"He came to the mortal world six hundred years ago?"
At those words, Xiao Sui felt a stir in her heart and murmured, "Could it be..."
The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, a Primordial Beginning Spirit Treasure, stood foremost among all swords in the Three Realms. Once reincarnated as a human, their spirit would surely be born gifted in the Sword Dao, just as she was gifted in the Dao of life, death, and reincarnation.
And someone who had lived in the mortal world for six hundred years...
She knew only one such person.
"It is indeed someone you know."
The woman's phantom, formed from gathered moonlight, smiled faintly. "He reincarnated in the mortal world as the sword immortal Lu Qingfeng."
"So it really is him..." Xiao Sui murmured.
His talent for the Sword Dao was terrifying. With no inheritance whatsoever, he had mastered the Primordial Unity Sword Dao in the mortal world. Even with guidance from a Heavenly Dao Powerhouse like Senior Lin, that had seemed rather too extraordinary.
But if he was the reincarnated Sword Spirit of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, it made perfect sense!
"However, he is different from you."
The woman's phantom formed of moonlight said, "You are simply the artifact spirit of the Book of Life and Death, whereas the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and their Array Diagram gave rise to five artifact spirits. After separating those five spirits, Celestial Venerable Shangqing attempted to unite them, but their memories of slaughter and ferocity became entangled. They were too chaotic and could easily cause cultivation deviation, so the Celestial Venerable erased their memories, gathered only their spiritual essence, and then sent them into reincarnation."
Xiao Sui understood.
She had thought Sword Immortal Lu was like her, hiding the truth out of fear of discovery. It turned out he had