But in the end, the Twelfth Cycle Loose Immortal intervened and saved Feng Changjian. He also had Feng Changjian plant an Immortal Contract in the youth, turning him into a sword slave.
For countless years, Feng Changjian used the Immortal Contract to suppress the youth, leaving the boy who should have shone brilliantly through an era like Xiao Jian buried in obscurity.
He had not merely restricted the youth's growth, but also his potential, permanently trapping a genius who should have become an Emperor Seed at the level of a Quasi-Emperor Seed.
Of course, he had not only sought to restrain the youth. He had also wanted to obtain the inheritance of the Peerless Sword Immortal.
Yet after all these years, even when the Twelfth Cycle Loose Immortal acted personally, he had failed to obtain the Heaven Severing Sword Scripture.
The Peerless Sword Immortal's methods had been exceedingly clever. Even the Twelfth Cycle Loose Immortal had been helpless; although the youth had been enslaved by the Immortal Contract, there was still no way for him to inherit the Heaven Severing Sword Scripture.
For years, Feng Changjian and his master had searched for a solution, but even now, they had found nothing.
The youth in the story was Yuan Yi. The boy from back then was now several hundred years old.
"Heaven envies the gifted!"
"If not for this, you might already have become an Immortal Emperor."
Lin Xuan looked at Yuan Yi and sighed.
"An Immortal Emperor?"
Yuan Yi questioned it, then shook his head. A soaring, domineering light burst from his eyes.
"My sword points toward the Venerable Rank. What does a mere Immortal Emperor amount to?"
Lin Xuan could not help rolling his eyes and curling his lip. He did not quite understand—did all sword cultivators love showing