"In this world, the blood of outsiders isn't the only blade that can sever the bond. There are a few other people whose blood would work too. It's just that capturing them would be far too difficult for us."
"Come to think of it, you've probably heard of all of them. The first is Su Jiu. We nearly succeeded a few decades ago, actually, but that female cultivator was too cunning, too clever. In the end, she still managed to escape, while my poor colleague died a gruesome death at her hands.
"The second is Zheng Qilong. Like you, he's an outsider. Under normal circumstances, neither of you would be bound by the power of the rules. But, well..." The man's smile grew increasingly sinister. His gaze held both pity and gloating as he looked at Bai Su. Clearly, he knew many secrets that others did not.
"Zheng Qilong has another use for us. As for the others, there's no need for you to know who they are. After all, even if you knew, you couldn't capture them to take your place, could you?"
The man remained casual, as though he could not sense Bai Su's tension at all. "Relax. I only want half your blood. It won't kill you."
Bai Su finally understood what he intended to do. He wanted to use her blood to circumvent the power of the rules and completely connect the Azure Realm to Swallowing Heaven. But if he did that, massive upheaval would inevitably erupt within Swallowing Heaven. Perhaps ninety percent of its living beings would perish beneath the Azure Realm's heavenly thunder.
Connecting two spaces was nowhere near as simple as he made it sound. When things went wrong, Swallowing Heaven would not be the only place affected. The Azure Realm's rules might