In the sky outside the Royal Capital.
As that sword was drawn a fraction from its sheath.
Its clear, ringing cry surged like a dragon roaring through the nine heavens, like heavenly thunder exploding.
The sound resounded across the land, seeming at times to come from high in the nine heavens, at times from deep beneath the earth in the nine netherworlds, and at times from every direction at once, setting heaven and earth resonating.
That sword cry instantly shook the minds of every expert in the city, rocking their souls and blurring their consciousness into a haze.
The next moment.
Clang-
The longsword left its sheath, its cry growing still louder, like a dragon and phoenix calling together, shaking the land.
Then sword light flared-a white rainbow piercing heaven and earth, illuminating the entire Royal Capital and even eclipsing the radiance of the sun overhead.
Beneath that white rainbow, everything in the world instantly turned deathly white, stripped of all color.
At that moment, the sword sheath held in his hand crumbled inch by inch.
As though weathered for millions of years, it could no longer endure.
Watching this, Jiang Ning's pupils contracted slightly.
The instant the sword was drawn, he saw that his opponent had not swung it, yet the blade itself erupted with an incomparably powerful slash of sword light.
Clearly, this strike had not come from the White-Clothed Sword Immortal himself. It had been sealed within the sword and its sheath.
The White-Clothed Sword Immortal's earlier words instantly surfaced in his mind.
An immortal's sword strike... he murmured inwardly.
The world before his eyes was now consumed by that sword light spanning heaven and earth.
Everything in existence paled in its presence.
At that moment.
Everyone looked up at the sky, their vision likewise filled by