"How did it later split into two? And what is this Heavenly Sword? Could it be that the Sect Master's wife was the sword spirit within it and eventually escaped?" I fired off several questions in succession. After all, with my wealth of experience, I had more or less guessed the connection.
"Heh heh, don't rush. How could my wife possibly be the sword spirit within this sword? Let this old man explain it to you slowly." Xuan Xichen flatly denied my guess, which surprised me and made me pay even closer attention to the story.
"No one knows when that Heavenly Sword was born, where it came from, or what it was used for. After all, I'm not a descendant of the Li Family either, so I don't know whether the Li Family came first or this sword did. But from what I can see, the sword probably came first, followed by the Li Family. Just think about it—the Li Family was once one of the most powerful lineages in the Dao Alliance. Back then, they even had an ancestor who was a powerful reinforcement, wandering beyond the world and standing above all the Dao Immortals under heaven. With such a powerful ancestor, how could their descendants be wiped out just like that? Besides, after the Li Family, the Dao Alliance became the world of the Zhang Family. Yet no matter how monstrous the Li Family's crimes were, the worst outcome could only have been exile. Otherwise, would you still dare cultivate the Dao? Would you still be able to stand secure between heaven and earth?" Xuan Xichen said with a smile.
"The Li Family actually possessed such immense clan power?" I asked in shock. The Dao Alliance's Heavenly Venerable Zhang Zhenyun corresponded to the Zhang Family, which indeed