"Entering immortality... Entering immortality..." Jian Beitang had already fallen into a drunken, bleary-eyed state. Tears actually welled from her blood-red eyes. Kneeling before the vomited wine, she seemed to be calling out someone's name. This girl had clearly lost consciousness, I thought, and decided to let the matter end here. Since she was no longer lucid, defeating her again would be meaningless.
Around us, most of the immortals from Beitang Sword Dao had been killed because of her condition, while some had fled. At that moment, all the immortals and ghostly creatures from the various immortal mountains were watching the residual waves of our two sword realms clash. Though the victor had not yet been decided, everyone felt that the battle was nearly over.
"Jian Beitang, how about signing a Dao-Ghost Contract with me?" I walked toward her. My Sword Song had been withdrawn by then, and the sword realm was receding like a tide.
But before I could finish speaking, Jian Beitang, who had been searching around for something, suddenly seemed unable to find it. When she stopped in place, a ferocious look appeared at the corner of her mouth. "I shouldn't have done this. I shouldn't have drunk that mouthful of wine... Entering immortality..."
I drew a deep breath. The moment her voice fell, the surrounding Sword Qi began climbing again, sweeping up sheets of snow. This time, the entire sword realm underwent a violent transformation. This was nothing like the speed at which the seven-character Sword Song gathered the sword realm!
Jian Beitang was going to use the eight-character Sword Song!
My heart tightened. I glanced at the energy she had left, only to find that more than a third remained.
"Remember that year... parting above the lake on a snowy night, in Cold Mountain... the northern