This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Chapter 432: Chapter 49 Taoist Artifact: Oblivion

Lu Qingshan suddenly opened his eyes, Spiritual Light twinkling within.

In his ink-black eyes, almost unseen, there seemed to be the shadow of a black fish swimming.

“All is well,” Lu Qingshan said to the Netherworld Prison Master.

With the successful advancement to Nascent Soul, he now had an additional Life-bound Sword slot.

The Netherworld Prison Master nodded, then turned his gaze to Gu Yiyi, who had been watching the spectacle for quite some time.

“Humph, humph,” Gu Yiyi huffed at the Netherworld Prison Master, somewhat dissatisfied, but eventually she waved her small hand earnestly.

A clump of mist floated out, and amidst the hazy fog, a long sword, looking like crystalline ice and a shade of ghostly blue, with dull yellow smoke continually spilling and rising above the blade, appeared before Lu Qingshan’s eyes.

The sword gently turned, hovering in front of him.

Lu Qingshan reached out and gently grasped the sword’s hilt.

At that moment, a touch of ghostly blue Spiritual Light twinkled from within the sword and merged into Lu Qingshan’s Primordial Spirit.

A sudden chill and icy sensation arose as lines of bright fiery characters appeared.

“Do you choose the Oblivion River Sword as your Life-bound Sword?”

“Yes,” Lu Qingshan was very decisive.

“Attribute detection in progress.”

“Oblivion River Sword attribute detected successfully, binding to Life-bound Sword…”

“Contract established successfully, you have now bound the Oblivion River Sword as your Life-bound Sword!”

[Oblivion](Water·Life-bound Sword)

Sword Master: Lu Qingshan

Quality: Taoist Artifact

Level: LV1 (0/10000) — [Damage of all Sword Techniques cast through this Life-bound Sword +10%]

Description: Swords divide Yin and Yang, Tao aligns Heaven and Earth; this is a sword forged by the will of the world, an artifact of the Netherworld Realm, holder of the power of Oblivion.

Supplementary Description: This sword has lost the power of Oblivion and thus most of its might, retaining only the intrinsic characteristics of its form.

Magic Artifact Effect: As an instrument of the Tao, this sword’s power shall know no bounds, its source of Strength shall be the Sword Master.

Supplementary Description: Using this sword will consume the Sword Master’s essence. (Can be substituted with Experience Points.)

Divine Skills:

[Sea-calming]: The sword commands the Vast Seas, infinite in might. (Current vast sea subdued: None.)

The Oblivion River Sword can subdue vast seas and control their power; this power will be able to replace the Sword Master and become the source of the sword’s strength.

Description: The Oblivion River Sword once commanded the Netherworld and Oblivion, possessing immense power of Oblivion, which is now lost.

Supplementary Description: The immense power of Oblivion has engendered a will within the sword itself: Gu Yiyi.

Supplementary Description: Once the great Canghai was hard to hold next to water, and beyond Witch Mountain, clouds were nothing. Because it once subdued the Netherworld and Oblivion, this Divine Skill is not allowed to be deployed on forces weaker than Oblivion’s vast sea.

[Azure Fall/Netherworld]: Beyond the Azure Sky and beneath Netherworld; Oblivion, the sword that splits with dual edges, one edge for life, one for death.

Passive: Enemies slain by the Oblivion River Sword’s master will have a sliver of their spirit of death/life captured by Oblivion and stored within the sword.

The stronger the entity, the more spirit of death/life can be harvested.

Netherworld: The sword that rules death.

Active: Release the power of the dead spirits stored in Oblivion, obliterating all things.

Description: The might of Netherworld entirely depends on the power of the dead spirits released by Oblivion.

Supplementary Description: Prior to Oblivion controlling the power of the vast sea, its source of power will be the Sword Master, so unleashing the Netherworld Sword will drain the Sword Master’s essence. (Can be substituted with Experience Points.)

Azure Fall: The sword that nurtures life.

