Time passed as the young man with the longsword diligently practiced swordsmanship.

His Sword Realm constantly improved, and his cultivation grew steadily.

He defeated the geniuses of the human world and stepped onto the stairs to heaven.

He entered the first heaven, competing with geniuses from various cultivation stars.

Initially, he had a considerable gap compared to those geniuses.

But as his Sword Realm entered the Sword Dao, the young man's cultivation advanced rapidly, gradually surpassing those geniuses.

He fought his way into the second heaven, third heaven, fourth heaven…

He grew, and the sparrow following him grew with him.

The sparrow matured, and the young man imparted the Dao to it, found various demon beasts for it to devour, allowing it to fuse bloodlines and transform.

The two walked side by side until they crossed the seventh heaven, the eighth heaven, and entered the ninth heaven.

By this time, the young man had reached the Saint King Realm, and the sparrow had entered the Saint Realm.

At this moment, the sparrow should not be called a sparrow.

It should be called a "Sibuxiang" instead!

The bloodlines of the demon beasts it incorporated were too chaotic, causing issues in its transformation.

The young man also noticed this problem, but he could not resolve it for the time being.

The rapid advancement of the young man's cultivation drew the attention of many forces.

He suffered many targeted attacks, provocations, pursuits…

Young sovereignty realm experts from great forces joined hands to beat him to near disablement.

He fled from the Nine Heavens with the Sibuxiang sparrow into the endless universe to wander.

Despite this, he was still occasionally found and could only run for his life!

During one such pursuit, he encountered a mottled stone on a cultivation star.

Yang Yan recognized what it was!

"Secluded World Stone!"

With the appearance of the Secluded World Stone, the young man's identity was laid bare.

Sword Dao Emperor!

The memory shown to him by the golden bird-like flying creature was that of the Sword Dao Emperor!

And so the Secluded World Stone protected the Sword Dao Emperor, obscuring his fate and making it impossible for others to divine his location.

The Sword Dao Emperor then stayed beside the Secluded World Stone to cultivate, furthering his Sword Dao.

At the same time, the Secluded World Stone pointed out to the Sword Dao Emperor that the Sibuxiang sparrow needed the Phoenix Bloodline to truly transform and undergo Nirvana.

Yet in this age, as the True Dragons did not appear, so were phoenixes rare.

Finding a phoenix was excessively difficult!

The Sibuxiang sparrow, ultimately, could only continue to cultivate in its current form.

However, the Sword Dao Emperor remembered this matter!

He cultivated beside the Secluded World Stone, constantly improving his cultivation and even absorbing the Power of Separation, comprehending the secluded world Sword Technique.

At this moment, he stepped into the Sovereign realm!

As he entered the Sovereign realm, in the time that followed, there was no improvement in the Sword Dao Emperor's cultivation.

So he proposed to the Secluded World Stone that he wanted to go out and train himself.

The Secluded World Stone agreed, retracting the fate protection it provided to the Sword Dao Emperor.

In an instant, the forces above the Nine Heavens became aware of the Sword Dao Emperor's location, descending to confront him.

Yet they were all slain one by one by the Sword Dao Emperor, whose cultivation had increased.

His aura climbed step by step amid the slaughter.

The secluded world Sword Technique mended and improved, reaching its peak!

*In a trance, he comprehended a vague sword strike!*

*This also became the foundation for One Sword Separates Life!*

Afterward, he led the Sibuxiang sparrow to once again ascend above the Nine Heavens and stepped on the Emperor Road.

Without stepping onto the Emperor Road, he could not enter the Ranking List nor become an Emperor!

The Sword Dao Emperor, along with the Sibuxiang sparrow, entered the Emperor Road.

In the Emperor Road, a drop of Phoenix Blood emerged.

The Sword Dao Emperor fought desperately to snatch the Phoenix Blood and gave it to the Sibuxiang sparrow.

The Sibuxiang sparrow devoured the Phoenix Blood and cocooned itself to transform.

When it reemerged, it took the appearance of golden winged feathers.

This form was not much different from the gold-feathered bird-like appearance Yang Yan now saw.

*Thus Yang Yan realized that the golden winged creature before him was the sparrow that had fought alongside the Sword Dao Emperor, growing with him.*

"No wonder it calls me master!" Yang Yan understood.

