Chapter 1229 Facing the Heavenly Principle

Chapter 563

“You don’t understand.” The Tomb Guardian took a deep breath, forcibly calmed his emotions, and slowly said, “Why can cosmic order suppress eternity and make countless brilliant rebels swallow their resentment? Because it itself is the collective of ‘all principles’, the ultimate embodiment of ‘order’. Any single Dao, no matter how strong its cultivation, is like a stream compared to the ocean.”

“‘Desolation’ chooses to shatter myriad laws through ‘battle’, wanting to make his stream surge more fiercely than the ocean and forcibly break the dam. But he failed.”

“The Master chooses to sever causality with ‘sword’, seeking the ‘core’ of the ocean, and hoping to cleave it with a single sword. He also failed.”

“And this boy…” The Tomb Guardian gazed at the mountaintop, his eyes bursting with unprecedented brilliance, “He doesn’t attempt to confront the ocean; he is… digging a larger pool! He aims to gather all streams, including those ‘reverse currents’ rejected and banished by the ocean, into his pool! He wants his ‘pool’ to hold more water than the ‘ocean’ and ultimately… replace it!”

“This… this…” The mysterious voice was utterly silent.

He finally understood the terror of Xu Ran’s path.

This is not challenging rules; it’s… recreating the Cosmos!

…

The top of the Mountain of Myriad Principles’ Corpse.

Here, there is no imagined accumulation of corpses, nor violent torrents of Dao Principles.

Here, unexpectedly… is empty.

The mountaintop is a massive platform, paved with an unknown black Crystal Stone, smooth as a mirror, reflecting the cracks of Laws above in the chaos void.

In the center of the platform, there’s only one thing.

A… Broken Sword inserted into the stone pedestal!

The Broken Sword’s design is simple and ancient, its whole body pitch-black, with no radiance. The sword blade is broken at the middle, leaving only half. Yet, it’s this half of the Broken Sword that exudes an aura as if to cleave the entire world and… arrogance!

It quietly stands there, seemingly existing for eons.

No corpse dares to approach its surroundings.

It is the ‘King’ of this Mountain of Myriad Principles’ Corpse!

Xu Ran’s gaze was instantly drawn to this Broken Sword.

He could feel the “Reverse” imprint between his brows resonating deeply with this Broken Sword!

Godslaying Blade!

No, this is not the true body of the Godslaying Blade.

This is more like… a mind imprint! It’s the original swordsman, who, in his defeat and fall, poured all his lifetime’s unyielding Sword Intent and reverse thought into this place, transforming it into the ‘Sword Soul’ that suppresses this corpse mountain!

“You’ve arrived.”

A desolate, lonely yet infinitely sharp intention directly resonated in Xu Ran’s Sea of Consciousness.

This intention did not originate from the Tomb Guardian, nor the mysterious voice, but from… this Broken Sword in front of him!

Xu Ran’s Heart Spirit trembled. He respectfully saluted the Broken Sword, “Junior Xu Ran, greets the senior.”

“No need for formality.” The intention fluctuated calmly, “I’m not a living being, merely a lingering ‘thought’. I’m here only to wait for someone… who can pull me out.”

“Pull you out?” Xu Ran looked at the Broken Sword.

“That’s right.” The Sword Soul’s intention continued, “This corpse mountain is both a prison and a forge. It’s more… a ‘sword sheath’ I’ve prepared for successors!”

“Sword sheath?”

“Using myriad divine and demon principles as the sheath, and the unextinguished reverse thoughts of eternity as the edge!” The voice of the Sword Soul suddenly rose, bringing an emotion to cut through the nine heavens, “You have forged a thousand principles, cast your Domain, and barely acquired the qualification to ‘forge a sheath’ for me. Now, what you need to do is the final step.”

“Integrate your ‘reverse Dao Domain’ completely with my ‘End Sword Intent’!”

“If successful, you will receive all my power; your ‘Reverse Truth Seed’ will completely manifest at this moment! This Truth Seed will no longer be an anchor of void, but a sword… capable of severing past and future, cutting all causal bindings… the ‘Reverse Sword’!”

“At that point, the cosmos’ ‘resetting’ method will no longer be effective against you! Because it can erase your past, but never… the ‘segment of causality’ you severed!”

“But if you fail…” The Sword Soul’s intention returned to ice, “Your Divine Soul, your Dao, your all will be shattered by my Sword Intent, turned to void, and become my… new nourishment.”

Xu Ran listened and was silent for a moment.

He didn’t ask about the consequences of failure or the probability of success.

He only lifted his head, his eyes blazing as he looked at the Broken Sword, slowly speaking:

“No matter how sharp a sword is, without someone to wield it, it remains a mere dead thing.”

“Senior, what you’ve waited for countless epochs isn’t just a ‘sword sheath’, is it?”

“You’ve awaited someone who can grasp you and swing… a sword stronger than ‘his’!”

Buzz——!!!

That Broken Sword, unmoved for eternity and seemingly freezing space-time around it, upon hearing these words, emitted a violent hum!

An unprecedented, terrifyingly extreme Sword Intent soared into the sky!

The massive cracks of Laws in the chaos void shattered into countless more intricate openings under this Sword Intent as if fragile glass!

The entire burial ground trembled fiercely and wailed under the pressure of this Sword Intent!

“Good! Good! Good!”

For the first time, the Sword Soul’s intention carried emotional fluctuations—a complex mix of appreciation, desolation, and endless anticipation.