The first to discover this was Jiang Shunhua, which left me utterly confused. This sword scabbard had been built around her, and only she possessed the ability to control it. How could she have so easily let the Great Heaven Sword break free and depart?
"Senior Jiang, what happened?" I asked Jiang Shunhua. She looked somewhat dejected and, inevitably, a little flustered this time. Her voice had also lost its usual chill as she could only say, "My strength hasn't fully recovered yet. Since the other side was stronger than me, it's only natural that they could take it away. Besides, don't you have an old saying? You don't fear a thief stealing from you—you fear a thief setting their sights on you. Since he had his eye on this sword, he waited until I was gone and pulled it out. What could I do?"
"Mm, I'm not blaming you, Senior. But do you know which direction the Great Heaven Sword went?" I hurriedly asked.
"This thing isn't mine. How would I know where it went? It already has an owner, so naturally its owner controls it. I imagine it should be in the far west by now." Jiang Shunhua had no intention of arguing with me. At this moment, she was probably the most depressed of all. The powerful image she had carefully maintained had collapsed with a crash when the Great Heaven Sword suddenly broke free from its scabbard and left.
I sighed. This whole affair was simply bizarre. I had poured who knew how much effort into this sword scabbard and laid down layer upon layer of Grand Array, yet this was the result. We didn't even know where it had gone. If something truly happened, it would threaten the survival of the Nine Heavens—not something that