Legend of Swordsman

The woman in yellow only smiled slightly and raised her hand, saying, ”Senior, please follow me. Let’s have a chat at the Cliff of Reflection!”

After speaking, she personally led the way to the mountain’s peak.

The Cliff of Reflection was originally a place where strong cultivators, upon reaching a bottleneck, would come to meditate and gain insight.

However, due to the war between the Ancient Court and the Holy Land, the place was no longer peaceful and had lost its original purpose for reflection.

As a result, it had been transformed into a teahouse.

The woman in yellow led Jian Wushuang and his two companions to a pavilion by the cliff’s edge. She instructed a maid to bring over a tea set and personally brewed and served the tea for the three of them.

”Allow me to introduce myself, seniors. You may call me Huang Yue’er. I come from the Moon Shadow Pavilion of the Ancient Court. My father is Emperor Yue Ying, the master of the pavilion. I am here because my father went to the Ancient Sea Region, and I was tasked with handling some logistics. However, I visited the Ancient Sea Region ten thousand years ago, back when it wasn’t under the control of the Divine Mountain, so you haven’t seen me before.”

Huang Yue’er’s manner was respectful and poised, but her words carried a natural air of pride.

Jian Wushuang took a sip of tea, contemplating the information he had about the world of the Ancient Domain in his mind.

Emperor Yue Ying was one of the top ten Dao Lords in the Ancient Court.

The Moon Shadow Pavilion, which he established, had produced two powerful Dao Lords.

”No wonder this young girl is so calm and collected when dealing with us. She comes from such a prominent background!” Jian Wushuang thought to himself.

He didn’t waste any time on small talk and directly asked about the great battle that took place ten thousand years ago.

Huang Yue’er, in an orderly manner, recounted the details of that battle from ten thousand years ago.

The ultimate battle of that time wasn’t actually fought between Jian Wushuang and Yang Dingtian.

Instead, it involved a great clash between the Dao Lords.

A Dao Lord from the Holy Land descended upon the Twin-Faced God Mansion to seize a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

Little did they know, the Ancient Court had laid an ambush of six powerful Dao Lords within the mansion.

Each of these Dao Lords was a top-tier, third-stage powerhouse.

Among them was Huang Yue’er’s father.

The Dao Lord from the Holy Land was caught off guard by the ambush, severely injured in an instant, and tried to escape, only to realize that an ancient formation was hidden within the Twin-Faced God Mansion.

The six Dao Lords of the Ancient Court activated the formation, instantly suppressing the Dao Lord from the Holy Land.

The Holy Land, which already had few Dao Lords, suffered a massive blow in strength in an instant.

The Ancient Court, however, continued to observe the situation, looking for an opportunity to test the strength of the Holy Lord.

Then, they received word from an unknown source that the Holy Lord was trapped in a perilous location and wouldn’t be able to emerge for some time.

Upon hearing this, the Ancient Court immediately mobilized its army, crushing seventeen Ancient Domains in one fell swoop.

They successfully took seven of these domains.

The remaining ten were still resisting.

Among those resisting was the Ancient Sea Domain.

Hearing this, Jian Wushuang furrowed his brows slightly and asked in surprise, ”You mean there are still forces resisting in the Ancient Sea Domain?”

”That’s right!” Huang Yue’er smiled faintly and said, ”Senior, you should also know that the Ancient Sea Domain was once home to two major powers. After the Twin-Faced Buddha was killed by Yang Dingtian, only Yang Dingtian remained. When six Dao Lords of the Ancient Court descended upon the Ancient Sea Domain, they wiped out many powerful cultivators. However, they did not target Yang Dingtian, hoping instead to persuade him to join the Ancient Court. But who would have thought that Yang Dingtian would refuse to comply and even attack the Dao Lords? In the end, he was severely wounded and fled from the Ancient Sea Domain. Over the past thousand years, he has returned with people to the Ancient Sea Domain, still plotting to destroy the formation within the Twin-Faced God Mansion and release the suppressed Dao Lord. This is why the Ancient Sea Domain remains unrestful!”

Jian Wushuang was quite shocked.

