Ji Haodian had publicly announced that he would hold some kind of Heaven-Observing Banquet three days later. The news had sent all the major Martial Arts World factions into an uproar.
At the same time, the warriors of those factions scoffed in private. A Heaven-Observing Banquet? Did Ji Haodian really think he was an ancient Human Emperor? Was he planning to ascend to heaven?
The three factions that had entered the Nine-Layer Sword Pavilion were especially scornful. They had seen those dried corpses with their own eyes. Once-powerful True Martial Realm cultivators had become monsters. Even if they knew how to achieve that kind of immortality, they would never want to use it.
But Ji Haodian was different. The Great Zhou Emperor didn't need the formidable cultivation of the True Martial Realm. All he needed was the power to control the entire Great Zhou.
The many Martial Arts World factions had all experienced Ji Haodian's methods, so none of them wanted him to live forever. Except for the factions in truly remote regions, nearly half of the factions in the Jianghu would send representatives to the Heaven-Observing Banquet in Shengjing City three days later.
A powerful aura shot skyward from the Six Fan Sect Headquarters. Su Xin, Fang Jiuyuan, and Liu Wuqian all looked toward its source: the place where Tie Zhan had been in seclusion.
A faint smile touched Su Xin's face, but he said nothing. He had expected Tie Zhan to break through to the Yang Spirit Realm.
After all, Tie Zhan had considerable talent, and he had remained at this realm for many years. It was about time he broke through.
Fang Jiuyuan and Liu Wuqian, however, wore complicated expressions.
They were about the same age as Tie Zhan, all warriors of the same generation.
Yet Tie