High Martial: I Grind Professions

Chapter 244: Chapter 159: Scholar Lv. 13, Descending the Mountain, Blade Soul

Without any need for preparation, the Dawn Five Forms—Shadow-Chaser, Wind-Chaser, Thunderbolt, Silent Rainbow, and Thousand-Suns—flowed effortlessly from his hands.

But this time, it was completely different.

The gleam of his blade was no longer just condensed lightning and pure technique; it now held the endless emotions churning within his heart.

The warmth of longing for his home and family, the sorrow of worrying over his parents’ graying hair, the solemnity of the threat from the Demon Race, the obsessive desire to break through his shackles, the resolve to protect the legacy of Fire World, the poignant sense of mission he felt as he watched Ling Feng descend the mountain...

All these emotions were highly compressed, ignited by his Spiritual Power, and propelled by the utmost condensed essence of the God-Demon Thunder Fiend, ultimately forged into every single gleam of his blade.

The Five Forms flowed like liquid mercury, unbelievably smooth, with not a hint of awkwardness in their transitions.

As the blade’s momentum flowed, Shadow-Chaser became a guiding thread, Wind-Chaser granted ultimate agility, Thunderbolt erupted with roaring power, Silent Rainbow showered down a destructive edge, and Thousand-Suns condensed the will of a hundred strikes into one.

They were no longer just five powerful, independent forms, but different movements of the same battle hymn.

Li Wen danced, completely lost in his movements, as a faint, purple-gold Soul Fire rose and coiled around his body, entwined with the light of his blade.

In the center of the training ground, an invisible domain of aura expanded, its sharp intent pricking the onlookers’ skin with pain.

The ordinary training saber in his hand now seemed to carry an immense weight, yet it was also so light it could have sliced through moonlight.

The once-bustling training ground fell completely silent.

Wang Shuo and Fang Chenghong, who had been walking together, were stopped dead in their tracks by the sudden eruption of terrifying Blade Intent, their gazes snapping toward the source in astonishment.

Fang Chenghong also whipped his head around, his eyes filled with disbelief.

A few Flying Star Level disciples who recognized Li Wen gasped and took an involuntary step back.

They had never witnessed such a terrifying Blade Intent, one that felt as if it could cleave a person’s very soul in two.

There was no earth-shattering sound.

Only the clear, lingering cry of a dragon, powerful enough to cleanse the soul, as the blade’s edge traced a final, profound arc and came to a halt.

On the body of the blade, a tangible, purple-gold stream of light converged, transforming into a soul-shaped sigil, somewhere between tangible and illusory. It engraved itself upon the blade’s spine, radiating a vast, majestic, and terrifying will that promised to annihilate all in its path.

The Five Forms unified, and the Blade Soul was born!

The Blade Soul Realm—at this moment, the breakthrough came as a matter of course!

You could hear a pin drop in the training ground.

Everyone held their breath, their eyes locked on the ordinary training saber that seemed to have been completely reforged, now emanating a soul-devouring aura. They stared at Li Wen, who stood holding it, his presence as heavy as a mountain yet as sharp as a world-splitting blade.

Wang Shuo’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he muttered, ”...The Five Forms as one... Blade Soul... He actually... did it? Here?”

The shock completely overwhelmed him, making him forget whatever else he was about to say.

A complex light swirled in Fang Chenghong’s eyes—shock, admiration, and longing, but more than anything, he was happy for Li Wen.

The news spread like wildfire among the Feixing Society disciples still on Enlightenment Peak, and the face of every person who heard it was etched with a shock that seemed branded onto their very souls.

...

「Early the next morning.」

Faint morning light filtered through the window, casting a pale golden glow inside the quiet room.

Li Wen sat silently on a meditation cushion, his aura now harmonious and restrained. The fluctuations caused by his breakthrough to the Blade Soul Realm the previous night had long since subsided, leaving only a Blade Intent so condensed it felt tangible, resonating deep within his sea of consciousness.

After a night of spiritual cultivation and regulating his breath, his mind was at its absolute peak.

He opened his eyes. Reflected in the morning light, his gaze was as sharp as a drawn blade—clear and profound.

Now that he had forged his Blade Soul, the path forward was clear: the Blade Dao Realm!

The Flowing Rainbow Shocking Magpie Chapter and the Dawn Rainbow Chapter were now perfected, forming an incredibly solid foundation. Next, he needed a follow-up core Cultivation Technique that could support his Blade Soul and point directly toward the ultimate realm of the Blade Dao.

Otherwise, relying on his own exploration—even with the comprehension bonus from his scholar trait—would take far too long.

He stood up, his steps steady and silent, and walked directly to the virtual reality pod resting in the corner of the room.

The pod door slid shut silently. A familiar cold sensation enveloped his body as his consciousness sank and drifted away.

When he opened his eyes again, he was standing in a magnificent world built from endless data and runic laws—the Fire World.

A vast and ancient aura washed over him, carrying a sharp intent purer than anywhere else.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Wen activated the teleportation function with a single thought.

In a flash of light, his figure appeared in a solemn, stately area suffused with the grim aura of weaponry and war. On a towering gateway, the ancient seal-script words [Skill Inheritance Zone] flowed with a timeless light.

With practiced ease, he called up the list of blade technique categories with a mere thought.

An ocean of blade technique manuals scrolled across the light screen, but Li Wen’s mind, like a magnet, instantly locked onto the complete series for the Five Luminaries Celestial Rainbow Skill.

The exchange information was displayed clearly:

First Volume: Flowing Rainbow Shocking Magpie Chapter - Exchange cost: 5,000,000 Core Cultivation Points (Already Exchanged).

Middle Volume: Dawn Rainbow Chapter - Exchange cost: 50,000,000 Core Cultivation Points (Already Exchanged).

Final Volume: Profound Dome Rainbow Silence Chapter - Exchange cost: 500,000,000 Core Cultivation Points (Requirement: Soul Realm).

When the Profound Dome Rainbow Silence Chapter, which symbolized a higher level of the Blade Dao Realm, and the bright red ”Soul Realm” requirement next to it came into view, Li Wen’s gaze didn’t waver in the slightest.

He had already met this requirement perfectly.

As for the terrifying sum of five hundred million points, it was little more than a string of numbers to him.

Just as the headmaster had promised, the school’s resource vault was completely open to him; as long as it was for his core cultivation and not a waste, anything he needed could be exchanged for.