Jiangnan Sword Pavilion, Penetrating Earth Abyss.
As its name suggested, this place stood at the opposite end from Extreme Heaven Cliff. One pierced straight into the clouds and met the Azure Firmament Wall; the other plunged deep into the earth's crust, forming an abyss of Yin Sha.
Yet precisely because of this, it was also an excellent place for cultivation. Those who dwelled here forged their swords with the fires of earthly balefulness and tempered them against sinister Yin demons, almost as if they fought day and night. Succeed, or die. Without Foundation Establishment, one could not withstand the baleful flames and Yin demons, and did not even qualify to enter this place.
As for the deepest reaches of Penetrating Earth Abyss, like the summit of Extreme Heaven Cliff, it had once been the dojo of a Sword Pavilion True Lord.
After the True Lords withdrew from the world, just as True Person Demon-Sweeping took command of Extreme Heaven Cliff, Penetrating Earth Abyss gained a new master: True Person Quexie of the Sword Pavilion.
"Rumble—!"
At that moment, within Penetrating Earth Abyss, surging baleful flames gathered. Fire bred lightning, lightning and flame intertwined, illuminating the dark earth abyss as brightly as day.
Thunderous booms rang out without end.
Only after a long while did a figure in green emerge from the layers of lightning and fire, his sharply defined face filled with gravity.
He wore no luxurious adornments, not even a Spiritual Treasure. Yet anyone who examined him with Divine Sense could see the Sword Intent soaring from his body to the heavens, faintly echoing with Penetrating Earth Abyss itself. At a glance, it seemed that what stood there was not a man, but a treasured sword forged from flowing flame!
"Amitabha."
At that moment, a resonant Buddhist invocation suddenly