The Sword Saint of the Land: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion

Reborn into a world of cultivation with the innate talent "Divine Mastery of the Sword," Meng Fan takes on the humble role of sword keeper at the Sword Pavilion of Shu Mountain Sword Sect. By merely touching each legendary blade, he awakens its hidden inheritance—the Seven Stars Sword grants him the Seven Stars Sword Art, the Demon-Sealing Sword bestows the Slaying Demon Sword Intent, and the Fuxi Sword unlocks the Fuxi Divine Body. Over the decades guarding the pavilion, his presence shapes the fates of many. A beggar of lowly birth, who traveled a thousand hardships to seek a sword, receives Meng Fan's guidance and rises to become the famed Dragon-Subduing Venerable. A willful princess of the imperial court comes to cause trouble, yet under his tutelage, she transforms into the reigning Empress of her era. A demonic scion infiltrates the pavilion to steal a sword; after being taught a harsh lesson, he nurses his grudge, vowing one day to exact revenge. A fallen Buddhist monk arrives to nurture his sword in the pavilion, and in a sudden awakening—half demon, half Buddha—he becomes the one and only Demon Buddha in the world. Eighty years pass. When demonic invaders breach the realm, the Lock Demon Tower collapses, and Shu Mountain falls into chaos, Meng Fan—who has long since attained the realm of the Land Sword Saint—slowly walks out from the Sword Pavilion. "I have one sword," he declares, "that can subdue demons, banish devils, slay immortals, sever gods, extinguish Buddhas, pierce the heavens, and rend the earth."