"What did he just say, Mingtai is a Sword Spirit turned human?"

The sword cultivators couldn’t believe their eyes, looking at Mingtai. Lu Yang was a descendant of Ying Tian Immortal, and Mingtai was a transformed Sword Spirit. No, with both of your identities so special, compared to you two, are we too ordinary?

Originally, the sword cultivators felt that the arrival of the Great Era was the time for them to shine.

But they soon realized that they were thoroughly defeated just in terms of identity.

Having special identities isn’t necessarily a big problem—history is full of cultivators who through arduous cultivation defeated many enemies with special identities and became celebrated stories.

The problem was, even after their strenuous training, they still couldn’t defeat Lu Yang and Mingtai.

What’s there to fight for in this Great Era then?

The higher-ups within the Sword Tower had subtle changes in expression, not expecting that this ancient nameless Sword Spirit would reveal Mingtai’s identity so directly. They didn’t know whether this was a blessing or a curse.

Yun Mengmeng quietly approached Lu Yang, sensing something off about Liu Ningxuan’s demeanor. The faint aura he emitted made her uncomfortable.

If Yun Mengmeng had spent more time in the outside world, she would know this as a killing intent.

Liu Ningxuan stared at Mingtai with a malicious and dangerous look, speaking slowly.

"How wonderful it is to be an Innate Sword Spirit that can turn human. Unlike me, I can only stay inside a sword."

Lu Yang’s expression changed, and he moved in front of Mingtai: "What are you going to do!"

Seeing Lu Yang’s action, Liu Ningxuan found it laughable: "Kid, don’t think I’m afraid of you just because you’ve received Ying Tian Immortal’s legacy."

"Let me guess, you’ve only received the inheritance of Ying Tian Immortal and seen his Illusory Shadows, but never met the real Ying Tian Immortal, right?"

Looking at Lu Yang’s expression, Liu Ningxuan became even more certain of his guess: "Ying Tian Immortal hasn’t shown himself for a long time. Perhaps he’s already dead."

With Ying Tian Immortal’s love for showing off, could he stay inactive for over a hundred thousand years? There must have been a problem.

Ying Tian Immortal and he had a life-and-death enmity; had he not been wary of Ying Tian Immortal still being alive, he would have killed Lu Yang!

More than ten thousand years ago, after the Inheriting Shadow Sword was acquired by the Sword Tower Supreme, Liu Ningxuan, worried that the Tower Master might see him inside the Inheriting Shadow Sword, chose to remain asleep.

Upon awakening, he first saw the descendant of his sworn enemy, followed by an Innate Sword Spirit turning into a human. If he didn’t kill the two to vent his anger, it would be unjustifiable!

Liu Ningxuan manipulated the Inheriting Shadow Sword, releasing an invisible Sword Qi. It was blindingly brilliant and splendid, more dazzling than the top-grade Night Pearl on top of the Sword Vault. The sheer power made the entire Sword Vault tremble; even the Sword Tower above swayed from side to side, unable to withstand such Sword Qi!

The invisible Sword Qi locked onto Mingtai, intent on killing him in one fell swoop!

The sword cultivators, seeing this, trembled with fear, believing that even a typical Transcendance Tribulation Stage might not be able to withstand this blow!

"Protect Mingtai quickly!"

The Manager of the Tower cried out urgently, alongside the twelve Elders, they stood in front of Mingtai. Layers of runes began flowing from their swords.

Golden runes surged forth, containing some ultimate and powerful principle. They shone brightly as they formed the great array of Swordsmanship protective circle.

Boom!

The invisible Sword Qi descended, striking the protective circle. It surged and clashed violently with the array. After holding steady for three moments, both the Sword Qi and the array shattered!

"Ahh—"

The Manager of the Tower and others were sent flying by the shockwave of the Sword Qi, not knowing how many ribs were broken, as blood spilled from their mouths.

Liu Ningxuan sneered: "Is this the level you’re at?"

"You should feel lucky that I haven’t taken action for tens of thousands of years and have grown rusty. Otherwise, that strike just now would have been enough to kill all of you!"

"I wonder what you plan to use to defend against this time?"

