Seeking the Flying Sword Path

The Qin family was the soft spot for Qin Yun…

Hitting it would definitely result in Qin Yun"s fervent revenge! With Qin Yun sparing no costs for revenge, especially just before his tribulation, no ancient existence in the Three Realms dared to provoke him. It also allowed him to live the remaining days in peace.

…

He taught his children and disciples while waiting for the day of the tribulation to come.

Three months after Yellowbeard was killed, his disciple, Bian Hanyu, easily condensed an Essence Soul after some meditative preparation through the Misty Rain lineage"s sword immortal Dharmic formulation!

Qin Yun paid his only successor of the sword immortal Dharmic formulation great attention. Furthermore, Bian Hanyu was indeed extremely talented. She was one of the top Sword Dao geniuses in the Three Realms. If not for her being plagued by mental demons, she would have long been s.n.a.t.c.hed away by the Grand Supreme sword immortal lineage. As for the other Sword Dao genius who lacked mental demons, Yu Gufeng, he finally chose the Grand Supreme sword immortal lineage when given the two choices.

Bian Hanyu was extremely talented. Without a powerful master, she had managed to reach the mid-stages of the Skyimmortal realm in a few centuries. In terms of talent, she was in no way inferior to Qin Yun of yesteryear.

It was only after Qin Yun became the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure"s disciple and with the aid of the Myriad Dharma Pool that his strength rose rapidly, allowing him to match a mighty figure at the Skyimmortal realm.

Most critically…

When faced with the fiend, Star Destruction, Qin Yun did not choose to flee. Instead, he faced the tribulation and became an Itinerant Immortal as a final bet! That bet ended up allowing him to figure out a Great Dao! After that, it naturally developed into the Great Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Man which led to his mastery of all three Great Dao and his attainment of a perfected Great Dao! The metamorphic change started from his becoming an Itinerant Immortal.

The changes a cultivator underwent were determined by the numerous choices they took on their cultivation path. Every choice was a way of honing and sculpting their experiences.

If they were not like Chaos G.o.dfiends who were born powerful, it was truly difficult to cultivate independently to the perfected Great Dao realm.

"Hanyu." In Qin Manor"s garden, Qin Yun stood in front of some bonsai decorations.

"Master." Bian Hanyu reverently stood to the side.

"Look at these bonsai. Do they remind you of something?" asked Qin Yun.

Bian Hanyu looked at the bonsai, perplexed. After some hesitation, she said, "This is a pine tree which reminds me of the pine trees on the cliffs. They undergo great difficulties living in those treacherous conditions but are able to live for long periods of time."

Qin Yun smiled. "For it to grow into this, it"s all thanks to the servants who trim and carefully maintain it while deliberately sculpting it… It is how they are able to grow into this."

Bian Hanyu nodded.

Aren"t all bonsai like that? They grew to their final form by pruning and deliberate care.

"If a tree doesn"t undergo any pruning and is led to grow, it will unlikely turn into this." Qin Yun pointed at the bonsai while he looked at Bian Hanyu. "Hanyu, your talent is no lesser than mine."

"I"m still far inferior," said Bian Hanyu immediately. Her master was the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms after all.

"However, there are many people in the Three Realms who are talented. Even in this generation, there"s someone like Yu Gufeng as well as the few disciples that the Grand Supreme sword immortal lineage has recruited. All of them are comparable to you," said Qin Yun. "If we extend our sights to the entire history of the Three Realms, the number of geniuses with talents matching yours would be even higher. Many of them fail to gain insights into a Great Dao to become a mighty figure, much less reach a realm like mine."

Bian Hanyu nodded.

Qin Yun looked at Bian Hanyu. "Back then, I was faced with a very important choice. I was faced with the destruction of my homeworld. I could have chose to flee, but if I did, I would definitely not have improved so rapidly. I might be able to create a Skyimmortal Dharmic formulation independently and eventually become a mighty figure, but the knot in my heart for abandoning my homeworld would probably have prevented me from attaining a perfected Great Dao. If I had escaped, I would probably have long gained eternal life.

"A cultivation path is just like that. Different choices with different outcomes.

"Just like this bonsai, it is sculpted into this form through pruning. If it was allowed to grow wildly, it would probably look different.

"As my disciple, what realm you cultivate to in the future will depend on your own choices," said Qin Yun. "Different choices will lead to different outcomes. Remember what I"ve told you today."

With that said, Qin Yun turned his head and left.

"I"ll remember." Bian Hanyu"s heart tightened.

Having become the disciple of the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms, having her revenge exacted, and being able to read many Sword Dao manuals, she once felt that the Great Dao was a straight, smooth-sailing path for her.

But now, having heard what her master had said…

She suddenly realized the truth. "When one has a heart of bravery and desire to improve, one should never slacken. Only by maintaining one"s Heart of the Sword would there be a chance of attaining a Great Dao. Any diversions will only steer one away from the Great Dao!"

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Although Bian Hanyu had long reached the mid-stages of the Skyimmortal realm, she was in no rush as she patiently cultivated.

On the thirtieth year of her being Qin Yun"s disciple, due to the speed of cultivation as a third firmament Essence Soul being faster than a mortal, along with the many valuable Sword Dao manuals, and Qin Yun"s guidance… she broke through once again, having her Sword Dao realm rise to that of the late-stages of the Skyimmortal realm. This delighted Qin Yun.

