"Rumble—"
The young man held a sword in his hand.
He slowly stepped out of Tai Chi Cave, his robes billowing and his black hair falling over his shoulders. A sharp golden Sword Intent glinted in his brilliant eyes, while the Sovereign Sword radiated endless sword light so dazzling that no one could open their eyes...
"Xiao Yan."
Tian Buyi clearly sensed the aura emanating from the young man.
Peak of Ninth Layer of Jade Purity Realm?
He was even only one step away from breaking through into the Supreme Purity Realm!
"Your cultivation..."
Tian Buyi's voice trembled slightly.
Looking at the peerlessly elegant young man before him, he could not stop himself from wanting to cry. It had been five years...
Five whole years!
That peerless prodigy from back then!
Had he finally returned?
"Master."
Wang Quan Yan smiled faintly.
He gently held the Sovereign Sword horizontally before him. The two characters "Sovereign Authority" above the guard were especially conspicuous. "Actually, it wasn't that I couldn't break through these past years. It was just that..."
"I used all my cultivation to comprehend this sword."
"A sword?"
Tian Buyi was stunned.
"That's right."
The young man nodded slightly.
He gently raised a hand and stroked the Sovereign Sword, murmuring, "This sword is called—"
"Heaven and Earth One Sword!"
The moment his words fell.
Wang Quan Yan suddenly drew his sword and slashed.
"Rumble!"
In an instant, Sword Qi Fills the Universe!
Boundless sword light, terrifying Sword Momentum, and dazzling golden Sword Intent nearly engulfed the entire back mountain. An indomitable will surged straight into the clouds, thoroughly illuminating all of Grand Bamboo Peak.
"This sword is called—"
"Heaven and Earth One Sword!"
The young man's clear voice resounded through the heavens.
The next moment.
Terrifying sword light suddenly tore across the sky.
The entire night sky was illuminated at that moment. Endless Sword Momentum cleaved apart the visible "heavens," and a sword scar stretching for miles seemed to hang across the skies above Qingyun Sect.
Heaven and Earth One Sword?
One Sword Splits the Heavens!
"Master."
"This is what I have gained over the past five years."
"This is the sword I comprehended only after five years of enlightenment."
"I wonder—"
"Can this sword bring prosperity to Grand Bamboo Peak?"
So spoke the young man.
Upon hearing this.
Tian Buyi was already trembling all over.
As he looked at the peerlessly elegant young man before him, someone seemed to come to mind. The two of them appeared somewhat alike?
No!
Wang Quan Yan might have been even more dazzling than him!
Even Senior Brother Wan in his prime could not compare to him!
"Good! Good! Good!"
Tian Buyi burst into tears.
Trembling as tears streamed down his face, he said, "Grand Bamboo Peak shall flourish in this lifetime!"
Grand Bamboo Peak would flourish? It would flourish through Sovereign Authority!
"Rumble—"
The terrifying Sword Intent nearly illuminated the entire night sky.
A golden sword scar stretching for miles hung above all of Qingyun Sect, as though someone had split the entire sky open with a sword.
This night.
Was destined to be sleepless.
Grand Bamboo Peak, Shoujing Hall.
Su Ru stood blankly at the entrance to the courtyard.
Beside her stood many Grand Bamboo Peak disciples, including Tian Ling'er.
At that moment.
Every one of them made the same motion.
They all stared blankly up at the sky, looking at the terrifying sword scar above them with their eyes wide in shock.
"Good heavens!"
"Am I seeing things?"
"No! You're not seeing things. The sky... was split open by someone's sword?"
"Who? Who exactly unleashed that sword?"
"That sword light just now seemed to have come from the direction of Grand Bamboo Peak's back mountain. Could it have been Master..."
"No way, right?"
"Doesn't Master use the Crimson Flame Immortal Sword? Can a fire-attributed immortal sword unleash such golden Sword Qi?"
"Golden? Could it be—"
"Xiao Yan?!"
Su Ru heard the disciples' discussion.
Something suddenly occurred to her. The Sovereign Sword in Xiao Yan's hand seemed to be golden as well? Could it really have been him...
At that thought.
Su Ru's heart stirred.
Without hesitation, she immediately flew through the air toward the back mountain.
Dragon Head Peak.
Daoist Cangsong was silently wiping a sword sheath. Looking at the aged sheath in his hand, memories of its owner gradually surfaced in his heart.
"Senior Brother Wan..."
Daoist Cangsong sighed softly.
His gaze gradually turned venomous.
"Whoosh!"
Just then.
He suddenly sensed something and abruptly turned his gaze toward Grand Bamboo Peak.
"That is?!"
Daoist Cangsong flashed out of the main hall.
At that moment.
All the disciples of Dragon Head Peak had been drawn to the golden sword scar in the sky. It stretched for miles, seemingly cleaving apart the entire night sky.
It illuminated all of Qingyun Sect!
"This Sword Intent—"
Daoist Cangsong's eyes narrowed slightly.
The last time he had felt Sword Intent this terrifying? It had been three hundred years ago, when Senior Brother Wan used Ghost Slaying God...
"Could it be Tian Buyi?"
"No! Impossible!"
Cangsong shook his head.
Tian Buyi's cultivation was about equal to his own, and Tian Buyi did not specialize in the sword path. He could not possibly possess such terrifying Sword Intent.
But—
If it was not Tian Buyi.
Then who could it be?
At that thought.
Cangsong could not help thinking of the peerless prodigy named Wang Quan Yan from five years ago. He had been so similar to Senior Brother Wan, both equally peerless and elegant. Could it be...
Him?
Cangsong's gaze was somewhat complicated.
At that moment.
Among the many disciples of Dragon Head Peak.
Lin Jingyu stared blankly at the golden sword scar above. The Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand continuously trembled and rang, releasing crisp sword cries one after another, as though...
It had encountered some formidable enemy?
Tongtian Peak, Jade Purity Hall.
As Qingyun Sect's current sect leader and one of the world's only Great Purity experts, True Person Dao Xuan had noticed Grand Bamboo Peak's anomaly almost immediately.
He slowly walked out of the main hall.
Then he raised his head toward the sky, unable to resist lifting an eyebrow as he murmured, "Golden Sword Intent? Heh—"
"Xiao Yan, was that you?"
Back then.
True Person Dao Xuan had personally witnessed Wang Quan Yan's rise.
When he learned that Wang Quan Yan had become "crippled."
He had personally gone to Grand Bamboo Peak to see him as well.
Yet he had found nothing.
Even so.
He had not been overly worried.
After all,
How could such a peerlessly elegant young man fail to break through the mere threshold of the Fourth Layer of Jade Purity? There had to be a reason behind it, and now—
Hadn't that reason revealed itself?
Wang Quan Yan was using "this sword" to announce his return!
That prodigy from back then?
Had returned!
"Junior Brother Tian, you truly took in a fine disciple..."
True Person Dao Xuan shook his head with a smile.
He did not go to Grand Bamboo Peak to join the excitement.
Because he knew Tian Buyi would definitely come show off tomorrow.
Did he not know Tian Buyi's character?
He appeared serious.
But inwardly, he was quite the flirt.
Otherwise, he would never have managed to win over Junior Sister Su Ru of Small Bamboo Peak back then...
Speaking of this.
True Person Dao Xuan could not help looking toward the Ancestor's Hall.
"Junior Brother Wan, will your Ghost Slaying God truly be lost forever?"
He murmured softly.
His deep eyes flickered slightly.
Who knew what exactly he was thinking?
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