Mi Li looked down at his sword and said, “I’ll stay in the Tai’e Sword for the time being.”

Zu An was surprised. “The Tai’e Sword can house people as well?”

Mi Li rolled her eyes and said, “Divine weapons with the Tai’e Sword contain a pocket of space within them. Fortunately, the sword spirit has been greatly depleted. If not, it wouldn’t be easy for me to slip in easily.”

“The sword spirit has been greatly depleted?” Zu An was perplexed.

Mi Li looked at Zu An as if he were stating the obvious. “The Tai’e Sword’s spirit suffered a heavy blow in a previous battle,” she explained. “Ever since that day, Ying Zheng never used the sword ever again. However, he thought it a huge waste to abandon it, so he chose to use it as the formation core for the Soul Suppression Seal, using it to supply energy to the formation. Its energy has been extracted over thousands of years, and now, the Tai’e Sword is more weakened than ever. If this wasn’t the case, someone of your caliber couldn’t possibly hope to wield it. The moment you touched it, its sword ki would have torn you to shreds!”

Zu An nodded, fully understanding the situation. 

Mi Li had hinted at the great strength within the Tai’e Sword several times throughout their encounter, but he hadn’t noticed anything particularly...