With a boom, the sword light dispersed. The Third Grand Emperor looked at the bronze shield before him, marked by a sword scar more than a foot deep, astonishment in his eyes. "If not for the powerful defensive restrictions here, the aftershock of your sword would have destroyed this place. That aside, this sword contains a spatial attribute far surpassing ordinary spatial power. Its force may not be as deep and vigorous as that of a spatial-attribute cultivator, but in terms of strangeness, it is even greater. No wonder it destroyed the stone door the Ouyang Brothers used to escape."
Although Yan Chihuo knew that his sword contained spatial power, he had never expected it to draw such regard from the Third Grand Emperor. As he carefully savored it, he discovered that this sword was indeed quite different from his usual full-force strikes, and he silently reflected on how it had been used.
The Third Grand Emperor said, "I'll be leaving now. Someone will come for you tomorrow."
The night passed without incident.
Early the next morning, Ma Yuanli arrived. Upon seeing Yan Chihuo, he said, "I truly never expected such a thing to happen. Fortunately, Young Master's cultivation is profound. Otherwise, if anything had gone wrong, how could I possibly have borne the responsibility?" Evidently, he too knew that the Ouyang Brothers had made a move against Yan Chihuo yesterday.
Yan Chihuo smiled faintly. "Fortunately, my luck was decent. I didn't fall for the Ouyang Brothers' scheme."
Ma Yuanli said, "Young Master, the Grand Emperor wishes to see you today. Let us go at once."
Yan Chihuo was already at the Spirit Cultivation Stage, while the Emperor of Tianyang Kingdom was only at the Dao Integration Stage. For a Dao Integration Stage cultivator to discuss a matter as grave