"Old Mo, your disciple Jian Wushuang has been stuck at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm for three years, while my Xiao Qing is about to break through to the True Immortal Realm!" Lin Bingchun was glaring and bristling at Mo Wentian.
"Bullshit! My Wushuang has been building up his strength for a spectacular breakthrough! Just watch!"
Before Mo Wentian had even finished speaking, a dazzling sword light suddenly tore through the sky and shot straight into the heavens.
"Hahaha!" Mo Wentian threw back his head and laughed. "See that? My disciple has broken through!"
Lin Bingchun curled his lip. "Tch, it's only the early Great Ascension Realm!"
"Wait, why does this Sword Qi seem a little off?"
The sword light suddenly bent in midair and headed straight for the hall where the two men stood.
"Master! Senior Lin!" Jian Wushuang's excited voice rang out from afar. "The Bending Sword Art I created succeeded!"
Boom!
The roof of the hall was blasted open by Sword Qi, and bricks and tiles came crashing down on the heads of the two Golden Immortal powerhouses.
With his head covered in dust, Mo Wentian's mouth twitched. "Th-this is the spectacular breakthrough you were talking about?"
Lin Bingchun patted his old friend's shoulder in delight at his misfortune. "Old Mo, your disciple... certainly has some ideas!"
Just as the two were bickering, a majestic voice suddenly echoed throughout the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
"All cultivators above the Golden Immortal Realm, gather in the main hall of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Palace immediately."
The two men instantly put away their joking expressions.
"It's the Realm Lord!"
"The Realm Lord has emerged from seclusion!"
"..."
A moment later, inside the main hall of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Palace.
Lin Bingchun, Mo Wentian, and over a hundred Golden