The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Lin Qi named his little angel "Xiao Cai," which, when combined with Weiwei's name, becomes "Caiwei."

The ordinary but happy days passed by little by little, and their daughter Xiao Cai grew up little by little, turning ten years old in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Cai's mother also often told her:

"Pssst, let me tell you a secret: Xiao Cai's dad is a very remarkable swordsman, a great sword immortal!"

"If anyone bullies Xiao Cai in the future, Daddy will definitely 'whoosh' and send all the bad guys running away with his sword!"

But accidents have always accompanied Lynch throughout his life.

It was an ordinary afternoon, and Lin Qi was just about to go out to buy some daily necessities.

Not long after he stepped out of his house, suddenly, the sky cracked open, and the alien species descended upon the world.

His previous experience in the Swordholder Department allowed him to recognize the name of that alien species at a glance: the Lunar Corpse Species!

It is an evil species that worships a foreign deity called "Pale Moon" and whose instinct is to destroy everything!

Wherever the Eclipse Corpse Seeds passed, almost nothing grew!

In an instant, the city where Lin Qi lived was devastated.

At this moment, Lin Qi had no time to think: Why was the Eclipse Corpse here? Why hadn't the Investigation Bureau reacted yet? Where were the Swordholders?

All he wanted to do now was get home as soon as possible and then take Weiwei and Xiaocai to the nearest shelter.

When he returned home, thankfully, Weiwei and her daughter Xiaocai had been indoors the whole time, and nothing unexpected happened.

But what he didn't expect was that a Moon-Eating Corpse had already set its sights on him and regarded him as prey.

His immediate decision to rush home only dragged his family into an abyss.

Lin Qi only realized what was happening when they were blocked at the door by a humanoid mutant with three eyes, a snow-white body, and a crescent moon on its forehead.

The words of that Moon-Eating Corpse Species plunged his heart into the depths of the sea:

"Hehehe, I just noticed the sword hanging at your waist. Are you the Swordsman?"

"Look what I've found! A swordsman who has lost all his cultivation?"

"And are these your family members?"

"Hehehe, this is getting interesting!!!"

Every one of the three eyes of the Eclipse Corpse Seed radiated a bloodthirsty, tyrannical, and cruel light.

Lin Qi laboriously drew his long-unsheathed sword, the swordsman's personal weapon, then stood in front of the mother and daughter, shouting at the top of his lungs, "You two go through the other door first!!!"

The Eclipse Corpse Seed, watching this scene, laughed: "Look at how laboriously you drew your sword, it's so comical. How long has it been since you wielded a sword?"

"Oh no, I almost forgot, you're a useless person to begin with."

Lin Qi remained unmoved, continuing to shout, "Run! Run!!!"

But to his surprise, a soft, delicate hand suddenly reached out from behind him and snatched the sword from his hand.

Lin Qi knew the owner of that hand all too well.

It was his wife, Vivi's, hand.

Vivi gripped her sword with both hands and pulled Lin Qi behind her: "You forgot! I'm a third-tier ability user! I'll hold it off! You take Xiao Cai and go first!!!"

That's right, Vivi is a third-tier ability user.

If Lin Qi were still the same swordsman who could fly on his sword and roam the battlefield, he would be nothing special as a third-tier ability user.

But now, for him who is already a cripple, even third-tier ability users are much stronger than him.

He also knew that it was best for Weiwei, who was stronger than him, to stop the Moon-Eating Corpse, while he and Xiao Cai went to the other side.

But he couldn't do it; he couldn't let Weiwei go to her death!

That Moon-Eating Corpse Species was something that even a third-tier Vivi could not contend with!

In a short while, Lin Qi's expression changed repeatedly.

Meanwhile, the Moon-Eating Corpse seemed to be enjoying his pathetic state, not rushing to attack but instead mocking, "Tsk tsk tsk, are you going to abandon your wife and run away alone? Is this what you Swordholders are like?"

Before she could finish speaking, a white blur flashed by, and before Weiwei could react, the Eclipse Corpse Species grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up.

The sword in her hand, with its familiar tassel, fell to the ground with a clatter.

The difference is too big!

The Eclipse Corpse, while gripping Weiwei's neck, grinned and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha!!! Swordholder, what are you going to do now? Your wife is about to die!"

"Are you still going to run away?!"

Seeing this, Lin Qi clenched his fists tightly.

The Moon-Eating Corpse Species noticed the anger and helplessness in Lin Qi's eyes and laughed even louder: "This is truly—interesting!!!"

At this moment, Weiwei, whose neck was being choked by the Eclipse Corpse Species, could no longer speak and could only make some hoarse sounds from her throat.

Even so, she still chose to use all her strength to mouth something to Lin Qi.

The mouth shape meant: Hurry up!

Meanwhile, Xiao Cai, standing nearby, hugged Lin Qi and cried out, "Daddy, Daddy, aren't you the Swordholder, the Great Sword Immortal? Please save Mommy, save Mommy!"

Upon hearing this, the Eclipse Moon Corpse seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and laughed wildly, "Hahaha, what sword wielder, what great sword immortal!"

"Right now, you're nothing but a useless person!"

The rampant eclipse of the Moon-Eating Corpse, Weiwei's struggles, Xiaocai's cries, and the sword of the swordsman lying on the ground—all these details flooded into Lin Qi's eyes.

Just then, a message suddenly entered Lin Qi's mind in a strange way: You have obtained the sword technique [Lihentian]!

Upon receiving this message, Lin Qi's expression froze; he seemed to understand something.

He slowly closed his eyes, lowered his head, and chuckled softly.

"turn out to be--"

"So you've never actually gone out?"

Then he suddenly raised his face, letting two lines of clear tears flow from his tightly closed eyes.

At the same time, a pure white flame burst forth from his body!

He murmured in a voice that sounded like a mix of crying and laughing:

He has practiced this sword technique diligently for decades.

The interplay of reality and illusion leaves one bewildered and confused.

Today this body returns to decay and dissipation.

My soul remains that of a sword immortal!

This time, he finally understood how to use the sword technique [Separation from Heaven]!

This time, he didn't care whether he could pass the fifth test of the sword monument!

This time, he didn't want to live, he only wanted to die!

. . . . . .

(The doctor gave me an ultimatum: I can't stay up all night anymore. I'm going to adjust my sleep schedule and update my schedule accordingly, so my update schedule will be a bit irregular these next couple of days. I'm really sorry.)

(Updates may be changed to 6 PM or 8 PM in the future.)

(These little side stories contain a tiny bit of a plot device that will only appear later, but I don't think this minor spoiler is a big deal and won't affect the later plot development, so I'm releasing it now as compensation for everyone.)

(Please don't be offended, please don't be offended.)