Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn into the Xiao Clan, Starting with Xiao Xuan's Inheritance

The time had come, and this year's Four Pavilions Conference had begun!

On the vast Wind Lightning Pavilion plaza, blue-black stone tiles reflected the four vigorous characters: "Four Pavilions Conference."

A fierce wind swept clouds past the bronze bells atop the pavilion. Amid their crisp chimes, figures from the four factions arrived on the wind.

The first to land was Venerable Lei of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

He arrived wrapped in a bolt of lightning. As he landed, faint violet lightning burst beneath his feet, yet it did not stir a speck of dust.

Venerable Lei had a resolute face and an air of authority between his brows. When his eyes swept across the plaza, lightning seemed to flicker within them. The lightning-attributed Dou Qi swirling around him was dense and tyrannical, lending even the surrounding wind a razor-sharp edge.

Close behind him came Venerable Sword, the master of the Myriad Sword Pavilion.

He arrived standing upon a sword, its blade radiating chilling sword aura.

His yellow sword robe fluttered without wind, and his hair was secured with a jade hairpin. His face was lean, yet his gaze was sharp enough to seem capable of piercing straight through the heart.

When he landed, his sword returned to its sheath. A soft clang rang out, but the sword aura did not dissipate. Instead, it formed an invisible domain around him, carrying the solitary pride and sharpness unique to a sword cultivator.

Then, the master of the Yellow Springs Pavilion, Venerable Yellow Springs, silently appeared.

He made no unnecessary movement, as though he had simply appeared in the center of the plaza out of thin air.

His dark gray robe was embroidered with Yellow Springs patterns so deep they were nearly black. A faint, chilling aura lingered around him, yet there was