The sword Xu Taiping spoke of was naturally the ultimate pursuit of the Taixuan Sect's sword cultivators: the Great Dao Natal Magical Sword.
Any sword cultivator who possessed the Taixuan Sect Inheritance would immediately break through to the Void Insight Realm upon forging this sword.
Moreover, judging by what Lü Daoxuan had said before, a Half-Immortal Seat obtained through this Sword-Forging Method was not bound by the Sixteen Seats.
And among the nine people currently forging swords in the Azure Profound Sect, Lü Daoxuan was the strongest and the closest to great completion.
Clang...!
Just as Xu Taiping stood lost in thought, another deafening sword cry jolted him awake.
With a boom, Xu Taiping stepped upon wind and thunder, his figure shooting forth like lightning.
Boom! Boom, boom!
Amid successive explosive cracks through the air, Xu Taiping appeared a thousand zhang away from that sword light.
"So it was you, Taiping!"
Sect Master Zhao Qian's voice rang out just then.
Xu Taiping looked toward the voice and saw Zhao Qian leading several Peak Lords toward him on flying swords, their expressions tinged with panic.
By the time Zhao Qian reached Xu Taiping, the panic on his face had immediately turned into a smile.
Zhao Qian continued:
"I thought someone was plotting something."
Xu Taiping gave a sheepish smile, then asked Zhao Qian with a solemn expression:
"Sect Master Zhao, how is Master's sword coming along?"
Zhao Qian turned to glance at the dazzling sword light ahead and said with a frown:
"As you can see, it's about to reach great completion."
Xu Taiping was somewhat puzzled:
"Isn't that a good thing? Why are you looking so troubled, Sect Master?"
Zhao Qian sighed.
"There's something you don't know, Taiping."
He pointed at that sword light and continued:
"Master's sword already showed