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Chapter 1602 - Chapter 1602 Chapter 687 Innate Tao Technique The Beginning

Chapter 1602: Chapter 687: Innate Tao Technique, The Beginning of a Shocking Transformation Chapter 1602: Chapter 687: Innate Tao Technique, The Beginning of a Shocking Transformation Three hundred years, for the mortals of the Floating World, spans several generations, witnessing the changes over time.

Yet for immortals, it was merely a period of seclusion, and for comprehending the Tao Realm, it was an extremely brief moment of insight.

However, for Han Yi, these three hundred years, relying on his own cultivation and the assistance of the Wan Ming Incarnation, meant that the Ninth-stage Immortal Skill of Sword Control at its peak limit, finally underwent a transformation.

[Tao Skills * Sword Control].

Within the Age Candle Hall, in a mysterious realm, Han Yi opened his eyes, and what he saw was this simple line of information.

His brows slightly raised.

The skill was still named Sword Control when it was an Immortal Skill, and even after evolving into a Tao Skill, it remained Sword Control; there was no special change in the name.

But one must know, this Sword Skill, into which he had poured a great deal of heart and effort–if the transformation were so simple, how could he be content?

He was counting on this Tao Skill to rival the might of the Taosi Six Forms.

With anticipation stirring within, he focused on these words on the Skill Level Panel, and immediately, a profound intent of Tao emanated from the panel, coming to his understanding.

“Sword Control, the Sword Skill that commands the Tao!”

Han Yi suddenly realized that the ‘Sword Control’ which had been promoted to a Tao Skill was no longer limited to controlling the sword alone but was about using the sword to command the Tao, reigning supreme over all ‘Tao’.

Yet, while he had this sudden realization, he was still skeptical about the might of this Tao Skill.

He raised his hand, drawing the Selfless Demon Sword that was resting nearby, and then lightly swung it with a single stroke.

In this strike, he did not rely solely on the power of the Demon Sword nor did he use the Miluo Hunyuan Sword Canon, instead, he wielded it with the Tao Skill * Sword Control.

Whoosh!

With just a flash of black Sword Radiance, the Great Tao of the entire world trembled and showed reverence.

Immediately,

Ancient forests split, rivers stopped flowing, the Tao resonated for thousands of miles, and the world seemed to fall.

The Selfless Demon Sword held in Han Yi’s hand abruptly ceased its light quivering; then it began to tremble madly with overwhelming joy.

Han Yi smiled and flicked the sword, calming it down.

“It has nothing to do with you; you didn’t become stronger.”

His eyes shone brightly, with an aura of divine might, quite satisfied with this strike.

This strike, while not using his full strength, showed him the difference between Sword Control at the level of Tao Skills and at the level of Immortal Skills.

Despite the similar name, the Immortal Skill-level Sword Control was about commanding the Immortal Sword itself, while the Tao Skill-level Sword Control was about using the sword to command the Tao, with the sword unleashing and the Great Tao following suit.

Therefore, the true understanding of Tao Skill-level Sword Control should be the Sword that Commands the Tao.

Its might, naturally, was incomparable to before.

And unlike the Four Origins Tao Skills, which required a Tao Guide, the Tao Skill pushed forward by the Proficiency Panel did not require one.

Han Yi now understood the difference; what he previously thought, that all Tao Skills required a Tao Guide, was a narrow view.

In a broader sense, Tao Skills are divided into two types.

Innate Tao Techniques and Acquired Tao Skills.

Innate Tao Techniques are ‘Skills’ that are comprehended directly from the Tao, without the concept of a Tao Guide. Such a Tao Technique, at the very least, requires a Dao Fruit Level existence to create.

And ordinarily, the Innate Tao Techniques that a Dao Fruit Level existence can converge are based on their fully fused Dao Fruits. Since Dao Fruits are unique, a Dao Fruit Level existence can only comprehend one Innate Tao Technique.

Of course, beings who advance to the Outer Path are no longer limited and can create multiple Innate Tao Techniques, but even for them, creating each Innate Tao Technique is not easy.

On the other hand, Acquired Tao Skills, which require a Tao Guide, are actually derived from Innate Tao Techniques. They are from beings above the Dao Fruit Level who imprint the Tao Skills they comprehend from their Dao Fruits onto something, ultimately forming Acquired Tao Skills.

The reason for the existence of Acquired Tao Skills is that Innate Tao Techniques cannot be passed down; only the creators can utilize them. However, at a great cost, imprinting them to form Acquired Tao Skills allows the very first step cultivators of the Tao Realm to practice them.

In the Tao Realm, the first step accounts for over ninety percent of existences; thus, when people refer to Tao Skills, they usually mean Acquired Tao Skills.

Furthermore,

Since Innate Tao Techniques are derived from Dao Fruits, they are also known as Dao Fruit Level Tao Skills, or Lifespan Skills.

Therefore,

In essence, Innate Tao Techniques are indeed more powerful than Acquired Tao Skills. This is indisputable.

The reason why the Tao Skill * Sword Control was so powerful just now is also because of this.

Stowing the Selfless Demon Sword away, Han Yi continued to look towards the Three Thousand Sword Realm and the other Immortal Skills, his heart filled with anticipation.

Before ascending to the Tao Realm, he possessed three Skills that neared the way of the Tao.

Formlessness, Mind Trace, Sword Radiance.

Among them, Near-Tao * Formlessness evolved from the Wanxing Daotai and was obtained when he pushed the Wanxing Daotai to the Ninth-stage Immortal Skill in the Wisdom Realm, to evade the probing of the Heavenly Lord and the Demon Lord using the Life Seeds.

Near-Tao * Mind Trace was born when the Mind Domain Shifting Immortal Skills broke through to the ninth stage; on the edge of the Eternal Tao Trace in the Fu Heng Eastern Realm, he used this Near-Tao Skill to escape from the powerful restraint barrier set by the True Holy Palace’s Tao Realm female cultivator.

As for Near-Tao * Sword Radiance, it was his earliest obtained Near-Tao Skill, and emerged when the Three Thousand Sword Realm advanced to the eighth stage. When it reached the ninth stage, Near-Tao * Sword Radiance, unprecedentedly, directly promoted to a Tao Skill.

But because it was based on a Ninth-stage Immortal Sword, although it was a Tao Skill, it merely reached the threshold of Tao Skills. It could defeat all Immortal Venerates with one stroke, but against the Tao Realm, it could easily break both sword and technique.

Han Yi focused his thoughts on these three Near-Tao Skills, with particular interest in Sword Radiance.