Lü Daoxuan continued:
"Within that Taixuan Sect Inheritance, powerful cultivators of the sect once deduced that the Heavenly Court had never actually fallen. It had merely severed its passages to the Two Realms of Shangqing and Sumeru, hiding itself away once more in the form of Taiqing Paradise."
Xu Taiping's pupils abruptly contracted at these words, and he murmured:
"They hid themselves away to escape the Great Void Calamity!"
Lü Daoxuan nodded.
"Those powerful cultivators of the Taixuan Sect did indeed reach that conclusion."
He continued:
"For that very reason, many powerful cultivators from the Taixuan Sect and the Sumeru Realm began searching for Taiqing Paradise long ago."
"Some sought to escape the Great Void Calamity."
"Others sought to ask certain beings within Taiqing Paradise for a way to truly resolve the Great Void Calamity."
"Our Taixuan Sect's predecessors belonged to the latter group."
Xu Taiping nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Lü Daoxuan.
"Was that also why Sister Lingyue wanted to find Taiqing Paradise?"
"Yes." Lü Daoxuan nodded solemnly. "Back then, she understood far more about the Great Void Calamity than I did. That was why she was so desperate to find Taiqing Paradise and leave you a way out."
Xu Taiping's heart trembled, filled with both gratitude and worry.
After a brief silence, Xu Taiping suddenly took out the piece of Shoushan Copper he had obtained from the True Martial Great Emperor's Treasury and asked solemnly:
"Master, does that mean this piece of Shoushan Copper contains the Origin Power of the Taiqing Edict?"
Lü Daoxuan nodded.
"Precisely."
Having received confirmation, Xu Taiping let out a long breath, then said with a serious expression:
"Please teach me the Sword-Forging Method, Master."
At his words, Lü Daoxuan simply extended a finger.
Once a white radiance lit up at his fingertip, he