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"I was joking. The Taixian Sword isn't all that different from the Burning Heaven Divine Sword. Besides, it's the source sword of the Taixian Dao. Didn't Jin Nu use the Burning Heaven Divine Sword to fight Li Xiangru before? She couldn't bring out the sword's full power because weapons focused on offensive magic weren't her specialty. You, on the other hand, are much more suited to it," I said.
"But... taking something without asking—isn't that stealing?" Zhao Qian looked embarrassed. I shook my head and said, "I imagine Jin Nu didn't obtain this sword through entirely legitimate means either. Besides, once we wake her up, she might be even more interested in the Taixian Sword."
Zhao Qian nodded at that and said, "The Burning Heaven Divine Sword requires one to communicate with its sword heart and maximize its power..."
"Mm, go ahead and use it. I think Jin Nu would be willing to trade one sword for another. After all, the general principles inscribed on the Taixian Sword were meant to harmonize with its Dao heritage. If you use the Taixian Dao's heritage to respond through the sword, you can achieve the effect of unity between man and sword. Their Dao bodies aren't like Li Poxiao's and Li Nianjun's innate Dao bodies, so they can't fully unleash the power of other Dao swords. But if it's their own Dao sword, there won't be a problem. And looking at this Taixian Sword, I suspect it may well have been obtained by Chen Taixian when he apprenticed himself to that powerhouse. That powerhouse was probably a formidable immortal from the Ancient God Realm. His sword incantation mentioned, 'For years in the immortal realm, I heard the Dao at dawn; in my old age, I wished to emerge.' Those two lines were