"Apologies, Swordsage. The Azuresoul Palace has to keep the divine herbs for ourselves. I hope you understand our plight," Gujian Qingshuang said, lowering his head. The Empyrean Sword Sect's intentions were clear. If they opened their formation up and let all of them in, the Azuresoul Palace would be at their mercy.

"What's your reasoning for that?" the Northdipper Swordsage asked.

"The Supracloud Sanctuary has managed to keep all their divine herbs. If we don't do the same, the distance between our two sects will widen over the next ten thousand years. For the sake of our descendants, we’ve sworn to defend these divine herbs to our deaths. It appears that we can only pay back the Empyrean Sword Sect...