Behind the Bronze Gate, Lü Daoxuan slowly nodded, his expression grave. "That's right."
But he immediately added:
"Yet even ascending with the entire sect would be insignificant compared to the risk of facing this Great Void Calamity head-on."
Fairy Lingyue's heart tightened at his words, and she immediately asked Lü Daoxuan in a low voice:
"Old Lü, have you been hiding something from Taiping?"
At these words, Lü Daoxuan suddenly fell silent behind the Bronze Gate.
Only after a long while did he say heavily:
"Although the Great Void Calamity descended upon Zhenwu long ago, thanks to certain measures left behind by the True Martial Great Emperor and the suppression of successive sword bearers, it could be said to pose no harm to Zhenwu or the entire Shangqing Realm for at least a thousand years."
"The Great Void Calamity is now like something caught in a beautiful dream. As long as it does not wake, it is harmless."
"But once Xu Taiping refines the Shoushan Copper and begins forging that sword meant to meet the calamity, the Great Void Calamity will instinctively seek to eradicate this thing that threatens its survival, just like a fierce beast."
"From then on, any person or force entangled in the karma of this sword will be erased by the countless tribulations summoned by the Great Void Calamity."
Fairy Lingyue immediately frowned at this and said:
"Then wouldn't Taiping, as the sword bearer, be in even greater danger?"
She had already put it very mildly.
In her view, if the Great Void Calamity truly was this perilous, Xu Taiping would never live to see Sword Completion.
Behind the Bronze Gate, Lü Daoxuan smiled and said:
"Rest assured, Fairy. These nine Bronze Coffins left behind by the Five Elders are precisely what we will use to