"Time flew like a white colt past a crack. Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye."
"After the young hero Xu Taiping of the Azure Profound Sect ventured alone into the Withered Stone Sea, joined forces with the mysterious Zhang Wuyou at the Old Dragon Court to slay Dong Qiushui, and called Liang Chengshan, that Wang You Valley disciple who massacred the Great Liang Kingdom in the mortal world of our True Martial Heaven, to account..."
"He vanished without a trace."
"Some said Zhang Wuyou saved him and took him far away to Outer Heaven."
"Some said he and Zhang Wuyou both died at the hands of the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord."
"..."
Mount Taiyue Immortal Abode.
In a small town called Immortal-Retaining Town.
A stooped storyteller was recounting with vivid expression and feeling the deeds of Xu Taiping, who, to call the thirteen Arsonists who had massacred the Great Liang Kingdom to account, had pursued them all the way to the Old Dragon Court in the Withered Stone Sea of Peerless Nether Heaven.
With the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly approaching, cultivators from the various heavens had gathered here, suddenly bringing this quiet little town to life.
The teahouse, which ordinarily saw scarcely a handful of customers all day, was already full before noon.
After taking a sip of tea, the gray-haired old storyteller slammed the wooden block on the table down with a crack. His eyes lit up as he continued:
"But regardless."
"In this old man's view, whether Young Hero Xu lives or is dead, we cultivators of True Martial Heaven all owe him an enormous debt."
"Had he not pursued those thirteen Arsonists for ten thousand li to call them to account."
"Had he not insisted on beheading the Arsonist Liang Chengshan before the Five