It was indeed sword intent.
What was more noteworthy was that there was more than one sword intent.
Instead, it was two intersecting Sword Wills, like two longswords clashing against each other, emitting a metallic clanging sound as they traversed the void.
The sword chime seemed to come from the distant past, passing through the ages and arriving at the present.
Even from far away, the sharp sword intent caused people to feel a chill run down their spines.
As Yan Zhaoge's group neared and analysed that sword-intent, their hearts simultaneously jolted.
The gazes of the Brocade Emperor and the Encompassing Emperor simultaneously fell on Yan Zhaoge.
Yan Zhaoge muttered, "Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword …"
During the days when he traveled to Kunlun Mountain, he had also discussed Dao with Wang Pu and the others, so he was no stranger to the Jade Virtual Heaven Opening Sword.
Not to mention that he had personally witnessed the Sword Sovereign Yue Zhenbei's heaven-shaking heaven-splitting sword in the Royal Reed Sea back then.
Currently, as Yan Zhaoge analysed those two sword-intents, he discovered that one of them was shockingly the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword that his grandfather Yan Xintang had created.
Yue Zhenbei's sword intent was of the same origin. It was pure and condensed.
The Brocade Emperor and the Encompassing Emperor clearly recognised the sword-intent of the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword as the Encompassing Emperor said, "Still, I wonder if it was left behind by the Sword Sovereign in the past, or perhaps … by the Exalted Gold Luminary?"
"The other sword-intent, however, is not the sword dao of the Prime Clear lineage," A rather interested expression appeared on the Brocade Emperor's face.
Although the person who fought back then had a profound cultivation base, the sword intent had not dissipated and could even stop the Nine Underworlds from eroding the void. A considerable part of the key to the preservation of such strength was that the two sword intents were entangled with each other and reached a wonderful balance. Together, they had resisted the erosion of time.
The other sword intent was obviously suppressed by the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword, but it was extraordinary and could be said to be shocking.
Yan Zhaoge and the others could all tell that this sword-intent was not one of the Numinous Treasure Four Swords of the Prime Clear lineage.
The Prime Clear Numinous Treasure Four Swords had always been the highest achievement of Daoism's sword arts.
In the hearts of many Daoism martial practitioners, especially those of the Prime Clear direct lineage, the Numinous Treasure Four Swords had always been the highest achievement in the dao of the sword.
Over the years, there were only a few challengers who were qualified to challenge the Prime Clear sword cultivators.
But it was only a qualification.
For example, in the legends of the Investiture of the Gods, Daoist Master Jade Cauldron, the personal disciple of the Jade Clear lineage's founder, the Lord of Primordial Beginning.
For example, one of the Four Imperials of Daoism, the Purple Tenuity Emperor, had transformed one of the Grand Clear direct lineage's Postcelestial Five Ultimates of the Grand Clear direct lineage, deriving the Dao of the Sword from the Grand Heavenly Talisman.
Along with the Prime Clear direct lineage expert, the Lord of Plentiful Treasure, the two of them had always been hailed as Daoism's top three experts in the dao of the sword.
In truth, however, the Prime Clear lineage had more experts in the dao of the sword. The Lord of Plentiful Treasure was merely the most outstanding amongst them.
Outside of Daoism was the Mystical Mountain. After the Gautama Buddha had just attained Transcendence, a Sword Son of Buddhism had appeared there. He discussed the Dao with the descendants of the Prime Clear lineage at that time.
However, ever since the Buddhist Sword Son passed away, the Buddhist Sword Dao went silent once again.
However, it was worth noting that while these experts were outstanding, not allowing the Prime Clear sword cultivators to dominate, the sword daos they inherited were still weaker than the Numinous Treasure Four Swords.
Or, it should be said that they were challenging the Prime Clear sword cultivators, and not the Prime Clear sword dao.
The Prime Clear sword dao's first true challenge had actually come after the Great Calamity.
It was precisely Yan Zhaoge's grandfather, the Exalted Gold Luminary – Yan Xintang, who had soared into the world and improved upon the sword dao of the Jade Cauldron Cultivated Deity as he created the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword. Only then had the Numinous Treasure Four Swords truly had an opponent.
