Wuya Sect.
It was a true immortal's paradise, its mountain peaks hidden among the clouds.
A shadow shaped like a phantom slipped silently into Wuya Sect.
Cold Pond Dungeon.
Jian Wushuang was meditating in the dungeon when she suddenly opened her eyes.
The dungeon's first underground level.
Wherever the shadow passed, everyone, no matter their cultivation, fell into a deep sleep.
Jian Wushuang forced down the unease in her heart. She had already guessed what was about to happen.
The shadow crept closer without a sound.
Like an intangible, formless creature, it poised to slip straight into Jian Wushuang's body.
"Ke ke ke, I finally found you."
"Jian Wushuang!"
Jian Wushuang's pupils abruptly contracted.
She didn't fight back at all.
Faced with the breath the shadow blew at her, she didn't even struggle for a single breath before her soul fell into a deep coma.
The greatest secret she had...
The greatest secret she had kept hidden even when she had nearly been executed by the Heavenly Sword Venerable...
It had been exposed yesterday.
The shadow looked down at the figure before it, a greedy smile spreading across its face.
"Who could have imagined that the one who once swept across the world..."
"Your Dao—"
"I'll take it."
The shadow swung its withered left hand down toward the body beneath it.
Just as it was about to touch Jian Wushuang, a sudden change occurred.
A burst of light suddenly erupted from the spot along Jian Wushuang's spine, though she should have been asleep.
The radiance grew brighter and brighter, until it blazed with boundless light.
Endless light pierced through every seal and wall, illuminating the entire world.
A voice of terrifying authority thundered through the shadow's mind. "How dare you!"
Pfft—
A single voice was enough to force the shadow,