Bo Qing looked at himself: "But right now, I am too lacking compared to my past self. But I will claw my way back up and surpass myself, soaring to greater heights!" He reached out to the sky: "I will finish what I started, only then can I rest in peace." His goal. The insurmountable obstacle that he had failed to pass.

There was a certain legend in this world. Once upon a time, a great evil descended upon this world. All life suffered. To combat this, an ancient god descended to fight the great evil. They fought for three hundred days and nights, but a winner had yet to appear. Finally, the god decided to sacrifice himself to defeat the great evil. His flesh and blood rained down upon the world. The animals that ate this flesh, the plants that absorbed the blood, the ore that soaked in the blood, they all gained the ability to rank up. His bones turned into the first rank five divine weapons. And from his brains emerged the first humans.

This ancient god, it could only be a rank five existence! Countless experts from all continents pursued this goal, but almost all failed. There were only three humans in history that had gotten close, but all had flaws. To reach the perfect rank five, that was his group's goal.

But now he had to at least reach rank two, and then find the others. Their plan required all five of them.They should all be in their respective continent, no doubt also rebuilding their strength. He couldn't fall behind them now, could he? It was a pity he couldn't yet unleash the flowing river sword's full potential. But the rank one gentle stream sword would do just fine for now. Carrying the swords on his back, he slowly returned to Blessed Spring clan.

Just when the buildings were in sight, a middle-aged man blocked his way. "Kid, I am Yuan Shao. You took my son's sword. He is foolish, it is partly his fault that he let you steal it. Give it back and we'll forget this ever happened." Upon hearing this, Bo Qing smiled and immediately attacked!

Yuan Shao had already taken out his sword and blocked the strike: "Kid, you're making a grave mistake. This is offending Blessed Spring clan as well! I'll give you one last chance, give water edge sword back!"

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Bo Qing snorted: "Shut up and fight." He took out his other sword too. Water edge sword in his right hand, gentle stream in his left. This dual wielding style felt the most familiar to him

Yuan Shao was surprised, this kid actually had another rank one sword. He took a stance. He no longer dared to underestimate his opponent. Yuan Shao's sword glowed in a blue light, and rain drops began forming in the air.

Bo Qing immediately recognized this sword, it was rank one falling raindrops sword. He rushed towards Yuan Shao. The raindrops seemed harmless, but were very sharp. They would inflict heavy injuries if he let them accumulate. A bluish layer of light began flowing around him, covering his body. This was gentle stream sword's ability, it provided a defense effect, allowing him to temporarily repel the raindrops.

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth. He was specialized in battles of attrition against many opponents. A lone swordsman with defense for the raindrops and offense to overpower him in a one on one battle, this completely countered him! If he knew he was against such an opponent, why would he ever go out alone! Besides, why was this kid rank one? This greatly differed from the information given to him.

The sound of swords clashing resounded throughout the forest. Even a child could see that Bo Qing had the upper hand. At this point Yuan Shao was barely holding on and desperately wanted to retreat. But he felt deep killing intent from Bo Qing, the moment he showed his back, it would definitely be pierced by his swords!

Bo Qing frowned: "This is taking too long, I'm not used to this body yet. Time to end this." He shot out a water blade, forcing Yuan Shao to dodge. But throughout this battle, he had learned Yuan Shao's fighting habits and sent out another blade to where he would dodge. Yuan Shao cried out in surprise and was hit by the blade. This caused a deep cut in his chest, and with such heavy injuries, the battle was over. Bo Qing sighed and beheaded the man without hesitation.

He then held water edge sword close to the corpse. Small red specks flew out and got absorbed by the sword. After this, the sword emitted a slightly stronger aura.

In order to advance to rank two, one had to first raise the vital sword to rank two. There were two ways to do this. First was forging, something unique to humans. Using a rank two materials, they could forge a rank two weapon. But this method was unsuitable for him. He did not have any forging tools, workplace or the necessary experience to do so. He also neither had the money nor trust to let others forge it for him.

The second method involved letting the sword directly absorb the remnants of the ancient god. This required a much larger amount of remnants. This naturally took longer, but was more suitable for him. Animals, plants and ore could all be used. But humans were the best material, they contained the most remnants. He cleaned his swords and started walking towards Blessed Spring clan.