There are two keys to the art of the sword, one is "royal" and the other is "sword".

Among them, "Yu" refers to control, usually the requirements for the Yuan Shen are relatively high, because the sword is an out-of-body attack, no need to hold, the main thing is to control the attack with the Yuan Shen, if the Yuan Shen is not strong enough, can not be separated by the gods, it will not be able to control the Ruyi, let alone change.

Therefore, just Qi An in the Qi Condensation Realm, and even Cao Hua in the early stage of God Refining could not give full play to the essence of the "royal" character of the imperial sword technique.

And the "sword" does not need to be talked about, it refers to the power and quantity of the flying sword itself, the power and quantity are large, the combat power is terrifying, and the ghosts and gods are frightened.

The sword cultivation that is really good at swordsmanship can not fully reflect the terrifying swordsmanship until at least the late stage of refining the gods, which is closely related to the strength of godlessness and the differentiation of divine thoughts.

And the primordial god is the soul of a person, which cannot be seen, touched, unclear, unclear, unable to reach the realm of refining gods, and cannot even experience its existence, let alone fight against the enemy with its sword.

Only by being promoted to refining the god can you clearly perceive your own primordial god, and the primordial god also has enough power to break through the shackles of the flesh body and fly out of the mud pill palace, which has a unique ability to observe the world, which is more accurate and magical than seeing with your eyes and hearing with your ears.

People have five senses, namely eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, which are the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

"Meaning" is not only the sixth sense, of course, but also a kind of perceptual ability, which is more intuitive and reliable than the first five senses, so the great cultivator of the god refining can use his divine sense to explore the surrounding environment, meticulous, without omission, and the perceptual ability is far beyond the five senses of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body combined.

At the same time, the Yuan Shen is also a kind of spiritual power, which can initiate a spiritual impact, which makes people feel shocked and lose their minds in an instant. For example, in the Qingzhou Sixth Academy Exchange Competition, Ouyang Ting of the Zhengwu Branch had this peculiar ability.

However, this kind of spiritual impact can only be used on those who are weak and weak, and it is difficult for the same realm to take effect, so for the great cultivators in the early stage of refining gods, the greatest role of the primordial gods is still reflected in perception and assistance, and the means of attack are scarce.

The above is the first stage of the initial stage of refining the god realm, which is called "Yuan Shen out of the body".

To sum up, when the primordial spirit grows to a certain extent, it can leave the body and diffuse to a certain range outside the body, so there is a sixth sense of "meaning", and it can influence others to a certain extent on the spiritual level.

After the "Yuan Shen Out of the Body", it is "Controlling Qi with Gods", which is the second stage of refining the God Realm.

The so-called "refining gods" is to cultivate the original gods.

This entire God Refining Realm can not only increase the True Yuan, but also continue to grow the Yuan Shen.

As the primordial spirit becomes stronger and stronger, it is not only limited to perception and assistance, but also truly possesses substantial power, which can interfere with matter, manipulate objects, and change endlessly.

In fact, the Yuan Shen could not directly control other things at the beginning, but used the gods to control the qi, the qi to control the things, and the true yuan power as the intermediate medium to achieve the purpose of indirect control of things.

Of course, as the power of the Yuan Shen becomes stronger and stronger, it will eventually be able to directly control things, but that is a later story, so let's not mention it for the time being.

In the stage of "using the gods to control the qi", the sword technique can be regarded as having good control, and it is no longer like before, it is difficult to change the move after making a move, and the number of attack paths is easy to be figured out.

And what can really reflect the horror of the sword art is the third stage of the God Refining Realm, "Distraction Thoughts".

At this time, the primordial spirits are not only powerful, but also able to differentiate, each with a consciousness, each with a thought, so that they can count with one heart and use each other without affecting each other.

As for how many Yuan Shen can be differentiated, most of them are determined by strength, and often the stronger the Yuan Shen, the more number can be differentiated.

Before there is no distraction, if the imperial envoy has multiple flying swords, then he can only advance and retreat together, attack and defend together, or use one sword as the main sword, and the rest as a supplement. This is because the mind is not enough, and it is impossible to control each sword carefully, and once you are distracted in many places, it is easy to make mistakes and make mistakes, which is not good.

But once there is a means of distraction, each divine thought controls a flying sword, performs its own duties, and does not interfere with each other, it is like many people cooperating, each making moves, launching attacks with different means and methods, and the combat ability has increased significantly, which is very difficult to deal with.

Therefore, anyone who specializes in sword cultivation can only exert his strongest combat power until the late stage of refining the gods, and if he does not reach this realm, his advantages are limited, and he is not much stronger than other schools.

To sum up, condensing qi into a sword is the introduction to the sword, with the spirit of the god, it is the small success of the sword, and the distraction of the mind is the great success of the sword.

Whether it is Qi An or Cao Hua, in the Imperial Sword side, it is just an entry.

Although Cao Hua's realm is higher than Qi An'an, with the help of divine sense, it is only helpful in perception, and he can't perfectly control the flying sword, and he can't make subtle moves.

From the perspective of actual combat ability, although Qi An at this time was only at the peak of Qi condensation, he was much more powerful than Cao Hua in the early stage of God Refining, because the power of his Seven Absolute Divine Sword had far surpassed Cao Hua's Jiuyang Divine Sword.

