"However, True Person Mingjian's Life Spirit Tablet shattered, showing that he had already perished; even his Nascent Soul had failed to escape. At first, the elders of the Yanzhu Sword Sect still held onto their fantasies, believing Li Xiubai might emerge victorious. But after waiting a long while without seeing Li Xiubai return, they hurried back to Huan Kingdom as well. It was said that Li Xiubai's Life Sword Tablet had likewise developed cracks! The two had actually perished together!"
"True Person Mingjian's final words were not fully passed down, but there was one sentence that every sword-wielding cultivator in Meng Kingdom knew..."
Before Zhu Chenghe could finish, Qiang Yuefeng and Xie Zhiqian spoke in unison, "The Sword Dao knows no regrets!"
"That's right, those very words!" Zhu Chenghe nodded. "Although our Dao Sect uses flying swords as magical artifacts, unlike sword cultivators who nurture their swords with their lives, we still regard the sword as our life. True Person Mingjian's words truly struck the very depths of my heart!"
"Yes, every sect had its own conjectures about that battle, and each recorded them in its own texts!" Qiang Yuefeng nodded. "Yet as for what truly happened, no one knew!"
"To uncover the truth, every sect dispatched its forces. They first searched within Meng Kingdom, then Xi Kingdom and Lian Kingdom, and the sword cultivators even searched all of Huan Kingdom. Yet they found no traces at all!" Zhu Chenghe continued. "However, in the end, the Changbai Sect's leader discovered some clues within the lingering image of True Person Mingjian's Primordial Spirit and concluded that it was within Xi Kingdom's Mo Ran Black Forest! It might even be in its core!"
"Thus, the Changbai Sect secretly searched Mo Ran Black Forest. They lost quite a few capable hands, yet still