"Once you die here today, those old ghosts of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea, who've been itching to act, will rush to the Tianyan Sect in a heartbeat to fight over the Dao-Merging Grounds on the Tiannan Continent."
"As for you, dead here, you'll be nothing but a pitiful wretch no one cares about."
"Of course, even after the struggle for the Tiannan Continent's Dao-Merging Grounds ends and they learn you died at my hands,"
"not one of them will dare stand up for you and put my life in danger."
"After all, if I die at the hands of you Human Race cultivators, I can't speak for the other sects of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea,"
"but the Tianyan Sect will certainly see the day the Southern Sea Dragon Palace comes knocking."
"When that day comes, you'd better hope the other sects of the Nine Sons of the Endless Sea are willing to fall out with my Southern Sea Dragon Palace to protect the Tianyan Sect."
"Otherwise, the Tianyan Sect, with its long legacy, will be destroyed by your hand, boy."
With that, the Red-Eyed Man beckoned to the Dragon-Headed Fish Demon before him.
The Dragon-Headed Fish Demon respectfully placed the shaft of a halberd blazing with brilliant light into his palm.
The smile slowly faded from the Red-Eyed Man's face as he gripped the halberd.
He had given the young man in the sky his chance. Since the other man did not know how to treasure it, he would grant his wish.
He would make the newly appointed Sect Master of the Tianyan Sect part of the fuel for his own advancement!
"Then again, I suppose you needn't worry about any of that."
With those words, the Red-Eyed Man raised his halberd, its tip