(Part One)
It was as if he had walked through the darkness for a thousand years and woke up one morning.
It was as if a thousand people had the same dream in the same place. In the dream, everyone played a different identity and chased after the same thing.
Sword Seal!
Now, he had woken up from the dream.
That world, that Sword Country, those people, and those things were like illusions, but they turned into memories and were stored in a corner of his heart. They became a part of his life experience, a small part, an insignificant part, but a part that left a deep impression in his mind.
When he woke up, he was in the darkness where he had just chosen his identity.
"Start counting the Sword Seals." A low and stiff voice sounded, with a hint of coldness.
At this time, some people were happy, while others were depressed.
Because some people got a lot of Sword Seals, while some people were killed one after another because they only had one Sword Seal.
Before long, the counting was finished.
The number of Sword Seals that Chen Zong possessed exceeded seven hundred.
"No one should have more than me," Chen Zong couldn't help but think.
At the same time, almost the same voice sounded in everyone's ears.
"Eliminated!"
"Eliminated!"
"Eliminated!"
The voice of elimination hit their hearts like a sharp sword, almost suffocating them.
In this way, they lost the opportunity to enter the Dongting Sword Mountain.
As for a few people, the voice they heard was qualified. There was no distinction between nominal disciple, successor disciple, and so on. Perhaps it was not time yet.
The voice Chen Zong heard was also qualified.
In the next moment, he felt his body being enveloped by a gentle force. The gentle force contained an extremely shocking sharpness, as if it could pierce through the sky and tear everything apart.
The darkness was torn apart, and there was a burst of light and colorful twinkling.
It was so fast and so mysterious that Chen Zong had no time to sense everything around him.
He only felt that he seemed to be shuttling in the void, and a sword light appeared in front of him. The sword light was eternal and immortal in the void, standing tall and motionless.
Immediately, Chen Zong was surprised to find that it was not sword light, but a mountain, a mountain that looked like a sword. As he got closer, the mountain became bigger and bigger in front of him.
It was a mountain of swords. Sword qi surged, circling the surroundings. The sword qi was like a giant dragon soaring in the sky, like a tiger roaring in the forest, like a flood dragon diving to the bottom of the sea, as if it could destroy everything. It was also like the twinkling stars in the sky, beautiful beyond compare. Occasionally, it would be like a magnificent army charging, filled with killing intent.
The closer they got, the more astonished they were. The mountain grew larger and larger in their eyes, as if it was a world of its own.
Chen Zong felt that every strand of Sword Qi on it was extremely profound and vast. He didn't know how many times more powerful it was than his own Sword Qi. With a slight touch, he would be turned into ashes.
"Eastern Court Sword Mountain?" Chen Zong pondered.
The entire Sword Mountain completely filled up the front, as if it was infinitely enlarged, occupying the void.
In the next breath, Chen Zong was thrown into the Sword Mountain. His consciousness was in a state of chaos, as if he couldn't feel anything.
After an unknown period of time, Chen Zong woke up. He seemed to hear someone talking.
"You're awake." A gentle voice came into his ears.
The person who spoke was a middle-aged woman. She was still charming and had a peaceful expression on her face. She was looking at Chen Zong with clear eyes.
"You are?" Chen Zong felt an unfathomable aura from this woman, as deep as the sea.
Spirit Realm. This woman was definitely a Spirit Realm expert.
Since she was a Spirit Realm expert, it was necessary to show respect to her.
"I'm the housekeeper of the Quiet Autumn Garden." The gentle woman smiled. "My name is Qiu Suru. You can call me Housekeeper Qiu."
"Housekeeper Qiu, can you tell me about the situation here?" Chen Zong was confused.
Did he enter the Eastern Court Sword Mountain?
But he didn't feel anything special.
No, he felt something. The aura here was very unique. It seemed to have a trace of extremely pure sharpness, just like the aura of a sword.
For a moment, Chen Zong felt that his mind was very clear. His thoughts about sword art were exceptionally clear, much clearer than usual.
"You've passed the test of the Sword Garden and entered the Eastern Court Sword Mountain." Housekeeper Qiu smiled gently. Her tone was gentle, as if they were family.
"Now, you're a true transmission disciple of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain."
"True transmission disciple," Chen Zong thought for a while and asked, "this time, is there anyone who wants to become the Sword Son of the Eastern Court?"
"No." Housekeeper Qiu smiled. "The Sword Son of the Eastern Court has a high status. It's not something you can become directly. Let me tell you about the Eastern Court Sword Mountain first."
"Thank you." Chen Zong took a deep breath.
"The Eastern Court Sword Mountain belongs to the Sword Master of the Eastern Court. It's divided into one main, four paths, and fourteen meridians."
"Four paths and fourteen meridians?" Chen Zong was slightly stunned. Didn't the white light figure in the Eastern Court Sword Garden say that there were fourteen paths?
"The Eastern Court's Fourteen Sword Paths are basic. It's just a name. The real name is the Eastern Court's Fourteen Sword Paths, which represent the Eastern Court's Fourteen Sword Paths."
"The Four Paths are based on the Fourteen Sword Paths. They're the real pillars of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain."
"The Four Paths are based on four of the Fourteen Sword Paths."
"The Lineage of Stars, the Massacre Lineage, the Destruction Lineage, and the Mirage Lineage." Housekeeper Qiu's tone was somewhat serious.
