While everyone was still baffled,
the four sword embryos began spinning rapidly, forming a circular, green-gold sword array.
Within the array, countless ancient sword characters of wondrous mystery revolved without pause.
Wave after wave of immense suction spread outward like a magnetic field.
In the space of a breath, the sword array had expanded hundreds of times over.
And its pull had grown terrifyingly strong.
At that moment, all one hundred thousand spirit swords on Spirit Sword Mountain began to ring out, quivering wildly.
The swords carried by every sword cultivator present also began to tremble, letting out faint cries.
The sight left the ten thousand people there utterly stunned.
"What in the world is happening?"
"Why won't my sword obey me?"
"This is bad!"
Even the sword on Lu Changsheng's back and the demonic sword Xiao Wuhen had hidden on him began to stir restlessly.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Before anyone could figure out what was going on,
every spirit sword on Spirit Sword Mountain shot into the air, sucked toward the array with frenzied force.
At the same time, the swords carried by all the sword cultivators tore free and flew skyward, beyond anyone's power to stop.
"Oh no! The array swallowed all our swords!"
"So that's what happens when the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo emerges—it devours every kind of spirit sword! This is damn terrifying!"
Only now did everyone understand that the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo was no benevolent thing.
It was called "Primal Magnetic" because, like a magnet, it could crazily attract every spirit sword around.
And now, not only had they failed to get their hands on the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo, they had lost their own swords as well.
For a moment, the sword cultivators present were left speechless, their regret and frustration reaching an extreme.
Lu Changsheng and Xiao Wuhen stared blankly at each other, completely at a loss.
After a moment,
Lu Changsheng looked up at the ever-expanding sword array in the sky, his eyes lighting up.
"The Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo has devoured so many spirit swords. It must be even more powerful now."
"If I forcefully take it for myself now, wouldn't my strength improve even more?"
At the thought, a smile appeared on his face.
He immediately unleashed boundless sword intent, transforming into a streak of light as he charged at the array.
Boom!
But the moment he touched the array, a terrifying force of devouring slammed into him, seemingly intent on swallowing his sword intent.
Lu Changsheng's head rang. His vision went black, and he hurriedly fell from the sky.
His body trembled slightly as he gazed at the array in shock and unwillingness.
"Damn it, this sword array is too powerful. Even if Master came here, I'm afraid he couldn't move it!"
Boom!
Another deafening crash rang out.
Xiao Wuhen tried to force his way into the array as well, but the moment he touched it, it violently flung him back.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Xiao Wuhen clenched his fist and roared, "Damn it! Damn it to hell!"
He had lost his demonic sword, and he couldn't even touch the edge of the array.
For sword cultivators like them, it was the ultimate humiliation.
"Sigh!"
Everyone present couldn't help but let out a mournful sigh.
The Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo sent sword qi soaring into the sky. It was indeed a priceless treasure.
But this thing was too hard to tame. Even the Holy Land's senior disciple and the Little Sword Demon couldn't handle it.
It seemed no one in the Eastern Wilderness's Sword Dao would ever obtain this peerless sword embryo.
Among the crowd, only Wen Yuansong wore a faint smile.
"As expected, the Emperor Consort isn't in a hurry to come over because he already knows no one else can touch the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo."
At the thought, Wen Yuansong admired Lin Xuan's foresight even more.
In the sky, a hundred miles away,
Lin Xuan sat aboard the Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage with his four daughters and Tang Ying.
"Father, is that the innate sword embryo you told us about?"
Xuanzhu and the others curiously watched the dazzling sword array ahead.
Along the way, Lin Xuan had told them everything they needed to know about the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo.
The little girls had all said they were eager to obtain it.
Now that it had become an enormous sword array, they were even more curious and excited.
"That's right." Lin Xuan smiled. "And it has already split into four. There's one for each of you."
According to the Mysterious Absolute Heavenly Book,
the reason the Artifact Sect's leader hadn't placed any restrictions or incantations on the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo was that he had discovered it possessed a spirit of its own.
And as time passed, that spirit could gradually grow and change.
Lin Xuan suspected that even the Artifact Sect's leader had never imagined that, after absorbing enough spiritual energy from heaven and earth, the sword embryo he had forged would give rise to three more.
Moreover, all four Primal Magnetic Sword Embryos possessed spirits of their own.
To keep others from taking them, they had banded together, forming a massive Primal Magnetic Sword Array that turned around and preyed upon all the sword cultivators.
That, too, must have been beyond the Artifact Sect's leader's wildest expectations.
In Lin Xuan's eyes, this was a heaven-defying opportunity meant for his four daughters.
The Primal Magnetic Sword Array was an exceedingly rare formation, absolutely impossible for anyone on the Azure Dragon Continent to break.
But for Lin Xuan, who possessed the Ten Directions Array Map, it was as easy as lifting a hand.
If there had only been one Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo, Lin Xuan wouldn't have been very interested.
But now it had become four. In the unseen currents of fate, they had become his daughters' opportunity.
Of course Lin Xuan wouldn't let such a good thing pass him by.
"But they look so powerful. How are we supposed to get them?" Xuanzhu asked, worried.
Xuanxi, Xuanhan, and Xuanyou nodded their little heads as well.
Lin Xuan gazed at them fondly. "Father will make them obediently fly right into your hands."
The four little girls immediately broke into smiles.
That's right. Whatever the problem was, Father could solve it!
Lin Xuan then activated his God-Speed Bracelet, arriving near the skies above Spirit Sword Mountain in the blink of an eye.
Using the secrets of the Primal Magnetic Sword Embryo and the method for breaking the formation from the Ten Directions Array Map,
he casually formed a mysterious seal and tossed it toward the Primal Magnetic Sword Array.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, the golden seal expanded to a thousand meters across, shining down on Spirit Sword Mountain's peak like a golden sun.
The ten thousand people below stared in shock as it plunged into the Primal Magnetic Sword Array.
Boom!
A tremendous crash followed, and the Primal Magnetic Sword Array instantly fell apart. Powerful sword qi poured out like a breaking tide.
Before long, the four imposing sword embryos had returned to their original forms, hovering in the sky.
The sudden turn of events left the ten thousand people present stunned for a long while.
When they came to their senses, everyone immediately followed the direction the seal had appeared from and turned their gazes toward the Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage.
"That's the imperial carriage of the Northern Profound Heaven's royal family!"
"No wonder it could break the sword array so easily. A mighty figure from the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain has descended!"
"To break such a powerful sword array with a casual gesture—that kind of ability is truly enviable!"
Lin Xuan hadn't even appeared, yet the crowd below already worshipped him to the point of reverence.
Even
Lu Changsheng and Xiao Wuhen, those two haughty prodigies, gazed up at the Jade Carriage with awe and admiration.
"If only, someday, we could stand as high above the world as the person inside that carriage. Then our lives would truly have been worthwhile!"
The two thought silently.
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