The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: Reincarnation Sword Style_1

During this time, Shen Mo did not remain confined within GuanYun Mansion.

He took Ming Yu, the Clam Girl, to Yong State, where the Seven Stars Altar was located. They spent half a month traversing the various immortal markets of Yong State, large and small.

Eventually, he managed to gather seven Grade III talisman scrolls and two Grade IV talisman scrolls, which notably included the Grade IV Feather Transformation Charm that Shen Mo coveted!

Adding the God Bewildering Talisman, the Dust Talisman, and the Gold Blade Talisman...

He only needed to achieve Great proficiency with these twelve types of talismans to have a chance at reaching Grade IV in the Talisman Path!

As for acquiring more Grade IV elixir recipes, Shen Mo was not in a hurry. During his intimate moments with Zhao Lingyin, they had discussed the matter of marriage.

She had said that when they married, she would bring numerous Grade IV elixir recipes obtained from the Alchemy Tower as her dowry to Guanyun Mansion.

However, the elixir recipes she had received from her Master, Wu Gong, could not be easily given to Shen Mo.

After all, these were the core legacy of her lineage!

Let alone Shen Mo, even if he and Zhao Lingyin were to have descendants in the future, Zhao Lingyin could not pass them on to their own children without Wu Gong’s consent!

Then again, Wu Gong had no children of his own...

Unless he took another Direct Disciple before the end of his Lifespan!

Otherwise, when Wu Gong eventually passed away, all his inheritance, including the elixir recipes, would still fall into Zhao Lingyin’s hands and ultimately become the Shen Family’s heirloom techniques.

What troubled Shen Mo was what kind of betrothal gifts would be worthy of the many Grade IV elixir recipes Zhao Lingyin possessed!

After leaving Yong State, Shen Mo and Ming Yu journeyed to Jing State to visit the Heaven Sword Sect.

It was the Dustless Sword Master, who had previously met Shen Mo at Tianshan Mountain, who personally came forward to welcome Shen Mo and Ming Yu into the mountain gate.

One of them was the third core seat of the Riverside Sect, and the other was the daughter of Demon Lord Ming Cang; thus, the Heaven Sword Sect specially held a banquet to welcome them.

At the banquet, Shen Mo and Ming Yu met numerous Sword Masters and Elders. Even the Sect Master of the Heaven Sword Sect made a special appearance, sharing a few cups of spiritual wine with them!

Of course, given their status, it wasn’t necessary for the Sect Master of the Heaven Sword Sect to accompany them throughout the entire banquet.

After a few drinks, this Law Master of the great sect excused himself early!

The remaining Sword Masters and Elders became even more uninhibited. The Dustless Sword Master even proposed a duel with Shen Mo, saying he had witnessed his performance at Tianshan Mountain and was astounded by his extraordinary Proficiency in Swordsmanship!

If Shen Mo’s Realm hadn’t been relatively low at that time, he would have long been unable to resist challenging him to a match.

Shen Mo, having come to the Heaven Sword Sect with his own agenda, did not refuse the Dustless Sword Master’s ”unreasonable request.” Instead, he proposed a wager: the Withering Pursuit Soul Palm against the Sacrificial One Sword!

The Dustless Sword Master readily agreed.

Thus, the two engaged in a spirited and exhilarating duel, fighting all the way from the Heaven Sword Sect’s sword-testing platform to the Nine Heavens, and then to the vicinity of the Black Mountain Demon Suppression Cave.

In the end, the Dustless Sword Master was narrowly defeated by Shen Mo’s self-created sword style—Reincarnation!

Seniors who cultivated the All-Encompassing Sword Canon had not failed to conceive of the meaning of reincarnation, but there was an irresolvable paradox within it.

Those Sword Path Seniors who had never died and been revived could not truly grasp the genuine meaning of ”reincarnation.” Relying solely on conjecture, the Reincarnation Sword Style within the All-Encompassing Sword Canon possessed form but lacked true substance!

Moreover, even its form was quite illusory.

Shen Mo simply renamed the original ”Reincarnation” sword style to ”A Dream in a Nap”!

As for those who had truly died, they might have witnessed ”reincarnation,” understanding its form and comprehending its meaning.