"As for the First Master, it's the Sword Master."
From Housekeeper Qiu's words, Chen Zong had a more direct understanding of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain.
The understanding of the outside world was relatively simple and shallow. Only those who entered the Eastern Court Sword Mountain would understand its power and some of its mysteries.
The First Master referred to both a person and an inheritance.
The Sword Master of the Eastern Court was the strongest and the leader of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain. He was the only one who had mastered the Four Paths of the Eastern Court. In other words, only those who had mastered the Four Paths of the Eastern Court's Fourteen Sword Paths were qualified to be called the First Master.
Under the First Master were the Four Sword Paths, which were the Stars Sword Path, the Massacre Sword Path, the Destruction Sword Path, and the Mirage Sword Path. Under the Four Sword Paths were the Fourteen Sword Paths, which were equivalent to the foundation of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain.
For the Eastern Court Sword Mountain, it was the foundation, but for many forces in the Void, it was an amazing inheritance.
As for the Four Sword Paths, they were even more mysterious and famous in the Void.
It was not that easy to become the Sword Son of the Eastern Court Sword Mountain. Sword Son was a very simple title in the outside world, but there were differences in the Eastern Court Sword Mountain.
Each of the Four Sword Paths had a Sword Son. The Sword Master's Lineage also had a Sword Son.
It was almost impossible to become a Sword Son directly. Only by becoming a true disciple and then slowly observing and testing could one be qualified to become a Sword Son.
The words spoken by the white shadow in the Dongting Sword Garden were somewhat exaggerated or unrealistic.
This time, out of the 1,000 top Sword Cultivators from the Void, less than 100 entered the Eastern Court Sword Mountain, and more than 900 were eliminated.
Most of these people were listed in the Fourteen Sword Paths and became nominal disciples. A few were listed as true disciples under the Four Sword Paths.
According to Housekeeper Qiu, the person who obtained the most Sword Seals in this test was Chen Zong. Therefore, Chen Zong was qualified to freely choose one of the Four Sword Paths.
As for the others, they were all assigned.
"Housekeeper Qiu, do you have any suggestions?" Chen Zong had some conclusions in his mind, but he did not say them out loud.
"I can't give you any suggestions. Just follow your heart. Moreover, you have already made a decision in your heart." Housekeeper Qiu's eyes were bright and clear, like a clear mirror that could see through everything.
Chen Zong closed his eyes and carefully recalled the past. He recalled everything that had happened in the Country of Supporting Sword and followed his heart.
Here, his cultivation and everything else had been unsealed. He was not suppressed in the slightest, and the sensitivity of his Heart Sword Essence had also been raised to the extreme.
This made Chen Zong feel that the potential of his Heart Sword Essence seemed to have been developed to the extreme.
He closed his eyes. It was as if a dense fog had filled his mind.
Housekeeper Qiu stood aside, but did not disturb Chen Zong at all.
The choice was up to Chen Zong himself.
There seemed to be pairs of eyes staring at him through time and space, waiting for Chen Zong to make a choice.
Time passed slowly.
One breath!
Two breaths!
Three breaths!
Every breath seemed to be as long as a year.
Within the Country of Supporting Sword, one battle after another, slaughter after slaughter took place.
Among the Four Great Sword Principles, it was certain that the Star Sword Principle was related to the Sword of Star Dao, the Slaughter Sword Principle was related to the Sword of Killing Dao, the Destruction Sword Principle was related to the Sword of Extermination Dao, and the Mirage Sword Principle was probably related to the Sword of Illusion Dao.
As for the Sword of Star Dao, due to time constraints, he had not comprehended or cultivated it. Therefore, the Sword of Star Dao was not within his scope of choice. The Star Sword Principle could be directly eliminated. The remaining Sword Principles were the Slaughter Sword Principle, the Destruction Sword Principle, and the Mirage Sword Principle.
The Three Great Sword Principles each had their own characteristics.
Chen Zong recalled the feeling when he comprehended the sword mysteries of the Killing Dao. He mobilized all his killing intent, killing intent, and killing Qi, completely compressing them into the sword. Just this sword alone could slaughter all life in the world. It was extremely terrifying. It was like an asura moving unhindered. Blood flowed like rivers, and corpses were everywhere.
On Mount Supporting Sword, he fought with tens of thousands of elite soldiers with only a sword. He kept killing, and one figure after another fell to the ground under his sword, losing their lives.
That was the feeling of killing. It was an incomparably carefree feeling, as if there was an impulse driving him to choose to kill.
In Mount Supporting Sword, the Underworld Crown Prince was extremely talented. He killed several experts with a single sword. In the end, he fought with Chen Zong and decided his life and death with a single sword.
Chen Zong recalled the feeling at that time. That sword was called Great Destruction. It was a sword that integrated all the profound meanings of sword techniques into it. It was a sword that was extremely powerful. It was a sword that could destroy anything. Once it was unleashed, it could destroy everything.
Chen Zong was not very clear about the Mirage Sword Principle. However, he knew that the Sword of Illusion Dao was a sword principle that focused on illusion. The Mirage Sword Principle should be the same. Of course, it would be more profound and unfathomable.
The Sword of Illusion had a kind of free will, as if it could evolve and control everything. It could be true or false, and it was all in one's mind.
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