"Alas!"
With a measure of guilt, Chen Nianzhi stepped into the cave abode.
The moment he entered, he heard a clear sword cry. Looking up, he saw a pair of resplendent immortal swords floating at the heart of the cave abode.
"Heaven's Edge Sea's End Swords."
Chen Nianzhi's heart trembled. These swords had once been the life-bound immortal swords of the master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion.
Back then, the master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion had relied on these swords to roam the world unhindered. Nearly invincible throughout his life, he had slain more than one peerless demon of the ninth level of the Primordial Spirit realm.
Now, after ages upon ages had passed, the two immortal swords had been nurtured within the cave abode and could still unleash immortal-slaying radiance, yet their master was no longer here.
Gazing at the pair of immortal swords, Chen Nianzhi pondered for a long while before finally sighing.
"Since Senior is no longer here, then guard Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion in his stead."
That night, a heaven-shaking phenomenon erupted within the forbidden grounds of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion.
It was a night of raging wind, thunder, and rain. From the deepest reaches of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion, an earth-shattering immortal aura swept across heaven and earth, making every Primordial Spirit Dao Lord in the Purple Yin Realm tremble in terror.
Immediately afterward, over the East Sea, auroras split the heavens and golden lotuses surged from the earth. Hundreds of millions of divine chains of laws descended from the nine heavens, their interwoven light of order drowning out everything.
They all plunged into the deepest core of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion, into the ancient sage's cave abode of old.
Then boundless tribulation clouds gathered overhead, engulfing a sea region stretching hundreds of