Under the night sky, Su Yuan stood on the body of the Chiyuan Sword, weaving between skyscrapers at breakneck speed.
Behind the flying sword trailed a crimson streak of light, gorgeous beyond words.
Feeling the fierce wind rushing at him, Su Yuan contentedly closed his eyes.
Chiyuan truly lived up to its name as a prototype sword. With only a slight push from him, its flight speed far outstripped that of a Shared Flying Sword.
As for the problem of low-level cultivators struggling to control high-level flying swords?
That sort of thing had only existed in Ancient Times. Back then, magical treasures had a rigid hierarchy: Qi Cultivators could use only Qi-level treasures, Foundation Establishment cultivators could use only Foundation Establishment-level treasures or below, and so on.
If someone tried to force a treasure beyond their level, everyone but the protagonists of novels would have their spiritual energy drained and die.
But in the eyes of the modern Cultivation World, this was an obvious failure to take proper safety precautions.
If a modern refining factory produced a treasure like that, it would be fined and forced to recall it—even if it was only a prototype.
Take the Chiyuan Sword, for example. She had a built-in system that recognized her wielder's cultivation.
If her wielder was at the Qi Cultivation Stage, she would shut down most of her functions, allowing him to control her easily with Qi Cultivation-level strength, as effortlessly as operating a Shared Flying Sword.
Every time her wielder's strength increased, the Chiyuan Sword would automatically unlock part of her power until all her functions were fully unlocked.
And if her wielder ever encountered a situation that forced the Chiyuan Sword to exceed her limits, she would take his physical limits into account. At the cost of draining all