On the Spirit Qi Auxiliary Star.
The moment Fang Xiao appeared, the Legacy Sword Artifact instantly materialized before him.
The sword spirit's voice followed at once.
"Kid, keep it down. Your Master is at the crucial point of a breakthrough."
Fang Xiao was taken aback when he heard this, not expecting his arrival to coincide so perfectly.
He immediately reined in his aura.
His Master's breakthrough was indeed of utmost importance; he could not afford the slightest disturbance.
Yet the inexplicable partiality in the sword spirit's words still left a sour taste in his mouth.
It was as though it had found Ling Taichu, its new love, and forgotten Fang Xiao, its old one.
And that was indeed the case.
Although Fang Xiao possessed the Primordial Sword Body and was, in the sword spirit's eyes, the best candidate to inherit Heavenly Sword Mountain's legacy—
The problem was that he had gone too far down the path of a Qi Refinement cultivator.
With True Spirit Uniqueness, all other paths had already been sealed off.
Thus, this so-called best inheritor was effectively no inheritor at all.
So why couldn't the sword spirit seek another successor?
Besides, physique was never Heavenly Sword Mountain's criterion for choosing an inheritor.
Otherwise, what would be the point of all those trials?
At first, the sword spirit had assumed it was merely going through the motions with Ling Taichu, yet it had unexpectedly discovered another excellent Sword Dao seedling.
Though Ling Taichu's Sword Dao Realm was likewise somewhat too high, having reached the level of Myriad Laws Born from the Sword.
He had nevertheless passed the first inheritance trial with smooth ease.
Moreover, afterward, he swiftly grasped the essence of the Myriad Victory Profound Sword Art and could rapidly enter its particular cultivation state.
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