When All Sound Fell Silent

A dozen or so miles north of the Long Rainbow Sect, hundreds of meters in the air, two figures stood facing each other from afar.

The high skies belonged to birds, and also to experts above the Joint Aperture Realm. The gale howled, yet upon reaching Tong Zhongqiu and Jian Jinsheng, it abruptly fell still.

"The Long Rainbow Sect may not have rendered great service over the years, but it has at least endured hardship. Killing every last one of them like this—doesn't that chill people's hearts?" Jian Jinsheng looked at the aged Tong Zhongqiu.

Jian Jinsheng's voice was not loud. With several hundred meters between them, neither should have been able to hear a thing, yet Tong Zhongqiu heard every word with perfect clarity.

World Vital Energy was the gateway to all mysteries—ever-changing, profound beyond profound!

"Traitors should meet a traitors' end. It is the same everywhere," Tong Zhongqiu said evenly.

"Is that so? Then why are those who betrayed the Divine Flame Sect back then all still living so well? Why have none of them died?" Jian Jinsheng suddenly sneered, his expression thick with mockery.

"Who betrayed whom back then is not for either of us to judge!" Tong Zhongqiu shook his head.

Everyone knew that the Divine Flame Sect and the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had been locked in conflict for many years. Yet few knew that the two sects had once been as close as family.

Calling them two branches of the same sect would not have been an exaggeration. But alas, everything had scattered like smoke, impossible to look back upon.

"Fine, let us put aside what happened then. Since you refuse to let me take a few people from the Long Rainbow Sect, I can only experience your brilliant techniques once more today. I