Inside the bedchamber, a small sword barely six inches long lay quietly amid a scatter of stone skin, its glow dim.
It seemed that the earlier ringing clang and the burst of sword qi thick with Blood Sha Qi had already exhausted all its strength.
"A sword embryo?" Chu Yang's gaze narrowed slightly.
Back at Yaochi Stone Workshop, he had not used the Grand Luo Divine Eye to inspect it, though he had taken a glance after returning.
But he did not recognize a sword embryo and had assumed it was some divine weapon from the Primordial Era.
Peacock King stepped forward and examined it carefully. After some thought, he said, "This sword embryo drank too much blood in its early years and was damaged as well. It will be difficult for it to return to its peak."
There was a trace of regret in his voice. With a sigh, he added, "I fear some terrifying existence sealed this sword embryo within Divine Source before their death."
"A Sentient Sword Embryo may have been unwilling to let it return to dust alongside them."
"Unfortunately, even after the sword embryo exhausted all the Divine Source, it still could not withstand the erosion of time."
As he spoke, Peacock King pinched up some powder from beside the arrow platform, indicating that it was what remained after the Divine Source had been completely depleted.
Chu Yang could not help twitching his lips. How much divine power must the Divine Source that had nurtured this sword embryo for countless years have contained?
He bent down and picked up the sword embryo. Feeling the faint spirituality within it, he willed it into his body and placed it in his Bitter Sea.
The bronze bowl floated and sank within the Bitter Sea. The originally pale purple