Huangfu Qingjue also nodded while pondering on this himself. The demon emperor did not understand much about Ling Chuxi, but he could tell that her words were definitely not guesses made out of air, she definitely had her own logic for saying such things.
“What you have said is true,” said the demon emperor thinking about it, falling into deep thought soon after.
“Perhaps there is some other mystery within all this that we don’t yet know,” Ling Chuxi said.
“That’s right. Master, why don’t we figure things out carefully before making any moves? This has been a ten-thousand-year wait after all. How can we give up so easily?” chimed in Zhen Ye and the rest. Naturally, they did not wish for the old demon emperor to die and so they all persuaded him in tandem.
The old demon emperor hesitated for a while.
“Have you already recovered?” Ling Chuxi took this chance to ask the sword spirit delightedly in her mind.
“How can it be so easy to recover from this? Amongst the seven great remnants of the Cang Yuan, the sword essence’s focus is only on killing. If it were not because you had long since obtained the sword soul and because I had awakened from my deep sleep after using such a long period of time to refine the sword soul with the strength of sword spirit, I’m afraid that even I would not have been a viable opponent for it. Now, even my remnant consciousness has also suffered quite a loss and it would be hard for it to recover to what it was before in such a short period of time,” replied the sword spirit.
Only then did Ling Chuxi understand that the sword spirit in Luo Chen Sword did not actually awaken in the past but instead after it had refined the sword soul obtained from Silver Ancient Mountain Range. It was also lucky that it awakened in time, otherwise she would have become a vegetable after her consciousness was destroyed by the sword essence with an amount of murderous intent that could reach the heavens.
“What were you saying just now? Did you say that the matter of the monster beast clan wanting to rise again is related you?” Ling Chuxi asked.
“The monster beasts had lost all five of the agreed upon battle matches back then, which is why the demon emperor had no choice but to keep his word and cooperate with the experts of all the various great sects to set up the Eight Gate Array. Its purpose was not only to confine the monster beasts within Little Silver Ancient Mountain, but also to suppress the awakening of their ancient bloodlines.
However, just before setting up the array, the demon emperor noticed the existence of the Cang Yuan Sword essence here and therefore left a small trick behind as part of his legacy—the strength he used to set up the array was not all his own, he had borrowed some strength from the Cang Yuan Sword essence. You need to know that the reason why the Eight Gate Array is so strong is because it was set up without any lack in factors such as the right time, place and people. The strength of the Cang Yuan Sword essence was contained in the right place, so even the experts from all the various great sects did not notice,” explained the sword spirit.
“Then, could it be that you are able to use the strength of the Cang Yuan Sword essence to break the barrier?” Ling Chuxi asked the demon emperor out loud once she had gathered enough information from her conversation with the sword spirit in her mind. She was respectful toward the demon emperor and did not wish to see him lose his life just like that.
“If it was so easily broken, could it still be considered the Eight Gate Array? However, it should still be doable if we are talking about resolving the suppression of the monster beasts’ ancient bloodlines first,” the sword spirit said.
“Then, that is enough,” Ling Chuxi replied in her mind. As long the suppression of the monster beasts’ ancient bloodlines was resolved, the old demon emperor would be able to awaken his bloodline and therefore help Huangfu Qingjue to open the array core and send them out without offering a blood sacrifice. That was sufficient.
“This demon emperor is a person who keeps his word, so I hope that you can help them out,” Ling Chuxi said solemnly to the sword spirit.
“The demon emperor’s character is indeed not bad, which is why I also truly wish to help him. It is just that…” the sword spirit trailed off a little hesitantly.
“It is just that what?” Ling Chuxi asked a little worriedly.
“It is just that since my consciousness has been injured, if I consume spiritual power to resolve the suppression, I am afraid that I will fall into deep sleep for a period of time again,” answered the sword spirit.
Hearing such an answer, Ling Chuxi felt relieved. It turns out that this was the matter. However, Ling Chuxi felt a sense of bitterness in her heart. Sleeping until naturally awakening was perhaps a very blessed matter to humans. However, to Cang Yuan who faced ten thousand years of deep sleep and ten thousand years of loneliness, who could understand this kind of desolation? Hearing Cang Yuan share this concern, Ling Chuxi started to understand Cang Yuan’s hesitation.