Chapter 1919 - 987: Taia

[Taia]

In the Nine Forms Inheritance of the Ye Family, the study that is the rarest and most obscure can be said to have hardly any swordsmiths who have dedicated time and effort to it.

Even if there are, it is just a cursory attempt with no depth.

In the four hundred years since the disintegration of the Eternal Empire, instead of more in-depth research and extension, there have been repeated losses of inheritance.

In the scant documents available for study, they only dwell on the basics. The crucial parts related to advancement are often vague or even self-contradictory.

Because they are poor.

It's quite sad to say, but the reality is such that in the face of Taia's crafting needs, even the Ye Family with its Nine Forms is just a pitiful beggar.

The materials of the Gate of Eternity emphasize extreme luxury and extravagance, with prices absurdly high and with no cost-effectiveness!

If not to write 'poor people stay out' on the outside, why else would the Superior, who governs space and time, be in the form of a door?

The crafting of Taia, without saying anything else, begins with a huge investment!

And it requires a mad level of investment that bankrupts families!

The entire blank needs Time Sand as the main material, and it requires refining and reshaping. The Time Sand that is sold by the grain at unmarketable prices really demands starting with slamming down dozens of pounds as a base!

The Flowing Light Golden Spring, which could serve as the main material in other creations, here can only be used as a catalytic consumable, along with other different materials needed to turn into a one-time consumable, not to mention the numerous Blessing requirements and harsh refining conditions.

As a result, all researchers give up on going any further; they downgrade and simplify madly, barely covering the basics, and after roughly understanding the content, they put it aside.

Otherwise, what else?

Even a slightly poorer craftsman might struggle all their life and still be unable to equip even a monkey version!

The Ye Family, in its most glamorous days, didn't dare dream such a dream.

Because it would truly lead to bankruptcy!

And also, it's really not of much use…

Back in the Eternal Empire, there was a decree stating: Within three hundred miles of the Imperial Court, any actions without decree will result in extermination of the three generations involved.

Simultaneously, under this harsh decree, there was another one—within a thousand miles of the Royal Capital, any unsanctioned actions were deemed a rebellion and anathema. All involved would be exterminated, and their properties would be confiscated!

The 'unsanctioned actions' here specifically did not refer to moving or running, but to interference with space and time.

Besides the Emperor's Hand, which exercised authority, anyone who dared to cause even a slight interference with space and time within the capital or its surroundings, even if they did nothing else, would violate the Fourteen Great Rebellions, offend the Emperor's majesty, and would die for their irredeemable crimes.

As a testament to the prosperity and peak of Tian Yuan, the Emperor's existence was destined to control everything, Heavenly Destiny, governance, the world, and even the past and future.

Precisely due to this, what arose was the Mighty Sword Taia, now existing only in old records.

The so-called Sword of Might is to subdue the opponent without fighting.

And Taia's existence represents the Emperor's majesty extending throughout all times, with its inner three Blessing Chains of Chasing the Sun, Moon Chasing, and Chasing Stars each differing.

Apart from the various manipulations of space and time, those wounded by it would have their wounds extend from the present to the past. Clearly, the enemy appears at this moment, but the scars appear on the body one day, two days, or even years before.

If one's resistance is insufficient, they could even be injured from the cradle or even during gestation. Once dead, they would be completely erased from the past, as if they never existed in this world.

Most times, in the face of spatial and temporal disturbance, no manipulation is even needed.

This Mighty Sword enshrined within the temple has itself already combined with the majestic Heavenly Destiny of the Eternal Empire, and can even directly influence the entire time-space of the Eternal Empire.

Once it detects someone violating the law, it will unsheath itself and crush any offender with terrifying weight.

For this reason, once outside the Eternal Empire, the deficits in this thing's cost-effectiveness become glaring immediately.

Apart from its many ostentatious features, its true destructive power and lethality mostly come from the endorsement of the Dynasty's Heavenly Destiny, essentially functioning as a tool to manifest national strength.

Without the weight of the Dynasty, even if the Ye Family gritted their teeth and managed to forge one, what could they do with it?

Use it as decoration?

Ji Jue feels the same way.

—The era of the Nine Forms is long gone!

Since the sweet joys of modifying Giant Que and Zanlu, he has madly pursued independent development, not planning to completely replicate, and after several extensive modifications, the design of Taia has been altered beyond recognition, such that even Ye Xian wouldn't recognize it.

Even its form and appearance have changed!

After all, what he needs is not a weapon or a Heavenly Artisan but a tool to handle bugs and cleanse the Border Hell Layer, as long as it supplements his own shortcomings.

With the framework of Nine Types of Taia as a base, he adds his own understanding to it, incorporates some elements of Modern Alchemy, and reconfigures it using the Three-Phase Refining method.

The most crucial aspect is the "Ten Treatises" handed over by Heavenly Furnace Old Deng—a legacy of insights and summaries written by generations of Juzi, directly pointing towards the Time Wedge and the Saintly Realm!

"Ten Treatises" + "Nine Forms"!

Just thinking about it is exciting, isn't it!

Ji Jue's eyes lit up, he lay on the table, writing furiously, and as he wrote, he couldn't hold back and broke into a sinister laugh; inspiration burst forth one after another, unstoppable.