One hundred and eight ancient swords, shining brightly all over, look like they are neither gold nor jade, simple and extraordinary, shrouded in vast sword energy, exuding a shocking sword edge!
In the sword pool, the densely packed ancient swords are almost all broken, and only these one hundred and eight ancient swords are intact. They are constantly absorbing the surrounding sword intent and nourishing themselves.
From Dugu Qiubai's perspective, this entire sword pool exists to nurture these 108 ancient swords.
"Could those 108 ancient swords be the legacy left by the Sword Emperor?"
There was a gleam of light in Dugu Qiubai's eyes, and he spoke slowly.
He could feel that these one hundred and eight ancient swords were all supreme sword weapons, emitting vast supreme imperial power. Although they were not supreme imperial weapons, they had the potential to become supreme imperial weapons.
These 108 ancient swords, nurtured by the surrounding sword energy, appear to be intact. I wonder how many years they have been nurtured here. They must be the supreme treasures left by the Sword Emperor.
"Do you know the origins of these 108 ancient swords?"
The old spirit of the weapon did not directly answer Dugu Qiubai, but asked with a sigh, his voice filled with endless vicissitudes.
"Appreciate further details!"
Dugu Qiubai nodded.
"When the Sword Emperor fell, he used his own blood essence as a guide, his bones as swords, and supplemented with extreme metals and countless natural treasures to condense into these 108 ancient swords. These 108 ancient swords are actually the Sword Emperor!"
The old man's eyes were filled with sadness.
"Sword Emperor?!"
Dugu Qiubai couldn't help but be shocked. The Sword Emperor was really courageous. He was willing to use himself as a basis to refine these 108 ancient swords.
However, how did the Sword Emperor fall
Seeing Dugu Qiubai's doubtful look, the old spirit shook his head and said, "It's unspeakable, unspeakable! The person who caused the Sword Emperor's fall is far beyond your ability to contend with now! The Sword Emperor left behind these 108 ancient swords just to give the inheritor a better chance of winning, and these can't be considered the Sword Emperor's inheritance, they are just small gifts!"
Dugu Qiubai frowned slightly. The old man clearly knew some inside story but was unwilling to say it out.
Or maybe he couldn't say it at all.
All this made Dugu Qiubai feel extremely pressured. How powerful could the mastermind who caused the Sword Emperor's fall be
The legendary transcendent who surpassed the Great Emperor
If these one hundred and eight ancient swords can only be considered small gifts, it is still a huge gift.
Buzz!
The old man waved his hand, and the chaotic mist trembled, and bright rays of light came across the sky.
They were all small transparent swords with human faces and were extremely spiritual. They were the sword spirits.
There are a total of one hundred and eight sword spirits!
"grandfather!"
"Grandpa, Grandpa, are we leaving here?"
"Grandpa, is he the successor of the Great Emperor?"
"… "
The sword spirits spoke at once, their voices clear and pleasant, and each of them had an expression of great curiosity in their eyes.
"Children! His name is Dugu Qiubai. He is the successor of the Great Emperor and your future master! You must protect him and these swords well in the future. Do you understand?"
The old man's eyes were filled with reluctance, and he spoke very kindly.
"Grandpa, but we can't bear to leave you!"
"That's right, Grandpa, we want to be with you!"
"… "
Those sword spirits also showed expressions of reluctance to part, and swam around the old weapon spirit one by one, full of attachment.
"Be obedient, kids! Grandpa is old, and he has his own things to do! It's the best destination for you to follow him!"
The old spirit smiled gently.
The sword spirits all nodded as if they understood, looked at the old weapon spirit with great affection, then turned around and transformed into streams of light, flying towards the 108 ancient swords.
Those 108 ancient swords were all sword embryos that had not yet taken shape. They seemed to be tailor-made for the sword spirits. They merged with the ancient swords very easily.
boom!
One hundred and eight ancient swords burst into brilliant light at the same time, as if they were endowed with life, emitting an extremely strong breath of life.
