At the mention of transformation, Chong Taixu's brow furrowed slightly, but he continued, "Not only that. After the Dao Sword Great Battle entered its second phase, we followed Miss Jiu Xia's arrangements and repeatedly exposed flaws that feigned an attack in the east while striking in the west, making those Dao Sect cultivators believe that Xuntian City was our target—when it was not. We gave them an illusion so bewildering and elusive that they could not make heads or tails of it! Under such circumstances, once we pressed close to Xuntian City, we merely had to make a few adjustments atop the sword array Chong had already laid down and set up the Tianyi Green Light Sword Array. That should not have been particularly difficult, should it?"
"Alas, yes! The safest place was also the most dangerous place. It was not merely Miss Jiu Xia's arrangements for Sword Master Chong," Qi Liandie sighed whenever Jiu Xia was mentioned. "Even this string of utterly baffling troop deployments—I myself had no idea what her true aim was! Had Sword Master Chong not brought it up today, I would still have been wondering how to quietly lay down a sword array right under Snowy Realm True Person's nose! Yet you had begun preparing for it more than a dozen years ago! You kept us in the dark something fierce!"
Zuo Ming of the Lingfeng Sword Gate laughed heartily. "It did not matter if we were confused, so long as Miss Jiu Xia was not! We only needed to follow the prior arrangements and set up the sword array in Xuntian City!"
"Good—we five will handle the array formation!" Ruo Tian nodded. "The other Sword Masters will make a grand show of drawing in their forces and advancing toward Xuntian City! I would like