Chapter 222: Remember Your Handsome First Owner
Damian looked at the system screen for a long moment.
Then his gaze slowly moved to his storage ring.
A jade slip appeared in his hand.
It was smooth, ancient-looking, and filled with faint five-colored sword marks.
This jade slip contained the rest of the martial art.
The remaining Chapters of [Five Elemental Sovereign Sword Scripture] were all inside it.
Damian stared at it, then raised the jade slip with a speechless expression. "System... why the hell can’t you just fuse it directly into me?"
The nearby sword domains trembled faintly, as if they also wanted to hear the answer.
Damian continued with obvious dissatisfaction, "You already gave me the reward. Why do I still need to manually absorb the jade slip? Isn’t this troublesome?"
The system suddenly appeared.
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[Noted.]
[In the future, the system will ask whether the host wants to fuse rewards directly or receive them as physical items.]
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Damian’s eyes brightened.
"Good."
He nodded with satisfaction. "Now that’s what I call service."
The system screen flickered once, then disappeared.
Damian clicked his tongue and pressed the jade slip against his forehead.
A second later, five-colored sword light poured into his mind.
BOOM!
Damian’s body stiffened slightly.
Countless sword marks exploded through his thoughts.
The five Chapters entered his mind one after another, but they did not stay separated for long.
Because of the peerless comprehension experience, all five Chapters began to fuse together and completely change the sword art.
No...
It was not changing.
It was returning to its true form.
The so-called Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Chapters were not meant to be separated forever.
They were fragments of one complete sword scripture.
The true [Five Elemental Sovereign Sword Scripture] only had one decree... for now.
However, that decree could use any element Damian wanted.
A faint five-colored sword light flashed inside Damian’s pupils. "Interesting..."
He slowly lowered the jade slip, his expression becoming more focused.
"With my Chaos Qi, which can basically transform into any element, this sword art really fits me."
The more Damian understood it, the brighter his eyes became.
Most cultivators had to specialize in one element.
Even if they learned the complete [Five Elemental Sovereign Sword Scripture], they would usually focus on the Chapter matching their spiritual root.
Trying to cultivate all five at once without the right foundation would only make their sword Qi messy and unstable.
Damian, however, was different.
His Chaos Qi did not reject the five elements.
It could devour, imitate, fuse, and transform.
That meant this King Grade sword art was almost custom-made for his abnormal body.
Damian’s lips slowly curved. "Hehehe... Cassandra, you really gave me something damn good."
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Damian glanced at the broken [Crimson Thunder Eclipse] lying nearby.
The sword had followed him for quite a while, but after blocking Ravion’s [Radiant Execution Sword], its blade had cracked badly.
Damian rubbed his chin. "High-Rank Royal Grade... and now half-broken."
He sighed softly. "Poor thing. That pretty-faced bastard really damaged you, so I’m going to leave you here."
He looked around the [Core Sword Domain].
"This is the Sword Tomb. If you stay here long enough, maybe you’ll recover, absorb sword Qi, grow stronger, and get picked up by some future candidate."
Damian then stabbed the [Crimson Thunder Eclipse] into the ground near a quiet thunder sword domain.
CLANG!
Crimson sparks scattered.
The sword stood there silently, its cracked blade slowly absorbing the surrounding sword Qi.
Damian stepped back and nodded with satisfaction. "Good. Become stronger. Maybe one day, someone lucky will pull you out and call you a heaven-defying opportunity."
He paused, then added shamelessly, "Just remember, your first owner was a handsome genius."
The nearby swords remained silent.
Damian clicked his tongue. "No sense of humor."
A moment later, he turned and left.
Now that he had no personal sword in his hand, Damian became even more motivated to collect weapons.
After all, this place was full of treasures.
Why waste them?
Over the next few days, Damian moved through the [Core Sword Domain] like a bandit wearing a handsome face.
Every weapon resisted at first.
Unfortunately for them, Damian had already gained experience after dealing with the [Queen Sword].
Most of these swords and weapons had spirits.
They were arrogant, proud, and difficult to convince, but they were also bored as hell after staying inside the Sword Tomb for countless years.
The moment Damian touched them and let them sense what kind of person he was, many of them reacted strangely.
However, after feeling his Chaos Qi, his sword intent, and the strange traces of so many women’s karmic connections around him, they slowly understood one thing.
This shameless bastard was not collecting them for himself.
He was going to gift them away.
To women.
Beautiful and talented women.
Perfect wielders chosen according to each weapon’s temperament.
Because of that, several proud weapons actually agreed in the end.
Of course, Damian still had to argue, flatter, threaten, and shamelessly negotiate with them one by one.
By the end, his storage ring had become much heavier, filled with numerous Top-Rank Royal Grade weapons of different types.
Damian looked at his harvest and laughed softly. "Hehehe... what a good harvest. As expected, this Sword Tomb isn’t really a Sword Tomb."
His eyes shone with greed and satisfaction.
"It’s a damn treasury."
The nearby sword domains trembled faintly.
HUMM...
Damian waved his hand. "What? I’m praising this place."
The swords remained silent, but their silence felt judgmental again.
Damian clicked his tongue. "Old swords are so sensitive."
He continued forward, still searching for more weapons for his precious treasure chests.
At that moment, through the thick sword mist ahead, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure.
The person was standing alone near a broken stone gate, surrounded by faint golden sword light.
Damian’s steps slowed and his eyes moved slightly. "Oh..."
A faint smile appeared on his face. "To think I would meet him here."
He rubbed his chin, his expression becoming thoughtful. "Let’s see if I’m able to at least go toe-to-toe with a protagonist this time."