Thunder stirred over the Northern Sea.
The supreme wound utterly destroyed Que Sui's essence. Heaven and earth cleared, Yin-Yang revealed auspicious signs, and the darkness that had covered this world vanished completely. Only a trace of wondrous green lingered in the void, like the light of first dawn.
Interflowing union responded.
[Nonaction Enlightens the Dao: Interflowing Union]
As this Dao revolved, thunderbolts emerged, turning wounds into revelation and destruction into creation, proclaiming the supreme achievements of the one who had wielded the sword. Upholding the profound and quelling unrest, overcoming evil and executing tyrants-none of these could adequately praise him. Thus an authority arose, named:
[Pacifying the World]
Wind and thunder and clear qi unfurled and gathered between heaven and earth, dispelling the many sufferings and calamities Dry Yang had caused. Mountains and rivers were restored, plants grew, and countless living beings received the creative blessings of wind and thunder.
There was no pity, no leniency, no arrogance-only existence within heaven and earth.
Seeing this response from [Interflowing Union], the gazes within the Great Void withdrew one after another, each harboring its own conjectures. Yet whatever the true identity of the True Lord who had wielded that sword, one mystic name was certain.
[Second Severance]
None of the three paths-Free and Easy, Pure Yang, and Yuejue-had reached such a pure realm. One had strayed into killing intent, another lacked the utmost refinement, or
placed technique above the Dao. None could ever catch up to the realm of the Sword Ancestor of old.
If this Second Severance returned now, who could hold him in check unless Lesser Yin emerged? He had slain Que Sui and annihilated the demon buddha with a single sword strike. Such killing power scarcely seemed that of an Immortal anymore-it was