Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 408 Know

Chapter 408 Know
Looking at the stone wall in front of him, Tie Dan reached out and touched the space between his eyebrows, where a faint, burning mark remained.

He turned around abruptly and looked at the empty mountain chamber behind him. He pondered for a moment, then stood up and dusted off the dust from his blue robe.

He slipped away, took a step out of the mountain path, and looked up.

The weather was fine and sunny, the sky was clear and the view was unobstructed. The green pines remained the same, and the mountains were as they always were.

Jiuyin Mountain is still Jiuyin Mountain... Well, although one peak was cleaved down and it's noticeably shorter, a cleaved peak is still a peak, right?

"Oh, Senior Brother? You've emerged from seclusion?"

Then the girl clutching the sword jumped down from the treetop. She was lightly dressed, her face still covered in leaves, a peach in her mouth, and her braids were all tangled, clearly indicating that she had traveled a long way and was covered in dust.

Her beauty remains, her youth endures, and she is as she always has been.

Tie Dan frowned.
"What are you doing here?"

Jianjia wiped her mouth and handed her a half-eaten peach.

"I'll help... help you protect me. Want some? It's really sweet."

"Hmph, do I need your protection?"

Tie Dan gave a disdainful snort and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and turned around. Just to be on the safe side, he looked her up and down, left and right, front and back, and examined her thoroughly.

Although Tie Dan's gaze was always aggressive and sharp, as if he wanted to pierce right through you, Jianjia was already used to it.

But at this moment, those bright eyes, without any attempt to hide, swept directly over her waist and thighs, staring intently into her eyes. For a moment, Jianjia couldn't hold back anymore.
"Why are you looking at me like that..."

Tie Dan narrowed his eyes, leaned closer, and grabbed her wrist.
"Have you been guarding this place the whole time?"

"Uh-huh……"

Jianjia was being pulled by him and couldn't break free. She looked down and her ears were burning.

"How long have I been in seclusion?"

The closer the other person got, the more flustered Jianjia became, and she dared not meet his gaze.
"Sixty days. I heard that you went into seclusion after taking over Benshan. It has been exactly sixty days since then."

Sixty days...

Tie Dan's expression changed, and he flung his hand away.
"Sixty days have passed and you haven't made any progress! You've been lazy and slacking off! Wasting your time! I'm punishing you with sixty years of seclusion! You're not allowed to leave the mountain until you reach the Nascent Soul stage!"

Shen Jianjia sighed, her expression a mixture of relief and disappointment, it was hard to tell; she simply had an "I knew it" look on her face.

"Yes... Master, Sect Leader..."

Tie Dan was too lazy to argue with her. He made a sword gesture, wrapped himself in sword light, and flew into the Nine Luminaries Sword Pavilion as a rainbow.

The giant sword that was planted on the rooftop to nurture its sharpness and protect the formation suddenly awakened and quickly flew over in a whirlwind, leaping and howling joyfully beside Tie Dan!
"Sect Leader, Sect Leader, let's get through this tribulation!"
Tie Dan flicked his hand, shooing it away like a dog.

"Go guard the sword formation! If you're really bored, go train that useless woman! Let her get killed and disgrace the Sword Sect!"

With a soft "Oh," Juque cleaved through the clouds and plunged down into the mountain stream.

Thus, the vast Nine Luminaries Sword Pavilion fell silent for a time, leaving only the solitary Sword Immortal, as lonely as a pine tree.

Standing in front of that empty seat, looking up at the jade statue of the ethereal fairy, her eyes half-closed, seemingly awake yet not quite, as if a sword from the heavens might strike at any moment, Tie Dan fell silent once again.

Was that just a dream...?

Or perhaps, he/she has attained enlightenment.

If he continues to seclude himself at the foot of the mountain, meticulously studying the secret sword technique of the Nine Luminaries Returning to One, will he really suffer a qi deviation, naturally merge with the Dao, and transform into Tai Chi?

