Blood mist filled the sky.
A headless corpse, half human and half spider, fell from above.
There was no point talking about an undying Nascent Soul or Primordial Spirit, escaping after leaving the body, a mighty body, or flesh that could never perish.
The faint blue-gold sheen at the severed neck said it all. It carried the power to break and annihilate spells, to warp and destroy. More terrifying than any deadly poison in the realm, it killed on contact, extinguishing even the life in a strand of hair.
The Myriad Spider Celestial Lord's Primordial Spirit had also been warped. Gnawed by the resentment of his countless bloodline descendants, he wailed again and again before the Great Sun Annihilation Sword Aura cut him down. Not even his Primordial Spirit could escape.
Clang!
The Supreme Clarity Flying Sword returned from the blood mist and bounced on the azure-robed youth's shoulder. Its three-inch blue-gold blade gleamed in the sunlight, humming as though delighted.
The Myriad Spider Celestial Lord might not have been a Dao Child.
But he was the first Spirit Transformation Celestial Lord to die!
That made it worth remembering.
"Hm?"
"There's actually a little insight coming back? He wasn't even a Dao Child."
Jiang Ding closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment, surprised. "What principle did the Great Sun Sword Pavilion use to forge its Great Sun Flying Sword? It works on certain people besides Dao Children... Is it because of the Causality of Metal?"
He fell into thought.
Within his sea of consciousness, specks of light churned and sent out wisps of radiance. Fine golden threads flickered faintly among them. They were scattered, jumbled fragments concerning the Metal Causality Art, utterly chaotic and without structure. They also seemed to carry a faint murmur, as though trying to