Jiangnan, Gantang Circuit.
Sword Light streaked across the sky and soon arrived at Gantang Circuit. It abruptly split apart, and True Person Demon-Subduer stepped out, his eyes immediately filling with lofty ambition.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a voice quietly rang out:
"Young friend, you are at a crucial point in your cultivation. You should be properly secluding yourself in the Human World. Why come all the way here to waste your time?"
The speaker was Long Tu.
"You are mistaken, Senior." True Person Demon-Subduer said mildly. "Cultivation most fears building a cart behind closed doors. Besides, as a Sword Cultivator, I must always find opponents to test my sword against."
"What is so difficult about that?"
Long Tu still did not understand. "There are so many opponents in the Human World, more than enough for you to test your sword. Why abandon the root to chase the branches and risk acting outside?"
"Those in the Human World count as opponents?" True Person Demon-Subduer smiled disdainfully. "They are almost all Extraterrestrial Cultivators, with scarcely any from the Immortal Pivot. It is only because I have yet to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection and can easily be suppressed by those of higher realms. Otherwise, among those who remain in the Human World, none could withstand a single strike of my sword!"
"So if I want to test my sword, I still have to find someone from the Demon Sect!"
"The Peak Master of Heaven Mending is an inner peak master of the Demon Sect. His standing is no small matter."
As he spoke, True Person Demon-Subduer wore an expectant expression. "Back then, True Person Demon-Sweeping made his name by slaying Buddha's Son. Today, I too shall kill a Peak Master of Heaven Mending and make my name known."
"When I reach Foundation