Hao Ren was standing in the distance, using his understanding of the sword to reach the highest level that he could. Ye Jian and everyone else were watching him. A disciple beside Ye Jian couldn't help but ask, "Master, how can His Majesty master sword domain? Wasn't he just scratching the surface of the sword intent a few moments ago?"
Ye Jian nodded and said, "Yes, he was, however, you are still judging him with normal parameters. Young Master has a horrifying comprehension ability. This is why, when he was scratching the sword intent, he realized it quickly. Hold onto your swords and tell me if you don't feel them eager to leave the sheath."
The disciples nodded, and Ye Jian continued, "That is the sign that Young Master has already mastered the sword intent. All the swords wish to go and worship him. As for the sword domain, what do you know about it?"
Everyone in the surrounding was listening to the conversation because it was more like a lecture on swords. The disciple, Xiao Long said, "Sword domain is a boundary, in which the practitioner and his sword are invincible. No matter if the enemy is stronger, as soon as they step into the range of the domain, they would be attacked by a storm of swords." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⁂fire.net
Ye Jian nodded and said, "Young Master knows this, and thus he is comprehending the sword domain while he is at it."
Another disciple asked, "But Master, you said that we should refine our sword intents before we move towards Sword domain. How is this working for His Majesty?"
Ye Jian sighed and said, "To refine the sword intent means to rectify any doubts that you might have in your hearts. Look at Young Master, and sense the sword waves around him. Does it look like he has any doubt about the path he is carving for himself?
What the rest of us, even me, comprehend is the sword intent that originates from some technique, but what Young Master is comprehending is the intent that is rising from the nature and his own understanding of the sword. This is why he is not doubtful. His mind is clear and his thoughts are calm, and when he moves forward in the future, this sword domain would only grow stronger with him."
The disciples were stunned, they wanted to ask more, but then they sensed Ye Jian glaring at them and they shoved back the questions back down their throats.
Hao Ren had lost the concept of time once again, he was standing on the ground, with the sword intent raging around him. The ground was covered with shallow ravines now, however, he had no intention to stop. His ideas were racing and his thoughts were clarifying quickly.
His sword Domain reached ten meters range, and then it slowed down. Hao Ren opened his eyes and said, "Ye Jian, come."
Ye Jian reacted in an instant, and they began to spar once again. The two didn't hold back, and Hao Ren let go of the caution. He didn't care about the shallow cuts and marks on his body, and he yelled, "Don't hold back."
Ye Jian also let go of his caution to not harm Hao Ren, the two of them began to fight with all that they had. The waves of sword energy left deep marks on the grounds, and even the void trembled a little before going back to the normal. The young disciples on the side were watching it all with their eyes locked to Hao Ren and Ye Jian.
It wasn't that the disciples were learning from them, but even they themselves were learning from each other, and Hao Ren was able to keep track of the mistakes he made, and the mistakes made by Ye Jian. Then at the same time, he contemplated upon them and began to correct himself.
His correction shocked the people, and Hao Ren was growing stronger at a visible pace. However, Ye Jian wasn't outdone as well. He believed in his path as well, and watching Hao Ren, he also began to improve quickly. The two of them were geniuses in their own respect. They were growing stronger with every move they exchanged.
Slowly the battle dragged upon, one day passed in a blink, the sword disciples all sat down with their eyes closed and began to comprehend what they had gained from watching the exchange from the side.
The two people sparred without holding back and without stopping. If Hao Ren grew half a step, then Ye Jian grew one step and they chased each other. After the entire day of sparring, they stopped, and while Ye Jian moved to the side with his eyes closed. Hao Ren began to absorb the knowledge right then and there.
The disciples who watched this were shocked. They could sense the sword energy fluctuation from both the spots. Ye Jian was refining his sword path while Hao Ren was raising the range limit of his sword domain. The surrounding guardians then asked, "Xiao Long, what do you think? Would you master be able to catch up with Young Master?"
The speaker was Ye Peng. Xiao Long shook his head and replied, "Uncle Master, I will not fall for your tricks."
The other disciples nodded and they avoided the trick that Ye Peng wanted to play with them. Regardless of the answer, he would blame them and tease them. He has done it many times in the past.
Ye Peng sighed and said, "You are no fun anymore, Xiao Long."
The latter only smiled but didn't reply.
Hao Ren's sword domain reached ninety meters, but it didn't slow down, and even crossed the threshold of one hundred meter. The young man asked, "Can I start condensing the Halo now?"
System replied, *Yes, what else? Do you want to wait for the time you reach the peak of Dao Being realm and then start condensing? Have you not learned anything all these years, you dumbass? Halo condensing can work at the same time as regular cultivation. However, you will only use Sword Comprehensions on it. Understood?*
Hao Ren nodded and got to work, he was quick in condensing the spiritual energy around him. It was a quick process, but when he wanted carve the Dao Comprehension on the halo he realized that he couldn't do so with normal spiritual energy. Then he smiled and began to channel his sword intent through the halo. The intent became his carving knife and the theories he comprehended began to appear over the halo, before they vanished inside the Halo.
Hao Ren continued doing this until he finished engraving all that he understood about the sword. It took him a few weeks before he could open his eyes, but what shocked him that the amount which seemed immense to him was just akin to an inch big mosaic tile on the Halo.
The Halo was spherical ring that was two inches wide and hung in the void behind his body. He sensed the thing and thought how long it would take him to fill all this space with the comprehension of sword art. The young man took a deep breath as he thought about it and then he stood up.
His body echoed with crackling sounds as his joints snapped from movement. He raised his left hand and pressed the button on the communicator as he asked, "Xiao Mei, how long have I been sitting here?"
Xiao Mei replied, "Two months."
Hao Ren was surprised and said, "I thought just a week had gone by."
Xiao Mei didn't say anything, the young man placed his hands behind his back and walked toward the study in the palace, as he did so, he realized that the Halo behind him also merged into his body. The other people couldn't see it unless he allowed them to.
The young man came to the study and found that Han Lingshi was busy working on something. He didn't disturb her and sat down, only after an hour, Han Lingshi raised her head and asked, "How is it? I saw you condensed the Halo outside."
Hao Ren shook his head and said, "It would be a long time before I complete it. What about you? How are things?"
Han Lingshi shrugged and said, "Nothing much, same old skirmish at the borders. The spirit shimmer continent is basically conquered. The sects and independant forces have come forward to swear fealty, only a few big kingdoms and dynasties don't want to do anything with us.
The Biron Kingdom is steady, but there have been attacks on the border patrols lately. The force is quite an issue to deal with because they are using sound waves to attack and some weaker patrol officers almost lost their hearing power from that. Ye Yue has gone to handle it so it should be fine soon."
The Young man nodded and asked, "What about your Halo Condensation?"
Han Lingshi shook her head and said, "Not yet, I want to get to the peak of Dao Land realm first."