"Cultivators of my rank and above aren't enemies. They're nourishment for my Great Dao."
The azure-robed youth before him looked innocent and endearing, perfectly well-behaved, with a slightly shy smile on his face as he said those words.
Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord's heart lurched. A chill ran through him.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth stirred faintly around them.
At that moment, Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord nearly lost control of himself. He instinctively wanted to unleash the Void Refining military formation on the azure-robed youth before him and utterly destroy his soul and sword intent.
Like him.
He was too much like him!
He was exactly like the Great Sun Sword Lord Xi Yuan of old: just as mad, just as bloody.
Xi Yuan had regarded all living beings as nourishment. He had deliberately let his enemies grow, solely to hone the strongest, sharpest sword. For that, he had watched his own death draw ever closer, utterly ignoring the warnings in his soul.
Now the Immortal Sect's sword heir had set foot on the same mad path.
A host of worries surfaced in Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord's mind.
"All right. Submit your request, and I'll bring it before the Citizen Assembly. Then we'll modify the Dharma-Ending City Mark so that no force below Void Refining can trigger it, no matter what."
But in the end, he said nothing more and agreed.
"Thank you, senior."
Jiang Ding was somewhat moved.
He could tell Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord had been on guard just now.
That was only reasonable. At such close range, even as a sixth-rank formation master of the Immortal Sect, he would still be in danger facing a Great Sun Sword cultivator. Individual strength was not the Immortal Sect's forte.
Jiang Ding had thought Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord would