Jiang Ding took out his bonded flying sword, the Supreme Clarity Flying Sword. Its surface was pitted, its body battered, and it was on the verge of shattering completely.
Sword Qi bloomed between his fingers. He gently cut his wrist and let his blood flow out drop by drop onto the eighth-tier Thunder Destruction Sword Embryo.
This was no ordinary blood. It was blood essence.
Refining a defeated foe's flying sword followed a principle similar to refining a bonded flying sword: it was a process of bringing a dead sword back to life.
As Jiang Ding's blood essence, imbued with the will of the Materialist Solar Sword Soul, fell onto the Thunder-Destroying Sword Embryo, wisps of deep blue light began to appear within the dead sword embryo.
Terrifying auras of destruction surfaced one after another and spread throughout the Great Sun Celestial Pool, causing all its Great Sun laws to tremble.
The entire Great Sun Celestial Pool shook. Earthquakes, violent winds, dark clouds, and other disturbances appeared in many places as the laws that formed it fell into disarray.
The essence of the eighth-tier sword embryo began to revive!
"Sword Heir!"
"Who did you kill...?"
Moon's voice rang out, trembling slightly.
As an ancient being possessed of considerable intelligence, she had always remained unruffled. She had accompanied generation after generation of Great Sun Sword Heirs and Great Sun Sword Lords, witnessed the rise and fall of countless sects, and seen countless prodigies flourish and die. Across the realms, it had seemed there was nothing new under the sun.
But today, she could not remain calm.
"Moon, it was a fellow cultivator."
Jiang Ding laughed.
As his blood essence flowed out, his face grew pale, but his eyes remained bright and keen.
"Moon."
"You're much weaker than before, but don't worry.