Chapter 69

Chapter 69: The Sect Trembles

The Purple Radiance continued to shine.

Long Yan sank into despair.

His bond with Li Shuang was blue. Before this, he could still use that to try to win her back.

But now?

Li Shuang and the Black Abyss Sword Spirit had the legendary Purple Affinity.

When it was only White Affinity, Li Shuang still never thought of giving up the Black Abyss Sword Spirit. Now, with this mighty Purple Radiance, how could she let go?

A sour pain flooded him. He clutched his chest, and his Spirit Body seemed to grow dimmer.

Even so, he could not care about himself. He stared stubbornly toward Li Shuang.

He had just reached Reversion to Void, and then suffered this heavy blow. His state was truly bad.

In the past, even the smallest risk of foul qi building up would make Li Shuang guard him closely and clear it away at once.

Now he was hurting this much.

[Will Li Shuang… really not look at me even once?]

Li Shuang did not spare him a single glance.

The little Sword Spirit stretched out her arms with joy at the Purple Radiance.

Li Shuang smiled and picked her up.

The little Sword Spirit nuzzled Li Shuang’s cheek, full of trust.

Under the Purple Radiance, an unseen link formed between Li Shuang and the Sword Spirit.

You could not see or touch it, and there was no trace of a contract’s force.

But they both knew.

Between them there was now a bond that could not be cut.

A bond beyond any contract.

In the Sect Master’s residence, Meng Yi Fei stared at the purple sky, murmuring: “Purple light soaring… this is Perfect Affinity.”

He rose into the air, eyes bright.

That direction was Emotionless Peak.

Someone at Emotionless Peak had awakened a Sword Spirit with Perfect Affinity.

On that peak, the only Sword Spirit still asleep was the one in the Black Abyss Sword.

[Is it… Li Shuang?]

Without hesitation, Meng Yi Fei flew toward Emotionless Peak.

In the back mountain, Immortal Ling Xu was trading moves with Lin Qing Ling.

Suddenly, purple light rushed into the sky.

Lin Qing Ling leaped out of the fight and snapped her head up.

“Little Shuang?” She reacted at once, joy rising in her eyes.

She ignored Immortal Ling Xu and sped toward Emotionless Peak.

Immortal Ling Xu’s gaze flickered, then grew cold.

[What is going on? Did Ye Zhao Zhao not go to pressure Li Shuang? Why would a Sword Spirit awaken at Emotionless Peak, and with Perfect Affinity at that?]

[Could it really be Li Shuang? No, not necessarily. Maybe some other Disciple watching the commotion awakened a Sword Spirit.]

Immortal Ling Xu refused to believe Li Shuang’s luck could be this good.

[If she gets better after leaving Ling Xu Peak, won’t that make people mock us even more?]

He set his jaw and followed. He had to see what was happening.

At Emotionless Peak, the Purple Radiance slowly faded. Li Shuang held the little Sword Spirit in her arms, and understanding flowed naturally between them.

Ye Zhao Zhao ground her teeth. She could no longer care about her image as she spat: “Something must be wrong! I know this Black Abyss Sword Spirit. She is a waste. There is no way she is Perfect Affinity.”

Even as Li Shuang’s enemy, she had to admit Li Shuang’s talent for the Way of the Sword. How could a perfect match for Li Shuang be a Defective Sword Spirit?

[Could this Black Abyss Sword Spirit actually be a top Sword Spirit? If so, that would hurt me more than death.]

“Right, there must be a problem,” Long Yan said as he came back to himself. He spoke fast, almost begging: “First Orange Radiance, then white light, and finally Purple Radiance. That is clearly not normal. There must have been a mistake. Maybe… maybe it is only a trick to fool us.”

“Perfect Affinity is so rare,” Ye Zhao Zhao added. “How could it show up so easily?”

Though they disliked each other, Ye Zhao Zhao and Long Yan completely agreed at that moment.

Li Shuang could not have Perfect Affinity with the Black Abyss Sword Spirit.

Their wild doubts made the onlookers waver as well.

Indeed, today’s signs were strange. Three colors in a row. Was that normal?

Just then, a voice sounded: “You are saying three colors appeared during the awakening of the Sword Spirit?”

Everyone turned and saw Meng Yi Fei, Sect Master of the Sword Sect.

The Disciples bowed at once.

Meng Yi Fei waved them up and, with urgent focus, said: “Answer me.”

Ye Zhao Zhao hurried to the front and told him what happened.

Meng Yi Fei’s expression shifted again and again as he murmured: “So it is true.”

“Sect Master, something is definitely wrong,” Ye Zhao Zhao pressed, eager. “This Purple Radiance has to be a fake sign, right?”

Meng Yi Fei ignored her. He looked straight at Li Shuang and asked: “Between you and the Black Abyss Sword Spirit, did a strange sense of connection appear?”

Li Shuang nodded: “Yes.”

Before, with Long Yan, there was always a thin layer between them. She could never direct him like her own arm.

But with the Black Abyss Sword Spirit, she felt as if Black Abyss were her very limbs.

[Long Yan might betray me. But my own hands and feet would never betray me.]

“That matches,” Meng Yi Fei said, a healthy red rising in his cheeks. “The records state that when a Sword Cultivator and a Sword Spirit reach Perfect Affinity, they will form a Heavenly Dao Pact under heaven’s witness. In future training, the power of the Heavenly Dao will bless them. You and your Sword Spirit will both gain huge benefits.”

Li Shuang nodded, thoughtful.

The little Sword Spirit hugged Li Shuang’s neck even tighter: [See, I said I am strong. I can help Sister Li Shuang.]

Watching the two, Meng Yi Fei felt a moment of envy. He softened his voice and said kindly: “Li Shuang, Nurturing the Sword Spirit already goes against heaven. Finding a Sword Spirit that matches perfectly is one in a million. With this chance, your future on the Way of the Sword looks bright.”

Li Shuang nodded, still calm.

She trusted the Black Abyss Sword Spirit, and she trusted herself.

Perfect or not, she would reach the peak.

[This is decided by will, not by luck.]

“Sect Master,” Ye Zhao Zhao could not help saying, “then why did other lights appear first if this is Perfect Affinity?”

Meng Yi Fei gave Ye Zhao Zhao a long, meaningful look, then said: “Perfect Affinity is extremely rare. In the last hundred years, the Nan Yan Continent has not seen a single case. It is normal you do not know the details.”

“But you should at least know this: for Purple Radiance to appear, there must be Perfect Affinity, and there must be complete trust. The Orange Radiance came first because their basic bond had reached the mark. The orange then vanished because the Heavenly Dao saw their bond was not just good but perfect, so it began a Heavenly Dao Trial.”

“The white light that followed tested their trust. If they had doubted each other just because the bond looked low, they would have fallen back to Orange Radiance and could never have lit up this shining Purple Radiance.”

“Li Shuang and her Sword Spirit never wavered in choosing each other. The Heavenly Dao felt this, and thus it sent down Purple Radiance.”