Chapter 145 - 85 I’ve Opened My Meridians
It was the eunuch outside the Taihe Palace who noticed something unusual.
As the stars rose in Central Heaven, he was dozing against a red pillar outside the Taihe Palace door when a surprising chill awoke him, bristling his hair; then he heard the high-pitched sword sound, and frosty Sword Qi filled the entire palace.
The Emperor, now thirty years old, hurried here in panic, his heart lifted by the sound of his ancestors’ swords.
Three hundred years ago, on the eve of great chaos, the Emperor of that generation could still wield his sword, command the war chariot and the army, and fight against the heroes of the world. He was a tyrant, yet not a foolish one, still courageous enough to lift his sword. However, he died in chaotic battle, and the realm fragmented.
Among the initial allies who overthrew that era of peace, there was the founding monarch of Liang Country, the first overlord of Tuyuhun, the Stargazer from the East Continent Star Observation School, and young prodigies from the All Schools. They tore apart the decaying state that had privileged the aristocratic families above the common people, who wept blood, desiring to recreate clarity and brightness.
Yet even so, not one among them could lift that sword.
In the end, they could only seal the Red Emperor Sword with a red cord soaked in the blood of that great Emperor.
Rumors spread unchecked.
It was said that when this Chi Xiao Sword would be drawn again, all the countless traitors of the past would be purged, and blood of the heroes would flow beneath the sword’s edge. Since three hundred years ago, no one had been able to wield the sword, and the legend had gradually faded.
The Grand Emperor’s face was feverish as he prayed to his ancestors and then reached out to grasp the sword hilt.
The sword sound was stark.