Sixty years from now, will there really be a young man who travels all the way from the northernmost point of Yinshan Mountain, traversing mountains and rivers, and thousands of miles away, to enter the mountains and guide him out of his confusion and enlighten him?

Or is it that what he has seen and heard is merely a possibility of the future, a dream that could shatter like a bubble at any moment, serving no purpose other than to cause unnecessary worry?
Or perhaps, all these illusions are actually some kind of primordial mystical magic, with demons invading the heart.

Someone is secretly plotting against him, casting curses behind his back, intending to disturb his mind, disrupt his concentration, interfere with his cultivation progress, and plot against his Beichen Sword Sect...

Tie Dan couldn't figure it out either, and couldn't calculate it clearly.

After all, this seclusion was interrupted by someone, so the progress was really not much.

Before his seclusion this time, he opened the Sword Pavilion Treasury and took some Nascent Soul level treasures to consume. He planned to follow the secret teachings of the Tian Gang Sect Leader to refine and master the true essence of the three ultimate techniques: the Boy Sword, the Nine Luminaries Sword, and the Ruyi Sword, and hone his skills through diligent practice.

Who knew that his dream of wealth and power would end in a sixty-day slumber, only to be interrupted and thus his efforts were incomplete.

It took sixty days and months to refine the thousand-year-old sword power, condense the infant sword's essence, unite the nine luminaries, and forge the remnant sword energy of that day into the supremely sharp, indestructible, and unparalleled Northern Star Sword Light, polishing it for only one cycle of the heavens.

But this sword is still a long way from achieving immortality and attaining the Dao.

It will take at least sixty more years of arduous labor...

Of course, Tie Dan also knew that if he continued to forge swords in seclusion in the mountains, just like in his dream, and ignored all other matters, he could certainly attain the supreme swordsmanship.

But the foolish old woman who followed us all the way from Yamaguchi will probably not fare any better than the one who was buried in the mountain stream in her dream.

Besides, even if he didn't care whether the old woman lived or died, he didn't want to owe anyone a favor...

Thinking of this, Tie Dan lifted his green robe and sat down in the position of sect leader. With a wave of his hand, a jade divination stick flew out from the divination tube above the Xuan Goddess shrine behind him and landed on his fingertip.

A glance revealed the jade slip gleaming with gold, inscribed with seal script characters.

Lower than, Hai Palace

This is called,

A candle flickers in the sky, casting sparse shadows that seem to spread like willow blossoms. A bird, longing for its mate, flies into a net; how long can they meet again?

Wealth and honor are determined by fate, beyond our control; all predestined events are predetermined. Good fortune and misfortune are determined by destiny, not by our own will; all our efforts and anxieties are in vain.

Half worry, half disaster; everything goes wrong.

"Tsk."

Tie Dan snapped the stick in half, then casually tossed the broken stick off the mountaintop.

"Yuntai Peak".

The next instant, the jade token burst into flames in the wind, transforming into a point of jade-colored light that streaked through the air like a shooting star.

Tie Dan also opened his mouth and roared, suddenly spitting out a shocking sword light that enveloped his body!
The sword light clearly contained a black sword, its nascent sword emerging from its body! Yet, the sword light swept out a bluish-white mystical light!

Clearly, the Northern Star Sword's brilliance has been forged into its initial form, and its thousand-year-old sword power has reached its peak!
Sword energy transforms into a rainbow, man and sword become one, and the spirit soars out of the body!
In the blink of an eye, the vast Northern Star Sword Light had already chased after that colorful star, covering tens of thousands of miles in an instant, sweeping across countless peaks and mountains, clearing away the clouds and scattering the rosy clouds for tens of thousands of miles, breaking through the sky and treading on the firmament, breaking through the barrier between heaven and earth, and cutting out a strange peak and cloud ridge from the void.

Indeed, this is the Celestial Palace Imperial Throne, the Xuanmen Main Mountain, the Cloud Terrace Immortal Peak, and... the Third Great Void.

Yes, in a mere sixty days, Tie Dan had just killed the sect leader Tian Gang, while the Xuanmen had already swept away all the treasures of Yuntai Immortal Peak and Shanglin Palace, transporting them thousands of miles away.

