Chapter 53

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Chapter 53: My Name is Chi Shang

My name is Chi Shang. I was once a disciple of the Vastness Sword Sect, mastering the Vastness Sword Technique. By nature, I am extraordinarily gifted. While others required months to learn the Vastness Sword Technique, I accomplished it in mere days.

My senior fellow student, in his thirties, is a man of great integrity. At the Vastness Sword Sect, his assistance was a constant in my life. I am deeply grateful to him. I cherished the Vastness Sword Sect, my fellow disciples, and my pure and lovely junior sister. Her smile, dimpled and sweet, her large eyes sparkling as she watched me practice by her side—she was the joy of my days.

I discovered a significant flaw in the Vastness Sword Technique, quite by accident. I pondered whether to reveal this secret to the Sect Master, as the technique has been passed down for thousands of years, and never once has it been breached by our esteemed ancestors.

This secret I shared only with my junior sister, who, aside from my pursuit of swordsmanship, is the person dearest to my heart.

On a night of thunder and lightning, her scream pierced the air. Filled with dread, I rushed to her room without hesitation. There, a scene of horror awaited: her clothes torn, spots of crimson beneath her, her gaze vacant and lifeless—she had been violated.

Who could have done this to my junior sister? Shocked, enraged, and filled with hatred, I swore to avenge this heinous act.

My senior fellow students arrived abruptly, their anger directed at me as soon as they entered.

“Chi Shang, you’ve done well! I’ve been kind to you, yet you’ve committed such a beastly act!” The Sect Master’s beard trembled with rage, his eyes bulging in fury.

Smack!

A slap landed on my face, and my senior brother drew his sword, pointing at me with anger: “Chi Shang, I knew you had feelings for our junior sister, but I never expected you to take advantage of the darkness and assault her.”

“No, senior brother, I didn’t. Sect Master, I swear, I didn’t do it!” Struck by a bolt of truth, I fell to my knees.

“Why were you found in your junior sister’s room, your clothes in disarray?”

“Chi Shang, you dare to argue. Our junior sister has reached the seventh level of the Vastness Sword Technique. Only you knew the method to break it. If not for you, how could she have been captured and humiliated so easily?” My senior brother accused me, his teeth clenched in anger.

Boom!

My mind went blank. I had shared the secret to breaking the Vastness Sword Technique with only my junior sister. How did my senior brother know? I was momentarily dazed.

“Junior sister, junior sister, tell us who committed this beastly act?” My senior brother ran over and called by my junior sister’s ear.

This was my only hope. Facing the disdainful and hateful gazes of my fellow disciples, I wanted to declare my innocence, but no one would believe me.

“Chi Shang! ….”

“Chi Shang! ….”

My junior sister, with lifeless eyes, clutched the quilt tightly with her pale hand and muttered.

“Beast, I’ll cut you down!” The Sect Master, in a fit of rage, slashed at me with the most powerful move of the Vastness Sword Technique, ‘Heaven’s Thunder’.

I cannot die. I need to uncover the truth, to tell my fellow disciples it wasn’t me, to avenge my junior sister. I swear it, therefore, I cannot die here.

I fled, running like a cornered beast. I wanted to go home to hide, but upon my return, I learned of the execution of my entire family, our wealth confiscated.

Later, I heard that my junior sister married my senior brother, and my heart was filled with a mixture of emotions.

Later, I gradually understood that this was all a conspiracy. The decline of my family was the key to this incident. My junior sister was not raped; she had always loved my senior brother and only got close to me because of the Sect Master. Each time she smiled at me, she was thinking of my senior brother.

Disillusioned, I saw the ugliness of human nature. I had wanted to find the culprit and apologize to the sect, but I gradually let go. I stopped insisting on revenge and stopped insisting on my junior sister. Since they love each other, let them be.

Free from the entanglement of my junior sister, I can finally pursue the swordsmanship I yearn for. I started to wander the world. During this time, I heard of a person named Fengyun Wuji.

This person rose like a comet, shining brightly in the martial arts world, challenging various sword masters, and many famous people were defeated by his sword. The most powerful thing is that all his martial arts were self-created, without a teacher’s guidance.

Just as I was about to go to him and take him as a teacher, he suddenly disappeared. It is said that he failed to challenge the legendary Sword Demon and then disappeared.

I was very disappointed and could only continue to wander. One night in a heavy rain, in a dilapidated temple, I met a middle-aged swordsman. That night in the temple, we made a fire, and as fellow swordsmen, we chatted. His swordsmanship made me feel inferior. I thought I was a genius who could break the legendary ‘Vastness Sword Technique’, but I didn’t expect that he had broken it earlier and simply drew the solution on the ground, and the method was very straightforward.

That night, we talked until dawn and got along very well. When we parted at dawn, the man hesitated, took out a book from his arms,

“Here, this might help you.” The man said, and then suddenly disappeared. I never saw how he disappeared.

Opening the pages, I saw four words ‘Dharma Heart Sutra’.

Later, it is said that Fengyun Wuji challenged the Sword Demon again, and this time, he succeeded. The invincible Sword Demon was defeated.

Later, Fengyun Wuji disappeared again, and this time, he became a legend.

Decades later, I have avenged my father, took up my sword, and killed the emperor on the throne. At that time, Fengyun Wuji’s reputation was already immeasurable. People called him ‘Wind God’, and the martial arts historian Bai Xiaosheng called him ‘Sword God’, a title that was agreed upon by the people of the martial arts world.

I know little about Fengyun Wuji, what level his martial arts has reached, and what he has done. I only know that he has become a god. Some people say they have seen him flying on a sword, flying to the sky in broad daylight. Some say he is dead, but no one knows for sure.

Later, the martial arts world spread that after the Sword God ascended, he left a martial arts secret book, and this rumor quickly led to a bloody feud in the martial arts world for more than twenty years.

No one can stop this unprecedented martial arts feud, no one, and I can’t either!

Finally, I was fortunate to know the name of this secret book, the Dharma Heart Sutra.

I then realized that the person in the dilapidated temple that night was Fengyun Wuji, the Sword God. But this was already twenty years later.

Feeling that the twenty years of feuding had hurt the martial arts world too much, I announced the content of the ‘Dharma Heart Sutra’ to the world, allowing everyone to learn this peerless martial arts canon.

After that, for more than twenty years, the martial arts world was prosperous, with various sects standing, and many sects even using the slogan ‘Sword God Sect’, all claiming to be the orthodox Sword God. This is another dispute that lasted for decades or even a hundred years.

Everyone’s comprehension is different, and what they understand is naturally different. Everyone claims to be the orthodox Sword God, although there is a dispute, but it only makes the martial arts world stronger and more prosperous. Therefore, I did not come forward to clarify that in fact, the Sword God Fengyun Wuji did not pass down a sect. Strictly speaking, there is only one disciple. At least that’s what I think.

One day, I felt a call from the dark, and I knew that ascending in broad daylight was not a fantasy. Master, you really ascended.

On a clear day, I found a high mountain where no one should disturb.

Unexpectedly, I ascended. The Dharma Heart Sutra reached the twelfth level, and the heavenly tribulation was nothing. In the last moment of ascension, I saw the old Bai Xiaosheng sitting on another mountain, writing quickly with a pen.

From a distance, I saw Bai Xiaosheng’s mouth open and close, and I understood what he said:

When your master ascended, I was also there.

Smiling, I looked at the sky, the hole getting closer and closer, Master, I am finally coming to find you…