This sword was named [Upside Down]?
Jiang Yi looked over. The peach tree's branches were gnarled and powerful as dragons, and an ancient, black-sheathed sword hung upside down from one of them, over three feet long, plain and heavy, like a dead thing.
This was the most prized treasure of True Lord Qiao, the Sword-Knowing Gentleman?
He raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised.
As a mighty force in Jambudvipa that had nearly become the fifth manifest Dao Lineage in ten thousand years, the [Sword Dao] had countless tributaries and branches.
Broadly speaking, they fell into two categories: "purification" and "creation."
Delving deeper, there were also numerous approaches such as "rainbow transformation," "material transformation," and "image transformation."
"Is this a purification sword?"
Curiosity flashed through Jiang Yi's eyes.
Sword cultivators had dwindled in the present age. "Creation" had become the mainstream, and scarcely any sword cultivators dared walk the path of purification.
There probably were not even a handful in the entire Southern Continent.
Not one in a hundred could embark on this path to begin with, so naturally, suitable swords were even rarer.
Jiang Yi came from a Demonic Path Lineage. What depth of Dao Inheritance could a Men-tier sect possess? The inner and outer peaks all cultivated eighth- or ninth-grade Qi Refining Ding Fire and Gui Water; naturally, he could not have known the intricacies of sword cultivation.
Of the [Sword Dao]'s myriad tributaries and endless branches, "purification" was the most revered and "creation" the predominant one. Elder Xu of the Transmission Academy had occasionally mentioned this while recounting old tales, and Jiang Yi had quietly committed it to memory.
Jiang Yi knew only the broad distinctions between them. So-called "purification" meant "nurturing the sword with the spirit and refining the sword with the heart."
It sought the union of