Deep within the Primordial Sea.
Within a Star Domain shrouded in boundless sword intent all year round.
Towering sword peaks stood proudly, like blades planted point-first in the void.
This was the acknowledged forbidden land of the sword Dao in the Primordial Sea.
[Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion]!
Legend had it that the pavilion's founding patriarch had been a peerless prodigy, whose swordsmanship could sweep through every forbidden land in the Primordial Sea.
However.
Countless tens of thousands of years ago, she had already left this Star Sea, and no one knew where she had gone.
The Sword Pavilion of today had begun to show slight signs of decline following its founder's departure.
But that was only in comparison to top-tier forbidden lands like [Wutong Mountain].
Among the other forbidden lands of Transcendence in the Primordial Sea.
The Heaven-Cutting Sword Pavilion's staggeringly deep reserves, coupled with its sword cultivators who had pushed their killing power to the utmost, still placed it head and shoulders above the rest!
And today.
On the Heaven-Piercing Cliff within the Sword Pavilion.
Several figures in weathered robes broke their usual silence and gathered together.
"I imagine you all already know why I summoned you."
The Old Man in Hemp Clothes seated at the head turned around and spoke first:
"A few days ago, I sensed a surge of sword qi coming from the direction of the [Sea of Nine Harmonies]."
"That sword intent... shared the same origin as our founder's techniques. It was almost identical."
At these words, the figures within the hall all looked slightly shaken.
Someone not only possessed lethal sword qi akin to their founder's, but had actually used it against an opponent?!
"The same origin... could this person be a direct disciple our founder left behind in the outside world?"
An elder stroked