Once the dust had settled, everyone returned to their original state.
Yun Xuange stood beside the stone pillar, his Half-Step Tower Ascension cultivation operating as usual. Under the reversal of the Time Law, the cracks in his Dao Foundation had vanished completely. Though he still felt somewhat mentally exhausted, his aura was even more condensed than before the battle.
Yi Duling and Ling Bixia stood shoulder to shoulder among the crowd. The withered looks on the two old palace masters' faces had completely faded, replaced by abundant vitality. Even their hair had turned mostly black again from its former gray-white.
Li Mingyang leaned on his disciple's support as he stood there. By then, he no longer needed anyone to help him. He straightened himself, moved his wrist, and the joints gave off crisp cracks.
As for Bai Yunqi, the foremost Sword Immortal beneath Tower Ascension, he had recovered the fastest. He was already in the main hall arguing with several elders over the subsequent defensive arrangements, his voice full of vigor and even louder than before the battle.
In fact, from beginning to end, I had never been in a hurry to act.
Because the deduction had already been completed the moment the Hundred Million Sword Tower collapsed.
They would choose to save people over pushing Yu Ningsui to Tower Ascension. Yun Xuange would make that decision, while Ling Bixia and Yi Duling would oppose it, but in the end they would compromise. Then everyone would place their hopes on Yu Ningsui ascending to Tower Ascension on her own within a hundred years.
I had calculated all of this, so I had stood to the side with my arms folded, watching without urging or interfering.
The Azure Heaven Sword Domain really was different from other places.
Yan Jueshuang had set