436 Come and Embrace! (2/2)

However, at the same time, Wang Lu's gaze was drawn to another road.

It was straight, unimpeded, indomitable, and from under the foot, it went straight to pierce the skies. And not far from that road, a fierce old man was silently watching him.

Wang Lu cupped his fist across his chest. ”Greetings, Senior Sword Demon.”

”Humph.”

Standing on this road was the Sword Demon Zhong Shengming who taught Wang Lu the Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword in the ancient sword tomb. At this time, when they met again, Sword Demon's face looked unhappy and his hands were behind his back. Disdain and regret were concealed within his gaze.

”... Ignorant and stubborn!”

Wang Lu gave an apologetic smile and said, ”I have failed to meet senior's expectation, I am deeply ashamed.”

The sword demon said, ”I'm not surprised that you have today's choice. Since you started more than a year ago, your Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword Qi has no advancement at all. With your talent, it is impossible for you to encounter a bottleneck. The only explanation is that you have given up this road! In the end, you still can't give up that cowardly turtle method!

Wang Lu said, ”I am indeed reluctant to give it up. Senior has imparted me the Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword Qi, which is comparable to an immortal level method. If it can successfully be cultivated, it could indeed achieve immortality. But, Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword is the sword of Sword Demon, not the sword of Wang Lu.”

Sword Demon sneered. ”Yes, no matter how good other people's main path is, it is still not your own, so it's impossible for it to be one hundred percent compatible with you. Moreover, you have an exceptional aptitude, so it is expected of you to tread your own path—if this is ten thousand years ago! After the age of chaos, the geniuses in Nine Regions are no longer abundant like shining stars! At present, even those artificial spirit roots have begun to spread; it seems to me a new age of chaos is close at hand! Unless you stand aloof from soaring to immortality, otherwise, the effect of the environment on you is unavoidable. So what if you have void spirit root? What path can you comprehend in such a filthy world? If not cultivating the supreme main path of Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword, don't tell me you still want to cling to that Non-Phase Method?”

In regard to this, Wang Lu just revealed a calm smile. ”Senior, in fairness, if I only relied solely on Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword Qi, can I survive the three days of slaughter from the Kill Immortal sword while at the same time achieve the pseudo core?”

Sword Demon gawked for a moment and remained silent.

Even in the past, the Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword Qi was the most aggressive sword art, but it still could not overcome the wide gap between Xudan and Jindan and stand against Kill Immortal sword… this point was indeed only possible with his Non-Phase Method.

”So we can see that Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword is not omnipotent. Let alone the real senior Sword Demon is already long gone, so who is it that stands before me now?”

Upon hearing this, Sword Demon's countenance finally changed slightly.

Wang Lu said, ”Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword is indeed worthy to be a supreme sword path, and Senior is indeed worthy to be that ancient Sword Demon… If I continue to cultivate this Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword, it's either I can't obtain the path in my whole life, or… my sword path actually changed. In this, Senior would obtain the opportunity to reincarnate, isn't it?”

Sword Demon said, ”Not reincarnation, my three immortal souls and seven mortal forms have already shattered, even Deities1 can't bring me back from death. Right now, I'm just a projection in your mind, so you don't have to worry about me. As for the side effect of cultivating this sword path, no matter what, it won't go as far as suddenly creating a primordial spirit to take over your body, but your personality will indeed be more and more closer to me… But, compared with soaring to immortality, what's a little bit of personality change?”

It was just that, these words lacked conviction behind them, and before Sword Demon could finish it, it's figure had gradually turned blurry. This meant that Wang Lu had already given up on the path of Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword.

Although this immortal level method was indeed good, if the side effects were so big, it was not worth to cultivate. Let alone after leaving the ancient sword tomb, Wang Lu gradually realized the trouble in cultivating Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword—because Sword Demon as the creator of this primal chaos method was not present, if he had a problem in cultivating it, there would be nobody that he could consult! Moreover, this primal chaos method walked on a crooked path, so there were many tricks and secrets that were set by Sword Demon himself. Thus, it would be quite difficult to make it adapt to him.

In contrast, although Non-Phase Method outwardly appeared subpar, at the crucial time, it could display its function, while the immortal level method could only stare. More importantly, this was a tailor-made method for him. During cultivation, regardless of any problem that he might encounter, people could give him advice.

This was one advantage that could never be matched by the Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword...

However, to really give up this immortal level divine sword, no matter how decisive Wang Lu was, he could not help but hesitate. And while he was hesitating, a familiar sound came to him.

”In the end, the best way is to combine the two—in fact, when you left the ancient sword tomb, you have already begun to walk on this path. It's just that, as your cultivation base gradually goes deeper, you found that the path of integration is getting more difficult. So you temporarily halted the Primal Chaos Heaven Splitting Sword and just wholeheartedly cultivated Non-Phase Method.”

With that, the pale figure of Faceless One appeared in the middle of the road that led to the primal chaos.

”But now, I can give you the opportunity to merge the two.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Lu could not help but smile, because he had already guessed the next sentence.

”Come to the Holy Light.”

...In Daoism - Da Luo Jinxian