"You're courting death!"
An ominous dark red stained the sky of Myriad Lotus Heaven. Luo Qinglian's expression darkened, and he stepped forward.
His azure robes snapped in the wind.
The man who had been lounging lazily on a lotus leaf now radiated sword intent so sharp that the entire world ached.
"Suppress!"
One word fell.
Whoosh! Countless azure lotuses bloomed at once throughout Myriad Lotus Heaven. Utterly pure laws of the Sword Dao converged from every direction, pressing all the rampaging ancient swords back into place.
Lu Qingxiao's expression abruptly changed, and his divine sense spread rapidly outward.
The next moment, his face changed again.
"Sect Master, something's happened outside too."
Luo Qinglian turned.
"The main peak, Washing Sword Valley, the Southeastern Seven Peaks, and Asking Sword Forest in the Western Territory..."
By this point, his voice had grown frighteningly grim.
Throughout the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, wisps of strange red mist were spreading, seeping everywhere along the spiritual veins of its peaks.
Outside, in the Azure Lotus Sword Sect.
Boom-!
Crimson sword qi burst through the mountaintops. From one sword peak after another, sword qi shot skyward in succession. Several sword leaders in the Immortal Venerable Realm who had remained at the sect appeared together. Sword light crisscrossed, and a massive sword formation instantly sealed off the entire mountain region.
"All disciples, put away your swords!"
From another direction came another fierce shout.
"Seal Washing Sword Valley!"
Sword light shattered cloud after cloud of spreading red mist. Sword Venerables who were normally as elusive as dragons whose heads appeared but whose tails remained unseen all emerged, each unleashing their own methods to suppress the burial breath and calamitous chaos leaking out across the sect.
"Qingfei, there are too many trouble spots. Send for help immediately!" a Sword Venerable