Chapter 525

When the short old man looked at Fang Yu, endless terrifying sword qi appeared where Fang Yu stood.

At the same time, Fang Yu was reading a sentence before him.

"Hold a three-foot sword, slay all injustice! Left by Bei Xing!"

It was a simple sentence.

This was a phrase left behind by someone called "Bei Xing True Person"; it looked merely plain, but when Fang Yu perceived it, he saw an old man holding a sword in empty space, his body and sword fused as one—he himself was the sword, and the sword was himself.

That sword was incomparably sharp in heaven and earth, seemingly absorbing all other Dao paths into itself, making it utterly yang and unbreakable—nothing in heaven and earth could block the old man's single strike.

Fang Yu had cultivated some sword-related divine arts himself, such as Yuhua Sect's great divine art, Great Freedom Mysterious Golden Sword Qi; the supreme divine art, Instant Kill Method; the Bai Di Golden Emperor Slash from the Great Five Elements Art; the No-Life Sword Dao from the Great Killing Art; and the Grass Character Sword Art obtained from the Perfect World.

Although he had not specifically cultivated the Sword Dao, he was still a great master of sword arts—just the Great Killing Art alone was enough to annihilate ninety-nine percent of those who cultivated the Sword Dao.

But the divine arts Fang Yu cultivated differed somewhat from the sword used by Bei Xing True Person of the Manghuang Ji realm.

For example, Great Freedom Mysterious Golden Sword Qi purely absorbed Geng Metal Qi, then unleashed terrifying sword qi.

The Instant Kill Method and the Bai Di Golden Emperor Slash also relied purely on speed—resonating with heaven and earth to unleash astonishing velocity and kill through speed.

The No-Life Sword Dao was a sublime sword technique, claiming that all things under heaven and earth could be slain.

The Grass Character Sword Art was a supreme divine art—in which nine leaves of sword grass spun, and a single blade of grass could obliterate stars.

But Bei Xing True Person's sword carried a true intent, a heartfelt will.

Hold a three-foot sword, slay all injustice.

Sword intent flows, slaying injustice. This was a great aspiration, a great will.

What is the purpose of one lifetime?

Countless evils stain the boundless earth; though I am too lazy to manage all worldly affairs, if I encounter them, I shall surely kill them—to restore my own peace.

When Fang Yu perceived the true intent of Bei Xing True Person's sword, countless sword qi surged around him, resonating with the characters before him.

"It… it has stirred the sword intent of Senior Bei Xing?"

At this moment, whether the various Primordial Spirit Elders in the distant palace or the short old man who had just arrived, all felt disbelief.

"Although Bei Xing True Person is a hermit immortal, his status in the Black-White Academy rivals that of the Heavenly Immortal—his influence even surpasses that of our Black-White Academy's Heavenly Immortal; he lived over a million years before dying under the Three Calamities and Nine Trials."

The short old man's heart was filled with shock.

Bei Xing True Person was a legend within the Black-White Academy, for though he was a hermit immortal, he lived over a million years.

A hermit immortal living a million years—indeed, a legend.

Ordinary hermit immortals struggle to live ten thousand years; those who live twenty or thirty thousand years are legends among hermit immortals.

Know this: the later a hermit immortal cultivates, the stronger the tribulations they face—heaven and earth simply do not permit hermit immortals to survive so long after failing Tribulation Crossing.

Thus, later tribulations become unimaginably terrifying; heavenly tribulation will spare no effort to annihilate hermit immortals.

Yet Bei Xing True Person lived a million years—his strength is self-evident; such a being can rival a Heavenly Immortal.

And now, Fang Yu's sword intent has begun resonating with Bei Xing True Person's sword intent—does this not mean he has received Bei Xing True Person's transgenerational sword intent transmission?

"This youth is truly terrifying!"