Liu Ningxuan once again gathered an invisible Sword Qi, its power even greater than before!

The manager of the Tower and the others turned pale upon seeing this, having already exhausted all their strength to block that sword strike, how were they supposed to block it?

Just at that moment, the top-grade Night Pearl atop the Sword Vault burst into an unprecedented brilliance, and a graceful silhouette emerged from the nine-colored divine light.

"Who dares to harm Mingtai?"

Everyone watched the silhouette within the nine-colored divine light unblinkingly, wondering which venerable figure was revealing themselves.

Upon seeing that familiar silhouette, Mingtai’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but cry out, "Master!"

Master?

Hearing Mingtai’s address, the manager of the Tower also realized who she was.

"Sword Tower’s unworthy disciple pays respect to the Venerate!"

The top-grade Night Pearl shattered, the nine-colored divine light disappeared, revealing the true form of the graceful silhouette, a woman of peerless beauty, appearing delicate and frail, like a young miss from a boudoir.

Very few people knew that the Supreme of the Sword Tower was actually a woman.

"The Supreme of the Sword Tower?" Liu Ningxuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, remaining very calm; this certainly wasn’t the true form of the Sword Tower Supreme.

As if not seeing Liu Ningxuan, the Sword Tower Supreme descended and tenderly stroked Mingtai’s head.

"So, you really have embarked on the path of becoming human."

"Master!"

Mingtai hugged the Sword Tower Supreme tightly, weeping bitterly, as he never thought he’d see her again in this lifetime.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. Am I not fine right here?" the Sword Tower Supreme soothed in a gentle voice.

Then she turned her head to look at Liu Ningxuan in the sky, "Is he the one bullying you? Watch as your sister teaches him a lesson!"

Taking the Containing Light Sword, the Sword Tower Supreme flew up to confront Liu Ningxuan, causing the air itself to become tense.

Liu Ningxuan was not afraid of the Sword Tower Supreme either, and with a scornful laugh, he said, "You really have the nerve to say you’re fine, currently nothing more than a soul remnant hidden inside the Night Pearl. I presume it was only during the Sword Tower’s catastrophe that you would show yourself."

"How much of your original strength can this soul remnant exert?"

Failing to pass the Immortal Ascension Tribulation meant one could not survive, yet the Sword Tower Supreme having left behind a soul remnant was already turning the impossible into the possible.

"I had suspected this sword was the Inheriting Shadow Sword, but I lacked the proof, and there was no conclusive information from the Taixue Academy."

"Unexpectedly, though the world thought you had disappeared, it turns out you’ve lingered in the Inheriting Shadow Sword until now," he said.

The Sword Tower Supreme pointed her sword at Liu Ningxuan, her eyebrows knit together, "Dare to harm my Mingtai, it seems you are tired of living!"

Fairy Eternity was also observing the state of the Sword Tower Supreme, "Impressive indeed, to have left behind a soul remnant from the Immortal Ascension Tribulation. Could it be she is an Initial Form of the Immortal Soul Dao Fruit?"

Apart from the Initial Form of Eternity Dao Fruit, only the Initial Form of the Soul Dao Fruit could achieve this.

"Fairy, what is Liu Ningxuan’s cultivation level?" Lu Yang asked stealthily.

"Pass Tribulation Peak."

"Just Pass Tribulation Peak?" Lu Yang thought to himself that he had assumed Liu Ningxuan was a Semi-Immortal.

Suddenly he realized something was amiss. When did I start thinking so lightly of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage?

"Back then, he and this Immortal both wanted to condense the Initial Form of the Annihilation Dao Fruit. He challenged me recklessly and ended up using Unity of Man and Sword to escape in the middle of our battle," Fairy Eternity said, huffing angrily.

"It’s a pity he became a Sword Spirit. Sword Spirits cannot possess a Dao Fruit Outline—oh, except this Immortal."

"If he hadn’t become a Sword Spirit, there would have been a chance for him to condense the Initial Form of the Annihilation Dao Fruit," she added.

Lu Yang hadn’t expected Fairy Eternity to hold such a high opinion of Liu Ningxuan, but then again, without some ability, he wouldn’t have dared to challenge Fairy Eternity.