At this time, the entire Yuntai Peak had become a huge construction site. The heads of the nine major sects, the hermits and immortals of various sects, and the core Nascent Soul disciples who had received the true teachings of their masters all gathered here, dividing the work and cooperating, displaying all five arts, and working busily to prepare for the construction of the Third Taixu, to build a great ship that could traverse the star sea, fly through the void, and sail to the outer heavens.

As the mighty sword light descended, it transformed into the figure of a swordsman in a green robe. The surrounding True Monarchs and Daoists couldn't help but hold their breath and pause their work to look at this villain, a rare figure in a thousand years, who had committed suicide, wiped out the Dao path, seized power by force, and usurped the position of sect leader. They hurriedly sketched and recorded his story for future generations to judge.

Xuan Tian Ruyi Zhenjun
He was seven feet tall, with a handsome and refined appearance. His face was cold and stern, like frost and snow. His iron bones and firm muscles seemed to be carved from ice and stone. His eyebrows slanted upwards into his temples, and his eyes were like shooting lightning. Wherever his gaze fell, even the dust in the air would freeze.

His lips were slightly pursed into a sharp ridge, his jaw was as sharp as a sword blade, and his black hair was left uncombed, draped over his shoulders. Indeed, he had a wild and unrestrained temperament, disregarding etiquette and looking down on the world.

At a glance, it was clear that this was the one with unparalleled swordsmanship who slaughtered ten thousand men, a mentally unstable killer...

"Humph!"

After all, he couldn't just kill everyone he saw as soon as he left the pass. Tie Dan let out a cold snort, dispelling everyone's attention. His sharp gaze swept over them, forcing them to lower their heads and examine their feet.

Tie Dan didn't bother arguing with the bystanders. With a cold face, he strode into the cloud platform, grabbed a passerby, and asked...
"Where is the chief?"

The Taoist boy who was caught in the lottery was shocked, fearing that he would be torn apart by the sword demon. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed, revealing his true form, which was a large crane with a wingspan of more than eight inches. He respectfully squatted down to indicate that the real person should sit down and that they would clear the way.

Tie Dan thought it looked somewhat familiar, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that flat-feathered beasts, cranes, and turkeys all looked pretty much the same, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He stepped onto the crane's back, and with a whoosh, it took off, circling around Yuntai Immortal Peak and heading downwards.

Parting the clouds and rosy light, an unprecedentedly magnificent scene unfolded before Tie Dan's eyes. Below Yuntai Peak, hundreds of flying dragons were in groups, each with a body at least tens of feet long. These long, fleshy beasts looked like earthworms emerging from the mud after rain, writhing in the sea of clouds, which was quite terrifying and disgusting.

Upon closer inspection, these flying dragons were actually Nascent Soul stage demons, true dragons only one step away from becoming Divine Transformation cultivators. However, their mouths and noses were bound by transparent threads, presumably a secret technique binding their heart meridians, preventing them from breaking free. Their spines were driven into dragon-locking golden pillars as thick as roof beams, connected by massive chains. The other end of these chains led to numerous immortal islands and flying palaces. These islands not only contained countless palaces and halls but also warehouses, resources, and countless ores—clearly materials for constructing the Third Great Void. They had obviously been captured by the Xuanmen to be used as laborers.

Besides the dragons, the human race also provided assistance in the clouds. Rows of celestial ships and flying boats could be seen shuttling back and forth in the clouds under the control of the Yellow Turban Warriors, continuously transporting the resources of the celestial palace to the cloud platform.

Yes, the Immortal Palace, located at the foot of Yuntai Peak, is the Ziwei Immortal Palace.

Tie Dan had visited this place before, and now it looks completely different.

Aside from the barely discernible outline of the palace walls, even the Beichen Hall was spared as a facade. All other palace buildings and treasuries were completely demolished, every flower and blade of grass was uprooted – truly leaving nothing behind. And demolishing one wall wasn't enough; a large fleet of supplies arrived from the ground, indicating that the entire Sanyuan capital region was about to be swept clean.

