Taiqing's expression froze for an instant when he heard the words "Sword Ancestor."
"Where... did you hear about him?" Taiqing asked in return, his gaze grave.
Seeing how serious he was, Su Hao hesitated as well. Could I have caused some huge disaster?
"Well... it's a long story. You know, I primarily cultivate the sword path.
In my early years, I had a fortuitous encounter. Chiqing Realm happened to possess a mysterious sword-path inheritance called the Supreme Origin Sword Sect, founded by the Taiyuan Sword Master."
As Su Hao said this and was about to carefully choose his next words, Taiqing cut him off. He had already guessed the outcome. No matter how twisted the process had been, he said, "So, you killed that Taiyuan Sword Master?"
"Ah, I didn't want to. He was clearly trapped in the Vacuum Prison, and everyone outside said he was dead.
He had also left behind the Sword Realm, this supreme treasure, as an inheritance.
I claimed it through my own strength.
Then he seized the body of one of my friends, escaped the Vacuum Prison, and insisted on taking it back.
I hit a little too hard... He was far too fragile."
Su Hao smiled awkwardly.
Taiqing gave him a strange look. "You just mentioned the Sword Ancestor. It seems this Sword Master was one of the Sword Ancestor's three souls. Too fragile? You even brought out a Creation Immortal Artifact—whose soul in the Immortal Realm could withstand such a thing head-on?
"And his origins are unusual; someone is protecting him.
"With any other divine ability or method, you would not have been able to destroy that soul. You were aiming to wipe him out completely."
"As Sword Cultivators, we must cut when it is time to cut. How can we hesitate and