The sound of the sword shook the void, like a dragon's roar, intertwining with each other, exuding an incomparably terrifying sword intent.
"Sword!"
The old spirit said calmly.
Boom!
In the sword pool, all the ancient swords began to tremble at the same time. The sword energy was surging, and the void in all directions was shaking violently.
The 108 ancient swords instantly rose into the sky from the sword pool, sweeping across the void like rays of divine rainbow, and appeared in front of Dugu Qiubai in an instant.
"These 108 ancient swords now belong to you! I hope you can treat them well, and they will be loyal to you forever!"
The old spirit looked at Dugu Qiubai seriously and spoke slowly.
Dugu Qiubai nodded, feeling a heavy feeling in his heart. This was an indescribable trust.
The one hundred and eight ancient swords before him were not only supreme sword embryos, supreme treasures that could become the ultimate imperial weapons, but they were also the incarnations of the Sword Emperor.
It was as if the Sword Emperor was reborn on these one hundred and eight ancient swords!
"rest assured!"
There was blood light in Dugu Qiubai's palm, and in an instant one hundred and eight drops of light golden blood flew out and merged into the one hundred and eight ancient swords.
The ancient sword trembled continuously, causing the void in all directions to vibrate and stimulating a blazing and dazzling glow!
Suddenly, Dugu Qiubai felt that these 108 ancient swords were like his arms. He could control them easily and freely, and they could burst out with devastating power at any time.
"From now on, your name will be Emperor Lin!"
Dugu Qiubai said slowly.
The Emperor’s Sword is like the Emperor himself!
One hundred and eight ancient swords trembled continuously, as if responding to Dugu Qiubai.
After they merged with Dugu Qiubai's essence and blood, they instantly turned into peerless swords and were refined by Dugu Qiubai.
A brilliant light burst out from between Dugu Qiubai's eyebrows, and one hundred and eight ancient swords quickly flew into the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, and were nourished by Dugu Qiubai's immortal spirit.
The old spirit's eyes were filled with deep reluctance and expectation.
"Alright! Now, you should accept the inheritance of the Sword Emperor!"
The old spirit took a deep breath and said in a very serious manner.
"What is the Sword Emperor's inheritance?"
Dugu Qiubai asked with some curiosity.
In his opinion, these one hundred and eight ancient swords can be regarded as the inheritance of the Sword Emperor. After all, the one hundred and eight ancient swords are made of the flesh and blood of the Sword Emperor and are supreme sword treasures. After Dugu Qiubai proves his integrity and becomes the emperor, they will be the true supreme emperor weapons.
Moreover, after Dugu Qiubai refined them, he realized the horror of these 108 ancient swords. They even contained an ultimate imperial formation. Once deployed, they could be transformed into a supreme sword formation that could destroy everything. It was extremely powerful.
If this is not the Sword Emperor's inheritance, then what exactly is the Sword Emperor's inheritance
"The Sword Emperor's inheritance is in this sword pool! Go in, and you will understand everything!"
The old spirit of the weapon looked at Dugu Qiubai deeply and said.
"good!"
Dugu Qiubai nodded, and then, following the guidance of the old spirit, he stepped into the sword pool.
Boom!
As if sensing Dugu Qiubai's life fluctuations, the ancient swords in the sword pool retreated one after another.
Sword energy rose, chaotic mist became vague, Dugu Qiubai felt an extremely powerful fluctuation of time and space, and then the scene in front of him changed, and he instantly appeared in a strange world.
"Greetings, Master Sword Emperor!"
"Lord Sword Emperor, bless us, quell the darkness, drive away the weirdness, and protect our sword world!"
"Master Sword Emperor, you must win!"
"… "
The sound of prayers rang out, ancient and mysterious, as if they were the chants of ancient ancestors, extremely pious.
Dugu Qiubai was flying in the air at this moment. He saw billions of mountains and rivers and countless creatures in the endless continents below him kneeling down to him, their eyes full of fanatical worship.
