The hundreds of millions of cultivators in the Netherbright Sword Grotto-Heaven could not know of matters so distant.
They saw only that the Sacred Sword Duel, conducted according to the ancient Sword Code, had reached its conclusion. A new generation's sword lord had emerged. A new sect ancestor had been born.
The ruler of the Netherbright Sword Grotto-Heaven—the Great Sun Sword Lord!
"Greetings, Ancestor!"
"Your disciples welcome you back to the sect, Ancestor..."
"May you attain immortality and the Dao one day, Ancestor, and live for hundreds of millions of years..."
Row upon row of sword cultivators from the Netherbright Sword Grotto-Heaven slowly knelt and kowtowed to their new sect sword lord.
This was the legacy of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm.
Every sword cultivator had been raised under strict sect rules and held their own understanding of the sect's glory. They did not regard either side in the Sacred Sword Duel as an invading enemy.
"Kill that wretch!"
"My master raised you for thousands of years! Today is the day to repay him with your lives..."
"Kill him! Kill him!"
At the same time, some cultivators, eyes bloodshot, charged recklessly at the terrifying, blazing-sun-like figure in the sky.
Like moths flying into flame, they rushed toward their own deaths.
Cultivators were human.
And humans had feelings. To them, the Netherdark Sword Lord and the Radiant Sword Lord were masters, family, father and mother—the pillars of their lives.
Seeing the two die, many went mad.
"Greetings, Sword Lord."
The Netherdark Sword Heir and the Radiant Sword Heir clenched their fists, then silently knelt and paid the respects due from juniors.
Clang!
A flash of Sword Qi streaked across the sky and fell upon four cultivators.
They were the Netherdark Sword Heir and the Radiant Sword Heir, along with a male