A blunt, ordinary iron sword. A bloody night that wiped out an entire clan.
Bearing the last of his family's karmic ties, Ling Xiao concealed his edge among the countless plants and trees of the Myriad Wood Domain in the Spirit Ruins. While everyone else pursued spirit swords, he held a rusty, ordinary iron blade, listening to the sword's whispers as he chopped wood and carried water, and first glimpsing the heart of the Dao amid the cycle of withering and flourishing.
This was the path of ordinary iron.
He met kindred spirits: Long Yaotian, whose brilliance was impossible to conceal; Di Wu, with his absolute defense; Jingshu, heir to an ancient legacy; and Qin Xuan, whose unwavering heart was devoted to alchemy. Together, they founded the Swordbearer Pavilion, sheltering cultivators abandoned by their sects and swearing to uphold the ironclad rule: "The sword protects all living beings."
This was the path that defied heaven.
From the Nine Domains Tournament to the battlefield of myriad worlds, the ordinary iron sword drew upon the hopes of all living beings, cleaved through illusion, and shook the old order. When he finally faced an enemy who believed in the "Way of the Chosen," Ling Xiao chose to relinquish all his cultivation and return to a mortal body. With the purest heart of the Dao, he would claim the heavens.
An ordinary iron blade has no edge, yet can shatter fate.
An ordinary heart may be humble, yet can reshape the world.
This is a tale of rising from humble beginnings, and an epic of ordinary iron forged in battle for all living beings.