Above the sky, dark clouds rolled, thunder blazed, and there was a strange black mist in the air. It seemed that there was some powerful force hidden in it, which made Dugu Qiubai feel palpitating.
"I am now... the Sword Emperor?!"
Dugu Qiubai was shocked and his eyes were full of disbelief.
His appearance and aura have completely changed.
Although Dugu Qiubai could feel that he was walking on air and standing in the void, his appearance became extremely handsome, his figure was like jade, his body was extremely slender, and he exuded an aura as vast as the ocean.
The sharp edge of the sword spread out, causing all the swords in the world to emit crisp sword sounds, as if they were worshipping their king!
Dugu Qiubai could feel that he was now thousands of times stronger than before.
There is an extremely powerful imperial aura in his body, which is the power of swordsmanship. Dugu Qiubai can feel that he is now swordsmanship and swordsmanship is him. He can unleash the power to destroy the world at will.
In Dugu Qiubai's hand, he was holding a mysterious ancient sword, on which billions of stars were twinkling, and endless starlight was flowing, dazzling and gorgeous.
It’s the Sword of Stars!
This is not his own body at all, this is the legendary Sword Emperor!
"Is this the mark left by the Sword Emperor? But why did I become the Sword Emperor? What does the Sword Emperor want to tell me?"
Dugu Qiubai's heart was full of doubts.
Only now did he realize that he had entered the Sword Emperor's body in an extremely special state, but he only had self-awareness and was unable to control the Sword Emperor's body.
Although he had merged with the Sword Emperor, he could only observe everything in front of him from the perspective of a bystander.
This state is very strange.
Boom!
Above the sky, black thunder gathered, causing the void in all directions to tremble violently. The thunder was as thick as a mountain range, containing pure destructive power, as if it was going to destroy the world.
Especially in the black mist, there was an extremely strong murderous intent that locked onto the Sword Emperor.
"Could this be the scene before the Sword Emperor's fall?"
Dugu Qiubai's heart was shaken. He could feel the horror of the black mist. Even though he was hiding in the body of the Sword Emperor, his soul still couldn't stop trembling.
The creatures in the black mist were so terrifying that the Sword Emperor felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.
Boom!
The next moment, endless thunder descended from the sky.
At the same time, in the black mist, black beams of destructive light intertwined and pierced through the Sword Emperor's body.
"kill!"
A thunderous roar rang out, the Sword Emperor's eyes were as hard as iron, sharp and unmatched, his whole body exuded a tremendous fighting spirit, and the Star Sword in his hand pointed straight to the sky!
Buzz!
He swept his sword across, and suddenly endless sword energy rose up, like a huge curtain of light, which fell in an instant and enveloped the entire world.
Rays of destructive lightning fell one after another, with an extremely terrifying aura, but when they came into contact with the sword light curtain, they were annihilated one after another.
The many living beings below all had expressions of great fear in their eyes, but when they saw that those world-destroying thunders were annihilated, they became extremely excited again.
They were all praying, and it seemed as if all the creatures in the world had contributed a bit of the power of faith, which gathered together and poured into the Sword Emperor's body in a mighty way, making the Sword Emperor's aura even more unfathomable.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The Sword of Stars slashed through the air like a long river of sword energy, colliding with the destructive beam of light shot out from the black mist, and finally being annihilated at the same time.
The Sword of Stars vibrated continuously, its power being stimulated to the extreme. Chains of order emerged and transformed into a vast and surging sword domain, sweeping towards the black mist above the sky.
The emperor's might is surging, and the sword energy is unparalleled and can destroy everything.
Dugu Qiubai was amazed and felt the Sword Emperor's power very intuitively. If he were in front of the Sword Emperor, he would probably not be able to take a single sword strike and would die at the Sword Emperor's hands.
This Sword Emperor is probably an invincible existence, even among the great emperors.
Boom!
The black mist became more and more turbulent, and the attacks launched from it became more and more fierce. The power of darkness was so terrifying that it could corrode everything. Even the Sword Emperor was extremely solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Although the existence in the black mist did not show up, the battle between it and the Sword Emperor was extremely fierce.
