He became the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws starting from Liaozhai.

The sword spirit finally stopped Xu Yi and promised to explain to him what had happened.

The high platform made of blue bricks vanished like foam, replaced by a stone square table and several stone chairs.

Xu Yi and the sword spirit sat down opposite each other, while the old ox lay down behind Xu Yi.

"Fellow Daoist, how should I address you?"

Xu Yi asked, although he knew that he was a sword spirit, Xu Yi couldn't just call him sword spirit or something like that, it would be too strange, he had to have some kind of title.

The white-robed sword spirit pondered for a moment, then slapped his forehead and chuckled, "Look at my memory, the Dao Ancestor hasn't given me a name yet."

"However, I am a spirit that emerged from the sword energy, so you can just call me the Sword Spirit."

Xu Yi nodded, never expecting that the Dao Ancestor could unleash the spiritual power of the Divine Realm with a casual sword strike; it was truly incredible.

Although Xu Yi is a cultivator with great supernatural powers, it would probably be difficult for him to easily unleash such elegant sword intent.

True Immortal level cultivators are indeed unfathomable. Xu Yi dared not try to fathom them. What if he thought of the Dao Ancestor in the Dao Ancestor's territory and it turned out to be true?

Xu Yi shook his head, clearing all these thoughts from his mind. Then he heard what the sword spirit said: "Not a buddy, but a really simple name."

"Since that's the case, Fellow Daoist Sword Spirit, what do you mean by saying I'm a destined person?"

This is Xu Yi's biggest question right now. He really doesn't know why he came to this place, to this so-called sky.

Without any warning, I was teleported here.

The sword spirit calmly took a sip of tea, then said with feigned profundity, "Fellow Daoist Xu, you may not know this, but the Dao Ancestor just said..."

"Uh, no, that's not how it should be said. I am the sword intent that I unleashed hundreds of years ago. I have always existed in the past, but I can manifest here."

"I haven't experienced the events of these past few hundred years; for me, I saw you shortly after I was born."

"The Dao Ancestor has already left. In my timeline, the Dao Ancestor had just left when you came in."

I don't know if you understand what I'm saying.

"However, according to your timeline, I've already lived for about five hundred years."

"Of course, this is just one way of putting it."

"I don't know what changes have occurred in the outside world during this time."

"But the Dao Ancestor once told me that the next person to enter this place will be a person with destiny. As for how to be destined, I have only just realized it."

As the sword spirit spoke, he glanced at the sword on Xu Yi's back.

"Your sword, though a celestial sword, lacks any spirituality. I think this is probably the fate that the Dao Ancestor spoke of."

"The Dao Ancestor is an immortal; he wouldn't say something without reason."

"Logically speaking, a great cultivator of your level should be using a celestial sword, but you don't. Your sword lacks spirit and is missing some of the essence of a celestial sword. That's where our fate lies."

The sword spirit calmly and slowly explained all his thoughts.

Xu Yi nodded slightly after hearing this. He understood that the Dao Ancestor had come to deliver equipment to him. To be honest, the Dao Ancestor was a pretty good person.

"Then, Fellow Daoist Sword Spirit, do you mean to become the spirit of my precious sword? To elevate it to the level of a celestial sword?"

After thinking for a moment, Xu Yi voiced his thoughts. This was rather strange; he and the sword spirit had only just met.

Swords with spirits choose their own masters; could it be that this sword spirit chose him as its master?

"Yes, I think that's what the Dao Ancestor meant too."

Sword Spirit looked at Xu Yi with unwavering eyes. In Sword Spirit's view, Dao Ancestor was a figure like an "immortal". How could the words of an immortal be wrong?

Xu Yi remained silent. He still had a question, but he wasn't sure if it was appropriate to voice it now. After thinking for a moment, Xu Yi decided to say it anyway.

"Sword Spirit, you say you are the sword energy of the past, the sword of the Dao Ancestor. Could it be that you can already tear through space and time and transcend time?"

"Are you truly the sword energy of the past?"

This matter is too strange, and Xu Yi always wants to find out the truth.

The sword spirit seemed to have suffered a severe blow to his brain. He suddenly clutched his head and began to shake unsteadily.

Xu Yi had no choice. He possessed sword-wielding supernatural abilities, allowing him to perceive things differently. If he absorbed the sword spirit, the sword could be completely upgraded to a celestial sword. Similarly, Xu Yi felt that his Myriad Things Sword could gain another form.

The sword spirit shook its head, muttering, "No, no, this is not right at all. I just saw the Dao Ancestor a second ago, how could this be?"

"I don't belong to this time and space..."

Xu Yi had nothing to say. The sword spirit's statement was wrong. Rather than saying that the Dao Ancestor's sword energy crossed the dimension of time, it would be more accurate to say that the Dao Ancestor set a program for the sword spirit, which would only be available when the so-called "destined person" truly arrived.

Only then will the sword spirit be awakened, which will make the sword spirit believe that it does not belong to this time and space.

However, these are just Xu Yi's guesses.

Soon, the sword spirit's headache subsided, and he quickly composed himself. Xu Yi's words had greatly impacted him, almost causing him to lose his composure.

Sword Spirit took another sip of hot tea, then frowned and said, "No, no, Fellow Daoist Xu, your statement is incorrect."

Old Niu also noticed something. Xu Yi had overlooked a point: the sword spirit wasn't activated, but had always existed here, existing in every time and space since Xu Yi's arrival.

This phenomenon is just too exaggerated, and even its existence is somewhat bizarre, but this is the Dao Ancestor's Daoist temple.

"I have been living here all along; I didn't wake up after seeing you."

"Know that the sound of my sharpening my sword has resounded throughout every moment."

"However, ever since you arrived, the sound of swords being sharpened has never been heard in the Tongming Hall again."

"Therefore, I am the sword of the past, the sword of the future, and the sword of the present."

After the sword spirit finished speaking, his figure suddenly began to become transparent, gradually turning into starlight from his feet, as if he was about to dissipate.

The starlight converged towards the sword on Xu Yi's back.

Xu Yi was stunned.

The sword spirit seemed to have realized something. He smiled and suddenly uttered a sentence that seemed to come out of nowhere: "So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

"Xu Yi, what belongs to you will ultimately belong to you."

Having said that, the sword spirit could no longer maintain its current state, and its entire body transformed into starlight and merged into the sword behind Xu Yi.

As the sword spirit disappeared, the sword on Xu Yi's back shook violently, and a few pale starlight flickered.

With a thought, Xu Yi drew his immortal sword, which circled around him once before stopping.

The sword gained a bit of spirituality and thus became a celestial sword, but the sword spirit's consciousness completely dissipated into the world.

After imbuing the sword with spirituality, Xu Yi could no longer hear the sword spirit no matter how he called its name.

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