"All right. You have already gained an initial grasp of my Supreme Methods. The fate between you and me ends here."
Liu Yingshu sat cross-legged in midair, looking down at Ye Lin, while Ye Lin nodded with a gloomy expression.
He was not some emotionless creature. Liu Yingshu had selflessly passed three top-grade Supreme Methods to him, and now she was about to vanish completely between heaven and earth. It would have been a lie to say his heart felt no stir at all.
"Kid, remember this: once you leave, you must make my Supreme Methods renowned far and wide—especially the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique. Back then, those old geezers all said I was bound to fail."
"But they miscalculated. This young lady succeeded. Amid the great terror between life and death, I attained enlightenment and created the top-grade Supreme Method, the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique."
"Paired with the Heavenly Heart Sword Art, it is enough to let you reign supreme within the domain of the Sword Dao."
"What a pity, what a pity. Though I comprehended the Heavenly Heart Sword Art at the final moment, I never had the chance to use it. I never got to see its true form. What a pity... sigh..."
Liu Yingshu seemed to become another person again, turning into something of a chatterbox as she muttered to herself. With every lonely word that rang out, her body grew dimmer.
In the end, as her sigh fell, Liu Yingshu's body completely scattered between heaven and earth.
As Liu Yingshu vanished, the scene before Ye Lin shattered like a mirror into countless fragments. At last, darkness fell over his vision.
"Have I... come out?"
Ye Lin slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the light before him and the familiar tomb chamber, he gradually rose to