Chapter 480: Chapter 271: Nascent Soul Middle Stage! New Divine Technique: Sword Slash Yin and Yang!

The Eleventh Layer Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique is something Qi Chuan deduced himself. With the aid of a hundredfold critical strike, comprehending the inner divine techniques naturally comes relatively easily.

Only half a month has passed by.

On this day, when Qi Chuan opened his eyes, a line of text emerged before him.

[You explore and comprehend the Eleventh Layer Profound Celestial Spirit Devouring Sword Technique, attempting to understand the sword dao divine techniques within it. Triggering a hundredfold critical strike, you gain a hundredfold reward, and you successfully comprehend a sword dao divine technique: Sword Slash Yin and Yang.]

Alongside the appearance of the text, an additional sword dao divine technique appeared in Qi Chuan’s mind.

"Sword Slash Yin and Yang?"

Feeling this eleventh sword dao divine technique, Qi Chuan couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.

Because this divine technique is neither an attacking divine technique nor a defensive divine technique, but is a completely supportive kind of divine technique.

Firstly, it falls within the scope of sword heart utilization, thus it is naturally related to the sword heart.

And the sword heart is essentially the human heart, which is Qi Chuan’s own heart.

The human heart is fickle, with joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, highs of enthusiasm, and lows of depression, with both dark aspects and bright aspects.

These opposing sides transform into each other, cycling endlessly and becoming one entity, inseparable and indistinguishable.

This is the Heart Divides Yin and Yang.

When feeling unwell, restless and irritated, and indifferent to everything...this Yin side of the heart inevitably influences the body, causing physical weakness and fatigue like a mountain’s weight.

But when refreshed and happy, at ease, full of enthusiasm, and prompted by sudden inspiration...when this Yang side of the heart arrives, even former ailments can heal without treatment, and boundless energy bursts from every limb.

This exemplifies the influence of the heart’s Yin and Yang on the body.

Similarly, in Sword Slash Yin and Yang, the sword heart, the sword is heart, and the heart is sword, which is the same principle as Heart Divides Yin and Yang.

In short, when using this divine technique, Qi Chuan’s state of mind will greatly influence its power.

If the heart is on the Yang side, upon deploying the Sword Slash Yin Yang Divine Technique, the power of his flying sword and other sword dao divine techniques can increase by two to ten times.

If the heart is on the Yin side, deploying the Sword Slash Yin and Yang will conversely reduce the power of his flying sword and other sword dao divine techniques by two to ten times.

The effect lasts for two to ten hours, and once Sword Slash Yin and Yang is deployed, it cannot be used again until a month later.

"This Sword Slash Yin and Yang is indeed strange..."

Sensing this eleventh sword dao divine technique, Qi Chuan slightly shook his head.

If one were to say its power isn’t enough, that would be a lie.

At its peak, using Sword Slash Yin and Yang can increase the power of one’s flying sword and other sword dao divine techniques by tenfold. Triggering such an effect could even allow one the chance to slay a Nascent Soul Late Stage opponent with a single strike.

Even just a twofold increase, the minimum threshold, is quite sufficient, and combined with his own formidable strength, within the Same Realm, almost none could rival him.

However, if one triggers the Yin side, even a twofold reduction in power would be hard to bear, let alone a tenfold reduction in power. Better to flee while one can.

As to when the Yin side will trigger and when the Yang side will trigger, there are no instructions. Qi Chuan only knows it’s related to his state of mind, but who can predict their mental state when deploying a divine technique?

Moreover, the heart’s Yin and Yang are constantly transforming and never halting.

Additionally, the Yin and Yang of the sword heart is more intricate than merely feeling good or bad. Sometimes, he might be in high spirits, yet still end up triggering a tenfold reduction in power.

"Duration is two to ten hours... can only be used once a month, why not give it a try?"

Thinking this way and hesitating for a moment, Qi Chuan still decided to give it a try.

"Sword Slash Yin and Yang!"

