"Dao Master, your memories have not yet fully returned. We know you have many questions, but the future you will naturally come to know."
"Dao Master, after you left, we suffered the reckoning of that traitorous disciple of yours. Our bodies were scorched day and night by the Great Dao's Karmic Fire, our true spirits suppressed within the Great Dao Purgatory, enduring the most agonizing torment in this world at every moment. Our Dao seals were utterly ground away."
"He told us to revere him as the new Dao Master of the Sword Dao. But in our hearts, the true Dao Master of the Sword Dao has always been you alone. We recognize no one but you."
"Dao Master, now that your transformation has ended, it is time for us to leave as well. Our consciousnesses are already dissipating. We do not know whether we can still help you complete the next eight transformations."
"But we will do our utmost. We will give it everything we have."
"Dao Master, we await your return."
"That traitorous disciple is unworthy of being the master of the Sword Dao. His virtue does not match his position; sooner or later, the Sword Dao itself will settle accounts with him."
"Oh, right. The myriad Bitter Seas, karma reshaped—Dao Master, this is also the last thing we can do for you."
"We can no longer intervene. If we do, he will surely notice your existence."
"Dao Master, we await you."
As the words fell, all sixty figures vanished together.
The tightly shut bronze gate slowly opened as well.
Ye Lin turned around and saw that the jade pendant on the armrest of the seat behind him had vanished at some unknown time.
Name: Ye Lin
Cultivation: Third Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm
Fate Rank: Initial (Incomplete)
Identity: Direct