Inside the grand yet ancient Sword Sect hall, a young man clad in white stood with a cold, handsome face, radiating a powerful sword aura. His expression was icy as he asked, "Yiyue! Did you really fight someone fiercely over a man?"
The young man was the Sword Sect's Sect Master. Though he appeared young, he had lived for many years. He was also Jian Yiyue's father, Jian Tianye.
Jian Yiyue nodded calmly, admitting it without any explanation or hesitation.
The others in the hall were stunned. When the news had reached their ears, based on how well they knew Jian Yiyue, they had believed she would never do such a thing for a man. They had been waiting to hear her refute those ridiculous rumors, yet she had unexpectedly admitted it so boldly and directly.
Jian Tianye remained expressionless, his eyes fixed on Jian Yiyue. He could not sense even the slightest hint that she liked that person, so he asked, "Is that person important to you?"
Jian Yiyue gave a soft affirmative sound. "He possesses an extremely terrifying ultimate sword intent. Its level may even surpass the sword intent I have comprehended."
"That can't be possible!"
Everyone was shocked upon hearing this. The Sword Sect was the strongest sword cultivator sect in the Human Domain. The sword intent they comprehended was itself an ultimate sword intent, renowned even within the Heaven Domain and considered the highest grade of sword intent.
Yet Jian Yiyue was saying there was a sword intent higher than that of their sect. How could they possibly imagine such a thing?
Faced with everyone's doubts, Jian Yiyue said nothing. Instead, she took out a fist-sized ball of light containing a thread of blood-colored sword qi that darted about without pause.
This was a thread of