Small Virescent Sword

The Small Virescent Sword is an exceptionally fast flying sword that accepts Su Ming during his early journey through Han Mountain. Only seven inches long in its resting form, it enters his body, opens a channel for spiritual aura, and responds to thought transmitted through his Branding or divine sense. Its speed and cutting edge make it one of Su Ming's most recognizable early weapons, while its awakening spirit gives the bond an emotional dimension. That bond culminates when Su Ming places his Nascent Divinity inside the sword as part of his final attack on Di Tian, leaving the sword's spirit exposed to devastating soul damage. (Chapters 137–138, 271–351, 584–586)

History

Recognition beneath Han Mountain

The sword first approaches Su Ming in a cave while He Feng identifies it as a treasure of his people and reacts to it like a natural predator. The blade shows no hostility toward Su Ming. After circling him and drawing blood from his palm, it enters his body and searches through him, opening a path of flesh, blood, and spiritual aura. A sword mark appears between his brows, and his Branding perception expands into a clear awareness of the surrounding two thousand feet. He Feng cannot explain why the treasure behaves as though it has recovered a long-lost owner. (Chapters 137–138)

Acceptance does not mean effortless mastery. Su Ming can launch and recall the sword with a thought, but at first it flies stably only within the same two-thousand-foot radius. Five breaths of use exhaust the aura stored in the new channel, produce a severe headache, and blur his vision. A single early killing strike consumes roughly one seventh of that reserve. These limits make the sword a decisive but carefully rationed weapon until Su Ming's cultivation and spiritual resources improve. (Chapters 138, 148)

The blade's earlier history remains uncertain. It is associated with Han Mountain's ancestor and He Feng's people, and the way it recognizes Su Ming raises questions about whether it is connected to the inheritance or to a possession scheme. The chapters establish its prior custody and unusual recognition, but do not supply a conclusive maker or prove that its acceptance is itself a trap. (Chapters 138, 149–155)

A growing weapon of thought and spirit

Su Ming repeatedly uses the sword for rapid executions, close cutting, and defense. It can spin into a virescent barrier, sever restraints and building material, penetrate foreheads and throats before opponents react, and fight at a distance while Su Ming watches through divine sense. During the war between Berserkers and Shamans, it becomes part of a layered style in which lightning or bell chimes hinder targets long enough for the sword to deliver a precise strike. Su Ming also uses it as a handheld blade when an opponent's unusual body makes controlled dismemberment more useful than a single thrust. (Chapters 184–199, 242, 261–271, 334–351)

Experience broadens its applications without removing its counters. Su Ming can feed it medicinal power or stone coins to sustain his divine sense, combine it with the Provenance of Wind and lightning, and expand it into a sword about ten feet long. His Immortal clone later controls it through Nascent Soul Qi, enlarging and empowering it for heavier attacks. Its sharp point can pierce stone more effectively than a slashing edge, and it can perform delicate work, such as opening Su Ming's back so an inheritance can be implanted. (Chapters 339–442, 452)

Opponents demonstrate that sharpness is not invincibility. Yan Luan's projected breath knocks the sword back, leaves corroded red spots, and weakens it. A Shaman attacks the divine sense placed upon the blade and stops it in mid-flight. An Undying body can be cut apart cleanly without truly dying, while stronger force can deflect or seal the weapon. The sword's performance therefore depends both on the target's nature and on the controller's available spiritual or divine-sense power. (Chapters 151–152, 237, 266, 334–339)

The final present for Di Tian

In the battle against Di Tian's projection, Su Ming divides his preparations into several lethal "presents." For the fifth, he disperses his Nascent Divinity and fuses it into the Small Virescent Sword, turning the weapon into a vessel for his own soul-force. The sword has by then developed a clear spirit: it shows affection and reluctance, yet follows Su Ming's decision. This is not an ordinary enhancement but a sacrificial use in which weapon and wielder are placed together inside the attack. (Chapter 584)

Di Tian answers with Heavenly Deprival of Souls. The sword screams, its virescent light fades, and its spiritual presence rapidly disappears. Later references to generic small swords do not securely identify this particular blade, so its survival, recovery, or return to Su Ming cannot be asserted. Its last unambiguous condition is severe damage and the loss of its spirit under Di Tian's technique. (Chapters 585–586)

Abilities and properties

• High-speed flight and cutting: The sword travels like a virescent flash, attacks from thought or divine-sense commands, and cuts flesh, bone, barriers, and many weapons with exceptional precision. A clean cut is not necessarily lethal to bodies sustained by regeneration or unusual life structures. (Chapters 138, 148, 185, 261–266, 334)
• Spiritual-aura channel: Upon entering Su Ming, it opens a bodily path that draws in and stores spiritual aura, supports his Branding perception, and leaves a sword mark on his brow. Initial absorption is slow, initial stable control extends two thousand feet, and overuse causes pain, blurred sight, shrinking perception, and depleted reserves. (Chapters 137–138)
• Defensive and utilitarian forms: It can orbit Su Ming as a shield, support him during a fall, cut construction material, guard a location, pierce Crimson Stone, and perform controlled incisions. It cannot eliminate every impact or substitute for specialized defenses. (Chapters 184, 196–199, 223, 242, 413, 442)
• Size and energy amplification: Wind, lightning, medicinal force, and Nascent Soul Qi can enlarge or empower the blade. These effects come from Su Ming or his clone rather than being free, permanent increases intrinsic to the sword. (Chapters 339, 383, 452)
• Responsive spirit: The sword observes Su Ming before accepting him, warns or awakens him, and later expresses attachment. Its spirit can be frightened, injured, corroded, or attacked directly; Heavenly Deprival of Souls nearly extinguishes it. (Chapters 137, 183, 584–586)
• Control vulnerabilities: Techniques that disrupt divine sense can halt the flying blade and injure its controller's mental link. Strong projections, seals, corrosive forces, and targets whose bodies ignore ordinary severing all reduce its effectiveness. (Chapters 151, 237, 266, 334–339)

Ownership and custody