Heaven Decides Fate! The New Saber Was Fierce and Restless!

Two days later.

News of the Sword Melting and Saber Forging Convention's complete success, along with its proceedings, swiftly spread through waterways, roads, and other channels.

The news that the blood-forging of the Fire Qilin Sword had provoked heavenly punishment, causing Sword Demon to perish miserably beneath it, created an enormous uproar throughout the martial world once it spread.

The very term "blood-forging" was taboo. No matter how Jiang Dali had cleverly modified it into a voluntary blood donation process, one that harmed no one.

But as the saying went, a rumor repeated three times became truth.

After the news spread, under the hearsay of martial artists and the deliberate slander of certain interested parties fanning the flames, it swiftly turned into horrifying rumors that the Black Wind Stronghold Master had captured countless innocent people, slaughtered them, and drained their blood in order to forge the Fire Qilin Sword.

The moment this rumor spread, the martial world was thrown into panic.

Some orthodox White Path forces that had never held any goodwill toward Black Wind Stronghold were even more alarmed and enraged. Fearing for themselves, they regarded Black Wind Stronghold as a tumor, and the Black Wind Stronghold Master as the tumor among tumors that had to be eliminated.

Yet, with the previous examples of Emei, Tang Sect, Sanmao Palace, Jingnian Zen Sect, Cihang Jingzhai, and others failing before they could achieve anything and dying first, even the White Path forces of the various Vassal States that wanted to oppose and eliminate Black Wind Stronghold had grown wiser this time.

They all contacted and tested one another in secret, seeking an opportunity for cooperation while waiting for a colossal force with the strength and capability to preside over the bigger picture, one daring enough to confront Black Wind Stronghold head-on,