Hearing the Supreme Immortal Gate's sect leader, the others exchanged glances.
Then one elder couldn't help asking, "Sect Leader, do we really have to abide by those rules and regulations he just announced?"
The Supreme Immortal Gate's sect leader glanced at him and took a deep breath. With some reluctance, he slowly replied, "For now, we have no choice. But once my cultivation advances further and I can unleash more of the Supreme Immortal Sword's power, I'll be able to kill him with confidence. Then we won't need to care about those so-called rules and regulations."
At this, the others fell silent.
That was all well and good.
But at the Supreme Immortal Gate's sect leader's level, how easy would it be to advance further? It could easily take hundreds of years, even over a thousand.
Would they have to keep their heads down and behave themselves all that time?
This was worlds apart from what they had hoped and expected before leaving the secret realm!
Still, they understood that the situation left them no choice.
After a long while, one elder said gravely, "I never expected there to be such a terrifying figure in the Outside World. It seems this place is far from as simple as we imagined."
Another elder chimed in, "Indeed. And there's also the person he mentioned earlier, the one who killed Senior Brother Xu and the others. That person's strength must be extraordinary, too."
"Even though the pressure from the All Heavens Seal was still immense when Senior Brother Xu and the others came out, they had the Qiankun Treasure Mirror, an immortal artifact, with them."
"Besides, that man said Senior Brother Xu and the others had joined forces with people from a sect called Shangqing Palace to ambush their target, yet they were