The Great Void Sword Stirs!

The Sword Pavilion Master was astonished by how extraordinary your fortune was. He even wondered whether you might be the legendary Child of Destiny.

"Perhaps one day, you'll collect all the Great Void Sword Fragments, obtain the Immortal Sword of Great Void, and gain Immortal Destiny!"

"But..."

The Sword Pavilion Master stopped there. You had no idea what he had been about to say.

You had listened as the Sword Pavilion Master had waxed lyrical about Immortal Destiny, but you weren't interested in it at all.

You only wanted to find a way to escape Chu Wudi. So far, you hadn't gained any useful information.

Just as you turned to leave, the Sword Pavilion Master called out to you.

"Su Ming! Go to the Blood Demon Secret Realm when you have time. I hope you'll make the right choice. Don't let something as illusory as that sway your resolve."

Hearing this, you turned and looked at the Sword Pavilion Master in confusion.

You were just about to ask him why when the Sword Pavilion Master waved his hand, signaling that you could leave.

You had no choice but to return, feeling helpless.

After leaving the main hall, you asked Lin Tian to help make arrangements for Ye Chuxue.

In your previous simulation, you'd learned that her talent in the Sword Dao was just as exceptional as your own.

Now that the Immortal Falling Secret Realm was gone, breaking through by relying on Sword Intent was a very good option.

You returned alone to your wooden hut and felt the changes brought about by your Devilish Dao Sacred Body talent.

You tried cultivating the technique you'd obtained in the Bronze Divine Hall: the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art!

With your Devilish Dao Sacred Body, you felt as if the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art had been made just for you.

However, once you'd begun to cultivate it, you discovered that the demonic energy it produced clashed with the spiritual energy in your body.

You had no choice but to stop cultivating the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

After exploring the matter for a long while, you discovered that to cultivate the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art, you'd have to discard your current cultivation and start over from scratch.

Although your Devilish Dao Sacred Body would give you a boost, you still found it hard to accept giving up your current cultivation to switch to the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

Your Sword Dao Supreme and Sword Skill Mastery talents were every bit as fast as demonic cultivation.

You could always try having an incarnation cultivate it once you obtained a divine ability like External Incarnation.

The next day, Fang Jingchun came to say goodbye. He planned to return to Tianqi Academy for the time being.

After Fang Jingchun left, you suddenly remembered what the Sword Pavilion Master had said the day before.

So you left Sword Pavilion and headed for the Blood Demon Secret Realm.

Three days later, you arrived at the Blood Demon Secret Realm, activated the formation, and entered.

The moment you stepped inside, a Sword Qi came slicing toward you. You swiftly drew the Great Void Sword and dispersed it.

The next moment, you sensed a sword intent at the Void Refining Realm gathering strength, and hurriedly shouted,

"Senior Sister Xia! It's me! Your junior brother!"

"Junior Brother?"

The Sword Qi in Xia Qiange's hand slowly faded, and she appeared before you in a flash.

"What are you doing here? Did something happen at Sword Pavilion?"

Xia Qiange looked at you curiously. Although this was your first time meeting, it was clear that the Sword Pavilion Master had already told her about you.

Xia Qiange had guarded this place for years. She knew that under normal circumstances, no one would come here unless something serious had happened.

You sighed and explained the situation outside to her.

When you told her that the Immortal Falling Secret Realm had fallen, Xia Qiange's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

But when you mentioned that the Sword Pavilion Master had sent you to the Blood Demon Secret Realm to make some kind of choice, Xia Qiange trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Did the Master really say that?"

Xia Qiange excitedly grabbed your shoulders and asked.

The sudden move left you a little dazed. You had no idea what was going on, so you nodded.

"Phew! Come with me!"

Xia Qiange led you deeper into the Blood Demon Secret Realm.

Soon, you arrived before a massive Blood Tablet.

"See this Blood Tablet? This is the choice the Master was talking about."

You stared blankly at the Blood Tablet before you, utterly clueless as to what the Sword Pavilion Master meant.

Of course, you knew what the Blood Tablet was. Beneath it was a powerful Sinister Worm that had survived from ancient times to the present day.

Just as you were at a loss, the Great Void Sword inside you suddenly stirred violently, as if it were about to burst out of your body.

You forcibly suppressed it with your spiritual energy, barely managing to keep the Great Void Sword contained within you.

Xia Qiange noticed that something was wrong.

"Junior Brother, what's wrong? Why are you so pale?"

"I'm fine..."

Before the words had even left your mouth, the Great Void Sword inside you unleashed an even greater force, trying to break out of your body.

Though you didn't know what was happening, you knew you couldn't let the Great Void Sword out.

The Blood Tablet stood right before you. You knew this had to be connected to it.

If you let the Great Void Sword out and it accidentally damaged the Blood Tablet, not one of you would survive if the Sinister Worm beneath it escaped.

Before long, your forehead was covered in sweat.

As the Great Void Sword's struggle grew more violent and you were about to lose control, Xia Qiange immediately whisked you away.

The farther you got from the Blood Tablet, the less the Great Void Sword stirred inside you.

Only after Xia Qiange had escorted you out of the Blood Demon Secret Realm did the Great Void Sword finally fall silent.

After seeing you out, Xia Qiange didn't linger and went straight back into the Blood Demon Secret Realm.

You stood outside the secret realm, gasping for breath.

What had just happened was far too strange. You had no idea why the Great Void Sword had suddenly gone berserk.

Just when you thought it was all over, the Great Void Sword inside you rang out with a sword cry.

Through that sword cry, you sensed the message the Great Void Sword was trying to convey.

Once you understood it, you froze in place.

The Great Void Sword had just told you to seize the Blood Tablet. Its reason was that the Blood Tablet contained a Great Void Sword Fragment.

There was far too much information packed into that one sentence.

At last, you understood what the Sword Pavilion Master had meant earlier.

If you seized the Blood Tablet for the sake of Immortal Destiny, you would release the Sinister Worm sealed beneath it.

But if you gave up the Blood Tablet, you would never be able to collect all the fragments of the Immortal Sword of Great Void in your lifetime, and you would never gain Immortal Destiny.

"I see..."

You then remembered a previous simulation, in which the Blood Demon Secret Realm had been breached by a mysterious figure twenty years later, and the Blood Tablet destroyed.

Thinking back, that mysterious figure must have been Chu Wudi.

That also explained why Chu Wudi had found you not long after you returned to You Prefecture back then.

"So the Great Void Sword and its fragments can sense each other! It seems Chu Wudi has a Great Void Sword, too."

Once you'd figured it all out, you returned to Sword Pavilion.