The Southern and Northern Dipper Sword had been established by joint deliberation among the Sect-tier Dharma Lineages, encompassing the lands of the Three Ridges and Four Rivers.
As for why it was held once every twelve years, opinions varied.
The most widespread explanation was that it was a means for the True Lords above to select disciples and promote outstanding talents.
Through this sword-fighting assembly, the hundreds upon thousands of Dharma Lineages across the Three Ridges and Four Rivers were gathered in one place, to see just how good the disciples raised by each sect truly were.
But there was a threshold for entry: one had to hold an invitation letter to enter the Dragon-Tiger Mystic Altar at the boundary between north and south.
Thus, the Southern and Northern Dipper Sword was also called the "Dragon-Tiger Convergence, Gold List Inscription."
As a Men-tier Dharma Lineage, the Qianji Sect had received a Dao Lineage Talisman Edict.
Naturally, it could obtain an Assembly Invitation Letter through legitimate channels.
In the past, Jiang Yi would never have gotten a turn. Fate-Watching Peak had Xu Yan, Sun-Watching Peak had Zhou Fu, and below them were Han Li of Qigong Court and a host of other veteran disciples.
Who would not want to witness the grand spectacle of the Southern and Northern Dipper Sword?
But this time, he had resolved Sect Leader Liu Huan's troubles by eliminating Sui Liushu, which counted as an enormous favor.
Exchanging that for Fate-Watching Peak and an invitation to the Southern and Northern Dipper Sword hardly counted as insatiable greed or opening a lion's maw to demand too much.
It was the same as before.
They could consider it giving him one last meal before the execution!
"Very well. I shall grant you another fortuitous encounter."
Holding the now-complete Dharma