Baby with Daoist Monarch System

Why do it this way?

Is there any meaning in cultivation that has no effect?

For a moment.

Xu Ran’s heart was full of confusion.

While Xu Ran was full of questions, Yu Kong’s voice sounded beside him.

"This person was born in the era of darkness, when Spiritual Qi was completely depleted, and all the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was almost completely absorbed by cultivators with high cultivation, with only some remaining being intercepted by large families through other means!"

"Under such circumstances, a sword cultivator without Spiritual Qi cannot progress in cultivation, and can never take the most critical step in understanding swordsmanship!"

The figure continuously swinging the sword turned around when Yu Kong’s voice appeared.

It was an extremely ordinary-looking face, dripping with sweat as he persistently swung the sword.

Sweat flowed down his hair and dripped into his eyes, yet he did not pause his relentless sword swinging, tirelessly wielding one sword after another.

Who knows how much time passed.

The figure before Xu Ran transformed from a middle-aged man into an elderly white-haired man.

This old man had a hunched back, loose skin, slow footwork, and the iron sword he once held had been replaced by a carved wooden sword.

Yet the sword he swung still held the same powerful vigor as when he was young.

"Huff!"

"Huff!"

"Huff!"

"Huff!"

Though the quality of each sword stroke did not diminish, their frequency decreased.

Even to the extent that every sword strike required a pause for a quarter hour, a good rest before the next could be made.

"Is it worth it?"

Gazing at this white-haired elder, Xu Ran’s mind was awash with thoughts.

"Why... is... this..."

As Xu Ran’s mind was spinning with thoughts, the elder before him suddenly croaked, utterly bitter and broken.

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Ran’s heart tightened, though he hadn’t experienced it himself.

It was overwhelmingly clear that the elder’s time was near.

At this moment, the elder faced Xu Ran, shifting from previous resoluteness to lament.

The wrinkles on his face layering together, looking like a wrinkled dog.

"Why must your battle involve me?"

The next moment.

The elder threw away the sword he held for a lifetime, raising his fingers which had long lost their strength, pointing to the sky.

A moment later, his finger quickly fell as a ’thud’ was heard.

Without looking, Xu Ran knew what had transpired.

This elder who wielded a sword all his life, passed away at this moment!

In an Origin Realm devoid of Spiritual Qi, practicing swordsmanship for a lifetime bears no fruit!

Following the direction of the elder’s final pointing, Xu Ran suddenly widened his eyes.

He then discovered, above the originally azure sky, appeared several black holes.

These black holes seemed like voids.

"What is... happening?"

Such a sight was foreign to Xu Ran!

From the ground, large and small voids appeared in the sky, clearly visible from the ground, where dark stars inside the voids could be seen.

Even Xu Ran could distinctly perceive that within the voids, countless Powers of Annihilation were surging forth.

However, these Powers of Annihilation, differed somewhat from his own control.

"These Powers of Annihilation are quite violent!"

Xu Ran murmured as he gazed at these void rifts.

It was at this point that Yu Kong’s voice rose once more beside him.

"It’s a pity. This person didn’t endure until the very last moment!"

"The last moment?"

Xu Ran was puzzled.

"His life was already at the end, how could he not endure until the last moment?"

No sooner had these words been spoken.

Xu Ran knew he had misunderstood.

Witness.

A loud booming echoed from above the sky.

This great booming sound reverberated throughout the Origin Realm.

Even the earth began to tremble!

After this.

The void fissures above quickly repaired themselves, in an instant, back to their original state, as if all prior void fissures had never appeared.

Simultaneously.

With the repair of countless void fissures, in no time.

The barren Origin Realm suddenly welcomed the surge of Spiritual Qi.

The rich Spiritual Qi circulating in the air made Xu Ran, who was merely entering someone else’s memory, feel an extraordinarily comfortable sensation.

"So... this was the last moment!"

Indeed.

Yu Kong had just said that this elder did not endure until the last moment.

Meaning, his life did not persist until the surge of Spiritual Qi.

If this elder had endured until the last moment, with his understanding of swordsmanship, relying solely on a lifetime of sword swings would be enough to leap across the heavenly chasm.

"A pity."

"What a pity!"

Xu Ran looked down at the elder who had become a corpse.

Suddenly.

In the sky.

A beam of colorful light shot towards here, enveloping the elder’s corpse.

This colorful light was filled with extremely rich Spiritual Qi.

The moment the elder’s corpse was enveloped, it astonishingly moved a little.

Upon seeing this, Xu Ran’s eyes widened.

Meanwhile.

The elder’s loose, wrinkled skin suddenly smoothed, and the face akin to a wrinkled dog returned to youthful appearance.

Everything moved towards rebirth.

Though deeply shocked inside, Xu Ran understood that death cannot be undone.

Indeed.

Wrapped in rich Spiritual Qi, even though youth returned, no other changes occurred.

The scene where people imagined the deceased rising again did not happen!

"Alas!"

Seeing this, Xu Ran sighed.

"Such a pity!"

Just as the words were spoken, the wooden sword previously discarded by the elder suddenly emitted a brilliant five-color radiance.

The five colors appeared repeatedly on the sword’s body, gradually soaring into the sky.

"This is... the birth of consciousness?"

Upon seeing this, Xu Ran began to speculate.

A wooden sword, a sword made from ordinary wood, how could it possibly soar?

There is only one possibility.

The enormous pillar of Spiritual Qi sparked the birth of a Sword Spirit within it!

This freshly birthed Sword Spirit within the wooden sword floated, its blade aimlessly searching for something.

The next moment.

The sword’s blade turned towards its deceased owner’s corpse.

A brief pause, then the next instant.

The wooden sword darted swiftly, piercing fiercely towards the rejuvenated corpse!

"Squelch!!"

A crisp sound of penetration into flesh echoed.

In a split second.

The wooden sword penetrated its previous owner’s skull.

At this moment.

From Xu Ran’s perspective.

On the corpse’s skull, a faint white light was being absorbed into the wooden sword.

"Whoosh--"

Then.

An intense sound of something piercing swiftly through the air was heard.

Before realizing, the wooden sword had vanished, leaving only a brilliant light in the air.

Following the trail left by the sword, Xu Ran raised his eyes towards the sky.

Witness.

High above, appeared to be a crack.

This crack differed from the previous cracks in the sky.

From it, a white light diffused, bearing the aura of the wooden sword.

"This aura... is it the Ancient Bronze Gate?"

The aura emanating from this crack gave Xu Ran a familiar scent.

This scent was exactly what appeared during the Five Elements Trial within the Nine-Layered Giant Tower, namely the Ancient Bronze Gate!

The wooden sword, after entering the Ancient Bronze Gate, left no more signs.

It seemed shielded by the Ancient Bronze Gate!

Xu Ran gazed upwards, lost in thought.

Suddenly.

The previously repaired crack reappeared.

Within this crack emerged a person exuding a chilling aura.

This person, having emerged from the crack, without pause, dashed directly towards Xu Ran’s location.

Upon arrival, he saw the corpse lying on the ground.

Merely glanced at it, then departed!