Edgeworth, divided into "royal" and "sword", the level of the two people's "royal" is comparable, but the power of the "sword" is different, so naturally whose "sword" is powerful, who is more powerful.

On the one hand, this is because the [Seven Peerless Sword Techniques] is an ancient mastery, and its power is an important feature, and it can transcend a realm.

On the other hand, the Soul Devouring True Qi is of a special nature, it is transformed from the Soul Devouring Demon Fire, whether it is quality or quantity, it is far beyond the orthodox Seven Absolute True Qi, and even has the devouring special effect, which makes Qi An's sword qi and flying sword extraordinary, and it has to be upgraded to another level on the original basis, so that it can cross the two realms.

In other words, whether it is the strength of refining the body or the strength of refining qi, Qi An can fight across the two realms, the refining body is assisted by the bloodline of the fire demon and the true qi, and the refining of qi is relying on the spirit devouring demon fire and the ancient mastery.

At this time, if Qi An is launched with all his strength, he can control the eighteen flying swords condensed by the seven absolute sword qi, and each sword can reach the maximum attack power, which is comparable to the middle stage of refining gods, if the number is large, the power of a single sword will be discounted and weakened a lot.

And if he uses fist skills to fight in close combat, he is far less powerful, even if he uses the Spirit Devouring True Qi to assist the physical strength, at most he can only dominate the early stage of God Refining, but he cannot match the middle stage of God Refining.

This is because, with the improvement of the realm, the effect of the true yuan power on the increase of the strength of the body becomes weaker and weaker, even if his qi refining cultivation has improved by two small realms, it can only strengthen the strength of the body by a few percent, and it has not yet reached the effect of doubling, and the power of his fist moves will not be able to cross the threshold of the middle stage of refining the gods.

After analyzing Qi An's strength, I will finally mention the last stage of the Divine Refining Realm, which is the "Divine Soul Manifestation", but it has no obvious impact on the Imperial Sword.

The so-called "Divine Soul Manifestation" is to allow the formless and qualitative Divine Soul to manifest into an imagery form, which can launch a more high-end primordial attack than the spiritual impact, ignoring the material defense, and directly acting on the opponent's Divine Soul, which is weird and difficult to prevent.

There are some great cultivators who are good at delusional and ecstasy, and they can shine at this stage, and they can easily affect the minds of others, and even directly control their opponents, making them become a puppet, destroying the enemy invisibly, which is extremely terrifying.

However, all these schools that are based on the primordial gods must reach the realm of "divine soul manifestation" in order to exert the various magical effects of the primordial gods.

Although the Imperial Sword Flow has high requirements for the strength of the Yuan Shen, it is still far inferior to the Yuan Shen Flow.

And there are very few people in the world who are good at this way, because the cultivation of the divine soul is more difficult than the cultivation of the true element, and it is not easy to improve.

To sum up, the four major stages of refining the god realm are the original spirit out of the body, the use of the divine qi, the distraction of the mind, and the manifestation of the divine soul, which correspond to the early stage, middle stage, late stage, and peak respectively.

Although Qi An had not yet reached the level of the God Refining Realm, he had read a lot of theoretical books on cultivation in the library of the Backing Mountain Branch, among which there were detailed records of each cultivation realm, all of which were memorized in his heart, and he was not ignorant.

It's just that it's better to try it than to listen to people's words, and the mystery in it is not something that can be described in just a few words in the book, and you must reach that state by yourself in order to understand it thoroughly.

Qi An was on the edge of the lake, converting the [Seven Absolute Sword Techniques] to use, only to see more than a dozen flying swords sweeping around, constantly changing colors, cyan wind sword, purple thunder sword, white gold sword, green wooden sword, black water sword, red fire sword, yellow earth sword, whatever attribute you want, you can transform it instantly, without retracting and re-release.

When the Soul Devouring Demon Fire was just transformed into the Soul Devouring Cyclone, it was indeed a little "uncooperative", and it was necessary to indirectly change the true qi attributes by running the corresponding exercises, but when Qi An's Qi refining cultivation was rising higher and higher, almost to the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation, the Soul Devouring Demon Fire was connected with his mind, as if it was one, and the attribute conversion was only in one thought.

The originally jerky sword technique has gradually become proficient, and it can make some simple attack changes, although it is far less subtle than the [Backing Fist Method], but because of the large number of flying swords, coupled with the ability to attack from a distance, and the extremely strong attack power, it can already be used to fight with the mid-stage cultivator of God Refining.

As for the attack range of the sword, Qi An has tested, in the case of ensuring the peak power, it is only ten zhang square, and if it is farther, the lethality of the flying sword will be reduced, twenty zhang away, only half of the power is left, more than thirty zhang, it is like the end of a strong crossbow, there is no practical meaning.

The attack distance of only ten zhang is quite inferior to Cao Hua's [Jiuyang Divine Sword], when Cao Hua and Qi An were fighting, he controlled the flying sword to suppress Qi An, and he stood fifteen zhang away, and the power of the flying sword did not weaken in the slightest.

Of course, Cao Hua is a great cultivator of God Refining after all, and he surpasses Qi An in many ways, and his imperial sword is even farther away, which seems to be reasonable.

And for Qi An, who often fights hand-to-hand in close combat, the range of ten zhang of the imperial sword is enough, which makes him quite satisfied.