The white-robed elder, with his immortal bearing and Daoist air, extended his left arm. A speck of rainbow light instantly pierced the clouds and mist, hurtling out of the Sword Abyss.
A layer of dark-gold radiance shone from the white-robed elder's left hand as he cautiously took a firm grip on Immortal Sword Tianxiu...
Wisps of five-colored rainbow light spilled out, tangling around and tearing at the elder's lustrous, jade-like skin. Beads of blood brimming with spiritual energy seeped through its surface. His expression was numb, his eyes filled with blood.
"Ah..."
The corpse-like elder sitting motionless on the stone bridge heaved a heavy sigh. The white-robed elder before him released his grip... The Immortal Sword hovered in midair, seemingly sizing up the two people before it as well.
"After being steeped in so many sacrifices, you still refuse to bow to me? Must I truly take in that Sword-Nurturing Platform?"
No one could have imagined that the Sect Leader of the Taihua Sect had become something like a walking corpse an unknown length of time ago...
"Reporting to the Sect Leader: Hu Luo'er, a disciple of Heart Lake Reversed Water Island of the Northern Immortal Sect, requests an audience."
Outside the cave abode's Secret Realm, a female cultivator in Daoist robes bowed toward the entrance wreathed in gloomy mist and announced in a clear voice.
"Heavenheart Lake... Heavenheart Lake..."
The corpse-like Sect Leader sneered and closed his eyes. A spark of life instantly appeared in the eyes of the puppet-like elder before him... Waving a hand to put away Immortal Sword Tianxiu, the puppet Sect Leader, True Person Duchen, strode out.
A young woman in water-blue robes bowed to the Taihua Sect Leader as he emerged from the cave abode. "Hu Luo'er, disciple of Heart Lake Reversed Water Island,