Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2209: Chapter 2253: I Am Also in the Divinity Transformation Realm

The entire venue was dead silent.

Everyone’s minds went blank!

People often spoke of the Sword Saint’s inheritance, but exactly what that inheritance entailed had always been an unknown. No one knew what a Sword Saint who had been dead for ten thousand years could possibly have left behind.

The moment the Sword Saint revealed the specifics of his inheritance, everyone was plunged into immense shock!

Immortal Techniques—these were Supreme Skills created only by those in the Saint Realm striving for the pinnacle of the Martial Path. Just learning a fraction of one would yield endless benefits!

The Three Thousand Sword Paths were the Sword Saint’s lifelong ultimate skills; with them in hand, roaming unhindered across the heavens would be a given.

What shocked them even more was that the Sword Saint’s World Artifact had actually been passed down to Liu Qingxian!

That was a World Artifact!

The vast majority of those in the Three Calamities Realm would never even touch one in their entire lifetimes! Yet Liu Qingxian possessed one all to herself!

What shattered their composure the most was that the people of the Martial Vault were commanded to treat Liu Qingxian as if they were facing a Saint. Furthermore, the current Martial Vault Saint had to back her up.

From this point forward, the question of Liu Qingxian’s status in the Martial Vault was no longer about who would dare to provoke her.

Instead, it was about who would dare to show disrespect!

After announcing this to the entire realm, the Sword Saint slowly descended in front of Liu Qingxian and said in a gratified yet hoarse voice, "The future world belongs to your generation."

Liu Qingxian said respectfully, "Thank you, Master, for your blessing.

"May I ask, Master, what is the mission you spoke of?"

The Sword Saint raised his head, gazing toward the distant Divine Capital, and murmured, "To stop a person.

"My inheritance will guide you there."

Having said that, his body began to burn, transforming into streaks of golden light. He looked at Liu Qingxian with a smile and said, "After ten thousand years, your master’s mission... is over...

"Farewell, my successor."

Finally, he looked out at the boundless mountains and rivers of the Martial Vault, a smile squeezing onto his ancient face. "Farewell, my former... homeland..."

His figure completely dissolved into spots of golden light. The vast majority of it gathered in front of Liu Qingxian’s forehead, like countless rivers flowing into the sea.

It condensed once more into a golden Little Sword. But this time, it was no longer a brand.

It was a physical, tangible Little Sword! It exuded the terrifying pressure of a World Artifact!

As it turned out, the Sword Saint’s World Artifact and the Three Thousand Sword Paths had always been hidden within the brands of the nine successors. When the nine great brands merged into one, it became his complete inheritance!

Sorrow welled up in Liu Qingxian’s heart. A Remnant Soul that should have rested in peace ten thousand years ago had lingered in the mortal world for millennia, refusing to leave just to find a suitable successor.

In those ten thousand years, he must have been incredibly lonely, right?

Liu Qingxian bowed deeply. "Disciple Liu Qingxian respectfully sees Master off!"

A sense of grief also rose in the hearts of the crowd. They had witnessed the passing of a Saint and the fading of an era with their own eyes. One after another, they bowed in farewell.

"The people of the Martial Vault respectfully see the Sword Saint off!"

Jiang Fan sighed silently.

He was the first Practitioner in the Central Earth to cultivate the *Sword Heart Engraving* that the Sword Saint had spread across the realms. He was also the one who taught Liu Qingxian her swordsmanship.

He could be considered to have an inextricable bond with this senior Sword Saint.

He bowed and said, "Farewell, Senior."

Seeing that Liu Qingxian was still standing in place, weeping endlessly, he stepped over to her side and pulled her into his embrace.

"Inherit Senior’s Sword Dao and complete his unfinished business," he said.

Only then did Liu Qingxian stop her tears, her eyes turning resolute. As she looked up at Jiang Fan, an immense sense of fulfillment surged in her heart.

She had finally caught up to Jiang Fan’s footsteps and, just like him, had shouldered the mission of history.

"Why? Why did it turn out like this?"

From the ground below, Yan Rushi’s nearly crazed roars echoed.

"How could I lose to someone who just started cultivating the Sword Dao?

"I won’t accept this!!"

Scolding voices rang out from the surroundings.

The Sword Saint had just granted Liu Qingxian the treatment of a Saint, and yet Yan Rushi dared to openly oppose her. Wasn’t she just asking for trouble? Some Sages even prepared to make a move and suppress her.

