No Need to Demand the Best in Everything

Wasn't this supposed to be a simple sparring match, according to Master?

But if it really was a "simple" sparring match, why had the Founder Ancestor come?

Master...

Surely he wouldn't... set me up, right...?

"No need for formalities."

Seeing Zhou Kongming's nervousness, Xu Xing spoke evenly.

Yet it only eased a small part of his anxiety.

After all, not everyone could frequently meet an Immortal Sect Founder Ancestor like Chi Jiuyu.

For ordinary Immortal Sect disciples, even encounters with the Truth Insight Sword Master were few and far between, let alone with the Immortal Sect Founder Ancestor.

Seeing that the time was right, Du Ruoheng stepped forward of his own accord.

"Kongming, this one... has traveled a thousand miles to the Sword Sect in order to witness the splendor of the Sword Sect's sword cultivators."

Meng Xuan's matter could not be revealed to Kongming yet, so he simply skipped over her name.

"Just do your best. Do not force yourself."

Though he rarely showed it, Kongming's spirit was still lofty as the Sword Sect's number one on the Void Return Sword Ranking.

As his master, Du Ruoheng had to offer a reminder, lest the blow he received later prove too great for him to recover from emotionally.

Yet Zhou Kongming was taken aback upon hearing this.

Just do my best?

Do not force myself?!

Master, did you misspeak?

I'm number one on the Sword Sect's Void Return Sword Ranking!

To put it bluntly, he did not believe there was any Void Return Realm cultivator in the Great Profound Realm stronger than himself.

Incidentally, the top Void Return cultivators of the other Immortal Sects thought the same.

After all, among their generation, no one had displayed an absolute power capable of crushing all the others.

"This disciple will do his