Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 218: Defects and Advantages
Senior Brother Ma paused for a moment, a look of regret appearing on his face, then continued:
“But unfortunately, this sword technique has an unbearable flaw when practiced deeply. Starting from the fourth level, when using the Blue Origin Sword Technique as the method to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, a strange phenomenon of power dissipation occurs every few days. The magical power refined from the spell formation in the previous days will inexplicably dissipate by a certain amount. This is truly baffling!”
“At the fourth level of the sword technique, the rate of loss is not too terrible—only about one-tenth of the newly refined magical power dissipates. With a bit of extra effort, most cultivators can recover it! But once you reach the fifth and sixth levels, the loss of spiritual power becomes horrifying, increasing by one-tenth per level, causing the painstakingly refined magical power to dissipate more and more. In other words, the fifth level sword technique loses two-tenths of the newly refined magical power, and the sixth level loses three-tenths. Under these circumstances, who would dare to continue practicing the Blue Origin Sword Technique?”
“Moreover, among our sect’s disciples, the highest level ever achieved with the Blue Origin Sword Technique was the sixth level. To cultivate beyond the sixth level, one must be a core formation stage cultivator. But seeing that at the sixth level, nearly one-third of the spiritual power is lost, these experts wouldn’t dare take such a risk! If the loss of spiritual power continues to worsen after the seventh level, wouldn’t that be unfair to these high-level cultivators?”
“Remember, once you reach the core formation stage, every step of advancement is incredibly difficult! The Blue Origin Sword Technique is especially hard to refine, causing practitioners to spend more than a decade, sometimes decades, gambling with this risk. No one would be foolish enough to do that! Besides, this sword technique is both incomplete and not a miraculous immortal method! There’s not enough motivation for them to take such risks.”
“However, the sword radiance ability of this technique is indeed very useful. It would be a pity to just give it up. So some cultivators only practice the first three levels of the Blue Origin Sword Technique, treating it purely as an auxiliary method. This way, they don’t have to fear power dissipation but can still use the sword radiance ability. Of course, even to develop the sword radiance ability alone requires these disciples to spend four or five years exclusively practicing this sword technique.”
Han Li listened to Senior Brother Ma’s long explanation, stunned speechless. When he finally came back to his senses, he felt a deep sense of discomfort!
No way—he had already cultivated to the fourth level of the sword technique! According to this, if he wanted to continue practicing the Blue Origin Sword Technique, one-tenth of the magical power he refined would be mysteriously lost. And as the level deepened, the loss would increase even further!
How was he supposed to keep cultivating like this?
However, since everything had been explained so clearly, there was no way he would foolishly continue practicing this sword technique. His cultivation of the Blue Origin Sword Technique would end here.
Just as Han Li made up his mind, Senior Brother Ma’s next words surprised him a bit:
“Despite such a huge flaw, the Blue Origin Sword Technique still has its unique strengths. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have become the sect’s signature spell formation back then,” said Senior Brother Ma, pursing his lips with a suddenly nostalgic tone.
“I’ve heard from others that although this sword technique is unbelievably slow to cultivate, each level refined can expand the meridians and deepen the dantian. Cultivators who have practiced it have magical power that’s deeper than other cultivators of the same rank.”