous life.
If he feared death...
He would never have entered the Heavenfall Secret Realm.
Now...
He had been given a second chance.
He would not waste it.
A determined light flashed in his eyes.
"Tomorrow..."
"I'll begin opening my meridians."
"No matter how painful it is..."
"I must cultivate."
Only by cultivating...
Could he protect his mother.
Only by becoming stronger...
Could he uncover the truth behind his father's disappearance.
And only by standing once more at the peak...
Could he one day return to the Divine Realm...
To settle the blood debt left behind by Lin Xue'er and Long Tian.
The ancient scroll slowly closed once again.
Its golden light gradually faded.
The room returned to silence.
Outside...
The moon continued to shine over the sleeping Jian Clan.
No one knew...
That within the forgotten courtyard...
A legend had quietly taken the first step toward rising once again.