Ever since arriving on the Divine Abyss Continent, Jiang Chen had never encountered a true bottleneck in his cultivation. This time, breaking through to the sixth level of the Heavenly Sovereign stage, when he felt the spark of inspiration arrive, he smashed through with unstoppable momentum. The whole process took less than ten days before he successfully broke through and entered the sixth level of the Heavenly Sovereign stage.
Upon entering the sixth level, Jiang Chen's cultivation rose dramatically, and every aspect of his combat strength climbed accordingly.
Only after the breakthrough did Jiang Chen begin to take stock of the gains and losses from the Fourth and Fifth Palaces.
Each of the Six Palaces of Inheritance yielded different rewards, and every single one was nothing short of enormous. This time was no exception.
Jiang Chen brought out the Taiji Twin Fish Swords, holding them horizontally before him, and carefully communicated with them using his divine sense. He was no stranger to weapons and had studied them extensively.
Yet even he found himself marveling at these Taiji Twin Fish Swords, again and again.
"Taiji gives birth to the Two Polarities, the Two Polarities give birth to the Four Symbols, and the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams, manifesting the myriad realms of the void. These Taiji Twin Fish Swords must be treasures born when the primordial universe first opened. They embody the creation of yin and yang and encompass the Five Elements and Six Harmonies. These swords are far from ordinary. They are divine-grade artifacts without question. Their true potential—even now, I probably cannot accurately estimate it."
Jiang Chen was immensely satisfied with the Taiji Twin Fish Swords. Although the Mad Freak's behavior was somewhat unhinged, after coming to understand his inner world, Jiang Chen knew that he was, at heart, a man of genuine passion. Still, Jiang Chen wondered—why hadn't the Mad Freak kept the Taiji Twin Fish Swords for himself? Why give them away instead?
Of course, given the Mad Freak's personality, Jiang Chen knew that if he hadn't explained at the time, pressing the matter later would yield nothing either.
With a pair of Taiji Twin Fish Swords in hand, Jiang Chen was like a tiger with wings. He decided he needed to find a sword art worthy of matching them.
When it came to martial techniques, Jiang Chen had never had to worry.
But this time, it would require careful searching. A sword art to complement the Taiji Twin Fish Swords had to align with the Dao of yin and yang, balancing hardness and softness, harmonizing the two polarities.
Every sword art, if truly exceptional, possessed its own distinctive style. Some were bold and sweeping, leaning toward the path of yang—powerful and ferocious.
Others favored the yin approach, emphasizing cunning intricacy and ever-shifting complexity.
Yet others prioritized speed. Among all martial arts under heaven, nothing defeats pure velocity. In the sword's path, reaching the ultimate pinnacle of speed meant killing in the blink of an eye.
One could say that every sword art carried a fundamentally unique style. Very few sword arts could balance yang ferocity and yin suppleness simultaneously.
Combining hardness and softness, unifying yin and yang—only a supreme grandmaster of martial Dao, one who had reached the absolute pinnacle in both realm and level, could hope to create such a thing.
Once such a sword art was born, it would inevitably become an enduring classic, standing far above the rest in tier and quality.
On the Divine Abyss Continent, sword arts of this caliber were exceedingly rare. Even if some existed, they were as scarce as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
However, in the Myriad Heavens Grand World—and especially given that Jiang Chen had spent his previous life browsing the catalogues of countless realms—he did know of a few such arts.
After all, the Myriad Heavens Grand World encompassed prodigies and powerhouses from too many planes to count. Those strong enough to reach the Myriad Heavens Grand World were, for the most part, the absolute apex of their native realms. Such people were geniuses selected from among billions.
Their comprehension, their martial Dao realms—these were nothing short of astonishing.
Each and every one of them was a supreme figure who dominated their own domain.