*He had performed One Sword Separates Life, leading it to mistake him for the Sword Dao Emperor and therefore calling him master!*

*He continued watching the memories, as the Sibuxiang sparrow was transforming.*

During this, the Sword Dao Emperor protected it and comprehended half of the Nirvana Sutra.

His realm then entered the Emperor Realm, and his Sword Dao entered the Emperor's Path!

It became the Half-Emperor Realm!

Ranked seventeenth on the Ranking List!

*Reaching this level, becoming a Great Emperor was still distant!*

The memory scene abruptly ended at this point.

Yang Yan opened his eyes, having learned about the Sword Dao Emperor's past growth journey from the memories, discovering that the Sword Dao Emperor's name was Wang Qun!

The Sibuxiang sparrow was named Xingye by the Sword Dao Emperor!

"After the master entered the Emperor Realm and reached the Half-Emperor Realm, he suddenly had a change of heart,

sealing me with Divine Origin and burying me on a desolate planet.

He told me he was going to investigate something and would release me once he figured it out!

At that time, my realm had entered the Sovereign realm!" Xingye's voice drifted in.

"I don't know how much time passed until I awoke again.

Before my eyes appeared the master's form.

By then, he had become a Great Emperor.

He was called the Sword Dao Emperor!

He then took me on trips through the Nine Heavens, and my cultivation kept advancing, reaching the peak stage of the Sovereign realm.

One day, the master suddenly used One Sword Separates Life.

He told me that this sword strike concealed fate.

From then on, no matter how strong, neither heavenly nor earthly individuals could deduce someone's exact location!

I knew why he performed this sword strike; he had been pursued before.

If it weren't for the Secluded World Stone saving him, he would have already been dead!"

Yang Yan nodded.

"What was the Sword Dao Emperor investigating during the time he left you?"

Xingye shook its head.

"I don't know, I didn't ask, and he didn't say.

After that thousand years, he passed the complete Nirvana Sutra on to me.

He sealed me into Divine Origin again, and this time he never returned!

Yet fifty thousand years ago, I was discovered and unearthed.

They were not the master, but Heavenly Masters from the starry sky seeking tombs and Divine Origin.

They peeled away the Divine Origin and released me!

Upon my emergence, I first killed them!

From then on, I searched the heavens and the earth for the master through the ages.

In the end, I could not find him, and as my life span neared its end, I could only bury my memories and undergo constant Nirvana rebirth.

Until some time ago, when you, master, awoke, causing a Sword Dao Harmony, only then did I fully regain my memories.

I came to the human world to seek you!

Finally, today, I found you, master!"

Xingye said excitedly.

Yang Yan's eyebrows subtly moved.

"What realm are you at now?"

Xingye replied without a second thought.

"Master, after regaining my memories, my cultivation has reached the highest stage of the Sovereign realm, achieving the Supreme Emperor Realm!

Just one step away from entering the Emperor Realm!

However, the world does not allow me to display my full cultivation.

Otherwise, I would have to leave here immediately.

To search for you, I could only suppress most of my cultivation, maintaining it at the King Realm!"

Supreme Emperor Realm!

Very high, very formidable!

"Master, have you not yet recalled past memories?" Xingye's eyes flickered as it cautiously asked.

*It had realized!*

*Yang Yan knew this matter couldn't be concealed.*

*Indeed, he had no intention of hiding it.*

"I am not your master, I just obtained the Sword Dao Emperor's corpse by chance!

I melted it into my physique, and also gained the Sword Dao Emperor's inheritance from others!"

Saying this, he pointed out with a finger.

*He transmitted the scene of Leng Bi Yue opening the coffin and seeing the Sword Dao Emperor's corpse to Xingye!*

*He did not reveal to Xingye how he became the Sword Dao Emperor.*

*That was his secret, known only to him!*

"Master…" Xingye was stunned at that moment, frozen in place.

Buzzing noises filled the air!

The heavenly dome trembled, the Heavenly Gate reappeared.

One Saint silhouette after another passed through the Heavenly Gate, appearing in the sky, their auras spreading, instantly locking onto Yang Yan.

They all looked at Yang Yan with cold eyes.

"Yang Yan, you actually didn't flee!

Very well, very well!" said a Saint, his whole body shimmering with the light of swords.

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