Sword of Karma!
The moment that sword strike emerged, Gu Yuanqing immediately sensed danger.
It severed karma. Once unleashed, it was certain to hit, with no way to evade it.
Those struck would lose cultivation at best. At worst, their very existence would be erased by Heaven and Earth.
Such was the terror of a Rule Divine Artifact.
The sword light was silent and gray, with neither razor-sharp sword qi nor overwhelming might.
Yet the instant it appeared, Gu Yuanqing vaguely sensed that this avatar's connection to his true self, his connection to the North Spring Realm, his karma with Li Miaoxuan, and his bonds with his descendants were all trembling faintly, as though they might snap at any moment.
He even felt the "roots" anchoring his existence in the world being stripped away by some invisible force.
He had crossed blades with this sword before, but back then, he had only sensed its threat, never as clearly as he did now.
His cultivation realm had risen, deepening his understanding of the Heaven and Earth great dao. Only then could he perceive these deeper powers of rules.
As Gu Yuanqing's understanding of cultivation deepened and his horizons broadened, his understanding of this world's nature grew ever clearer.
Or rather, if things were as he and Li Miaoxuan had guessed, the great dao of Rule Divine Artifacts was the personal great dao condensed by Mighty Figures who modeled their paths on Heaven and Earth. On many levels, it shared the same source as the Heaven and Earth great dao, differing only in certain subtleties, much like the paths of the dao principle imprints in Gu Yuanqing's Heavenly Human World.
They originated from Heaven and Earth, while the completeness of their great dao depended on their creators' own attainment.
Precisely because of