Outer perimeter of the Sword Tomb
"Make way." Li Clan elders arrived one after another, and everyone had already dropped to their knees.
The First Elder at the front narrowed his eyes at the barrier—the entrance that should have been tranquil now had Sword Qi coursing through it.
He had intended to force the barrier open, but a burst of Sword Intent suddenly struck him, blasting him back dozens of yards instead.
"Something's wrong..."
"Report this to the Old Ancestor before we discuss it further."
Even without his saying so, Li Qingluan had long since reported it to the Old Ancestor.
"He still hasn't come out?"
Heavenly Emperor Li slightly lifted his eyelids and lightly tapped the jade table with a knuckle. The surrounding space instantly froze.
"This brat really is insatiably greedy..."
Heavenly Emperor Li gave a cold snort, swept his sleeve, and formed a Divination Technique with his fingertips. What had initially been no more than a casual glance made his brows suddenly furrow.
"Hmm?"
The divination was wrong.
Golden light flowed around his fingertips as he deduced it again, yet the result remained bizarre and unfathomable—not because Qin Wangchuan was insatiably greedy, but because...
"The Sword Tomb is keeping him?!"
He shot to his feet. The table exploded with a bang, tea leaves spraying through the air like mist.
"How could that be?!"
Since ancient times, the Sword Tomb had never actively kept anyone behind!
Unless...
He abruptly looked up, his gaze like lightning as it pierced through layer upon layer of halls and landed upon the Heavenly Sword hanging above the Sword Tomb.
"The Heavenly Sword Altar... is awakening?!"
When Heavenly Emperor Li appeared above the Sword Tomb, the entire Li Clan could feel that suffocating pressure.
He suddenly raised a hand, and a streak of