31: The woman in the sword!

Su Yang could feel himself floating in the air.

But he couldn’t see his surroundings; all that remained before him was a hazy, flowing stream of colorful light, like liquid.

Amidst this vibrant glow, he vaguely saw an extremely beautiful woman smiling at him, then lightly parting her red lips to say something.

Su Yang couldn’t read lips and didn’t understand what she said.

But from her smiling expression, he could tell it was probably a friendly… greeting?

After speaking, the woman in the light smiled and walked towards him.

Su Yang could feel that as she approached, his kidneys were erupting with intense light, driving his true essence to circulate wildly within his body.

And Su Yang’s own heart was inexplicably stirred by a peculiar sensation; although the woman emerging from the light was hazy, the scene before his eyes became unexpectedly clear: her cascading hair, exquisite and delicate features, slender legs, arms like lotus roots, graceful curves, and the gentle smile on her face, imbued with sacred majesty.

This woman didn’t seem to be walking towards him from the light; she seemed to be walking from the depths of his memory.

Su Yang was certain he was seeing her for the first time, yet he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, so familiar that when the woman approached him, he subconsciously reached out to touch her face.

The woman in the light did not shy away; an even gentler smile appeared on her sacred face, and she even actively nuzzled his palm with her cheek.

After a moment of tender gaze, the woman opened her arms and embraced Su Yang.

Immediately, the colorful light on her body began to merge into Su Yang’s body.

Su Yang only felt an incomparably powerful Spiritual Qi pouring into his body, and his entire Dantian was rapidly covered by this powerful Spiritual Qi that seemed not to belong to this world.

This immense power even made Su Yang worry that his Dantian would not be able to withstand such power and would collapse.

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.

This power was extremely strong, yet extremely gentle to him, causing no damage to his Dantian.

It even integrated into his Dantian with great affinity.

After the colorful light on the woman’s body disappeared, the colorful light on Su Yang’s body also vanished, and the woman who had embraced him also merged into his body along with the colorful light.

All brilliance vanished without a trace.

The divine sword in Su Yang’s hand no longer glowed, and the complex runes on it once again became dim.

The Magical Artifacts that had been circling in the sky due to the summons instantly fell like a torrential storm, dropping back into Burial Immortal Valley, continuing to emit a faint glow… just at the moment the mysterious woman merged into Su Yang’s body and all light on the divine sword disappeared.

Somewhere in a mountain range in Myriad Spirits Realm.

In a cave extending deep underground, a beautiful and weak woman awoke from her Cultivate state.

“You seem… to have awakened…”

“I knew you had a backup plan… Hmph…”

The woman’s eyes flickered with extremely complex emotions: unwillingness, anger, yet also a sense of relief after hearing good news, and even a hint of small joy.

“Since you’ve awakened, it’s time for me to get moving…”

The woman’s gaze turned cold again, and her aura grew even colder; the already frigid cave quickly became covered in a layer of ice due to her aura… Burial Immortal Valley.

When all the light disappeared, Su Yang’s vision regained clarity.

At this moment, an inexplicable emotion filled his heart, an emotion he himself couldn’t understand the origin of.

“Is this woman… the Sword Spirit of the divine sword? Or the lingering remnant soul of the original owner?”

“I’ve never seen her, so why do I feel so familiar with her?”

Theoretically, it was impossible for him to have seen her, as he had Transmigration from Blue Star, and even on Blue Star, he had no memory of ever seeing her.

After arriving in Myriad Spirits Realm, he joined the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, and besides the Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters in the Sect and some female elders, he hadn’t encountered many other women.

But his current emotion clearly felt like an extreme familiarity with her.

“Damn it, could it be a succubus trying to possess me?”

The thought of that beautiful woman merging into his body sent a shiver down Su Yang’s spine.

He immediately calmed his mind and focused his inner vision on every corner of his body.

His Dantian, especially, which was covered by the power of the divine sword, was his primary focus of inspection.

To his surprise and relief, Su Yang found no abnormalities; there was no second soul in his body, his Dantian was perfectly normal, and there was nothing unusual within his body, including his Sea of Consciousness.

After the woman merged into his body, she seemed to have completely transformed into a part of his power and vanished.

