Chapter 25

• The mysterious woman explained, “A sword cultivator trains in both the sword and the heart. The truest ‘heart’ is one’s original intent. In that moment, you wanted to seek justice for your sister, you wanted to kill. But if you held back out of concern for the consequences, suppressing your true intent just to smooth things over, that would be going against your heart. You might not realise the impact immediately, but in reality, your sword would be bound by your own hesitation. The clarity of your sword heart, which you had just achieved, would dissipate in an instant.”
• Ye Fan gave a bitter smile. “Senior, if all sword cultivators were this rigid, they wouldn’t live very long.”
• The mysterious woman replied softly, “That’s exactly why sword cultivators are so rare in this world. True sword immortals are even rarer. This is what I meant when I told you before—the path of the sword is far more difficult than you imagine.”