Whoosh!
Deep within the tranquil mine, a streak of immortal light suddenly pierced the torrent of time, breaking the awkward silence that had frozen the four of them in place.
Then a majestic figure tore through the void. Its passage rang through the Ancient Mine like the cry of a phoenix.
It was as though a vast phoenix had swept across the sky. When the divine bird reached them, it transformed into a dazzling Dao Soldier—the Phoenix-Winged Gilded Halberd!
Gold and blood-red radiance intertwined across the weapon, blazing so brightly that it lit up their little world.
"A Dao Soldier!"
Jiang Yun's eyes flashed. He immediately knew who had arrived.
The Phoenix-Winged Gilded Halberd looked identical to Blood Phoenix Mountain's Phoenix-Wing Gilded Trident, but its material and Dao resonance were entirely different.
It did not feel like a weapon a physical body could wield. It seemed more like a Primordial Spirit Dao Soldier forged from some rare divine material.
A Dao Soldier was a weapon made specifically for the Primordial Spirit, though the method was little known and rather obscure.
It was far from an ordinary weapon; there was a vast difference between the two.
The Extreme Dao Weapons forged by Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors generally followed the path of One Weapon Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques, serving both body and Primordial Spirit.
Across the Chaotic Ancient Era, the Mythological Era, the Primordial Era, and the Desolate Ancient Era, most cultivators had followed that path.
But the Grand Dao held ten thousand roads. Through the long ages, many had taken other paths; none had shone as brightly as One Weapon Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques.
Dao Soldiers represented one such path: the Primordial Spirit's mastery over a weapon taken to its utmost extreme.
Many powerful Forbidden Weapons were later forged with