CHAPTER 971: CHAPTER 968: SWORD SPIRIT VS. SWORD SOUL! (5 UPDATES)

In the center of the scalding magma, a golden long sword slowly emerged.

Blazing heat waves, terrifying aura, and a tremendous might!

"The Xuanyuan Sword, it’s the Xuanyuan Sword!!!"

Xuanyuan Changkong rushed out, incredibly excited, darting to the forefront of the crowd, his eyes fixated on the Xuanyuan Sword in the depths of the magma, a fiery look in his gaze.

"It really is the Xuanyuan Sword!"

"Is this the Xuanyuan Sword?"

"The Holy Sword of the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan!"

"Is this the Xuanyuan Sword that rendered the Clan Leader of the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan invincible for ten million years, billions of years ago?"

...

Everyone present had fiery looks in their eyes, each one extremely excited.

Faces flushed with excitement, breathing heavily through open mouths, eyes nearly bulging out as they stared fixedly at the Xuanyuan Sword, the desire in their gazes unmistakable.

Xuanyuan Changkong, Xuanyuan Ya, Sha Qianmo, Li Cangqiong, Lu Lingbo, Diwu Yun’er, and the rest all focused on the Xuanyuan Sword.

Yet, each had different thoughts!

Suddenly.

Su Xiao shivered abruptly, exclaiming in excitement, "Is this the Xuanyuan Sword? I’ve seen this sword before!!!"

"You’ve seen it?"

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Xuanyuan Changkong, Xuanyuan Ya, Sha Qianmo, Li Cangqiong, Lu Lingbo, Diwu Yun’er, and the millions of cultivators present all turned their gaze instantly upon Su Xiao.

Feeling immense pressure, Su Xiao, being only at the Ninth Layer of the Supreme of Ancient realm, couldn’t bear it.

Swoosh!

In an instant, Su Xiao’s face turned pale, akin to a quail, nodding, "Yes... I’ve seen it, on the way to the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan. Lin Fan, riding on the Kun-Sun Bird, used this sword to kill the Young Master’s brother... I... I didn’t expect this sword to be the Xuanyuan Sword..."

Listening to this.

Everyone came to the realization!

So, the Xuanyuan Sword was on Lin Fan.

On a young Second Rank Holy Emperor.

But that young man, he jumped into the magma and died.

What a joke.

Holding the Xuanyuan Sword yet becoming someone else’s legacy?

Interesting!

Truly interesting!

Suddenly.

A buzzing sound resonated once more!

"My body... is back!" A woman’s voice came, and everyone was astonished to see a red light fly out from the depths of the magma, coalescing into the form of a woman. This woman was stunningly beautiful, nearly scoring a perfect 10, even surpassing Lu Lingbo by approximately 0.01 points.

"This is... the Sword Soul of the Xuanyuan Sword! The Sword Soul has emerged!!!" Xuanyuan Changkong’s aged face trembled with excitement.

"Hahaha! Once the Xuanyuan Sword Soul merges with the Xuanyuan Sword’s body, it can unleash its full potential!"

"Moreover... the Xuanyuan Sword will directly acknowledge a master! At this moment, anyone can become the master of the Xuanyuan Sword! However, this decision is up to the Xuanyuan Sword itself!"

Xuanyuan Changkong said excitedly.

"Is this the Xuanyuan Sword Soul?"

"This Sword Soul is quite pretty!"

"Yes! It’d be great if she were a real person!"

"What are you thinking? Do you know what it means to become the new master of the Xuanyuan Sword? It means your future prospects would be limitless!"

"Even so, this place belongs to the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, you can’t forcibly take the Xuanyuan Sword away!"

"Yeah! Look around, all are elders of the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan, with astonishing cultivation, would Xuanyuan Changkong dare to speak such words without fearing someone might snatch the Xuanyuan Sword?"

"..."

Around the cultivators discussed.

Many harbored ulterior motives in their hearts.

After all, this was the Xuanyuan Sword! Arguably the top weapon on the Sumeru Continent, possessing it would instantly enhance strength several fold.

In the past, the Clan Leader of the Xuanyuan Ancient Clan wielded the Xuanyuan Sword for an extended period of invincibility, if they could obtain the Xuanyuan Sword... Even if just fantasizing, it’s enticing!

"Look quickly! The Xuanyuan Sword’s body and Sword Soul, they seem... to be fighting?"

"Huh?"

"What’s going on!"

Everyone looked up, indeed seeing the body of the Xuanyuan Sword and that woman-like Sword Soul in confrontation, a latent tension between them, seeming to be on the verge of clash.

"Why is this happening? It makes no sense!" Xuanyuan Changkong looked puzzled and confused: "This shouldn’t be! In theory, the Xuanyuan Sword doesn’t have a Sword Soul, it’s merely an empty shell! Upon finding this Sword Soul, both should instantly merge together, how could they confront instead?"

"Grandfather, is it possible... the Xuanyuan Sword has another Sword Spirit inside? And it’s in opposition with the Sword Soul, causing this situation." Xuanyuan Ya frowned.

"Absolutely impossible!" Xuanyuan Changkong shook his head decisively: "For another Sword Spirit to be born? It’s utter nonsense! Absolutely impossible!"

Considering the level of the Xuanyuan Sword, the probability of spawning another Sword Spirit is virtually zero.

Almost impossible!

So.

This possibility was dismissed by Xuanyuan Changkong!

Yet, as it turned out, Xuanyuan Ya had guessed right, another Sword Spirit had indeed been born inside the Xuanyuan Sword!

Meanwhile.

Deep in the underground magma, Lin Fan sat cross-legged in the depths of the lava, if anyone could see Lin Fan, they would be utterly shocked.

The temperature here exceeded hundreds of thousands of degrees, even steel would instantly melt in this environment.

Yet when Lin Fan submerged into the magma, he was completely unscathed, merely feeling slightly warmer than outside.

At this moment, Lin Fan was frantically practicing the "Chaos Golden Body Technique", inside this Magma Pool, vast amounts of Fire Attribute Energy, combined with the Sword Soul that has been nurtured inside for nearly a billion years, the energy harbored is astonishing.

If the original energy in the Magma Pool was a mere pond.

Then, due to the presence of the Sword Soul nurturing it for a billion years, the pond became a lake, became a sea.

Now, this terrifying energy all benefited Lin Fan.

The Chaos Golden Body Technique can absorb all energies of the world!

So.

Lin Fan now was like a sponge that could never be filled, frantically absorbing endless moisture.

And Lin Fan’s cultivation was advancing like a rocket!

Second Rank Holy Emperor!

Pinnacle!

Third Rank Holy Emperor!

Pinnacle!

Fourth Rank Holy Emperor!

Breakthrough!

Breaking through!

......

Suddenly.

"Master... this sister is bad... wants to steal my body!" In Lin Fan’s mind came the childish voice of the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit, a bit anxious, a bit panicked, and a bit scared.

"Don’t be afraid, baby! What’s going on? Is that Sword Soul attempting to seize your body?" Lin Fan quickly communicated.

The Xuanyuan Sword Spirit replied: "Yes... sob... she’s so fierce... says this is her body, that I’m the one occupying her body, so... sob... she threatened baby saying she’d eat baby! Sob sob sob! Master, save me, baby doesn’t want to be eaten, sob sob! Really don’t want to be eaten!"