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Dominating Sword Immortal

Author: Jian You Tai Xu

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Chapter 1: Ye Chen

Editor: Hitesh_

In a dim room, a teenage boy laid on a bed as he softly mumbled, "... So this poor fool is also named Ye Chen. We even look somewhat similar... What a coincidence... Is this fate?"

Ye Chen was a graduate student studying physics in the 21st century. He was considered the top student in his class. However, an accident occurred during his attempt to create a particle accelerator for his university. The resulting explosion ripped Ye Chen's soul from his body, sending it into the vast reaches of the Universe. His soul wandered the empty void until finally reaching this world.

If it was anyone else facing this kind of a sudden change, especially their soul entering into another, entirely different body, they would most definitely have a rough time[1]. However Ye Chen did not even feel a thing, only surprise.

Ye Chen wondered if he was actually some kind of a freak, feeling absolutely nothing after this kind of huge change. What if he could not feel anything following this?

After half a night, Ye Chen had digested more than a decade of memories. Through those memories, he learnt that he was a member of a famous family, and that he had joined the Sky Cloud Martial School [2] at the age of twelve. Officially becoming an outer disciple when he was fourteen was one of the few happy events in Ye Chen's bitter life.

The most frustrating part was that, over the years, the previous owner of this body had only trained his Qi[2] to the Qi Realm Level 4. Aside from that, none of his skills seemed to have had any improvement. He was only capable of performing the first three forms of the most basic "Sword Arts of Yun".

"If I want to survive in this world... I will wash away this title of useless!" Ye Chen hated being considered a loser, even if the title was attached to the former owner of this vessel. Now that this body belonged to him, he was determined to get rid of that humiliating title.

After making up his mind, he couldn't help but remember the things that happened before he turned twelve.

The Sky Cloud Martial School, located on the northern side of the Heavenly Wind Country, was one of the five powerhouses in the country. They were the three Martial Schools, one Academy, and one Martial Palace. Other than these five powerhouses, there were also eight families in control of thousands of martial artists in Heavenly Wind Country. Even the royal family feared them and did not dare offend them.

And the family Ye Chen belonged to was the Ye Family, one of the eight famous families.

The Ye Family had over two hundred years of history. Originally, they were merchants who had accumulated a massive fortune by selling tea leaves and silk. Unfortunately, their wealth eventually brought the worst kinds of people out, all interested in making an easy profit.

After being robbed and blackmailed countless times, the master of the family at that time decided enough was enough, and began to develop their martial art prowess using their immense financial strength. After struggling for hundreds of years, the Ye Family finally achieved the position they hold today.

Being a part of the Ye Family meant that people would bend over backwards to please you, no matter where you go. However, Ye Chen had never experienced this kind of treatment because of his lack of martial talent, and he was, in fact, bullied often.

The only factor that protected him from complete humiliation was that his father was the current head of the Ye Family, and his mother was an elder of the School of Southern Hills- one of the three Martial Schools.

His most vivid memories were when his cousins would come over for family meetings. They would take him to a place where nobody would see and humiliate him. Even his maid, Daisy, would be despised by all other maids, and every time it happened, she would run to him and start crying on his shoulders, complaining about the unfairness of the treatment they received.

"F*ck, I won't let them get away with this!" His eyes sparked with hatred as he firmly clenched his fists.

Feeling an unquenchable rage, Ye Chen vowed for revenge, especially now that he is the combination of the two Ye Chens. He has the memories and emotions from both of their lives, in other words, he is a combination of both Ye Chens.

And no matter which Ye Chen was humiliated, he shall take offense.

After taking in a deep breath in order to control his emotions, Ye Chen carried on retrieving his memories...

The youths of the Ye Family started training their Qi when they were ten. In order to be selected by one of the five Martial Arts Schools in Tian Feng and become a disciple-in-process, one must reach Qi Realm Level 2 by the age of twelve. To become an inner disciple, they would, at the minimum, have to reach Qi Realm Level 4.

