By the time Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie emerged from the Sword God Palace, Chen Changming's appearance had returned to normal.
Chen Changming knew that the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from the various factions could not have gone far. They were hiding in different places, watching for activity at the Sword God Palace.
He knew perfectly well what these people were thinking.
If the Ten Celestial Venerables killed him and Gu Tianxie, these people would swarm into the Sword God Palace to apologize to the Ten Celestial Venerables.
As the saying went, the law did not punish the masses.
With so many Nascent Soul Realm cultivators asking forgiveness together, the Ten Celestial Venerables could hardly say much.
After all, even the Immortal Alliance would not dare offend these factions lightly.
If he and Gu Tianxie killed the Ten Celestial Venerables, these people would come out to befriend him instead, eagerly offering all manner of gifts.
The cultivation world was that pragmatic.
When you were powerful, there was no shortage of people willing to fawn over you. Once you fell on hard times, everyone wanted to throw stones down your well and push over your crumbling wall.
In this world, apart from your parents, no one wanted to see you prosper.
Even blood brothers rarely stood united in heart.
Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from the various factions hid throughout the mountains surrounding Divine Sword Peak. When they saw Chen Changming and Gu Tianxie walk out of the palace entrance, their faces filled with horror.
"Could it be... the Ten Celestial Venerables have fallen? Those two actually walked out of the Sword God Palace completely unscathed!"
"The Ten Celestial Venerables and those two were as incompatible as fire and water. Only one side could survive their battle! I think the Venerables have