Chaos Sword
Collecting a Great Emperor's Corpse, I Gain Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation!Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Appearance
- 4History
- 4.1Acquisition and the Heavenly Mysteries Sect
- 4.2Ancient Clan Secret Realms
- 4.3Sacrifice and Su Yao’s Custody
- 4.4Sword of the Falling Star
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1Sword Qi and Technique Channeling
- 5.2Lightning Absorption and Attacks
- 5.3Lightning–Fire Fusion
- 5.4Resonance and Guidance
- 6Limitations and Damage
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Appearance
- 4History
- 4.1Acquisition and the Heavenly Mysteries Sect
- 4.2Ancient Clan Secret Realms
- 4.3Sacrifice and Su Yao’s Custody
- 4.4Sword of the Falling Star
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1Sword Qi and Technique Channeling
- 5.2Lightning Absorption and Attacks
- 5.3Lightning–Fire Fusion
- 5.4Resonance and Guidance
- 6Limitations and Damage
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Chaos Sword (混沌剑) |
| Type | Sword; imperial weapon 1 |
| Original Owner | Great Emperor Xuantian 1 |
| Principal Wielder | Lin Wudao 1 |
| Temporary Custodian | Su Yao, following Lin Wudao’s apparent sacrifice 22 |
| Acquisition | Awarded by the Corpse Collection System after Lin Wudao collected Great Emperor Xuantian’s corpse 1 |
| Combined Form | Sword of the Falling Star, formed by fusion with a Jade Slip fragment 27 |
| Latest Documented Use | Wielded by Lin Wudao as the Sword of the Falling Star against stellar chains 32 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1: “Attaining the Dao Through Corpse Collection” 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Xuantian’s imperial weapon | 1 | Obtained alongside the Mystic Heaven Creation Instruction and one hundred thousand years of cultivation. Its might enables Lin Wudao to resist Tianxuzi despite being at a disadvantage. |
| Lightning-tempered sword | 2 | Continuously absorbs lightning from Lin Wudao’s tribulation, strengthening the blade and making it shine purple. |
| Black jade–empowered sword | 6 | Resonance with the black jade fragment illuminates its ancient patterns and produces golden Sword Qi powerful enough to destroy a Netherworld Sect protector and his bone staff. |
| Lightning–fire fusion | 12 | Channels an advanced cultivation technique, essence blood, and spiritual power to merge purple lightning with crimson flame into a two-colored pillar. |
| Lightning domain manifestation | 13 | Its lightning patterns resonate with the black jade fragment, forming a small lightning domain around Lin Wudao. |
| Falling-star empowerment | 23 | Receives Lin Wudao’s falling-star power for Falling Star Annihilation; starlight from the phantom Star Palace subsequently coils around the sword. |
| Sword of the Falling Star | 27 | Fuses with a Jade Slip fragment during Falling Star Resonance, breaking an altar barrier that reflected the preceding attack. |
| Star-chaos empowerment | 29 | Receives the newly formed power of star chaos. A complete phantom Star Palace appears within the blade, enabling it to restrain the abyss lord and reverse the flow of his power. |
Appearance
The Chaos Sword is pitch-black from end to end and radiates a mysterious, powerful presence 1.
- Lightning patterns: Lightning flows over its black blade after the tribulation; these patterns later resonate with the black jade fragment 3 12 13.
- Ancient markings: Patterns emerge along the blade during the Ten Thousand Corpses Devour Heaven Formation and shine when empowered by the fragment 6.
- Changing radiance: It emits blue light while illuminating ancient murals, purple light while absorbing tribulation lightning, and golden light during fragment resonance and the illusion trial 2 4 6 8.
- Combined form: As the Sword of the Falling Star, it shines brilliantly; star-chaos empowerment produces light extending tens of thousands of feet and a phantom Star Palace within the blade 27 29.
History
Acquisition and the Heavenly Mysteries Sect
Lin Wudao received the Chaos Sword when the Corpse Collection System dissolved Great Emperor Xuantian’s corpse into golden light. The system explicitly identified it as Xuantian’s imperial weapon. When Tianxuzi demanded the emperor’s relics, the system advised Lin Wudao to rely on the sword’s might, and he used it to resist the Heavenly Mysteries Sect’s encirclement 1.
During the ensuing lightning tribulation, Lin Wudao raised the sword against the descending bolts. While the tribulation healed and strengthened him, the blade absorbed lightning and grew stronger. Afterward, he used it against the Ancient Clan’s tomb keeper, destroying the corpse presented as Xuantian’s true remains with Nine Dragons Destroy the World 2 3.
Ancient Clan Secret Realms
The sword accompanied Lin Wudao through the Ancient Clan’s sacrificial grounds and floating-island secret realm. Its lightning helped destroy regenerating skeleton soldiers, and a lightning-charged thrust shattered the Spirit-Devouring Centipede’s crystal core 4.
Within the High Antiquity Illusion Array, tiny cracks appeared along the blade. Golden light then seeped from those cracks and scattered the surrounding shadows as Lin Wudao confronted his inner demons. In the bronze-mirror maze that followed, the sword pointed him toward ground patterns matching the sacrificial murals, helping him locate the route to the black jade fragments 8.
Sacrifice and Su Yao’s Custody
During the Star Palace crisis, Lin Wudao drove the sword into his palm to bleed onto the Star Spirit-Guiding Formation Diagram. He later used it to sever Su Yao’s whip before rushing toward the Lord of the Devil-Sealing Abyss and reversing the formation’s power into himself 21.
