Tianpo looked at the tear at the corner of Yun Jin's eye and felt somewhat reassured.
After all, she's their little master. Naturally, he hoped Yun Jin could acknowledge Wushuang Sect and acknowledge the things the predecessors had once done.
Tianpo said slowly, "The Extraterrestrial Demon Clan locks onto auras through the soul. My master's Dao was special, his avatar possessed a completely different soul. That's why he was able to temporarily leave that extradimensional space without implicating the real world. By then, we had already fought to the brink of destruction. My master, and the masters of the other swords, couldn't bear to let us be destroyed along with them, so they entrusted us, as well as part of the sect's inheritance, to the avatar and had him send us out."
Tianpo continued explaining, "Because we don't possess real souls, we wouldn't be discovered by the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan. My master's avatar originally didn't need to return. But… after he finished dealing with matters outside, he returned without hesitation."
Tianpo fell silent for a moment, then said, "I once begged the avatar to stay. After all, his soul didn't carry the aura of Wushuang Sect, and he could've lived peacefully in this world. But the avatar said that even if it meant death, he would still be a disciple of Wushuang Sect."
"Not long after, the aura of the avatar and the aura of my master were both completely extinguished. From then on, Wushuang Sect no longer existed in this world."
Thus, Tianpo explained the entire course of events clearly and thoroughly.
It felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on Yun Jin's heart. For a moment, she even found it difficult to breathe.
This was never recorded in historical records.
This was never spread among the common people.
Not even legends left behind any trace of this.
And yet such a sect had used the lives of the entire sect to protect this world.
Yun Jin was silent for a while before saying, "Perhaps they are still doing well in that extradimensional space. It may just be that, for certain reasons, you can no longer sense them."
Yun Jin wanted to comfort these swords.
But it had already been a thousand years, these swords had long since understood.
They merely smiled and said nothing.
This made Yun Jin feel even more sorrowful.
Tianpo looked at Yun Jin with a very gentle gaze and said softly, "Like my master, you also have Five Element Roots. The cultivation method you practice, if nothing unexpected occurred, should also be Xuan Jue, correct?"
"Also?" Yun Jin keenly caught that word.
Tianpo nodded, "I stand here with my consciousness dispersed and occasionally hear your discussions. Your current cultivation methods seem to regard Five Element Root as the most useless spiritual root. However, because Wushuang Sect's cultivation methods don't value bones or aptitude, disciples with Five Element Roots were also accepted without exception. In the past, a Five Element Root senior of astonishing talent developed a cultivation method specifically for Five Element Root cultivators, Xuan Jue."
"Xuan Jue requires not only possession of all five spiritual roots, but also the absorption of five abilities. During the early stages of cultivation, it is indeed slower than others. However, the advantage of Five Element Root is that all Great Daos under heaven can be comprehended! That senior consecutively comprehended Daos that could increase cultivation speed, and from that point onward, his cultivation advanced rapidly. In the end, he ascended in a single step. The Xuan Jue he left behind became one of the inheritances of Wushuang Sect. My master also cultivated Xuan Jue."
Yun Jin couldn't help but feel surprised. She hurriedly said, "In the cultivation world today, Xuan Jue is basically cultivated by no one. It's usually only used to test the aptitude of newly initiated disciples. Moreover, this cultivation method only contains the Qi Refining Stage portion."
Tianpo fell silent for a moment, then sighed. "Wushuang Sect's inheritance has never reappeared in the world. The former prestige of Xuan Jue was thus forgotten by everyone. However, since there is no inheritance, how did you cultivate it to Golden Core Stage?"
Tianpo felt rather curious.
Yun Jin said, "Oh, I thought this cultivation method suited me quite well, so I deduced it myself."
Tianpo: ????
Deduced it herself?
No wonder he felt like Yun Jin's Xuan Jue seemed to differ in many ways from the Xuan Jue he knew.
It's still Xuan Jue, yet she had already walked her own path.
It even appeared to be somewhat more profound than the original Xuan Jue.
"Is there a problem with my deduction?" Yun Jin asked.
Tianpo fell silent for a moment before saying, "I am merely a sword and do not understand such matters. When the little master finds Wushuang Sect's inheritance in the future, you can compare it with the original Xuan Jue and slowly comprehend it."
