Making his escape this way naturally brought countless advantages.
Like at this moment—if Hao had been facing away, the speed of his sword swing would definitely have been just a fraction slower.
When masters clashed, even the slightest difference in speed could determine victory, defeat, life, and death.
Buzzz!
A stream of sword light gleamed brightly, like a clear spring.
Then, as the sword light swept forth, it was more like the eternal and boundless Heavenly Dao descending into the human world and merging with all things.
This swordsmanship was created by Hao after gathering all he had learned and understood throughout his life, plumbing the mysteries of heaven, earth, man, gods, demons, ancient witchcraft, primordial sacrifices...
He fused everything together and created Hao Tian's Myriad-Annihilation True Canon!
This swordsmanship was undoubtedly one of the most powerful sword arts of this era.
A single technique, fit to be passed down through the ages!
Of course, Hao was not a broad-minded man. He had not passed down this sword art, because he did not want those who came after him to surpass him.
Still, some of Hao Tian's formidable subordinates had observed Hao Tian's swordsmanship and, through scraps of its outer form, created the Eight Division Sword Arts that later became famed far and wide.
The Heavenly Court had Eight Divisions, named after the innate Eight Trigrams, each governing a single path. As sword arts continued to develop in later generations, each path became ever more grand and majestic.
There were even legends in many eras that if someone could, by their own efforts, master the Eight Division Sword Arts, they could return to the origin and recreate the essence of the Heavenly Emperor's swordsmanship.
But the reality was that while the Eight Division Sword Arts were indeed connected, if someone