"Too many variables."
"I seem to see the possibility of an impending civil war within the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm."
At the distant edge of the battlefield, the Immortal Artifact Sect's inheritor had arrived as well.
She was an intellectual and elegant young woman, standing with her hands behind her back atop a mechanism city. She gazed into the distant sky, where inheritor sword cultivators fought to the death, quietly observing and recording everything, with no intention of personally entering the fray.
Dharma cultivators did not need battle and slaughter to advance.
To them, this was nothing but danger, with no benefit whatsoever. The growth of their strength had little to do with life-and-death bloodshed.
She was the Immortal Artifact Sect's inheritor, named Heavenly Inquiry, a representative figure of the Dead Puppet Faction, though her Dao Protector came from the Living Puppet Faction.
"Within the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, the ones who hold dominion and monopolize all benefits are the inheritor Taiyin and Great Sun lineages."
"Of the many remaining factions—the Pure Yang Lineage, the Pure Yin Lineage, the Force Sword Lineage... there are countless branches, some strong and some weak. Yet none possess a near-immortal expert capable of overturning the rule of the inheritor Taiyin and Great Sun lineages."
"But what is terrifying is this—"
"Though this sword cultivator's inheritance differs greatly in many respects, it is still the inheritance of a Great Sun lineage sword cultivator!"
"His origins, their shared inheritance, and his even greater personal strength could very likely draw the attention of many Great Sun sword cultivators, perhaps even... the Great Sun Sword Master!"
"If this situation continues to develop, it may bring about the decline of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm—or make it even more prosperous..."
Heavenly Inquiry's inheritor took out a jade slip and