"Sword Emperor, have you already mastered the sword art?"
Dugu Qiubai was deeply shocked.
He witnessed the battle of the Sword Emperor with his own eyes. The Sword Emperor seemed to have become the incarnation of the Way of Heaven, merging with the Way of the sword. Every strike he made was the strongest and most powerful supreme sword technique. The void and time were both objects he could manipulate at will.
The Sword Emperor displayed extremely powerful combat power, which opened Dugu Qiubai's eyes and made him yearn for the realm of the Great Emperor more and more.
The battle between the Sword Emperor and the black mist lasted for a long time. Although the Sword Emperor's combat power was extremely terrifying, and even made the existence in the black mist cough up blood, and huge scales and black flesh kept flying out, the pressure faced by the Sword Emperor was getting greater and greater.
Dugu Qiubai could see that under the invasion of the dark force, the power of the Sword Emperor seemed to be weakened, and even the Sword of Stars became dim.
The power of darkness can corrode everything, even the most powerful imperial soldiers are not immune.
boom!
But suddenly, out of the black mist, a huge black hand came out of nowhere, intertwined with extremely mysterious power of cause and effect, piercing through the layers of void, and appeared in front of the Sword Emperor in an instant.
The Sword of Stars suddenly burst into a dazzling and blazing light, as if it sensed a great threat, and began to automatically protect its master, condensing billions of sword lights to block the Sword Emperor.
But that huge black hand was ethereal and mysterious, as if it could sever all causal connections. It was transcendent and mysterious, and the sword lights shattered one after another like paper.
Snap!
The big black handprinted on the Star Sword. The Star Sword trembled violently and the blazing runes burst out, as if it had reached the limit of its power.
An extremely crisp sound was heard, and the Sword of Stars actually broke into two pieces!
puff!
The power of darkness silently invaded the Sword Emperor's body, causing his entire body to tremble violently and a mouthful of golden blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth.
"This dark power is actually the opposite of the supreme imperial power? Powers of different attributes?"
Dugu Qiubai's heart was greatly shaken. He could feel that if he was infected by the power of darkness, both his immortal soul and body would be annihilated in an instant.
After all, even the body of the Supreme Emperor could not withstand the invasion of darkness, which shows how terrifying this dark power is.
The Sword Emperor seemed to be crazy, his hair and beard were standing on end, his aura was surging, and his mighty imperial power swept across, causing the void in all directions to distort violently.
He looked into the depths of the black mist, his eyes filled with a defiant look. Behind him, the mighty sword intent rose into the sky, and the great way of sword was like a pillar of heaven, manifesting between heaven and earth.
"Sword!"
Following the Sword Emperor's roar, all of a sudden, sword energy appeared across the world. It was so dense that there were billions of them, covering the sky and the sun.
In the hands of the Sword Emperor, endless sword energy turned into an extremely ordinary three-foot green sword, which was even surrounded by bursts of fireworks, just like a weapon used by mortals.
But Dugu Qiubai felt an indestructible power fluctuation from the sword.
Snap!
The Sword Emperor took a step into the sky, and the three-foot green sword in his hand burst into brilliant light, slashing down towards the black arm.
The owner of the black arm seemed to be a little angry as well. He snorted coldly, and the endless power of cause and effect intertwined to form an unparalleled sword energy, which also stabbed towards the Sword Emperor's brow.
Boom!
The two most powerful forces collided with each other, like the power of light and darkness, causing the void in all directions to tremble continuously. Endless void shattered, and even this world seemed to be on the verge of collapse at any time.
The two sword lights intertwined together, and in an instant a huge wave like a tsunami erupted, deafening. The bright light was dazzling and obscured all of Dugu Qiubai's perception.
"Has the Sword Emperor fallen?"
Dugu Qiubai's mind was full of questions.
At this moment, he hoped very much that all this was fake, and that the Sword Emperor could wield the sword to fight the sky, shatter the darkness, cleanse the universe, and suppress all enemies.
