At last, Jian Feng handed over the Sword Manor's realm core. It was actually made of swords: every piece of the core was a sword, and thousands of tiny swords combined into one great sword. This was the realm core controlled by Sword Manor.
With it, as long as he obtained the method to activate it, Lu Yin would control half of Sword Realm. After all, Sword Manor itself controlled only half of Sword Realm.
But he kept his word. He wanted only the realm core, not the method to activate it.
Kou carried Lu Yin away.
Just as when he had arrived, they left without a sound.
But no one in Outer Heaven knew that Sword Realm was no longer under Main Dao's control.
Watching Lu Yin leave, Jian Feng felt utterly powerless. Humans were terrifying.
The Nine Fortresses of the past had been the Masters' greatest enemy. Now that these humans had returned, where would Outer Heaven end up?
Outside Sword Manor, Lu Yin toyed with its realm core, then put it away.
Kou sighed. "I never expected to get half of Sword Realm so easily. When I think of what our Four Extremes Sin went through, it's almost unbelievable."
Lu Yin smiled. "I didn't get half of Sword Realm. Without the method to activate it, the core is useless."
Kou considered it. "That's true. If you'd really made Jian Feng hand over the activation method, it might have fought to the death."
Lu Yin nodded. "At the very least, it would have drawn attention from the outside. After all, demanding half of Sword Realm would be no different from destroying Sword Manor. That's why I left it a way out. Any living being with a way out won't fight to the death."
"And there's one other thing