"I've always had a question. It seems you know the answer."
"What is it?"
"When the Emperor's Sword ascended, did it always ascend to Biyuan Heaven? Has that never changed?"
"...Good question." Li Hongzhao chuckled. "It seems you know quite a lot yourself."
Chu Zhiyuan took a light sip of tea and asked leisurely, "There really was a change?"
He had slowly inferred it from certain fragments he had obtained. Previously, Emperor's Swords had ascended to Beyond the Heavens, but they had ceased appearing later on.
There had to have been some change involved—perhaps a change in heaven and earth, perhaps something caused by other factors.
When disciples of the Four Great Sects, such as the disciples of the Profound Yin Palace, ascended, they relied on the power of their sects and went directly to Beyond the Heavens.
But the Emperor's Sword seemed no longer to reach Beyond the Heavens. It had not appeared there for a very long time.
That meant Emperor's Swords had previously ascended from there.
And once Li Hongzhao clarified how the Emperor's Sword aided ascension, he could determine that what had ascended was not to Beyond the Heavens.
A spiritual treasure like the Emperor's Sword could not possibly remain obscure.
Neither of his two incarnations had heard of it in Beyond the Heavens, which meant it was not there.
"As far as I know, there was indeed a change." Li Hongzhao shook her head. "But the Emperor's Sword only passed these messages to me intermittently, bits and pieces from all over the place. They're rather scattered."
"I see... Then when will you ascend?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
Li Hongzhao's bright eyes flickered as she said softly, "The sooner, the better."
"Tomorrow?"
Li Hongzhao rolled her eyes at him. "How could it be tomorrow? At the earliest,