“For your sword techniques to possess such power, it shows you already have some preliminary understanding of the Sword Dao. But to better comprehend the Sword Dao, you must first understand its fundamental essence.

“The so-called Sword Dao is the Great Dao’s supreme principles embodied within the sword. As for what those principles are, we’ll talk about that later.

“Have you ever wondered why your spirit root is called a Sword Spirit Root? Since a Sword Spirit Root exists, could there also be Saber Spirit Roots, Spear Spirit Roots, Staff Spirit Roots—or simply, weapon spirit roots?”

Lu Yang shook his head. The question had never crossed his mind. He simply felt that wielding the sword came naturally to him, as if he was born to be fated with the sword.

The Taciturn Daoist Priest continued, “The Sword...