Of course, it could not be said that the current Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword would definitely be comparable to the Numinous Treasure Four Swords.
Still, those with knowledge could see the potential within.
The crux of the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword lay in the fact that Yan Xintang's cultivation base had yet to reach its peak.
If he had not died young, with his talent, his swordsmanship would have continued to improve as his cultivation base continued to improve.
He would have eventually created a supreme sword art that was truly comparable to the Numinous Treasure Four Swords.
Before this, the person most likely to achieve this had been the Purple Tenuity Emperor. Yet, following the Great Calamity, everything had come to a halt.
Yan Xintang had followed in his footsteps, causing countless people to sigh in pity.
Still, there was another sword art outside of the Prime Clear sword dao that was currently competing with the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword within the Nine Underworlds.
It was neither the Buddhist sword dao nor the Purple Tenuity Emperor's sword dao.
Instead, it was a … devilish sword!
"I don't seem to have heard of such a sword art of the devilish dao in pre-Great Calamity times …" Yan Zhaoge recalled as he looked at the Brocade Emperor and the Encompassing Emperor.
The Encompassing Emperor pondered, "Thinking about it carefully, the sword-intent of the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword here is probably left behind by the Exalted Gold Luminary."
"Battling the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword in the devilish domain of the Nine Underworlds, this old man vaguely recalls a legend."
"The Sword Devil, Yin Shiyang!" The Brocade Emperor continued.
Yan Zhaoge's gaze flickered, "Sword … devil?"
The Brocade Emperor said, "Let's not guess blindly. Let's get closer and take a look."
"That's fine too," Yan Zhaoge nodded as they approached.
The black fog before them gradually dispersed, the devilish qi of the Nine Underworlds no longer remaining. Instead, a lustrous white light flickered as it was exceptionally striking amidst this devilish domain.
The white light vaguely contained a metallic lustre as the rumbling of thunder vaguely seemed to resound.
Yan Zhaoge and the others came to a realisation, "Right, so there were traces left behind by Grand Illusory Spatial Thunder here. Coupled with the entanglement of the two sword-intents, it is no wonder that it was still able to maintain such a powerful state after so long."
While the Immortal Thunder itself no longer existed, the thunderbolt and the two sword-intents had created a small independent space in this corner of the Nine Underworlds that year.
As they entered, the sword-intent was sharp and cold. Still, it did not attack them, the outsiders.
After entering this foreign dimension and coming into contact with those intermingling sword-intents, a scene instantly surfaced before their eyes.
Two shocking sword-lights, one white and one black, intermingled as they flew over from the distant sky, hacking through the infinite devilish qi of the Nine Underworlds and dark soil of the Nine Underworlds as cracks were left behind in the heavens and earth of the devilish domain.
The intermingling sword-lights descended here, shattering a clump of Grand Illusory Spatial Thunder as this foreign dimension was finally formed.
Yan Zhaoge knew that this was the scene from back then. He gazed towards the source of the sword-light.
There, two figures, one purple and one black, intermingled.
The figures suddenly halted as the figures of two men appeared.
One of them, a black-clothed man, roared towards the heavens, "At the end of the day, I still cannot defeat you!"
Infinite hatred, obsession, resentment and unwillingness seemed to have condensed into something tangible, transcending the boundaries of time and space as it filled the entire heavens and earth.
Opposite him was a purple-clothed youth who stood calmly alone with a single sword.
The scene ended here.
Still, Yan Zhaoge was still able to clearly see the appearance of that purple-clothed youth.
It was none other than his grandfather, the Exalted Gold Luminary, the Sword God Yan Xintang!
"Your ancestor, the Exalted Gold Luminary, fought countless battles of various sizes in the past. Other than dominating the Roving Jade Heavens with his sword and becoming a Sword God, he also had many other legends."
The Encompassing Emperor said slowly, "One of these was the great battle with the Sword Devil Yin Shiyang."
"No one knows the details of this. Still, the final result was that the Sword God subdued the Sword Emperor before slaying the Sword Devil!"
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