After the figure in the sky finished that line of off-the-charts adolescent grandiosity, he vanished.
The Secret Realm stopped steadily in midair and no longer fell.
The Secret Realm before them was clearly visible; even the rivets on the palace gates could be seen with perfect clarity.
Suddenly, the palace gates swung wide open, and a beam of green light shone out of the Secret Realm, straight into the world below.
That green light resembled a pillar of green jade thrust diagonally between the Immortal Secret Realm and this world, and also looked like a stairway.
"Is that the entrance to the Secret Realm?" Ouyang gazed at the pillar of light. It seemed quite far away.
A streak of light flew over from the distance. Once he came to a stop, a sword cultivator in white Daoist robes, with a longsword on his back, cupped his hands toward the three of them. "Might you be fellow Daoists from the Azure Cloud Sect?"
Ouyang stepped forward and returned the greeting. "We are. Did the sect master send you, senior brother?"
"My master has ordered me to escort you three fellow Daoists to Sword-Forging City! Senior brothers, this way, please!" The sword cultivator raised his head slightly and gestured for them to proceed. Though it was an invitation, he gave off an overbearing air.
Sword cultivators loved showing off. That was common knowledge throughout the Cultivation World.
Chen Changsheng summoned his flying sword, and the three followed the sword cultivator toward Sword-Forging City.
Once they left the Sword Sect's Inner Sect territory, the sky grew lively as well.
Countless streaks of light were flying toward Sword-Forging City, just like Ouyang and his companions.
Every one of them was a sword cultivator!
Ouyang looked around and easily distinguished the sect-affiliated sword cultivators from