Chapter 109: Witness of the Era (6)
Su Chen left the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land.
The Sacred Son of the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land never acted. He allowed Su Chen to depart freely. They did not belong to the same era. This was a figure from the same generation as Wang Yunfei. Like Cao Tianming of old, the Sacred Son of the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land pursued pure sword dao with unshakable self-confidence.
Su Chen shook his head. He did not believe this Sacred Son could defeat Wang Yunfei. Yet as long as this Sacred Son lived, the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land would prosper for thousands of years. Should he fall… the sacred land would be finished. The current Heavenly Sword Sacred Land had grown overly reliant on external objects. The once-pure ideal of sword dao had long since faded.
Su Chen gave a wry smile. Cao Tianming had once spoken of sincerity in the sword—that had been the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land's founding principle. Who could have foreseen that the sacred land of today had already lost that original spirit?
Su Chen gently stroked the Dustreturn Sword in his hand, feeling a complex emotion rise within him. This blade had been forged from his sixth-life body. Tempered by Shen Daoyuan's sword qi over countless years, it had evolved into a true divine weapon of the sword path, faintly imbued with a saintly aura. It stood only one step away from becoming a true saint artifact.
Unfortunately, that final step had never been taken. The rise of the Imperial Sword Dynasty had offended too many powers. They refused to allow Shen Daoyuan to advance further and joined forces to ambush and kill him.
The Dustreturn Sword trembled faintly, emitting a mournful hum. Thousands of years had turned so many things to dust—buried in forgotten, withered places.
Su Chen continued his journey onward. Not long after, a single piece of news swept across the entire Southern Barbarian Lands.
A mysterious azure-robed youth riding a white horse had, single-handedly, crushed the younger generation of the Heavenly Sword Sacred Land so thoroughly they could no longer raise their heads. He had even seized the legendary divine weapon of the Imperial Sword Dynasty that once ruled the Southern Barbarian Lands—the Dustreturn Sword!