Wang Yue's words shook everyone present who knew what had happened back then. The elders still alive and the leaders of the five peaks were especially affected. They all remembered how Wan Jianyi had killed the previous Sect Leader after he succumbed to demonic corruption.
Dao Xuan knew, of course, that if not for that incident, he never would have become Sect Leader. Wang Yue's words were tantamount to slapping him in the face in front of everyone.
Under ordinary circumstances, Dao Xuan's restraint might have kept his anger in check. But the Immortal Slaying Sword was affecting him now, and the malice in his heart was stronger than usual. His resolve to kill Wang Yue had only grown firmer, and he immediately began chanting the incantation for the Immortal Slaying Great Array.
Seeing that Dao Xuan was still refusing to see reason, Wang Yue refused to back down. He raised his Zhu Xie Sword, circulated the cultivation technique from the Heavenly Book, and mimicked the incantation for the Immortal Slaying Great Array.
Ordinarily, no one could wrest control of the Immortal Slaying Great Array from the person holding the Immortal Slaying Sword, which served as its core. But Wang Yue was different.
He was highly familiar with formations. Though he had yet to fully comprehend their principles, years of exposure to Mo Shanshan had given him a rudimentary grasp of them.
On top of that, he had studied three volumes of the Heavenly Book and understood the Immortal Slaying Formation even better than Dao Xuan. With Dao Xuan's strength reduced to less than a tenth of its usual level, Wang Yue could wrest the formation's core from him using the equally baleful Zhu Xie Sword.
As everyone stared in disbelief, Wang Yue used Time Reversal dozens of times. At