The Hidden Presence in the Origin Sword Dao Palace, Another Grand Sacrifice

The boundless Realm Sea.

Chaos qi stretched without end, filling all that lay within sight.

Within the endless chaos qi, countless wonders were nurtured, along with numberless Chaos Lifeforms.

If Chaos Lifeforms had intelligence, they would have long since ruled the endless Realm Sea.

After all—

There were far too many Chaos Lifeforms—hundreds or thousands of times more than the Quasi-Emperors, Great Emperors, and even Quasi-Immortal Kings of the various races.

Whoosh—

Suddenly—

The chaos qi was torn apart. A sword more than a hundred light-years long obliterated everything in its path, sweeping across the Realm Sea.

Countless palace complexes stood upon the sword, one after another, radiating sky-piercing Sword Qi.

Immeasurable Sword Qi gathered into clouds, and the clouds took the shape of a sword—this was the colossal blade, more than a hundred light-years long!

Countless sword cultivators practiced within the palace complexes.

Sword Qi surged from their brows, eyes, noses, and mouths.

And from that colossal sword came streams of the purest swordlight, flowing back into them and advancing their cultivation.

This—

Was the Origin Sword Dao Palace, one of the Twenty Dao Palaces in the Chaos Realm Sea.

Every sword cultivator in the Chaos Realm Sea traced their origins back here.

"Ah."

Suddenly—

A faint sigh echoed from an ancient hall deep within.

The sigh was laden with weariness, pain, grief...and countless other emotions.

There were two Quasi-Immortal Kings in the Origin Sword Dao Palace. At that moment, only they heard the sigh, and both abruptly opened their eyes.

Whoosh—

The next instant, the two Quasi-Immortal Kings appeared outside the ancient hall. Their expressions grave, they bowed and saluted.

"Senior Brother Jianyuan, you're awake?"

Their bodies were faintly tense.

"How many years have passed?"

After a long silence, the faint voice from within the ancient hall spoke