[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky":3,"chapter-i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-chapter-427":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Sparked the Hundred Demon Night Parade in Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2326645,4550,"Chapter 427: The Sword Master","i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-chapter-427",427,"\u003Cp>It was a broken sword, primarily pale green, ordinary in appearance, its front inscribed with sun, moon, stars, and all phenomena of the cosmos; its back depicted gods and demons bowing, with humans, spirits, demons, beasts, and Buddhas all contained within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ancient beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if a single touch would turn it to dust; its surface was coated in bronze rust, and the weathered marks suggested this broken sword had lain buried for countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, it could not conceal the sword’s grandeur—its radiance dimmed, stained with blood, buried until now, when it finally emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This sword…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou stepped forward, studying the broken sword while glancing at the exploded tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tomb’s explosion was tied to this sword, for it was a ceremonial tomb—inside, apart from a shattered coffin, there was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This grave held the broken sword; it was a ceremonial tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A fine sword!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Sword Immortal spoke bluntly; as a sword madman whose sword intent far surpassed that of gods, demons, immortals, and devils, he knew the moment he saw it—this broken sword was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though broken, its sword intent was unextinguished, enduring eternally upon it, immortal through ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully picked up the broken sword, as if handling a newborn infant, afraid to make any sudden motion that might harm it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Immortal, did you come here because you sensed this broken sword?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived over twenty thousand years, the First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou had already deduced the probable reasons since the sword fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Immortal came here because of the broken sword in this tomb; the tomb’s explosion was tied to the sword; and the reason the sword had remained silent until now was likely connected to the Sword Immortal himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Tomb of the Sword Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Hong leaned forward to the tomb; though the mound had exploded, the stele remained intact, untouched by the blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, he added in astonishment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again, oracle bone script.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou turned his attention to Xiang Hong: “Oracle bone script? So the one buried here was also from Huaxia mythology—who was he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huaxia mythology had too many figures; the First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou was not from the Initial Realm and knew little of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Xiang Hong did not answer—in fact, he could not answer; he scratched his head, his eyes filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange—I don’t recall any great figure in Huaxia history named Sword Master. Sword Master… that name is just too overwhelmingly majestic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Master, literally, means master of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What an overwhelmingly majestic name—just the two characters “Sword Master” conveyed its meaning, and the word “sword” here was not limited to a single blade, but vast and boundless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Sword Immortal was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a sword cultivator, he understood best the meaning of “Sword Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout all history, he had never encountered a sword cultivator bold enough to call himself Sword Master—even he, the greatest sword cultivator in his world, dared not claim such a title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed sword cultivators from other worlds felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title “Sword Master” was not for just anyone; no sword cultivator, no matter how arrogant, would dare call himself Sword Master—they always added another character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Cloud Dragon Sword Master, Star Dome Sword Master, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a sword cultivator’s reverence—for the Dao of the Sword, and an eternal acknowledgment that the path of the sword had no end, for no sword cultivator believed they had reached its peak; they only felt the Dao stretched endlessly before them, forever out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dao of the Sword was endless; one learned until death, and no one ever believed they had completed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, in the world of the Evil Sword Immortal, not a single sword cultivator throughout history had ever believed they had reached the end of the Sword Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the Evil Sword Immortal, though the greatest sword cultivator in his world, dared only call himself Sword Immortal, never Sword Master—the title “Sword Master” was an ultimate honor, and an ultimate taboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, no sword cultivator would ever desecrate the Dao of the Sword; their love for it was too profound—they knew their path was still long, so how could they dare call themselves Sword Master?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t know Sword Master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Sword Immortal was surprised, even puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One who dared call himself Sword Master and was buried here could not be some boastful fraud—after all, some mortals and transcendent beings loved to brag, and there were indeed those who called themselves Sword Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those people were empty shells—plainly, fools who pretended to understand the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who truly understood the sword would never claim the title Sword Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this one was buried here, meaning he had fought on the Initial Battlefield, and his title was known to the gods and demons of the Initial Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Sword Immortal could deduce with certainty: the Initial Battlefield must have had many sword cultivators, not just Sword Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And none of them could have been unaware that someone called himself Sword Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no one opposed his title—they accepted it. The stele bore the words “Tomb of the Sword Master,” proving this Sword Master was extraordinary in the Dao of the Sword, so much so that even the gods and demons of the Initial Battlefield acknowledged his title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a figure, a master of the Sword Dao, could not have been obscure—he must have left a profound mark in Huaxia mythology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xiang Hong, a native of Huaxia, had never heard of such a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in school history classes or since becoming transcendent, he had studied Huaxia history and mythological figures extensively—and never once had he heard of a great figure named Sword Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know him. Never heard of such a figure in Huaxia mythology.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Hong answered honestly, utterly baffled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not that I’m ignorant—I’ve been cramming Huaxia mythological figures lately, focusing on the great ones. I know most of them. Sword Master? I’ve never heard the name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now even the Evil Sword Immortal and the First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Immortal Sovereign of Jiuzhou was not a sword cultivator, but at his level, he understood the meaning of “Sword Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could he really just be some arrogant fool who picked the name randomly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe he died, and his companions gave him this tombstone out of remembrance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be even more ridiculous? The tomb is real, but the stele isn’t—the original one—maybe… uh… they carved the wrong character? Maybe it was supposed to be Sword King, and the top horizontal stroke of the ‘king’ character was carved too faintly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them tossed out wild guesses, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were at a loss and about to give up, a voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young friend, Sword Master is not unrecorded—do you know the origin of the sword?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was soft and faint, carrying an indescribable charm that drew one in naturally, like a conversation between close friends, evoking no sense of awkwardness or restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing it, Xiang Hong felt as if a friend had asked him, and answered without hesitation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I know the origin of the sword. According to Huaxia history, the sword was created in the era of Emperor Emperor, as recorded in the ‘Biography of Emperor’: [The Emperor mined copper from Shoushan and forged a sword, inscribing it with ancient celestial characters].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to Guanzi’s ‘Earth’s Wealth’ chapter: [Long ago, gold emerged from Gexian Lushan; Chiyou obtained it and forged it into swords and armor].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two accounts suggest both Emperor and Chiyou had already forged swords as weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these records, regardless of who truly invented the sword, its origin in Emperor’s era is unquestionable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor’s era marked the dawn of the Bronze Age; historians thus deduce that the sword’s emergence was extremely ancient, with a long and storied history.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>",1342,"2026-06-20T17:56:09.718Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9f67c72dc45cb92b6be767908e853fbe91883461a4e83712cfb2635755fb26aa","i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-chapter-428","i-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-chapter-426",477,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-sparked-the-hundred-demon-night-parade-in-toky-cover.jpg"]