On the thirty-first year of her being Qin Yun"s disciple, she finally transcended the Heavenly Tribulation.

She faced the series of Wind, Fire, and Lightning tribulations.

She breezed through the Heavenly Tribulation without any accident, and with Qin Yun, Yi Xiao, Meng Huan, Qin Yiyi, and Qin Yuluo bearing witness, she successfully fused Essence Soul and body as one! She officially became a sword immortal at the Skyimmortal realm.

"It"s a success. Brother Yun, Hanyu has succeeded." Yi Xiao was overjoyed.

"Soul and body as one. Junior Sister Hanyu has become a Skyimmortal." Qin Yiyi was also delighted as she added, "Congratulations, Dad. Our Misty Rain lineage"s sword immortal Dharmic formulation… is capable of cultivating a Skyimmortal."

"Not only a Skyimmortal," said Meng Huan. "She will definitely become a Golden Immortal in the future."

Qin Yun smiled as he felt quite pleased.

In his life of cultivation, he was most proud of the sword immortal Dharmic formulation he created. To have a disciple finally become a Skyimmortal using it made up for his own regrets.

"There"s likely a chance for the Golden Immortal Dharmic formulation; unfortunately, I won"t have a chance to see it before my tribulation," thought Qin Yun. "There"s a few years left before the tribulation. Although Bian Hanyu is excellent, she"s still far from reaching the Skyimmortal bottleneck, much less from breaking through that bottleneck to attain a Great Dao.

"Only when this Dharmic formulation of mine produced a Golden Immortal does it prove that it"s not inferior to the Grand Supreme sword immortal lineage."

Although he was strong, he was ultimately an Itinerant Immortal. it was not suitable for his disciple to take the same path.

"Master." Bian Hanyu came before Qin Yun after transcending the tribulation.

"Alright."

Qin Yun pointed his finger as a wisp of Dharmic powers seeped into Bian Hanyu"s body. As he probed her Dharmic powers, he could not help but nod. "Very good. Your Dharmic powers are indeed pure."

Qin Yun was happy that the Misty Rain lineage"s sword immortal Dharmic formulation could lead to a Skyimmortal. On that day, there was a celebration in the manor, and the next day, he went to visit Hou Yi for drinks.

Time flew by.

The day of the tribulation drew near. Many in the Three Realms began discussing Sword Immortal Qin since the day of his tribulation was coming.

"The day of my tribulation is in three days. I have things I need to tell all of you." Qin Yun and Yi Xiao walked ahead. Behind them were Meng Huan, Qin Yiyi, and Qin Yuluo as they came to the Qin family"s Treasure Pavilion.

Qin Yiyi, Meng Huan, and Qin Yuluo exchanged looks, feeling puzzled.

"My Qin family"s Treasure Pavilion is known to all of you," Qin Yun said. "However, there is a hidden building in it that you are unaware of."

"We aren"t aware of?" The three were puzzled.

Yi Xiao waved her hand as the void in front of them separated, revealing a hidden building. "You will know when you enter."

They followed a corridor into another building which was huge. It spanned more than a hundred thousand feet and there were manuals, but even more impressive were the valuable treasures. There were also Connate Numinous treasures that sparkled. It left Qin Yiyi and company in a daze.

"There are three Connate Pinnacle Numinous treasures in here. Seven ordinary Connate Numinous treasures," said Qin Yun.

Qin Yiyi, Meng Huan, and Qin Yiyi looked in astonishment.

"They were all obtained by me in the spatial tide," said Qin Yun. "After killing those other-universe cultivators, I also obtained a few perfected Great Dao corpses. Each of these corpses are valued no less than a Connate Pinnacle Numinous treasure. If they are refined into puppets, they would probably have the strength of pinnacle Great Dao existences. However, refining them wouldn"t be easy! There are also some extremely precious mystical items. A number of manuals here are from other-universe cultivators.

"There"s also the Heavenly Dao realm bloodline powers from other universes, Ancestral Dragon Blood Crystals, Pangu bloodline powers, and other such items," said Qin Yun. "However, Treasure Pavilion has its rules. The treasures are not to be taken out on a whim."

"We understand." Meng Huan and Qin Yiyi said. Qin Yuluo also obediently answered.

"If there were to be trouble in the future, seek out Green Touring Palace, the dragons" Ancestral Dragon, Hou Yi, and the Three Sovereigns of humanity in Fire Cloud Palace," said Qin Yun. "They will do the best they can."

There was no need to mention Green Touring Palace.

Ancestral Dragon and Hou Yi had already given him their promises.

As for Fire Cloud Palace"s Three Sovereigns of humanity, he would also gift them handsomely! One, it was for humanity, and two, with such a handsome gift, the Three Sovereigns would definitely strive to protect the Qin family.

"These things I leave behind are not my most important treasures," Qin Yun thought wistfully.

The flying boat which Bohan Island Lord used, that set of spatial s.h.i.+elds, and the half-step Heavenly Dao corpse of the physical lineage were enough to drive ancient existences in the Three Realms into a frenzy. For example, the corpse matching the Ancestral Dragon was something even Hou Yi, Kong Xuan, and company wanted.

Unfortunately, Qin Yun did not dare leave items that were too precious in the Qin family manor. Without the strength, those treasures would only invite trouble. The treasures he had left behind was already stunning enough. If not for his tribulation, he would be in no hurry to tell his descendants about those.