"From this moment forward, all of you will follow Austin and help him rule the Sword Cosmos!"
Sword Son Curry announced as he stood in front of the creatures.
"Sir!"
Austin exclaimed, spinning around to face Sword Son Curry.
Not in this moment or any of the others had he ever shown interest in ruling the Sword Cosmos.
"Austin, don't worry about it. I know where your ambition lies.
This is just a temporary arrangement. I know what I'm doing. You are the most suitable candidate to
rule the Sword Cosmos.
You have defeated the four major forces and the army of the Blade Cosmos. As long as you are alive,
most of the forces in the Sword Cosmos will surrender to you.
In the future, when things are more stable, you can be a free-rein leader and leave all the affairs of the
Sword Cosmos to your trusted men,"
Sword Son Curry explained to Austin telepathically.
Austin had previously led his allied army when he was still in the Sea of Chaos, and Sword Son Curry
knew that he was now their free-rein leader.
"All right.
But I am afraid the four major forces and the army of the Blade Cosmos will come back for their
revenge soon.
It seems a little early to come to the conclusion that I can rule the Sword Cosmos,"
Austin countered.
"Don't worry. I have confidence in you,"
Sword Son Curry responded.
Before Austin could argue back, Sword Son Curry's subordinates began bowing to Austin and they said
in unison,
"Mr. Lin, from now on, we will follow your orders and do whatever we can to help you."
Their loud and powerful voices shook the sky above them.
In their eyes, Austin was the successor of Sword Son Curry,
so they had no reason to object or doubt Sword Son Curry's decision.
And this order was not news to them.
They had considered Austin to be their young master for a while now.
"Everyone, please rise. You don't have to be so courteous to me. I'm still a junior compared to all of
you,"
Austin said in a hurry.
Because Sword Son Curry was Austin's superior, he held great respect for all of his subordinates.
"Okay. Now as you all know, the headquarters of the Curry Sword Sect is now located in the Ethereal
World.
I plan to make the Ethereal World the center of the whole Sword Cosmos.
It would only be great if we have more members in the Curry Sword Sect. If you don't mind, I'd like you
all to return to the Ethereal World with me and join the Curry Sword Sect.
This will make it so you are in charge of the Curry Sword Sect.
Warner and Emmet are my men. You can all work together,"
Austin instructed.
In fact, the reason why Austin had fought for the ruling power of the Sword Cosmos was to help Sword
Son Curry.
The establishment of the Curry Sword Sect was in Sword Son Curry's name,
so putting the subordinates in charge would allow Austin to help Sword Son Curry and the Curry Sword
Sect.
"No problem. We will follow your orders,"
a large group of creatures answered in unison.
"Okay. We will go to the Ethereal World right now.
When Master Curry left the Sword Cosmos, we were forced to sit idly. If we don't find something to do
soon, we may die from boredom,"
a tall, thin middle-aged man told Austin.
"Right now? I thought we could stay here and talk for a while longer,"
Austin said. Things were not as settled as he would like them to be before heading to the Ethereal
World.
"Actually, we can go to the Ethereal World by ourselves. We don't need you to take us there,"
the old man said, causing Austin to frown.
"Ha! Austin, you can wipe that look off your face. Don't worry. These guys might not be as powerful as
you, but they are all experienced and familiar with the Sword Cosmos.
Over the years, the four major forces have been trying to hunt them down, but they still survived.
They know how to move safely,"
Sword Son Curry said, laughing lightly.
He knew that Austin feared that allowing them to walk through the Sword Cosmos openly would alert
the four major forces and they would attack them because of their relationship to Sword Son Curry.
"Master Curry is right.
Master Austin, you don't have to worry about our safety.
We are all old but we are still spry,"
an old man with white hair and a beard reassured Austin with a smile.
"All right.
But if anything happens, I want you to send me a message immediately. I will be standing by, ready to
collect you at any moment."
Lifting his hand, Austin waved it. A large number of message jade slips appeared, densely packed like
beads of sand. They floated in front of the creatures.
One by one, they grabbed a jade slip.
Hidden inside each one was Austin's spiritual sense mark.
As long as they crushed it, Austin would be immediately alerted to what they were seeing.
"Great. We will leave for the Ethereal World now,"
the tall, thin middle-aged man announced before he bowed to Austin.
"Go ahead."
Austin nodded.
"Take care, Master Curry."
Then they all turned and bowed to Sword Son Curry. They were all silent and their faces were slightly
mournful.
It was clear that all the creatures respected Sword Son Curry a lot.
After all, they had spent their entire youths and most of their glorious times with him.
Floods of memories washed over them in that moment.
"I can rest easy now that I know you are in good hands.
Go ahead.
From now on, Austin's order is my order,"
Sword Son Curry said as he waved his hand. They could all see that he was slightly upset too.
Once they received their order, Sword Son Curry's old subordinates left the Divine Sword Mountain and
headed for the Ethereal World.
Now that they were gone, all who were left on the top of the mountain
were Austin, Sword Son Curry, and the five sword spirits who were sitting cross-legged.
"Austin, you've surprised me by managing to reach such a high level in your strength within such a
short time.
You are even stronger than I was when I ruled the Sword Cosmos,"
Sword Son Curry praised.
"I'm flattered, sir,"
Austin replied humbly.
"Austin, there is no doubt that you are powerful now.
However, there is a big flaw in your cultivation base. In terms of the realm, you are only a genuine
premium-grade divine god.
Compared with your current strength, your realm is too low.
When it really counts, it will drag you down.
So, I advise that you focus on improving your cultivation base and realm before doing anything else,"
the sword spirit in yellow robes said to Austin.
"Thank you for your advice, sir.
You're right. I noticed this problem a while back,"
Austin replied in a hurry.
Not long ago, the old master Austin had met in the river of time had told him the same thing.
Hearing it from the yellow-robed sword spirit too made it feel more urgent.
"That's right.
Your current fighting power has reached the level of the governing god.
Now it's time to improve your realm,"
Sword Son Curry commented as he nodded in agreement.
"Of course. I will keep that in mind.
But before I do that, sirs, I have a question to ask you. I've been wondering about it for a long time and
no one seems to have the answer,"
Austin asked.
"Oh? What's that?"
Sword Son Curry and the five sword spirits perked up instantly.
Because of Austin's current strength, everything in the universe should be laid out in front of him.
The stronger one's strength was, the easier it was for him to see through everything.
If Austin couldn't figure a problem out, then it must be very advanced or mysterious.
"Here is the question. Do you know anything about the road of reincarnation?"
Austin asked.
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