"Since everyone has invited me so warmly, then I shall make a fool of myself."
Sensing the expectant gazes all around him, Jian Changfeng found it hard to refuse.
After all, this grand gathering had been organized by Yun Xuan. Now that Yun Xuan had fallen, the burden had passed to him. At this moment, he had no choice but to step forward.
Jian Changfeng smiled and nodded, then rose to his feet and walked step by step toward the Lotus Platform.
After sitting cross-legged upon the Lotus Platform, an incomparably majestic law of the Sword Dao abruptly erupted from Jian Changfeng's body.
The power of the law spread through the surroundings, enveloping the entire platform.
The gathered heavenly geniuses were all bathed in this profound law.
"Fellow Daoists, what I shall speak of next is the Sword Dao."
"As everyone knows, the sword is the foremost of all weapons, the weapon of a gentleman."
"A sword is unyielding in both hardness and resilience. It can shatter all things, sever all things—sever the wishes of the mortal world, sever the ultimate truths of heaven and earth, sever the knots within one's own heart."
"Among the great Dao of heaven and earth, the sword stands foremost..."
Jian Changfeng slowly began to expound upon his own understanding of the Sword Dao.
As he spoke, all kinds of phenomena began to emerge throughout heaven and earth. Great Sword Dao cultivators appeared, wielding Long Swords to cleave apart the river of time; others severed their own past with a single slash.
One Sword Dao phenomenon after another appeared and faded away. Blossoms of golden lotus flowers emerged from the ground, each surrounded by Sword Intent of unparalleled sharpness.
Though this Sword Intent was exceedingly sharp, it carried a trace of gentleness within that sharpness.