Chapter 534: Legacy

When foreign enemies invaded and the Mystic Jade Realm faced a catastrophe, this inheritor used the combined might of both swords alone to exterminate every invading enemy. However, the effort exhausted his cultivation, and he ultimately perished.

After his death, the spirits of the Heavenfall and Heavenrise Immortal Swords sealed themselves away. Even by the time the reborn individual returned to the past, no one had been able to gain the sword spirits’ recognition, break the seal, and become their inheritor.

After all, mind reading only allowed the female protagonist to perceive another person’s thoughts. She could guide that person’s mind to reveal certain information, but she could not learn everything. Moreover, she regarded this world as merely a temporary stop, a place she would leave as soon as she had completed her objective.

Nevertheless, after reading the information that interested her in the reborn individual’s mind, she felt indignant on behalf of An Tae, whose family had been destroyed by such a terrible incident. The culprit had received only one hundred years of confinement, while An Tae had been so consumed by hatred that she was willing to sacrifice her soul itself to avenge her family.

At the same time, the female protagonist became fascinated by the image in the reborn individual’s memories of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor wielding both swords alone, sweeping across the entire Mystic Jade Realm and becoming invincible.

Having transmigrated from the modern world herself, she, like Xiao Shou, immediately sensed a connection to her original world upon hearing the names Heavenfall Immortal Sword, Heavenrise Immortal Sword, Heavenly Sword Peak, and Mirrorheart Cliff. She suspected that these elements must have some connection to the modern world.

Afterward, she used the reborn individual to find a way into Heavenly Sword Peak of the Azure Frost Sanctuary, where she became a servant.

There, she deciphered a puzzle left behind by the founder of Heavenly Sword Peak, Daoist Qingfeng. She used the modern knowledge to solve it and discovered that Daoist Qingfeng had also come from the modern world.

He had been an enthusiast of classical Chinese immortal hero fantasy novels. After transmigrating, he had relied on certain special advantages and worked tirelessly until he became a master artifact refiner, ultimately attaining the Dao through the art of artifact refinement.

After advancing to the realm of a Grandmaster Artifact Refiner, he had longed for the modern world and reminisced about the immortal hero novels he had once been obsessed with. Inspired by those memories, he forged the Heavenfall and Heavenrise Immortal Swords, whose power surpassed even the swords described in his favorite novel. He then passed down the corresponding immortal sword techniques.

The puzzle contained not only the account of Daoist Qingfeng’s life up until his ascension, but also a sword cultivation technique he had created specifically to help future transmigrators from the same world.

Anyone who cultivated this technique could unleash the immortal swords’ full power without being restricted by whether the sword spirits recognized them.

Daoist Qingfeng’s original intention was simple. Regardless of whether a future transmigrator was male or female, anyone who cultivated this technique could choose one of the immortal swords according to their sex and inherit it.

That way, they would have a much better starting point in this brutal world where the weak were prey to the strong. Even if their cultivation was initially weak, the immortal sword’s protective power would still be enough to keep them safe.

It was truly a thoughtful act of kindness toward future transmigrators from the same world, people who, like Daoist Qingfeng himself when he first arrived, might have no one to rely on.

Afterward, the female protagonist recalled the power of the two swords when combined and developed an ambitious plan. Taking advantage of the Heavenrise Immortal Sword’s inheritor being confined for a hundred years, she used her mind reading ability to read the thoughts of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor. She treated him with the utmost tenderness and finally managed to move the heart of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword, whose mind contained little beyond swords and the pursuit of personal strength.

Then, after the Heavenrise Immortal Sword’s inheritor completed his punishment and repeatedly demonstrated his inability to establish a spiritual connection with the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor during their practice of combining the two swords, she pretended to accidentally come into contact with the Heavenrise Immortal Sword. Using the secret technique left behind by Daoist Qingfeng, she seized control of the sword. It appeared as though the sword spirit had simply changed its mind and accepted her as its new master.

The Azure Frost Sanctuary’s Sect Master and its Immortal Ascendant elders had already been troubled by the Heavenrise Immortal Sword’s arrogant temperament, which had caused countless problems and left them constantly cleaning up the resulting messes. Now that the two swords could no longer be combined, they began considering a different arrangement.

They ordered the female protagonist to practice combining the two swords with the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor. Just as in the original novel, The Legend of the Swordsmen of Heavenly Sword Peak, the most crucial requirement for combining the two swords was a spiritual connection between their wielders. With her mind reading ability giving her an unfair advantage, along with the hundred years she had spent earning the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor’s recognition, she succeeded on her very first attempt.

Thus, the Azure Frost Sanctuary’s Immortals recorded the first instance in their history of an inheritor being replaced midway through their tenure. The woman who initiated this unprecedented change was the female protagonist.

After inheriting the Heavenrise Immortal Sword and personally experiencing the might of the combined swords, she became even more covetous of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword. She was determined to obtain it as well. However, even she could do nothing against its powerful inheritor and could only try to win him over through affection.

From then on, the female protagonist continued her gentle and considerate approach toward the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor, while engaging in schemes and rivalries with the Azure Frost Sanctuary’s original Heavenrise Immortal Sword’s inheritor, the reborn individual, and the other women and men who admired the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor.