Yuán Hào's pursuit of the path to immortality was entirely due to his pursuit of the way of the sword. To him, the sword is the Tao, it is the meaning of his life.

  His Dao heart is the pursuit of swordsmanship! If he were to give up his pursuit of swordsmanship, it would be absolutely impossible. Cultivating true energy is just a means for him to pursue swordsmanship.

  A long and arduous journey of a wandering immortal, Yuan Huaozhen pursued the ultimate swordsmanship.

  Cultivation knows no years, on the path of pursuing the Way of Heaven, several thousand years are just a snap of the fingers. Yuan Huan True Person is dealing with the once-in-a-thousand-years' Loose Immortal Tribulation while traveling around the world, hoping to make some breakthroughs.

  In between, he made countless attempts, whether it was the art of sword control or the improvement of the sword itself.

  Yu Jian Zhong records it like this:

  "I have devoted myself to the way of the sword, but as I stand at the peak of the highest mountain, there is no further progress to be made. I have traveled far and wide, searching for ancient classics, and studied the methods of various schools, but in the end, it is all in vain. The art of wielding a sword has been exhausted, and the sharpness of the blade is not the true way. In the blink of an eye, more than 8,000 years have passed! And the calamity of the ninth heaven is approaching, I feel that there is no way to break through. A great man living in this world, even if his body turns to dust, what regret can he have? Alas, I am unable to complete the way of the sword!"

  This is to say that Yuan Huan Zhenren himself felt that his pursuit of the sword path had already reached the peak of a high mountain, and he could no longer move forward. So he traveled extensively, seeking ancient cultivation scriptures and other schools' cultivation methods for reference and verification. However, in the end, he was unable to break through. The changes in his swordsmanship had been exhausted, and his pursuit of the sword was ultimately not the right path. More than 8,000 years passed like this. The ninth heavenly calamity is about to descend, and Yuan Huan Zhenren has no confidence in passing it. He deeply regrets that he cannot achieve the great way of the sword.

  Li Hui couldn't help but sigh inwardly at this point. Yuan Huan's pursuit of the sword path was truly awe-inspiring.

  However, heaven does not cut off the path of humanity. In the last years before the ninth Tribulation of the Scattered Immortals, Yuan Huan Zhenren finally found some scattered information left behind by an ancient sword immortal in a ruin of an ancient cultivator.

  This discovery gave Yuan Huan a glimmer of hope.

  In the ancient times, the Sword Immortal was once glorious and dominated the cultivation world. The Sword Immortal's attacks were powerful, and their temperament was extremely proud and aloof, so other cultivators from different sects would not easily provoke a Sword Immortal.

  It is precisely because of the sword immortal's pride and fondness for fighting that they often clashed with other cultivation sects, and even had internal conflicts. The sword immortals were mostly proud and liked to be alone. In the end, the sword immortals gradually declined, and many of their skills and scriptures were lost.

  Yuán Hào True Person accidentally discovered a site of ancient cultivators, where he found some classics about the Ancient Sword Immortals. However, these classics were mostly incomplete and fragmented, making it impossible to accurately know the path of cultivation taken by the Sword Immortals back then.

  But it was precisely this bit of information that made Yuan Huan Zhenren ecstatic. He immediately plunged into the study of the ancient sword immortal's way.

  What a shocking talent Yuan Hao was, able to rely on his own strength and refer to some basic cultivation methods to create the "Five Elements Reincarnation Technique" that defies the heavens. He could also integrate worldly martial arts swordsmanship into the sword-wielding techniques of cultivators, dominating the world. After many years of contemplation, he finally inferred the path of cultivation of the ancient sword immortals from these scattered classics.

  The result of the inference made Yuan Huan Zhenren feel both sad and happy.

  Fortunately, I have devoted my life to the sword and dedicated myself to the way of the sword. Now, I finally touched a little bit of the threshold of the sword's path. Unfortunately, I am already running out of time, and the ninth Tribulation of Scattered Immortals is about to arrive. And these years, I have been infatuated with the comprehension of the sword's way, my cultivation has stagnated, and I barely passed the eighth Tribulation of Scattered Immortals. This ninth Tribulation of Scattered Immortals is even more uncertain.

