The secret chamber was small, only about the size of a single room. As the mechanism was activated, the bronze lamps inside lit on their own, dispelling the darkness.
Entering the secret chamber, Xue Fuyao soon found her target on the only table inside: a broken sword.
This sword was not truly broken. Rather, it had taken the shape of a broken sword from the moment its forging was complete.
It was said that, to forge a sword unlike any other, its maker had leaped straight into the sword-forging furnace just before the sword was finished.
Perhaps because it had absorbed its maker's essence blood and soul, the sword had possessed tremendous power and sentience from the moment it was forged.
But at the same time, it had never acknowledged anyone since its creation. Anyone who wanted to forcefully wield it had to drive it with their own essence blood, and frequent use would ultimately drain their essence blood and kill them.
Thus, this broken sword did not have a very good reputation in the Cultivation Realm, but plenty of people still flocked to it like ducks to water.
However, to keep the sword from wreaking havoc upon the world, that Forging Master's son had chosen to hide it away.
In her previous life, Xue Fuyao had personally witnessed this sword emerge into the world. Relying on this broken sword, its wielder had fought three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators with a Golden Core Stage cultivation without falling behind, and had even turned the tables and killed two of them.
However, after killing them, that person had also died of exhaustion after losing too much essence blood.
Xue Fuyao placed her hand on the hilt and tried to activate the broken sword. The next moment, her spiritual power was repelled.
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