Should Heaven Not Have Birthed Cangming, the Sword Dao Would Remain in Eternal Darkness!
7: Chapter 7: Chaos Infinite Sword Body!
Should Heaven Not Have Birthed Cangming, the Sword Dao Would Remain in Eternal Darkness!
Zhang Xuan’s mind raced, frantically considering how to handle the situation.
Admitting his identity was out of the question.
Not only would exposure mean mission failure, but he would also be reincarnated as a woman next life.
That would truly destroy his reputation across a hundred lifetimes.
He absolutely could not allow that to happen.
Now he finally understood why this life’s mission had been so simple.
Damn it — the Sect Master of Azure Cloud Sect is actually my first-life female disciple?!
You’re making me deliver myself right to her door!
As for the Sword Intent hidden in the Spirit Testing Stele, Zhang Xuan had a rough idea.
In his first life, before his death, he had given Yun Yao three protective Sword Intents.
Yun Yao must have hidden one inside the Spirit Testing Stele to protect the sect against its enemies.
Son of a — System, you’re screwing with me!
Zhang Xuan cursed silently.
“Mas…” At that moment, the Sword Intent in the sky, having found no enemy, had dissipated on its own.
The pressure on the surrounding crowd lifted, and everyone slowly rose to their feet, looking between Yun Yao and Zhang Xuan.
Yun Yao was about to speak, but Zhang Xuan quickly cut her off.
“Greetings, Sect Master!” Zhang Xuan bowed respectfully with cupped fists.
This made Yun Yao furrow her brow, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
“Master, what is wrong with you?” Zhang Xuan shivered and quickly lowered his head.
“Heavenly Sovereign, please do not humble this junior!
How could this junior possibly be the Heavenly Sovereign’s master?!” “This junior is merely a mortal, unworthy of such an address.” Zhang Xuan looked properly frightened, as if he had been genuinely startled.
The Azure Cloud Sect disciples nearby had also recovered, their faces filled with confusion.
“What’s going on with the Sect Master?
Could this kid really be the Sect Master’s master?” “How can that be?
The Sect Master’s master’s memorial tablet is still in the ancestral hall, isn’t it?” “I don’t think so either.
The Sect Master is such a great figure.” “This kid is just a mortal.
How could he possibly be connected to the Sect Master?” The elders and disciples buzzed with confusion, struggling to understand what was happening.
Connecting Zhang Xuan, a mere mortal, to the Sect Master’s master seemed utterly impossible.
Yun Yao — Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Sovereign, founding ancestor of Azure Cloud Sect, the Southern Region’s supreme sword cultivator.
Any single one of these identities was something they could only look up to from afar.
If they did not understand the Sect Master’s master, did they not at least understand the Sect Master herself?
Could the Sect Master’s master really be a mortal?
A mortal with a Five Elements Low-grade Spirit Root?
It was absolutely ridiculous!
Guyue Fangzheng also had his brow deeply furrowed, unable to make sense of it.
He did not know the specifics of Yun Yao’s identity as an Immortal, but no matter how special Zhang Xuan was, he could not possibly be an Immortal’s master, could he?
Their lifespans did not match at all!
Zhang Xuan had heard the crowd’s murmuring, of course.
But he kept his head lowered, maintaining his trembling, terrified act.
You bastards — what are you trying to say?
If it weren’t inconvenient for me to reveal my identity, I’d blow your minds for sure!
“Master, you cannot fool me!” Yun Yao frowned, her eyes red, and spoke: “The Chaos Infinite Sword Body — only you, Master, have ever possessed it.
No one else in this world could possibly have this physique!” Yun Yao’s voice was absolute, her gaze locked upon Zhang Xuan.
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan silently shook his head.
The System has doomed me!
The Chaos Infinite Sword Body was indeed something only he possessed, because it was a physique the System had helped him cultivate.
Unlike the innate Sacred Bodies of ordinary prodigies, the Chaos Infinite Sword Body had been formed through Zhang Xuan’s first-life comprehension of the Sword Dao.