After his apparent disappearance, Su Yao held the sword outside his cultivation chamber. Its blade was dull and lightless, but her tears falling onto the hilt caused a faint glimmer. When signs of Lin Wudao’s survival appeared, she hurried toward the Star Palace carrying it. Lin Wudao subsequently wielded it against the returning Devil Master of High Antiquity 22 23.
Sword of the Falling Star
At the Ancient Witch Clan’s altar, Lin Wudao’s first falling-star Sword-Ray was reflected by the barrier. He then activated Falling Star Resonance and fused the Chaos Sword with a Jade Slip fragment, creating the Sword of the Falling Star and breaking through 27.
The combined sword later clashed with the Lord of the Devil-Sealing Abyss. After Lin Wudao infused it with star-chaos power, it restrained the enemy, drew out his power through the Star Palace’s runes, and traced an enormous Falling Star Formation Diagram around him 29.
In a later formation, Lin Wudao thrust the Sword of the Falling Star into a partially reconstructed Star Seal Diagram. Using the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Instruction, he began devouring the stellar chains’ power in reverse 32.
Abilities & Skills
Sword Qi and Technique Channeling
The Chaos Sword channels Lin Wudao’s spiritual power and cultivation techniques into ranged attacks, dragon manifestations, and concentrated strikes.
- Dragon-Luring Break: Conducts spiritual power into the ground, releasing three enormous black dragons against surrounding enemies 2.
- Sword Control Technique: Emits countless streams of black Sword Qi to intercept the tomb keeper’s black chains 3.
- Nine Dragons Destroy the World: Condenses nine spiritual-power dragons around the blade before launching them at the target 3.
- Gale Break: Transforms Sword Qi into a hurricane that drives back three Heavenly Mysteries Sect disciples 5.
- Split Heaven and Earth: Uses black jade resonance to unleash golden Sword Qi, reducing the Netherworld Sect protector and his staff to dust 6.
Lightning Absorption and Attacks
The blade absorbs tribulation lightning and serves as a conduit for Lin Wudao’s lightning techniques.
- Anti-regeneration attacks: Lightning destroys the sacrificial ground’s skeleton soldiers without allowing their charred remains to reassemble 4.
- Thousandfold Lightning Shadows: Transforms sword shadows into countless lightning bolts against Youmingzi’s Skeleton Generals 9.
- Lightning bombardments: Channels Myriad Lightning Tribulation, Thunderous Might, and Ten Thousand Thunders Exterminate Demons against powerful enemies and formations 10 11 16.
- Thunder Domain: Ten Thousand Jun: Resonance between its lightning patterns and the black jade fragment creates a domain that blasts apart approaching black chains 13.
Lightning–Fire Fusion
Through Lin Wudao’s techniques, the sword combines purple lightning and crimson flame into offensive and defensive forms.
- Two-colored pillar: Melts the ground into lava and destroys the Flame Demon’s phantom 12.
- Concentrated energy sphere: Strikes the Thunder-Devouring Demonic Wolf while the Heavenly Mysteries Sect’s sword formation prevents its escape 13.
- Thunder and Fire Immortal Refining: Reduces a cursed tomb-guarding Yin soldier to ash 15.
- Thunder and Fire Scorch the Plains: Sweeps away resentful spirits within Youmingzi’s formation 16.
- Lightning–fire shield: Intercepts an attack from the immortal corpse, though the impact still throws Lin Wudao and Su Yao backward 17.
- Thunder Dragon Burns the Heavens: Shatters the Yellow Springs Myriad Tribulations Formation 20.
Resonance and Guidance
The sword responds to ancient relics, formations, and Lin Wudao’s power through vibration, light, and directional movement.
- Corpse repulsion: Its emerging ancient patterns drive the surrounding corpse tide away from Lin Wudao within a ten-meter radius 6.
- Illusion assistance: Golden light disperses shadows during the High Antiquity Illusion Array; the sword then indicates mural-like ground patterns inside the mirror maze 8.
- Core destruction: Used with the Star Spirit-Guiding Formation Diagram and support from Su Yao and the Holy Maiden to destroy the Fallen Immortal Ancient Demon’s core 19.
- Star Palace interaction: Its combined form resonates with the abyss lord’s Devil Qi and the Star Palace’s restraints, allowing Lin Wudao to exploit their connection 29.
Limitations and Damage
- Not invulnerable: Tiny cracks appear during the High Antiquity Illusion Array, and starlight blades from the Tianxuan Star Coffin’s guardian leave deep gouges in it 8 15.
- Regeneration can outlast its attacks: Reanimated corpses reassemble after being cut apart. Within the Ten Thousand Corpses Devour Heaven Formation, severed flesh instead forms additional monsters 5 6.
- Does not prevent transmitted harm: Contact with a cursed Yin soldier sends freezing power along the blade, covering Lin Wudao’s arm in frost 15.
- Can be blocked or countered: The Fallen Immortal Ancient Demon reflects a lightning–fire thrust, an Ancient Witch Clan light pillar corrodes a projected attack, and the altar barrier reflects Falling Star Annihilation before the sword’s fusion 19 24 27.
- Major attacks require external power: Its strongest documented uses draw on Lin Wudao’s spiritual power, essence blood, relic resonance, falling-star power, or star-chaos power 6 12 23 27 29.