Perhaps he was motivated by the pressure, or maybe he simply didn't want to disappoint his parents, but Ye Chen somehow managed to reach Qi Realm Level 2 in two years, and Qi Realm Level 4 soon after that. He surprisingly did this before the age of twelve and became an inner disciple in the Sky Cloud Martial School.

However, his accomplishments were quite lacking compared to everyone else from the Ye Family: Ye Feng, the eldest cousin of Ye Chen, and his third uncle's son, Ye Ming, had both reached Qi Realm Level 4 when they were twelve. But the most impressive one would have to be the second eldest cousin, Ye Tang, and fourth uncle's daughter, Ye Xuan, both of whom reached Level 5 at the same age, and were considered to be rare martial arts geniuses.

One's talent and potential determined what rank of school one would be able to join. The lower the rank, the better the quality of school.

Being the worst of them all, Ye Chen joined the rank nine Sky Cloud Martial School, while Ye Feng and Ye Ming joined the rank eight School of Zi Yang. Most impressively, Ye Tang joined the rank seven Northern Snow Villa; and Ye Xuan joined Emerald Valley, also rank seven.

"In one year will be the Triennial Family Meeting. I must do well. I can't bear to bring shame to my mother again." Ye Chen rolled out of the bed and, after quickly cleaning himself, he walked out to the yard with his sword in hand.

The Cloudfall Sword Art had nine stages, the first six didn't have names, but the last three were named "The Search for Opportunity", "Walking on a River of Clouds" and "Shine in Darkness".

Ye Chen shut his eyes, picturing the sword art in his mind. Ye Chen slowly extended his right arm into the air and began to practice Cloud Fall Sword Art from the first stage.

Ye Chen's eyes glimmered as he recalled his previous body's pitiful clumsy attempts. It was incomparably different! Compared to before, the sword moved like a fish darting in water, and yet his body was completely relaxed, almost like everything had already fallen into place, and there was nothing more to worry about.

Swssh!

A falling leaf was cut in half in mid air, yet Ye Chen didn't feel a thing. He just carried on waving his sword.

The first stage, the second, the third... the seventh.

Gradually, Ye Chen's sword skills pushed past his former limits. Even though he was comprehending new techniques, he fluidly moved at an extremely fast pace. However, it also seemed like there was nothing restraining him in any way; the sword in his hand seemed to go wherever he wanted it to. Without stopping for a breath, he finally reached the seventh stage, "The Search for Opportunity". All of a sudden, a light glanced out from his sword, bouncing around erratically, easily cutting through a couple of falling leaves, even though they were spread out from each other.

Ye Chen opened his eyes and ceased moving as he observed the results in surprise. One must know that for a beginner of martial arts, even the most basic moves were very hard to master. It was not just about the extent of one's potential, but also about one's ability to adapt to new things. For example, when trying to learn how to swim, it seems to be very hard in the beginning because of the fear of drowning. However, as one began to acclimatize oneself, one's restrictions would be removed and every move would suddenly become simple.

As you could see, to become better was not hard. But to start from scratch? Incomparably difficult.

Ye Chen took a deep breath and cleared his mind. Effortlessly, he began the movements of the Cloudfall Sword Arts over and over again.

The first stage, the second... the seventh.

The first stage, the second... the seventh.

...

After repeating this ten times, Ye Chen was finally able to comprehend the eighth routine "Walking on a River of Clouds".

The great steel sword in his hand gave off a blurry white sheen; just like the clouds in the sky suddenly running like water in a river, condensing then splitting, condensing then splitting, condensing then splitting...

As Ye Chen continued, the Qi inside of Ye Chen started to slowly increase its speed, just like the running river, continuously completing one loop after another, flowing up through his meridians before coming back to his lower abdomen then running right back out again.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Ye Chen felt something change in his lower abdomen.

"I achieved Mid Level Fourth Qi Realm so easily?" Ye Chen knew that in order to reach Mid Level Fourth Qi Realm from Early Level Fourth Qi Realm, it would take at least a week, yet it only took him an hour.

