At the same time.
Inside the Heavenly Treasure Five Elements Immortal Pagoda.
Su Xuan, who was walking down the stairs, suddenly sensed something. His steps involuntarily halted, and his expression became somewhat dazed.
After sensing carefully once more, a knowing smile curled faintly across the face hidden beneath the divine mist.
"Unknowingly, Changge's sword dao has already reached such a level?"
"Worthy of being my son. He truly has some of my bearing from back then."
Su Xuan continued down the stairs that seemed to lead to some unknown place deep underground.
"True sword dao requires not only forging ahead bravely and cutting through one's heart with the sword, but also tempering one's sword heart through countless storms and hardships. Only then can one achieve a true sword."
"Only then can this sword move mountains, sever rivers, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, slay gods, pluck stars, destroy the earth, and cut down the heavens."
"But this path is not easy to walk."
Amid his murmurs, Su Xuan's figure gradually vanished at the end of the deep, winding corridor that descended below.
It was as if his words had been proven true.
This path was difficult to walk; it could be an abyss, or it could be despair.
Yet likewise, with the sword in one's hand, one could seize a spark sufficient to set the plains ablaze.
Rumble—!!
Within the boundless, surging ocean of sword qi, Ling Heng's figure darted and shifted. With a turn of his wrist, piercing frost condensed upon the Human Realm Sword.
Ling Heng swung his arm like a bolt of lightning.
Shing!!
A dazzling sword light abruptly flashed, and the cry of the sword rolled like wind and thunder.
Though it was merely a horizontal slash, it seemed to carry a fragment of heaven and