Above Red Cloud, within the Great Void.
A gold-robed Daoist reclined on his side, borne aloft by a vast golden wind, his head propped on one hand. A golden longsword lay casually beside him, its hilt covered in golden scales and its blade etched with arcane Hook Snake patterns. Surging sword qi sliced the Great Void into shattered fragments.
"Sword intent and Thunder Palace Dao arts. Not bad. At last, there's a trace of the Tribulation Command Office."
He silently watched the battle below, holding a golden thread that stretched all the way to Wei Yan, keeping the situation under control. Geng Metal had no methods for manipulating the mind; he relied entirely on the low-grade Dui Metal spirit artifact in his hand, the [True-Heart Golden Thread].
Geng Metal was the metal of sword edges and weapons. Even its mind-related divine abilities served only to comprehend the Dao and strengthen momentum. Dui Metal, however, combined hardness and softness. It was the metal of damage and decay, attuned to the human heart.
"[Without Doubt], [Qing'e]-what were those two Sword Immortals doing back then, each leaving a spiritual light to fall into his hands?"
The gold-robed Daoist examined the Thunder Pool. Though the Victory Gold [Complete Yang True Light] and Greater Yin [Vast Cold Afterglow] within it were only at the Foundation Establishment level, both were exceedingly rare spiritual lights.
The Great Dao of Victory Gold had been passed down from Eastern Radiance and belonged to the Pure Yang lineage. [Complete Yang True Light] could only be nurtured through the divine ability [Complete Yang Register]. The Victory Gold Purple Mansion cultivators alive today could be counted on one hand. As for [Vast Cold Afterglow], it was produced on the Greater Yin Star and was equally rare.
As he pondered those two figures'