Cloud Abode.
The morning breeze stirred the tassels beneath the eaves. The plants in the courtyard were lush and still.
Su Yun sat beside the stone table, having just learned the latest news from a fellow disciple.
He had secured the top spot on the Devil Dao Kill List. He was now their highest-priority target, and the entire Devil Dao of Spirit Province would pursue him to the death.
After reading the message, Su Yun raised a hand and rubbed the tip of his nose, his face full of helplessness.
"Seriously, these Devil Dao cultivators are way too thin-skinned."
He was honestly speechless.
All he had done was diligently clear the Trial Tower, break a thousand-year record, and steadily improve his strength.
He hadn't provoked the Devil Dao factions or ambushed any of their disciples.
Just because he'd revealed a little talent, they'd put him straight at the top of their kill list.
Their wariness, their apprehension—it was simply absurd.
"Was clearing the Trial Tower really such a big deal? Did they have to get so bent out of shape?"
Su Yun shook his head, grumbling to himself.
The righteous sects praised his heaven-defying talent and called him a paragon of his generation.
The Devil Dao sects were so frightened that they'd changed the list overnight, making him their number-one threat.
After thinking it over for a moment, Su Yun's smile faded, and his expression turned more serious.
"Looks like I'll really have to be extra careful from now on."
That was the Devil Dao's way of doing things.
Cruel, obsessive, unscrupulous, and willing to pay any price.
Now that they'd put him at the top of their list, they'd surely lay ambush after ambush, lie in wait to kill him, and strike from the shadows.
They wouldn't give him