The city walls were thick and towering, their surfaces covered in the mottled scars of time.
Yang Lingxiao's gaze grew distant as he recalled his experiences in Azure Peak Continent.
Though only a little over three years had passed, everything Yang Lingxiao had gone through in Azure Peak Continent had been etched into his bones, haunting his thoughts from time to time.
Two people had left the deepest impression on him.
One was Su Xuanjun, dressed in jade-green robes, unworldly and elegant. He never showed his hand, yet was in truth an exceedingly terrifying existence.
The other was Pu Xuan, clad in robes whiter than snow, like an immortal and a Buddha. He carried a mottled, rusted longsword on his back. Though his cultivation was immensely high, he followed at Su Xuanjun's side like an attendant.
What still made Yang Lingxiao's heart palpitate was that, during that great melee in Huai Huang Kingdom, when Heavenly Emperor Ku Xuan appeared, he, Mu Qing Heavenly Sovereign of the True Martial Sword Court, and Yu Guangjun had lost all perception.
When they regained consciousness, they had inexplicably appeared outside Azure Peak Continent!
All of it left Yang Lingxiao with far too many doubts.
During that battle, had Su Xuanjun and Pu Xuan lived or died?
How had he, Mu Qing Heavenly Sovereign, and Yu Guangjun escaped Azure Peak Continent alive?
What exactly had happened in that great melee?
Even now, Yang Lingxiao had no answers to those doubts.
Only after returning to Lixin Sword House did he hear that the Heavenly Emperor's Sword had been seized by Heavenly Emperor Ku Xuan, the founding Grandmaster of Tai Wu Sect!
That matter had shaken the entire Upper Five Continents at the time, and all of Lixin Sword House had discussed it.
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