The Whereabouts of Ye Chuxue!

[The Great Void Sword Art you cultivated resonated with every sword on Sword Mountain the moment you arrived.]

[Everyone present was drawn by the commotion you caused, though none understood why.]

["What the hell is happening? Could Xiao Lingtian have obtained that Immortal Sword?"]

["I think it's very possible. Xiao Lingtian has the highest sword intent among this generation of Qingyun Sect."]

[Listening to the discussions around you, you silently memorized the name Xiao Lingtian, planning to kill him first.]

[You disguised yourself and blended into the ranks of the Three Great Sects' disciples, intending to seize the treasure first and slaughter them all later.]

[From those around you, you learned that Sword Mountain had ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-something steps.]

[Only by reaching the highest step and passing the trial could one earn the Immortal Sword's recognition.]

[If you failed to reach the top, other swords on the mountain would recognize you based on the floor you attained.]

[Looking at all this, you felt a pang of pity!]

[This was a legacy left to humanity by the once-great Great Void Sword Sect, yet now it was occupied by Sinister Worms.]

[If the ancestors of the Great Void Sword Sect knew of this situation, who knows what they would think.]

[You walked alone up the stairs toward the summit, feeling no pressure at all.]

[You even suspected those people had lied to you, but soon you noticed something unusual.]

[The higher you climbed, every time you passed someone, you saw the abnormalities on their bodies.]

[In turn, the way others looked at you was as if they'd seen a ghost.]

["Holy shit! Who is this guy? He seems completely unaffected by the surrounding Sword Qi!"]

["Could he be another Xiao Lingtian?"]

["No... his composed demeanor makes him seem even more formidable than Xiao Lingtian."]

[In their eyes, you were a presence even more terrifying than Xiao Lingtian.]

[As you climbed higher and higher, every sword on Sword Mountain let out ringing cries.]

[After who knows how long, you finally saw the summit.]

[Now only a few people remained before you—three in total, two men and one woman.]

[From their insignias, you knew the one at the very top was Xiao Lingtian of Qingyun Sect, and a few steps below was Jun Moxiao of Myriad Devil Sect.]

[The woman was from Wind Thunder Sect; from earlier conversations, you learned her name was Luo Xiaoyu.]

[And so, under the shocked gazes of the three, you stepped onto the top floor without any difficulty.]

[Upon reaching the summit, you saw a formation before you, with a rust-covered sword embedded at its center.]

[You had no idea how to retrieve the sword. Breaking the formation was clearly impossible—you understood nothing of formations.]

[Left with no choice, you tried silently reciting the Great Void Sword Art's incantation: "Guide the sword with intent, like stars drawing the moon..."]

[The next moment, the sword in the formation resonated with you, trembling incessantly!]

[Then the iron sword flew directly into your hand and lay quietly there. You realized it was a broken sword.]

[Xiao Lingtian, standing nearby, looked deeply displeased.]

[In his view, he was the first to reach the summit, and this sword rightfully belonged to him.]

["Brat, you're asking for death!"]

[Despite his fury, Xiao Lingtian suppressed his anger and asked.]

["Brat, who exactly are you? I don't recall Qingyun Sect having someone like you."]

[Hearing Xiao Lingtian's words, you threw your head back and laughed.]

[The moment you obtained the broken sword, you learned some information.]

[This sword was called the Great Void Sword. When it accompanied the Great Void Ancestor into battle, it was still an Immortal Sword, but it broke during a later fight.]

[Yet even as a broken sword, it still carried the lingering aura of an Immortal Sword.]

["Who am I? I'm the one who's come to collect you!"]

[As your words fell, your features began to shift, eventually returning to your true appearance.]

["You're Su Ming of the demonic path?"]

[Xiao Lingtian was the first to react upon seeing your face.]

[He knew everything that had happened to Qingyun Sect back then, and he knew that the Sect Master had used a great divine ability to see the true face of the murderer.]

[That murderer looked exactly like you before him.]

[At Xiao Lingtian's words, Jun Moxiao and Luo Xiaoyu's faces also showed shock.]

[With the Great Void Sword pulled out, the pressure of the entire Sword Mountain vanished.]

[Jun Moxiao and Xiao Lingtian instantly erupted with Core Formation Great Perfection cultivation and charged at you to kill.]

You unhurriedly used the Great Void Technique to dodge the attack, then flashed behind Xiao Lingtian. Before he could react, you ran him through with the Great Void Sword.

Seeing Xiao Lingtian completely helpless against you, Jun Moxiao instinctively fled.

You cast the Great Void Technique again, crippled Jun Moxiao's cultivation with a single strike, then used the Soul Searching Technique.

But to your disappointment, even though Jun Moxiao was a genius of the Myriad Devil Sect, the information he knew was no different from an ordinary disciple.

After your disappointment, you turned your gaze to Luo Xiaoyu.

You cast the Great Void Technique once more. Just as you were about to kill her, Luo Xiaoyu spoke.

"Wait, Su Ming! I'm an Awakened One. I'm human, just like you!"

Hearing this, you furrowed your brow, the Great Void Sword in your hand stopping right at her throat.

"How do you prove it? If you can't give me convincing evidence, I'll have to kill you!"

"I... I can prove it!"

Then Luo Xiaoyu revealed her Primordial Spirit to you!

"Look, this is my Primordial Spirit! People infested by Sinister Worms can't manifest their own Primordial Spirit—theirs all look twisted and wrong!"

You were somewhat surprised by this, because until now you hadn't known how to distinguish between humans and Sinister Worms.

All you knew was that Sinister Worms couldn't enter relics like the Immortal Falling Secret Realm, and that breakthroughs would result in severe Dao Injuries.

"Why should I believe you?"

Even though her reasoning was convincing, you didn't trust her easily.

In your view, when it came to Sinister Worms, you'd rather kill the wrong person than let one slip.

"Are you really an Awakened One? You don't even know that?"

Under your icy gaze, Luo Xiaoyu slowly spoke a name.

"Wait! I know Ye Chuxue!"

Sure enough, upon hearing that she knew Ye Chuxue, you slowly lowered the Great Void Sword.

"You know Ye Chuxue? Where is she now?"

"She... her situation isn't good. She broke through before, but her injuries hadn't healed when she was hunted down, and she ended up severely wounded."

"Later, I arranged for her to hide on a remote island between Qingzhou and Zhongzhou."

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