But he could only watch it all and had no way to do anything.
puff!
After the dazzling light dissipated, there was a bloody light in the air. The black sword light pierced through the Sword Emperor's brows. The power of darkness surged and enveloped the Sword Emperor in an instant.
And in the void, black blood was also spilled. The black arm was actually cut off by the Sword Emperor, and the owner of the arm let out a tremendous roar.
Obviously, he suffered a great loss.
But Dugu Qiubai discovered that the Sword Emperor had been infected by the power of darkness and was at the end of his rope, and it seemed as if he would fall at any time.
boom!
But at this moment, the Star Sword, which was broken into two pieces, suddenly burst into endless brilliant light, and a sword light burst out from it, slashing in the air, directly opening a space door, and then rolled up the black sword emperor and entered the space door.
Obviously, the beings in the black mist had not expected that the Extreme Emperor's weapon, which had been broken by him, still had the energy left to escape with the Sword Emperor.
In the black mist, a terrifying murderous intent spread out, and in an instant it followed the fluctuations of space and chased after the Sword Emperor.
…
"Is this the scene before the Sword Emperor's fall? The power of darkness is truly terrifying!"
Dugu Qiubai muttered to himself.
In an instant, the scene before his eyes changed, and he reappeared in the sword pool.
Everything that just happened seemed like a dream.
However, Dugu Qiubai discovered that all the ancient swords in the sword pool around him had turned into scrap copper and iron. The vast and surging sword intent had disappeared and merged into his body and was refined by him.
The sword pool in front of him was completely scrapped.
"That was not an illusion, it was a real scene, a mark left by the Sword Emperor! Did he want to tell me something through this battle?"
Dugu Qiubai muttered to himself.
He had just entered the body of the Sword Emperor and personally experienced the Sword Emperor's battle against darkness.
Dugu Qiubai benefited a lot from this battle. He felt the power of the Sword Emperor and the horror of the sword firsthand, which would be of great help to him in his future efforts to become an emperor.
But more importantly, Dugu Qiubai saw the horror of darkness.
Even the Sword Emperor, who was known to be invincible and once suppressed the heavens, fell into the darkness. Even in the end, he did not even get to see what the creatures in the darkness looked like.
"That's a human arm. Could it be the mastermind behind the darkness be some great emperor?"
Dugu Qiubai guessed in his heart.
"It seems that you have already inherited the legacy of the Sword Emperor!"
The words of the old spirit interrupted Dugu Qiubai's train of thought.
"That's right! This is an invaluable inheritance. Compared to this inheritance, the 108 ancient swords are really nothing!"
Dugu Qiubai nodded seriously.
The experience of merging with the Sword Emperor and fighting the darkness alone is priceless to Dugu Qiubai, not to mention that during this battle, Dugu Qiubai vaguely saw some information left for him by the Sword Emperor.
"Ling Xiao once mentioned the strange creatures in the black mist. Now it seems that the horror of these dark creatures is far beyond our expectations. Even the Sword Emperor fell at the hands of the dark creatures!"
Dugu Qiubai thought secretly in his heart.
"I'm sure you've memorized what happened just now. The message that the Sword Emperor wants to leave you is hidden in it. You will definitely understand it in time!
I am only telling you one thing on behalf of the Sword Emperor: Dark creatures are not of our kind!"
The old spirit of the weapon looked at Dugu Qiubai deeply and said.
"Dark creatures, not my kind?"
Dugu Qiubai's heart moved.
This sentence has a profound meaning.
After the Sword Emperor attained enlightenment and became the emperor, he dominated the heavens and all the worlds submitted to him. In the Sword Emperor's eyes, all living beings in the heavens and all the worlds were the same.
But the Sword Emperor said that dark creatures are not of our kind. Does that mean that dark creatures do not belong to the heavens and myriad worlds
When he thought of this, Dugu Qiubai was greatly shocked, as if he had discovered some great secret!
(End of this chapter)