[Year 30, news that you had slain an eighth-layer Golden Immortal despite being only at the Golden Immortal Fifth Stage spread throughout the Immortal Realm in just a few months.
The affair caused an uproar, and after making the rounds, word of it reached your ears again.
Only then did you learn that the man you had killed was actually an elder of Linyuan Pavilion.
Although Linyuan Pavilion had few members, its strength was exceptionally formidable.
All three pavilion masters were powerhouses among Golden Immortals.
The first pavilion master, Wei Shentong, was an elite powerhouse at the Golden Immortal Ninth Layer.
With Immortal Monarchs having remained out of sight for so long, Linyuan Pavilion stood among the Immortal Realm's foremost powers.
The man you had slain was Linyuan Pavilion's second pavilion master, Liaokuo.
After learning that Liaokuo had died in your Killing Formation, Wei Shentong, the first pavilion master of Linyuan Pavilion, declared that he would avenge him.
You suddenly realized that you might have fallen into Fairy Yaohua's trap.
You had intended to enrage Fairy Yaohua with thunderous force, making her expose an opening, then look for a chance to break in and seize that supreme treasure.
Yet the appearance of Linyuan Pavilion had left you somewhat on the back foot.
You did not particularly mind, however, and simply decided to use this opportunity to blow the affair wide open.]
[Year 31, as expected, Wei Shentong arrived outside your Cloudwatch Mountain.
He had borrowed a damaged Houtian Spirit Treasure from somewhere and actually broke the Killing Formations you had laid around the area.
Just as he was about to slay you by force with his formidable cultivation, you took out a zither string.
As its music rang out, all the Great Dao Laws within thousands of miles were stirred