Emperor’s Sword

Emperor’s Sword is a human legacy weapon in Beyond the Timescape. Xu Qing, Grand Emperor Swordsage are its principal character associations, while its catalog entry follows demonstrated use and custody rather than assuming that proximity means permanent ownership. (Chapters 747, 898)

History

Recorded appearances

The item is first identifiable in Chapter 747. Its later record spans 11 chapter-level appearances in the supplied corpus, with evidence including Chapters 747, 787, and 898. Those appearances establish its continuing narrative relevance without treating every retrospective mention as a new transfer or use. (Chapters 747, 787, 898)

The verified custody history is concise: Bequeathed by Grand Emperor Swordsage to Xu Qing, subject to its activation conditions and will. This wording distinguishes gifts, carrying, temporary handling, disputed possession, and institutional control wherever the corpus does so. It does not infer a sale, inheritance, or permanent transfer that the cited chapters do not establish. (Chapters 747, 751, 752, 764, 772, 787)

Abilities and properties

The supplied corpus classifies the item as a human legacy weapon. Its significance comes from the uses and constraints demonstrated across its recorded appearances; effects not shown in those chapters are left unstated. Where an item has a will, activation condition, limited charge, or temporary custodian, that limitation remains part of the custody description rather than being flattened into unrestricted ownership. (Chapters 747, 787, 898)

Ownership and custody

Bequeathed by Grand Emperor Swordsage to Xu Qing, subject to its activation conditions and will. Associated characters are listed because they carry, create, receive, seek, activate, guard, or otherwise materially interact with the item. The association is not itself an ownership claim, especially when the relationship involves a loan, theft, capture, institutional trust, or sentient being. (Chapters 787, 805, 847, 865, 883, 898)