Published at 20th of March 2026 7:08 am

Chapter 4349: Scars of Memory 3

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"..."

Dao Qiongcang opened his mouth, his face looking unpleasant.

I can mock myself, but your words are truly venomous, aren’t they? Who insults people so indirectly?

Before he could speak, Xu Xiaoshou sneered coldly: "Don’t say you have a way to make them hate dog meat, rather than roundabout opinions, speak directly from the heart, let’s be frank, Dao Nitian."

As he spoke, he patted his chest and stomped on the black beneath him: "Don’t forget, I’m standing on the softest spot deep within your heart now, your softness is entwined with me, and I’m considering for you."

Dao Qiongcang blushed deeply, feeling awkward, and after a long pause, forced out a word:

"Bazhun’an."

Xu Xiaoshou’s expression changed.

Didn’t you say you couldn’t break through the Delayed Method Kingdom?

"You have a way to summon Bazhun’an back?"

"No." Dao Qiongcang’s face was bitter, he pondered for a long time and finally sighed, "it’s Yue Gongnu."

The Four Pillars of Destiny Token?

Xu Xiaoshou thought of something.

Dao Qiongcang shook his head repeatedly, "But it’s not feasible, Yue Gongnu has been guided to the Apricot Realm, and Demon Medicine and others are concerned about The Four Pillars of Destiny Token. If I move her token, it’s uncertain if summons can bring back Bazhun’an’s will, but the destruction of the Apricot Realm will surely be sooner. Can you bear this cost, Lord Shou?"

Xu Xiaoshou spread his hands without speaking.

His expression, however, seemed to have spoken already, ’I’ve fallen to this point, do you think I can bear it?’

"Moreover!"

Dao Qiongcang sighed continuously: "It’s just a guess on my part, even summoning Bazhun’an might not work, besides, Bazhun’an needs one sword to shatter the Delayed Method Kingdom completely, rendering it unable to use the Divine Palace again for at least a short time, only then can we defeat... have any chance against Saint Xin in this round, and face its numerous upcoming possibilities."

He raised his head, staring intently at Xu Xiaoshou: "Not to mention how difficult these two conditions are, afterward, who will withstand the enraged Saint Xin?"

Meaning, is it an absolute attack?

Xu Xiaoshou lowered his head upon hearing this, somewhat enlightened.

Dao Qiongcang’s eyes brightened: "Lord Shou, you have no way, right?"

Xu Xiaoshou didn’t answer, both rushing to ask questions, as if they were both problem experts: "How are you so sure Bazhun’an can smash the Delayed Method Kingdom?"

"I’m not sure..."

Slap!

Xu Xiaoshou slapped him again, so fast that there was no time to cover his ears, seemingly premeditated for a long time.

"You!"

"Liars deserve a slap."

Dao Qiongcang was furious, the murderous intent in his eyes almost tearing him apart, finally looking around to see no witnesses, swallowed his anger and said:

"Just guessing..."

Xu Xiaoshou’s knuckles trembled, Dao Qiongcang sprang away, startled:

"Previously!"

"After the War of the Ten High Nobles!"

"I am the sixth seat of the Saint Servant, I have exchanged heartfelt words with Bazhun’an."

Paused, Elder Dao the Flamboyant touched his nose, with a nostalgic gaze:

"He joked, he would write the Sword Observation Manual, gathering the essence of the Way of the Sword, launching an astonishing sword."

"But since he was sealed as an ancestor, and when he left the realm, what I saw—even if a dream lasting thousands of years or a peerless sword bone, despite its intensity, to Bazhun’an, it was just mediocre, not ’astonishing’, and could not entirely shatter the Delayed Method Kingdom."

"Therefore, I was thinking, back then, the Shengshen Continent restricted His performance, Bazhun’an should have an even stronger sword not released, but what exactly, I don’t know—if it exists, summoning Bazhun’an might be meaningful, otherwise, it’s pointless!"

Dao Qiongcang’s gaze was blazing, not certain Bazhun’an had this sword, but certain that if he truly had it, Xu Xiaoshou would surely know.

Do I know?

Xu Xiaoshou questioned his heart, truly bewildered.

Suddenly, as his thoughts touched upon the Sword Observation Manual.

Early in his career in Tiansang City, when he met Red Dog, was saved by Big Mouth Xiao, and passed the Sword Observation Manual to him, the scene of opening such a sword book for the first time surged in his mind.

