Anyone with half a brain knew that Qingzan wouldn't openly declare allegiance to the Calamity Seal Purgatory, not in a million years! That would've slammed shut her chances of ever controlling the Eternal Sword Prison.2

You want to be the Sword Warden? Then kneel, simple as that. That's what Yun Xiao demanded, a no-nonsense approach. You try to intimidate me? Well, I'll show you intimidation!0

But the idea of the Sword Warden killing Qingzan? Now, that was never going to happen. "My dear grandchild, apologize to Exile Yun," came the voice of the Withered Bone Keeper from a distant tower. His clout and authority as the old Sword Warden dwarfed even that of Ku Xuan.1

This tomb guardian, though not on the level of a Sword Warden or Exiled Sword Immortal, was still a figure to be respected. When he spoke up, the tens of thousands of young Sword Cultivators felt like they'd swallowed flies—their insides churned in turmoil.0

And then, they saw her! Qingzan, the unparalleled female sword goddess, who had just stirred the heavens with her sword energy, now walked step by step towards Yun Xiao.0

She stopped a mere three feet away from him—a distance a powerful being could use...0