Active: Release the power of the living spirits stored in Oblivion, reviving the dead.

Description: The healing effects of Azure Fall entirely depend on the living spirits harvested by Oblivion.

Supplementary Description: Prior to Oblivion controlling the power of the vast sea, its source of power will be the Sword Master, so unleashing the Azure Fall Sword will drain the Sword Master’s essence. (Can be substituted with Experience Points.)

[Soul Purification](Passive): This sword will be immune to all Water Attribute attacks.

No Divine Skill can destroy a sword forged by the will of the world.

….

After obtaining the details of Oblivion’s attributes, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but bitterly smile.

Indeed, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

The Netherworld Prison Master had presented the Path-opening Aura and the essence of Oblivion as gifts to Lu Qingshan to persuade him to refine Oblivion into his Life-bound Sword and take her out of Netherworld.

And Oblivion’s identity was that of an artifact of the Netherworld Realm.

Gifting you a “daughter” and also providing you with a substantial dowry?

Could such favorable deals truly exist in this world?

The fact proved there was no such thing.

The attributes of Oblivion were the reason the Netherworld Prison Master had bled so much.

This “daughter” was a beauty that looked good but was a money-losing venture!

Having lost the mighty power of Oblivion, the Oblivion River Sword would cost the essence of a Sword Cultivator to be used against enemies, until it mastered new Vast Sea Power.

What is one’s essence?

The origin is what is referred to as the foundation of a Cultivator’s path.

In other words, for a general Sword Cultivator, if they primarily use the Oblivion River Sword in battle, and use it too many times, their Cultivation might even fall from the Nascent Soul level to the Golden Core level.

In such a situation, the Sword Cultivator must either choose to place the Oblivion River Sword on a high shelf or swiftly allow it to control the new power of the Vast Sea.

However, since it once suppressed the Oblivion River in the Netherworld Realm, the sea-calming Divine Skill of the Oblivion River Sword will not permit its use on a Vast Sea whose power is weaker than the Oblivion.

The Oblivion River, what kind of existence is that?

It is the very lifeblood of the Netherworld.

In the world, there are few whose power surpasses that of the Oblivion River, not none, but definitely very few.

And such high-level existences of the Vast Sea, how could they be so easily suppressed and dominated?

This requires the Sword Master to possess endless Divine Power to achieve it.

But when the Sword Master truly has such Divine Power, is the strength that comes from the Oblivion River Sword still that important to him?

This is not easy to say.

Which means, under all these limiting conditions, the Oblivion River Sword becomes something akin to a forbidden move stored away, one that normally isn’t used, only to occupy a spot of a Life-bound Sword position of a Sword Cultivator.

How valuable is the slot for a Sword Cultivator’s Life-bound Sword?

To say it’s precious isn’t wrong; to say it’s not valuable also makes sense, mainly depending on the faction the Sword Cultivator is from.

For Sword Cultivators from the Single Sword Faction, it’s just an extra slot to nourish an Oblivion River Sword—an inconsequential burden.

But for those from the Multiple Swords Faction, it equates to a direct loss of combat power.

Lu Qingshan practices the Multiple Swords Faction.

Fortunately for him, unlike other Sword Cultivators, he could use Experience Points to replace the loss of his origin energy and thus wield the Oblivion River Sword.

Basically, the Oblivion River Sword is akin to a Divine Sword that consumes Experience Points/Cultivation. Lu Qingshan only dares to use it recklessly a couple of times when he has an abundance of Experience Points.

Lu Qingshan no longer pondered other things.

Because he clearly understood in his heart that even if he couldn’t use Experience Points to replace the fundamental loss incurred by using the Oblivion River Sword, since he had agreed to the Netherworld Prison Master and had accepted the benefits given by him, he had no reason to back out.

Whoosh!

Right after Lu Qingshan refined the Oblivion River Sword into his Life-bound Sword, excitement instantly sparkled in Gu Yiyi’s large eyes.

