"Boom!"
Then the Human Sovereign Sword shot into the heavens, bearing an awe-inspiring might.
Next, under the astonished gazes of Xu Taiping and the others, Golden Birds formed from the divine souls within the sword came streaming out of the Dragon Emperor Sword with a great fluttering of wings.
Then flock after flock of Golden Birds began circling the Human Sovereign Sword.
Just as everyone was wondering what exactly was happening, the Golden Birds formed from the divine souls within the sword suddenly spoke in unison:
"Though the Dragon Clan has been destroyed."
"The time for us to bid farewell has not yet come."
"From now on, Xu Taiping, please carry us with you to face the calamities of the Human Race. Unless we wash away this humiliation accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years, how could we face the countless forebears who died beneath the Human Sovereign Sword!"
Hearing this, Xu Taiping's feelings were complex and difficult to put into words.
He felt somewhat surprised, yet not all that surprised.
His surprise naturally came from never having expected that the countless divine souls within the Human Sovereign Sword would not leave immediately after being tormented for so long.
And the reason he did not find it so surprising was that he had already seen this in far too many human cultivators.
For instance, the Old General of the Red Armor Cavalry and the others, who had sacrificed their lives without hesitation to defend Tianhai Pass.
For instance, the generations of cultivators who had gone to their deaths in the Golden Court Inner Grotto-Heaven to slay the Primordial Lord.
Xu Taiping gazed up at the flock of Golden Birds circling overhead, then cupped his fists and bowed.
"This junior will not fail the trust you forebears have placed in me."