There was a huge piece of news being hotly discussed in the mountains of the Northern Complete Reed Continent.0

While returning to the Refreshing Sect, Sect Leader He Xiaoliang had mysteriously become engaged in a huge conflict with the lovestruck Xu Xuan.1

They should have been a match made in heaven, but not only did Xu Xuan's persistence fail to move He Xiaoliang, but he even managed to say something that surprisingly triggered a violent response from He Xiaoliang. The two of them circled out an area in some unpopulated region of the Tail Feather Empire, after which their fight reshaped the terrain in a radius of fifty kilometers, with the spiritual energy of the mountains and waters becoming incredibly chaotic.2

Xu Xuan had fled after suffering severe wounds, but this was not before having two of his personal maidservants directly killed by He Xiaoliang. Not only had his Golden Core Tier maidservants been killed, but even his saber, Jewel Speech, and his sword, Talisman Suppression, had been snatched by He Xiaoliang and taken to the Refreshing Sect. She had then casually tossed the two paramount treasures outside the sect entrance, telling Xu Xuan to retrieve them if he were capable enough. If he weren't capable enough and brave enough, then he could ask his master, Bai Shang, to retrieve the two weapons.2

Xu Xuan entered seclusion to heal and recuperate after returning to the mountains, and it was said that his imminent and certain advance to the Upper Five Tiers was delayed by at least ten years due to his battle with He Xiaoliang. That being the case, the Great Emblem Sword Sect's Liu Jinglong would overtake Xu Xuan's cultivation base once he succeeded in breaking through and withstanding three challenges from other people, including Li Cai and Dong Zhu. At that time, not only would Xu Xuan's cultivation fall behind by ten years, but even his position among the top ten young cultivators in the Northern Complete Reed Continent would switch around with Liu Jinglong's.0

Bai Shang, the number one sword immortal in the northern region, didn't ignore this matter. However, he didn't rely on his status and Immortal...6