"I knew that old bastard had left a contingency on the Avici Sword!"
Lu Yang gripped the Avici Sword, yet he could no longer sense any response from its sword spirit. The hand holding the sword was even suffering an unceasing backlash from its sword qi.
There was no doubt that the wondrous trait of a Famed Artifact was what gave Blood Demon True Person the confidence to gift away the Avici Sword he had painstakingly forged. Clearly, he had planned to burn the bridge after crossing it from the very beginning. Sacred Sect True Persons were all cut from the same cloth—none of the opportunities they offered could be trusted.
—Fortunately, Lu Yang had not come entirely unprepared.
"The Heaven-Deceiving Art has not yet expired. The Avici Sword belongs to me, and I bore Heaven's punishment in your stead. If you want to take it back now, you must compensate me for the Merit Fortune I lost!"
Lu Yang was no stranger to the Heaven-Deceiving Art.
After all, the principle behind this secret art was simple: spend one part in cost for ten parts in profit. But no matter what, that one part of the cost still had to be paid.
No matter how vast the difference, it was still a transaction that required something to go out for something to come in.
If Blood Demon True Person had completely resolved Heaven's punishment and withdrawn the Heaven-Deceiving Art, then naturally it would not matter. Recalling the Avici Sword would cost him nothing.
However, he still needed the Heaven-Deceiving Art to cling to life, so naturally he could not violate its rules.
Thus, if he wanted to reclaim the Avici Sword, he had to compensate Lu Yang for part of the Karma and Fortune he had lost to Heaven's punishment.