Everyone had seen the Great Dao Boundary Stele. How, exactly, had that Sword Cultivator in a jet-black Daoist robe just used his own Innate Sword Intent to strip Zhu Qingyun of his Adamantine Intent?
In but an instant, Zhu Qingyun's sword heart had collapsed.
Even though Wu Xu had returned Zhu Qingyun's sword intent to him afterward, Zhu Qingyun's sword heart had still shattered. He had merely regained the hope of reforging it.
Yet reforging a sword heart would require at least a hundred years.
Innate Sword Intent.
Among the Sword Cultivators present were quite a few sword fanatics who had devoted their entire lives to studying the sword Dao.
To Sword Cultivators so utterly obsessed with the sword Dao, the three hundred and eighteen cultivators throughout Heaven-Stabilizing Continent's history who had possessed Innate Sword Intent—and the one hundred and thirty-six kinds of Innate Sword Intent they wielded—were as familiar to them as family treasures.
This Sword Cultivator named Wu Xu was Heaven-Stabilizing Continent's three hundred and nineteenth cultivator to possess Innate Sword Intent.
As for the Innate Sword Intent he wielded...
It had never been heard of before.
There had never been any precedent in the history of Heaven-Stabilizing Continent for a Sword Cultivator capable of such a thing.
Could he strip away something besides sword intent?
For instance, Destiny True Qi, cultivation realms, or even Dao Rhyme...
Anything was possible.
Of all the immortal cultivators present, only Xi Ningyu understood what had just happened.
The target of Wu Xu's Innate Sword Intent had not been Zhu Qingyun, nor had it been his acquired Adamantine Intent.
It had been Zhu Qingyun's karma.
However, Wu Xu had held back with that sword strike.
As a Void Return Realm True Lord, Xi Ningyu knew what would happen if Wu Xu did