"Just where did this Evil Sword Immortal come from?"
In a private room on the Fourth Floor of Crane-Questioning Tower.
Watching the Wicked Soul fighting Xu Taiping in the Spirit Mirror's projection, Bai Di, the young Manor Lord of Carp-Willow Manor, suddenly turned to ask the Veiled Woman.
The Veiled Woman thought back carefully, then fixed her gaze on the two combatants in the projection ahead and explained to Bai Di without turning her head:
"He was once a disciple of the True Martial Great Emperor. After being beguiled by the Demon Abyss, though he did not become a demon, his disposition changed drastically, and killing became his nature. When he broke through to the Transformation Realm, he drew Otherworldly Heavenly Demons from all across the sky to welcome him."
"Left with no choice, the True Martial Great Emperor destroyed his physical body and sealed his Primordial Spirit on this Ten Thousand Evils Peak, hoping that one day he could destroy his Heart Demon himself and return to the Orthodox Path."
At these words, Bai Di first looked astonished, then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he said:
"The Wicked Soul appearing in only the second Ten Evils Pavilion is already someone like this. This show really is getting more and more interesting."
The Veiled Woman, however, sneered at his words:
"Bai Di, after all these years of cultivation, do you still not understand?"
Bai Di asked in confusion:
"Understand what?"
Her gaze fixed unwaveringly on the two fighting in the projection before her, the Veiled Woman said without turning her head, "For cultivators, apart from their own cultivation and combat strength, everything else is external, utterly useless."
"Yet the moment you heard that this Sword Fiend was a disciple of the True Martial Great Emperor, you assumed