It could never be that simple, but there must be something else prompting this kind of growth.

[1] Normally, when a soul enters into a completely different vessel, the vessel would have signs of rejection to the newly arrived soul which would make the soul feel tortured.

[2] Qi: is life-force -- that which animates the forms of the world. It is the vibratory nature of phenomena -- the flow and trembling that is happening continuously at molecular, atomic and subatomic levels. In this book, it is mostly referred to the Qi inside of people's bodies which is largely related to the practise of martial arts.


Chapter 2: The Pavilion of Martial Arts

Editor: Hitesh_

However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not think of any other reason. The only possible explanation for his unusual comprehension speed, that allowed him to master the eighth form of the Skyfall Sword Art, had to be the fusion of his two souls.

For his breakthrough in the Qi Realm, the reason was quite simple. The heart of martial art laid in the art of calmness, while martial art broken down was simply the art of movement. Although they are two seemingly opposite forms of training, they all have the same effect on strengthening the Qi. However, the former was only used for training Qi, while the latter was primarily used for attacking the target and then subsequently training Qi.

Ye Chen's heart rate rose noticeably as he was enlightened. There are two important factors of a martial artist's potential: first, one must be blessed with a resilient body and discipline to hone their body, and second, one must have the comprehension to allow one to be able to grasp the heart of sutras and immerse themselves into the path of the sword.

To be blessed with a resilient body allows one to train their Qi much faster than others such as Ye Chang and Ye Xuan; and to have comprehension is to be able to easily pick up the physical martial arts and defeat those who seemingly stood above you. After all, being weak or strong depended on individual performances.

"What luck! At this rate, reaching the Eighth Level of the Qi Realm within a year is not impossible!" The path of cultivation is extremely difficult; people with great potential and ability may be able to achieve Level 5 in two years, but to reach Level 8 in two years after that would be uncertain, and the time needed to reach Level 9 and 10 would be at least twice than that. To reach the Condensing Reality was even more difficult! In the history of the Ye family, only the third master was able to reach that realm.

Ye Chen smiled as he walked out to search for more profound sword arts in the martial art pavilion.

...

Most manuals in the pavilion were low ranked; the master ranked manuals would never be stored here. Especially with his ranking as an outer disciple, he was only able to borrow Middle-Ranked Mortal and below manuals. Glancing around the room, the hundreds of manuals made him feel a bit dizzy.

"The Flying Sword, The Sword Art of Wind, The Freedom Sword Art, The Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords ... Cloud Pushing Palm, Broken Cloud Palm, Infinite Flying palms... Broken Air Fist, King Kong Fist, Seven Stars Mantis Fist..."

For sword arts alone, there were around forty different manuals, and for the palm and fist arts there were more than fifty manuals each, twenty-eight different kinds of different leg arts, and only eight manuals with regards to fingers.

The manual of The Flying Sword had a very high requirement, every stage described in the manual was very agile and complex; The Sword Art of Wind was slightly more in depth and required a certain level of comprehension; The Freedom Sword Art exuded an aura that was almost murderous, each stage was aggressive and bold, very suitable for those with a cold and calm personality. The Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords was even more outstanding and demanding than the ones before, with each stage, the sword movements growing sharper and indomitable.

"The Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords it shall be."

It was only after a quiet and long thought that Ye Chen had made up his mind. With his extraordinary comprehension, there was no point in wasting time to learn common sword arts. For Ye Chen to choose, only the best would suffice.

As for the fist palm, and finger arts, Ye Chen had already made up his mind.

Ye Chen chose the King Kong Fist for the time he could not use a sword. However, finger arts were very complicated and difficult to practice, and he was afraid that it would slow his way of the sword so he decided to give it up for now.

Holding the two scripts in his hand, Ye Chen walked up to the old man sitting lazily in a chair by the entrance, the pavilion master, to register the books.

