Sky Sword Sect

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Sky Sword Sect
Original Name	天剑门
Type	Top-tier hidden sword sect 76
Occupation/Role	Custodian of the seal containing the Demon Soil and its Demon King 141
Leadership	Dugu Wudi, sect master 103
Status	Active; later became the foremost major sect on its planet 378
First Appearance	76

Background

The sect was founded more than a thousand years ago after its Patriarch sealed a Demon Soil containing a Demon King and countless Demonic Fiends. Unable to truly kill the near-immortal Demon King, the Patriarch established the Sky Sword Sect over the seal so that successive generations would guard it. 141

Maintaining the seal consumes nearly all of each sect leader's strength. This obligation limits the sect's ability to answer external aggression, particularly during transitions of leadership. Hidden families and rival sects repeatedly exploited these vulnerable periods to plunder the Sky Sword Sect. 141

The sect's disciples have historically been extremely few; even at its greatest prosperity, it had only five disciples. Its reputation nevertheless rested on the exceptional strength of those few inheritors. 76

Grounds and Defenses

Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity

The Sky Sword Sect's ancestral land is later identified as the Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity, an ancient sacred site whose occupant is said to eventually rise to the center of the starry sky after enduring its trials. 334

The grounds possess converging auspicious energy, spiritual veins, dense runes, and divine radiance. Their interior is obscured even from Lu Chen's karmic perception and appears to contain layered spaces. 335

After the living world was unsealed, the sect became saturated with Spirit Energy and transformed into a place resembling an ancient sacred land. 331

Demon King Seal

Beneath the sect lies a massive coffin containing the Demon Soil. A true divine sword left by the Patriarch serves as the core of its suppression; the colossal stone sword above it was only an outer shell. 141 69

• The sealed Demon King is accompanied by innumerable Demonic Fiends within the Demon Soil. 141
• The seal is the sect's foremost responsibility and the source of its longstanding conflict with the Demonic Fiends. 141
• When Lu Chen's Level Four Sword Intent resonated with the buried weapon, the stone exterior shattered and the divine sword flew into his hand. 69

Mountain-Guarding Formation

The sect maintains a mountain-guarding formation that creates a vast field of star-like Sword Qi with continuously shifting transformations. 97

• It was activated when Heaven Rankings experts converged to seize Dugu Wudi's Dao Fruit. 97
• Monk Yunkong shattered it using the one-time Closed-Mouth Zen Divine Art, demonstrating that the formation can be overcome at great cost. 97

Founding Ancestor's Sword Dao Puppet

A third-generation sect master refined the incorruptible corpse of the Founding Ancestor into a Sword Dao puppet during an earlier existential crisis. The puppet can approach the power of the highest-ranked Heaven Rankings experts, but using an ancestor's body is regarded by Dugu Wudi as an extreme and morally troubling last resort. 171 54

To operate the puppet, Lu Chen, Breeze Swordmaster, and Zhao Xuantian entered the Founding Ancestor's sea of consciousness and controlled it through a central formation. 171

Inheritances

• Sword Heart Source Diagram — The sect's core inheritance. It enabled Lu Chen to analyze its principles and immediately reach Level Three Sword Intent. 105
• Myriad Swords Contemplate the World — The sect's supreme spiritual cultivation method. 141
• Supreme Sword Classic — Used by Breeze Swordmaster as an introductory test for prospective disciples. 80
• Sword World Key — An inheritance key once removed with much of the sect's legacy for preservation, then returned to the Sky Sword Sect. It grants access to the Sword World. 99
• Sword Heart — The sect's ideal sword-dao state: a Divine Heart capable of comprehending martial arts at a glance and deriving sword techniques from observation. 172

Members

Member	Position / Association
Dugu Wudi	Sect Master; responsible for the Demon King seal and the sect's defense 141
Breeze Swordmaster	Senior disciple and leading sword expert; recruited Lu Chen into the sect 80
Lu Chen	Disciple; became the sect's principal defender against major external threats 331 332
Qing Lian	Dugu Wudi's disciple and Lu Chen's junior sister 141 103
Li Wangshu	Third Generation Ancestor; returned the Sword World Key and preserved part of the sect's inheritance in seclusion 99 284
Four sword slaves	Former enemies whose cultivation was crippled by Dugu Wudi; retained as slaves within the sect 103

History

Repeated Raids and Rivalry with the Sword Sect

The Sword Sect and Sky Sword Sect were hereditary enemies. During periods when the Sky Sword Sect was weakened, the Sword Sect and other forces breached its gates and ransacked it repeatedly, with accounts describing seven or eight successful plunderings. 24 39

The Sword Sect also stole numerous Sky Sword Sect ultimate arts while Dugu Wudi was in death seclusion, though it did not acquire the Sword Heart Source Diagrams. 170

Dao Fruit Siege

When Lu Chen brought a Dao Fruit to the sect, Dugu Wudi prepared to refine it for a breakthrough. Heaven Rankings experts, Northern Barbarians, and rival sects then gathered outside the mountain gate to prevent his success. 171 172

Dugu Wudi deployed the Founding Ancestor's Sword Dao puppet as the sect's emergency trump card. Lu Chen, Breeze Swordmaster, and Zhao Xuantian jointly controlled it to resist the attackers while Dugu Wudi refined the Dao Fruit. 171

Retaliation Against the Sword Sect

Following Dugu Wudi's breakthrough and the death of the Sword Sect Master, Dugu Wudi and Lu Chen launched a campaign to eradicate the Sword Sect and settle the accumulated grievances between the two sects. 54

Outer Realm Attention

The sect's unusual ancestral land drew the attention of the Space-Time Divine Clan, which recognized it as the Blessed Land of Sacred Prosperity but concealed that knowledge while attempting to investigate it. 334 335

After the Star Chain was unsealed, Netherworld and Outer Realm forces targeted the Sky Sword Sect in an effort to seize its resources and eliminate Lu Chen's influence. Lu Chen chose to protect the sect and instructed its seniors to bring their families there for safety. 331

Three hundred years later, the Sky Sword Sect remained intact and had become the planet's foremost major sect. Dugu Wudi's use of a Sword Talisman had deterred later Outer Realm forces from attacking it directly. 378

Relationships

• Dugu Wudi — Sect Master; bears the burden of maintaining the Demon King seal and directs the sect's response to its enemies. 141
• Lu Chen — Disciple and chief protector; defended the sect against gods and Outer Realm invaders. 331 332
• Breeze Swordmaster — Senior disciple who identified Lu Chen's talent and offered him entry into the sect. 80
• Qing Lian — Junior disciple under Dugu Wudi; the sect sheltered her before her family attempted to reclaim her. 141 231
• Li Wangshu — Third Generation Ancestor connected to the Sword World inheritance and the sect's preserved legacy. 99 284
• Sword Sect — Generational enemy responsible for repeated raids and theft of Sky Sword Sect techniques. 24 39 170
• Space-Time Divine Clan — Outer Realm faction interested in the sect's ancestral land and its hidden ancient opportunities. 334 335