He looked at it suspiciously again and asked, "You said you are the Two-Broken Blade?"
"That's right, I am the Two-Broken Blade..." The light and shadow paused, then continued, "The Earth Blade Soul."
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback. Then, a surge of anger rose within him. What a double-splitting blade! It turned out to be nothing more than a blade spirit.
Now that he knew the truth, Xiao Wenbing was no longer so polite to it. He couldn't believe he had been frightened by a mere Earth Blade Soul; if word got out, people would laugh their heads off.
The sword spirit is the spiritual essence generated by a divine weapon, similar to the mirror spirit. However, Xiao Wenbing searched the surroundings and couldn't find a single fragment of the sword, let alone the two-part sword. This indicated that the sword spirit was merely a cripple who had lost its physical body.
Once the double-edged sword loses its spirit, it can no longer be called a divine weapon; its function is merely to be a little more sturdy and sharper than other weapons.
However, if the sword spirit is separated from the two broken swords, its situation is even more tragic than that of a human Nascent Soul stage expert who has lost their physical body.
Since the Two-Broken Blade is a divine weapon, it is naturally an indestructible treasure. However, the Blade Soul is merely an energy body, which can be completely destroyed by powerful energy. Just like in the Flame Realm Temple, Xiao Wenbing manipulated the giant serpent avatar to disperse the Mirror God's energy body.
Fortunately, the Mirror God's original form, the small bronze mirror, was nearby at that time, which is why it was able to quickly return to its original state. If, like this sword spirit, it lost the support of its original form, it would never be able to take shape again.
A tiny glimmer of light appeared from the small hole; it was the Nascent Soul that Xiao Wenbing had ordered the Dark Infants to replicate as cannon fodder. However, at this moment, they were no longer of any use.
With his divine sense possessing one of the Nascent Souls, the miniature version of Xiao Wenbing pointed at the ball of light and said, "So it's just a sword spirit without a physical body. You actually dare to attack those immortals? Are you tired of living?"
The sword spirit trembled for a moment, feeling a surge of frustration. If its original body were still intact, this guy who dared to defy it to its face would have been cut down by it with a single strike. But now, without the support of its original body, its power was greatly diminished. Moreover, someone had broken through the seal and come to its side.
In this situation, having revealed its true colors, it had no choice but to swallow its anger.
"Fellow Immortal, you may not know this, but the Multi-Armed Supreme and the Great Serpent Supreme are both top-tier Immortals at the Ten Tribulations stage. If this blade were to truly fall into their hands, I would be worse than dead. That is why this blade releases several bursts of sword energy, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, to make them wary and dare not approach easily."
"Pah... Who are you trying to fool?" Xiao Wenbing spat fiercely, saying, "Since you've lost your true form, let alone those two idiots who are Ten Tribulations Earth Immortals, even I, a mere Integration Immortal, can kill you if I get close. Hmph. Don't tell me those two idiots don't even have the strength to withstand a single blow from you."
The sword spirit sighed wistfully, saying, "If my original sword were still intact, I could have slain them within three strikes."
Xiao Wenbing rolled his eyes and said, "If your original body were still intact, they would certainly be no match for you, and even I would have to flee. But you don't have a physical body now."
Dao Hun fell silent, clearly unable to offer any further explanation.
Xiao Wenbing glanced at the empty surroundings and asked curiously, "That's strange. Since you no longer have a physical body, why are they still so wary? Do you have some other tricks up your sleeve?"
"No," Dao Hun replied honestly.
"No? Who are you trying to fool..." The tiny Nascent Soul flew up, its eyes flashing with a dangerous light: "Tell me quickly, or I'll just shatter you."
"Fellow Immortal, please do not jest. Although this blade is currently without its original form, it is still not something you can shatter while in your Nascent Soul form."
"Is that so?" Xiao Wenbing waved his hand. Hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators immediately swarmed forward, surrounding the Blade Soul in a flash.
"What...what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to self-destruct."
"Self-destruct?" The voice of the Blade Soul was filled with disbelief. If it had a physical form, it would definitely look like it had seen a ghost.
