"Fellow Daoist Yu Chen, when did you become so violent?"
Xuan Qing looked in surprise at the jade-green stream of light descending from midair. The rosy glow he had manifested earlier suddenly contracted inward, transforming into a five-colored lotus that hovered in the air and caught the Jade Radiance Wish-Granting Scepter.
"It was not Yu Chen who became violent. It is simply that I cannot stand the sight of it."
A young man with disheveled hair, a red mark between his brows, and a purple Eight Trigrams immortal robe stepped out of the void. His face was as fair as jade, yet his aura was exceedingly cold and proud. He reached out and grasped the Jade Radiance Wish-Granting Scepter. Though the aura of the Five Virtues surged around it, it could not soften his temperament.
He lowered his head to inspect the scepter, seeming somewhat disdainful of it. The hand holding it rose slightly and swept through the air. Primordial energy gathered and condensed upon the scepter's surface, becoming an azure treasured sword.
A sigh rang out. Four more sword lights flew from the void and merged into the treasured sword. Lotus and wish-granting-scepter patterns spread across its blade, emanating the auras of slaughter, chaos, transformation, and revolution.
Looking at the newcomer, Xuan Qing instinctively felt that something was amiss. "You are?"
"I am Daoist Tongtian. You could say I cultivate alongside Yu Chen."
Daoist Tongtian bent a finger and lightly flicked the treasured sword in his hand. A clear, resonant sword cry shook the void, seeming to cross myriad stretches of time and space as it echoed through heaven, earth, and the hearts of men. Even within many grotto-heavens, blessed lands, immortal isles, and Spirit Mountains, faint, lingering sword chimes could be heard.
"Not bad. Using Jade Radiance as