Nalan Xi cried out in shock, his face full of disbelief. "The aura from that earlier battle belonged to the Sword Master and Xing Tian? Impossible! Xing Tian couldn't even defeat Buddha!"
Who was the Sword Master?
He was one of the foremost experts in the world. During the war between the Yin and Yang Realms, he had even fought the Nine Nether Underworld Emperor, Randeng, and Dudu'e alone.
Looking across the entire world, aside from the Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor, Taishang Laojun, and Patriarch Bodhi, the Sword Master should have been the strongest among those who followed.
Yet the Sword Master had actually lost!
Judging from the earlier tremors, the battle had not lasted long. In other words, the Sword Master had been defeated in a very short time?
Absurd!
"It really was Xing Tian... He was wielding a shield and axe... Among Sacred Emperor Qin's subordinates, only Xing Tian fits that description..." the reporting disciple said cautiously.
The commotion from the battle had been far too great. Many cultivators in the distance had witnessed it, and the news had already spread. It could not be suppressed at all.
Before the Nine Emperors of the World, the Sword Master had actually been defeated in a one-on-one battle by a subordinate of the Sacred Emperor Qin. This would surely cause an enormous uproar.
"Gasp—was Xing Tian really that powerful?"
"Probably. Xing Tian's performance in the Western Region war was truly astonishing."
"I never expected the Sacred Emperor Qin to bare his fangs again so soon. Defeating the Sword Master before the Nine Emperors of the World is enough to show just how great his ambitions are."
"Now then, who can stop the Sacred Emperor Qin? Don't forget that Patriarch Bodhi is among his subordinates too!"
Inside the great hall, the