When he looked into his mind again, the second Divination that had appeared had already vanished without a trace.
Lu Qing lowered his gaze. That wisp of Life-and-Death True Intent was profoundly mysterious. After cultivating through the night and immersing himself in the Sword Dao, Lu Qing had come to realize that, more precisely, it was a Sword Dao rooted in Providence and Karmic Affinity. Severing and annihilation were easy enough to understand.
Yet Fate Allotment was ever-renewing, and Karmic Affinity was boundless. With a single thought, Lu Qing considered that if he reconnected a segment of Fate Allotment and a strand of Karmic Affinity to someone, a fresh spark of life would emerge.
That was why the sword light within the eyes he had manifested contained such vigorous vitality.
When he had previously cultivated the Fortune-Severing Sword, he had already refined the characters "sever" and "annihilate."
When this sword descended, it meant dissolution. It meant the death of an Immortal.
Yet even the boundless Great Dao left behind a single path of escape. Lu Qing had grasped the essence of annihilation completely, but during last night's cultivation, a thought had flashed through his heart. Life and death stood far apart, yet there was also a connection between death and life.
Cultivators spoke of Heavenly Lifespan and lifespan. Passing away was not necessarily the end; some became Ghost cultivators and continued cultivating. Life and death seemed terrifying, yet perhaps meant little to Ghost cultivators. In truth, this was merely how living beings themselves defined life and death, separating the living from the dead. Yet both possessed spirituality, and in Heaven's Way's eyes, there was no difference.
Ghost cultivators could also perish and be extinguished; they too had lifespans. Since the Primordial Era, countless extraordinarily gifted cultivators had possessed peerless talent,