Lin Xiao, holding Zhu Wanning's hand, stood before the Meridian Creation Furnace.
At that moment, the furnace was shaking restlessly.
A searing, seven-colored flame, intermixed with a profound and matchless Sword Intent, streamed from the furnace mouth!
After three months of continuously casting Spirit Iron, instilling Sword Intent, and infusing the Daoist Sword Cloud Dream Marsh into it to nurture its spirit, at last... it was finally ready!
What could this Lifebound Spirit Sword, which even the original novel hadn't granted him, Lin Xiao, possibly be?
"Junior Sister Wanning, stand back a little. I am about to infuse the final Sword Intent!" Lin Xiao said solemnly.
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Zhu Wanning cautioned him and swiftly retreated.
Lin Xiao stepped forward, opened his palm, and an indistinct, colorless, and formless Sword Intent began to condense!
Suddenly, he thrust his palm forward, striking the scorching furnace wall!
The next moment, as if activated by some force, the furnace began to shake even more violently!
Simultaneously, sacred, lotus-like flames erupted from within!
Lin Xiao and Zhu Wanning exchanged a look and instinctively retreated several paces.
Both sensed that something was about to emerge!
With that, the heavy lid of the furnace was blasted open by a heatwave!
Then, under their astonished gazes—a magnificent longsword shot out with a resonant hum. It was entirely azure, its blade as smooth as a mirror, its substance like crystalline jade, and it was wreathed in a mist similar to that of Cloud Dream Marsh.
"Senior Brother Lin, watch out!"
Zhu Wanning's expression changed.
A sword knows its master.
How could such a magnificent, noble, and incomparably sharp Immortal Sword harm a master of equal grace?
Lin Xiao chuckled softly and abruptly reached out his hand!
The Immortal Sword, as if summoned, fell perfectly into Lin Xiao's palm!
"Good sword, truly worthy of being my Lifebound Spirit Sword. It's absolutely awesome!"
Lin Xiao caressed the blade, as smooth as moonlight, and couldn't help smiling.
"Indeed, the sword reflects its owner. Congratulations, Senior Brother Lin, on obtaining this supreme divine sword! But I wonder… what name will you give this sword, Senior Brother?"
Zhu Wanning was also beaming as she asked.
"This sword was born with a name," Lin Xiao said, examining it closely.
"A name?" Zhu Wanning was bewildered.
She, of course, had no idea.
At this moment, a long list of attributes appeared in Lin Xiao's mind:
Item Name: Shadow Moon (Moon God's Sword; Origin: Cloud Dream Marsh)
Category: Sword (Lifebound Immortal Sword; Exclusive Host: Lin Xiao)
Spirit Sword Skill: Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water (An incredibly potent hypnotic ability. At the same cultivation level, it ignores Divine Soul barriers and spiritual defense-type Magic Treasures). [Three additional Spirit Sword skills pending development.]
Current number of controlled sword slaves: 0
Hmm, it does share a striking resemblance with my Daoist Sword, Cloud Dream Marsh, and my Sword Realm.
But this Spirit Sword skill is a bit… too outrageous!
Lin Xiao was completely dumbfounded.
This "Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water" Spirit Sword skill... isn't it practically a carbon copy of the Zanpakutō ability of that major antagonist from a certain massively popular Japanese anime?!
They didn't even bother to change the technique's name!
So, this is a high-spec divine sword tailor-made for a major villain, huh!
At that moment, Lin Xiao, whose mind was naturally prone to wild theories, couldn't help but recall a previous guess of his!
Firstly, it was a well-known fact that after writing two million words of the novel "Emperor," the hack author had hired a ghostwriter to continue it.
Could it be...! That this ghostwriter, completely unrestrained, just wrote a bunch of nonsense, brought a minor villain like him to life, and even plagiarized the Zanpakutō concept from Bleach?
But... that line of reasoning wasn't entirely sound.
After all, based on his experiences so far, the reason his Junior Sisters and Master were so good to him was entirely due to the kind-hearted nature he had inadvertently revealed over the past ten-plus years!
"Senior Brother Lin?"
Seeing her beloved silent.
Zhu Wanning quickly waved her hand in front of his eyes. "You there? How about... a 'quickie-peekie'?"
"Damn it." Lin Xiao visibly shuddered. "Wanning, I know you're trying to imitate slang from my hometown, but I strongly advise you not to use phrases if you don't understand their meaning... It's seriously cringey!"
"Alright," Zhu Wanning nodded.
"Now that the Spirit Sword is in hand," Lin Xiao stated with a serious expression, "with this Shadow Moon Immortal Sword, the might of my sword pressure can increase by at least forty percent. If we join forces and use the final technique of the Purple Cyan Sword Manual, breaking open this Secret Realm shouldn't be a problem!"
"Okay!" Zhu Wanning's sword-like eyebrows knitted. Summoning her Spirit Sword, she regained her former ice-goddess demeanor. "In that case, Senior Brother Lin... Let's cross swords without delay!"
Lin Xiao almost spat out a mouthful of old blood! 'Cross swords' is also not a term one should learn so casually!
Just as his mind was reeling from that.
From outside the cave, another massive, muffled explosion thundered!
Although this Secret Realm had been experiencing constant tremors lately, this time... it was exceptionally intense!
Lin Xiao was now filled with doubt. According to the original plot, after Ye Chen and Zhu Wanning mastered the Purple Cyan Twin Swords, their swords were supposed to combine, destroy the Secret Realm's restrictive wards, and send them directly back outside the Sword Tomb. So why, now that it's my turn, is this incredibly powerful Interior Secret Realm collapsing on its own?
"Don't worry. The Secret Realm collapsing isn't a bad thing for us; it actually saves us the trouble of breaking it open ourselves." Sensing their imminent departure, Lin Xiao grasped Zhu Wanning's small hand, a rare look of deep affection on his face. "Wanning, these past three months, having you by my side... I'm actually a little sad to see it end, sigh."