Yang Dingtian was not a cultivator who followed the path of divine eye techniques. Why would he resist?

It didn’t make sense to him.

Yang Dingtian had no reason not to surrender.

Or rather, it wouldn’t even be considered surrender. After killing the Twin-Faced Buddha and offending the Holy Land, Yang Dingtian wouldn’t need anyone from the Ancient Court to persuade him-he would have naturally joined their side. Why would he still resist and even dare to attack Dao Lords?

Wasn’t that courting death?

He looked at Huang Yue’er without showing any surprise on his face, though a different guess had already formed in his mind.

”By the way, you mentioned the appearance of a Chaos Supreme Treasure. Who ended up obtaining it?” Jian Wushuang asked curiously.

Huang Yue’er’s face darkened as she replied indignantly, ”It was taken by that scoundrel Yang Dingtian! He ambushed the Dao Lord and stole the Chaos Supreme

Treasure. Otherwise, it would have been my father’s!”

”Is that so!”

Jian Wushuang let out a cold laugh in his heart.

That Chaos Supreme Treasure had indeed fallen into the hands of Yang Dingtian.

There must be some deep enmity between them.

It was highly likely that the Dao Lord of the Ancient Court had ambushed Yang Dingtian in an attempt to seize the treasure, but Yang Dingtian had managed to escape.

However, his followers were not as fortunate.

To escape from a Dao Lord, one would at least need to be at the level of an Extreme Daoist.

Other than Yang Dingtian, no one in the Ancient Sea Region possessed such strength. As for the current trouble in the Ancient Sea Region, it was most likely an act of revenge.

Based on what the other party had said, Yang Dingtian should have absorbed the power of the Golden Sun Fruit, stabilizing his position as a Heaven-defying Daoist with divine power of ten thousandfold.

He was now powerful enough to contend with a Tier Three Dao Lord.

It could be said that, below the Dao Lord level, he was virtually invincible.

The war from ten thousand years ago had started with Yang Dingtian and the

Two-faced Buddha.

The events that followed were quite clear: one Holy Master from the Holy Land and three Dao Lords.

The Holy Master was trapped, and although the three Dao Lords together could stand against the Ancient Court, one of them was suppressed, leaving the remaining two unable to guard all thirty-six regions of the Ancient Realm.

Seven regions were lost, and ten were frequently contested, with no stability.

This was already the limit for the Holy Land.

If not for the extraordinary strength of the two remaining Dao Lords, the Holy Land might have been overrun by now.

Jian Wushuang was merely curious about all this.

His current goal was to find Jiang Ni and see how she was doing.

She had solidified her Dao Heart ten thousand years ago, so by now she should have become a Daoist.

With that thought, Jian Wushuang asked, ”By the way, in the past ten thousand years, has there been a female sword immortal who has risen to prominence? Her strength should be around the level of a True Immortal or a Daoist.”

”A female sword immortal?” Huang Yue’er’s eyes widened in surprise upon hearing the question.

Seeing her shock, Jian Wushuang quickly explained, ”Before I went into seclusion, I was already searching for her. Her mother had a grudge against me, and I failed to eliminate her entirely back then. The reason I emerged this time is because of this matter.”

Hearing this explanation, Huang Yue’er breathed a sigh of relief.

”The person you speak of, senior, I’m not certain, but there may be someone like that. Over the past ten thousand years, seven female sword immortals have risen. Four of them were cultivators below the level of a Seven-step True Immortal, with decent. talent but not powerful enough to be considered strong. As for the other three, two of them are Nine-step True Immortals, both disciples of the Sword Pavilion within the Ancient Court, with clean backgrounds, so they can’t possibly be your enemies. Only one matches the description you’ve given. Her identity is unknown, and no one even knows her name. People outside refer to her as the Quasi-Immortal Emperor. She has the bearing of a Daoist capable of battling Dao Lords, even stronger than Yang Dingtian!”

As Huang Yuc’er spoke, her eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment. The jealousy stemmed from the fact that several of the senior disciples she admired were deeply infatuated with this woman.

The resentment came from the fact that this Quasi-Immortal Sovereign had always been at odds with the Ancient Court and had even attacked her father once.