Inside the Ancestral Shrine in the Yun Clan Territory.
"Pfft, hahahahaha!" Second Elder Yun Yuan bared his teeth, laughing so hard he could not straighten his back.
"First Elder, l-look! Isn't the Heavenly Dao being vicious? Our second young master has truly 'shown his true form' this time."
First Elder Yun Che kept his eyes tightly shut, his expression unchanged. Yet barely three breaths later, he could not resist opening them a sliver, wanting to see his grandson's glorious appearance on the Immortal List.
Then, through that sliver, he clearly saw the phantom roaring with laughter as he swung an axe. Yun Che's eye twitched violently, and he snapped his eyes shut again.
Then he opened them again, and shut them again.
Open, shut.
He repeated this three times.
Beside him, Third Elder Yun Shi silently handed him a cup of tea, her tone calm. "Stop putting yourself through this. Aren't your eyes tired?"
Yun Che: "..."
Immediately afterward, two beams of sword light shot into the sky together. Two visions from the Immortal List manifested in rapid succession!
First came a gentle, dignified sword edge, untouched by worldly dust and clamor, soaring ninety thousand miles into the heavens. Around its light, countless azure lotuses bloomed, withered, and were born anew in an endless cycle, unfolding the eternity of the sword Dao and the supreme sword principle of destruction followed by renewal.
Immediately afterward, another beam of crystalline sword light, pure to the utmost, overtook the first despite appearing later! At its center, a twelve-petaled azure lotus slowly bloomed. Within its heart lay the Ancient Sword Dustless, its sword heart reflecting all the heavens.
[Immortal List, tenth place: Liu Qingwu (Azure Lotus Sword Sect)] [Immortal List, ninth place: Li Qingming (Azure Lotus Sword Sect)]
The Eastern Region, Azure