After a long pause, it asked as if it had discovered a new continent: "You, a Nascent Soul Immortal, have actually split into so many Multi-Infant beings. Are you looking for death?"
"Why do you care so much about me? I'm the one asking you this."
Sensing the countless auras around him, Dao Hun thought to himself that this person must be a madman.
The Immortal Realm of Integration is a state where the Nascent Soul and the physical body are cultivated to become one.
After cultivation is complete, the physical body is equivalent to the Nascent Soul, and both the speed of cultivation and the use of spells are incomparable to before. However, once the Nascent Soul is separated from the physical body, its power will inevitably be greatly weakened. Moreover, splitting the Nascent Soul into hundreds of parts is nothing short of madness.
The thought that the person in front of him was an unreasonable madman immediately weakened Dao Hun's momentum. Who knew if this guy would suddenly go crazy and do something that would cause mutual destruction?
"This blade has no hidden tricks. The reason those two supreme beings are so wary of it is because they don't know that this blade has lost its original form."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wenbing suddenly understood. That made perfect sense.
Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Wenbing asked, "How did you come to Huangzhou City?"
"This place was originally empty; this Forbidden God Tower is the first building here."
"Are you the first person to settle here?" Xiao Wenbing asked in great surprise.
“Exactly.” Seeing that Xiao Wenbing seemed unconvinced, the Blade Soul said, “This place was originally a desolate wasteland with no inhabitants. If I hadn’t settled here first and attracted the attention of the human race, it wouldn’t have grown to this size today.”
Volume 19, Chapter 11: The Soul of the Blade (Part 2)
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Xiao Wenbing was not familiar with the history of Huangzhou City, but he also knew that this sword spirit had no need to lie to him.
"You mean, no one knew your origins before this city was built?"
"Exactly."
"Then how did Multi-Handed and Snake Fairy know that there was a treasure like you in Huangzhou City?"
"Because this sword has emitted sword energy several times to attract their attention."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wenbing's eyes widened in surprise: "Are you crazy? What are you doing, trying to attract them to kill you?"
“Otherwise,” the sword spirit explained, “this sword has fallen to such a state that there is no possibility of becoming a god anymore, so I can only try to attract a few greedy people. Well, um, that…”
Dao Hun hesitated and refused to speak openly, but Xiao Wenbing already understood.
Any sentient being that loses its original form will inevitably suffer a significant reduction in its abilities. However, there is a way to slowly recover.
That is possession and rebirth.
Of course, generally speaking, a human's nascent soul can only possess a human's physical body, and a sword spirit can only possess a divine weapon.
However, this sword spirit is different from ordinary ones. It is a divine artifact that has become a spirit and has achieved a high level of cultivation. Even if it were to take on the body of another living being, it could still do so. That's why it disregarded the danger and pretended to be a treasure that had been unearthed and emitted a precious light in order to attract the attention of others.
Upon realizing how cunning and treacherous this blade was, Xiao Wenbing's goodwill towards it immediately diminished: "You just want to possess another body and be reborn. There are so many people here, why bother provoking those two supreme beings?"
"This sword doesn't intend to provoke those two, but rather to attract a few immortals."
Why?
"Because only a celestial being with a powerful physique could allow this sword to successfully possess a body," the sword spirit suddenly said with a tone of great regret. "Actually, hundreds of thousands of years ago, this sword almost succeeded."
A sudden thought flashed through Xiao Wenbing's mind. He remembered Mu Yun saying that this broken sword had once slain a Celestial-level Earth Beast Immortal. Could it be...?
"Was the place you wanted to inhabit last time a Beast Immortal?"
"Indeed. Once, during a beast tide, the two sides clashed fiercely, and a beast immortal was seriously injured. Seeing an opportunity, I launched a forceful attack to seize his body. However, the beast immortal's physique was still a notch below par, so I ultimately failed." As the sword spirit spoke, he sighed again, clearly indicating that such an opportunity was extremely rare.
Xiao Wenbing secretly shook his head. Mu Yun and the others thought that this sword was helping them defend against enemies, but who knew that this guy was just looking out for himself.
"Where is your true form? Why isn't it with you?"
"Alas, the true form of this sword has been destroyed beyond repair."
