With a sword and a saber in hand, the Evil Emperor Xuantian unleashed a thousand sabers without end, followed by ten sabers breaking through the limits. The ten sabers thundered forth at incredible speed, offense hidden within defense and defense hidden within offense. Wherever they passed, earth split and stones shattered, leaving nothing indestructible. Yet the true killing move was One Saber Extinguishes the Void. The sword moved with finesse, the saber carried fierce weight, and the greatest skill appeared clumsy and plain. One saber was enough.
The sword qi from his other hand took the opposite path. After One Sword Conceals the Void and a hundred swords without end came Myriad Swords Returning to Origin. More than ten thousand streams of sword qi interwove into a net, as if ten thousand swords had been unleashed at once. Sensing every opening in the enemy's defense, they struck first and surged forth in a swarm. They could advance or shift, be hard or soft, and held endless mysteries.
The saber followed the path of weight, while the sword followed the path of lightness. The Evil Emperor Xuantian understood this principle deeply. His saber technique changed from complexity to simplicity—from a thousand sabers, to a hundred, and finally to one. One Saber Extinguishes the Void: the decisiveness of power. His sword path changed from simplicity to complexity—from one sword, to a hundred swords, to Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, then a single strike returning to origin. Its mysteries were endless: the achievement of technique.
One Saber Extinguishes the Void and Myriad Swords Returning to Origin—two martial truths that were utterly different and even ran contrary to each other—worked together flawlessly in the Evil Emperor Xuantian's hands. The saber light and sword qi struck toward Gu Sheng and the Great Rakshasa Sect Leader