Of course, the Celestial Palace itself did not object. After all, the nobles and kings had already fled south, and now only the remnants of the Imperial Guards remained to cover the rear in the capital. So as long as the Xuanmen stayed here for one more day, the Heavenly King's Army would naturally not dare to continue to pursue and kill them, or dare to trespass into the Xuanmen's sight and court death.

So people were still begging and pleading for your Xuanmen sect to come. In the blink of an eye, Crane Boy landed on one of the flying islands, where smoke and clouds were rising from the Taoist temple, seemingly indicating that they were refining elixirs.

Just as Tie Dan was about to leave, he suddenly noticed that the other True Immortals were throwing out "soldier-repelling coins" to the celestial beasts and spirit pets that served as their servants, presumably to pay for their travel expenses. So, with a casual flick of his wrist, he dispersed the cultivation errors and obstructions in the Crane Boy's Qi channels, sending it crashing down from the clouds with a loud "roar," scared half to death. However, its cultivation would naturally advance greatly afterward, so they would be even in the end.

Tie Dan naturally didn't offer any further explanation, nor did he mind gaining a reputation for both hunting birds and fighting dogs. He simply walked into Dan She, cupped his hands in greeting, and
"Greetings, Head Master."

Ling Xuzi remained the epitome of a celestial being, sitting before the furnace, waving his whisk and fanning the flames. Seeing Tie Dan arrive uninvited, he merely smiled and casually pushed a prayer mat towards him.

"When did True Lord Xuantian Ruyi emerge from the mountain?"

Tie Dan didn't beat around the bush; he sat down on the futon and stared at him, his gaze like a swift sword thrusting straight at him.
"While I was in meditation, my mind suddenly stirred, and I seemed to have gained some insight. I wanted to share it with you, Daoist, so that we could discuss it together."

Ling Xuzi nodded with a smile.

"Please discuss the Dao."

So Tie Dan said,
"Grand Master Shenxiao Xuandu will reach the Dao in sixty years."

Lingxuzi smiled but did not answer.

Tie Dan stared at him.
"At that time, with no one to suppress the Taiyin and Taixu, stars will fall and the moon will appear, and demons will be born—all of this is within your calculations?"

Lingxuzi stroked his beard and smiled, then calculated with his fingers, feigning seriousness.

"Not much difference."

Tie Dan looked doubtful.
"Aren't you afraid that demons and monsters will wreak havoc and ruin this most important matter? What, could it be that the Third Void is progressing so rapidly that it can take off in just sixty years?"

Ling Xuzi chuckled.
"Takeoff is not quite the case. It's within the calculation that it will take sixty years to go online and run a trial run."

If even the Second Taiyin Void cannot withstand it at that time, then there's no point in hoping to traverse the Outer Heavens.

Tie Dan thought for a moment,
"No, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Even if we just keep a high-ranking monk on our roster, he can keep many worthless people in check. Why should we just sit by and watch him attain enlightenment like this? Could it be...?"

He actually disagreed with your plan to ascend to the Great Void, which is why you had to eliminate him?

This time, Ling Xuzi was genuinely surprised.
"You can even predict the thoughts of a Grand Master? Truly, one should look at a person with new eyes after sixty days. Mysterious Heaven True Lord's calculation ability has improved rapidly, and he has attained a profound level of enlightenment."

Tie Dan snorted coldly.

"Don't flatter me. What, you dare to scheme against a grand mage with five thousand years of history? Could it be that your Taixu Sect has dealt with the Sword Sect and is now preparing to deal with Huguan?"

Lingxuzi couldn't help but laugh.
"Tiger View? That's ancient history, who would be able to calculate it so accurately these days..."

Seeing that he wasn't telling the truth, Tie Dan got up to leave.

Ling Xuzi quickly said,

"Alright, alright, the True Lord was right about everything."

"Indeed, a snake cannot exist without a head. We must first have a battle with the Tiger, to determine who comes first and who wins, so that we can properly rank the seats on the third throne."