Xiao Wenbing was startled. He had a direct understanding of the sturdiness of the Two-Broken Blade. He couldn't fathom what force could destroy it.
What destroyed the land?
"A super artifact"
"A super...divine artifact." Xiao Wenbing was both amused and exasperated. Indeed, only a divine artifact of a higher level could destroy something like the Two-Broken Blade.
"Alas... My former master once fought a god, and the result was that both were severely injured, and I even lost my original form. Seeing my pitiful state, my master placed a tower here to suppress the gods, and kept me inside."
Xiao Wenbing realized that this guy had gotten involved in the battle of the gods; he was really unlucky: "Where is your master?"
"He passed away long ago and is probably resting and recovering his strength. He should wake up in a few million years."
Sleep? If this knife isn't mistaken, then it had already settled here before Huangzhou City even appeared. Millions of years! That injured deity is still asleep; its composure rivals that of an old tortoise.
Perhaps because he hadn't spoken to anyone for so long, once the sword spirit started talking, he couldn't stop: "Originally, I was the only one here. Later, some immortals discovered a Forbidden God Tower. They tried every means to get in, but they couldn't break the restrictions inside the tower. So they stayed. Later, they recruited disciples, and the number of people grew, eventually leading to Huangzhou City."
Xiao Wenbing nodded in surprise, never expecting that Huangzhou City was formed from this. If it weren't for this broken sword telling him, he would never have imagined it.
Suddenly laughing, Xiao Wenbing said, "Those immortals must all be lower-level immortals."
"There are a few lower-level immortals, but there are quite a few higher-level immortals as well."
"Immortals?" Xiao Wenbing asked curiously, "Didn't you say they couldn't break through the restrictions to get here?"
“Of course,” the sword spirit said proudly, “the restrictions set up by my master himself are not so easily broken.”
"Heh heh, do you think it's that easy?" Xiao Wenbing sneered disdainfully, "Could it be that your old master didn't leave any restrictions at the bottom?"
This time, it was the Blade Soul's turn to be utterly perplexed: "Of course it stayed, but for some reason, there's a strange energy on your cane. The moment the old master's restriction came into contact with it, it... was assimilated by it."
Xiao Wenbing suddenly realized what was happening and thought to himself, "Thank goodness!"
It turns out that when he used his cane to dig the hole, he didn't use his divine power to avoid attracting attention. Instead, he used the mutated ability within his body.
Although this pseudo-creational divine power is not particularly strong, it possesses a special divine effect that all gods envy: energy assimilation.
Therefore, although the restrictions left by that deity were powerful, they posed no problem for Xiao Wenbing at all.
"By the way, I remember those human immortals said that the Forbidden God Tower needs to be opened before they can attack. Could it be that they can restrict your movements?"
"Impossible," the Blade Soul said disdainfully. "When I deliberately revealed my precious light atop the Forbidden God Tower, they set up a restrictive spell to conceal it. But of course, that little thing couldn't trap me."
After a long silence, Xiao Wenbing finally said, "You... are very insidious."
"Fellow cultivator, you flatter me. I was simply trying to avoid trouble and didn't want to bother them."
Xiao Wenbing nodded and slowly asked, "You mean, even an ordinary immortal would find it difficult to withstand all of your power, right?"
"Exactly, unless it's a Great Immortal at the Refining Spirit level."
"Where are Multi-Handed and Snake Fairy?"
"They..." The sword spirit hesitated for a moment, then said, "Their cultivation is too profound; I may not be able to successfully possess them."
"That's why you helped the human race defend Huangzhou City and didn't want them to capture it, right?"
"Indeed, fellow immortal is truly astute," Dao Hun said cautiously, trying to flatter him.
"Hmph, then why did you suddenly attack me just now? I'm just a lowly Nascent Soul Immortal."
The Blade Soul smiled wryly, "A mistake, a mistake. When you first appeared, I only sensed a strong earth-metal power, so I thought it was a metal spirit."
A flash of anger crossed Xiao Wenbing's eyes as he said, "So what if it's the Spirit of Gold? Do you want to destroy it?"
"This sword was originally a spirit of metal, so..."