Qi Chuan made a hand seal and directly deployed the divine technique, feeling a little nervous at heart: "Having just broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Realm and comprehended a new sword dao divine technique, I am basking in success. Surely I should trigger the Yang side, right? Not the Yin side with a tenfold reduction in power — that would certainly be unpleasant..."

Just as Qi Chuan entertained these thoughts, the divine technique was already completed, and theoretically, the effect should have been triggered.

"Doesn’t seem to feel like anything..."

Qi Chuan extended his hands, speaking to himself.

However, the next moment, his expression changed.

"Not good!"

With those words, an overwhelming sense of fatigue, a sluggishness in every way, suddenly enveloped Qi Chuan’s body and mind, making even the slightest move feel exhausting.

"Unexpectedly...triggered the Yin side...how could this be..."

Qi Chuan’s face turned a little pale.

With his newfound blissful state of mind after just breaking through, how could he trigger the Yin side?

Moreover, wasn’t this divine technique’s effect supposed to only impact the flying sword and sword dao divine techniques? Why did he feel like it was more pervasive?

"I’ll try the flying sword, see how much power is reduced..."

Thinking this, Qi Chuan opened his mouth, and a sea-blue radiance flew forth, enlarging with the wind and transforming into a broad, long, sea-blue flying sword, precisely the Tier Four Lower Grade Flying Sword, the Sea-Splitting Sword.

Whoosh!

With a single thought from Qi Chuan, the Sea-Splitting Sword began slashing and soaring sharply through the void, its speed seemingly still very fast.

Yet knowing his lifebound flying sword’s nature, Qi Chuan felt somewhat helpless: "Hit the jackpot, the speed’s reduced so much?"

Then, he continued to explore and feel.

Finally concluding that the power had been reduced eightfold.

"Eightfold..."

Qi Chuan sighed.

Though not tenfold, eightfold is not much different from tenfold.

If it’s an eightfold effect, the duration should be eight hours too, which feels rather long.

Such a level of power reduction, over such a long duration, would undeniably be fatal in magical combat.

"Seems like this ’Sword Slash Yin and Yang’ divine technique should not be frequently used in the future, only during critical moments to fight for one’s life..."

Qi Chuan mused silently.

Actually, the crux is not the multiple of power enhancement or reduction, but the unpredictability of triggering the Yin or Yang side, which is quite alarming.

After all, who would have thought, after just breaking through, he would trigger an eightfold power reduction? When, pray tell, would one’s enthusiasm be greater than at the moment of breakthrough?

Thinking of this, Qi Chuan shook his head, unable to fathom it at the moment.

Bam!

Then, Qi Chuan snapped his fingers, and a gigantic crimson fireball appeared on his palm, burning fiercely in the void, releasing terrifying heat.

"It seems the power of this Fireball Technique hasn’t diminished much..."

Gazing at the gigantic crimson fireball, Qi Chuan pondered aloud.

Subsequently, he successively executed other magic secret techniques, magical treasures, spirit treasures, and so forth.

The results revealed that indeed, apart from the flying sword and sword dao divine techniques, other abilities were basically unaffected.

Earlier, he just felt bodily exhaustion. This Sword Slash Yin Yang divine technique does impact the body to some extent.

"The Ninefold Soul Torture Technique wasn’t affected either, that’s quite fortunate."

Lastly, realizing his divine soul secret technique wasn’t impacted, Qi Chuan finally smiled.

Besides his sword dao, the Ninefold Soul Torture Technique is also one of his most formidable divine techniques. It can catch opponents off guard during magical combat, using his vastly superior divine soul prowess.

With the Ninefold Soul Torture Technique, even without using sword dao, combined with his overwhelmingly strong Nascent Soul foundation and other means, he could still slay numerous same realm foes.

"Seems like in the future, apart from sword dao, I need to further cultivate other divine secret techniques and prepare more handy spirit treasures, particularly accumulating a large number of Tier Four Talismans, so that even without using any techniques, merely throwing a massive number of Tier Four Talismans would be enough to crush opponents!"

Qi Chuan thought inwardly.