"What? The Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords?" The pavilion master started to frown and tried to persuade Ye Chen, "Young one, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Never aim too high or too far. Put your feet on the ground and take it step by step. The Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords is a Middle-Ranked Mortal manual but the difficulty of mastering it is almost as hard as Top-Ranked manuals. Many outer disciples chose not to listen to me and ended up with nothing. Listen to this old man's words and work steadily, one step at a time, in order to make solid progress."

Ye Chen bowed his head as he listened to the speaker's heart and said, "Master, my path is a difficult path, yet chosen and blessed by destiny I shall walk forth." The pavilion master shook his head, thinking of all the disciples from before, also once full of confidence, before returning after months of unfruitful practice and with tearful faces. Such shame that their confidence was the only thing they had.

"Well...hmph...never mind. I do not have the right to stop anyone from choosing what they want. My job is to disperse wisdom in hopes that they would realize their abilities, instead of holding on to a fruitless dream."

With that thought in mind, the master added, "Remember our Sky Cloud Martial School's rules. You are not allowed to teach martial arts privately without permission, otherwise you will face expulsion. In more serious circumstance, you will be decapitated. You have three months to return the manuals."

"Don't worry elder, I don't dare to joke about my own life." Ye Chen took the scripts and walked out of the pavilion. Besides the morning and evening meals, once every three days the outer disciples of the Sky Cloud Martial School gathered together for a martial art lesson, the rest of the time was free for whatever they chose to pursue.

Ye Chen carried his great steel sword and walked deep into the mountains. The mountains had a height of three thousands eight hundred meters, the top half of the mountain covered in a perpetual mist. Far away from the secular world and civilization, it was quiet, calm and relaxing. Except for the expressly forbidden areas belonging to the masters and some core disciples, most of the space in this forest was open to all for practicing.

Ye Chen spent around an hour in the mountains before choosing a remote cliff. The cliff was around two to three meters high, the three sides filled with white mist whose form was ever changing, sometimes it was thousands of horses, sometimes it became a violent ocean, and sometimes it was just mist, expanding and contracting with no discernable pattern.

"Although the many wondrous views of Earth were quite breathtaking, it somehow just lacked a hint of mysteriousness. Only here will you be able forget everything, find peace, find enlightenment, and advance on the path of the sword," Ye Chen said. In his opinion, to master overnight was difficult! To do so, one would have to endure the loneliness and find peace, and those of who boasted about how they would master any top script if they could get their hands on it, were just ridiculously ignorant.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen started his boring and basic training.

Feel the Qi. Breathe. In. Out. Breath. Breath. Move the Qi. One step after another, continually directing the sword, moving his hands...

After only a day, Ye Chen comprehended the ninth routine "Shining in The Night". Smoothly moving from stance to stance, the light flashing from the sword was just like the light reflected off a river under the moonlight. As for its combat prowess, it had reached the early stages of Middle-Ranked Mortal arts and was Ye Chen's strongest move at the moment.

Mornings came, nights left, without noticing, three days had gone.

On that steep cliff, a human figure waved a sword and pointed towards the huge rock on the other side.

A light shone from a sword just like a mirror reflecting sunbeams.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

The huge rock was pierced like a piece of tofu leaving behind countless marks; each mark had a depth of more than three centimeters.

"Finally." Out of Qi, Ye Chen's head was full of sweat, but he did not seem to care at all. The sword marks on the rock caused him great satisfaction. The ninth stage was many times harder than the eight stage before, but its power was also many times stronger. He spent four whole days to master it, also, during the four days of training, the Qi inside his body had become more pure and intense, and moved faster and more easily than before.

Ye Chen let out a deep breath. Today will officially be the day he would start to practice the hardest manual- the Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords. It had thirteen stages, each were extremely dangerous, just like a peak standing alone after an apocalypse, seemingly able to see right through people's soul and mind.

After going through the script, Ye Chen understood the broad idea of the manual, and even sensed an indescribable realm behind it. Once he was able to master it, killing those weaker than him would only take an instant, and when facing those who are stronger than him, they would fall under his sword, unless they were very strong and half a foot into the surreal realm.


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