This physique required the System’s assistance to create.
Even if someone else comprehended the Sword Dao in the same way Zhang Xuan did, they could not form it.
The same was true for his other heaven-defying physiques and bloodlines — all of which Zhang Xuan had either comprehended or integrated with the System’s help during his past reincarnations.
That was why Yun Yao was so certain Zhang Xuan was Sword Venerable Cangming!
She did not know about the System’s existence, but she had never seen anyone else capable of comprehending the Chaos Infinite Sword Body!
The crowd listened to Yun Yao’s words with blank expressions.
“Chaos Infinite Sword Body?
What’s that?” “Never heard of it.
Sounds incredibly powerful?” “Hey, you from the Guyue family — you have the Wind Thunder Sacred Body.
Have you ever heard of this so-called Sword Body?” Guyue Fangzheng was clearly not an ordinary person.
Even the inner elders had not dared touch him.
His knowledge must be vast.
So someone addressed Guyue Fangzheng directly, with no sense of formality, asking sincerely.
But Guyue Fangzheng ignored the questioners.
His pupils had contracted, and a storm raged within his heart.
Because he had seen records of the Chaos Infinite Sword Body in certain ancient texts within his family.
It was the only supreme acquired Sword Body in all of history — one that could crush every Sacred Body in existence!
In all of recorded history, there had been only one person who possessed it.
Sword Venerable Cangming!
Guyue Fangzheng looked at Zhang Xuan, his heart churning with shock and disbelief.
Now, Yun Yao’s identity became clear in his mind as well.
The sole disciple of Sword Venerable Cangming — the Sword Immortal Yun Yao!
This female Sword Immortal was a figure from hundreds of thousands of years ago, a genuine old monster of the cultivation world.
No wonder her aura felt even more oppressive than some of the Immortal ancestors in his family.
But Yun Yao was not the key issue right now.
Zhang Xuan was.
Sword Immortal Yun Yao was correct.
The Chaos Infinite Sword Body was something only Sword Venerable Cangming possessed.
No one else had ever been known to have it.
Truly unprecedented, never to be repeated!
And so the Chaos Infinite Sword Body, a supreme acquired Sword Body, could never appear in a mortal.
“Could Brother Zhang really be that Sword Venerable Cangming?” Guyue Fangzheng gasped at his own thought, unable to believe it.
He remembered only fragments of the records about Sword Venerable Cangming.
But one line had stuck with him.
“Should Heaven not have birthed Cangming, the Sword Dao would remain in eternal darkness!” He shook his head, unable to accept what was unfolding before him.
It was too surreal.
The crowd saw him shake his head and came to a realization.
“What?
It sounded so impressive, but it’s actually inferior to a Sacred Body?” “Tch — a physique nobody’s even heard of.
How powerful could it be?” “But it seems to be the Sect Master’s master’s physique.
Isn’t it a bit disrespectful to talk like that?” The murmuring continued, but Yun Yao was in no mood to listen.
Her eyes remained fixed on Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan felt a vein pulsing on his forehead.
You know jack!
And you, Guyue Fangzheng — what the hell does that head-shake mean?
He raised his head, about to say something to restore his first-life reputation, but then another system alert sounded in his mind.
[Warning!
Host’s Sword Venerable Cangming identity has aroused suspicion from someone other than Yun Yao (Guyue Fangzheng).
Current identity exposure level: 10%!] [Exposure level increased.
Passive activation: Host’s first-life Sword Intent returning!] [Note: Due to the host’s reincarnation, the Sword Intent will gradually recover to its first-life peak.
Please proceed with caution!] Hearing the alert, Zhang Xuan’s expression changed dramatically.
Guyue Fangzheng!
*I’ll %￥# you…!
Boom!
In the next instant, a violent Sword Intent erupted from Zhang Xuan’s body, blasting outward in all directions.
The crowd’s chatter died instantly.
Yun Yao’s eyes sharpened, her expression filled with emotion.
“I knew you were my master!”