The Sword Pavilion Master was astonished by how extraordinary your fortune was. He even began to wonder whether you might be the legendary Son of Destiny.
"Perhaps in the future, you really can gather all the Taixu Swords, restore the Taixu Immortal Sword, and obtain that immortal opportunity!"
"However..."
That was where the Sword Pavilion Master stopped.
You had no idea what he had wanted to say in the second half of his sentence.
Earlier, the Sword Pavilion Master had described that immortal opportunity in the most dazzling terms possible, but you were not interested in it in the slightest.
You only wanted to find a way to rid yourself of Chu Wudi.
At least for now, you had not obtained any truly useful information.
Just as you turned to leave, the Sword Pavilion Master called out to you.
"Su Ming! When you have time, go to the Blood Demon Secret Realm. I hope you will make the right choice and not let something illusory and intangible shake the decision in your heart."
Hearing that, you turned back and looked at the Sword Pavilion Master in confusion.
You were just about to ask him what he meant when he waved his hand, signaling that you could leave.
Left with no other option, you could only head back in frustration.
After leaving the hall, you asked Lin Tian to help make arrangements for Ye Chuxue.
From your previous simulation, you knew that her Sword Dao talent was by no means inferior.
Now that the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm was gone, relying on Sword Intent for her earlier breakthroughs was actually a very good choice.
You returned alone to your wooden cabin and began sensing the changes brought to you by the Demonic Dao Sacred Body.
You tried cultivating the technique you had obtained earlier from the Bronze Divine Hall—the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art!
With the Demonic Dao Sacred Body, you felt as though the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art had been created specifically for you.
However, once you cultivated it to the introductory stage, you discovered that the demonic qi produced by the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art conflicted with the spiritual energy within your body.
Forced into a corner, you could only stop cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.
After exploring it for quite some time, you discovered that if you wanted to cultivate the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, you would have to abolish your current cultivation entirely and start over from the beginning.
Even with the support of the Demonic Dao Sacred Body, asking you to abandon your current cultivation and switch over to the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art was still very hard for you to accept.
With Sword Dao Supreme and Swordsmanship Mastery, your cultivation speed was not the slightest bit slower than that of a demonic cultivator.
Only after obtaining a divine power such as an external incarnation in the future could you attempt letting a clone cultivate it instead.
The next day, Fang Jingchun came to say farewell to you. He planned to return to Heaven's Revelation Academy for the time being.
After Fang Jingchun left, you suddenly remembered what the Sword Pavilion Master had said to you the day before.
So you left the Sword Pavilion and headed for the Blood Demon Secret Realm.
Three days later, you arrived at the Blood Demon Secret Realm, opened the formation, and entered.
The instant you went in, you felt a strand of sword aura slash toward you. You immediately drew the Taixu Sword and shattered that sword aura on the spot.
In the next moment, you sensed a sword intent at the Void Refinement level gathering power, and you quickly shouted,
"Senior Sister Xia! It is me! I am the Little Junior Brother!"
"Little Junior Brother?"
The sword aura in Xia Qiange's hand slowly dissipated, and with a flash, she appeared right in front of you.
"Why have you come here? Did something happen to the Sword Pavilion?"
Xia Qiange looked at you curiously.
Although this was her first time meeting you, it was obvious that the Sword Pavilion Master had already told her about you.
Having guarded this place year-round, Xia Qiange knew that under normal circumstances, no one would come here unless something major had happened.
You let out a sigh and explained the current situation outside to her.
When you explained that the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm had fallen, a trace of surprise appeared in Xia Qiange's eyes.
But when you mentioned that the Sword Pavilion Master had told you to come to the Blood Demon Secret Realm and make some kind of choice, her body trembled slightly, and her eyes filled with disbelief.
"The Pavilion Master really said that?"
Xia Qiange grabbed your shoulders excitedly and asked.
The sudden reaction left you rather stunned. You had no idea what any of this meant, so you simply nodded.
"Hah... come with me."
Xia Qiange led you deeper and deeper into the Blood Demon Secret Realm.
Before long, the two of you arrived in front of an enormous Blood Stele.
"Do you see this Blood Stele? This is the choice the Pavilion Master spoke of."
You stared blankly at the Blood Stele before you, completely unable to understand what exactly the Sword Pavilion Master had meant.
As for the Blood Stele itself, of course you knew what it was.
A powerful Bizarre Insect that had lived from the Remote Ancient Era until now was sealed beneath it.
Just as you were at a complete loss, the Taixu Sword inside your body suddenly began to react violently, as if it were about to burst out of your body the very next moment.
You forcibly suppressed it with spiritual energy and barely managed to hold it down inside your body.
Xia Qiange, standing nearby, noticed your abnormal state.
"Little Junior Brother, what is wrong with you? Why is your face so pale?"
"I am fine..."
Before you could finish speaking, the Taixu Sword inside your body erupted with even greater force, trying to break free.
Although you did not know what was happening, you knew you absolutely could not let the Taixu Sword come out.
Right in front of you was the Blood Stele.
You knew this had to be related to the Blood Stele.
If the Taixu Sword came out and accidentally damaged the Blood Stele, then once the Bizarre Insect sealed beneath it escaped, not a single one of you would survive.
It was not long before your forehead was covered in sweat.
As the Taixu Sword's struggle grew more and more violent and you were on the verge of being unable to hold it back, Xia Qiange immediately took you away from that place.
As you moved farther and farther away from the Blood Stele, the disturbance from the Taixu Sword inside your body gradually weakened.
Only after Xia Qiange sent you out of the Blood Demon Secret Realm did the Taixu Sword finally become completely quiet.
After sending you out, Xia Qiange did not linger and went straight back into the Blood Demon Secret Realm.
You stood outside the secret realm, gasping for breath.
What had just happened was far too bizarre. You had no idea why the Taixu Sword had suddenly gone mad.
Just when you thought it was all over, the Taixu Sword inside your body let out a Sword Cry.
Through that cry, you sensed the meaning the Taixu Sword was trying to convey to you.
Once you understood it, you froze in place.
The message the Taixu Sword had just sent was for you to seize the Blood Stele.
And the reason it gave was that inside the Blood Stele was a fragment of the Taixu Sword.
The amount of information contained in that single message was enormous.
Only now did you finally understand what the Sword Pavilion Master had meant by those earlier words.
If you chose to seize the Blood Stele for the sake of the immortal opportunity, then you would release the Bizarre Insect sealed beneath it.
But if you gave up on the Blood Stele, that would mean you would never be able to gather the complete Taixu Immortal Sword in this lifetime, and would never obtain that immortal opportunity.
"So that is how it is..."
At that moment, you also recalled a previous simulation in which, twenty years later, the Blood Demon Secret Realm had been breached by a mysterious figure and the Blood Stele had been destroyed.
Thinking about it now, that mysterious person had been Chu Wudi.
That also explained why, after you returned to Youzhou back then, Chu Wudi had found you not long afterward.
"So the Taixu Sword and its fragments can sense one another. It seems Chu Wudi also has a Taixu Sword fragment on him."
After figuring all of this out, you returned to the Sword Pavilion.