That was the sword cognition of Bazhun’an in the book.

He did not move any saber, but condensed his body as a sheath, with one hand holding invisibly above his head, gathering countless sword cognitions, slowly pulling out a sword from the top of his head.

That sword, in fact, couldn’t even be pulled out by a tenth, and ultimately was never slashed, yet the entire illusionary heaven and earth shattered.

It’s as if with all firepower unleashed, under the current return to zero stance of Bazhun’an, one sword could not only cleave the Delayed Method Kingdom but split even a new Heavenly Realm in half.

The key is, in the complete text of the Sword Observation Manual thereafter, this sword is nowhere to be found, only ideas high up to the Mystical Gate are present.

At that time, Bazhun’an had just started to write the book, this sword was merely embryonic, truly non-existent.

But now He has reached Dao Perfection, returning to zero.

If Dao Qiongcang’s speculation holds, Bazhun’an truly has a sword that can entirely transcend the swordsmanship of the Third Realm, reach the Fourth Realm, and even the combat strength of the Fifth Realm, able to absolutely shatter the Divine Palace and Delayed Method Kingdom...

Other than this sword, there is no other.

So what is such a sword called?

In this thought, the words left by Big Mouth Xiao when gifting the Sword Observation Manual surfaced again:

"Want to master the ’Sword Worship Technique’ you just saw?"

"Want to possess the pride of a Sword from the East, drunkenly leaning on the blue sky?"

"Want to climb to the pinnacle of this world with your saber, slashing through the endless shackles from the formidable Way of the Heavens?"

The nonsense can be disregarded.

But that ’Sword Worship Technique,’ that ’worship’ word...

Coupled with Bazhun’an, the current number one in Swordsmanship, along with Bazhun’an’s named disciple Big Mouth Xiao in Immortal City...

This sword truly exists!

When Bazhun’an transmitted to Xiao Kongtong, he had even formed a conceptual framework, and shared it, spending a lifetime practicing it!

"Indeed..."

Sword Me, is merely the Path.

There must be a sword, that can interpret the path of Sword Me to the utmost, converting it to the most extreme attack power.

Not the dream lasting thousands of years, not the peerless sword bone.

Aside from Sword Worship Technique, what else?

"Sword Worship Technique..."

Xu Xiaoshou murmured absentmindedly.

"Yes! That’s the thing!"

Dao Qiongcang had never heard of what "Sword Worship Technique" is, but it didn’t hinder him from confirming Xu’s certainty about Bazhun’an having this sword, from Xu Xiaoshou’s uncertain expression.

He immediately became intrigued, changing his previous powerless demeanor, with a face filled with resentment:

"Actually, I don’t want to play the dog."

"Actually, if possible, I could indeed call Bazhun’an to slash a sword."

"But given His guard against me, chances are that sword would target not the Delayed Method Kingdom, but me. Of course, it’s not necessarily the ’Sword Worship Technique’ He would perform."

Dao Qiongcang felt somewhat awkward but had to bravely continue: "Hence, Lord Shou, you must take action."

Xu Xiaoshou’s face darkened, the expression scarcely saying:

I should be the one to crush The Four Pillars of Destiny Token?

My face has been replaced by a butt, and there’s a tongue growing on my chest, akin to a clay Buddha crossing the river, what can I spare to crush The Four Pillars of Destiny Token?

Besides, if the will within the token targets me, will I survive Bazhun’an’s emergence without thinking, slashing me?

By the black Memory River, silence lingered for long.

Xu Xiaoshou deliberated finally decided, suddenly spoke, and asked:

"Elder Dao the Flamboyant, you’ve schemed and lived miserably a lifetime, have you ever thought of being a dignified man?"

Huh?

Dao Qiongcang’s heart alarm rang, retreating three steps, cautious of being beaten, deceived, conned.

At the same time, shaking his head repeatedly, He admitted His own greed for life, His fear of death, His compromised survival, this inherently marked the inability to be determined, be chosen, be morally bound.

Yet Xu Xiaoshou kept gazing intensely, clearly having formed a preliminary plan, yet refusing to discuss plans or rationale, merely clutching fists, boiling with passion, played the emotional card, exuberantly saying:

"Or let’s put it this way..."

"Dao Nitian, have you ever risked it all for a friend in your lifetime?"

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