  "The sage said: 'If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening!' Even if it means facing death and destruction, Yuan Huai True Man had not a single regret."

  He simply ignored the impending calamity of the Scattered Immortals and instead devoted his last moments to contemplating and researching the Way of the Ancient Sword Immortal.

  According to Yuan Hua's inference results, compared with the ancient sword immortals, Yuan Hua's cultivation in the way of the sword can only be considered as just entering the door!

  However, the time left for Yuan Huan Zhenren was really too short! The information about the ancient sword immortals that he had collected was also too little. In the end, Yuan Huan Zhenren could only propose a conjecture about the way of the sword immortals based on his own understanding of the sword path and the combination of ancient classics.

  This is "The Heart Sword Article".

  "The Heart of Sword" is about truly entering the way with a sword and achieving the method of a sword immortal!

  Cultivators take the elixir field as a furnace, refining qi into essence, refining essence into elixir, conceiving elixir into infant, and transforming the primordial infant into spirit to achieve the Great Way.

  "The Heart Sword Chapter" talks about using the dantian as a furnace to refine the lung metal energy of the human body, in order to form the heart sword!

  According to Yuan Huan's true intention, before the Yuan Ying period, those sword-controlling divine abilities were just a bit of superficial application of the Sword Immortals' understanding of the Way of the Sword. The real entry into the Way with the sword begins from the Heart Sword!

  To achieve the Heart Sword, one must first gather Lung Gold and transform it into Sword Energy, condense the Sword Energy to form the Sword Tip, and then solidify the Sword Tip to create the Sword Embryo. Using the Dan Tian as a furnace, and the Primordial Infant's Fire to temper the Sword Embryo, thus forming the Heart Sword!

  That is to say, before forming a heart sword, one must go through four stages: sword energy, sword tip, sword embryo, and finally the formation of a heart sword.

  Achieving the Heart Sword is merely the beginning of the Sword Immortal's path.

  As the cultivation continues to rise, the Heart Sword is always tempered in the primordial fire of Yuanying, and it is also constantly evolving. The Heart Sword can become a physical sword, which can be separated from the body like a magic sword to become an attacking tool, or it can serve as its own second Yuanying.

  According to Yuan Hua's speculation, as his cultivation increases, the final power of Heart Sword will reach an unimaginable level. As for what degree it can evolve to in the end, even Yuan Hua dare not make a rash judgment.

  However, Yuan Hao firmly believed that the Heart Sword would eventually evolve into the realm of "Tao".

  One of the sayings about "Tao" is that it's mysterious and even more mysterious, people who cultivate their true selves painstakingly pursue the Heavenly Tao, but if someone were to ask them to explain what "Tao" is, probably no one could make it clear. However, in the hundred skills of cultivating truth, all methods return to the Tao, and the ultimate goal of all cultivation techniques is the "Tao".

  After the Cultivator achieves the Embryonic Breath, the Embryonic Breath is not destroyed, and the True Body does not die. After achieving the Heart Sword, similarly, the Heart Sword is not destroyed, and the Primordial Spirit is not ruined. As long as the Heart Sword exists, even if the body is destroyed or the Embryonic Breath is shattered, it will not die or be destroyed.

  If the Heart Sword can ultimately be cultivated to the realm of "Tao", then naturally, one's body and Tao are the same, imperishable, and coexist with heaven and earth. The sun and moon are within one's grasp. However, these are just Yuan Huan Zhen Ren's conjectures based on his own understanding of the sword path and some incomplete ancient sword immortal classics. In other words, "Heart Sword Chapter" is an unfinished and imperfect technique.

  Yuán Hào True Person, in the "Heart Sword Chapter", had already completed the most basic framework and outline, and also pointed out the ultimate direction, but he didn't have time to practice it himself before the Ninth Tribulation of the Scattered Immortals arrived.

