I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

"It's done!"

In the Heavenly Forging Palace, just as Shen Ming's hands were about to go numb, a perfect sword pellet flew out of the divine furnace.

Like the rising sun dispelling darkness, as perfect as the sun and moon, a treasure of heaven and earth.

"A celestial weapon?!"

Shen Ming himself hadn't expected it; he thought it was at most a semi-divine artifact.

This is the upper realm, which means this is a genuine celestial weapon.

"As expected of me."

Shen Ming smiled confidently. He found that he succeeded whenever he did something with a firm belief in it.

In life, confidence is the most important thing!

The next second, he grabbed the sword pellet.

The Limitless Sword Heart erupted instantly. Originally, because he had abandoned his natal sword, his sword heart had fallen to the bottom, making it the lowest grade among all Dao hearts.

Now, as the sword pellet enters the body, the Limitless Sword Heart breaks through to the Immortal Heart level in the first instant.

Moreover, it showed no signs of stopping, soaring to the ninth-tier immortal heart, becoming the strongest among all immortal hearts!

His stagnant swordsmanship skills achieved a triple leap, from the Void God Realm to the Dao God Realm.

At the peak of his divine realm, he fused the peerless divine weapon and sword pellet formed from three thousand divine runes.

When Shen Ming opened his palm, the sword pellet had transformed into a three-foot-long green blade.

The sword's body is perfectly formed, possessing an unparalleled texture, containing powerful sword intent and supreme sharpness, and the flowing sword patterns are like primordial runes in the world.

The Dao God Realm represents mastery of the Great Dao and its laws.

Swordsmanship is the way sword cultivators interpret the great principles of heaven and earth.

In that brief moment, Shen Ming came up with three new Wuji Sword moves.

Sword Fifteen, Sword Sixteen, Sword Seventeen... their power is absolutely extraordinary.

However, before that, there is one more crucial thing to do.

That's how we named this sword: "The natal sword that flows like water, but the life-bound sword that remains unchanged."

This time, however, Shen Ming hesitated.

"Let's call it Li Ming Sword."

The character "离" (li) is a tribute to Jian Li.

The character "Ming" still represents himself.

The name "Li Ming" also carries the connotations of sunlight and the emperor's keen insight, which aligns with his divine laws and his status as a holy emperor.

The master of the Liming Sword should shine like the light of Liming, illuminating the nine heavens.

At this moment, Shen Ming heard a cracking sound. The Divine Fire Furnace was nearing its limit and was about to collapse. Cracks appeared on the ground beneath his feet, and raging flames were emanating from below.

Amid the sounds of burning, he also heard words of thanks.

The Heavenly Forging Palace was grateful to Shen Ming for purging those forbidden creatures, and also for forging a perfect immortal weapon in the end.

As a fragment of a forbidden zone of life, the Heavenly Forging Palace clearly could not continue to exist.

Shen Ming nodded in acknowledgment and left before the Divine Fire Furnace completely exploded.

He stopped outside the blast radius and looked back. The entire Heavenly Forging Palace was shattered into pieces, with burning fragments falling everywhere.

Shen Ming felt a tragic beauty in it.

He stood there watching for a long time until the fire gradually died down, then flew towards the outside of the restricted area.

Under normal circumstances, he might have continued exploring the forbidden zone to see if there were any unwanted treasures.

But now he lacks nothing, not to mention, he has a mission to fulfill.

"Fellow Taoist, please stay."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the forbidden zone, several figures surrounded him.

All five were human beings, all at the Dao God Realm. In the nine sects of the human race, they would be considered geniuses at the level of god sons.

In the Tianqi Mountains, if even one divine child had appeared, the demon race wouldn't have been able to run rampant.

Now that he'd run into five of them all at once, Shen Ming felt nothing but irony.

"Is something wrong?"

Five people rudely blocked his way, even cutting off both sides, so Shen Ming didn't hold back.

"Fellow Daoist, did you come from the Heavenly Forging Palace?"

The speaker was a young man dressed in feathered robes and wearing an ornate headdress. He possessed an extraordinary bearing and was at the late stage of the Dao God Realm, making him the strongest among the five.

"Heavenly Forging Palace? Does that refer to the place that was burning just now?" Shen Ming only now realized what that was called.

“Yes, to be honest, that is an ancient ruin of my Tianquan Sect, containing a treasure placed within it. Fellow Daoist, you need to give us an explanation,” the young man said.

"Tianquan Sect, one of the nine sects of the human race," Shen Ming asked.

"Oh?" The young man was somewhat puzzled.

"The forbidden zone of life was formed during the Dark Cataclysm, long before this era. It existed even before the Nine Sects of Humanity were established. Now you're saying it's your ancient ruin?" Shen Ming sneered.

These people clearly want to seize the immortal weapon.

Shen Ming's words surprised the group, leading them to conclude that Shen Ming was not a disciple of the Nine Sects.

Furthermore, it didn't come from the lower realm.

Could it be those humans from the former Baiyujing under the rule of the Demon Court?

“A mountain can exist since the beginning of time; it can be the back mountain of a sect, or it can be the dwelling place of the human race,” the young man said in a deep voice.

Shen Ming didn't expect the other party to come up with such a question, and said, "Then why didn't I see you inside? You only dared to intercept me outside?"

These words struck a nerve with the five men. They had just mustered their courage, but in the end, they still didn't have the courage to go up and check.

They chose to rule the sect elders while observing from afar, and then waited for Shen Ming to appear.

"Enough with the nonsense! Whatever you obtained from the Heavenly Forging Palace, it is a treasure of my Heavenly Power Sect. Hand it over!"

A woman snapped impatiently.

With a thought, Shen Ming sent the Immortal Sword of Li Ming out of his body and it swirled around him.

Celestial Soldiers!

The five people's eyes immediately turned fervent. Sure enough, it was a celestial soldier, not a trap.

"This is my own natal sword, which I forged myself. Is it also from your Tianquan Sect?" Shen Ming wanted to see where their bottom line was.

He was not disappointed. The five members of the Tianquan Sect looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

"You're not trying to say that you caused the commotion just now, are you?"

"You, a mere early-stage Dao God Realm cultivator, dare to claim you can forge immortal weapons?"

"That's ridiculous! You're clearly taking advantage of the situation!"

The five people believed that Shen Ming had gotten the immortal sword by sheer luck. Furthermore, upon discovering that it was already Shen Ming's natal sword, they all revealed genuine killing intent.

A sword cultivator's natal sword is bound to them; forcibly killing a sword cultivator will cause their natal sword to plummet in value.

However, the Legend of Sword and Fairy is an exception.

Even if a divine weapon is damaged, it can slowly recover with the help of the power of heaven and earth.

Most importantly, Shen Ming had not yet had time to imprint his sword soul onto the sword, and the immortal sword had not yet given birth to a sword spirit.

"Fellow Daoist, I am Yuan Tianyi, a disciple of the Tianquan Sect. If you obediently return the Immortal Gold, I may spare your life." The young man who started it all issued his final ultimatum.

The other four were all ready to fight, and their divine weapons were already in hand.

"The nine sects of the human race, with their divine prodigies, are so hypocritical in committing murder and plunder. They are even worse than the Demon Court."

Shen Ming wanted to fight a Dao God Realm expert even before he forged the sword, and now that he has the immortal sword in his hand, he is even less likely to back down.

"court death!"

The phrase "murder and robbery" was unacceptable to Yuan Tianyi, even though that was exactly what they were doing.