Hearing the Dragon Spring Emperor's reply, Gao Qing was instantly dazed, "How could that be?"
"Old Ancestor said that in terms of swordsmanship, Great Grandmother had already surpassed her."
The Dragon Spring Emperor smiled but did not speak.
Gao Xuebo said slowly from the side, "When your granduncle traversed the World beyond Worlds that year, he was given the title of 'Little Sword God'. Do you know about this?"
Gao Qing nodded. "Yes, granddaughter understands."
Gao Xuebo said, "Since there is a Little Sword God, there will naturally be a Sword God."
"This …" Gao Qing gradually understood. "Grandfather, you mean to say …"
Gao Xuebo said, "The World beyond Worlds' Kunlun Mountain was renowned alongside the Nine Luminaries in the past. You know this as well. One of them was acclaimed as the number one figure in the dao of the sword of Daoism in post-Great Calamity times."
Gao Qing widened her eyes.
Beside him, Long Xueji said quietly, "The Exalted Gold Luminary has another title, Sword God."
"It's a pity that I wasn't able to witness his elegance with my own eyes and experience his swordsmanship."
The Dragon Spring Emperor smiled, "I can impart eldest apprentice-brother's sword moves to you, but I indeed have no way of letting you juniors have a taste of his own flair."
Long Xueji smiled upon hearing this.
Gao Qing looked curious, "While I knew that you were from the World beyond Worlds, Great Grandfather, I did not know that the Exalted Gold Luminary was your senior apprentice-brother."
The Dragon Spring Emperor smiled mildly, "There are few in the World beyond Worlds who know about it now."
Gao Qing nodded, quickly turning her attention back, "Great Grandpa, did Great Grandma really lose to the Exalted Gold Luminary back then? Also, the saying of Daoism's number one sword cultivator of post-Great Calamity times … "
There was a conflicted expression on her face.
The Prime Clear direct lineage's supreme martial arts did not just consist of the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords.
However, the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords were the highest achievement of Daoism's sword dao, and had always been the pride of the Prime Clear descendants.
Ever since ancient times, the Prime Clear lineage's top-notch experts in the dao of the sword had never ceased to exist.
After the Great Calamity, generation after generation of Prime Clear descendants had made a name for themselves in the dao of the sword, roaming the world.
In Gao Qing's heart, her great-grandmother, the Profound Sovereign, was the number one expert in the Sword Dao.
Even if the World beyond Worlds still had an expert with the title of Sovereign, the Sword Sovereign.
Little Granduncle Long Xueji had been invincible amongst those at the same cultivation level as he had traversed the World beyond Worlds alone that year, seemingly proving this point as well.
Gao Xuebo then said, "The Exalted Gold Luminary came to the Roving Jade Heavens for father's sake. Mother fought with him in the sword, and it was indeed mother who lost in the end."
His expression was a little complicated as well, "These were all personally said by my mother in the past. My mother had never been convinced by anyone in the path of the sword. However, she was indeed defeated by the Exalted Gold Luminary in a one-on-one battle back then."
"However, they only fought once. Mother felt that her swordsmanship had improved over the years, but she always regretted that she couldn't have another match with him."
Gao Qing pursed her lips, looking unhappy.
Gao Xuebo looked at his granddaughter and slowly said, "Even mother was defeated. Our Prime Clear lineage naturally lost face."
"Fortunately, there was still one more person in the Roving Jade Heavens …"
Gao Qing rallied her spirits and asked curiously, "Didn't you say that Old Ancestor was injured back then and had always been in seclusion? And … uh … "
In terms of swordsmanship alone, the Profound Sovereign had actually already surpassed her. Yet, she had still been defeated by the Exalted Gold Luminary.
"The person that big brother speaks of is not Old Ancestor," Long Xueji now said, "Instead, it is our little apprentice-aunt, your Great Grandmother's little apprentice-sister."
Gao Qing blinked, coming to a sudden realisation as she clapped her hands, "Little Granduncle, are you speaking of that legendary Emperor Purple Zhi, the Sword Emperor's senior apprentice-granduncle?"
