The relationship between the Green Mountain Sect and the Western Sea Sword Sect had never been very good, because both wielded swords, and even more because of that reason hidden in the clouds and mist.
The Western Sea Sword Sect had worked for centuries to destroy the Green Mountain Sect. Unfortunately, True Person Taiping had been watching all of it quietly from a higher place.
And so Liu S sui had swallowed that demon core beneath the Turbid Waters, been brought into the Never-Old Forest, and spent many years reading archives at Cloud Terrace.
And so Cloud Terrace had fallen, and the Western Prince had died.
Some years later, the Western Sea Sword Sect had also been destroyed. Mist Island Old Ancestor Nan Qu had died beneath One Sword for All Things, while the Western Sea Sword God had suffered grave injuries and been forced to leave the Chaotian Continent.
Yet the very first thing Zhao Layue said upon seeing him was to ask him to find a way to wake Jing Jiu... If that was not madness, what was?
Zhao Layue stared into his eyes, her gaze bright beyond measure and fervent beyond measure, like the spring sun, enough to melt all ice and snow.
All fervor sprang from hope.
-Aside from Jing Jiu, Xilai now possessed the highest attainment in the sword Dao on the Chaotian Continent. The Snow Nation Queen could not wake Jing Jiu, but perhaps he could.
However one looked at it, this was an utterly baffling and absurd request. Yet for some unknown reason, after a brief silence, Xilai actually agreed.
One dared to ask the Green Mountain Sect's most powerful enemy to treat Jing Jiu; the other actually refrained from killing her and Jing Jiu, and instead agreed to her request.
It had