The Dao Definitive could not understand why Su Yi had left behind such a flaw.
The First Lifetime, however, sensed that Su Yi had done so to test whether he could disrupt his arrangements.
Yet only Su Yi himself knew that he truly could not bear to let Xiao Jian vanish from this world.
That reluctance was like the familial affection the Gravekeeper had exploited when dealing with Xiao Jian—most difficult to restrain.
And now, Su Yi finally chose to let go.
Silently, Xiao Jian's Dao attainment vanished from Su Yi's palm.
And upon the Nine Hells Sword in his sea of consciousness, the Dao attainment imprint that had originally belonged to the First Lifetime also disappeared at this moment.
Su Yi stood there with his hands behind his back, a hint of relieved ease surfacing between his brows.
At this moment, he had completely fused the Dao attainments of his various past lives.
The First Lifetime, the Swordsman,
The Second Lifetime, Jiang Wuchen,
The Third Lifetime, Xiao Jian,
The Fourth Lifetime, Yi Dao Xuan,
The Fifth Lifetime, Li Fuyou,
The Sixth Lifetime, Wang Ye,
The Seventh Lifetime, Shen Mu,
The Eighth Lifetime, the Temple Master,
The Ninth Lifetime, Su Xuanjun.
Everything he possessed was now whole, without the slightest omission.
I had wrestled with myself for so long.
I'd rather be myself!
This was the true self!
First, the Swordsman's memories from his First Lifetime flooded into Su Yi's memories of his true self like a rising tide.
In an instant, it was as though he had dreamed his way back through the ages.
Within that dream were all the First Lifetime's experiences since first embarking upon cultivation: the joys and sorrows, bitter hardships and sweet trials he had endured while seeking the Dao Path throughout his life, all