Purple Zhi Cliff's Roving Jade Palace.
This was the dao arena of the Prime Clear lineage's founder, the Lord of Numinous Treasure.
With Purple Zhi as his Emperor title and the title of Sword Emperor, it could be imagined just how powerful he was and how great his swordsmanship was.
It was just that there were very few in the World beyond Worlds who knew of this title now. In the Roving Jade Heavens, it was only a legend as it was only recorded in historical records.
Gao Xuebo said, "Back then, little apprentice-aunt was in secluded cultivation. Fortunately, it was not death seclusion. The Exalted Gold Luminary suppressed the Roving Jade Heavens with his sword. The various seniors had no choice but to invite her out of seclusion."
Gao Qing asked excitedly, "Senior apprentice-granduncle definitely defeated the Exalted Gold Luminary?"
Gao Xuebo stroked his white beard, letting out a rare bitter laugh, "That battle ended in a draw. However …"
"Ultimately, little apprentice-aunt admitted that she lost by half a move," Long Xueji continued, "Mother and the other seniors all tacitly agreed to this result."
Gao Qing called out unhappily, "Why?"
Gao Xuebo sighed, "Because our Prime Clear lineage has the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords that the Lord of Numinous Treasure left behind, leading Daoism's sword dao for countless years as it has been tempered thousands of times."
"Meanwhile, the Exalted Gold Luminary used his great wisdom, willpower and divine abilities to transform the supreme martial arts of the Jade Clear lineage into the Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword, allowing this world to finally have a supreme sword art that can stand alongside the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords."
Even during the Investiture of the Gods era, when the Immortal Exterminating Sword Formation had been broken, the Immortal Exterminating Sword and the other three swords had fallen into the hands of the Jade Clear lineage descendants of the Primordial Heavenly Lord's lineage.
Even the Grand Clear and Jade Clear lineages had produced many bigwigs of the dao of the sword in their long history.
Still, in terms of accomplishments in the dao of the sword, the Prime Clear lineage had always been the strongest amongst Daoism.
Meanwhile, the Immortal Exterminating Four Swords had always been the strongest supreme sword arts of Daoism.
That was until a person and another sword art had appeared.
The Exalted Gold Luminary and his Jade Illusory Heaven Opening Sword!
The Dragon Spring Emperor had not spoken, appearing rather lost in thought.
His memories had already returned to thousands of years ago.
That proud figure laughed arrogantly, "Star Spring, come, come, come. I'll show you something good today. A sword art that I've created myself!"
Outside the Roving Jade Heavens, the two most outstanding rising stars of Daoism's sword arts battled amidst the endless space.
The purple-clothed youth struck with his sword, splitting apart the heavens and earth.
The white-clothed girl swept her sword horizontally through the air, destroying the heavens and extinguishing the dao.
This was a battle of the pinnacle, displaying the most dazzling brilliance of the dao of the sword after the Great Calamity.
The Dragon Spring Emperor had personally witnessed the most marvelous sword battle of his life. The lingering charm within was something he still yearned for even now.
The first time, and also the last time.
He had not seen it for thousands of years afterwards.
Regaining his wits, he smiled as he looked at the shocked Gao Qing, "Because of this, your Great Grandmother's little junior apprentice-sister admitted that she had lost by half a move, with the Sword Emperor not being a match for the Sword God."
"It was also precisely this battle that determined the position of the number one figure of Daoism in the dao of the sword after the Great Calamity."
Gao Qing was also dazed by that scene that surpassed her imagination.
After a long while, Gao Qing finally looked pitifully at her great-grandfather, "Great Grandfather, the Exalted Gold Luminary defeated Great Grandmother and then Great Grand-Master. Then you …"
The Dragon Spring Emperor was all smiles as he said, "I still stayed behind. Otherwise, how could I have married your Great Grandmother? If I had left, wouldn't there be no Qing 'er, no Grandfather, no little Grand-Master and no little Uncle? "
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