"It's truly cruel." Ju Hua's mind was filled with the echo of Dao Lord Bing Li's furious roar.
He'd been just one step from success, yet in the end, all his efforts had come to naught! What a crushing blow! The fact that Dao Lord Bing Li hadn't gone mad right then and there was probably due not only to his extraordinary state of mind but also to the Life-Bound Oath he had sworn earlier.
"What, in the end, is the true Dao?"
A flash of insight suddenly crossed Ju Hua's mind. Of the three furious roars from Dao Lord Bing Li, this was the one that had struck him deepest.
The reason wasn't complicated. That furious roar had made Ju Hua think of himself. For the past thirty thousand years, he had been pursuing the Ultimate Dao of the Sword. Now that he thought about it, wasn't he also seeking the true Dao—or, in other words, the true Dao of the Sword?
"The true Dao of the Sword..."
The more Ju Hua pondered, the more inspiration welled up in his heart. His insights from the past thirty thousand years surged into his mind at that very moment.
Ever since he had first grasped the rudiments of the Three Realms Sword Art in the Three Realms, Ju Hua had continued to refine the technique. In the end, he had forged five separate Daos of the Strongest, then fused them together.
"Extinction Style represents the most ferocious swordsmanship. Of course it's the Dao of the Sword. Floating Shadow Style represents the most elusive swordsmanship, so naturally, it's the Dao of the Sword too. And there are Sky Piercing Style, Origin Sword Style, and Yin-Yang Style. They're all the Dao of the Sword!" Ju Hua murmured to himself. That had been his