Jiang Ding took out the Eighth Order Sword Embryo, his eyes gleaming, and placed it before him. He scanned it inch by inch with his divine sense and sword intent.
This once-brilliant, terrifying Lightning Destruction Flying Sword had become utterly dim after its sword master's death, as ordinary as a mundane object. All spirituality within it had dissipated.
This was the way of sword cultivators: while the wielder lived, the sword lived; when the wielder died, the sword died as well.
It was like a cultivator's Destiny Magical Treasure. Once the cultivator died, the Destiny Magical Treasure would fall by more than a single grade and would never again be able to advance.
Sword cultivators were even more extreme. Once the sword master died, the flying sword instantly became scrap iron.
Theoretically, this Eighth Order Lightning Destruction Sword Embryo was now a useless treasure that could no longer be reused. At least, that was how the immortal Dao of the Upper Realm understood it.
Or rather, even if this useless treasure could be reused, it would require several times the amount of Eighth Order Natural Treasures, making it a thoroughly unprofitable endeavor.
The Immortal Sect currently had no way to transcend this universal law.
This was Eighth Order material!
Among all the Immortal Sect's existing technical reserves, not a single technology involved such ultra-high-grade materials.
Not to mention that this Lightning Destruction Flying Sword had been forged primarily from the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure, the Eighth Order Destruction Thunder Flame Dao Crystal. Handling it was far more difficult than handling ordinary top-grade Eighth Order materials.
In theory, only beings Above Dao Integration could use such material.
Yet, judging by the Youth in Green Robes' confident appearance, he seemed entirely unconcerned about this issue. He looked as though the overall