  It's hard not to say that fate is playing tricks on people, and suddenly enlightenment comes. The Scattered Immortal also has another name, the Earthly Immortal, with a "Xian" character in its name, yet it cannot escape the cycle of reincarnation after all. It is said that after passing through the ninth calamity of the Scattered Immortal, one will ascend to the immortal realm and roam freely between heaven and earth. However, in the Cultivation Realm, there has never been a mention of anyone who can survive the ninth calamity of the Scattered Immortal.

  "I have devoted my whole life to the way of the sword, and now I finally glimpse the entrance. If I had a hundred years' time, I would certainly be able to ascend to the heavenly way, create a school of my own, and leave a name that will last for ten thousand generations. Alas, it is hard to fulfill this wish - is this Heaven's intention? Lamentable! Regrettable!"

  Seeing these words, Li Hui couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness. Yuan Huan's lifelong pursuit of the ultimate sword path, if he could really give him another hundred years, maybe he could perfect this "Heart Sword Chapter" and achieve the supreme sword path. However, ultimately falling at the door of the sword path is indeed heartbreaking.

  "It was at the time of the heavenly calamity that I left my lifelong swordsmanship theory in a book, and placed the remaining immortal mansion in the mountains and fields, hoping that future generations would obtain it. My lifetime achievements are recorded in 'The Five Elements Cycle Key' and 'Three Chapters on Swordsmanship'. With a humble body from the rivers and lakes, and having abandoned my spiritual roots, I have achieved what I have today. Therefore, gentlemen do not become trapped by themselves, and enlightened people are not limited by their heavenly fate..."

  After reading this passage in the Jade Book, Li Hui only knew that he could obtain this immortal mansion, which can be said to be accidental, but also the result of Yu Huang Zhenren's arrangement.

  Before the catastrophe, Yuan Huan Zhenren engraved his lifelong knowledge on a jade slip and left his immortal mansion in this mountain forest, hoping that later generations would obtain it. His lifelong masterpiece was the creation of the "Five Elements Cycle Key" and his achievements in swordsmanship.

  So Yuan Huan Zhenren left a seal on the immortal mansion, only those with the five elements spiritual roots in their blood can trigger the seal and be taken into the immortal mansion.

  He thinks that he, with his humble origin and being the worst of the five spiritual roots in Xiuzhen, can still achieve so much, so people shouldn't be limited by their own shortcomings and fate.

  The last Mo Yu left his own will, hoping that the people who got the fairy house could go on in the direction of their own understanding of swordsmanship. Even if they couldn't cultivate themselves, they hoped to help him find a successor.

  He put down the jade tablet and fell into deep thought. Yuan Huan Zhenren had given him too many shocks, but also pointed out a direction for him to move forward.

  If Yuan Huaoren had passed the ninth Tribulation of the Scattered Immortals back then, he would probably have returned to take back this immortal mansion and continue his pursuit of the Sword Immortal Way. Now that this immortal mansion has been obtained by himself, it is likely that this generation's extraordinary person has truly perished in both body and Dao.

  But if one only cultivates the "Five Elements Reincarnation Technique" and uses it as a foundation to cultivate other immortal cultivation methods, perhaps they can really ascend to the realm of immortals.

  And if I follow Yuan Huaoren's route, relying on the Heart Sword Manual with only one outline, I don't know how far I can go.

  After a while, Li Hui suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "Li Hui, oh Li Hui! If it wasn't for coincidentally obtaining this immortal mansion, you would probably still be a small cultivator in Ling Xiao City who is bullied by others, with no hope of even building your foundation in this life. Now, however, you are here, looking left and right, it's truly laughable!"

  Pausing for a moment, Li Hui faced Yuan Huan's bed and imagined that Yuan Huan was sitting there, speaking seriously:

  "It's a great honor to walk the extraordinary path, achieving what others can't in a lifetime! Since heaven has given me this opportunity, allowing me to receive the legacy of my predecessors, I will follow the path they have pointed out and one day I will surely achieve greatness and fulfill their last wishes. From today on, I, Li Hui, am the successor of my predecessors! Master, please accept your disciple's bow!"

  After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in the direction where Yuan Huaoren was supposed to be.