Within the empty Swordsoul Chamber, a green-crowned man sat against his throne with his eyes closed, cultivating. The dense nova source in the area congregated around him like a vortex. His eyes were closed and his mouth was open. With a huge huff, his chest swelled like a toad's inflated vocal sac as he sucked the nova source of Ebonia straight into his mouth. When he closed his mouth, his inflated chest slowly returned to normal as black gas flowed out of his nostrils and turned into two green dragon-like beasts that flew into the distance.

He was none other than the master of the third branch, Lin Xiaoyun. Not far away from him was a black platform on which many golden transmission stones were placed. One of them shone all of a sudden while he continued to cultivate. After that, a projection of a figure appeared.

"Chamber Lord, something happened in the Swordsoul Purgatory."

"What happened?"

"A mid-deific-class wildbeast called the bloodline hairfiend entered the Swordsoul Purgatory through unknown means and killed...