Published: March 8, 2025
"Life and death power is in my hands, five fingers gather as the heavens wish to fall; Nine calamities scatter, winds and clouds converge, blood like ink beyond the Nine Heavens!"
Nine Calamity Sword, sixth section!
As Chu Yang watched the sword moves performed by the Sword Spirit, he felt an overwhelming sense of "holding the winds and clouds, with the world in my heart"!
This was an indescribable confidence, an unspeakable pride!
Life and death power is in my hands!
This was the first move of the sixth section of the sword, and it was proud and arrogant to the extreme, exuding a stern majesty. It seemed to declare to the whole world, with an attitude of sovereignty: the power of life and death in this world is wielded by me!
This was an assault that combined offense and defense!
Moreover, it seized the momentum.
In actual combat, those facing this move would feel an irresistible and overwhelming aura, inducing a sense of submission from the heart: unbeatable! Only surrender!
Under this move, if I want you to live, you shall live; if I want you to die, you shall die!
Life and death are all within a thought, depending on my mood!
The second move, five fingers gather as the heavens wish to fall!
This further amplified the momentum to its peak.
The first move dealt with mere mortals, but the second move faced the heavens themselves!
When I gather my five fingers to grip this sword, the heavens themselves must descend! Let alone those who oppose me, they can only be reduced to dust under this sword!
All who oppose me shall have no survivors!
The third sword, Nine calamities scatter, winds and clouds converge, was a completely furious assault!
It seemed to repeatedly gather the winds and clouds of the Nine Heavens, exploding each time with greater power than the last!
After the momentum built up in the first two moves, this move erupted completely; it was like the waves of the Yangtze River, like the seas swelling with tides! By the ninth explosion, it would completely detonate, destroying everything!
Blood like ink beyond the Nine Heavens!
This was the final move.
But this move was also the most bloodthirsty, after slaughtering through the mortal realm, it ascended to the Nine Heavens, still overturning the heavens and earth, blood flowing like rivers, staining the world as if with ink!
These four moves grasp the world, each one revealing a clear aura: control!
In Chu Yang's heart, the previous segments of the Nine Calamity Sword flowed like a transparent stream.
Then, reaching the present, the few moves at the sword's hilt suddenly revealed a change!
A qualitative change!
"Did you feel it?" the Sword Spirit asked energetically.
With the sixth section of the Nine Calamity Sword in hand, the Sword Spirit's weakness suddenly disappeared like a miracle, instantly recovering its full spirit. Moreover, it had taken a significant leap forward!
"I felt it!" Chu Yang said heavily, "It seems... these four moves amplify the power of the previous twenty sword techniques!"
"Indeed! With the sword hilt, a sword gains a strong support! It also has a commander, a strategist," the Sword Spirit said, "Just like an invincible elite force, this is a team. Any one of them, when chosen, is unparalleled in the world."
"But such a team, when in cooperation, tends to act independently. Therefore, in large-scale battles, such a group may not win, because regardless of how strong individual abilities are, they are still a scattered sand!"
"At this moment, a strategist is needed to unite them, to control these masters. From a pile of scattered sand, condensing into a fist! To unleash maximum combat power, even ten times or more! To seize victory and obliterate the enemy!"
"And this strategist must first integrate, understand, and craft the strongest strategy according to their strengths and weaknesses! Therefore, he must penetrate through the entire sword. Hence, the sword hilt is the root, the commander."
The Sword Spirit said softly.
Chu Yang pondered, saying, "I understand. For example, my brothers, when we all achieve great things, regardless of whether it’s Duxing, Evil Cloud, Ji Mo, Little Wolf, Wu Shang, or Not Communicating... each one, when sent out alone, is enough to dominate a region. But each has their own temperament and characteristics, so if they are not matched properly, they may not exert their strongest combat power in group battles!"