Only Tai'a seemed able to hear the sound of chains shattering. He muttered to himself, then suddenly burst into wild laughter again. He laughed for who knew how long, until tears streamed from his eyes.
"Interesting, interesting. I thought I merely owed Hu Yun a karmic debt. Who would have thought, who would have thought that debt would be so enormous!" This man at the pinnacle of the Sword Dao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes as he laughed and murmured to himself.
With that, Tai'a lowered his head to look at Ouyang, who was staring at him dumbfounded. Although Ouyang had guessed Tai'a's identity, he had never expected Tai'a to figure out his!
If he could awaken sentience in living beings, why wouldn't the Immortal Sword that Ou Yezi, the greatest swordsmith of the Elder Ancient Era, had forged with his own body develop intelligence?
The moment Ou Yezi said the Immortal Sword he had forged was named Tai'a, Ouyang had thought of the current Sword Sect Master, Tai'a!
The Immortal Sword Tai'a had to be a Dao Treasure at the very least, right? Even the scabbard of such a Dao Treasure had developed intelligence. There was no reason the whole sword wouldn't.
In other words, the sword had already developed intelligence when it took shape. After Ou Yezi forged the sword with his body and became its sword spirit,
the intelligence it had originally developed was squeezed out of the blade and reincarnated as Tai'a.
Unlike Xiao Bai, who had reincarnated with his memories, what memories could the Tai'a Sword's newborn intelligence possibly have?
Ouyang guessed that if he hadn't corrected the timeline, the day his second junior brother received Sword Immortal Li Taibai's legacy would probably have been the day Tai'a died!
But Tai'a