Chapter961:TheMeaningofLegend

"Welcomeback."XiaLinglookedatXiaJie,whowasdraggedbackbyYunXilikeadeaddog,andpressedherforeheadindisbelief.

Shehadnodoubtaboutherownbrother’sdefeat.

AnyonewhohadwitnessedYunXi’sdisplayoftheGigabitWingswouldnothaveanyexpectationsofXiaJie’svictory.

Itwasnotamatchofthesamelevel,andshecouldn’tevendeterminethepowerlevelofYunXi.

Isheatthefourthrankofhero-ranked,thefifthrank,orevenhigher?

Unlikethethirdrankofordinaryhumans,itwasextremelydifficultforhero-rankedindividualstochallengehigherranks.

Thepowerdifferencebetweenthefourthandfifthrankisusuallymorethantentimes,andthestrongesthumanatthesixthrank,ifequippedwithasuitableGodWeapon,couldevenhaveapowerdifferenceofoverahundredtimes.

Thepowerofnon-humanraces,whohavelivedforthousandsofyearsorevenlonger,isstillonlyatthesixthrank.Intheory,thestrengthofahero-rankedsixthrankisunfathomabletohumans.

Thelegendrankiswhathumanscallthemightysixthrankofthesenon-humanraces.Someoftheselegendarycreatureshaveexistedforatimesurpassingeventhehistoryofhumancivilization.

Asthehighestlevelthatthemajorityofintelligentracescanreach,thedifferencebetweentheupperandlowerlimitsofthehero-rankedisapuzzlethatremainsunsolved.

ItisclearthatYunQueisperformingatthelevelof"monster"inthehero-rankedcategory.

However,nomatterhowpowerfulthehero-rankedbeingsare,eventhoseancientspecieswithlifespansspanningthousandsofyears,theyarenomatchforthelegendrank.

The[Field]ofthelegendrankbelongstotherealmofgods,theeternalandtimelessbeginning.

Thelifespanofalegendrankisunlimited.Aslongasthereareintelligentcreaturesintheendlessgod’sdomainswhoremembertheexistenceofthislegendrank,theywillnotfadeaway.

Eventheweakestlegendrankcannotbekilledbyranksbelowlegendrank.Thereasonwhylegendranksareknownasthebeginningoftheeternalpathisbecauseoftheirimmortalnature.

Evenifalegendrankdisappearsforthousandsorevenmillionsofyears,andtheirbodyhasturnedintofragmentssealedintheabyss,nevertoseethelightofdayagain,itdoesnotmeantheyaretrulydead.

Theonlyoneswhocankillalegendrankareotherlegendranks,justliketheSkySwordswhohaveachievedthe"Godslayer"title.Theirswordsevenmakethegodstremble.

However,thedeathofalegendrankisnottrulytheend.Being"killed"isjustaphenomenon.Theirtrueformdisappearswithintheendlessgod’sdomains,graduallyeventheirnamesareforgottenbypeople.

Ifoneday,thelegacyleftbythelegendaryrankorahiddendescendantofanunknownbloodlineremembershim,thenmiracleswillhappen.

Perhapsnotacompleteresurrection,butaslongasheisremembered,thelegendaryrankwillreturn.Thisisthecharmoflegendsandtheultimaterealmpursuedbyallthewisecreaturesoftheendlessgod’sdomains.

MostoftheSkySwordsintheSkySwordGod’sDomainhavedisappeared,butaslongastheSkySwordGod’sDomainstillexists,theirlegendsremain,andnoonedoubtswhethertheyarealiveornot.

TheSkySwordswhohaveachievedthe"God-Killing"achievement,eveniftheyarefarawayfromtheSkySwordGod’sDomainandenterunknownlandsoutsidetheendlessgod’sdomains,theyarestillproudoftheSkySwordGod’sDomainandarerememberedforeverinlegends.

AslongastheSkySwordGod’sDomainexists,theSkySwordswillalwaysbethelegendsatthehighestpointoftheSkySwordGod’sDomain,everlasting.