Liu Qingxian waved her hand, stopping the Sages from intervening. She looked calmly at Yan Rushi and said, "I was able to win because there is someone more important than my own life who is worth fighting for.

"Therefore, I do not fear death.

"Can you say the same?"

The frenzied Yan Rushi suddenly sobered up and let out a self-deprecating laugh. "Someone more important than life itself...

"I have cultivated the Dao for a century. My family... died long ago... Where would I find someone more important than me...?"

She turned around in desolation and stumbled away into the sea of people.

Liu Qingxian let out a soft sigh. Although the trial for the Sword Saint’s inheritance was simple, it was far more cruel than any spar she had experienced in her entire life.

Jiang Fan patted her shoulder and said, "The mission entrusted by the Sword Saint is destined to be perilously unpredictable, a matter of life and death.

"Failure might actually be a blessing for them."

Hearing this, Liu Qingxian finally collected her emotions. She leaned silently against his shoulder, closed her eyes, and sighed with emotion. "In just three short days, I have experienced the two most important events in my life.

"One was becoming your woman.

"The other was shouldering an unknown mission.

"I can’t be willful anymore from now on."

Jiang Fan looked down at her, feeling as though the current Liu Qingxian had broken out of her cocoon to become a butterfly. She had shed her immaturity and grown mature and resilient.

He smiled slightly.

The Senior Sister Liu in his memories... had grown up.

Right as the two were sharing this tender moment, a small portion of the golden light spots left by the Sword Saint did not enter Liu Qingxian’s forehead. Instead, they continuously flew high into the sky.

As they approached the clouds, they suddenly scattered, transforming into countless golden Law Chains that cascaded across the world with a loud CLATTER.

The Sages on the ground were all deeply moved.

Fuyun Great Sage said with a complex expression, "These are Senior Sword Saint’s Sword Dao Laws.

"It is a small gift he left for these lands and for us descendants before his departure."

The eyes of the other Great Sages were also filled with complicated emotions. When they noticed that the Sages in the One Calamity Realm and Two Calamities Realm were getting restless, eager to fight over those Sword Dao Laws, the Great Sages exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

Long Xu Sage unleashed a powerful pressure that radiated across the world and shouted, "Sages, hold your ground!

"Leave these Laws for those in the Divinity Transformation Realm!"

To the Sages, the Sword Dao Laws before them were merely a drop in the ocean. Obtaining them would only add a trivial amount of comprehension experience, while missing out on them would be of little consequence.

However, to those in the Divinity Transformation Realm, they were a precious treasure trove. Some of the more powerful fragments of the Sword Dao Laws could even bring about a fortuitous encounter or become a Protective Dharma Treasure.

The Sages felt a wave of disappointment, but not daring to disobey, they could only stand frozen in place.

Meanwhile, the Divinity Transformation Realm Practitioners flew up into the sky with unparalleled joy, grabbing at the wisps of Sword Dao Laws.

However, the Laws were limited, and countless Divinity Transformation Realm Practitioners had come to observe the trial today. With so many vying for such a limited amount, it was inevitable that fights broke out among them.

The residual might of a Domain landed in front of Jiang Fan, jolting him out of his thoughts.

Laws...

He needed them too!

The Tai Chu Prison Sky Gourd had been used last time, entirely depleting its Power of Laws. Now was the perfect time to replenish it!

"Qingxian, wait here for a moment. I’ll be right back."

With that, he jumped off the arena stage and charged into the clouds to grab the Laws.

The people from the other cities might not know Jiang Fan yet. But how could those from Sword Central City not know how formidable he was?

This guy was an existence who had single-handedly taken on half the Sages of Sword Central City!

Jian Wuchou and several Sages from Sword Central City shouted angrily in unison, "These are for the Divinity Transformation Realm! You actually have the nerve to fight for them?

"Do you have no shame?"

Jiang Fan grabbed a wisp of a Sword Dao Law and stuffed it into his Space Storage Device.

Hearing their shouts, he pointed at himself with an innocent expression. "I’m in the Divinity Transformation Realm too."

Uh—

The Sages of Sword Central City collectively petrified on the spot.

Only then did they remember that Jiang Fan’s true cultivation was that of a Great Venerate undergoing the Heavenly Human Five Declines.

He was a bona fide Divinity Transformation Realm Practitioner...