Eight hundred years after Journey to the West, in a ruined Buddhist temple near Mount Ling.
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Fang Yang, who had appeared in the doorway. Delight rose in him, but so did confusion. He did not entirely trust the sect ancestor before him.
For one thing, Ancestor Yang Jun's origins were too strange. He seemed to have appeared in the True Martial Sect out of thin air. Even though he had helped them recently, Zhang Yuanshan could not trust him as he would an elder of his own family.
For another, this world of reincarnation belonged to the era of the Demon-Devastated Land. A demon skilled in taking other forms might have drawn on the memories in his mind.
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Meng Qi, then exchanged glances with the others in the group. Each understood what the others meant.
In that instant, Zhang Yuanshan unleashed True Martial Heaven-Severing, a peak External Scene killing move from the True Martial Seven-Severing Scripture. Wielded by an Aperture Opening martial artist like him, its sword shadows flickered darkly. Heaven and earth seemed to split in two, forming a deadly strike.
Of the others, only Jiang Zhiwei drew her sword at Zhang Yuanshan's signal. Her strike fell like a ribbon of light from the azure heavens.
Its sword intent was even fiercer than True Martial Heaven-Severing's. It was Sword Emerges Without Self, a Dharma Body killing move recorded in the Sword Washing Pavilion's Supreme Sword Scripture.
Jiang Zhiwei had entered the martial world only recently, yet she already ranked fourth on the Human Ranking. It was thanks to her peerless talent for the sword, comparable to her master Su Wuming's. She was regarded as the next Heavenly Sword Beyond Heaven, a prodigy with hopes of reaching the summit in a single