Gong Shaojun Makes Her Move
The Ice Phoenix True Form that burst through the heavens was Gong Qi herself.
The Immortal Slaying Sword Master had deceived Gong Qi.
The Immortal Slaying Sword truly could not accept being bound by contract to the same person as another sword, yet the Immortal Slaying Sword Master had never told Gong Qi that the Immortal Slaying Sword's sword spirit was already incomplete.
Back then, when the Immortal Slaying Sword Master fell, the sword spirit had been so devoted to its master that it damaged its own divine soul, intending to follow the Immortal Slaying Sword Master into death.
Had the Immortal Slaying Sword Master not acted in time, the Immortal Slaying Sword would likely have long since been destroyed.
With its sword spirit incomplete, it naturally could not form a contract with a new master.
Gong Qi wielded the Emperor Phoenix Sword in a desperate counterattack. Her aura surged wildly, and under the impact of two strands of Immortal Qi, the Emperor Phoenix Sword actually fused with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
The Immortal Slaying Sword had a blade but no soul; the Emperor Phoenix Sword had a soul but a damaged blade.
Perhaps with the Immortal Slaying Sword Master's deliberate guidance, the two swords fused exceptionally smoothly.
Gong Qi finally received the inheritance belonging to the Immortal Slaying Sword Master.
Because the inheritance's aura was too vast and mighty, the Immortal Qi of heaven and earth came flooding in. Gong Qi could not absorb it all and was forced to reveal her true form.
She had originally been only a step away from a breakthrough. Under the Immortal Slaying Sword Master's aura, she broke through directly and smoothly, even continuing to rise.
To Gong Qi, it was merely an instant, yet more than a