"Kill."
As that word fell, the temperature in the main hall seemed to drop another few degrees.
Zi Ying's finger stopped on the tabletop and did not move.
Yu Ningsui clenched her fists. Zi Xiao's knuckles whitened where her hand rested on the Myriad Mountains Seal.
No one spoke.
Feng Qianjin remained seated, unmoving. She had been calm from the start.
How could anything Guan Heng said surprise her? The Azure Heaven Sword Domain had held a Tower-Ascending Realm cultivator for so many years, and Yan Jueshuang was nearing the end of her life. By any reckoning, the next slot should rightfully go to the Star Sword Domain.
In the three months since the war, the necessary groundwork should have been laid, and the terms and interests made clear. The Star Sword Ancestor had fallen after failing his Tower Ascension. However the Upper Sect adjusted its plans for the Star Sword Domain, she should be its best fallback choice.
Besides, Feng Qianjin and Guan Heng had made extensive arrangements within the Sword Domain during that time. Elders who needed replacing were replaced; those who needed to take the blame took it. Terms for taxes and mediation were settled one by one. To her, these were concessions made in advance to secure today's gains.
However angry and wronged the Azure Heaven Sword Domain felt, it should know better than to refuse the way out offered to it.
So when she accompanied Guan Heng to Qingping City today, she had come to announce the outcome.
"What a lofty tone you take, Envoy!"
Zi Ying finally spoke. Her voice was quiet, but every word carried suppressed anger. "The Azure Heaven Sword Domain invited the Myriad Races into the Azureduck Mountains. Our two domains formed an alliance and signed a Heavenly Dao Contract. Even