Chapter 40: The Seventh Layer

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The Washing Sword Technique and Blood Purification Technique are quite similar, both transforming the True Qi of the Great Purple Sun Technique through special mental method pathways to add unique attributes.

By further invoking Void Power, the fusion results in a qualitative transformation of the True Qi.

At this point, the True Qi differs entirely from the Great Purple Sun Technique's True Qi, sometimes expanding and strengthening the meridians, or coalescing into sharp sword or blade rays.

The complexity of the mental method pathways in both the Washing Sword Technique and Blood Purification Technique is similar; the commonality lies in that little bit of Void Power that turns stone into gold.

On a bed in the back courtyard of a villa beside the Thick Earth Hall, Chu Zhiyuan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, practicing the Washing Sword Technique.