Her figure suddenly transformed into a wisp of smoke and entered the Oblivion River Sword.

Following that, the Oblivion River Sword, like a swimming fish, dived into Lu Qingshan’s body.

But in just an instant, the Oblivion River Sword that had just entered Lu Qingshan’s body was abruptly ejected from it.

It was as though it had been shocked by electricity.

A hazy wisp of smoke, and Gu Yiyi’s figure reappeared in front of Lu Qingshan.

She pointed at Lu Qingshan, her voice trembling, unable to believe, “You already have other swords?”

Tears began to form in Gu Yiyi’s eyes filled with a mist, “I was here first…”

“It was not you who came first. Dragon Sparrow and Peach Blossom have already accompanied me for a long time,” Lu Qingshan thought for a moment, then earnestly corrected, “If we’re really talking about the order, you should be considered ‘the other woman’.”

“What… the other woman!” Struck like by lightning, Gu Yiyi’s eyes brimmed with tears, and they slowly started to fall.

“Why has it turned out like this… I have a Sword Master for the first time, and you even promised me to take me away from this heartbreaking place, to search for a Vast Sea stronger than the Oblivion River…

When two happy events combine, the result should be even greater joy…

But why has it turned out like this… waaaah…”

……

“The earlier point is the one who pulled you into the Netherworld, and the latter point is the senior brother you’re looking for,” said the Netherworld Prison Master as he stretched out his finger and lightly touched, and two Spiritual Lights emerged from his fingertip, surging into Lu Qingshan’s Primordial Spirit, appearing within his perception.

“Although I’m a spirit of the Oblivion River, the will of the Netherworld Realm is incredibly strict, and my actions must follow the laws of reincarnation.

Unless they violate the rules of the Netherworld, I am not allowed to directly interfere with the living.

Thus, I can only tell you their positions, leaving the rest up to you,” the Netherworld Prison Master explained.

“Your help is already deeply appreciated,” Lu Qingshan nodded, pondered for a moment, then spoke again, “May I ask if Your Honor could inform me of the location of the barrier that leads from the Netherworld to Sky Dome Heaven?”

He was planning to leave the Netherworld through the barrier, but he was uncertain about the world on the other side.

Just as Human Race’s Sky Dome Heaven bordered both the Netherworld and the Abyss, the Netherworld besides Sky Dome must border another realm. He feared he might accidentally take the wrong path and end up in another world.

“That’s not a big issue,” the Netherworld Prison Master laughed, then swung his sleeve, sending four Spiritual Lights flying towards Lu Qingshan.

“These four points are the barrier locations leading from the Netherworld to Sky Dome. Among them, the point that shines the brightest has already expanded into a spatial fissure.”

What the Netherworld Prison Master referred to as the spatial fissure was the very passage leading to Sky Dome Realm’s origin.

However, that spatial fissure’s exit was located deep within the origin land, the resting place of the Origin Demon King. Naturally, Lu Qingshan dared not choose that path.

“Thank you, Your Honor,” Lu Qingshan bowed respectfully, “Then I shall take my leave.”

He possessed the spirit-erosion talent and was not afraid of Netherworld Death Qi, but Ji Chuan didn’t.

Thus, he needed to rush to find Ji Chuan and then take him away from the Netherworld without delay, fearing complications might arise if too late.

The Netherworld Prison Master nodded and said no more.

As for Gu Yiyi, who was wailing beside them, both men tacitly ignored her.

Gu Yiyi cried for a while, and seeing that neither of the two paid her any attention, she gradually stopped, stood there biting her finger, and listened to the conversation between Lu Qingshan and the Netherworld Prison Master, all the while subconsciously humming “why has it turned out like this” to herself.

After a while, as Lu Qingshan was about to turn away and leave, Gu Yiyi quickly transformed into smoke again and merged with the Oblivion River Sword.

Then, with a whoosh, as if water returning to the sea, the Oblivion River Sword immediately followed, entering Lu Qingshan’s body and fusing into his Nascent Soul.

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