Fellow Disciples at Odds

Several strange phenomena appeared in the sky, and the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples recuperating within the sect had noticed them long ago.

Yet constrained by their injuries, none of them had rushed to pay attention to the battle in the sky. It was not until they saw countless starlights illuminate the night sky in an instant, lighting up the entire Heavenly Sword Sect, while the swirling spiritual energy vortex overhead twisted the dark clouds and lightning out of shape, that everyone suddenly understood—someone was forcibly breaking through!

After the great battle, Zhu Qian had recovered a portion of his spiritual power.

Around Zhu Qian, all the injured Heavenly Sword Sect disciples looked toward their senior brother. They desperately needed to know the outcome of the Heavenly Sword Sect under the joint assault of the Three-Ringed Golden Saber Sect and the Yang family. Could it be that they truly were about to...

The air froze because of it, rapid breaths issuing from everyone's nostrils.

Zhu Qian raised his head and gazed at the strange phenomenon in the sky, hoping that one of the Heavenly Sword Sect's elders was making a breakthrough. However, Zhu Qian knew full well that none of the sect's many elders likely possessed the ability to cause such a phenomenon during a breakthrough!

Moreover, Zhu Qian had concealed certain things from everyone.

On his way back after being injured earlier, Zhu Qian had visited the place where the Soul Tokens of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples and elders were kept. He had discovered that the Soul Tokens of the sect's disciples had shattered and scattered across the floor, while the Soul Tokens of several elders had turned into piles of dust. The one that drew Zhu Qian's attention most was Li Jianchi's Soul Token.

Li Jianchi's death had