["It doesn’t follow my heart!" Dongfang Mingyue’s eyes lit up as she repeated.]

[She lost her mother in her childhood, went through great changes, and has been arduously practicing swordsmanship, hoping to become a Sword Saint to control her own destiny. She gave up everything—no tears, no friends, no family, and there’s no one who could understand her.]

[Falling down, she gets up; her knees hurt, but she cannot cry.]

[In those countless lonely days and nights, only the sword accompanies her. When she was eight, she hugged the sword and fell into a deep sleep, once fantasizing how wonderful it would be if the "sword" in her hand could speak, and then she met Wushuang.]

[Swordsmanship is unfathomable, gentle and courteous, teaching her to see clearly the world’s truths. Only with the companionship of Wushuang, this Demon Sword, could she remove the cold mask and reveal her true self.]

[Time elapsed, accompanying her for over ten years. She has long been accustomed to confiding joy and sorrow to Wushuang, witnessing spring, summer, autumn, and winter together.]

[She accompanies the sword, naturally unwilling to marry.]

[When the Empire arrived to marry Princess Mingzhu, Dongfang Mingyue had already donned armor and left a long time ago.]

[The Emperor and the Empire’s Apocalypse Knight fell out because of this. In fury, the Emperor ordered a bounty to capture Dongfang Mingyue, vowing to bring her to justice.]

[Dongfang Mingyue had become a Sword Saint, not a swordsman that could be easily defeated, especially with White Clouds Drifting Leisurely. By merely hiding within the domain of the new Seven Swords, even the Emperor was helpless against her.]

[The two sides secretly clashed several times, with the Emperor suffering small setbacks, followed by no further actions.]

[Dongfang Mingyue often enters the "True Realm," slaying Demon Spirits. Under a vast amount of Essence, the Demon Sword reached the "Lower-grade Profound Artifact" level.]

[Three years.]

[Suddenly, under the "Angel’s" command, the Emperor and Empire fully united, summoning eight million young men from a hundred nations, focusing all efforts on mining Dongzhou’s "Source Ore."]

[Dongzhou, totaling seven to eight hundred million people, this move is crucial to every citizen of Dongzhou’s hundred nations; no one could remain unaffected. It stirred strong anger and determined resistance from all people of Dongzhou.]

[The new Seven Swords seized this opportunity, choosing to join forces against the enemy.]

[A war between both sides.]

[And the Empire and the Emperor’s side added an "Apocalypse Knight," belonging to the Emperor’s knights, familiar power originating from one of the Ancient Seven-Star Divine Sword, the astonishing power of "Shaking Light Divine Sword"!!]

[The "Shaking Light Divine Sword" was successfully deciphered by that "Angel," made into "Angel Armament."]

[The new Seven Swords suffered a crushing defeat, with four dying in battle, three critically injured. Such a painful price merely secured one Apocalypse Knight’s life.]

[A large number of accompanying High-Tier Knights died.]

[And those Low-Tier Swordsmen, though able to cut bullets, couldn’t withstand the Empire’s guns and cannons, ushering the swordsmen’s decline.]

[After this battle, the Emperor obtained the long-coveted Seven-Star Divine Sword; no swordsman could awaken under the "Seven-Star Divine Sword’s" illumination, stepping into the "Ancient Sword Saint" realm.]

[For the next three years, the Empire’s army rampantly captured people as slaves to mine, frequently causing deaths, with the Empire’s army continuing to capture people to mine.]

[Many resisted, igniting widespread flames of war.]

[Despair spread everywhere, my "Sword Demon Heart Eye" constantly growing.]

[I could even enter the "True Realm" alone, devouring all Demon Spirits each time without Dongfang Mingyue’s knowledge.]

[My power in the True Realm far surpasses that of the past "Giant Beast: Breaking Sky Dragon Whale".]

[Dongfang Mingyue wandered fighting against the Empire’s men; yet, one’s strength was ultimately futile.]

[March, Dongfang Mingyue slew a hundred Empire men, successfully liberating a mine enslaved for extracting Source Ore. The people there, with hollow and numb eyes, faces covered with horrifying whip marks, skin peeling, wounds festering, appeared gruesome, like evil spirits escaping from Hell.]

[The Empire treated its own citizens ruthlessly and unfeelingly; what more for the innocent people of Dongzhou. If they refused to work in the mines, they’d be beaten to death, without a shred of mercy.]

[Dongfang Mingyue looked at this ravaged crowd and sighed deeply, "You can now go home."]

[A commotion stirred in the crowd; no one set out joyously until someone trembled, asking, "Swordsman, where can we go?"]

[This question left Dongfang Mingyue speechless.]

[Indeed, where could these unarmed civilians go? They might escape this dark mine but not the harsh world.]

[Tomorrow, perhaps they’d be ruthlessly recaptured by the Empire, continuing to dig in dark underground until dying in agony!]

[They couldn’t survive.]

[When uncertain, ask Mr.]

[Dongfang Mingyue, looking at the sluggish eyes, closed her eyes into the Demon Sword to seek answers.]

["What if it doesn’t follow my heart? Cut off!" I encouraged with a smile, respecting Dongfang Mingyue’s choice.]

[Dongfang Mingyue, reassured, opened her eyes again, scanning the crowd with firm resolve, "Since you don’t know where to go, take up arms and follow me to carve out a way!"]

[She began teaching them swordsmanship; after enduring life’s trials, everyone progressed rapidly with practicing "Breathing Technique," then taking up arms against the Empire.]

[Dongfang Mingyue liberates mining slaves everywhere; once liberated, everyone follows her to find a way of life.]

[By October, more and more people gather around her, with Dongfang Mingyue repeatedly thwarting the Imperial forces sent to suppress.]

[The "Source Ore" mining progress severely delayed, enraging the Empire, sending "Apocalypse Knight" to kill Dongfang Mingyue, the rebel leader.]

[That Apocalypse Knight had already mastered the immense power of "Molten Giant Beast," and under his rampage, the hundred thousand rebels vanished miserably in the earth’s magma like ants, the scene shocking.]

[Such terrifying power akin to a "Celestial Calamity," beyond human resistance, which is why the Empire dares to act so wantonly.]

[Absolute Power—absolute truth!]

[Dongfang Mingyue severely injured, eyes crimson like flames, deeply feeling the taste of "Despair." I descended once again upon her body, wielding the Unrivaled Heavenly Sword’s mystery, combining the sword’s remnant "Wind of Suffocation," leading her through the siege, escaping alive.]

[With my help, Dongfang Mingyue revived, seeking power against "Apocalypse Knight." Together, in Wilderness Breath’s True Realm, we slew the "Breaking Sky Dragon Whale."]

[The Demon Sword thus permanently harnessed the "Wind of Suffocation."]

[Dongfang Mingyue wielded the Demon Sword, entering the "Celestial Sword" state, temporarily gaining strength comparable to the "Apocalypse Knight."]

[March, the rebellion rises again.]

[As the revered leader of the rebellion army, she gained a great name in word of mouth—Sword of Freedom!]

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