Tie Dan snorted coldly.

"Hmph, it's another case of fighting for seats."

Lingxuzi laughed.
"Why should you worry, young friend? You've already offered up Yuntai Peak, so you're guaranteed a seat no matter what."

Since you're not going to lose either way, you might as well stay in the mountains and hone your swordsmanship.

A fine sword is forged through tempering and honing; the Daoist scriptures of Tiangang are more than enough for you to study. Why get involved in this bloody calamity?

Tie Dan looked at him.
"Are you really not afraid of Hu Guan's power? Aren't you afraid that they will wipe out your Tai Xu in one night, just like they did with the Nine Heavens back then?"

Ling Xuzi blinked.

"Tiger Temple is one thing, but how come the Daoist lineage of the Nine Heavens has a connection with True Lord? This is quite an unusual coincidence..."

"Hmph, what's it to me? I was just asking casually."

Tie Dan didn't want to waste the opportunity to ask a question, so he thought for a moment...

"And which side does that Old Immortal Nanhua belong to?"

Ling Xuzi's smile froze.

"Nanhua?"

Tie Dan noticed his strange expression and suspicious look.
"What, isn't he your friend?"

Ling Xuzi remained silent for a moment, then nodded with a smile.
"Yes, he is indeed my friend."

Tie Dan grew increasingly suspicious, but that was just his nature; he asked questions when he didn't understand and couldn't hide anything.
"Then what is the meaning of Huang Tiandao that your friend created? Will he become possessed by a demon? What kind of magic is this? Is it really necessary to kill him?"

Ling Xuzi couldn't maintain his composure any longer, and for a moment he looked somewhat dazed.

"No...you could have predicted this too??"

Tie Dan is more honest.
"Just consider this a dream. If it's just needless worry, that's fine, but if not, I think everything I saw in the dream must have some deeper meaning."

So it's best to tell me clearly on the spot, otherwise if I investigate one thing at a time and it ruins someone's plans, it will be embarrassing for everyone."

Ling Xuzi immediately withdrew his expression, sitting stiffly for a long time with a half-smile, like a clay statue.

Just when Tie Dan thought the other party was determined to fight him to the death, Ling Xuzi slowly spoke.

"Since the True Lord insists on getting to the bottom of things and proving the truth no matter what, why bother asking me?"
What, do you think I'm the mastermind behind everything? Trying to catch me off guard and expose some flaws?

If that's really the case, then you're underestimating my cultivation level, Lingxu.

"Tell me, who is it? Which one is it that made you come to ask me?"

Tie Dan shook his head.
"No one is ordering me around, I come to you first because I consider you a friend."

Lingxuzi sneered.
"Friends? Hmph, True Lord, you're really joking. I merely borrowed your sword to eliminate a thorn in my side, and you've already become friends?"

"So, you had a nightmare and now you have no one to talk to, so you've come here to have a heart-to-heart talk?!"

Tie Dan, "..."

Ling Xuzi froze.
"So you really came here for a heart-to-heart talk!"

Tie Dan shrugged and didn't say anything.

There was nothing to say, after all, most of his friends were dead.

Even Ling Xuzi, the dignified head of the Xuanmen sect, couldn't hold back when faced with such a sincere young friend. He was momentarily at a loss for words and could only sigh in the end.

"Forget it, it's unlikely that anyone can order you around. Besides, this matter really has nothing to do with you, so there's no harm in telling you. It's just that there are so many things involved, and if I start from the beginning, it would be a bit long-winded."

Tie Dan said yes, it won't take sixty years anyway.

So Lingxuzi carefully considered the wording and found a starting point.

Do you know why Tiger View is called Tiger View?

Iron Egg,

"Is it because of the tiger tally?"

Ling Xuzi was taken aback.
"Huh? How did you know?"

Tie Dan shrugged.

"Then tell me something I don't know."

Lingxuzi looked doubtful.
"Then do you know what is being guarded in Tiger Temple...?"

Iron Egg,

"The Queen Insect."

Lingxuzi was furious.