Supreme Sword Exalt

Within the five domains, Fu Dahai wasn’t the only one whose lifespan was nearing its end. Now that the Life-Extending Fruit was about to ripen, although the quantity wasn’t large, many people still held a sliver of hope in their hearts and rushed to the Central Dao Palace to try their luck. Coupled with the arrivals from the outer domain, the already extremely prosperous Central Continent had become even more lively.

On Yan Qi’s back, Gu Han and Fatty were completely stunned. Even the old blind man’s patriarch was a junior in front of Chongming, so just how great were his origins? This wasn’t Master Rooster, but Ancestor Rooster!

Fatty’s eyes gleamed. “Master Rooster, tell us quickly, what exactly is the supreme sword dao method recorded on the sword stele?”

Having dreamed of this stroke of fortune for ten years, he was even more invested in it than Gu Han.

Chongming rolled his eyes. “Tell you my ass! What others tell you is just their own understanding. Only by seeing it with your own eyes can you truly experience the divine essence of that thing!”

Gu Han’s heart stirred. See it with my own eyes?

He thought of what the old blind man had told him before, about going to take a look at the sword stele if he had the chance. “Master Rooster, what exactly is on the sword stele?”

“A single sword mark.”

Gu Han was taken aback. A sword mark?

He never expected that the strongest sword strike the old blind man spoke of was actually just a sword mark.

“Who left the sword mark?”

“How would I know?”

“Then where did you get this sword stele?”

“I found it.”

“Where did you find it?”

“I forgot.”

Gu Han was speechless because asking was the same as not asking. Sure enough, Master Rooster was completely unreliable.

After thinking for a moment, he asked again, “Master Rooster, did you discover this sword stele because of that sword mark?”

Chongming thought for a moment. “Not really. That stone was cool, and it felt good to sleep on.”

To Chongming, whether it was the one-word sword stele or the supreme sword dao method, it was really just a chicken nest. He was simple and unpretentious.

Gu Han and Fatty felt ashamed. They were sure that Master Rooster’s level was so high that they couldn’t even hope to reach it. As a result, Gu Han grew even more curious about the stele.

Suddenly, he found himself wondering which was stronger: the one-word sword stele or the Great Evolution Sword Scripture.

Chongming glanced sideways at Gu Han, a little sheepish. “Kid, it’s just that I’ve taken a liking to you that I offered such a great stroke of fortune.”

He glanced at Fatty again. “Others can dream on!”

Fatty’s face darkened. They said a dog’s eyes looked down on people, but a chicken’s eyes looked down even more.

Gu Han appeared skeptical. He felt that Chongming’s tone right now was very similar to the old monk’s. “Master Rooster, isn’t the sword stele in the Profound Heaven Great Domain?”

“Little Yun told you?”

Gu Han nodded. “He also said that if I ever have the chance to go there, I must never mention his or your name, or I’d face disaster.”

For the first time ever, Chongming fell silent for a moment. He sighed and became somewhat dejected. “Forget it! Since he already said that, it’s clear he’s determined not to let you wade into these troubled waters. Why would I go out of my way—”

Gu Han was completely confused. “Master Rooster, what exactly is going on?”

Chongming instead asked, “Kid, do you know the difference between a dao guardian and a guardian?”

“Is there a difference?”

Chongming then explained the difference between the two to Gu Han, “Of course there is!”

It was similar to how a dao guardian and a guardian were two completely different concepts.

Fatty suddenly understood. “No wonder! Master Rooster, you stopped me earlier—”

Chongming glanced at Fatty. “Obviously! A dao guardian is about fate. You and Little Yun don’t have a damned bit of fate with each other!”

“I’m a sword seed too!”

“Yeah, a lowly seed!”

Fatty realized something was wrong. Am I being insulted again?

Gu Han never expected that the meaning of a dao guardian was so significant. They had three meetings. The first time, the old blind man passed on the sword. The second time, he saved Gu Han. The third time, he became Gu Han’s dao guardian.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and stared at Chongming seriously. “Master Rooster, please tell me what exactly happened back then. How did Senior end up like that?”

A look of reminiscence flashed in Chongming’s eyes. “As for that, it’s a long story. It started with that idiot...”

The idiot it spoke of was the profound heaven patriarch. Before chancing upon the sword stele, he was just an unremarkable rogue cultivator among the countless cultivators in the Profound Heaven Great Domain.

On top of being dull and taciturn, he liked being alone, and didn’t even have any relatives or friends. After gaining some insights from comprehending the sword stele, he simply established a sect with the sword, calling himself the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

Chongming emphasized specifically, “I was the one who chose that name. Since we’re in the Profound Heaven Great Domain, we had to call it that. It sounds so nice and majestic. It’s just that the idiot thought it wasn’t appropriate. What the hell does he know!”

Gu Han and Fatty were a bit speechless. It was indeed very appropriate, but taking that name in the Profound Heaven Great Domain easily got you beaten. Sure enough, what Chongming said next confirmed their speculation.

He scratched his head. “I don’t know why but right after the sect was founded, people came looking for trouble every single day, insisting that I change the name! But I wouldn’t change it just to piss them off!”

“Then what happened next?”

Chongming rolled his eyes again. “If you can’t argue, then you fight. One comes, you fight one. When ten come, you fight ten! Anyway, for the first few hundred years, that idiot never had a moment’s rest. He fought every single day!”

The corners of their mouths twitched. You don’t have a clue? With that shitty name you picked, of course he couldn’t stay idle!

“Master Rooster, while he was fighting, what did you do?”

Chongming seemed completely unbothered. “Slept. When I woke up, I watched the idiot fight. When I got tired of watching, I went back to sleep.”

The two began to sympathize with that patriarch.

“Then?”

Chongming scratched his head some more. “That idiot got annoyed by people blocking his door, so he simply took on a disciple to fight in his place. That idiot was actually quite a bastard.”

Since his memory was disordered, sometimes what he said was vaguely right and wrong. Still, Gu Han roughly understood. After taking a disciple, the patriarch specially established a special position in order to let his disciple fight in his place for a long time. And that special position was the Sword Chief.

He tricked his disciple, saying that the Sword Chief was in charge of external combat and killing matters. Only the sword cultivator with the strongest battle prowess, the greatest killing power, and the highest talent could hold the position. The Sword Chief answered to no one. Their authority even surpassed the sect master's, making them the face and symbol of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

Chongming sounded somewhat wistful. “Strictly speaking, that kid was the first Profound Heaven Sword Chief.”

Gu Han’s heart stirred. The first?

“Then, Senior Yun...”

Chongming’s tone changed. “He’s the ninth Sword Chief, and also the most brilliantly talented and outstanding Sword Chief in history!”