When He Zhiping asked about the bad blood between Qin Huaian and Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land, the folding-fan-wielding cultivator glanced around. Only after making sure no one was paying attention did he lower his voice.
"They say Senior Qin killed the son of Zhao Gang, Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's grand elder, in a Secret Realm. That was why Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land began hunting him."
"Of course, that was only the grand elder's suspicion. No one knows what really happened inside the Secret Realm."
"But they say Senior Qin gained a tremendous opportunity in the Golden Glow Island Secret Realm."
The cultivator did not say it outright, but He Zhiping quickly understood what he meant: Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land coveted Qin Huaian's opportunity and had pinned a baseless crime on him so they could capture and control him.
So this so-called Immortal Realm was no different from the Cultivation World. The same rule held sway: seize by force, and let the weak be meat for the strong.
He Zhiping could also hear it in the cultivator's tone: Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had thrown its weight around to steal another person's opportunity.
The cultivator continued, "Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land sent people after Senior Qin again and again, but he was a force to be reckoned with."
"Every time, he turned danger into safety. He even killed large numbers of Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land cultivators. Naturally, the grudge between them only grew deeper."
"Later, to threaten Senior Qin Huaian, Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land secretly captured many of his fellow disciples from his days in the Cultivation World."
"They used those disciples, whose cultivation was meager, as bait to lure Senior Qin Huaian into a trap enclosed by a Sixth-Order Immortal Array."
"But how could they have known that Senior Qin Huaian had