Heart Demon Trial Emerges

So after all that, you really were planning to chop me.

Hong Sovereign glanced once more at the longsword she held in a reverse grip.

In truth, he had sensed something was off from the very first moment they met.

"But your current condition..."

She had only recently attained the Dao and ascended to immortality, and had just taken on the duty of bearing the Heavenly Will in her stead.

"It won't affect anything."

"Alright."

Hong Sovereign still agreed.

Though he did not know why Chen Huan wanted to fight him, he could sense that Chen Huan's attitude toward this matter was resolute.

Of course, he would not refuse to cooperate.

Time passed into noon.

By a lake like green jade, two figures walked side by side along a path paved with deep-blue spirit jade.

"And it still hasn't ended..."

Xu Xing raised his head and looked toward the skies above Star Ancestor Hall.

Beyond the firmament, imperceptible to ordinary cultivators, there was a peculiar plane newly opened not long ago, existing apart from reality and suspended between the tangible and the illusory.

Within it, faint light flickered like a sea of stars, while living colors surged and flowed, forming a bizarre spectacle impossible to describe in any language.

He had noticed it the moment the two began fighting.

But he had assumed they were merely exchanging a few moves.

After all, Junior Sister Chen Huan had only just attained the Dao and ascended to immortality. Since returning to the sect, one matter after another had come crashing down upon her, leaving her no time to verify the changes that had occurred after her attainment of the Dao.

It was perfectly normal for her to want to test her skills when Hong Sovereign came to the Sword Sect.