Chapter 5: Chaos Divine Sword

"Others have been cultivating since childhood, but I'm only starting now, twelve years behind. I must push myself relentlessly. Only by becoming strong enough can I make my father hold his head high in Feng Yue City, disdain the Yang family, and avenge the Immortal Dao Sect!" Xiao Chen said fiercely, his eyes flashing with a murderous intent.

His immensely powerful physique filled Xiao Chen with hope and strength. He needed to harness the power of his hatred to cultivate desperately. The determination in his eyes was something he had never displayed in the past twelve years.

Calming his turbulent emotions, Xiao Chen closed his eyes and began to recall the cultivation method of the Destructive Saint Art. Although he had never cultivated true essence before, his years of theoretical knowledge and understanding of cultivation techniques made it easy for him to follow the Destructive Saint Art's method.

As Xiao Chen began cultivating, he could feel the presence of the spiritual energy in the world. A large amount of this energy was absorbed into his body, refined, and transformed into true essence.

"So this is the spiritual energy of heaven and earth? This is the power of true essence? Wonderful, I have cultivated true essence! It's so warm, and the true essence keeps pouring out so quickly!" Xiao Chen thought excitedly, feeling the warmth and strength of the true essence flowing through his meridians.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Chen stopped cultivating. He could clearly feel himself stronger than before he started. Looking at his hands in delight, Xiao Chen exclaimed, "The Destructive Saint Art is truly amazing. After just one incense stick's worth of time, true essence keeps surging out!"

Having cultivated true essence, Xiao Chen naturally wanted to see what treasures were in his storage ring. He took out the ring given to him by Bahun from his pocket.

Xiao Chen was familiar with storage rings, as the Xiao family had them too, although they were only of the treasure grade. Magical artifacts are divided into five levels: treasure, spirit, immortal, divine, and saint, each level further divided into lower, middle, and upper grades.

"What grade is this storage ring? I can't tell," Xiao Chen wondered as he examined the ring.

Unable to discern its grade, Xiao Chen decided to activate it. Circulating the Destructive Saint Art, he easily channeled true essence into the ring. To his surprise and delight, it was effortless.

Xiao Chen infused true essence into the storage ring, eagerly awaiting a response. However, he was shocked when the ring did not react, and he couldn't see anything inside.

"What's going on? Didn't I infuse true essence? Why is there no response?" Xiao Chen wondered. Then he remembered and laughed, "Right, I need to recognize it with a drop of blood. Senior Bahun must have already removed the ring's soul imprint."

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Chen immediately bit his finger and dropped a bit of blood onto the storage ring. The blood was instantly absorbed, and the ring emitted a dazzling purple light, revealing several words on its surface.

"Just as I thought! There are words too—how amazing! Chaos Divine Ring, sounds powerful," Xiao Chen said happily, excitedly putting the ring on his hand and infusing it with true essence again.

When Xiao Chen saw the space inside the ring, he was stunned. The space was vast, with no visible boundary, but there wasn't much inside.

"So many herbs and recipes, and a cauldron—could Senior Bahun have been an alchemist? There are also magical artifacts, techniques, and spells, so many of them!" Although the storage ring didn't contain much, to twelve-year-old Xiao Chen, it was an immense fortune.

"Ghost Shadow Divine Technique? What kind of technique is this? Is it a movement technique?" Xiao Chen wondered, curious about the technique in the ring.

He quickly retrieved it from the storage ring. With a flip of his hand, the technique appeared in his palm, a magical sight that filled him with joy.

"It really is a movement technique, and it sounds amazing," Xiao Chen said excitedly as he read through the technique. He eagerly looked through all the techniques in the ring, wanting to cultivate them all. Twelve years of pent-up suffering had filled him with an intense desire to cultivate.

Xiao Chen's gaze eventually settled on a long sword. The blade was entirely transparent, emitting a chilling aura that felt incredibly cold to the touch.

"This must be the divine weapon Senior Bahun mentioned," Xiao Chen said, carefully examining the sword. He couldn't sense any aura from it, making its grade a mystery, which was very strange.

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Chen also dropped a bit of blood on the sword. The blood was absorbed instantly, and the sword erupted with brilliant white light, illuminating the entire cave. An overwhelming aura emanated from the sword.

Xiao Chen was once again astonished, almost suffocated by the aura. The white light quickly faded, leaving Xiao Chen staring in awe at the sword suspended in mid-air.

"It feels so powerful!" Xiao Chen said in shock after a long moment, a bit afraid to reach out and grab the sword.

Staring at the sword for a long time, Xiao Chen muttered, "I don't know what this sword is called. Since Senior Bahun taught me the Chaos Sword Technique, this sword will be my weapon, and I like it."

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

As Xiao Chen finished speaking, the chilling sword started to move on its own, swinging quickly in the air. Soon, several large characters appeared in the air.

Xiao Chen gaped in amazement, exclaiming, "Chaos Divine Sword! Oh my, this divine sword can understand me!"

This realization filled Xiao Chen with even more joy. He asked the sword, "Will you follow me from now on?"

The Chaos Divine Sword trembled as if nodding in agreement, making Xiao Chen even happier. After twelve years of suffering, it seemed his hardships were finally over.

Fondly caressing the Chaos Divine Sword for a long time, Xiao Chen said, "With so many powerful techniques, if I try to cultivate them all at once, I might end up mastering none. It's better to cultivate them one by one. Although these techniques are all amazing, the most important thing is the foundational technique. I must cultivate even stronger true essence. Without powerful true essence, forcibly cultivating those techniques might harm me instead."

With that, Xiao Chen suppressed his joy, strapped the divine sword to his back, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate again, circulating the Destructive Saint Art.