Theendlessgod’sdomains,whichhavemillionsofGod’sDomains,canbetracedbackbillionsofyearsinhistory.Buttherecordedlegendrankshaveneverexceededthreedigits.

Duringseveralgodwars,thisnumberevendroppedbelowthreedigits.Countlesstruenamesofgodsdisappearedfromtheendlessgod’sdomainsandfellintoasleepthatlastedformillionsofyears,nevertoawaken.

Intherecent"TwilightoftheGods"war,morethanathirdoftheancientgodsintheendlessgod’sdomainsfellintoadeepsleepatonce,makingitthemostdevastatingtwilightbattleinthehistoryoftheendlessgod’sdomains.

XiaLingchasedafterthefootstepsoftheSkySwordandknewalmosteverythingabouttheseventeenlivesoftheSkySwordsthatwerebornintheendlessgod’sdomains.

AsoneofthestrongestGod’sDomainsintheEast,secondonlytoKunlunGod’sDomain,theterritoryoftheSkySwordGod’sDomainissurprisinglysmall,butthenumberofSkySwordsborntherehasshockedtheentireEasternGod’sDomain.

UnlikeKunlunGod’sDomain,whichistheonlydivinerankcreatedbytheEastGod’sDomain,theresourcesforcultivationandtheterritoryoftheSkySwordGod’sDomainarealljustaveragecomparedtotheendlessgod’sdomains.

TheprobabilityofproducingalegendrankintheSkySwordGod’sDomainisthehighestamongallthegod’sdomains,exceptforKunlunGod’sDomain.However,thereasonforthisremainsunknown.

AfterreadingalltherecordsabouttheSkySword,XiaLingdiscoveredtheonlycommonpoint.AlltheSkySwordsareextraordinaryindividuals.

ThosewhobecomeSkySwordsareusuallypeoplewithinterestsandpersonalitiesthatareincomprehensibletoothers.Inotherwords,ordinarypeoplecannotbecomeSkySwordsjustbyworkinghardontheircultivationorpossessingraretalents.

CasinatheBattleGodislikethis.

ShayaLongnisislikethis.

YunHaiisalsolikethis.

TheMasteroftheGhostSwordDomainandtheGreatXiaarethesame.

XiaLing,whohadmemorizedalltherecordsthattheSkySwordhadfound,chosetoleavethecomfortablepalaceoftheGreatXiaandevenattemptedtochallengetheBattleGod’sChampionshipContest.Thereasonforthiswasquitesimple.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槗)

OnlythosewhotookanunusualpathcouldbecometheSkySword.

Atthismoment,"YunQue"inhereyeswasalsoembarkingonthesamepath.That’swhyshefeltasenseoffamiliarityandgraduallygrewclosertoher.

Asforherbrother,XiaJie,hehadthepotentialtobecomeagreatemperor,fullofpowerandauthority,buthecouldneverbecometheSkySword.

Sheandhimweredestinedtofollowdifferentpathsinlife.

"Cough..."XiaJiecoughedandopenedhiseyes,realizingthathehadreturnedtothebonfire.

"DidIlose?"Recallingtheendlessswordlightshehadseeninthesky,XiaJiefinallyunderstoodwhathadhappened.

"Well,brother,youwereimpressive,butYunQuewasevenmoreimpressive."

"Hewalksadifferentpaththanyou,butthesamepathasme,"whisperedXiaLing,leaningagainstXiaJie’sback.

"ThatkidalsowantstobecometheSkySword,justlikeyou.Haha,"XiaJie’slaughterstartedoffmocking,thenturnedconfused,andeventuallyfellsilent."Thiskid’swordsmightactuallyhavesometruthtothem."

"He’sjustasissy,plainandsimple!"

XiaLingchuckledsoftly,notingthatherbrotherwasasstubbornasever.However,itwasthisverymindsetthatqualifiedhimtoberecognizedbytheBlackFlameDragonArmorandbecomethecrownprinceoftheGreatXia.

TobetherulerthattheGreatXiadynastyneeded,XiaJiehadtopossessunrivaledauthorityfromthemomentheputontheBlackFlameDragonArmor鈥揾ehadtobecomeaking.