Although a bit confused, Su Yang wasn’t one to dwell on things.

Since he had absorbed all the power from the divine sword, he believed that as long as he converted this powerful Spiritual Qi into his own true essence in the future, all his worries would dissipate.

Putting his worries aside, Su Yang focused his attention on the divine sword in his hand.

He frowned slightly.

After the sword’s power entered his body, the powerful aura it emitted also disappeared, making it look no different from an ordinary sword.

Su Yang infused his true essence into the sword, and his brows gradually relaxed.

The divine sword was still a divine sword, but now it belonged entirely to him; all previous imprints had vanished, indicating that the divine sword needed to Cultivate alongside him, its current master, to gradually regain its power.

In other words, this divine sword would grow stronger as he grew stronger.

One could say, however strong he was, this divine sword would be just as strong; the divine sword’s strength was entirely shaped by him, its master.

“This isn’t bad at all!”

A smile appeared on Su Yang’s face.

At least the divine sword’s foundation was still there, and its future potential was very high.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yang descended, sword in hand.

“Su Yang, congratulations! I knew you would be the one to obtain the divine sword!”

Wen Yunyao was the first to congratulate him, her joy and excitement entirely for him, unrelated to anything else.

“Senior Brother Su, congratulations! As expected of our leader, so powerful! You actually obtained the only Divine Artifact in Burial Immortal Valley!”

“Senior Brother Su, with you now, we no longer have to worry about provocations from other Sects!”

“Senior Brother Su, holding this divine sword, you look incredibly handsome.”

The Disciples of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect also came forward to offer their congratulations, their envy naturally evident; besides envy, many more now felt an unspeakable reverence for Su Yang, who held the divine sword.

After all, this sword had remained unobtainable for over thirty thousand years.

Many of those who had attempted to wield this divine sword and ultimately failed were now influential figures, and for Su Yang, the only person in over thirty thousand years to gain recognition from this Divine Artifact, his future achievements were simply unimaginable.

“Su Yang…”

Even Jiang Muchen, who was usually arrogant and looked down on others, now approached Su Yang with a very complex expression, offering his congratulations: “Congratulations!”

Although he didn’t offer many complimentary words, Jiang Muchen clearly understood that Su Yang, wielding the divine sword, was no longer on the same level as him in any respect.

He was now someone he couldn’t afford to offend, and must not offend.

“Are you still going to challenge me later?”

Seeing Jiang Muchen’s expression, as if he had swallowed a fly, Su Yang couldn’t help but tease him.

Jiang Muchen awkwardly twitched, “Don’t tease me. If you had gotten a golden Magical Artifact, I would definitely still challenge you, but now you have a Divine Artifact. What would I challenge you with? Cough cough… that… I was overestimating myself before. I hope you won’t hold it against me in the future…”

It was the first time Jiang Muchen had ever apologized to someone in his life, and he was very awkward, but his eyes were extremely sincere.

Jiang Muchen was merely proud, not truly foolish.

At this moment, Su Yang was not someone he, or even his Family, could easily offend; continuing to be foolish would only bring devastating consequences to himself and his Family.

Hearing Jiang Muchen’s apology, Su Yang smiled faintly.

In fact, Su Yang had never intended to hold it against him from the beginning, or more accurately, he had never taken his provocations seriously.

Su Yang always said he was an idiot; if he still bothered to argue with an idiot, what difference would there be between him and the idiot?

“Su Yang, well done!”

Wen Yuheng came to Su Yang’s side, smiling, and clapped him heavily on the shoulder.

Seeing that his Cultivation was not damaged and his strength was still at its Peak, he led him to the center of the crowd.

Under everyone’s gaze, Wen Yuheng proudly declared: “The divine sword belongs to my Profound Heaven Dao Sect, obtained by our Sect Disciple Su Yang. My Profound Heaven Dao Sect has the most treasures and the best quality this year, so the title of first is well-deserved.”

“So, according to our previous agreement among the Eight Sects, who wishes to challenge my Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s leader, Su Yang?”

Wen Yuheng raised Su Yang’s right hand, which held the sword.

Although the divine sword itself no longer emitted brilliance, its sharpness still radiated a chilling, awe-inspiring glint in the sunlight…