But they had long since lost knowledge of where their reincarnation had led them—whether they had become flying birds and running beasts, or flowers, birds, fish, and insects... Even if reincarnated as humans, they might not have had the opportunity to tread the path of cultivation again!

Even if blessed with profound opportunities and having embarked on the path of cultivation once more, among the billions of creatures in this world, how could they so coincidentally have entered the Riverside Sect again?

Therefore, no one had ever created a genuine Reincarnation Sword Style to be incorporated into the All-Encompassing Sword Canon as one of its myriad techniques!

And yet... Shen Mo had truly experienced death and been granted the chance of a second life. Seizing this opportunity, he ultimately created a sword move uniquely his own—Reincarnation.

Once this sword move was unleashed, one would be enveloped by the great terror of death, followed by the immense joy of rebirth!

Between this great terror and immense joy, it was enough to shatter one’s courage and cause them to lose their soul.

The Dustless Sword Master was enveloped by the Reincarnation Sword Style. For a moment, he grasped its profound mystery, but after a brief lapse in focus, he was struck down by Shen Mo’s sword!

”Unless one has truly experienced the cycle of life and death, they could never execute such a sword style.”

The Dustless Sword Master, true to his name ”Wu Chen” (Dustless), possessed a Path Heart that was clear and untainted. He quickly brushed aside the vexation of losing to Shen Mo and forfeiting the Sacrificial One Sword.

Instead, an immense curiosity about Shen Mo’s life story welled up within him!

”Could it be, Fellow Daoist Shen, that you are truly a reincarnated and recultivating celestial being?”

”Only that could explain the meaning of reincarnation imbued in the sword style you just executed.”

Of course, the Dustless Sword Master did not voice these words aloud but inquired of Shen Mo via Divine Sense transmission.

”Fellow Daoist Wuchen, you’re overthinking it. How could I possibly be a reincarnated great power?”

Shen Mo smiled and shook his head. The truth of his reincarnation was one of his greatest secrets; how could he possibly reveal it to an outsider?

He hadn’t breathed a word of it even to Zhao Lingyin, let alone to the Dustless Sword Master!

As for how he mastered the essence of the Reincarnation Sword Style, the Dustless Sword Master could let his imagination run wild... After all, no creature in this world had ever witnessed true ”reincarnation.” Even if someone had, they couldn’t escape the mystery of birth and would have forgotten all past events!

The Dustless Sword Master also felt his own speculation was somewhat outlandish, so he refrained from further questions.

After successfully obtaining the Sacrificial One Sword, Shen Mo immediately used [Martial Performance]to begin cultivating it.

This magic indeed suited the unyielding nature of Sword Cultivators, requiring them to offer all their Essence and Qi into the sword move. With one strike, it was a matter of life or death—either the enemy perished, or they did!

Shen Mo had already successfully transformed two Sacrificial Magics, the Withering Pursuit Soul Palm and the Gecko Divine Skill, into extraordinarily powerful conventional magics.

Currently, combining the Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique with the Sacrificial One Sword and sacrificing a portion of his origin power wasn’t proving too difficult.

Moreover, after obtaining the Sacrificial Magic, a flicker of understanding sparked in Shen Mo’s mind.

Apart from the Reincarnation Sword Style, the second move of his self-created Senluo Sword Technique, he realized, should be based on ”Self-sacrifice”!

As for the third move, he also had a glimmer of an idea. He’d drawn inspiration from the Startling Swan Sword Technique, envisioning using Sword Light to create an unusual domain... Further refinement could lead to creating a small, independent space with his swordsmanship; the next level beyond that would be a cave paradise; and further still, the legendary creation of heaven and earth.

Of course, creating a Senluo Sword Technique capable of ”the creation of heaven and earth” was extremely difficult; he would have to continue to ponder and refine it!

After leaving the Heaven Sword Sect, Shen Mo made a detour to the Ghost Nation Ruins.

The Ghost Nation Ruins had evolved from the former Tianshun Country, and its full name should be the Abandoned Ghost Country Ruins.

It was situated at the border of You State and Jing State, merely a hundred miles from the Heishan Demonic Cave. With Shen Mo and Ming Yu’s escape speed, they arrived in less than a hundred breaths.