Chapter 435: Chapter 264: Cultivation World 54
Si Lingle and Youming found a small island and prepared to form a Contract with their acquired swords.
One cave, two chambers.
In the eastern chamber, lightning was cascading like a waterfall. Si Lingle sat cross-legged amidst ten thousand streams of purple lightning, the Thunder Sword in front of him continuously slashing out heaven-splitting edges.
In the western chamber, demonic flames surged to the heavens, Youming’s Mystic Robe billowing. The Demon Sword’s black flames transformed into chains, constantly attacking Youming.
At the Hour of the Tiger on the seventh day, the two swords suddenly resonated with each other through the air.
Si Lingle’s Thunder Sword suddenly turned its blade, slicing a thousand-zhang Thunder Dragon toward the western chamber; at the same time, Youming’s Demon Sword erupted, the black flames transforming into a giant hand grasping toward the eastern chamber. The entire Sword Pavilion violently trembled amidst the clash of Immortal Demon Power, debris falling in clusters.
"They truly are two rival swords..." Si Lingle wiped the line of blood from the corner of his lips and said.
The Thunder Sword transformed into a purple lightning bolt, splitting open the top of the cave, and from within the lightning stepped out a silver-haired, flowing-haired woman. With a light flick of her fingertip, the entire sky was immediately covered with web-like lightning marks—each a pure Silent Sword Intent.
At the same time, the Demon Sword exploded with towering black flames. A man in Mystic Armor stepped forth through the fire, space twisting where he passed. With a casual grasp, he took a wisp of demonic flame and condensed it into a Battle Halberd.
"Thirty thousand years." The Thunder Sword Spirit sneered coldly, "Today will end that unfinished battle from back then."
The Thunder Sword Spirit formed a sword with his fingers, and a Nine Heavens Thunderfall crashed down. The Demon Blade Spirit neither dodged nor evaded, as the Battle Halberd swept across, black flames turning into nine Demon Dragons soaring up against the heavens.
At the moment the two forces collided, the cave was shattered. Si Lingle and Youming had no choice but to unleash their domains to protect themselves, only to see the splattering stone particles suspended in mid-air—time was forcibly severed by Sword Qi!
The Thunder Sword Spirit unleashed the "Heavenly Punishment Thunder Prison," while the Demon Blade Spirit released the "Burning World Tribulation Flames," and the violent clash of the two forces turned the entire small island into dust and scattered it.
The Thunder Sword Spirit’s silver hair began to burn, and the Demon Blade Spirit’s Mystic Armor shattered inch by inch—they were being devoured by each other’s powers!
"Impossible!" The Thunder Sword Spirit looked at the dissipating lightning in his palm, "How could the Chaos Dao Sword..."
The Demon Blade Spirit suddenly laughed, "We were always two sides of the same coin!"
Amid the earth-shattering explosion, the Artifact Spirits dissipated, and the two Divine Swords reappeared. The Thunder Sword shed its purple glow, transforming into an ancient and simple long sword of Green Jade, its spine flowing with water-like Dao marks; the Demon Sword retracted all its black flames, turning into a heavy, unadorned Xuan Iron sword, with star maps engraved all over the blade.
Si Lingle caught the falling Thunder Sword, feeling a warm pulse from the hilt—like holding a beating heart.
A surge of memory suddenly appeared in her sea of consciousness.
And as Youming grasped the Demon Sword, a memory not belonging to him also appeared.
It turned out, thirty thousand years ago, the owners of these two swords were twins, Zang Ting became an Immortal, and You Court became a Demon.
Their swords were forged from Divine Iron, gained fortuitously by their parents, crafted as two halves of one.
The Thunder Sword was called the Nine Heavens Annihilation Sword, and the Demon Sword was known as the Burning World Demon Sword.
In the end, they became enemies due to their individual paths.
During the Immortal Demon war, they clashed against each other, and both eventually perished, their swords left in the colossal Sword Tomb.
Perhaps influenced by the former Sword Masters, the Sword Spirits also harbored mutual animosity, but now with the Artifact Spirits gone, the swords returned to their essence.
Youming said, "Who would have thought these two swords originated from the same source."
"Whether it’s the Spiritual Energy relied upon by Immortals, or the Demonic Qi used by Demons, or the demon energy possessed by Demons, all stem from the Chaos Qi generated after the creation of heaven and earth, it’s just that due to the choices and actions of cultivators, these energies have different forms of manifestation and attributes."
"So, fundamentally, Immortals, Demons, and Demons share the same origin," Si Lingle had always wanted to prove whether she could find Chaos Qi to cultivate the Chaos Technique.
And then convert Chaos Qi into other energies to cultivate the technique of different races.
But because there were too many things to do, she never had time to search for Chaos Qi.
However, unexpectedly, obtaining the Nine Heavens Annihilation Sword this time made her Thunder Intent contain a Chaos aura, which could later transform into Chaos Qi.
"You’re right," Youming nodded.
The two found a place to continue nurturing the Divine Swords.
During the years of nurturing, Si Lingle and Youming sparred with their sword moves daily.
Both made progress on the Sword Dao.
Later, they continued to practice in the Outer Sea Region, seeking treasures and slaying Sea Demons.
More than fifty years passed before the two returned to their respective sects.
The reason for returning was because the Heavenly Palace was about to open again.
Si Lingle couldn’t participate because her cultivation exceeded the limit, but many disciples from the sect could, so Si Lingle had to return to oversee the situation.
Upon returning to the sect, Si Lingle drew a map of the space she had experienced in the Heavenly Palace and distributed it to the disciples who were going to the Heavenly Palace.
