A Long Dream

This time, instead of finding himself in a blank domain, Xue Bai found himself seemingly in another body.

However, while he seemed to be in another body, he had no control over it and could only spectate from a first-person perspective.

And like his own transmigration, this time, Xue Bai found himself possessing a child's body. But unlike his own prestigious start, being the son of two Peak stage Domain Lords, the child he now possessed started from as humble of a beginning as one could live in a cultivation world.

A mortal orphan living in a barren region of an also barren continent.

If anything, this could also be the start of a standard cultivation novel's main character.

The child started as a beggar living in a rather prestigious and beautifully structured city resembling an ancient Empire, going around from alley to alley, begging and stealing scraps to live on.

However, since a cultivation world was cruel to homeless people, especially to homeless children, the child's life was more than difficult.

Being beaten half to death by arrogant nobles wasn't rare and spending days starving happened more often than not.

But one day, his fate changed.

After spending his childhood and some of his teenage years as a beggar, he found an ancient-looking, broken rustic sword. And with this sword, the child eventually stepped onto the path of cultivation.

Going through countless perils and tribulations, facing other more talented geniuses and heavenly beauties, the child who had long lost his emotions turned from a beggar into a sword demon obsessed with the sword and only the sword.

And Xue Bai, spectating all of this, found his comprehension of Sword Law becoming deeper and deeper. Seeing someone comprehend Sword Law without a teacher or an Elder's influence was very beneficial for Xue Bai.

Xue Bai, under his father, was given a very smooth and peaceful cultivation journey where Xue Feng very easily solved any mistake he encountered or was stuck on. However, the child didn't.

It was like during school, if Xue Bai got an answer wrong, Xue Feng would tell him only the answer, but not how to reach the answer. While for the child, he had to find not only the answer but why the answer worked and even why didn't the previous answer work.

And Xue Bai, spectating all of this, could find all of the possible bottlenecks he could possibly face in his future journey without having to struggle through them as the child did.

He had to go through life learning both the rights and wrongs of Sword Law. And if he accidentally took the wrong path without having an Elder notice and fix his route, the child had to figure it out himself.

Xue Bai would continue to live this life for what seemed to be centuries, where the once beggar child turned into a Domain Lord, a Xiantian Great Realm expert, and even someone who stood at the peak of the Mortal Plane reaching the Immortal Ascension Realm.

And along his entire journey, like glue, the ancient-looking broken rustic sword stayed with him, being not only his trump card but also a teacher figure. As not only did the rustic sword allow him to step onto the path of cultivation, but it also gave him his Cultivation Technique once he reached the Qi Sea Realm.

But since the sword wasn't a sentient being, it was only a consolation reward to make up for the difference the child would suffer compared to his much better-off rivals.

Finally, Xue Bai's new body's identity revealed itself. As he had long reached the limit of the Mortal Plane he lived in, he eventually decided to do something for the plane he lived in and built a Sect in his name called the Soaring Sword Sect.

However, spending his days building his sect from the ground up, even with his immense strength, took more than the Soaring Sword Sect Founder thought.

Without any experience, like in his youth, he had to figure out his way by himself. However, with his cultivation base, he had more than enough time to do it slowly.

But slowly, the more he did build his sect, the more he found that his already rusted sword would rust even more.

And obviously terrified at the idea of losing the thing that gave him his life, the Soaring Sword Sect Founder tried countless things to stop it, but nothing worked. Countless heavenly elixirs, Natural Treasures, and even resorting to hiring peak Divinators, wasted.

But eventually, just before the sword collapsed due to rust, the Soaring Sword Sect Founder figured out what the problem was.

The sword was him, and he was his sword. It wasn't the sword that was rusting, but him. He had spent hundreds of years dulling his sword by turning into a figurehead who manned a sect and not his previous sword demon self.historical

So abandoning his position and returning to Sword Demon self, the Soaring Sword Sect Founder decided to take the last step that he had pushed off for so long.

Ascending

However, just before he took the final step, the dream ended, blue balling Xue Bai.

But thankfully, the Soaring Sword Sect Founder kept his word, and Xue Bai finally managed to comprehend Sword Law!

But sadly, since he wasn't in a physical form or not even in control of a body at all, Xue Bai couldn't test out his new prowess.

Thankfully before he could mop about it, his vision returned to reality where almost no time had passed since he first poured his Spiritual Qi into the Sword Law Jade Stone.

"Young Duke Xue, 5 minutes have already passed. Would you like to give up now?" Luo Ye, completely unaware that Xue Bai had lived a few thousand years in a foreign body, asked tentatively.

Five minutes was usually the limit of how long one was allowed at the Sword Law Jade Stone, so at this point, Luo Ye wanted Xue Bai to stop, as his grade had stopped at the Immortal tier grade.

However, since Xue Bai was who he was, he couldn't rudely kick him off the stage as he did with less prestigious disciples.

Xue Bai, obviously choosing to ignore the Inner Disciple's words, did as the Soaring Sword Sect's Founder told him to do and imbued his Sword Law into the Sword Law Jade Stone, finally being able to change his grade.

"There it is! God-tier grade! Xue Bai is going to lead the Soaring Sword Sect into an era of power!" An elder hidden in the crowd sighed, filled with emotion.

And other than him, everyone else in the crowd had similar thoughts. Feeling either excited for the new era or Xue Bai's cultivation journey.

Luo Ye, however, felt that his cheeks turned red from the face slap he had just delivered to himself. But since he wanted to stay on Xue Bai's good side, instead of avenging the injustice, he put on a forced smile before congratulating him.

Sadly since Xue Bai was still cautious toward Luo Ye and the fact that he was too excited to test out his Sword Law, Xue Bai merely cupped his fist toward Luo Ye before running off like a child with a new toy to where Xiao'er was.

He had just completed another one of his goals and wanted nothing more than to try it out. And while staying in the city square would help Xue Bai build many connections that could help him in the future, he felt that even if he ignored them now, they would still be willing to come back another time.

So after running past any trying youths, Xue Bai grabbed the fair hand of Xiao'er and asked for the Wang Twins to take him to the forest outside of Soaring Sword City.

After all, only in true combat could Xue Bai truly test something like Sword Law!

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I felt like this chapter could've been much more. However, I couldn't really portray my thoughts well, making this turn into what it is currently. I don't know how those Chinese authors do it so well.

Whether it was the vision or even the crowd's reaction, I feel like I missed out on a lot of ideas that could've helped the narrative better. If anyone has either a type or a mistake I made in this chapter, please put it in the comments below, as I feel like I could've done so much better with this one.

And while I do feel like that with all of my chapters, this one specifically gave me that feeling the most.