A nine-layer sword art. Layers 1-3: Allows the user to emit sword auras up to a zhang long from their palms, comparable to high-grade magic tools. Layers 4-6: Enables instant casting of a ‘Protective Sword Shield’ with defensive power similar to mid-level defensive spells and automatic sword aura counterattacks. Layers 7-9: Grants the ‘Sword Shadow Separation Art’, allowing the user to create one or more sword shadows from their flying sword’s light, which attack alongside the main sword. Each layer expands meridians and deepens the dantian, granting deeper spiritual power than peers at the same level. However, from the 4th layer onward, a severe flaw causes a portion of newly cultivated spiritual power to dissipate periodically (10% at 4th layer, increasing by 10% per subsequent layer).