Boom.
It was as if a heavy club had struck every Upper Sect Envoy on the back of the head. Even Feng Qianjin stood there stunned.
My reminder finally made them remember the inexplicable death of Ye Chen, a Tower-Ascending Realm powerhouse and palace master of the Supreme Sacred Palace of the Yellow Springs Sacred Domain.
If Ye Chen's sudden death had not started it all, Yan Jueshuang might not have died so soon.
Most likely, she had seen the Heaven-and-Earth Lament and wanted to advance another step beneath the Spiritfall Storm.
After all, who would not risk everything for a higher realm and a longer life?
But the outcome had surpassed her expectations. Fate was something the Heavenly Dao had written long ago. To defy it, one either had to be a child of the Heavenly Dao's fortune or stake one's life against the Heavenly Dao itself.
That was why I had foreseen Yan Jueshuang's death long ago.
"Envoy Guan." Yu Ningsui stood beside me and spoke. Her voice was quiet, but she enunciated every word. "Brother Xia just said reason can stand on our side too. Since the Upper Sect can set conditions for me, surely you won't find it excessive if I set three conditions for the Upper Sect?"
Guan Heng opened his mouth as if to speak, but after glancing at me, he could only nod.
"First." Yu Ningsui raised one finger. "As long as the drawing of the earth's veins and the circulation of Spirit Veins in the Azure Heaven Sword Domain and among the Myriad Races do not violate the Heavenly Dao Oath once sworn by the Dao Ancestor, they shall follow destiny. If the Upper Sect violates this, the Heavenly Dao shall bear witness, and its fortune shall suffer backlash."
"Second." Yu Ningsui