Death... and me
chapter-3094

Roan went to the middle of the spatial manipulated room, holding his sword. "It was Diliy's thoughts that served me the most. He talked about how our own body might be related to the fifth stage, and it was exactly the case."

"You Sword Cultivators often like to say how your entire being is a sword, right? Well, the fifth stage has a lot to do with it. Turns out that the fifth stage doesn't just involve your weapon. In fact, you can even forget about the sword completely in this stance," Roan explained.

"Forget... the sword?" Diliy and the others were taken aback. How could the next level require forgetting the sword?

Roan nodded and continued. "Yes. Diliy got half of the way already. The Sword Aura, which is what I call the fourth stage, has completely disappeared. Have you ever wondered why?"

Diliy pondered a bit. "Because it is formless? At least, that's what I think."

"That's more or less correct," Roan said as his sword intent activated, reaching the same level as Diliy. It was now showing the advanced Stage Four, where the Sword Aura doesn't appear. "Why are your own being the most important for the Fifth Stage? That's because you take the Sword Intent into your own body. You let your body become the sword, and let the sword become your body."

"When I say to forget the sword, I mean to forget it as an item. Nothing of that bullshit of treating the sword as an extension of your body. You two are the same. There is only one single entity, nothing more. Diliy, you are already in the Advanced Level Four, where the Sword Aura disappears. Pay attention to the Sword Intent in my Sword," Roan asked.

Sword Aura had disappeared, but Diliy could feel it now since he was at that level. However, in the next second, he felt the Sword Intent from Roan's sword spreading through Roan's body. At the same time, it was also present in the sword. He closed his eyes, and in his Sword Intent senses, he couldn't see Roan, nor could he see the Sword, only a single entity of Sword Intent. Unfathomable, overbearing, unstoppable, a thought of severing everything in existence...

Finally, he opened his eyes, his face a picture of excitement. "So that's how it is! No wonder I couldn't take the next step. If I had just seen that Divine Realm Spear user as I am now, I would have reached the fifth level a long time ago. However, at that time, I still had my Sword Aura appearing at Stage Four. You need to reach this advanced Stage Four Sword Intent, or you can't see what is happening in the body of a Fifth Stage user."

Roan stopped his release of Sword Intent and nodded. "Sure enough, you are truly a blessed Sword Practitioner. You only had to see it once to understand the principle."

Diliy quickly got up, taking out his sword. "Thanks for the compliment. However, even with all you said, there is one last barrier..."

Roan sheathed his sword while agreeing with Diliy. "Yes, this barrier is something I simply can't help you with. No amount of words coming from me will be of any assistance. In the end, everyone's Sword Intent is their own, just like their comprehension of laws."

"Laws?" Tassio and Woterto asked, puzzled.

"Laws are something you will only touch at the Space-Time Realm," Roan just gave a quick comment. "There is no point speaking about it now since you wouldn't understand anyway. Well, the cultivation realms are available in the Werdlem Network for you guys to check. You should use your CDs to take a look later."

Woterto and Tassio nodded, making a mental note to do exactly that after this.

Diliy took a deep breath, and his Sword Intent activated. Soon, the Sword Aura disappeared as he reached the advanced level of Stage Four. Finally, he tried to take the Sword Intent into his own body. There was a problem, though. Sword Intent... in fact, any weapon intent is a harmful formless type of existence. Blood started to come out of Diliy's mouth, and injuries surfaced all over his body. Nonetheless, he didn't stop. That was his Sword Intent, and he had to become an existence of Sword Intent. Otherwise, he will never reach the Fifth Stage.

"Calm down, forget the pain, try to understand your Sword Intent," Roan advised on the side. "That's the part no one can help you. Only you can understand your own sword intent, so try to do exactly that. Shouldn't it be yours? Why is it harming you? Are you trying to control it by force?"

Roan walked around Diliy with a relaxed expression. "Perhaps you should be gentle, or perhaps you should be forceful, or maybe somewhere in between. I can't tell, nor can Tassio or Woterto. No one can. You are you, and your sword intent... is also you. It is not your Sword Intent that is causing you pain. It is you. Remember, there is no such thing as Diliy and Diliy's Sword Intent. There is, and will always be, just Diliy, nothing else."

Roan then sent a gentle Light Element into Diliy's body. As his Sword Intent harmed his body, Roan healed it right after, giving Diliy all the time he needed. He did not numb Diliy's sensation of pain, though. It was all part of his learning.

Slowly but surely, Diliy's Sword Intent began to circulate normally in his entire body and sword in an equal manner. It wasn't as simple as the sword being considered an extension of his body anymore. The sword was truly becoming part of his body through his own Sword Intent. Roan couldn't help but faint smile. He wasn't lying when he said Diliy was a blessed sword cultivator. The fact he was getting it right on his first try was a testament to this fact. "There you go."