Yun Jin couldn't help scratching her head, "Little master? Why do you address me that way?"
Tianpo didn't change expression, yet it was somehow possible to sense that he was smiling.
He said, "My master left behind a total of five sword tombs in this world. Within those five sword tombs are five keys. Gathering all five keys allows one to open the true inheritance site."
"However, only the sword tomb here contains the main key. The trial here is also the most central and most important. Little master, the key in your hand is the most crucial one. Take this key, find the inheritance, then inherit Wushuang Sect and restore the sect's former glory."
Tianpo looked at Yun Jin with anticipation, "Although all of us swords have already been destroyed and can no longer be used as weapons, each of us contains sword Dao spaces within. That is more than enough to cultivate batch after batch of disciples. At that time, a new Wushuang Sect will reappear after a thousand years."
A key?
Yun Jin felt slightly puzzled.
When did she have a key?
Before she could think any further, in the next moment.
The three fragments in her storage ring flew out on their own.
They combined before her eyes, forming a crystalline key.
"This is the main key to the inheritance site. I can sense that the other four keys have already emerged and have been obtained by others. Now that the fifth key has appeared, the owners of the other four keys will all sense it. When the five keys gather together, you can follow the guidance of the keys to find the inheritance site, and then restore Wushuang Sect!"
The more Tianpo spoke, the more excited he became, even appearing somewhat impatient.
Originally, he had wanted to die on the battlefield alongside his master.
It was only because his master said he needed him to help find a successor and guide that successor in rebuilding Wushuang Sect that he was willing to wait here for a thousand years.
Otherwise, he would have followed his master long ago.
Five keys…
Yun Jin grasped the key in her hand.
At the same time!
Within the secret vaults of the Four Great Holy Lands.
Four keys appeared out of thin air, forcibly broke through the vault barriers, and arrived in the hands of their respective owners.
Kunlun Sword Sect.
A sword cultivator at Soul Transformation Stage froze for a moment.
Why had this key suddenly come looking for him?
Back then, he had broken through a secret realm and obtained this key.
Not knowing what the key was, he asked the Sect Leader.
The Sect Leader's expression changed drastically upon seeing it. He directly took the key away and sealed it away.
And now, this key had come to him on its own?
Qingxiao Pavilion.
Beast Taming Sect.
Xuandan Sect.
The same situation occurred in all three places.
Whether by coincidence or deliberate design, the four keys had each fallen into the hands of one of the Four Great Holy Lands, exactly one key per holy land.
Moreover.
The holders of the keys all happened to be the most outstanding Soul Transformation Stage cultivators of the Four Great Holy Lands.
These four could be considered the true pinnacle among the younger generation, the true paragons of heaven.
Holding the keys, each of them faintly sensed something. They didn't dare delay and went to meet their respective Sect Leaders.
The keys floated in the air.
Automatically recognizing their masters.
The expressions of those within the Four Great Holy Lands who were aware of the matter subtly changed.
This meant...
Wushuang Sect was about to reveal itself to the world!
Ji Wusi looked at the key and revealed an expression of nostalgia mixed with reminiscence.
Wushuang Sect.
A miraculous and mysterious sect.
If this sect had wanted fame, it could easily have suppressed the Four Great Holy Lands.
Yet they wanted nothing at all, devoting themselves solely to cultivation.
In truth, they were the real cultivators.
The Great Dao is boundless; one shall search above and below.
These people were the practitioners of that saying.
A thousand years ago, Wushuang Sect sacrificed its entire sect for the sake of all living beings. Ji Wusi also felt sorrow for them.
Thus, upon seeing this key and realizing it was related to Wushuang Sect, he had carefully stored it away.
But he knew.
This key wasn't the most important one.
This was a secret technique of Wushuang Sect that allowed treasures to be hidden within the void. To open that void required one main key and four auxiliary keys.
Given the current situation.
Ji Wusi immediately realized.
The main key to Wushuang Sect's hidden inheritance had found its master!
And that master was very likely the future inheritor of Wushuang Sect!
It seemed a truly great figure was about to emerge from this continent!