Inside Bamboo Garden.
Shuoyan and Zang Yuan rested in the courtyard above the secret chamber. Neither of them had left Bamboo Garden in all these years, because Qin Yu was cultivating inside the secret chamber.
"The master has been in seclusion for ten years. I wonder what realm he has reached by now," Zang Yuan said with a smile.
Shuoyan pondered. "With the master's astonishing cultivation speed, after ten years, he has probably far surpassed us. He should be able to open the second level of the Myriad Beasts Atlas by now. Once the countless Demon Kings within its second level emerge, we probably won't have any chance to serve the master anymore."
Just as Shuoyan and Zang Yuan were sighing over this—
"Pfft—" The air trembled. Every bamboo stalk in Bamboo Garden exploded, and countless bamboo leaves drifted down, covering the sky above the entire garden. Then the whole space began to quake as fierce Sword Qi shot toward Bamboo Garden like countless flying arrows.
"Pfft!"
The maids and guards of Bamboo Garden were pierced straight through by the dense Sword Qi. Corpses littered the ground, blood splashed throughout the entire garden, and screams, cries, and the shriek of Sword Qi tearing through the air rang out without end.
In an instant, all of Bamboo Garden had fallen into a hell of Sword Qi.
"Qin Yu, come out and surrender!"
A voice echoed throughout Bamboo Garden. At the same time, five godlike figures appeared in the sky above it, positioned in five directions. Each carried an Immortal Sword on his back and formed the hand seals of the Jade Sword Sect's sword arts.
"Master."
A voice rang out from the depths of his soul, jolting Qin Yu awake from that state.
Azure Feather Immortal Manor.
Qin Yu, who had